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Who cares if it's just fluff? This summer positively purrs with kitty cinema. In Catwoman, due July 23, a vengeance-seeking HALLE BERRY uses her feline powers to whip an evil cosmetics company into shape. An Oscar winner in a shredded-leather suit? Dog people of the world, surrender.

Pride
Inspired by a nature documentary, this live-action A&E lion's tale due on DVD Sept. 7 features Kate Winslet voicing a rebellious cub named Suki. Think Babe, with fur.

Two Brothers
Adventurer GUY PEARCE returns two mistreated tigers to the wild in an animal-rights fable from the director of 1988's The Bear. Finally, a film PETA families can enjoy together.

Garfield: the Movie
In this feature based on the Jim Davis comic strip, Garfield's owner brings home dopey doggy Odie to woo a foxy vet. But even Bill Murray voicing the droll, digitally rendered tabby hasn't made moviegoers go meow.

The Anti-Anna Is the Winna
Her terrible burden is finally lifted, along with a large round trophy. MARIA SHARAPOVA, a blond, Russian-born tennis prodigy with a modeling contract, has had to expend much valuable energy denying that she's the new Anna Kournikova, an adjectivally similar countrywoman who won hearts but no titles. "Anna isn't in the picture anymore," Sharapova recently announced. "It's Maria time now." True and true. With Kournikova absent and fighting retirement, the less flamboyant, more focused Sharapova, 17, trounced Serena Williams, 6-1, 6-4, Saturday to become Wimbledon's third youngest women's champion ever and the first non-Williams winner in five years.

And How About a Gig for Al Gore?
The last job the Rev. AL SHARPTON really, really wanted — President of the U.S.--he didn't get. But this fall, a new Spike TV reality show, I Hate My Job, will feature the Pentecostal minister, soon-to-be CNBC commentator and onetime road manager for James Brown as a "life counselor." Offering weekly assignments and advice, Sharpton and a psychologist will help eight contestants pursue their dream jobs. "I fully support the message of this show," the pompadoured reverend said in a statement. "If you hate your job and want a change — get up and do it!" For some people, of course, just getting up on TV is the dream.