Fast Track: Comic-Con swoops into San Diego

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Wednesday.

Superfans, geeks and pop culture collide, as Comic-Con International will kick off in San Diego with a preview night Wednesday. Steven Spielberg, Andrew Garfield, Guillermo Del Toro and Jon Favreau are expected to attend the event, which runs through Sunday. (Los Angeles Times)

“Captain America” director Joe Johnston weighs in on his superhero flick, its star Chris Evans and killing Nazis. (Hero Complex)

“The Darkness” may be coming to a theater near you. Talks have started to take the graphic novel about a mobster to the big screen. (24 Frames)

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming officially retires. Now, he’ll have plenty of time for his love of “Transformers.” (Los Angeles Times)

Rupert Murdoch’s Tuesday appearance before a parliamentary committee dominated television, with Murdoch denying any responsibility for the conduct that led to him closing the News of the World. (Los Angeles Times)

Don’t forget the cherry! Murdoch isn’t the only prominent figure to have a close encounter with a projectile tart. He joins the canon of other pie targets with Bill Gates, William Shatner and Andy Warhol. (Show Tracker)

And the pie-wielding Jonathan May-Bowles, a.k.a. comedian Jonnie Marbles, has been charged with behavior causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place and has a court date set for Friday. (THR)

Ryan Gosling jokes that his ripped abs in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” appeared onscreen via a new James Cameron muscle-shaper called “Abatar.” (E!)

“Bridesmaids” star Maya Rudolph and husband Paul Thomas Anderson welcome a baby boy named Jack. (Ministry of Gossip)

Speaking of the Hollywood baby boom, “The Office” star Jenna Fischer spills to Jay Leno that she’s having a baby boy in the fall. (People)

Angelina Jolie says her kids eat crickets “like Doritos.” (Us Magazine)

Prickly comedian Ricky Gervais thinks Steve Carell and “The Office” deserves Emmys this year. And maybe he’ll be asking for them back as well. (Awards Tracker)

“Friends With Benefits” star Mila Kunis tells Jimmy Fallon that she loves New Jersey. The bigger revelation: She’s obsessed with “Jersey Shore” and she’s on Team Snooki. (The Hollywood Reporter)

It was only a matter of time before Ryan Seacrest developed a new show. This time the media jack of all trades is developing a “Jersey Shore”-style show for Bravo focusing on young, wealthy Persians in Los Angeles. (The Hollywood Reporter)

CBS Corp. and Amazon announce a new digital video licensing agreement that will enable Amazon Prime customers to stream CBS movies and TV shows. (Market Watch)

Celebrity Chef Ludo Lebevre calls his new show “LudoBites” on the Sundance Channel a hybrid of Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” and Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares.” (Show Tracker)

Kim Kardashian is suing Old Navy for using her likeness, well, a lookalike, in one of its ad campaigns. (TMZ)

-- Nardine Saad

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