Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired “The B Team,” a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy and McKay writing the script.

Pic will be a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Sony has not set a release date on the film, but it is expected to go into production as quickly as the filmmakers can get it ready.

The comedy was pitched around town on Tuesday by Endeavor and CAA, and Sony co-president Matt Tolmach moved quickly. Tolmach was comfortable committing to a film without a finished script, because Columbia worked in exactly the same fashion on “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers,” both of which were set up with a pitch and the collaborative track record of McKay and Ferrell. (Read full story …)

GALLERY LINKS:
• Candids from 2009 – 01-14 – Picking up Ella from school [HQ]
• Appearances from 2009 – Northern Trust Open At Riviera Country Club
• Appearances from 2009 – Callaway Golf Foundations Annual Pro-Celebrity Tournament

Mark Wahlberg has made it clear that when he and partner Rhea Durham make their union official, they aren’t interested in a big Hollywood shindig.

In fact, he told People magazine that wherever they choose to tie the knot, family members will outnumber celebrities.

“If we do it here [in LA], it’ll probably just be us and the kids,” Wahlberg explained to reporters at the Callaway Golf Foundation Challenge. (Read full story …)

Mark Wahlberg says Jeremy Piven doesn’t deserve the scrutiny he’s been getting over his mercury-poisoning controversy.

Wahlberg, a producer of Entourage, has remained pretty much mum over the Piven ordeal, but earlier today he jumped to his defense. Wahlberg insisted the actor was not making up excuses to leave the Broadway revival of Speed-the-Plow when he announced that doctors had advised him to quit the show. (Read full story …)

The Callaway Golf Foundation Challenge, a pro-celebrity charity golf tournament benefiting the cancer research initiatives of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), is readying to take place this Monday, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

This fundraising event pairs leading professional golfers with celebrated actors, chief business leaders and entertainment industry executives for a round of golf in a “Modified Best Ball” tournament format. During the event, amateur golfers will have an opportunity to work on their technique at the Johnny Miller Skills Clinic.

Proceeds will benefit EIF’s Cancer Research Programs to fast-track scientific research to support the discovery of new prevention tests and improved, non-toxic therapies for ovarian, breast, colon and prostate cancers. (Read full story …)