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 L Word star Jennifer Beals is set to return to the big screen opposite her former Devil in a Blue Dress costar Denzel Washington inThe Book of Eli. It's action thriller from Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment co-starring Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis. 

Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning and some of our favorite Broadway gals made the list, while others were left in the lurch. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury scored nominations for the musical revival "A Little Night Music." The lovely Scarlett Johansson joined the nominees for her role in "A View From the Bridge." Sarah Ruhl's historical dramedy "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," picked up a Best Play nomination. View the complete list of Tony noms. 

Want to meet Kristen Stewart? You might, with this week's announcement of a series of Twilight conventions. That, and details about Kate Winslet, Sarah McLachlan, Rosario Dawson and news of a TV adaptation of St. Elmo's Fire topline this installment of the Hollywood Trade Roundup, a collection of the week's Hollywood hotties in the headlines from The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety.

The least lesbian Oscar nominations ever were announced this morning (caveat-‘least lesbian’ may be an exaggeration, but not by much). There was a dearth of lesbian and bisexual characters on the big screen in 2012, the likes of which have not been seen since Wings won the first Academy Award ever in 1927. Just last year Glenn Close and Janet McTeer were nominated for gender bending roles while Rooney Mara landed a nod for her incarnation of bisexual super hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 2011 saw a nomination for Annette Bening for her annoying lesbian character in The Kids are All Right (but at least it was something). And in 2009 Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a fiery bisexual artist in Vicki Cristina Barcelona.