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• Trade Roundup: Johnny Depp To Live Out Childhood Dreams Of Kitschy Vampirism

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:00 pm

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  Johnny Depp may get to fulfill his childhood fantasy of becoming the "vampire patriarch" of the 60s bloodsucker soap opera Dark Shadows, as he's developing a feature based on the series for Warner Bros. [Variety] Hollywood tries to make the filthy little whores of YouTube jealous by openly flirting with DailyMotion, the French video sharing

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• How To Make Love Like Scarlett Johansson

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:45 pm

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  Fans of Scarlett Johansson - or of her cleavage - must be donkey-punching themselves with glee over rumours that the Oscar-nominated actress may bring that necessary dose of gravitas, youth, and authentic breasts to an upcoming Jenna Jameson biopic. According to the Daily Express, the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Newspaper" and bastion of

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• Trade Roundup: Johnny Depp Returns To Gonzo Roots

  Published: July 30, 2007, 4:20 pm

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  Johnny Depp continues in his quest to wash the bitter, piratey taste of commerce out of his mouth, signing on for an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel The Rum Diary. [Variety] Brett Ratner, Billion Dollar Director Day also sees the announcement of a new two-year deal with 20th Century Fox TV, for whom he produces Prison Break and

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• Trade Roundup: Var's Lady Lists

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:00 pm

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  Var issues its tribute to Hollywood ladypower, the Women's Impact Report, as well as its Hazardous Impact Report, an inventory of the tabloid-attracting trainwrecks who seek to sabotage the work of the Stacey Sniders, Nancy Tellems, and Laura Ziskins of the world. [Variety] Has there ever been a worse time to be a TV viewer? CBS and Fox

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• 'On The Lot' Still Casting, Just In Case Jerry O'Connell's Unavailable This Week

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:50 pm

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  Even though each Wednesday morning ratings report returns results so low that Fox executives periodically call up Nielsen to make sure they haven't mistakenly swapped their show's numbers with those of a Telemundo infomercial for a local used car dealership, On The Lot continues on against all odds, with each first-run episode awing us anew with

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• Trade Roundup: We Could Never Begrudge Ricky Gervais An Easy Payday

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:45 pm

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  Ricky Gervais will star in Early Retirement, a pitch Warner Bros. bought about a a workoholic who - get ready for it - quits his job to spend more time with his family, a decision we're sure has uproariously hilarious, unforeseen consequences. [Variety] Hollywood StrikeWatch: The AMPTP reaches a deal with the Teamsters and several craft

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• Trade Roundup: 'American Idol: The Movie' (Sort Of) In The Pipeline

  Published: August 2, 2007, 3:45 pm

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  The NFL gets into the movie business, opting to launch their new endeavour with a biopic of Green Bay Packers coaching Vince Lombardi over the more timely, image-rehabilitating comedy Michael Vick's Obedience School. [Variety] Didn't it seem inevitable that Simon Cowell would expand his karaoke-based empire into films? He'll produce Star

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• Trade Roundup: Multiplex Overcrowding Problem Reaching Critical Levels

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:30 pm

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  Now here's a classy problem: So many movies are making so much money that studios are having a hard time holding onto screens for their weeks-old, but still popular, product, as the flood of new releases suck up precious space at the multiplex. [Variety] Producers Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter win $US3.2 million in damages from Warner

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• Trade Round-up: Zellweger To Be Sassy, Tough In Western

  Published: August 7, 2007, 4:45 pm

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  Renee Zellweger will star with Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris in the western Appaloosa, which we hope will provide ample opportunity for a spunky, bonnet-rocking Zellweger to fire a shotgun and exclaim, "You git outta my town, ya hear?" in the direction of the movie's "renegade rancher" antagonist. We love it when she does period gritty.

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• Trade Round-up: Brian Grazer Joins The FBI

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:15 pm

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  The moviegoing public's hunger for threequels has proven so lucrative that studio executives have taken to using three hundred-dollar bills at a time to wipe themselves in celebration of their incredible run of summer success. [Variety] Will Hollywood's mad rush to get projects into the production pipeline before a possible strike result in

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• Strike Superheroes

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:00 pm

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  Should the prolonged strike everyone's nervous about ever come to pass, the studios could resort to using cheap, non-union talent to keep their lucrative movie franchises on schedule and avoid the huge financial losses of production delays. In the interest of helping with their alternative casting plans, we direct any desperate producers to this

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• Trade Round-up: Jessica Alba To Look Hot, Laugh At Mike Myers' Jokes

  Published: August 9, 2007, 5:45 pm

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  After a decade in existence, DreamWorks is tantalisingly close to crossing the $US1 billion box office mark for the first time. You know what that means: three-day weekend for everyone in the Paramount family! [Variety] Continuing the tradition of casting attractive female co-stars with questionable acting abilities he established in his

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• Bollywood Star Shilpa Shetty Poised To Shake Her Forbidden Rack In Next Bond Film

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:00 pm

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  Bollywood sex symbol and former Celebrity Big Brother UK contestant Shilpa Shetty is being wooed by the producers of the next Bond film to play the superspy's love interest, reports Metro: Daniel Craig's next on screen love conquest could be non-other than Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty. Producers of the next flick, Bond 23, are desperately

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• Trade Roundup: Imus Further Enriched

  Published: August 14, 2007, 5:30 pm

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  Don Imus earns a multi-million dollar windfall for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." Nicely played, CBS! [Variety] Disney adds Bernie Mac to a magical Old Dogs cast that already includes John Travolta and Robin Williams; Mac will play the part of the take-no-shit character that glowers out from the one-sheet as

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• Val Kilmer Opts Not To Don A Hitler Moustache For 'Hebrew Hammer' Sequel

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:45 pm

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  The conviction with which delightfully eccentric actor Val Kilmer delves into his roles is the stuff of Hollywood legend - the stories from the set of The Doors alone could fill a book, such as the time he climbed naked onto a buffet spread, and, channelling Jim Morrison, proceeded to smear low-fat cream cheese on his privates while declaring

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