On the same day as the Screen Actors Guild nominations, Hollywood is honoring the passing of a director renowned for creating some cinematic gold of his own: Blake Edwards.

The prolific filmmaker, who’s credited with 46 titles, passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 88, his publicist confirmed Thursday. He died of complications from pneumonia with his wife, Julie Andrews, by his side.

Edwards inspired many, not least of all Steve Martin, who recently stepped into the shoes of Insp. Jacques Clouseau in the new “Pink Panther” series, a reboot of the movies originally directed by Edwards.

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Jen Lindley, we had no idea.

Apparently, that whole time Michelle Williams was playing the blonde next door on “Dawson’s Creek,” she was quietly angling for a career that had nothing to do with teen soaps. (Okay, so this isn’t that surprising; doesn’t everybody?)

After being compared to Johnny Depp – another actor who got their start on a “cheesy show,” as PopEater points out in an interview with Williams – the 30-year-old actress responded that her “Dawson’s” experience was actually a bit like “Casino.”

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Clearly we need to get used to hearing the names Chris Colfer and Geoffrey Rush – this week has been a standout for the two actors who, each in their respective fields, have nabbed some major nominations.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Tuesday that Rush was up for the best supporting actor in a motion picture Golden Globe, and on Thursday, Rush’s peers bestowed a SAG nomination in the category of outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role.

There’s a similar pattern for Colfer, who nabbed a Globes nod in the best supporting actor in a TV series category and then followed it up with a SAG nod for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series.

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Winona Ryder is claiming that Mel Gibson’s history of allegedly spewing hateful remarks goes back much further than a run-in with a police officer in 2006.

The actress, who’s currently playing a washed-up ballerina in “Black Swan,” told GQ a story about the troubled actor in the middle of her interview.

Read the full interview with Winona Ryder

"I remember, like, fifteen years ago, I was at one of those big Hollywood parties. And he was really drunk. I was with my friend, who's gay. He made a really horrible gay joke,” Ryder said of Gibson.

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When Patrick House entered the "Biggest Loser" ranch, he weighed 400 pounds, was unemployed and was borrowing money from family just to stay afloat.

Now, House is the reigning "Biggest Loser" champion, winning the title and $250,000 Tuesday after dropping 181 pounds in six months. He also has a new job at South Carolina's MindStream Academy, a co-ed boarding school where teens learn about long-term health and wellness.

"One of my co-workers went to high school with me and saw me on the show," House told reporters in a conference call Wednesday. "She talked to her boss, and he offered me a full-time job. It's a good opportunity for me to pay it forward and fight child obesity."

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I have to say, I’m starting to feel really bad for David Arquette.

His confessions to Howard Stern grow more personal and even sadder as the weeks go on. He's revealed that he's heartbroken over his split from Courteney Cox, and that he’s drinking a lot more to deal with it. Even more upsetting, he said he’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

And that brings us to our "Showbiz" Flashpoint today: Does it surprise you that Arquette continues to be so open about his heartache? I’m not so surprised. He’s clearly in a lot of pain and it’s obviously important for him to be candid about it in a public way. Maybe part of it is he knows Courteney will see how bad he’s hurting.

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After last week’s epic meltdown at Judges’ Table, this week’s ‘Top Chef’ felt a little lacking in the drama department, even with a double elimination. But it was stuffed with some really impressive food.

The show started with an awesome mise-en-place race for the Quickfire, but it had a twist: After teams finished their prep work, they had to make a dish using the ingredients they just prepared.

Oh, and the 15-minute timer to finish all the dishes started when the FIRST team finished its prep work. How deliciously cruel was that? I loved it.

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Ladies and gents, the time has come for Larry King to officially hang up his suspenders after 25 years. The finale of “Larry King Live” is airing tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

This is Larry King, we’re talking about, so of course we’re going to send him off with a bang. We’ve got plenty of surprises in store for both King and the viewers at home.

Plus, we’ll be live-streaming the red carpet arrivals at Spago as well as the viewing party starting at 8 p.m. ET. You’ll get to see all of the celebs showing up to wish Larry well. If you can’t be stationed in front of the TV tonight, follow @CNNShowbiz, where we’ll be live-tweeting from the red carpet and viewing party starting, you guessed it, at 8 p.m. (We’re not calling this “Larrypalooza” for nothing.)

"It's been a hell of a marriage,” King has said of his time spent with CNN. “This is not a divorce."

And while it’s certainly a bittersweet moment, “there's a time to go,” King said. “You know when it's time."

Man, if only “The A-Team” had better marketing, it totally would’ve found a larger audience at the box office this summer – or so says the film’s director, Joe Carnahan.

The filmmaker told the Wall Street Journal, “We kind of fell victim to a marketing misstep in that there wasn’t necessarily an understanding of what the show was. We didn’t do an adequate enough job of telling people what the movie was, if you know what I mean.”

Carnahan thinks that the film, which totaled to just $77 million, could've been a bigger hit, particularly among women.

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The third time definitely won't be the charm for Jon Favreau. According to New York Magazine's Vulture, the director won't return to helm "Iron Man 3."

Favreau, who directed both "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2," explained to the Los Angeles Times that he wasn’t leaving behind the tale of Tony Stark because of a rift in his relationship with Marvel but because he wanted to “find something that lights a fire” for him as a filmmaker.

He told the LAT that he wants the opportunity to “blow people away, which is easier to do with a project that isn’t loaded with built-in expectations.”

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