DREW TO DIRECT!

Drew Barrymore is set to direct her first feature film.
Juno's Ellen Page will be starring in Drew’s film called Whip It. The film is about a misfit teenager who participates in Roller Derbys in a dead-end town near Austin, Texas.

“I really admire how Drew constantly challenges herself as an artist. She’s proven herself as an actress and a producer, and I have no doubt she’ll bring great vision and creativity to the director’s chair. I can’t wait to kick ass on wheels!”
- Ellen Page on Drew Barrymore.

(Below Drew and her BF Justin Long at New Orleans, Louisiana airport on Tuesday.)

JUNO WINS BIG...

Drew Barrymore looked a little nervous after missing her cue to enter the stage at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Saturday in Palm Springs, Calif.

She was there to present the cast of Juno the Chairman’s Vanguard Award.

Ellen Page, the star of Juno is just 20, and has helped make Juno one of Fox Searchlight’s biggest hit t0 date since Little Miss Sunshine raking in over $59.9 million.