SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 2 (UPI) -- Principal photography has begun in Puerto Rico on the big-screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's first novel "The Rum Diary," GK Films said Thursday.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Amber Heard is in talks to play the female lead in a movie based on Hunter S. Thompson's Puerto Rico-set novel, "Rum Diary," The Hollywood Reporter said.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The Writers Guild of America has nominated "Milk," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "The Visitor" for its best original screenplay prize.

UPI Almanac for Friday, July 18, 2008.

NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) -- The wife of the late Hunter S. Thompson reportedly is writing a book about the last years of the U.S. journalist and author's life.

UPI almanac for Wednesday, July 18, 2007.

ASPEN, Colo., June 9 (UPI) -- The lobbying group for marijuana legalization is meeting in Colorado this weekend for a legal-issues seminar and a keynote from comic Tommy Chong.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Paramount Pictures' new animated film "Flushed Away" will make its world premiere at the upcoming 10th edition of the Hollywood Film Festival.

Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2006 with 166 to follow.