Drew Barrymore, Directrix?

As Summit Entertainment looks to lock in a director for the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse, the company is talking to a select group of directors -- including actress-turned-helmer Drew Barrymore, EW has learned. While this news may come as a surprise to some, Barrymore did just finish work on her directorial debut, Whip It! starring Ellen Page. Neither Summit nor Barrymore's reps would comment for this story.

Barrymore & Obama, Sitting in a Tree...

In the new issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, actress Drew Barrymore talks about how Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama made her cry.

"When I heard him speak about a gay person never having to sit outside the hospital room with their loved one sick inside, I burst into tears because so many people I care about are homosexual and it was profound to have someone be sensitive to that," she says in November's issue. "That's the kind of world I want to live in, where we're not holding our own principles in judgment above someone or against someone."