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Everyone But Carlos the Jackal Seems to Love the Carlos the Jackal Movie

Pity poor Carlos the Jackal. More than a decade after a nearly 25-year reign of terror as arguably the world’s foremost terrorist and assassin, the incarcerated criminal is frustrated today by a sprawling, 321-minute biopic about him currently earning raves at Cannes. And he’s taking to the airwaves to let everybody know about it.

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Everyone But Carlos the Jackal Seems to Love the Carlos the Jackal Movie

Eliot Spitzer Doc, Mike Leigh’s Latest Acquired as Fest Buys Pick Up

I don’t know what it means that Tribeca and Cannes are running about even on their 2010 festival acquisitions to date, but there you have it: Alex Gibney’s terrific Untitled Eliot Spitzer Doc and Mike Leigh’s Palme d’Or front-runner Another Year are both spoken for, according to announcements this afternoon.

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Who Wants Some Full-Frontal MacGruber?

As a Saturday Night Live property, MacGruber has always been at the bleeding of edge of synergy, brand integration, and maximal Pepsi ocularity, and on its way to the big screen, it should surprise no one that once again the marketing rules are being rewritten. Thus, we present for you star Will Forte’s full frontal photoshoot to promote the film. Underneath the jump, you’ll see something NSFW that you can’t unsee, and you won’t have the Photoshopped head-veil of MacGruber producer Lorne Michaels to protect you. Are you ready?

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Bieber to Valentine’s Day Sequel?

Garry Marshall has previously threatened not just to make New Year’s Eve , a semi-sequel to the DEFCON romcom Valentine’s Day , but to bring back a few choice cast members. Now, though, he’d junk them all for just one teen troubadour. “Already, they’re mentioning Justin Bieber. I have no idea who that is, but I’m sure we’ll meet,” Marshall told MTV. “It’s supposed to be a similar cast of a number of stars. It’s written like that, but we hope to get all new stars except for Hector Elizondo, who has to be in all my movies.” [ MTV ]

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On Way Out the Door, At Least Campbell Brown is Honest

Rather than wait for CNN to drop the ax on her and her 8 p.m. broadcast, Campbell Brown fell on her sword Tuesday. The news show host announced she’d be leaving the network because, in her words, “not enough people want to watch my program, and I owe it to myself and to CNN to get out of the way so that CNN can try something else.” No bias, no bull, indeed!

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Big Bang: CBS Gives Upfront Week a Twist Ending

What has gotten into the water over at CBS ? After canceling no less than seven shows yesterday , the Tiffany Network has now announced a complete overhaul of their schedule for the fall season. Do you like The Big Bang Theory ? Well you’re going to love it on Thursday nights at 8. (Sorry Community , good luck getting viewers now.) A big fan of the comedy stylings of Gary Sinise on CSI : NY ? Don’t make any plans for Friday nights then, since that’s where CBS dumped the spin-off. Still have a thing for David Caruso’s shades on CSI : Miami ? The future is now bright on Sundays at 10. After the jump, the full schedule. You might want to grab a pencil.

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Who to Blame? The 5 Biggest Culprits in American Idol’s Worst Season

Even if Crystal Bowersox ranks among American Idol ‘s finest talents (and I believe she does), something’s rotten in the state of Seacrest this year. Last season, Idol rejuvenated itself with a blend of personalities — from subtle craftsman Kris Allen to sparkle sorcerer Adam Lambert. This season’s Idol cast is dogged by a number of distracting elements — and worst, the Idol -consuming populace is confused over the true culprits in this fiasco. Thus, we’re ranking the five biggest contributors to Idol ‘s weakest year. Hopefully number one will start to garner the skewering it deserves. Daggers ready!

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Who to Blame? The 5 Biggest Culprits in American Idol’s Worst Season

Shocker: CBS Kills Off 7 Shows Including Old Christine and Ghost Whisperer

Well, this is unexpected. Mere hours after announcing an expensive new deal with Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen, CBS has elsewhere cleaned house, wiping seven series from its slate. Some, like Miami Medical , were expected cancellations, but others, including the eternally on-the-bubble The New Adventures of Old Christine — which earned star Julia Louis-Dreyfus four Emmy nominations and one win — were a little more surprising.

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Five Other Female-Skewing TV Shows That Need Video Game Adaptations

Though we should know better than to be shocked when a two-headed Hollywood abomination born of unholy congress between the TV and gaming worlds is unleashed upon the world, the recently released trailer for The Bachelor: The Videogame still locked us in gape-mouthed thrall for, oh, fifteen to twenty repeat viewings of its mind-smoothing footage of poorly animated avatars vying for a shot at a virtual rose. So much straddling and massaging! But once we finally broke the unhealthy “click to play again” cycle, we wondered why there aren’t more female-skewing TV programs making their way onto the world’s most popular gaming platforms: as the demographic-spanning Wii has proven, video games are not the sole province of teenage boys screaming slurs at their Halo opponents. And so here are our suggestions about shows whose video game moments have come.

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Five Other Female-Skewing TV Shows That Need Video Game Adaptations

First Gratuitous Oscar Speculation Emerges From Cannes

Forget the VFX controversy — it’s time to parse the Oscar candidates among this year’s Cannes standout! Or so says Pete Hammond, who shares our Man in Cannes’ impressions that Another Year ‘s Lesley Manville and Biutiful ‘s Javier Bardem are virtual nomination locks. (Or is that just the films’ prospective buyer Harvey Weinstein working his LAT magic again?) Also: Carey Mulligan may have a Supporting Actress shot for Wall Street 2 . Here’s hoping — and for a little more effort on her behalf, if so. [ LAT ]

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