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What’s On: Real World Problems

Can we even handle another episode of terror and delight with The Real World ‘s crunkcore virgin Ryan? He infuriated us during the last episode , but the yellow-haired blowhard knows we like it that way. Also on tonight: A big night of Nigel Lythgoe criticisms, choir-director woes, and that old-time Kevin Bacon fun.

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What’s On: Real World Problems

LeBron James Will Announce His Free-Agent Decision on ESPN Prime Time

In a move that probably rewrites the laws of journalism the world over, NBA superstar free-agent LeBron James will announce his much-anticipated signing decision Thursday… during a live hour-long telecast on ESPN. And you thought American Idol dragged things out!

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All About Evil Trailer Adds Goth Fluff to Snuff Films

New On DVD: Is Hannie Caulder the Original Rape-Revenge Pulp Flick?

By now the rape-revenge pulp movie is a staple, but in 1971, when Burt Kennedy’s Hannie Caulder leapt upon the anti-western bandwagon, they were brand-new. It was still five years before Lipstick (1976) and six until I Spit on Your Grave (1977) –incidentally two of the most reviled movies of that decade (and bombs to boot) — and Charles Bronson’s Death Wish (1974) was still a few years away, which in any case gave the gun to Bronson, not the woman in question. Did it all start with Burt Kennedy’s modest, Spain-shot paella western?

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New On DVD: Is Hannie Caulder the Original Rape-Revenge Pulp Flick?

Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail

Either Lindsay Lohan is still researching her upcoming role as Linda Lovelace , the woman who once said, “I literally became a prisoner [to the porn industry],” or she just screwed the pooch in a sizable way. Yes, Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in prison today for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case by missing court-ordered alcohol education classes. I know who killed Inferno ‘s pre-production schedule . Full disclosure follows.

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19 Year-Old Escapes Wrath of World’s Worst Person, for Now [Horrible People]

John Fitzgerald Page , the Worst Person in the World , recently re-entered our lives by trying to extort $1,000 from a 19-year-old actress. She’s escaped! But other actors represented by Page’s talent agency haven’t been so lucky. More

REVIEW: Winnebago Man Explores Making and Breaking of a Viral Video Superstar

At 76, Jack Rebney speaks in rich, Orson Wellesian tones and has a gift for cursing that even the old master might have admired. Trained as a broadcaster but reduced, late in his career, to starring in in-house corporate videos, he’s developed a peculiar persona: That of a quintessential disappointment artist. Rebney’s extensive outtakes from a 1988 Winnebago marketing video suggest a man whose explosive reactions to the indignity of his predicament have taken on a performative zeal. Those outtakes, which became a hot commodity in the VHS underground before going viral on YouTube in 2005, inspired Winnebago Man, an earnest and occasionally poignant attempt to penetrate Rebney’s potent man-on-fire image and explore the impact of becoming an Internet sideshow.

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Alan Ruck on Persons Unknown, the Death of Multicam Comedies, and Missing John Hughes

In his 30 years as a showbiz mainstay, Alan Ruck has starred in movies and TV shows that have come to exemplify their times. The John Hughes movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , in which Ruck played hooky accomplice Cameron Frye, remains a hallmark for rambunctious ’80s teen comedies, while Spin City , where Ruck played the quipping Stuart Bondek, typifies the multicamera sitcom streak of the ’90s. Now, his new NBC miniseries Persons Unknown encapsulates the DVD -friendly serializaed appeal of television today, complete with a jigsaw mystery that can please fans of Veronica Mars , Lost , and The Twilight Zone alike. Ruck phoned Movieline last week to discuss the curious production of Persons Unknown , his disappointment with current TV, and the legacy of John Hughes.

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A Party Down Movie?

The Veronica Mars feature may have never gotten off the ground but Lizzy Caplan is hoping that she and the Party Down crew can continue their catering careers for the big screen (even if that means that they’ll literally have to cater their own movie). “We want it so bad,” she told Hitfix last week about the latest Rob Thomas series to be killed before its time . “We could do it for no money, no time. We would do it for free. I just don’t know if we’re legally allowed to do it.” Chris Albrecht, do you have a problem with that? [ Hitfix ]

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The Verge: Louis Ozawa Changchien

How do you stand out in the ensemble cast of Predators , which features actors like Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, and Topher Grace? Simple: you bring a big freakin’ samurai sword. As the Yakuza assassin Hanzo, Louis Ozawa Changchien gets what may be the Nimrod Antal-helmed reboot’s most striking scene: a “mano-a-alien” battle royale that draws on Chanchien’s years of Kendo experience. Still, while the swordfighting skill is all his, in real life, Changchien couldn’t be more different: he’s a quick-witted nice guy who’s just as excited about his considerably more down-to-earth roles coming up in Fair Game and Kathryn Bigelow’s new project. Last week, Changchien called up Movieline to discuss those parts as well as one of his earliest roles: a Jell-O pudding commercial opposite Bill Cosby himself that left him battle-scarred in a way far worse than any swordfight gone awry.

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