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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hemsworth Is ‘Thor’ — EXCLUSIVE: Talk about spot-on casting. I've just learned that Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige and director Kenneth Branagh have chosen their THOR — and it's Chris Hemsworth, who can currently be seen as “George Kirk” in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot …
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Brooke Shields: Tabloid Checked My Mother Out of Nursing Home — Brooke Shields's mother, who suffers from dementia, was checked out of a New Jersey nursing home Thursday by a journalist seeking a “tabloid story,” the outraged actress tells PEOPLE. — Teri Shields, 75, was later found unharmed …
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Michael Jackson Will Be Sued Over Jackson 5 — We've learned there was a secret meeting yesterday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where Michael Jackson made it clear — he will not perform with Janet and the Jackson 5; and the dude who organized the concert tour tells us he will sue them.
Mark Gray / People.com:
Bradley Cooper Denies Romance With Jennifer Aniston — Bradley Cooper has the approval of his family for his rumored romance with Jennifer Aniston. The only problem: he and Jennifer Aniston aren't dating. — Despite reports this week linking him to the Friends star, the rumors are far from true, says Cooper, 34.
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Watch Joss Stone as The Tudors's New Queen — Joss Stone is trading in her soulful singing voice for a German accent. — Starting Sunday, the British musician plays Anne of Cleves - the fourth wife of England's King Henry VIII - in the season's last two episodes of The Tudors.
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Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Great Education’ in session at Myriad — Ben Kingsley, Hilary Duff are attached to project — CANNES — Myriad Pictures is coming aboard Chris Keyser's directorial debut, “A Great Education,” with company president and CEO Kirk D'Amico producing alongside Laurence Mark.
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Melissa Grace / NY Daily News:
Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality restaurant slapped with sexual discrimination lawsuit — A fired manager at Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality has filed a lurid sexual discrimination suit - claiming the restaurant utterly failed to live up to its name.
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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Surprise: Fox RENEWS ‘Dollhouse’ — UPDATED: In a stunning move, sources say Fox has renewed Joss Whedon's “Dollhouse” for next fall. — The official announcement will not be made until Monday at the network's upfront presentation, but sources confirm a deal has been struck for another 13 episodes.
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette Jen Schefft Gets Married! — After searching for love on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Jen Schefft has found it! — She married fellow Chicagoan Joe Waterman Friday evening in a “traditional yet modern” Windy City ceremony. — Schefft, 32, met Waterman, 35, four years after giving up on reality TV romance
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Paris Hilton Doesn't Come or Go Cheap — One of Paris Hilton's neighbors hates her so much, he's willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars a month ... to get her out of his hood. — We've learned the neighbor (who we have been asked not to ID) has written a letter to the landlord …
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
ABC renews ‘Castle,’ orders two ‘Towns’ — ABC on Friday picked up three more series, sources said. — The network gave nods to new drama “Happy Town” and the Courteney Cox-starring comedy “Cougar Town,” both from ABC Studios. — Additionally, midseason drama “Castle,” also from ABC Studios, was renewed for a second season.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Natalie Portman Slams Sean Penn Romance Rumors as “Completely Untrue” — Natalie Portman says she isn't cozying up to Sean Penn. — “Sean Penn is a friend and colleague,” the actress, 27, tells Usmagazine.com. “The reports that we are romantically involved are completely untrue.”
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Shia LaBeouf: “I'm Not Extremely Well-Endowed” — Man, you'd think oversharing had mutated and gone airborne on the set of “Transformers 2” because Shia LaBeouf has caught whatever Megan Fox has. — In the new issue of Playboy, Shia talks — among other things — about the time he lost his virginity.