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Charlie Sheen Headed Back to Two and a Half Men

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:15:00 EST

Actor Charlie Sheen was charged with three crimes on Monday, including felony menacing, for assaulting his wife Brooke Mueller. Despite the assault incident there are no plans to end the sitcom Two and a Half Men. Production of the show has been halted for the past two weeks for Sheen's rehab but production is set to resume next Tuesday, March 16.

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Gilligan's Island Motion Picture in the Works

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST

Variety reports that the the 1960s tv series, Gilligan's Island, is headed to the big screen thanks to Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment. Variety says Charles Roven and Richard Suckle will produce and Brad Copeland will write the screenplay. The plan is for a contemporary spin on the tale.

Characters have not been cast but the Variety story says Michael Cera was an early though for the Gilligan role. He does seem like a Gilligan. Arts Beat has a few good ideas, such as Zooey Deschanel as Mary Ann Summers and Christina Hendricks as Ginger Grant.

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41.3 Million Watch 82nd Academy Awards Telecast

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST

41.3 million people watched the 82nd Academy Awards telecast. It was the largest viewership for the Oscars in five years. Neil Patrick Harris's short opening number was entertaining and hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were both funny.

There were two firsts at this year's Oscars. The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director and Geoffrey Fletcher and became the first African American screenwriter to win an Academy Award.

The Hurt Locker won the most awards with six, include Best Picture and Best Director. Avatar won three awards. Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges won Best Actress and Best Actor. Here is a list of this year's winners.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique, Precious
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
Adapted Screenplay: Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Animated Film: Up
Original Song: "The Weary Kind," Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)
Visual Effects: Avatar
Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Cinematography: Avatar, Mauro Fiore
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Costume Design: The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell
Art Direction: Avatar
Makeup: Star Trek
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
Documentary Short Subject: Music by Prudence
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina)

You can find ongoing coverage of the Oscars, including fashion coverage, here on ShoppingBlog.com's Oscars' section.

Photo: Michael Yada / (C) A.M.P.A.S.

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Video: Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres Sing an Oscar Duet

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST

Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres team up for a duet honoring this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Josh showed up dressed as a Naavi from Avatar: apparently no one told him that the skit had changed and a costume would not be needed. Blue or not, Josh sounds fantastic. Take a look:

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Report: Neil Patrick Harris to Open Oscars

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST

Deadline reports that Neil Patrick Harris and Martin Short will open the Oscars with a musical number. Deadline bills it as a spoiler, but this is news that will make people tune in early. We know we will.

Anything can change, but that unlikely duo has been rehearsing an original opening song and dance routine that is one of 2 big production numbers choreographed by executive producer Adam Shankman. (The other involves extreme street dancers who've performed on So You Think You Can Dance where Shankman is a judge and who'll hoof to samplings from the Best Original Score nominees.) Though Harris is predominantly a TV star, he's an awards show regular. Short also is a TV regular these days, but he has a long relationship with the broadcast's musical director Marc Shaiman, who put together the opening number.

Deadline says that Robin Williams was approached for the number, but he declined. We say: a Neil Patrick Harris musical number is a brilliant way to start the show. We're not sure about Martin Short singing and dancing, but he is funny, so that could work.

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Teaming Up Again

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 EST

Variety reports that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are in talks over a first look producing deal at Warner Bros.

The thesps -- who haven't yet named their new banner -- previously partnered as producers at Disney-based LivePlanet along with Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, who's now prexy of production for Walt Disney Studios. While at LivePlanet, Affleck, Damon and Moore produced the documentary series "Project Greenlight."

Affleck and Damon first partnered as writers and actors 1997's "Good Will Hunting," winning the Oscar for original screenplay.

It isn't clear what the new project will be called or what it will be about.

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Best Actor Nominees Attend Luncheon

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST

The Nominees Luncheon was held for all this year's Oscar nominees. The nominees got a briefing on how it all works, and got tips for making thank you speeches. In this photo, the Best Actor nominees Colin Firth, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner sat for a group portrait. So who will win the Oscar? Jeff Bridges is the favorite for his turn in Crazy Heart, but there could be an upset.

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The Three Musketeers to Get Movie Reboot

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST

The Three Musketeers will ride again very soon. Producer Lionel Wigram, who helped Guy Ritchie re-imagine Sherlock Holmes, is the driving force behind the project. Wigram used to work at Warners where he oversaw the first three Harry Potter movies, so he knows something about creating blockbusters. Screenwriter Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats will write the screenplay. Variety reports:

"The Three Musketeers" tells the story of the hot-headed D'Artagnan as he joins forces with three veteran musketeers to stop the evil machinations of the villainous Cardinal Richelieu. Straughan's script will play up the action and sexier elements of the story much the same way that Wigram, who co-wrote and produced "Sherlock Holmes," reimagined the detective as a bare-knuckle boxing, martial-arts savvy sleuth molded by Robert Downey Jr.

No director or cast has been attached to the project yet. With work under way on prepping a "Holmes" sequel, the producer sees similar franchise potential in "The Three Musketeers." Dumas penned two sequels to his original novel.

There have been many Three Musketeers movies: the last reboot by Stephen Herek's in 1993 starred Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. No casting has been announced, but no doubt every young actor in Hollywood will be trying to audition. They'd better brush up on their fencing skills.

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Tom Cruise Signs on for Mission Impossible 4

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:14:00 EST

Tom Cruise has signed on for a fourth Mission Impossible film. J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise will produce.

Cruise and J.J. Abrams -- who co-wrote the "Mission: Impossible III" screenplay -- will produce from a screenplay by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, a writing duo hired last summer to pen the script from an idea hatched by Cruise and Abrams. Appelbaum and Nemec spent four seasons with Abrams as co-exec producers of "Alias."

The announcement also means that Paramount's managed to repair its relationship with Cruise after ditching the star four years ago.

All three of the Mission Impossible films so far have been very entertaining. J.J. Abrams did a great job with Mission Impossible 3. The film has been slated for Memorial Day weekend in 2011. It will have tough competition. Unless things change, Cruise's fourth film as Ethan Hunt will be up against a Hangover sequel and a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

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