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 Smooth operator
To promote the third season of Mad Men in New Zealand, the communications agency DraftFCB put together Don Draper dolls to send to the media there. While you can't own one, and they don't really look like Jon Hamm, whose face is much craggier and more [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:40pm EST
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Tina Fey hosted the Ad Council's dinner the other night, where she made NBC jokes ("I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one night ... then that would be a 40 percent increase") and even did a brief Sarah Palin impression [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:13pm EST
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Nikke Finke breathlessly reports that The Twilight Saga: New Moon is expected to have made $72 million on its opening day, breaking the record set by The Dark Knight in 2008 ($67 million). The lesson appears to be: girls rule, boys drool. [Deadline Hollywood]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:18pm EST
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In an article about HIMYM, which has 700,000 viewers in Canada, the CanWest news service addressed the show's constant teasing of its Canuck character, Robin Scherbatsky, played by actual Canadian Cobie Smulders, quoting her co-star Neil Patrick Harris: "By the end of (last) season, Cobie was like, [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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Lost in, or possibly timed to coincide with, yesterday's puzzling huge fuss about Oprah's planned departure from her show many many moons from now was the news that Bill Moyers, trusted voice of calm reason at PBS, is retiring from weekly television and will end his [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:25am EST
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How many ways is New Moon (the movie) better than New Moon (the book)? We ran the numbers, and the answer is 34. This is less a testament to the vagina-less Chris Weitz than it is a credit to Kristin Stewart's much improved [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:45pm EST
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This episode blasts us through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's faster than you can say "Meet me in the on-call room." It's a whirlwind of illegitimate children, unrequited love, an alcoholic chief, and a disapproving father. And, as usual, McDreamy magically saves some lives, too.
Now that the [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:00pm EST
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It’s Green Week, everyone! Yes, that hilariously contrived Ben Silverman idea that NBC is actually continuing after Silverman’s unamicable departure (as opposed to “Pumas On Hovercraft Week” and the equally ill-fated “Bikini Models With Lasers Week”). Green Week works, partly because it offers the Thursday-night comedy lineup [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:50pm EST
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 James Franco, bitches.
11/20/09: The day people who had never watched General Hospital before in their lives watched a little bit of General Hospital, just to see James Franco. Never forget! Turns out, it's not very hospital-y, at all, and it's about the mafia and the art world [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:45pm EST
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 Don't shoot the messenger.
Oprah Winfrey officially announced today that her show will not continue indefinitely exactly as it is now, and the world reacted with screams and sobs. In her tearful announcement, Oprah said that 25 years felt like the right number, and invited her audience to [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:30pm EST
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Director John Woo’s career in Hollywood began with the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target, and went on to encompass such massive hits as Mission: Impossible 2 and Face/Off. Now, after fifteen years of toiling in the Hollywood machinery, Woo has returned to Asia, with the [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00pm EST
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In an interview with the New York Times, enigmatic director James Toback went to great lengths to assail not only the reputation of the committee that selects the shortlist for the Best Documentary award, but also the fairness of their selection process. “How is some tiny, dirty [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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On Wednesday night, the National Arts Club awarded its Medal of Honor in Film to director Ang Lee and his longtime collaborator, Focus Features president James Schamus. It was, the two frankly admitted, probably the only accolade they’d get this year, given critics’ — and audiences’ — [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:30pm EST
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"Apparently naked, not fully naked. I was lying partially naked on Alan Arkin, but strategic body parts were covered. It's always scary when you're in front of strangers half naked, but the fact that it was with Alan, honestly, didn't make it any weirder. I think being [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:00pm EST
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When we caught up with Twilight star Kellan Lutz at the premiere for New Moon last night, we wondered if Twilight Moms and other older women are suddenly taking an interest in the 24-year-old. "Yeah, a few pumas, a few cougars," he confessed. "You know, it’s [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:30pm EST
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When Vulture attended the Bored To Death panel discussion at the Paley Center a few weeks back, show creator (and "drowned ghostly ship's captain" resembling) Jonathan Ames played it coy when an audience member asked him about the role marijuana plays in the show's creative-development process. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:15pm EST
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 Don't strain yourself, Amanda!
