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Pegg Not Interested In Doctor Who

24 July 2008 11:45 PM, PDT

Simon Pegg has no interest in taking on the title role in cult sci-fi show Doctor Who - because he is having too much fun acting in Hollywood films.

The star, who once played a villain called The Editor on the British programme, insists he would not want to trade his film career for David Tennant's part as the time-travelling adventurer.

He says, "Being the Doctor? I don't think so. First, I'm really loving doing movies. I'm really enjoying working in the U.S.

"Second, I really love Doctor Who and would hate to (more)

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Vince Vaughn: He's Worth Every Dollar

24 July 2008 10:36 AM, PDT

Given what his movies cost to make, what he's paid to appear in them, and what they bring in at the box office, Vince Vaughn ranks No. 1 on Forbes magazine's Ultimate Star Payback List. The comedian's films earned $14.73 for every dollar he was paid, the magazine said. Because they took sizable pay cuts to appear together in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, Matt Damon, George Clooney,Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts also ranked high on the list. However, Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman landed at the bottom (more)

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Clay Aiken Reaches Out to Kenyan Children

24 July 2008 9:40 AM, PDT

Clay Aiken is just weeks away from becoming a dad, so it's only fitting that the singer and Unicef ambassador is blogging about children's issues. Aiken, 29, recently visited Somalia and Kenya, and has been blogging about the trip on the Unicef Web site. In his final posting, Aiken writes how violence during the country's election earlier this year left thousands of children homeless. And even though the unrest has decreased, many of the kids have not returned to their schools. "Getting children back to school is vital for their protection, and helps build a sense of normalcy in their lives,

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David Caplan

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Dances With The Arthouse: An Arthouse Flick That's Buh-buh-buh- buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bad to the Bone

24 July 2008 7:27 AM, PDT

To no one's surprise, The Dark Knight took the American box office hostage and cracked all kinds of records last weekend. Records are made to be beaten, and the Hollywood film industry has always given itself the benefit of the doubt by counting box-office in terms of raw dollars (more)

Indie Jones

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Universal Launches 'Wolfman' Website

24 July 2008 4:31 PM, PDT

Even though you've already seen everything on there, today Universal Pictures launched the official website for their remake of The Wolfman, which arrives in theaters April 3rd. Like the 1941 original that starred Lon Chaney Jr., new pic will be set in Victorian England. Del Toro will play (more)

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Feature: Gotham City, A Visual History

23 July 2008 12:00 PM, PDT

By Matt Singer

Since 1940's "Batman" #4, and his first movie serial three years later, the Caped Crusader has called Gotham City his home. On screen and on the printed page, its visual representation has changed quite a bit over almost 70 years. At times, the look of the (more)

Matt Singer

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