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Weekend Receipts: Tangled Whips Its Hair Past Harry Potter

The Hogwarts dropouts from Harry Potter 7 had to settle for the silver this weekend as Rapunzel and friends climbed to the top of the box office heap. Elsewhere, the ninjas ‘n cowboys of The Warriors Way committed seppuku at number nine, while the prima ballerinas of Black Swan opened strong at number 13 in limited release. Your weekend receipts are here.

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Weekend Receipts: Tangled Whips Its Hair Past Harry Potter

Roman Polanski Reaps Big Rewards At European Film Awards

If there’s one thing Europe loves even more than a charismatic dictator, it’s a convicted sex offender on the lam. Yes, Roman Polanski’s Ghost Writer was the big winner at the European Film Awards last night, nabbing the statue for Best Director, Best Actor (for Ewan McGregor), Best Screenplay and Best Picture, among other accolades. But even though I mock, truth be told, The Ghost Writer is an excellent movie and it’s a bit of shame that it didn’t make a bigger impact over here. A full list of the winners after the break.[ Deadline ]

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Roman Polanski Reaps Big Rewards At European Film Awards

Even Injury Can’t Keep Justin Timberlake From His Movieline Double Date with Andrew Garfield

Steady yourselves, people of Earth: Justin Timberlake is on crutches. But as the singer-actor-pop demigod told me as he hobbled in for an in-depth chat alongside Social Network co-star/future Spider-Man Andrew Garfield last night, his injured leg may or may not be cause for concern — and thankfully, it didn’t stop him from making our late-night rendezvous.

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Even Injury Can’t Keep Justin Timberlake From His Movieline Double Date with Andrew Garfield

Movieline Premieres Three New Images From Rabbit Hole

Lionsgate is officially on the awards-season warpath for Rabbit Hole , John Cameron Mitchell’s drama featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as a couple struggling through the aftermath of their young son’s death. You’ve seen the new trailer , the new poster , and now we’ve got a few new images to help round out the push toward the limited release Dec. 17. Get out your caption hats!

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10 TV Characters You Should Name Your Edgy Kids After

This week in sickening news : People name their kids after Glee characters and Betty Draper. A tally of baby names in 2010 shows that “Quinn,” “Finn,” and “Betty” are exponentially more popular spawn labels than they were in 2009. That is too bad. Naming your child is a profound task, and if you plan on using a TV character as source material, the least you can do is not consider the folks who mangled Sally Draper’s childhood or Rocky Horror . Here are 10 characters — with fancy, zeitgeist-tickling names — who deserve your consideration.

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10 TV Characters You Should Name Your Edgy Kids After

The Mad Science of Fringe: Balance is Restored to the Multiverse

We may have bid farewell to the alternating red and blue title sequences with last night’s Fringe . Olivia’s brief romp to her universe finally blew Bolivia’s cover, the number of likable characters “over there” took a major hit, and only a few minor quibbles totally arrested disbelief. Read on for “Entrada’s” mad science report!

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The Mad Science of Fringe: Balance is Restored to the Multiverse

Keith Powell on the 30 Rock Writers Room, Tina Fey’s Rise to Fame and the Science of Cheers

Keith Powell may play the stuffy, Harvard-educated writer James “Toofer” Spurlock on 30 Rock , but he’s (wait for it!) downright approachable in real life. The Tisch graduate grew up a theater/film/TV nerd in Philadelphia and hasn’t lost his ebullience for the hard work of doing funny right. We caught up with Powell to discuss Tina Fey, long shoots on 30 Rock , and what we can expect from the TGS with Tracy Jordan writers room in the weeks to come.

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Keith Powell on the 30 Rock Writers Room, Tina Fey’s Rise to Fame and the Science of Cheers

Gift Guide: Which Good Boy or Girl Will Get Lee Harvey Oswald’s Coffin?

With few exceptions , this year’s Movieline Gift Guide has emphasized largesse of the imagination over that of the wallet. But the rare occasion to combine both — along with a devout interest in only the most macabre U.S. history — proves even more irresistible. With this in mind, anyone up for buying Lee Harvey Oswald’s original casket?

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Gift Guide: Which Good Boy or Girl Will Get Lee Harvey Oswald’s Coffin?

Helena Bonham Carter on King’s Speech, Fight Club and Why She Doesn’t Belong to Tim Burton

Considering the intense security I had to wade my way through recently to visit Helena Bonham Carter at her Manhattan hotel, for a few moments it actually did feel like I might be visiting the Queen of England. (As it turned out, it was just the Israeli Prime Minister’s security detail.) Alas, no — just screen royalty, as proven in her latest effort, The King’s Speech .

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Helena Bonham Carter on King’s Speech, Fight Club and Why She Doesn’t Belong to Tim Burton

Josh Brolin, Director, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet… Eminem leads Grammy nominations… a slightly unusual take on the latest Ronni Chasen developments… Terrifying science… and more…

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Josh Brolin, Director, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today