Les Misérables, that epic modern classic of musical theater, is going to be a movie, and I'm pretty sure it will be a glorious musical comedy in the grand tradition of Singin' in the Rain and Glitter. Under the direction of Tom Hooper, director of The King's Speech (he was surely inspired by Ron Howard's perfect portrayal of the lisping Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man), this movie is going to seamlessly transfer the spectacle from the Broadway stage to the celluloid, and it's boasting an all-star cast.

● Anne Hathaway is engaged to her long time beau, Adam Shulman. "He's the best!" she says. [People]

Recent Oscar-winner Tom Hooper will follow up The King's Speech with an adaptation of Les Misérables, the blockbuster Broadway musical based on the Victor Hugo novel. So far Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe have been confirmed as the male leads: the hero Jean Valjean and his nemesis Javert, respectively. Today producer Cameron Mackintosh announced that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Fantine, a young, destitute prostitute. Also joining the cast will be King's Speech star Helena Bonham-Carter.

● Universal is using The Big Lebowski to launch their Social Theater on Facebook, an application with which allows viewers to stream movies for 30 Facebook credits or $3. The Dude of Facebook? 'Like.' [THR] ● Surely GOOP has touched at least a few lives, but we can't say we expected to hear that Gwyneth Paltrow is saving lives, too! In this particular case, a woman claims she was late to work on 9/11 after Gwyneth nearly ran her over in a large SUV. [People] ● The Weeknd's finally let go of his much anticipated second mixtape, Thursday, and it's as as dark, sleazy, wonderful as the last. and features Drake. It's available for free download from his site. [The Weeknd]

There's a long cinematic history of casting Brits as Americans and Americans as Brits, and then scrutinizing those actors' ability to deliver a credible foreign accent. It's just what we do. Some, like Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones movies, get away scot free. Others, like Madonna in real life, don't. Anne Hathaway is the latest American treasure to try a Yorkshire twang on for size, this time in her new romantic weepie One Day. She's provided a trove of evidence that she's a divinely talented actress, so a measly British accent should be a cinch, right? Well, not so much.

When you’re Anne Hathaway, and when you're playing the role of Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises, it’s to be expected that the paparazzi will pay just a little more attention than usual. But meltdowns and therapy be damned! This level-headed actress resorted to “songwriting” to vent her frustrations. During an appearance on Conan last night, Hathaway delivered her own original rap song, taking aim at the stalkarazzi. And if the flow sounds a bit familiar, well, “it’s in the style of Lil Wayne.”

Okay, major nerd timeout here, but bear with me. During my daily Perez Hilton check (I'm writing a critical essay, I swear), I came across what Mr. Hilton says is the first official fan-shot footage from the set of The Dark Knight Rises! If this sort of thing gets you off, then this is a really big deal. If it doesn't, then erase my number from your phone. What we appear to be seeing -- the footage is fairly grainy, as these things tend to be -- is a stormy scene between Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne, and Anne Hathaway's Selina Kyle in their regular-person disguises. (Everyone knows that Batman and Catwoman are their true identities.)

For a while there, it was really looking like the White House was going to release at least one image of a post-gun-shot-wound-to-the-head Osama Bin Laden. But now that it appears the President will officially deny us the pleasure of seeing Bin Laden's brains, we're going to need to shift our focus to other highly anticipated photographs. After the jump, check out five really exciting pictures our sour-puss president can't stop us from seeing.

● Nelly Furtado plans to donate the million dollars she made performing for the Qadaffi family to charity, making things awkward for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher, and all those oil execs who are still sitting on their own Qadaffi profits. In the future, let's all be more careful as to who's birthday party we perform at, okay? [Twitter] ● When we last left off, Charlie Sheen was firing his publicist and sending his friends out as day-time television mercenaries. He has since geared up for a full offensive, telling Piers Morgan (amongst many other amusing things), "I'm on a quest to claim absolute victory on every front." He also had his lawyers write a scolding letter to CBS, chiding Chuck Lorre for the halting of Two And A Half Men. [PopEater/Radar] ● Amidst all Lady Gaga's mitosis of the future-ing, we hardly noticed little Willow Smith's debut of "21st Century Girl," the speculated-about follow-up to "Whip My Hair." It's probably time we all start checking in with Mother Monster Gaga before making any major moves. [Vibe]

Let's be honest: The Oscars are long and a little boring. But that doesn't stop us from watching the entire shebang from start to finish, year after year, just in case we miss a really emotional (or awkward!) moment. But this year there was another reason we stayed glued to our screens: Anne Hathaway. We haven't had a female host in a while, and although she shared duties with James Franco, we knew that her outfit changes would be slightly more epic than her male counterpart's (minus the unexplained drag show). Here's a look at all of Hathaway's designer choices, including the above Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci gown she wore during the show opener. We're kind of obsessed with that bustier.