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The Magazine Cover of the Year Award Goes to… James Franco’s Ass

James Franco loves his little stunts , and this one’s an Evel Knievel-grade spectacle: On the new issue of L.A.’ s Flaunt magazine, Franco graces two different covers — one where he’s staring innocently from a school desk (boring), and another where his naked ass crowds the lens, boasts a tramp stamp, and looks like it’s about to speak. Need I say more? Click through for the cover.

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Brad Pitt to Join Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave?

Crank your man crush meters to 11: Brad Pitt is said to be set to produce and co-star with Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Twelve Years a Slave , according to a Playlist report (plucked from Screen Daily and verified by Pitt’s production company, Plan B). The period drama is based on the life of Solomon Northup, an educated black man who was tricked into slavery in the 1850s and marks Fassbender’s third collaboration with director Steve McQueen ( Hunger , Shame ). [ The Playlist ]

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Zooey Deschanel or Demi Lovato: Which Actress Sang the National Anthem Better at the World Series?

I haven’t been watching the World Series because, um, baseball is the least telegenic sport since blogging, but I’ve caught two actresses unleash very decent renditions of the national anthem since the series began. Two days ago, Zooey Deschanel purred her version, and yesterday, convalescing Disney queen Demi Lovato belted it out. Fantastic. Unfortunately, It is my belief that only one can win. Who did it better?

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Which Old Movie Stars Ranked on Forbes’ List of 2011’s Top-Grossing Dead Celebrities?

Dead people are arguably less productive than you are, but a bunch of them earned between seven and nine figures for doing nothing this year, according to Forbes . Insulted? I understand. But you may be surprised by which screen stars are still banking well after they’ve left the big screen and the planet.

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Which Old Movie Stars Ranked on Forbes’ List of 2011’s Top-Grossing Dead Celebrities?

Is a Mob Story the Right Good Will Hunting Follow-Up For Ben Affleck and Matt Damon?

Yesterday it was announced that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will tackle their first major feature project together since Good Will Hunting — a biopic about Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger that will star Damon and be directed by Affleck. It’s worth wondering though — is a mob film the right follow-up to the esteemed break-out project that earned both actors/screenwriters Academy Awards and established them as marketable Holllywood stars?

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Is a Mob Story the Right Good Will Hunting Follow-Up For Ben Affleck and Matt Damon?

Harry Potter to Disappear, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in this edition of The Broadsheet: The President hits Hollywood… More about Joss Whedon’s micro-budget Shakespeare adaptation… John Cusack and Malin Åkerman, together at last… a definitive glimpse at Bill Cosby’s cinematic worst… and more

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Harry Potter to Disappear, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Lindsay Lohan Accepts Playboy Nude Pictorial Offer

This is what things have come to for actress-singer-celebrity criminal Lindsay Lohan ; at the tender age of 25, as the media watches her every move, the onetime promising Disney star has reportedly agreed to pose nude for Playboy. For less than a million! Oh, LiLo.

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Puss in Boots is Eastwood-esque and 8 More Revelations About the Shrek Spin-Off

DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots is racing into theaters on Friday, a week earlier than originally scheduled. Director Chris Miller and voice cast including Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Zach Galifianakis joked their way through a press conference over the weekend, and Movieline was there to bring you some of the slightly more serious communiqués from the PIB team:

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Puss in Boots is Eastwood-esque and 8 More Revelations About the Shrek Spin-Off

Auteur Ex Smackdown: Will Madonna or Guy Ritchie Have the Better-Received Fall Film?

This coming winter will bring us two major showdowns: Glenn vs. Meryl in the Best Actress race, and now ferocious exes Madonna and Guy Ritchie are officially duelists: Her W.E. debuts Dec. 9, and his Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows follows up on Dec. 16. Place your bets now: Which of these dubious, aggressively modern “old-fashioned” films will critics and audiences enjoy/tolerate more?

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Worst Movie EVER! Has Another Historic, $12 Weekend

Last we heard from the team behind The Worst Movie EVER ! , filmmaker Glenn Berggoetz was receiving death threats as the movie’s historically bad box-office returns crept ever-so-incrementally higher. More than a month later, firmly ensconced in three-digit territory and finding new audiences seemingly every week, has WME ! ‘s profile emerged at last from the freezing shadow of box-office futility? Hint: No.

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Worst Movie EVER! Has Another Historic, $12 Weekend