The "Alias" actress, Jennifer Garner, who is married to JenniferLopez's ex-fiance

Ben Affleck, was lined up to play Bobby Ewing's wife Pam in the "Dallas" movie.

"Dallas: The Movie" is to be directed by the woman behind "Bend It Like Beckham" - the British film that made Keira Knightley a star.

The big screen remake of the classic 80s TV show - believed to be starringJennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Luke Wilson and Shirley MacLaine - will be handled by Gurinder Chadha. She will replace "Legally Blonde" filmmaker Robert Luketic.

Lindsay Lohan has been hotly-tipped to play sexy Lucy Ewing Cooper in a movie version of 'Dallas'.

The stunning teen is currently the favorite to play the blonde bombshell - nicknamed the 'Poison Dwarf' - in the remake of the classic 80s soap.

Jennifer Lopez has been hotly-tipped to play Sue Ellen Ewing in a movie version of 'Dallas'.The Latin beauty is being lined up to play the adulterous wife of J.R.Ewing, a role made famous by Linda Gray in the classic 80s soap.Other stars being considered for the movie - about the exploits of wealthyTexas oil millionaires - include John Travolta, Luke Wilson and ShirleyMacLaine.Meanwhile, J.Lo has split from her long-term hairdresser. The Latin beauty ditched regular stylist Oribe - who charges $10,000-a-day for his services - after a string of alleged bust-ups.However, sources close to the star deny there has been any rift and insiststhe two parted company amicably.One insider said: "There was no fight - she just stopped using him."After being told his scissors were no longer required, Oribe is now planningto concentrate on running his exclusive Miami salon, whose clients includeLeonardo DiCaprio's former lover, supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

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Veteran comedian and actor Richard De Angelis, most recently of the HBO crime drama "The Wire," died of congestive heart failure and complications from prostate cancer in his Silver Spring, MD home on December 28. He was 73.