Kiefer Sutherland has always wanted to make his hit TV series into a movie, but something has always made it a "future" project. Now, it looks as if he may get his wish, for 20th has finally commissioned Billy Ray to write the script.

I asked Kiefer where it would be filmed. He looked around cautiously and said, "How does Europe sound?" Now his dream would be complete, if his father, award-winning actor, Donald Sutherland, could be in it.

If you've been wondering what Julia Roberts has been doing since her smallish role in the star-studded cast of "Valentine's Day", listen to this. Besides having a husband, a son and a girl and boy twins, plus two houses, and an assortment of pets, Julia has found time for a movie which will be out this summer.

She stars in "Eat, Pray, Love", based on Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling novel. Julia plays a woman who finds out what really happens after a fire and brimstone divorce. It reveals how she fills her lonely time by trying out or inventing new recipes. That is why the word "eat" is mentioned in the book and picture's title. Most importantly, she learns to pray and meditate, and how to find a new way of looking at life. Love happens when - now wait a minute go see the film when it comes out in August. Incidentally, Julia served as executive producer.

Angelina Jolie has a great assignment. Now, due to the new French Government tax rebate on international productions, her new movie, "The Tourist", will be filmed in Paris, as well as the originally planned Venice. Ah! Paris in the spring.

Jolie's co-star, Johnny Depp, doesn't mind the footage filmed in Paris. He, his wife and two youngsters, have a home in France and now can spend more time there.

William Hurt usually does about one film a year, often less. I asked the Oscar winning star why so few. His answer, he loves to research a role thoroughly before beginning a picture. He mentioned his latest, "The Yellow Handkerchief", he plays a convict being released from prison. The studio sought special arrangements so the actor could spin several days with the other prisoners. He even stayed overnight in a cell to get a feel for the role. That's what I call dedication-he is great in the role.

Megan Mullally, who everyone loved as the madcap in "Will and Grace", is over the moon with her role in Starz TV's "Party Down". She plays the role of Lydia Dunfree. "I come to Hollywood, fresh from a doomed marriage. Did I say that with proper emphasis? Any way, I bring my 13-year-old daughter, knowing the town has never seen anyone who can sing as she can. You could say I'm the queen of the pushy mothers."

Megan wants you to know, she didn't hold back when it came to the exotic hairstyle she wears in the new series. "I went to Hollywood Blvd. and bought a wig that was really over-the-top. I'll wear it for the whole season. If it holds up, it better, I paid $39.95 for it-CASH!

Robert Duvall says there's something that has captured his attention. They have asked him to star as "Don Quiote". Bob says, "Yes, I know it's been announced with another star, but now they have the money."

The company asked Duvall if he would read the script. He did. Then, the Oscar winner agreed to do it. "I wasn't worried about the Spanish, I've used an accent in one or two other pictures, and anyway I have been to Argentina 28 times as well as Spain. I speak Spanish. Most important, the script is great! According to Bob, "They've already scouting locations."

I couldn’t help but wonder, what would Helen Mirren think, when it was announced that NBC and ITV were doing her hit television starrer, "Prime Suspect" again. The original series was a hit in the U.K. and began broadcasting in the U. S. in 1992 on PBS.

Her remark was to wish them luck, for it had been good to her. She played one of the few female detective chief inspectors in England at that time. It was a two-way street, for she had been great for it, winning two Emmys and a dozen other awards in the U.S. and Britain.

The network is really gung-ho on the project, and Hank Steinberg is already working on the TV script. He’s the brains behind "Without a Trace", and says "Prime Suspect" will get a two-hour introduction. He admits the big question is who will be selected for the title role. Not many have the acting chops of Mirren. He’s writing the TV lead, so she will have all the flaws the original had.

Gordon Ramsay flew in from England to introduce his lastest TV special, "Cook-along Live", as well as tell me about his two regular shows, "Hell’s Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares".

We began our interview with me betting Ramsay he couldn’t talk without us having to bleep out some naughty words. He admitted, "That’s difficult for me, for I’m usually talking to some chef on television, who asks for my criticism, and then fights back when I give it to him. We have a series of jars around, and if I, or anyone else, says a censored work, he has to put money in the bowl.

"When I’m home with my wife and four children, I don’t act like, or perform, as I do on TV. But," he smiled, "when I’m in the kitchen with a willful chef and undisciplined staff, and they won’t listen or even try doing something different, my mental pressure cooker may blow. To be frank, the conversation grows raw.

"It’s different when I’m home and around the children. We eat together. At our house, we have one course, then dessert, which I like to make something extra special." And with that, he handed me an apron and a whisk. I think I surprised him. I learned to cook from my mother, and she was from Southern Illinois, and knew how to whip up a meal, tasty and fast. Incidentally, not a naughty was spoken. Ramsey had a healthy glow on his face, in fact it was a very nice smile!