Report: SVU's Chris Meloni Joins Superman Cast

Celebrity News June 27, 2011 AT 5:29PM By UsWeekly Staff

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-- Law & Order: SVU star Chris Meloni might be headed to the silver screen. Deadline reports that the 50-year-old is on the verge of signing on to Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel. [Huffington Post]

-- Michael Jackson's iconic red and black jacket from "Thriller" fetched an astonishing $1.8 million at an auction this weekend. The sale came exactly two years after the King of Pop's Propofol-induced death at age 50. [CNN]

-- Raising Hope's Garret Dillahunt snuck a knife past TSA! From inside the airport, the actor tweeted a picture of the hunting knife and said: "Oops. Walked right through airport security with this little number." Rainn Wilson jokingly proposed: "Arrest this tweeter!" [PopEater]

-- Alicia Keys is following in Jay-Z and Will Smith's footsteps. The 30-year-old singer will help produce Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly this fall. [Yahoo]

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September 15, 2011 - 3:35am Heather Luana Kirtland
Chris Meloni's newest project since leaving L & O SVU....Gonna be in the new Superman movie! :)