Foreign B.O.: 'Tutti la vita davanti' eyes first-place finish at home -- LONDON — Italo comedy "Tutta la vita davanti" (‘Your Whole Life Ahead of You’) is the local opener with the best prospects of claiming top spot on home turf this weekend at the European box office.

Foreign B.O.: 'Who' edges out '10,000 BC' -- "Horton Hears a Who" heard the jangling of the most overseas coin over the weekend, topping a moderate frame with $13.2 million at 5,743 playdates in 52 markets and edging "10,000 BC."

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Legit Reviews: Three simultaneous tales of career and commitment, love and loss share the parquet flooring of writer-helmer Catherine Butterfield's "Brownstone," a world premiere at the commissioning Laguna Playhouse.

TV News: Reality shows bring in big numbers with finales -- A pair of reality skeins -- NBC vet "The Apprentice" and MTV newbie "America's Dance Crew" -- impressed in their season finales Thursday night opposite college hoops action on CBS.

Music Reviews: Like a character in one of his songs, Ray Davies found himself caught in a jumble of past and present, England and America, nostalgia and reality at the Wiltern on Saturday night. The result, for much of the evening, was a charming tour through the mind and catalog of one of rock's preeminent songwriters.

International News: 'Who' edges out '10,000 BC' -- "Horton Hears a Who" heard the jangling of the most overseas coin over the weekend, topping a moderate frame with $13.2 million at 5,743 playdates in 52 markets and edging "10,000 BC."

Publishing News: Film critic David Ansen to depart -- Newsweek will lose 111 staffers to buyouts, including veteran film critic David Ansen.

Los Angeles: Folks protest against the removal of subplot -- Harvey Weinstein's efforts to placate fans of "Fanboys" failed to prevent a protest in Los Angeles during the opening night of Dimension's spoof "Superhero Movie."

TV News: Lineup heavy in fantasy, action series -- With the economy going in the tank, NBC appears ready to bet that viewers are eager for a heavy dose of escapism -- and as few repeats as possible.

Business News: Org has divorced SAG -- Muddying the town's labor outlook, AFTRA has divorced SAG and carried through on its threat to negotiate a separate deal with the majors on its primetime TV shows.

Reality TV: Rockers sign on for reality competition -- Discovery Networks' eco-centric Planet Green has signed Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Tommy Lee for "Battleground Earth," a reality competition that marks the soon-to-launch cabler's most ambitious original production yet.

Business News: Lawyer Toberoff dings Superman -- He's a superhero to rights holders -- but Kryptonite to studios.

Home Ent News: Deal includes domestic rights on TV, DVD -- Arts Alliance America has picked up jazz docu “Chops,” which follows a group of talented high school musicians as they make their way up the competish circuit from Jacksonville, Fla., to Gotham’s Lincoln Center.

Labor Issues: Filmmakers unite on bargaining agreement -- A group of U.K. directors has launched a formal organization with the goal of securing a standard collective bargaining agreement with British employers.

Los Angeles: Blank, Sweeney honored with awards -- Showtime's Matt Blank and Disney's Anne Sweeney will receive the Natl. Cable & Telecommunications Assn.'s Vanguard Awards in May. Microsoft's Paul Allen is also among the nine who will be honored by the org at its annual confab in New Orleans.

Gotham: Production unit buys rights to noir thriller -- Rights to producer-scribe Irving Belateche's noir-thriller pitch "Combustion" have gone to 72 Prods.

Film Festivals: Ellin, Poyres, Savage added to slate -- "Entourage" creator-showrunner Doug Ellin, "Hannah Montana" creator-exec producer Michael Poyres, "Gossip Girl" exec producer-co-showrunner Stephanie Savage, "Bones" creator-showrunner Hart Hanson and "Dirty Sexy Money" creator-showrunner Craig Wright have been added to the lineup of speakers at this year's Banff World Television Festival.

Los Angeles: Stever Martin, Diane Keaton attached to star -- In a preemptive buy in the high six-figures, Paramount Pictures has acquired "One Big Happy," a comic pitch from "Party of Five" creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman to which Steve Martin and Diane Keaton are attached to star.

Reality TV: Network orders up spooky reality show -- Michael Yudin, head of his own MY Entertainment Co. and managing director of Carat Entertainment, has landed an eight-episode order from Travel Channel for spooky reality series "Extreme Ghost Adventures" and a commission from Hallmark Channel for a two-hour made-for starring Gail O'Grady.