Okay, that's too mean, but there are some similarities between the French masterpiece and the lighter-than-air Amanda Seyfried vehicle Letters to Juliet, in which a young woman on vacation in Verona, Italy finds an old letter to Juliet Capulet and sets off to reunite [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:45pm EST
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They usually just lurk in the background, but last night, the hairless Observers took center stage. While the episode unveiled some juicy information about their origins, the writers continued to pursue a theme they’ve developed over the series’ run: the fear of losing those closest to us.
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:30pm EST
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When it comes to supporting characters, FlashForward is just as stingy as Lost in the doling out exposition. It's taken nine episodes to get anywhere with Bryce, the previously-suicidal-but-now-optimistic surgeon who works under Olivia at the hospital. But now's his shot: The Bryce Episode. And it's not [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:20pm EST
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While no one quite knows exactly how much money New Moon took in during its 12:01 a.m. screenings last night, everyone is acknowledging that it almost certainly broke the midnight-screenings record set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this July. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke's sources are [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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 No special effects.
After becoming pals with the band after he and friend Paul Rudd sent them wine in a restaurant, Jason Segel was asked by the Swell Season to play a song for their fans at their show in L.A. Wednesday night. So he wrote and played [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:00am EST
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Cradle Crook: Uma Thurman will soon be the envy of teenage girls (and moms!) everywhere now that she's been cast to star alongside Rob Pattinson in an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Bel Ami. The story is about a young journalist (Pattinson) who rises [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:15am EST
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Each time an actor or musician or director talks about retiring, it's pretty easy to roll your eyes. Mostly because they hardly ever mean it. But it's also hard to imagine ever voluntarily giving up a life of wealth and fame. The latest star to hint at [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:55pm EST
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Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream, out November 24, has set the record for most pre-orders in the history of Amazon.com. On her way to making Simon Cowell even richer, Boyle passed artists like Take That and Norah Jones. So clearly this list is based less [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:40pm EST
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James Franco's stint on General Hospital officially starts tomorrow, but he made his debut today. According to the Speakeasy, Franco appeared on GH this afternoon playing a swarthy bum spray painting on a wall. Sounds about right. And since ABC knows most people who are actually [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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You know how James Cameron and Avatar and 3D are going to change the future of cinema? Wrong! Jackass 3D, which Paramount plans to make this year, will change the future of cinema. It'll be like the vomit is actually hitting you in the face! [Cinematical]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:11pm EST
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When we caught up with Tim Burton this week during a preview of his new retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (which opens this Sunday), we wondered what it was like to be the subject of a museum exhibit. "It’s amazing," he told us. "It’s [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
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Egads! Hot on the heels of the rumors that were circulating two weeks ago, WABC-TV is reporting that Oprah will announce on tomorrow's show that she's gonna draw the curtains on The Oprah Winfrey Show once and for all. Don't worry, you'll still have plenty of [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:45pm EST
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Where was possibly retirement-contemplating director Chris Weitz around lunchtime today, mere hours before the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon? Sitting in the back of a Town Car snarled in Manhattan traffic, answering Vulture’s questions. We caught up with him en route from an [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:45pm EST
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The final season of Lost will premiere Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 9 p.m. [TVOvermind]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:30pm EST
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Are you one of our many readers here in the New York area? If not, feel free to move on. If so, you're in luck! If you're looking to do something here in the city over the next few days that involves something other than standing in [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:25pm EST
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Earlier this year, we applauded Taylor Lautner for his bravery in coming out in an interview with Twist magazine, in which he admitted that he suffers from complications owing to the onset of early-stage restless leg syndrome. However, in a recent interview with Seventeen magazine, he [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:00pm EST
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While most of the world (including your friendly Vulture editors) is currently caught up in New Moon mania, we urge you to remain cognizant that there are less than 30 days until James Cameron's magnum opus, Avatar, opens in three glorious dimensions in mutiplexes nationwide. To that [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:30pm EST
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 Make-out club.
