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15 years ago today, the Toros stepped out onto the football field and put some serious cheer back into the atmosphere. To steal a phrase from the film: Bring It On's the poo - so take a big whiff.

But what have Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku and the rest of the squad been cheering about since then? To mark the movie's birthday, we put down the pompoms and find out what they've been up to since.

Kirsten Dunst

A Hollywood star from the age of 12 thanks to her breakthrough role in Interview with the Vampire, Dunst's star was burning brightly when she led the Toros as Torrance Shipman. Two years later, she went on to land her biggest role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's three Spider-man films.

In recent years, she's reinvented herself as a critical darling, winning Best Actress at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Melancholia,...

CBS Interactive is tipping off a scripted Web series timed to its coverage of the Ncaa men's basketball tournament.

"Heckle-u" is expected to roll out in February with Tom Arnold and Owen Benjamin ("Punk'd") in starring roles. The 10-episode shortform series, which will be distributed across the CBS Audience Network, will have product integration from Procter & Gamble.

"Heckle" is about a underachieving slacker (Benjamin) who excels at heckling during college basketball games with the help of his bartender uncle (Arnold).

"Heckle" is also expected to get some on-air exposure on CBS in the form of interstitials during March Madness.

CBS Interactive has been stepping up production efforts in recent months with original Webisodes including "Novel Adventures," from TV veteran Jonathan Prince, and "Stephen King's N," a motion-comic adaptation of a short story from the best-selling horror writer that CBS produced with publisher Simon & Schuster.

NuMedia Studios is producing "Heckler...

LAS VEGAS -- The co-head of ICM's digital group has left the agency to launch his own company specializing in Internet content.

Michael Kernan, an eight-year ICM veteran, is launching Nu Media Studios and Management, which will be structured as a hybrid of a production house and management firm. One part of the company will be devoted to providing financing, advertising sales and syndication for producers of Internet programming, while another will focus on managing the interests of a select group of clients already signed.

"There are many creative ways to make real money in the new-media space," Kernan said. "It will be advertiser-based, but there is no reason that the right productions cannot have a meaningful payout to the talent."

Nu Media has attracted financing from a private-equity firm that Kernan declined to divulge. The venture is a partnership with Nu Media Prods., a shingle started by actor-producer Huntley Ritter, who will oversee production.

Nu Media not only will look to make deals in the shortform online category but cross-platform programming as well.

OLN, which is changing its name to Versus in September, on Monday announced five new original series set to air as part of its fall schedule, including a new shark-hunting series, a show set in the world of professional barbecuing and a hunting and fishing show featuring actor Huntley Ritter. The new shows "reflect the channel's evolution toward celebrating sports at its best, where athletes and sportsmen compete at their highest levels with the greatest passion," OLN said. Added Marc Fein, senior vp programming and production at OLN: "These new original series highlight the stories of innate competitiveness that is key to our programming. Our rapidly expanding lineup of first-rate original series continue to highlight the competitive world and the inherent drama of the competitive experience."...

Emma Roberts, the 12-year-old niece of Julia Roberts, is set to star opposite Rachel Weisz in the indie drama Daisy Winters for director Beth LaMure and John Wells Prods. Shooting is scheduled to start Tuesday in Vancouver on the $5 million-budgeted film. John Wells is producing through his Warner Bros. Pictures-based production outfit along with helmer Peyton Reed. Penned by LaMure, Daisy stars Emma Roberts in the title role as an 11-year-old girl who lives with her photographer mother in a small Oregon town. After experiencing a life-changing loss, Daisy copes in an especially unique and remarkable way. Laura Holstein, executive vp features at John Wells Prods., will executive produce along with Huntley Ritter, Karin Levinson and David Goddard.