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 Showbiz News April 2008
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Screen Scene: A time for heroes

Biff! Bam! Pow! This summer was made for heroes. Capes and long underwear have never gone out of style it seems. ... Read More
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Santoro joins Carrey comedy

Funnyman Jim Carrey has found his match.
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Gibson returning to acting

Mel Gibson is entering the ‘Darkness”.
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Screen Scene: ‘Made of Honor’ mirrors reality

Last week, I went to a unique wedding reception, which is fine with me as I am all for breaking tradition and rules wherever you can.
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Stuntman gravely injured on 007 set

Officials in the Italian resort of Lake Garda say a stuntman was gravely injured in a car crash while filming the new James Bond movie.
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Hunt returns a little older, wiser

Despite being a multi-award-winning actress and taking on the roles of director, producer, screenwriter and star for her latest project ‘Then She Found Me’, Helen Hunt refuses to be pigeonholed into one single field or career. To do so would limit her creativity.
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Screen Scene – Downey perfect for Iron Man

Sometimes truth is definitely stranger than fiction. Case in point, the imaginary inventor-industrialist Tony Stark who moonlights as his own bodyguard Iron Man has much in common with the not-so fictional Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. who portrays him in the upcoming film.
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’88’ director praises Pacino

According to ’88 Minute’ director Jon Avnet, serial killers really do make the best actors. With gruesome secret lives or split personalities, Avnet sees them having to act 24/7 to hide their true natures from the world at large.
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Chan, Li to team again

Jackie Chan and Jet Li say they had so much fun making their first movie together - The Forbidden Kingdom - they are planning a second one.
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'Prom Night' slices through competition

Audiences made a date with "Prom Night," the remake of the 1980 slasher flick that took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates.
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Screen Scene: 'Prom Night' primer

It may not be ‘The Sweet Hereafter’ but the original ‘Prom Night’ still holds a special place in the hearts of Canadian film fans.
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Farrell in ‘Triage’

Colin Farrell will be snapping pics not necks in his next film.
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Portman to take on Bronte

Natalie Portman is scaling new heights. According to Variety, the actress has signed on as the lead in ‘Wuthering Heights’.
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Lucas sues prop workshop

George Lucas has felt a great disturbance in the Force.
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'Moon' over Universal

Four studios slugged it out but there could only be one winner.
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Film to spotlight U.K. attacks

The 2005 terrorist attacks on London, England, are being made into a feature film.
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Short Circuit being remade

The quirky Johnny 5 is being resurrected.
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Stan Lee, Disney to team up

POW! Entertainment is joining forces with Walt Disney Pictures.
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WrestleMania Make-A-Wish - Hall of Fame Galleries

Orlando, Florida - On Saturday, the WWE held their Make-A-Wish Foundation charity event at Universal Studios, Florida. Later in the evening, they celebrated the legendary wrestlers of old with the 2008 Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Amway Arena. Below are photos from both events.
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Hall of Fame ceremony has Flair

Orlando, Florida - Even big, bad wrestlers can cry.
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Records, careers broken at ‘WrestleMania 24’

The greatest professional wrestler of all time has walked that aisle for the last time.
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Stones film to rock IMAX Screens

The Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light, which was shot at New York's Beacon Theatre, is to be released on IMAX, as well as conventional movie screens.
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