This is Hollywood icon and notorious womanizer Jack Nicholson’s 19-year-old daughter Lorraine on the set of her first major feature Soul Surfer. I’m not sure if the movie qualifies as horror, but it does revolve around teenage shark attack victim Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm at the jaws of a 14-foot tiger shark in Hawaii.

Hamilton was 13 when the attack occurred. She recovered quickly and was back in the water just a few months after the ordeal. The news spun the story as an inspirational tale of courage and yada-yada, but I’m hoping the filmmakers will go for a more Jaws 4 “this-time-it’s-personal” vibe.

But, I digress. This post is to show photos of Jack’s slightly chubby daughter in a bikini. Word has it, however, that country music sensation Carrie Underwood has been cast in the film as well. Here’s hoping she plays a hard-bodied, topless lifeguard who has to rescue Hamilton from the shark and then give her mouth-to-mouth for about 10 minutes.

Until those pics are available, here’s a gallery featuring Lorraine Nicholson:

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Columbia Pictures has hired Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) to adapt author Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code sequel The Lost Symbol for the big screen. The Lost Symbol, which sold 1.6 million copies on its first day of release, was 2009’s best-selling book, according to Nielsen Bookscan.

In case you missed a book club meeting or two, here’s the synopsis:

Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.

As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object–artfully encoded with five symbols–is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon–a prominent Mason and philanthropist–is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations–all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

Columbia Pictures’ adaptations of Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons have earned over $1.24 billion in worldwide gross. No word yet on whether director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks will return to the franchise.

Personally, I’m looking forward to a Lost Symbol movie. I’ve enjoyed Brown’s books and Howard’s film adaptations. And, I especially enjoyed Hustler Video’s The Da Vinci Load and its sequel The Da Vinci Load 2: Angels & Semen (hey, don’t hate me cause I’m an intellectual).

It’s hard to know if in this picture Amanda Seyfried is threatening Julianne Moore with a dangerous instrument or simply looking to pull out an ingrown hair from one of Moore’s freckles. Regardless, one thing is certain in director Atom Egoyan erotically-charged, psychological thriller Chloe: Seyfried and Moore will engage in some raw and naked cougar/cub lesbo action!

An American adaptation of the French film Nathalie, Chloe is penned by Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, The Resident) and stars Seyfried as a prostitute hired by an emotionally unstable woman (Moore) to seduce her husband (Liam Neeson) and report back with the sordid details of the affair.

As your cock the plot thickens, Seyfried, 24, and Moore, 49, strike up a heated relationship of their own, leading to intense older woman/younger girl type kink. To see an interview with Moore, click here. To see Seyfried parade around nude in the film’s trailer, go here.

Chloe is slated for release in early 2010. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group holds the film’s North American rights.

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Mr. Plinkett over at Red Letter Media has shot an 18-minute video review of James Cameron’s record-breaking blockbuster Avatar. Now, if you’re like me, watching something for 18-minutes on the web, usually ends with a sticky keyboard, an overdrawn credit card, and a tremendous amount of shame (I’m sorry, Nana, I know you’re watching me from heaven).

Thankfully, there aren’t any young, petite Asian schoolgirls bathing with giant squids to be found in Plinkett’s review. What you will find is a brutally insightful, spot-on criticism of Avatar that will save you a few bucks and three hours of your time.

If you must see Avatar, do the right thing. Pass on the whole theater/Imax crap and, instead, help out your local bootlegger.

Avatar has now surpassed Titanic in domestic gross, earning $601.2 million in 47 days. Titanic docked at $600.8 million during its theatrical run over a decade ago. James Cameron has remained an asshole.