Leonardo DiCaprio signs to play Howard Hughes
Plus, a possible ''Homicide'' TV movie is in the works, and Sean ''Puffy'' Combs settles his assault case
'The Mummy' sticks to No. 1 on a quiet box office weekend
But 'The Matrix' is the big winner among voters in EW Online's Critical Mass Movie Poll
Catherine Zeta-Jones falls in love with Sean Connery
Ty Burr on Hollywood's on-screen fascination with affairs between young women and much older men