Moviegoers were kind (or bloodthirsty) enough to provide the "Saw" franchise one last hurrah.  Robert Downey Jr.'s new movie is called "Due Date." In it he plays a nervous expectant father, and it is due in theaters November 5.  "I think I will be wrist-deep in doo-doo within 18 months," the actor predicts  The Oscar winner is reportedly in talks to play an astronaut in the upcoming Warner Bros. movie Gravity  There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the fall. We've got pumpkins, colorful leaves, Halloween, and whatnot. But the hands-down best thing about fall is that this is the season when the "good" movies come out.  As jails go, the one in Pitkin County, Colorado, seems pretty comfortable.  In her first public appearance since the Oscars, the actress accepts a Spike TV award from the troops  The filmmaker's staff nabbed and held the intruder until the police came  From Robert Downey Jr. to Jake Gyllenhaal ... vote on the summer's sexiest leading man!  The first "Iron Man" boasted a not-so-secret weapon in Robert Downey Jr. reveling in his bad-boy rep as the maverick inventor-industrialist Tony Stark. A combination of Bill Gates, Howard Hughes and Hugh Hefner, Stark had more than his share of character flaws for a superhero. Unlike Bruce Wayne, he couldn't keep his heroics to himself, and unlike Clark Kent, he knew how to party ...  The cast of "Iron Man 2" talks about the next installment and answers your iReport questions.  "Despite what she said on set, she still thinks about it," he jokes of their on-screen romance  Before he passed away last year, he filmed a brief scene for the hit movie's sequel  "You're married and suddenly you have your own family," the actress says of life with Ryan Reynolds  The First Lady will deliver a message about her "Let's Move" exercise campaign  This Saturday's slime-fest will be a star-studded affair  Hollywood agent Jim Toth has appeal as well as a thing for surfing and Sonny Crocket  Whatever happened to the he-men?  Susan Downey says her husband often does better when he improvises a bit  It's Sherlock Holmes, but not as we know him.  Hollywood gave itself one heck of a Christmas present this year: the single best day in the history of the box office.  From PenÃ©lope Cruz in Nine to Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes, which star will get your $10?  Maybe it's just elementary. There's something about the character of Sherlock Holmes that makes the pipe-smoking detective irresistible on the silver screen.  Director Guy Ritchie says he was determined to make Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, the two male leads in his new movie, "Sherlock Holmes," off-screen pals to ensure the success of his film.  Daniel Day-Lewis, Morgan Freeman and others react to receiving Globe nods as award season officially kicks off  There's something for everyone at the movies this holiday season, from a musical with Daniel Day-Lewis to James Cameron's first feature since "Titanic."  Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law battle evil with punches and punch lines  The Inglourious Basterds star will go from R-rating to G as a cartoon character  The actor "no longer is in a relationship" with the mother but "intends to be a fully supportive part" of his child's life, his rep says  The actor talks about his on-screen romance with costar Jude Law  Give Robert Downey Jr. a glass of scotch and a suit made of metal, and lines will form around the block. But cast him as a newspaper columnist who befriends a cello-playing homeless man, and these days the only crowds gathering will be for the movie playing next door.  Her character outwits Sherlock Holmes in a scene from the film, out in December  Her thriller Obsessed debuts with $28.5 million in ticket sales  A journalist -- Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times -- meets a homeless guy on the street playing Beethoven on the last two strings on a fiddle.  Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are just a few who came out Saturday  The seventh and concluding film in the series will open July 15, 2011  Receiving an Academy Award nomination is an honor most actors dream of. For several of this year's Oscar nominees, it still feels like a dream.  "Doubt" star Amy Adams talks about her second Oscar nomination with CNN's Brooke Anderson.  When it comes to the Academy Awards, Hollywood has some biases.  PHOTOS: The couple spend time in the hills with the Iron Man star and his wife  "This nomination is not lost on those of us who continue to miss him," his dad, Kim Ledger, tells PEOPLE  "Guy was in great form" with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, says a source  Money is the reported cause of a sidekick swap in the upcoming Robert Downey Jr. sequel  Truly, it's been a summer for jokers -- and I'm not just talking about "The Dark Knight."  Representatives for the developmentally disabled protest at the premiere of "Tropic Thunder." Kareen Wynter reports.  