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Did Signs Ruin the Careers of Mel Gibson, M. Night Shyamalan and Joaquin Phoenix?

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Marvel comics maven Brian Michael Bendis wondered if — in light of recent headlines — Signs was cursed. And seriously, between the critical drubbing of The Last Airbender and the latest allegations of racism levied against Mel Gibson , all that was missing from yesterday’s news cycle was a story about Joaquin Phoenix falling asleep on David Letterman’s front lawn while wearing a chicken suit. What happened here? Will the 2002 blockbuster go down in history alongside Diff’rent Strokes and the Curse of the Billy Goat as a creepy ghost story of coincidence? Ahead, Movieline throws some garlic around its neck and investigates.

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Attractions: Eclipse and Airbender — A Tale of Two Tentpoles

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Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or cash-hoarding at the movies. It’s a light week for new releases, with nobody really coveting the roadkill role opposite a certain teen-friendly Brinks truck of a franchise. Well, nobody except for Manoj Shyamalan, apparently. But even he won’t be truly flattened, regardless of the reviews. Let’s explore the box-office potential, whaddya say?

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3 Essential Performances from Andrew Garfield, Your New Spider-Man

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Who is Andrew Garfield, the lucky actor just announced as the lead in Marc Webb’s new reboot of Spider-Man ? Let Movieline fill you in.

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Movieline at the Midpoint: Have We Finally Had Our Fill of Hype?

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Today and tomorrow mark the midpoint of 2010 — and thus the midpoint of our year in movies and TV. Join Movieline in both taking stock and looking ahead . Hype is like cholesterol: There’s a good kind and a bad kind. The good kind builds organically from people’s genuine interests — or at least mostly organically, nudged by institutions with significant interests at stake. Think Avatar , which, love it or hate it, many people wanted to see for years, and whose gross proved a phenomenon of demand equal to greater than Fox or James Cameron’s hucksterism. The Oscars had a good-hype year in 2009-’10 as well, setting itself up as a populist tradition (10 Best Picture nominees ZOMG !) despite the natural elitism of its organizers. Oscar season was fun! Psychotic, sure, somewhat predictable, but fun. Then came the bad hype, and boy are we paying for it.

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HBO’s No One Dies in Lily Dale to Feature Ghosts, Fabulous Caftans

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Love Bites Bumped Back to Mid-Season, Loses Showrunner

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Looks like you’ll want to keep an eye out for Love Bites in 20 11 instead. In a bit of a surprise, NBC announced that their buzz-y new anthology would be bumped to mid-season and replaced by episodes of The Apprentice on Thursdays at 10 p.m. this fall. The reason(s) for the change? Star Becki Newton is pregnant and — more important — showrunner Cindy Chupack is stepping aside, but will remain on as a writer. Says Chupack: “Launching an anthology series, which breaks the form in so many ways, is a huge undertaking, and I strongly feel that I can be most helpful not showrunning, but writing. It just became clear that for several reasons, some of them personal, this change (and a little more time) is what we need to launch this show properly.” In other words: Expect to see an anthology-less Love Bites hitting NBC in January! [ EW ]

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Jay Leno Logs His Worst Tonight Show Ratings Since ’93

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This is either a sign that late night television is cannibalizing itself , less people are watching live TV or America just doesn’t think Jay Leno is as funny as he used to be — or all three! The Tonight Show clocked its lowest ratings this past quarter since 1993, when David Letterman premiered his Late Show on CBS. Coincidentally, this is also Leno’s first full quarter at the Tonight Show since Conangate. [ Deadline ]

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Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino on Miami, Suspicious Girls, and Firing Rumors

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Vinny Gaudagnino is the self-touted family man of MTV’ s reality juggernaut Jersey Shore , the ever-pinchable voice of reason who declares the “GTL” lifestyle a little ridiculous and who tames JWOWW after she punches The Situation in the chest. He’s a party guy whose fist-pimping prowess is second to none, though his vainglorious co-stars tend to dwarf him when it comes to rambunctious spectacle and occasional insanity. Luckily, with the premiere of season two less than a month away, Vinny’s just as torqued as Snooki or DJ Pauly D for the debauchery to begin anew. But did he thrive away from Seaside Heights in the new ecosystem of Miami? Movieline wanted answers. We phoned Vinny earlier this week to discuss season two, his artistic (and political!) ambitions, and the rumors that he won’t be on board for season three.

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Why Wearing Glasses is the Best Thing Stanley Tucci Ever Did

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Yesterday, a whole bunch of stills were released for the upcoming Christina Aguilera/Cher strip-musical Burlesque , and while they’re interesting in a “perhaps this isn’t quite the best time to launch Christina Aguilera as a major movie star” kind of way, there was only one thing I really wanted to know: does Stanley Tucci wear glasses in it? As you can see, he does , and admit it… didn’t your interest just go up a notch? Here are three reasons why a glasses-wearing Stanley Tucci is the best kind of Stanley Tucci:

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Moment of Truth: Agony and Ecstasy Director on the ‘Intimate Psychodrama’ of Phil Spector

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Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline’s weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. This week we hear from Vikram Jayanti, director of The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector , which is now playing in New York with dates to come in other cities and on TV as well. Kind of like grieving, there are five stages to viewing Vikram Jayanti’s enthralling new documentary The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector .

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