London, England -- Hugh Grant may be hanging up his acting shoes for good. The "Bridget Jones's Diary" star tells the British newspaper the "Evening Standard" that acting is a "miserable experience" for him and now he is "sort of semi-retired."

LOS ANGELES -- Hard core rockers System of a Down have finally announced details about their follow-up to their multi-platinum album "Toxicity:" It will be a two-disc set titled "Hypnotize/Mesmerize." The first disc will be released in early 2005, while the second will hit stores in late Summer or Fall. According to the band's publicist, they chose to stagger the release dates "to give fans time to get into and really live with the music from Disc 1 before plunging into Disc 2."

LOS ANGELES -- Peter Jackson is following in the footsteps of Alfred Hitchcock -- at least where cameos are concerned. The extended DVD of "Return Of The King" features a brief scene of Jackson playing a pirate whose ship is overtaken. Jackson's character ends up being killed by one of Orlando Bloom's arrows. The DVD hits stores Dec. 14.

NEW YORK -- No one thought they would see Babe Ruth in a Boston Red Sox uniform again, but then again, no one thought the Red Sox would break "the curse of the Bambino." Now, Sports Clix -- a baseball collectible miniature game -- has designed 50 Sox uniform-clad Ruth miniatures for its 2005 edition. One of the fifty mini-Ruths is being auctioned off on eBay where the top bid has already reached more than $330.

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