Tropic Thunder premiere brings out Tom & Katie, Ben & Christine and the rest of the star-studded cast  Tropic Thunder is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled  Actor Brandon T. Jackson talks about his new movie, also starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.  There's no question "Tropic Thunder" takes chances.  "He played a black dude better than anybody," says African-American actor Brandon T. Jackson  The Iron Man star and the filmmaker will revisit the British super sleuth  Ellen Page, Will Smith, Zac Efron & Adam Sandler also win golden popcorn honors  A pressurized cylinder exploded at Universal Studios on Sunday, injuring two firefighters as they tried to fight a blaze that began earlier in the day, Los Angeles authorities said.  Jack Black, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell will also hand out golden popcorns  The new Wachowski brothers movie revs up for a vibrantly virtual ride  JD Cargill talks to CNN.com's Reggie Aqui about the new movie "Iron Man".  You might attribute it to 9/11, or simply blame director Joel Schumacher, whose camp take on "Batman" derailed that franchise for several years. But, lately, Hollywood superhero movies have taken themselves awfully seriously.  This new, big, smart, kid-friendly epic is as wonderfully American as 'Batman' and apple pie  On Friday, Marvel Entertainment releases "Iron Man," the saga of Tony Stark, a hard-drinking, amoral war-profiteer who redeems himself by donning high-tech armor and trouncing bad guys. Marvel is in the midst of a similar redemption.  The Iron Man star opens up about his struggle to get clean  The Robert Downey Jr. we've all been waiting for is here  &#149; Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, sharing an early breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien in Brentwood, Calif. Walking in with their arms around each other, the casually dressed pair shared a table for two in the back, ordering coffee, an omelette and fruit. The pair talked and traded sections of the Los Angeles Times at the table. Later that night, the couple was spotted again &#8211; this time at West Hollywood's Chateau Marmont where they celebrated Robert Downey Jr.'s 43rd birthday with Cameron Diaz, Gerard Butler, Ben Stiller and more.  In a Fandango poll, Heath's Joker and the Jones adventure rate high  Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr. and Jeff Bridges are a fierce foursome in the newest promo shot released for the upcoming Iron Man movie.  Matthew McConaughey will replace Owen Wilson in the film comedy Tropic Thunder, Variety reports.  The alleged suicide attempt by the actor, known for his happy-go-lucky characters, shocks the movie industry  After nearly four years away from major film work, mother of two Gwyneth Paltrow is again ready for her close-up - and, come the right time, even some more children.  At Comic-Con, 120,000 geeks are being entertained by everyone from an old English monster to a young Mr. Spock  On October 18, 1963, Chuck Berry -- rock 'n' roll founding father, guitar hero, "Johnny B. Goode" composer -- walked out of the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, where he had served about 18 months on morals charges. He was met by three people: his wife, his brother and his father.  Now that Isaiah Washington has been fired from Grey's Anatomy, he wants to set the record straight about his so-called trip to rehab.  There are many theories as to why John Hughes-penned films remain the zenith of teen cinema -- and you'll hear most of them on the "Pretty in Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition," the ultimate high school love triangle between poor-but-fashionable Andie (Molly Ringwald), her devoted, delusional best friend Duckie (Jon Cryer), and the rich-but-allegedly-soulful Blane (Andrew McCarthy).  Richard Linklater's trippy and sinister bad-vibe whatchamacallit "A Scanner Darkly" might be described as an animated movie, only the animation consists of live-action footage that's been painstakingly drawn over, a method known as "interpolated rotoscoping."  Moses, mobsters, and eight other things we recommend this week:  Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr. will receive this year's Hasty Pudding awards at Harvard University.  It might be hard to remember, but there actually was news before the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11. For this edition of the Hype Index, we've torn ourselves away from the disaster coverage...
In the climactic scene of "Frat House," a 1998 documentary exploring the dark underbelly of college fraternity life, a man is down on all fours inside a dog cage. He chuckles as the frat brothers cover him in beer and Hershey's syrup, shouting profanities. However, the laughs soon turn to tears as the brothers douse the man with lighter fluid, spraying a flame dangerously close to their cowering victim, and instructing the man: "Move your left hand out! He needs an ashtray." That man was Todd Phillips, who today is the top comedy director in Hollywood.