Keanu Reeves coming to small screen

Keanu Reeves is set to produce and star in the upcoming television series "Rain," about an assassin who grapples with his identity. Here are some other actors known for movie work who've decided to tackle TV:

Oscar winner Halle Berry stars in "Extant," a new space drama from Steven Spielberg's production company that premieres July 2 on CBS.

Katherine Heigl is returning to television after spending four years working in film. The former "Grey's Anatomy" actress will star in NBC's new CIA/White House drama, "State of Affairs."

Terrence Howard has done his fair share of TV work, but he's best known for his big-screen appearances in movies such as "Crash," "Hustle & Flow" and "Iron Man." But in the fall, he and filmmaker Lee Daniels are coming to TV with a Fox drama called "Empire."

Katie Holmes is also returning to the small screen years after "Dawson's Creek" made her a star. According to TVLine, Holmes is set to star this fall for ABC in a " 'Dangerous Liaisons'-esque high society drama."

Viola Davis has collected acclaim and two Oscar nods with her film career, but the actress will next appear in a drama pilot that Shonda Rhimes is creating for ABC. Called "How to Get Away With Murder" and described as a "sexy legal thriller," Davis will play a criminal defense attorney and professor.

Jamie Lee Curtis has signed up to star in a soapy CBS drama pilot. In the project, Curtis will portray a doctor and the mother of quadruplets, all of whom grew up as the subjects of a reality show. If all goes well, this would be Curtis' first regular TV role since 1989's "Anything But Love."

After returning to "American Idol" for its 13th season, Jennifer Lopez has apparently caught the TV bug. The actress is set to produce and star in a new NBC police drama called "Shades of Blue." She will play a detective who goes undercover in the FBI's anti-corruption task force. NBC has already picked up 13 episodes.

Susan Sarandon, seen here with her actress daughter, Eva Amurri, is known for films such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Thelma & Louise" and "Bull Durham." But as of October 2013, Sarandon has agreed to star with Amurri in a new NBC sitcom.

Meg Ryan has spent the past 10 years sporadically appearing in movies. Now the actress is planning to make her grand return on TV, not at the box office. She has signed on to produce and star in an NBC comedy about a single mom who decides to return to work at a New York City publishing house.

Anna Faris, right, was becoming a comedy queen almost solely on the big screen, thanks to parts in "The Hot Chick," "The House Bunny" and "Just Friends." But Faris switched it up last fall with "Mom," a new comedy on CBS that stars the actress as a single mother and recovering alcoholic trying to put her life back together.

Don Cheadle's acting career is pretty legendary thanks to film credits like "Hotel Rwanda" and "Crash." But in 2012, Cheadle reminded anyone who'd forgotten just how funny he could be -- and how well he could lead a TV series -- with Showtime's "House of Lies."

Australian actress Rebel Wilson, second from right, is beloved by American audiences for her hilarious presence in movies "Bridesmaids" and "Pitch Perfect." Yet Wilson has some small-screen experience, too, and she's proved it with the ABC comedy "Super Fun Night."

After "Mork & Mindy" ended in 1982, Robin Williams left TV behind for a road filled with big-screen players like "Dead Poets Society," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Birdcage." But Williams, right, moved back to TV last fall with a CBS comedy called "The Crazy Ones," which also stars film actress Sarah Michelle Gellar.

"Sleepy Hollow" was one of the fall 2013 TV season's earliest hits, and it stars two actors known more for movies. British actor Tom Mison is known for flicks like "One Day" and "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," while Nicole Beharie has shined in the films "Shame," "The Last Fall" and "42."

There was a time when you could only see Kevin Bacon on your TV screen if one of the cable channels was airing "Footloose." But in 2013, Bacon followed in the footsteps of his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, and made TV appearances a weekly thing with Fox's "The Following."

Kevin Spacey is a man notably devoted to theater, but the TV format has even ensnared the "American Beauty" actor. It's true that "House of Cards" doesn't *quite* count as TV -- it's original programming from Netflix that can be watched like a really, really long movie rather than in episodes -- but it was also nominated for a bunch of Emmys.

You might have seen Vera Farmiga on TV early in her career, but most came to know the actress when she transitioned to films such as "The Departed" and "Up in the Air." In 2013, Farmiga took a classic movie role and stretched it out to fill a TV series with A&E's "Bates Motel."

