Rut-Ro. LAT Creeps Us Out: The one word you don't want to see next to a link for an obit? "Video." But we swallowed hard and clicked the link about the death of Iwao Takamoto, the creator of Scooby-Doo. We were relieved to find it was just a poorly enunciated KTLA clip about Takamoto's career.

King of the World Gets Off His Duff: James Cameron is set to film his first feature since 1997's Titanic. It is unfortunately not Aquaman, but a sci-fi film called Avatar, which uses that kinda icky performance-capture animation technique used in Monster House and The Polar Express. Titanic turned Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into stars. So learn these names now: Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. You'll probably be seeing a lot of them.

And Now For Something Important: Tracy Wilkinson has one of those pieces today that remind you why anyone is in this business. She explores the topic of honor killings in Turkey -- in great and sometimes gruesome detail.