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Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?
(AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world each a chatty bunch buzzing with questions about the two "friends."
Argentines find lost 'Metropolis' scenes
(AP)
AP - Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday.
Just a Minute With: Josh Peck for "The Wackness"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actor Josh Peck has spent much of
his teenage and young adult life in front of television cameras
portraying the chubby, goofy character Josh in the Nickelodeon
cable TV series "Drake & Josh."
Lost footage of "Metropolis" surfaces in Argentina
(Reuters)
Reuters - Film historians had doubted they would
ever find the missing portions of "Metropolis" -- until three
reels of the science fiction film made in Germany a long time
ago, were discovered in a country far, far away.
Spielberg group gives $1M to Pa. Jewish museum
(AP)
AP - A foundation created by Steven Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History.
Will Smith's kids see `daddy being mean' in film
(AP)
AP - Will Smith usually plays the hero in his summer blockbusters. But in "Hancock," he drinks, swears, mouths off and goes to prison.
Locals indifferent to Brangelina
(AP)
AP - Partially eclipsed by the glitterati of Cannes and the royal glare of Monaco, Nice is a place where even the brightest stars like Brangelina are greeted by little more than indifference.
Christie Brinkley testifies about husband's affair
(AP)
AP - Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day "my life as I knew it had vanished."
New Hunter S. Thompson film focuses on writings
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Oscar-winning director Alex
Gibney began filming the story of drug-addled U.S. journalist
Hunter S. Thompson at the late author's funeral, he says it was
one of his "greatest failures" in making the documentary.
"10,000 BC" clubs the DVD competition
(Reuters)
Reuters - The prehistoric epic
"10,000 BC" scored a triple victory on the latest home video
charts, topping the national DVD sales and rental charts as
well as the Blu-ray Disc sales chart its first week in stores.
The Bourne Obesity, or How Matt Got Fat
(E! Online)
E! Online - We've been keeping our eye on Matt Damon, and not just because he's the Sexiest Man Alive. For quite some time, Damon had seemed to be plumping up like Ball Park Frank.
Casting Couch: Simpsons Gets Guests, Imperioli Gets Life; Kilmer Gets Bad
(E! Online)
E! Online - With the Fourth rapidly approaching, it's a relatively slow time for Hollywood dealmakers, but there is a little action on the Couch.
SAG Talks, Not Much Happens
(E! Online)
E! Online - Heading into the holiday weekend, there are no fireworks coming from the Screen Actors Guild.
Breaking: James Bond a Superbig Video Game Nerd!
(E! Online)
E! Online - Daniel Craig's cover is about to be blown. He's the cool and suave new James Bond, but the dudes working on the Quantum of Solace video game revealed his true identity: game geek. And one who's not quite the killing machine he is onscreen. (If you haven't seen the movie's new trailer, by the way, do so now.)
Burning Q's: Stylist-Free Zone & Lies About Lindsay
(E! Online)
E! Online - Why do the papers write false stories in the tabloids about the stars like Denise Richards and Lindsay Lohan? Don't they know that it ruins their careers as well hurts their familes? The tabloids should print positive things about the stars.
"Batman" and "Flintstones" coming out as pricey DVDs
(Reuters)
Reuters - Elaborate DVD and
Blu-ray Disc editions of "Batman Begins," "Casablanca" and "The
Flintstones" top this year's slate of pricey gift sets from
Warner Home Video, a category that experienced 26% growth in
the past year, according to the studio.
The Most Totally American Movies Ever: Our Top 9
(E! Online)
E! Online - Happy 232nd birthday, America! Along with baseball, Britney and oh so many flavors of Doritos, you've given the world an uncountable wealth of movies to enjoy. On this momentous holiday weekend, let's focus on nine films that most fully embody the American spirit, plus a 10th to be determined by E! Online readers. (See, that's some freedom of choice right there!)
"Hancock" poised to extend Hollywood hot streak
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Hancock," the new Will Smith
action movie opening ahead of the July Fourth holiday, seems
sure to extend Hollywood's latest hot streak, keeping the U.S.
box office on pace to exceed last year's record summer.
Coppola Settles Up
(E! Online)
E! Online - All together now...it was an offer he couldn't refuse.
"Pink Panther" trailer ties in to hit cartoons
(Reuters)
Reuters - Last weekend, like a lot
of other moviegoers, Steve Martin's Inspector Clouseau lined up
to buy a ticket to "WALL-E." He struggled several times to
pronounce "I would like a ticket for 'WALL-E"' only to learn
that the show was sold out.
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