There's lots to check out on Turner Classic Movies this weekend...

After a morning of B-movies like The Cosmic Monsters, Queen from Outer Space and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, TCM will showcase a number of heavy hitters like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the original Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone, King Solomon's Mines with Deborah Kerr and John Huston's stark drama The Misfits.

Night owls and insomniacs can see James Dean and Natalie Wood in Nicholas Ray's classic Rebel Without a Cause, followed by Stanley Kramer's race-themed drama Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

On Sunday, TCM will air Busby Berkeley's Strike Up the Band with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and Norman Jewison's romantic comedy The Thrill of It All, starring Doris Day and James Garner. Later that night, two films starring and directed by Jack Webb are featured: the 1957 military drama, The D.I., and 1959's -30-, which centered  around the night shift at a city newspaper.

Movie poster for 'Rocky'/MGM Home Entertainment

On April 3, 2012, the Blu-ray for Paramount Pictures' Chinatown will hit the streets. Released in 1974, Chinatown was directed by Roman Polanski and starred an Oscar-nominated Jack Nicholson as the seedy private eye, Jake Gittes, who investigates a murder in 1930s Los Angeles, only to find himself an unwitting pawn in a land rights scheme involving powerful water mogul, Noah Cross (John Huston). Along the way, Gittes falls for Cross' emotionally twisted daughter, Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), and unearths a disturbingly dark past.

Polanski's ode to 1940s film noir was nothing short of brilliant and earned 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture, and is widely considered to be one of the best films of the decade. It was also the last movie Polanski shot in Hollywood before fleeing to Europe as a fugitive from the United States after his conviction for statutory rape.

The disc contains a number of tantalizing extras, including commentary from Oscar-winning writer Robert Towne and director David Fincher; the three-part documentary, Water and Power; a retrospective featuring interviews with Steven Soderbergh, Roger Deakins and Kimberly Pierce; and three behind-the-scenes featurettes.

Inside the package, the Blu-ray has a slipcover with the original theatrical poster, as well as a collectable booklet.

Pre-orders are already being taken for the April 3rd release. This one is a must-have for anyone's collection.

Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in 'Chinatown'/Paramount Pictures

Two months ago, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department reopened their investigation of the mysterious death of screen icon, Natalie Wood, after receiving what was then called substantial new evidence. But yesterday, detectives revealed that nothing new has been unearthed that would point to anything other than an accidental death.

The police conducted numerous interviews since reopening the case in November 2011, though they have declined to reveal a list. Wood's sister, Lana, and the boat's captain, Dennis Davern, both approached the police in 2010 with new information involving the actress' famous drowning off the coast of Catalina Island. But that information has amounted to little, if anything.

For decades, speculation by fans distraught over her sudden death has been that then-husband, Robert Wagner, was somehow complicit and remained an unsubstantiated suspect. Police, however, have consistently ruled out any foul play, and their latest investigation looks to have confirmed the same.

Despite no new revelations, the sheriff's department has kept the case open in order to wrap up loose ends.

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood in 1972/Getty Images

Had he not been stabbed to death outside his apartment on Feb. 12, 1976, actor and 1950s teen idol Sal Mineo might well have lived to see his 73rd birthday. But as often happens in Hollywood, Mineo's story didn't have a happy ending.

He was born 73 years ago today in The Bronx and began acting at nine years old after being discovered by a talent scout. Mineo studied Method acting and made a name on Broadway before making the transition to film.

After a couple of small parts, Mineo's popularity skyrocketed when he played the love-starved best friend of James Dean in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause, a film that transformed both actors into overnight sensations. He would go on to co-star with Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Giant, only to be the unfortunate beneficiary of Dean's sudden death - a tragedy that propelled his fame to unprecedented heights.

The loss of his close friend shook Mineo to his core, but he maintained his high-level of output with critically praised turns in Crime in the Streets, Dino and The Gene Krupa Story, in which he delivered an acclaimed performance as the troubled jazz drummer.

Following a supporting role opposite Paul Newman in Otto Preminger's Exodus, Mineo struggled to make the transition to more adult roles and saw his popularity crumble. His last film performance was as the ape Dr. Milo in 1971's Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

He attempted a comeback and looked to be well on his way until he was fatally stabbed by pizza delivery driver, Lionel Ray Williams, while returning home from rehearsals for the play P.S. Your Cat is Dead. He was 37 and left behind only the promise of what could have been.

Sal Mineo and James Dean in 'Rebel Without a Cause'/Warner Bros.