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Uma Thurman’s Newest Indignity: Forced to Audition for Role Given to Winona Ryder

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As far as I’m concerned, Uma Thurman earned her lifetime pass a long time ago: Pulp Fiction, Gattaca, Kill Bill , done, you’re enshrined in the pantheon, congrats all around. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t feel the same way. On the heels of the weird glee people took when Thurman’s obscure indie Motherhood tanked in the U.K. (because how a film does in one British theater is now very important!) comes a dispiriting report from EW that mentions exactly how Thurman lost a role to Winona Ryder in Ron Howard’s upcoming Cheaters :

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Lambert to Mentor Idols

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Adam Lambert, the glitteriest American Idol runner-up I ever did see, is returning to the show April 13 to mentor contestants for an as-yet-unspecified theme. The speculation begins now! Is it Rock Week? Queen Week? Shiny Men Week? Diplomatically Ignore Danny Gokey Week? What about Vague Jo Anne Worley Resemblance Week? Whatever it is — I can’t believe what Katie Stevens tried to do with it. [ MTV ]

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Late Night Highlights: Kristen Bell Welcomes Craig Ferguson’s Robot Sidekick and Jay Smooches Ellen

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Last night, Craig Ferguson finally unveiled his new robot sidekick, Geoff Peterson, a smartly dressed skeleton constructed by Mythbusters guru Grant Imahara. Geoff may not have Andy Richter’s one-liners but he is equipped with pre-recorded responses (“You’re the man.”) and a few movements than can be controlled by the host from his desk. The Late Late Night show celebrated Geoff’s with a musical cold open and then a sit-down with one of the show’s favorite guests, Kristen Bell, who tested Geoff’s tolerance with a story about her own dietary intolerance. Those moments, and the other highlights you missed last night while reviewing your Easter Egg Roll performance , after the jump.

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I Am Love Trailer: Tilda Swinton at Full-Throttle Fierceness

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The trailer is out now for Tilda Swinton’s festival stunner I Am Love , which you may remember was the subject of our conversation with her back at Sundance (that is, when we weren’t talking about Conan O’B rien ). It’s ravishing and totally incomprehensible — just like the film!

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Nick & Norah Director to Helm Marvel’s Runaways

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Deadline reports that Peter Sollett ( Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Raising Victor Vargas ) is in negotiations to direct a feature film adaptation of Runaways , the Marvel comic about disaffected teenage superheroes. (No, the fact that it’s not about an 80’s girl group won’t be at all confusing.) Look, as long as Sollett can find some parts in there for Ari Graynor and Melonie Diaz, I’m in. [ Deadline ]

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The Real-Life English Patient was Gay

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Enough people found The English Patient sufficiently romantic to win the film a Best Picture Oscar, but for those who never bought into the love story, like Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes, here’s some dish you might enjoy. The Daily Mail is reporting that the titular Laszlo de Almásy was actually gay (well of course, with that name !), in love with a male Nazi, and had never slept with any women, let alone one of the Kristin Scott Thomas variety. So, for the record: The English Patient is gay, Will Smith is not Gaye . Glad that’s settled. [ Daily Mail via Joe My God ]

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Magnolia Acquires, Explains All-Star Freakonomics Doc

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With Tribeca’s closing-night slot already locked up , the documentary adaptation of the best-selling book Freakonomics has officially found a U.S. distributor in Magnolia Pictures. It’s not especially surprising considering the relationship Magnolia has with half the filmmakers involved, having helped boost the likes of Alex Gibney ( Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ) and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady ( Jesus Camp ) to Oscar nominations over the last few years. Meanwhile non-fiction stars Morgan Spurlock ( Super Size Me ), Eugene Jarecki ( Why We Fight ) and Seth Gordon ( The King of Kong , not to mention his Hollywood narrative debut Four Christmases ) are also involved; click through for a breakthrough of which directors are doing what.

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Titans Director Not Too Dazzled with Fake 3-D Either

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So despite your instincts counseling you over the weekend to take the plunge and enjoy Why Did I Get Married Too , you splurged instead on Clash of the Titans in glorious 3-D. Or maybe not “glorious,” but maybe a modifier more akin to “serviceable.” Or “passable.” Or any other synonym for “half-assed but full-priced” that you want to conjure. And if one new interview is any indication, director Louis Leterrier will even help you out.

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How to Save Chuck (and Zachary Levi’s Love Child) From Cancellation

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The daffodils are in bloom, the Easter candy has been marked down 50 percent and another season of Chuck is winding down, which means that once again, it is that time of year when television’s most loyal fans unite to save NBC’ s perma-bubble spy series, Chuck . Fortunately, the show’s cast united at WonderCon in San Francisco this weekend to tell fans how they can keep Jeffster (and the longest Will They or Won’t They relationship thread) alive for a fourth season. And this time, it doesn’t involve Subway.

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Will Smith is Not Gaye

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The film blogosphere has pounced on what feels like déjà vu at best and old news at worst, but just for the record: Will Smith has turned down the role of Marvin Gaye in Cameron Crowe’s planned biopic of the legendary R&B vocalist and songwriter. Much more intriguing is the flashback that follows this disclosure: Crowe planned a Phil Spector biopic with Tom Cruise, but felt like “the third act had not been written” about the pop producer’s life. Smart man. Can that get underway now? Maybe with Shia LaBeouf and a trailer full of wigs? [ Variety ]

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