-Oscar, a real-life nursing home cat, is getting a movie based on him. Family members have been notified when the Rhode Island feline with the uncanny ability to predict death has been seen curling up on a patient’s bed.

-Danny DeVito will sub for longtime friend Michael Douglas at the Zurich Film Festival. Douglas, who is receiving treatment for a throat tumor, was scheduled to accept a Golden Icon Award on October 3.

-Wesley Snipes’ date with slammer has been delayed. Although he was supposed to start his three-year sentence by September 2, additional motions being filed by his defense team have given the actor more free time.

-Idris Elba will be taking over an old Morgan Freeman role. The Wire star will be playing Dr. Alex Cross - the character in Kiss the Girls - in an adaptation of James Patterson’s Cross.