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Cruise Reprises Tropic Thunder Grossman Role
Tom Cruise dons producer Les Grossman's hirsute fat suit once again for the MTV Movie Awards, which air on June 6. One video shows a hairy post-Scientology Cruise assaulting an older Cruise reenacting the young Risky Business Cruise. An unintentional meta-enactment of his entire career? He also da...
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Trailer Watch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. Jonah Hex
The studios are so in love with comic-book movies that they're digging into material most of us have never read.
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Fox Launches Snarky "Don't F**K My Mom" Cyrus Campaign
Hand it to Fox Searchlight. They know how to get a movie attention.
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Ansari, McBride To Star in Rough House/Mandate Comedy
Rough House and Mandate pictures are prepping an untitled comedy written by Harris Wittels (Parks & Recreation), based on an idea by Aziz Ansari (Parks & Recreation) and 30-Rock writer Matt Hubbard. Ansari will star alongside Danny McBride (Up In The Air), and will also executive produce with Mandat...
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Daily Read: Storms Hit Cannes, Zoolander 2, Studio Revenues Rise, Machete Goes Arizona
Freak waves up to 18 feet high have damaged the Croissette just a week before the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival is due to begin. While cars were tossed about and more than a dozen beachfront cafes have been temporarily shuttered, local officials told the BBC the damage will be "put right" and cl...
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Date Night's Tina Fey Rechannels Sarah Palin on SNL
Tina Fey is the hardest-working woman in show business, creating and starring in NBC's hit sitcom 30 Rock and starring with Steve Carell in Date Night, which is far smarter and more grown-up than most studio comedies these days. Fey's no fool: to boost the movie's opening weekend, she returned to SN...
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Date Night Scores as Titans Crashes
Twentieth Century Fox execs woke up Sunday morning to the news that their Steve Carell-Tina Fey action romantic comedy Date Night stole the No. 1 box office spot away from Warner Bros.’ Clash of the Titans. It was a matter of dollars and cents, reports TOH box office analyst Anthony D'Alessandro, wi...
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Star Twitpix: Hanks and Fonda
Jane Fonda and Tom Hanks know what it takes to maintain stardom and these days, it's about Twitter and Facebook. @janefonda blogged about her appearance on Larry King Live this week. While promoting a World Fitness Day concert (below), she admitted, "three's enough!" She won't be marrying boyfriend,...
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#SXSW: MacGruber Panel, Trailer
MacGruber cost just $10 million, a micro budget for a Universal release starring Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer, Will Forte, Seth Meyers, Powers Boothe and Kristin Wiig. The gang stopped by the IFC House Tuesday for a Matt Singer interview and photo shoot.
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