Prior to her barrier-breaking and Emmy-nominated role in "Scandal," Kerry Washington was better known for her film work. But in 2012, she became the first African-American actress to lead a prime-time network drama in almost 40 years.

Kat Dennings' first credited role was on TV ("Sex and the City," to be exact), but by the mid-2000s she was recognized from movies like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist." In 2011, Dennings hit paydirt on TV with CBS' "2 Broke Girls."

Ashton Kutcher, too, was a TV star who at one point tried to break out into movies -- what used to be the typical sign of "making it" in Hollywood. While Kutcher, center, still works in movies like many others on this list, it was telling when he decided to return to TV for another comedy, replacing Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men" in 2011.

Although Claire Danes' early TV work on "My So-Called Life" is seminal to her career, her prestigious reputation was built with films such as "Romeo + Juliet," "The Hours" and "Shopgirl." So by the time she came full circle in 2011 and returned to TV with Showtime's "Homeland," it seemed like a big star had come home to roost.

These days, Zooey Deschanel is easily recognizable as the quirky teacher Jess Day on Fox's hit sitcom "New Girl." But before that, she was better known for her film work in "(500) Days of Summer," "Almost Famous" and "Elf."

Showtime's "Masters of Sex" has lured film star Michael Sheen to TV. Prior to 2013's freshman hit, Sheen was best known for work in movies such as "Underworld," "Frost/Nixon" and "Midnight in Paris." His co-star, Lizzy Caplan, has played across both mediums, starring in cult TV favorites like "Freaks and Geeks" and "Party Down" as well as big-screen blockbusters like "Mean Girls."

We think there's little James Spader can't do, and his recent resume is proof. In addition to playing a mysterious criminal on NBC's "The Blacklist," Spader, right, has also signed up to appear as Ultron in Joss Whedon's "Avengers" sequel.

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Butt out! Keeping Malaga’s beaches clean

A CAMPAIGN to keep Malaga’s beaches clean launched by the city council early in June has been gathering momentum.

Entitled ‘Málaga, ¡cómo te quiero!'(Malaga, oh how I love you!), the movement has already reached more than 18,000 people with its message to keep Malaga’s beaches clean and free from litter.

In particular, the council is encouraging people not to leave cigarette butts and the shells of pipas- the ever-popular sunflower seeds that Spaniards devour in their hundreds - on the beaches.

Already, more than 18,000 containers to keep the stones and shells of nuts and other snacks, as well as over 1,000 handy pocket-ashtrays have been distributed amongst locals.

The aim of this initiative is to instil a greater sense of community spirit and responsibility in keeping our public spaces clean.

The campaign has proved most popular with Malaga’s children, who have really taken the message on board. The hope is that the next generation will show pride in their local communities and beauty spots, keeping beaches and parks clean for everybody to enjoy.

Rapid response kills forest fire

FOREST fire in the Valencian Community is an ever-present danger, now accentuated by prolonged drought.

A blaze in Xativa (Valencia) took Alicia Bruce, daughter of Euro Weekly News reader Linda Gonzalez, by surprise as she and her family were leaving a local sports club. They heard firefighting planes and helicopters going over and then they saw ash falling into the swimming pool.

“We didn’t know the fire was so close until we passed fire engines on our way home and saw the flames,” she said.

Fortunately the fire was spotted before it had time to spread and only one hectare of woodland in the Bixquert area was affected. Aircraft scooped up water from a huge pool nearby and the blaze was soon controlled.

The Bixquert fire was one of three put out in Xativa on the same day, initially leading investigators to suspect arson. But closer inspection revealed that all were the result of negligence and the Bixquert fire was caused by burning weeds despite a ban on all rural bonfires.

Busted for swindling €750,000 from woman

NATIONAL POLICE in Malaga and Sevilla have detained five people for swindling €750,000 out of one person under the guise of collecting for aid for Syria.

The leader of the gang passed himself off as a high ranking minister from an oriental country and they would send their victim well-forged, official looking emails to trick her into believing them.

The detained are all aged between 29 and 50 and all stand accused of belonging to a criminal organisation and swindling.

Investigations began when a woman went into the police station in Marbella to make a formal complaint that she had been the victim of con artists.