So it seems that for months now, Twilight fans have been making their own "trailers" for Robert Pattinson's next movie, Remember Me, using paparazzi shots taken of the movie being filmed on the streets of New York. And scenes from other movies in which [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:30pm EST
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Over on The Projectionist, New York film critic David Edelstein reveals his thoughts on the movie that opens a mere eight hours and 50 minutes from now, New Moon. He admires the frenzy that happens every time Edward and Bella come together onscreen, but also notes that [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:10pm EST
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"The absence of classical work in my repertoire is due to the fact I can't wear those trousers. It makes me sound very shallow, but I've done some really serious plays in a decent lounge suit."—Bill Nighy on the shortage of flattering pantaloons [Guardian UK]
"We’re trying [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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Of course a couple has seen Michael Jackson's (post-surgeries) face in the ultrasound photo of their unborn child. Wouldn't we all be worried if this hadn't happened? A jealous Jesus is probably plotting to show up somewhere really spectacular next week. [Telegraph UK via Jezebel]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:25pm EST
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Of Radiohead’s many talents, their ability to garner top-rate haters is arguably the least appreciated: The list of those who have taken their shot at the throne of Yorke is as wonderfully eclectic as it is illustrious, highlighted by the Hold Steady, the Silver Jews, [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:15pm EST
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Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park art installation "The Gates" along with her husband and artistic partner Christo, passed away last night after suffering from complications of a brain aneurysm. She was 74 years old. Related: See Adam Sternbergh's piece entitled The Passion [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:35pm EST
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When Summit Entertainment surpisingly canned Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke from New Moon in favor of Chris Weitz, who just so happens to be a penis-having dude, many predicted that the franchise would take a disappointing turn. Aside from the fact that the second entry in the [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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 Smiles. Laughs. Jokes. Interacts.
Just the other day, we were marveling at Kristen Stewart's improvement as a talk-show guest after she went on Conan and didn't come across as snobby, "too cool," disinterested, indifferent, or unaware that she was on television and therefore expected to entertain people, [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:30pm EST
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 A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
It doesn't even seem like it's been that long since we all learned that eating popcorn just because you're at a movie theater was a sick indulgence on the level of stuffing five fried Snickers bars in your [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:50am EST
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If you thought that Beyoncé ceding the spotlight to Taylor Swift at the VMAs was the most awesome thing she was going to do this year, well, you were wrong. At a recent concert in London, B must've felt the spirit of rock and roll wash over [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:40am EST
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Real talk, people: With this dizzyingly great fourth episode of the season, it’s time to step up and call Friday Night Lights what it is: the Best Show (Almost) on (Network) TV. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are gone till 2010, Lost is still [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:20am EST
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Cinema's wildest and wiliest animal, Werner Herzog, has recently flirted with domestic respectability — casting Batman Christian Bale in his manic war movie Rescue Dawn, and winning some of the best reviews of his career for his bear-bites-man documentary Grizzly Man. So when he cast National Treasure's [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:45am EST
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After the realistic delights of last week’s episode — more secondary characters, believably emotional father-son talks — Glee headed straight back to Crazytown this week, with mixed results. Some plot points moved ahead, as Finn and Quinn’s parents demonstrated the two ways to learn your kids are [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:15am EST
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Vulture buddy Nikki Finke must be anxious to score herself another one of her patented "TOLDJA!" headlines, as she posted a rumor on her site last night that Sony was very interested in casting Anne Hathaway in Spider-Man 4. What she doesn't mention is that every Hollywood [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:55am EST
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 "Americans do this lovey-dovey rubbish, right?" Fiennes and Walger in FlashForward.
Two years after the New York Times pegged a British-actor invasion to Hugh Laurie and House, a true army of (quite decent) Brits have landed starring roles playing Americans on U.S. TV. (At the time of [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:20am EST
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We were expecting PETA to bring its full fury down on John Irving following New York's expose of the novelist's brutal baseball-bat bludgeoning of a porcupine inside his three-car garage, but we heard only crickets — until today. We're told by a reliable source that Irving [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00am EST
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Surf Wax Australia: Mentalist star Simon Baker and producer Mark Johnson have acquired the film rights to Tim Winton's novel Breath. Both Baker and Johnson will produce and Baker will play a lead role in the story of two 16-year-old Australian boys who take up surfing with [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:39am EST
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Remember books? Yeah, those things you download on your Kindle. Well, authors Colum McCann and T.J. Stiles won awards for theirs yesterday. McCann's Let the Great World Spin and Stiles's The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt won National Book Awards in the fiction and [...]
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Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:04am EST
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Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the full-length documentaries that have qualified for the chance to take home an Oscar. A list of 89 eligible films was narrowed down to 15 and we can't but notice that it doesn't include Anvil! The [...]
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Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:00pm EST
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According to a list by list-loving Forbes, Will Ferrell is the most overpaid actor in Hollywood. Its methodology:
'Forbes' looked at 100 top actors based on their widely released films over the past five years. It factored in the production costs of those movies against how much [...]
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Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:20pm EST
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