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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
‘True Detective’ Plot Details Emerge; Vince Vaughn in Talks, Elisabeth Moss Circling — Vince Vaughn is in talks to play the central antagonist (not necessarily the villain or murderer - this is a mystery-based series after all) on the second season of HBO's “True Detective,” while “Mad Men” …
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Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Vince Vaughn Circling True Detective Season 2 Lead Role — The True Detective Season 2 rumor mill has churned out another name: Vince Vaughn. — TVLine has learned exclusively that the Swingers actor is in preliminary talks to play one of the three leads in the HBO drama's upcoming second season.
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Marc Graser / Variety:
‘Frozen’ Director Jennifer Lee to Adapt ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ for Disney (EXCLUSIVE) — Jennifer Lee, who co-wrote and directed “Frozen” with Chris Buck, has chosen her next project: “A Wrinkle in Time.” — Lee will write the bigscreen adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's book for Disney …
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TMZ.com:
Michael Johns 911 Call — Emotional Cry for Help — MICHAEL JOHNS 911 CALL — EMOTIONAL CRY FOR HELP — EXCLUSIVE — Former “American Idol” contestant Michael Johns may have been dead for more than an hour before he was discovered ... according to the friend who found him.
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Mary Margaret / People.com:
How American Idol's Michael Johns Possibly Died from a Simple Injury
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TMZ.com:
Michael Strahan and Nicole Murphy — Breakup Announcement Triggered by ‘Proof’ of Other Woman — MICHAEL STRAHAN & NICOLE MURPHY — BREAKUP ANNOUNCEMENT TRIGGERED — By ‘Proof’ Of Other Woman — EXCLUSIVE — Nicole Murphy decided to tell the world she had broken up with Michael Strahan …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Richard Linklater Exiting ‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’ Remake (Exclusive) — The “Boyhood” director has been attached to the film since 2011. — Richard Linklater is exiting Warner Bros.' The Incredible Mr. Limpet, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Deadline.com:
‘Big Bang Theory’ Stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki & Kaley Cuoco Close Big New Deals — EXCLUSIVE: CBS' The Big Bang Theory is a big step closer to making the new August 6 production start date for Season 8 — I've learned that stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco have agreed to new three-year contracts.
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Amber Ryland / RADAR:
Kate Gosselin's Former BFF Admits She Hit The Road ‘When It Stopped Being About The Kids And Turned To Fame & Money’ — Although Kate Gosselin allegedly tried to screw over her best friend at the time when it came to proceeds from a book they did together, former BFF Beth Carson exclusively …
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Deadline.com:
Sony Launches Female Superhero Movie Mining Spider-Man Universe — EXCLUSIVE: Having pushed the next installment of its Spider-Man franchise out of 2016 and into 2018, Sony Pictures is doing a top-to-bottom revamp of its most important property, insiders say.
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Dorothy Pomerantz / Forbes:
Sandra Bullock Tops Forbes' List Of Highest Earning Actresses With $51M — On paper, the movie Gravity seemed like a crazy risk. The effects-heavy movie cost upward of $100 million to produce and instead of comic book heroes duking it out, the film featured one woman floating in space for almost the entire 90-minute running time.
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TMZ.com:
CNN Sued Over Correspondent Who Bit EMTs in Drunken Rage — CNN is being sued by 2 EMTs who claim one of the network's reporters bit them in a drunken rage. — Arwa Damon — the Beirut-based senior international correspondent for CNN — was in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad back in July.
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Deadline.com:
Undead: ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ Resurrected With Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote To Star — EXCLUSIVE: The adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride And Prejudice And Zombies has been seeking big-screen life ever since the smash mash-up novel was published in 2009 …
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Allison / Dlisted:
Tara Reid Was Afraid That Starring In “Sharknado” Would Kill Her Career — National treasure and master thespian Tara Reid, star of such critically acclaimed works of direct-to-DVD greatness as The Crow: Wicked Prayer and Unnatural Causes, told Access Hollywood (via Metro) …
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Rick Kissell / Variety:
CBS Moves ‘Extant’ Finale Out of Premiere Week; ‘Big Brother’ Finale to Air Instead — CBS has decided against ending Halle Berry drama “Extant” during premiere week, as originally announced, and will now go with a “Survivor"-"Big Brother" combo on the opening Wednesday of the season.
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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
Sylvester Stallone Wants Sigourney Weaver to Star in ‘The Expendabelles’ — Stallone and several other stars of the upcoming action threequel attend the world premiere at London's Leicester Square, where producer Avi Lerner revealed that “The Expendabelles” would begin production early 2015.
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Pasadena Star News:
Police: Man bites off other man's fingertip during Beyonce-Jay Z concert at Rose Bowl; 10 other arrests reported — PASADENA >> Police arrested 11 people Saturday night during a Beyonce and Jay Z concert at the Rose Bowl, including a man accused of biting off the tip of another man's finger …
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