Director (and onetime "Friends" star) David Schwimmer is speaking out about "Trust," the movie he shot in our area (including at Dexter High School) last year, which is now premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Associated Press has a story about the movie, while the Hollywood Reporter has a Q and A with Schwimmer.

The movie's Internet Movie Data Base page does not yet list a release date.

Other entertainment items of note online today:

MORE MOVIES

• MLive has a roundup of links following the screening of "Conviction," partially shot in the Ann Arbor area, at the Toronto festival.

• MLive also has a report on jobs connected to the five Michigan-made movies screening at Toronto.

• Adopted favorite son David Arquette reports on his Twitter page that he's finished shooting "Scream 4" and he had a nice dinner at Palio.

• For the most part, Hollywood's been doing a lot better in recent years than it used to do in adapting Elmore Leonard novels into movies, so I'm glad to hear that William H. Macy will play the lead in an upcoming "Freaky Deaky."

• I'm somewhat less excited to learn that Christian Slater is shooting an indie horror movie in Grand Rapids.

TELEVISION

• No formal announcement yet, but there's a report that Jennifer Lopez will in fact become a judge on "American Idol."

• In case you were still wondering, yes, it really was a raw meat "dress" that Lady Gaga wore at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, and Ellen DeGeneres tried to talk to her about it.

• Oprah Winfrey likes to give gifts to members of her studio audience, and she kicked off the final season of her show yesterday with a biggie: a trip to Australia.

• Joaquin Phoenix will return to David Letterman's show, site of an on-screen meltdown last year.

• The Rev. Al Sharpton is planning a Sunday morning syndicated show.

• Eminem made a cameo appearance on "Entourage."

• Bill Clinton is set to appear on "The Daily Show" on Thursday.

BOOKS

• President Barack Obama's children's book of inspirational stories comes out in November.

MUSIC

• AV Club Chicago has an good, interesting interview with Jeff Daniels in advance of a concert he's doing in the area.

• A blog called Consequence of Sound has a nice review of Abigail Washburn's recent show at The Ark.

• Speaking of The Ark, Billy Bragg put on a great show Saturday. But you don't have to take my word for it, thanks to YouTube user WoodyDee:

• MTV.com has a report on the first of two Yankee Stadium shows from Jay-Z and Eminem, following up on the Comerica Park dates earlier this month.

• She's got her work cut out for her, but rapper Nicki Minaj wants to eliminate homophobia from hip-hop.

• Such a loss to the culture: John Mayer has quit Twitter.

Renee Tellez, Jenn McKee and Ann Dwyer contributed to this roundup. Bob Needham is director of entertainment content for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at bobneedham@annarbor.com or 734-623-2541, and follow him on Twitter @bobneedham.