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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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Taylor Lautner Denies That He Suffers From Restless Leg Syndrome
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 appears to be …
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Avatar’s Sigourney Weaver Remembers the Days When James Cameron’s Crews Didn't Live in Fear
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 end, we were ab …
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The Real Trailer for Robert Pattinson’s Next Movie, Remember Me
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 things happen that are desc …
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David Edelstein On the Slowed-Down Pace of New Moon
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 "[Director Chris] Weitzs compo …
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Bill Nighy Refuses to Do Shakespeare Without Access to a Righteous Pair of Leather Pants
"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] "Were trying to figure out when and ho …
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Beck Comes to Radiohead’s Defense Via Song, Sort Of
Of Radioheads 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, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus and, jus …
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Bill Nighy Refuses to Do Shakespeare Without Access to a Decent Pair of Leather Pants
"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] "Were trying to figure out when and ho …
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Couple Sees Michael Jackson's Face in Ultrasound
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 via Jezebel] Read mor …
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