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Weinstein Party Girls Rejoice as Piranha 3D Moved Up a Week

Woot! Slow news day be gone! Word has arrived at Movieline HQ that Piranha 3D will assuage our summer blues a week earlier than originally expected, landing in theaters on Aug. 20. Sure, that may mean one less week of Wild Wild Girls’ quasi-viral, NSFW semi-stardom promoting the film, but it also means we’re that much closer to more exciting-ish Piranha videos like the new one after the jump. Don’t worry — everyone’s dressed.

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The 10 Greatest Stand-Up Comedy Specials Ever

After previewing Kathy Griffin’s newest stand-up special a couple days ago, I wondered why the art of the stand-up special seems to have withered in an age where a simple one-liner can become the most popular video on the Internet. The best stand-up specials of all time remain compulsively consumable gems years later, well after Comedy Central stopped using them to pad its daily schedule. Movieline has compiled its 10 favorite specials after the jump with the hope of honoring a format that deserves to stay relevant forever. Banjos and mic stands ready!

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On VOD: Goooooooooooooooooal! (and Michael Jackson)

The World Cup is nigh — even I’m getting sucked in. Soccer movies, though, are rare and usually dire — except when they’re docs, and when they’re global, and when they focus on the game as real people play it, anywhere they can…

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Jackson Rathbone Excited To Have ‘Twilight’ ‘Family Reunion’ For ‘Breaking Dawn’

‘Eclipse’ star admits he knows little about film’s script, schedule. By Jocelyn Vena Jackson Rathbone Photo: MTV News The third movie in the “Twilight” saga, “Eclipse,” doesn’t hit theaters until July 2. But fans are already wondering when the crew will get together to film the last installment ( or two ) of the series. “Breaking Dawn” may have all the actors back on board , a release date and a director , but Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the movies, admitted that he still has much to learn about the project. “I have not spoken to [“Eclipse” director] Bill Condon yet, but I’m excited to,” Rathbone told MTV News last week, when he was in Los Angeles for the MTV Movie Awards. “He’s an incredible director, [an] Academy Award winner. That’s amazing, so it’s just another awesome director to handle the ‘Twilight’ franchise. “[‘Twilight’ director] Catherine Hardwicke brought a very independent feel. [‘New Moon’ director] Chris Weitz kind of made it a little more beautiful and elegant and [‘Eclipse’ director] David Slade’s going a little darker… so I’m excited to see what Bill Condon does,” Rathbone continued. “I really have no idea. I haven’t even seen a script for ‘Breaking Dawn’ yet, to be honest. I’m right there with you, still waiting.” Rathbone admitted that he didn’t quite know the timetable for shooting “Breaking Dawn,” either. “I don’t! I could lie though! I will lie to you,” the “The Last Airbender” star teased. He then made up this scenario: “We’re filming it tomorrow, all of it in one day. We’re just gonna drink a lot of Red Bulls and we’re gonna have a green screen and go through it; no script even. We’re gonna make it up. You know what? We’re gonna try for all tomorrow.” Many of the elements of “Breaking Dawn” are still unknown, but Rathbone is certain of one thing: He’s happy that the whole cast is reuniting. “I just wanted the family to be together,” he said. “We grew up [together]. Every time we get to film with one another, it’s like a family reunion.” Related Photos ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

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25 Headlines Worth Wishing For in the Great Hollywood News Drought of 2010

The American electoral climate this week may be wired with all kinds of new, polarizing developments, and the Gulf of Mexico may yet fill with 40 million gallons of BP’ s oil . The job market may be rebounding , but the economy remains sluggish overall. The Chicago Blackhawks last night won their first Stanley Cup in nearly 50 years. In other words, folks, there are things to talk about — but here at Movieline, where the entertainment industry provides the principal for all our pop-cultural news brokerage, a drought of anything remotely interesting has crippled our operation for nearly a week now. The A-Team or The Karate Kid this weekend? Come on, Hollywood! With this in mind, here are some recommended suggestions and/or arcs for stories that would make this beat infinitely more interesting, like, now . Suggest your own below.

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Newt Gingrich, Carpetbagger For God, Made a Movie About the Pope

Not the current pope, alas, who could actually use some conservative hagiographical spin right about now, but the previous pope — John Paul II, whose efforts to combat totalitarianism through faith are chronicled in the Gingrich-produced documentary Nine Days That Changed the World . The former House Speaker and Georgia Republican has traveled with the film to the late pope’s homeland of Poland, where he spoke Wednesday of the political change that Catholicism can effect under Communist regimes in Cuba and China. And, one can only presume, in America, where the film will make the university rounds this fall just in time to combat the Obama-flavored socialist scourge jockeying for public office. Hold it just a second, Newt — I thought you were a Baptist ?

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Lindsay Lohan Considers Celebrity Apprentice

Dina Lohan has confirmed that her daughter is seriously contemplating joining the next season of Celebrity Apprentice because “Donald [Trump] is a friend of the family.” According to the New York Post , Lindsay cannot commit until NBC agrees to shoot around the actress’s production schedule, which includes shooting the porn star biopic Inferno . Earlier this week, Linday’s father Michael Lohan hinted that he was also being courted for the series. [ NYP ]

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Heads Up, L.A.: Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright Chats Added at LAFF

The Los Angeles Film Festival is always known to add a few big names and events at its leisure, usually with a week’s notice to remind locals that yes, this fest is happening, and you might consider checking it out. And 2010 is no different, with a cluster of pretty high-profile visitors announced late Wednesday — and plenty of tickets still on sale (for now).

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Summer of Discontent Awaits Knight and Day, Jonah Hex

Maybe the Les Grossman movie isn’t such a bad idea after all. With only three weeks to go until release, the box-office tracking on Tom Cruise’s Knight and Day is apparently inline with what the tracking was for Killers prior to its release. Gulp. Were it to disappoint, the heavily hyped and budgeted summer tentpole would join — oh, just about every other heavily hyped and budgeted summer tentpole in 2010. In fact, the only movie that might live up to its advanced buzz is Jonah Hex . The comic-book adaptation is also tracking poorly, which should come as a surprise to not one person on earth. When does Inception come out again? [ Deadline ]

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Will Joseph Gordon-Levitt Play the Riddler in Batman 3?

When Marc Webb was announced as the director shepherding the Spider-Man reboot, many fans hoped he would cast his 500 Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the role of Peter Parker. Alas, the 29-year-old is a little too old for Sony’s high school hero, but according to our sister site Hollywood Life , Gordon-Levitt may get his chance to play a highly anticipated comic book character after all.

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