Courteney Cox Excited for Scream 4

Wes Craven, Neve Campbell will return

(NEWSER) - April 15 of next year will be scary for more than just tax-related reasons: Scream 4 will hit theaters. The latest film in the franchise is scheduled for release more than a decade after Scream 3, and will start shooting this spring, Variety reports. Wes Craven is back as director, and the returning cast includes Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox. More»

And Matthew Perry almost didn't play Chandler: new book

(NEWSER) - Can you picture anyone other than Matthew Perry playing the sarcastic-yet-lovable Chandler on Friends? Neither could creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, but Perry—who was committed to another pilot at the time—almost wasn't cast in the role. "We brought everybody in. We were so sure that Chandler would be the easiest part to cast. It’s got the most joke jokes. It’s sarcastic and kind of quippy, but no one could do it. No one," says Crane in a new book about NBC previewed in Vanity Fair . Craig Bierko was the best option, but he passed on the show and Perry was ultimately released from his other pilot. More»

Cox dishes up some TMI to Howard Stern

(NEWSER) - Courteney Cox and David Arquette just love to go on Howard Stern's show and seriously overshare . The latest: Cox told Stern yesterday, in a segment picked up by the Huffington Post , that she has not had sex since splitting with Arquette back in 2010. Arquette—who has remained friends with his ex—encourages her to date, Cox says, but "right now, I'm not quite ready to date. I'm getting closer ... as things become more final in my life with David." More»

Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's latest

(NEWSER) - After a decade, the Scream franchise is back—and not much has changed. What the critics are saying:

• “How long can [director Wes] Craven and [writer Kevin] Williamson milk the same shtick—mocking B movies and being one—before the audience catches on that they’re running around in circles?” asks Michael O’Sullivan in the Washington Post . “There’s a certain pleasure that comes from going through the same familiar motions. But when does a comfortable groove become a rut?”

On Howard Stern, talk of sex problems abounds

(NEWSER) - Oversharing must be contagious, because Courteney Cox just jumped on the TMI train that estranged hubby David Arquette originally rolled out of the station last year. Arquette went back on his favorite place to overshare, Howard Stern's radio show, yesterday—but this time he was joined by Cox, Us reports. Earlier this week, Arquette told Stern he tried to have sex with Cox on a recent trip to Disney World but got shut down. Stern, of course, wanted details yesterday from Cox. More»