Police investigations revealed the methods used by the gang which, through technological manipulations with emails and their social media profiles, had made the woman believe that the head of the gang was the Prime Minister of an Eastern country.

The leader then convinced the woman that if she gave €750,000 in aid to Syria his government would compensate her with €1.5 million, but that it all had to happen secretly so as not to make a political storm between his country and its neigh-bours.

At first the woman was sceptical but the leader managed to convince her through a series of video chats and emails.

As soon as the woman had made the deposit the gang started to avoid her calls and emails and this is when she suspected that something was not right and went to the police.

At the time of their detention two of the suspects were picking up €220,000 from a bank in Marbella and had in their possession a letter from the supposed Prime Minister to the woman thanking her for her support in the matter.

ISAF service member killed

Kabul (CNN) -- A coalition service member died Wednesday after being stabbed in the neck -- allegedly by a Taliban member -- near the international airport in Afghanistan's capital, a spokesman for Kabul's police chief said.

The name and nationality of the service member, serving the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces, weren't immediately released.

The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died, Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said.

A suspect -- identified as a low-level Taliban commander Abdul Fatah Jahadwal -- was arrested hours later and confessed to stabbing the man, Stanikzai said.

U.S. general killed in Afghanistan

Volcano may cause travel chaos

• Icelandic authorities say there's increased seismic activity around Bardarbunga volcano


• But there's no sign yet of magma moving to the surface or ash spewing into the sky


• Iceland has posted an orange aviation alert, indicating "increased potential of eruption"


• The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 caused disruption to millions of travelers

(CNN) -- In 2010, an Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name spewed an ash cloud into the skies that disrupted travel for millions of passengers and cost airlines a small fortune.

Now another Icelandic volcano is rumbling, prompting fears of a repeat of the travel chaos that afflicted northern Europe when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano did its worst.

Its name -- Bardarbunga -- is a little less daunting, but it could still cause trouble.

Something is brewing

While there's no sign yet of magma moving to the surface, according to Iceland's Meteorological Office, something's definitely up beneath the Earth's surface.

In what the Meteorological Office describes as an "intense earthquake swarm," scientists registered some 2,600 earthquakes between early Saturday morning and Monday evening.

And after the strongest earthquake since 1996 was measured in the area early Monday, an orange aviation alert was posted by Icelandic authorities -- indicating "heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption."

"The reason we are reacting in this way is that this one is bigger and more powerful than we have seen in a long time in this area," said Vidir Reynisson, of the Iceland Civil Protection Agency, of the earthquake swarm.

Scientists have noticed an increase in seismic activity around the volcano, located in the northwestern region of Vatnajokull glacier, one of Europe's largest glaciers, over the past seven years, the Meteorological Office said.

The level dropped a little after the eruption of another volcano on the same glacier, Grimsvotn, in 2011, but has since picked up again.

Earthquakes may signal eruption

As of Monday evening, the majority of earthquakes measured were at a depth of 5 to 10 kilometers. There's more potential for a volcanic eruption if magma movement occurs at less than 10 kilometers' depth.

According to the Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program, Bardarbunga last erupted in 1910.

If it should blow its top again, it could be bad news for travelers.

Volcanic ash can be a serious hazard to aircraft, reducing visibility, damaging flight controls and ultimately causing jet engines to fail.

The Eyjafjallajokull eruption forced the cancellation and diversion of thousands of flights per day at the peak of the problem.

"It was causing problems for millions of passengers, the airlines themselves were losing lots of money because they could not fly," Paul Charles, former director of communications for Virgin Atlantic and Eurostar, told CNN.

"And the customer relations departments of airlines were really suffering because they were taking huge numbers of complaints and they had no solution."

Air travel still smooth

Europe's air authority, Eurocontrol, said Tuesday it was monitoring the Bardarbunga situation but that there is no impact at this time on European aviation. It also insists that changes have been made to help avoid the kind of chaos seen after Eyjafjallajokull erupted.

"Europe is more prepared to deal with volcanic ash these days; we have better mechanisms in place than we did in 2010. Every year, volcanic ash exercises are conducted and we learn from them: the latest one was held in April this year," it said.

"However, volcanic ash is still a hazard for aviation and does have the potential to cause disruption. Safety is, as ever, our primary concern."

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CNN's Jim Boulden and Brandon Miller contributed to this report.