Jolie to Become Stay-at-Home Mom?

Some celebs are best after years of fermenting

(NEWSER) - Some stars combust and others fizzle, but a few are reborn. Metromix honors the second wave:

• The Wrestler was made for Mickey Rourke, the "one-time '80s sex symbol" turned professional boxer.
• Drug habits wrote off Robert Downey Jr. until the Iron Man returned with back-to-back hits.
• Dennis Hopper suffered Downey's blues for 15 years before re-emerging as pure evil in Blue Velvet.

After 9 years, Ryder is back—and setting the Jolie record straight

(NEWSER) - After two decades in Hollywood, a string of high-profile romances and even higher-profile troubles, Winona Ryder is “the happiest I’ve ever been,” she says. In a wide-ranging interview with BlackBook , Ryder discusses her return to the spotlight in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, her disdain for the proliferation of Internet culture (she just doesn’t understand the appeal of “Facehook”), and her Girl, Interrupted costar Angelina Jolie. More»

Director will make sequel with Uma Thurman, but needs 10-year break

(NEWSER) - First, the good news for Quentin Tarantino fans: “The Bride will fight again,” he says, confirming his plan to make the third movie in his Kill Bill franchise. The bad news? Not until 2014, notes the New York Post. “I love the character and I think she deserved 10 years of peace. She deserved 10 years with her child, Bibi,” he tells Italian talk show Parla Con Me. “But after 10 years something will happen that makes her fight again.” More»

On top of Hollywood, Matt Damon plans on slowing down

(NEWSER) - Twelve years after the breakthrough Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon has become one of Hollywood’s hottest names—and now he plans on cooling off, the Boston Globe reports. “You shoot all day, have dinner and work on a screenplay until midnight and then get up at five and start all over again,” the 38-year-old father says. “I enjoyed it but I’m not going to do that anymore.’’ More»

Plus, Rihanna house hunts, and more

(NEWSER) - The funeral for Jade Goody, the British reality star who died of cervical cancer, will be held April 4, the BBC reports. A funeral procession will go from her house to a nearby church. Elsewhere:

• Rihanna was spotted house-hunting yesterday in the Hollywood Hills, the Sun reports.
• Struggling-for-cash Lindsay Lohan probably ain't too happy that her assistant scuffed up her $115,000 Maserati, according to TMZ.