• A little news from my homeland: Michael Cieply reports on Durham, North Carolina finally getting its Hollywood day in the sun. [The Carpetbagger]
• Revisiting Stephen Frears’s “The Queen” on the basis of entertainment and history. [The Guardian]
• Rachel Abramowitz profiles new “Angels & Demons” starlet Ayelet Zurer. [Los Angeles Times]
• Director Frank Darabont’s 223 favorite movies. [Empire]
• Kim Voynar wonders where the muscle-bound estrogen is at the multiplexes this summer. [Movie City News]
• Brooks Barnes reports on “Kung Fu Panda”‘s transition from animated film to Nickelodeon TV series. [New York Times]
• Maria Puente on the many visions of Salvador Dali on film. [USA Today]
• The home of “Slumdog Millionaire” star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail has been demolished. [Wall Street Journal]
• In honor of the “unbearable start” of “The Brothers Bloom,” Christopher Campbell writes up a list of 10 films ruined by voice-over narration. [Spout Blog]