Jodie Foster acts as "good parent" to actors

Jodie Foster has revealed that she sees herself as a parent to the actors she directs.

The actress-turned-director explained that there are similarities between directing a movie cast and raising a child.

She told Psychologies: "I want to be a good parent who loves them unconditionally, even when they come up with bad ideas and even when they suck.

"There is a way of loving their foolish attempts and guiding them in what you think is the right direction.

"And I do think I have a particular sensitivity towards child actors because of my own experiences. As a child I certainly looked for a parent figure in my directors."

Fosters directs and stars in the film The Beaver as the wife of Mel Gibson's character, a man on the edge of madness who will only communicate with his family via a puppet.

Foster hadn't originally planned to play the leading actress but soon realised that she was most suited to the role.

She added: "I had no intention of acting in this movie but I started thinking, 'Who can I put across from Mel, saying she's going to stand by her man and fight for him - and yet go through this juncture when she realises she's put her children in jeopardy, watching their father lose his mind?'

"I was sitting and thinking about what actor is going to do that from a place of strength that doesn't feel fake and then I realised it was me."

Kristen Stewart: 'Breaking Dawn birth hits you'

Kristen Stewart has opened up about filming the birth scene in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

Stewart, who recently shared a public kiss with Breaking Dawn co-star Robert Pattinson, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the highly-anticipated birth scene.

"The birth is really effective, and I've heard it really hits you in the face," Stewart said.

The actress neglected to say whether the scene would be as graphic as it is in Stephenie Meyer's novel. However, Stewart did say that the scene could have been far more explicit.

She added: "It could have been shocking and grotesque, because that's how it was written in the book. I would have loved to have been puking up blood."

Breaking Dawn's wedding scene was recently filmed as well. The scene was shot with police protection following recent leaks.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is expected to open in theatres on November 18.

Ron Howard to direct 'Amnesty'

Ron Howard has signed to direct a forthcoming film called Amnesty.

The project is based on a pitch by screenwriter Max Landis, the son of Animal House and An American Werewolf in London helmer John Landis.

Frequent Howard collaborator Universal and Brian Grazer will produce the Imagine Entertainment project, reports Variety.

Howard and Grazer have worked together on several films, including A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.

No details about the movie's plot have been released.

Howard previously agreed to direct an adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

The actor-turned-filmmaker revealed in January that Mitch Hurwitz wants him to appear in the Arrested Development movie.

Taylor Lautner late for 'Twilight' wedding

A while back we brought you a Twilight: Breaking Dawn pic of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart bedding down for some wedding night action. Now, let's rewind a bit to see a moment before their nuptials.

Taylor Lautner's wolf boy Jacob, clutching his invitation, powers through the rain to make it to the church on time. We're hoping it's going to result in something like Dustin Hoffman's gatecrashing of Katherine Ross's wedding in The Graduate.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 opens in cinemas on November 18. See the new Taylor Lautner picture from the movie below:

Tom Cruise trying to stop Scientology movie

A rep for Tom Cruise has denied claims that the actor is trying to stop the production of a movie that could reveal "secrets" of Scientology.

Life & Style reported that Cruise has attempted to halt filming on an upcoming film called The Master, because it concerns a religion similar to Scientology and proposes to unveil details about the religion's practices.

However, Cruise's rep has called those claims "untrue", reports Gossip Cop.

There Will be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson is reportedly preparing to make a film that centres on a man called The Master - played by Philip Seymour Hoffman - who leads a faith-based organisation similar to Scientology in the 1950s.

Joaquin Phoenix was recently linked to the project in the role of Hoffman's increasingly disenchanted follower.

Cruise was reportedly approached to appear on Fox's Glee recently.

The actor is currently filming Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol