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"You're not supposed to fall in love when you're boxing," says Nick Cannon of the premise for his flick Heart Vs. Soul (slated to film in late 2008). To play a fighter who falls for a girl on the eve
of his pro debut, the new Mr. Mariah Carey has been training with Darrel Foster, Sugar Ray Leonard's former trainer and Will Smith's coach for Ali. The 165-pound actor needs the work—he last threw down in high school. "It was one or two hits, then the floor," he says. "This is a bit harder."

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In American Son (dropping June 10), which Oscar De La Hoya calls an "open, borderline shocking" autobiography, the Golden Boy dishes on his struggles with gambling, alcohol and women and the life therapy and marriage counseling that kept him on the level. What is noticeably not included? Any mention of that pop album. Explains De La Hoya, "It was an experience I cherished—and many others did not."

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"I have a unique approach to the scene: Don't embarrass yourself," Jeremy Piven offered before whiffing his way through two golf-centric episodes for the upcoming season of Entourage (starting Sept. 28). In the story arc, Ari Gold first takes on avid golfer Mark Wahlberg, then a fictional studio honcho and his golf pro—one Phil Mickelson.

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