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Sigourney Weaver doesn't want to make another Alien movie.

The actress, 59, made her name starring in the popular sci-fi franchise.

But, despite pleas from fans for one last adventure, Weaver - who starred in four Alien movies - believes she's too old to reprise her role as Lt. Ellen Ripley.

She says, "I don't think it will happe.

Jennifer Aniston has beaten ex-husband Brad Pitt at the box office for the second week in row.

Aniston's Marley & Me - which also stars Owen Wilson - earned $24.1 million over the weekend, making it No. 1 for the second week in a row.

The film, which set a Christmas Day opening record, has made $106.5 million so far.

Adam Sandler's Bedtime Stories came in second spot, earning $20.3 million.

Brad Pitt's drama, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, landed in third place this weekend with $18.4 million.

Hugh Jackman is no longer in discussions to star with Catherine Zeta-Jones in Cleo, a 3-D live action musical which Steven Soderbergh will direct as his next project.

Jackman - who is currently starring alongside Nicole Kidman in the new Baz Luhrmann Australia - has blamed scheduling conflicts for the move, although it's not clear what other projects he has lined up.

Cleo retells the tragedy of Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her Roman lover Marc Antony through the medium of an Elvis-style musical, with music by indie rockers Guided by Voices.

The release date of Brad Pitt's next movie has finally been announced.

Inglourious Basterds, which is directed by Quentin Tarantino, will hit theaters in America and Canada on August 21.

The film - about an American resistance fighter (Pitt) battling Nazis in German-occupied France - has mostly been filmed in Germany. Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their six children stayed in a $36,000-a-week mansion in a Berlin suburb for 90 days in 2008.

The thriller's dialogue is French or German (subtitles will be used), though Pitt will speak English.

Scarlett Johansson accepted her role in new film The Spirit because she was keen to work with its director, Frank Miller.

The actress - who plays Silken Floss: A femme fatale scientist and accomplice to the Octopus in the avant-garde film noir - admits the movie didn't really interest her at first.

Daniel Craig says the current economic climate is going to make the movie industry "really tricky".

The British actor - who plays James Bond in the films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace - is said to be the highest paid screen star in Britain.

But Craig, 40, insists even Hollywood superstars are not immune from the global credit crunch crisis.

Nikki Blonsky says Zac Efron would "love" to do a Hairspray sequel.

Blonsky - who starred alongside John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes and High School Musical hunk Efron in the 2007 musical - says she, and a number of other cast members, are keen to reprise their roles.

She reveals, "Zac has said he'd love to do it again, and I know Brittany Snow is down for sure. I don't know about Amanda. I hope she will.

"I want to put on my Tracy Turnblad wig again and dance my little heart out."

Russell Crowe has been told he's too fat for his new movie role.

The Academy Award-winning actor is due to play the sheriff of Nottingham in the upcoming Robin Hood film directed by Ridley Scott.

But the British director has reportedly told Crowe he needs to lose a few pounds for the role. Scott previously directed Crowe in the film Gladiator, a role that earned the actor his Oscar.

Tom Cruise said he felt a "responsibility" to his character in his new film Valkyrie.

In the film, Cruise, 46, plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg - a German army officer who famously tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler during the Second World War.

"It's a great responsibility to the Germans, for whom a man like Colonel von Stauffenberg means so much," said Tom. "And playing the role, I felt a responsibility to the man himself.

"The more I learned about him, the greater my respect and admiration.