Drew Barrymore’s representative has denied reports claiming that the actress is dating TV boss after breaking up from boyfriend Justin Long.

Rumour mills started running that the Charlie’s Angels star, 35, is dating TV executive Cort Cass, after the couple was spotted together a few times.

“Drew and Cort have been out six times or so. They were hanging out… and were very lovey doveym,” the Daily Express quoted a source as telling US Weekly magazine.

But Barrymore’s spokesperson has played down the rumours, insisting that they are “just friends”.

Alaskans will be cast  in Drew Barrymore’s new movie, which is shooting in the state.

The movie will mostly be shot in Anchorage, Alaska. Executive producer Stuart Besser said, “There’s at least 1,000 extras, and there are probably 30 to 40 speaking roles that we would attempt to get in Anchorage.”

Everybody Loves Whales will start shooting in September in Alaska. It is expected to shoot for about 10 weeks. It is based on the attempt to rescue three gray whales trapped by sea ice near Barrow in 1988. Two of the whales managed to escape thanks to a Soviet icebreaker, while the third disappeared.

Barrymore will star as a Greenpace worker and The Office star John Krasinski will star as a news reporter. Ken Kwapis is directing.

The movie is expected to have a 2012 release date.

Drew Barrymore’s car was hit by a paparazzo’s car on the streets of Los Angeles. The snapper accidentally drove into the back of the actress’ vehicle when she stopped at a red light, reported imdb.com.

On Monday the star had just left a hair salon in Beverly Hills when the accident happened and she jumped out of her vehicle and started screaming at the unnamed photographer.

The 1970s hit show, “Charlie’s Angels,” about three female private detectives may be coming back to the small screen according to Variety, the New York Daily News reported. ABC is almost ready to start shooting a pilot for the show, but no airing date has been decided.

Josh Friedman, behind Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles” will write and executive produce the new “Angels.” Also onboard are original producer Leonard Goldberg and Barrymore, who not only starred, but produced the 2000 film.

Whip It! Drew Barrymore’s directing debut, will be released October 9, 2009. Ellen Page plays a confused teen, who finds a roller derby league as her own bit of salvation—based on the Shauna Cross novel, Derby Girl. Barrymore has a role in the film as well.

Drew Barrymore along with Emmy Rossum and other celebrities rallied on the streets of Hollywood to protest against the new California ban on gay marriage.

The celebrities joined thousands of activists to protest about the re-instatement of Proposal 8, which bans same-sex marriages after they were legalised briefly last year. Star Trek [^] actor George Takei, Kelly Osbourne, Sophia Bush, comedienne Kathy Griffin and singer/actress Deborah Gibson are among other celebrities who have criticised California’s approval of the ban.

Drew Barrymore (in Prada) speaks at the 9th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Thursday (May 28) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 34-year-old actress presented the “Loop Award” to Nancy Utley, President of Fox Searchlight Films.

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long leaving a Green Day concert last night.

Drew Barrymore tries so hard in Grey Gardens. She earns an A for effort – and a D for results. All her straining undermines the HBO movie, which had its debut Saturday.

Grey Gardens, the true saga of eccentric “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and daughter “Little Edie,” was first a documentary and later a Broadway musical. The dramatic version unfolds like a lush soap opera that goes horribly wrong.
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She comes from a famous Hollywood family, began acting as a kid and has worked with many top directors, but Drew Barrymore was never as terrified of a role as she was for her latest part in “Grey Gardens.”

The television movie, which debuts on HBO on Saturday, stars the 34-year-old Barrymore as Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale, the eccentric cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who lived a reclusive life of wealth and extreme poverty before her death in 2002.

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