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America’s Teens Break Curfew in Record Numbers for New Moon Debut
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 telli …
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So, Should How I Met Your Mother’s Barney and Robin Have Broken Up or Not?
After HIMYM ended Robin and Barneys relationship, both Slates John Swansburg and members of our esteemed commentary pool asked: Was it too soon? Now Carter Bays, the shows executive producer, is weighing in over at The Ausiello Files. None of us wanted to see Barney wearing a sweater-vest and goi …
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Modern Family's Julie Bowen Escalates Co-star Feud
Julie Bowen, the pretty blonde lady from the hit ABC show Modern Family, went on Chelsea Lately this week, where, after telling Chelsea how to make "hillbilly heroin" out of OxyContin and one's nasal passages, she said some things about her co-star Sofia Vergara (the pretty Columbian lady who made t …
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Dustin Hoffman Might Be Getting Cranky About Little Fockers
EW reports that due to scheduling difficulties and disagreements over the size of the part, Dustin Hoffman might drop out of the third installment in the Meet the Parents franchise, in which he was supposed to star in a "very funny cameo" at the end of the movie. [EW] Read more posts by …
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30 Rock: And Yet You Won’t Tell Me
We havent seen as many 30 Rock quotes on Facebook this morning as were used to (and we couldnt bring ourselves to select like for It's no rules, like check-in at an Italian airport), because instead of one-liners, this episode was chockablock with great mini-sketches, gags, and flights of fancy. (An …
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Thirty-Four Ways New Moon the Movie Is Better Than New Moon the Book
Last year, Twilight proved to zillions of shrieking Twi-hards that no matter how passionately you love a florid, overwritten, hilarious book, the movie can be even better. How will this year's installment, New Moon, fare with a new director (the non-vagina-having Chris Weitz) and a new love interest …
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More Oprah Details: Next Show Will Be ‘Smaller, Different’; She's Ditching Chicago for L.A.
While the rest of the world was hysterically trying to come to grips with the sad reality that we're going to have to watch the Oprah Winfrey Show, *gasp*, ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT NETWORK two years from now, Vulture buddy Nikki Finke was able to pull herself together long enough to write not only a pat …
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The Office: Like a Boss
As weve said before, as a general rule, the less Michael Scott is a Homer Simpsonesque boob, the better The Office becomes. On a fundamental level, we have to at least respect Michael as a boss, as someone competent enough to keep a branch afloat during difficult times. You have to see how he possib …
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HBO Viewer Warnings, If They Were Honest
Entourage CollegeHumor does the whole HBO slate of shows if their pre-show warning cards were truthful. Sadly, a PTMYWTD: "puns that make you want to die" warning (which would always be appreciated) is missing from Sex and the City, but the Entourage and The Sopranos ones are especially on-targ …
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Jason Segel Sings His Own Hilarious Song at a Swell Season Concert
No special effects. After becoming pals with the band when 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 a special song for their female fans in partic …
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Uma Thurman to Show Rob Pattinson Around Paris
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 to the top of Parisian society by …
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Robert Downey Jr. Might Be Ready to Retire
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 retirement is Robert Downey Jr., who told Enter …
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Susan Boyle Rules Amazon
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 on what's awesome and more on what moms …
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ABC Teases Us With Clips of James Franco on General Hospital
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 excited about Franco …
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Jackass 3D Sure to be Most Disgusting Movie Ever
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] Read more posts by Adam K. Raym …
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Tim Burton Feels a Little Exposed
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. "Its amazing," he told us. "Its something thats never happened before, so its even more sur …
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Everybody Panic! Oprah's Officially Quitting Broadcast Television!
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 time to stock up on canned food and batt …
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So We Were Chatting With New Moon Director Chris Weitz Earlier Today …
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 Vultures questions. We caught up with him en route from an interview on Elv …
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ABC Cordially Announces Lost Premiere Date
The final season of Lost will premiere Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 9 p.m. [TVOvermind] Read more posts by Lindsay RobertsonFiled Under: Lost
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Looking for Things to Do?
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 line for New Moon, we've got five great cultural suggestions for yo …
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