The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

TakePart Gang:

Arrested in Development by Wendy Cohen

Is Google Making Us Dumber? by Blair Golson

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 5 Ways to Green Your July 4th

Greenopia: Eco-Guides For Your City

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Andy Kondrat:

Hypermiling Contest Winner Gets 124 Miles to the Gallon

Rise in Fuel Prices May Lead to Dirtier Energy Sources

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Jon Popham:

Red Tide in Yellow Sea Threatens Olympics

Mercedes-Benz Ditching Gasoline Cars by 2015

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Giulia Rozzi:

46664 Concert: Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Denise Richards Likes to Share

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Gina Telaroli:

Top 10 Movies for the 4th of July: For Patriots and Cynics!

The Radical and Beautiful Journey of Wall-E

Arrested Development: The Movie. Our blogger Andy reported this exciting news a few days ago. And quite frankly, it made my day. But sadly, the film has been, well, arrested in development. According to EW.com this morning,  “no deal — much less a script — is in place for a movie version of the Fox comedy Arrested Development” Jeffrey Tambor told EW that the project was a go, but it seems that the star’s comments were premature.

Ah the Bluths, always teasing!

And to echo Andy’s take part tip, not only is Arrested Development incredibly wonderful, but one of our favorite people at takepart, Ed Begley, Jr., played Stan Sitwell in the series. Begley has since gone on to star in his own reality show now appearing on Planet Green, Living With Ed. You can takepart and visit the Living With Ed website to learn more about the program, and even ask Begley a question if you’d like.

Related:

Hold up! ‘Arrested Development’ movie not yet greenlit

The strike is settled and the writers are back at work today! Celebrate their return with these top 10 movies about screenwriting characters, courtesy of EW.com. Visit the Writers Guild website to learn more about the vote to lift their 100-day strike, which began on Novermber 5, 2007.
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1) THE WRITER: Mel Miller
PLAYED BY: Walter Matthau
IN: A Face in the Crowd (1957)

2) THE WRITER: Alfred Miller
PLAYED BY: Michael Murphy
IN: The Front (1976)

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3) THE WRITER: Dixon Steele
PLAYED BY: Humphrey Bogart
IN: In a Lonely Place (1950)

4) THE WRITER: Jerry Stahl
PLAYED BY: Ben Stiller
IN: Permanent Midnight (1980)

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