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8 Milestones in the Evolution of Owen Wilson

In James L. Brooks’s new romantic comedy How Do You Know , Owen Wilson co-stars as a loopy, commitment-phobic major league pitcher who romances Reese Witherspoon’s character (to the best of his ability) during a low point in her career. How did Wilson get to a point in his career where he is acting opposite Oscar winners (Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson) in an Academy Award-decorated scribe’s script? Movieline charts the eight roles that lead Owen Wilson to this point.

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8 Milestones in the Evolution of Owen Wilson

Conan, Jay, Dave, Jimmy and Jimmy: The Top 10 Late Night Highlights of the Year

There were plenty of milestones that filled 2010’s year in late night: Conan O’B rien retired his Tonight Show and premiered his TBS series; Jay Leno returned to NBC’ s late night perch; President Barack Obama visited The Daily Show ; Joan Rivers returned to P.M. programming after being exiled for two decades by Johnny Carson; and Jimmy Kimmel filmed an entire show on a MacBook Pro. But this article is not just for the historically significant moments in late night. It is for the most original, entertaining — and in some cases — heart-wrenching after hours segments of the year.

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Conan, Jay, Dave, Jimmy and Jimmy: The Top 10 Late Night Highlights of the Year

Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff, and Elle Fanning Play ‘My Favorite Scene’

When I asked Somewhere director Sofia Coppola and her two stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning to pick their favorite film scenes of all-time, each responded with a clip he/she first watched during early adolescence. Of course, right? Coppola chose an ’80s classic, Fanning selected a cinematic hallmark starring her screen idol, and Dorff recalled a scene that intrigued and baffled him when he first saw it on television. Join us as we revisit their favorites (with clips!).

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Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff, and Elle Fanning Play ‘My Favorite Scene’

Source Code World Premiere to Kick-Off SXSW

Just over the transom at Movieline HQ comes word that Duncan Jones’ Source Code will have its world premiere at the opening night of South by Southwest on March. The twisty, science-fiction hybrid stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who keeps reliving the same train bombing with the hopes of finding the cul — BOOM. Just over the transom at Movieline HQ comes word that Duncan Jones’ Source Code will have its world premiere at the opening night of South by Southwest in March. The twisty, science-fiction hybrid stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who keeps reliving the same train bombing with the hopes of finding the cul — BOOM. Just over the transom at Movieline HQ comes word that Duncan Jones’ Source Code will have its world premiere at the opening night of South by Southwest in March. The twisty, science-fiction hybrid stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who keeps reliving the same train bombing with the hopes of finding the cul — BOOM. Joke, killed. (Bows.)

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Source Code World Premiere to Kick-Off SXSW

Video Evidence of Hollywood Unoriginality: ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ Gets a Montage

Should Saturday Night Live Bring Stefon to the Big Screen?

The Saturday Night Live -watching crowd seems to have arrived at a consensus: They are wild for Stefon , the tweaked-out club kid who frequents Weekend Update with his latest take on Trash, Push, Crease or whatever ” the hottest” nightspot of the moment happens to be. And that makes us wonder-slash-worry: Could Bill Hader’s Stefon be the next SNL character to leap onto the big screen?

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Should Saturday Night Live Bring Stefon to the Big Screen?

Will Jersey Shore’s New Cast Member Fit In?

Season three of Jersey Shore is less than a month away (January 6! I haven’t even ironed my face yet!), but the trailer proves new cast member Deena Nicole Cortese is a gale force. As the FoS reminds us (that’s Friend of Snooki, obvs), she considers herself “class in a glass and party in a body,” a phrase that rhymes only if you’re named Deena. She also uses leopards as clothes. Will Deena fit in with the rogues gallery of Jersey Shore icons? Let’s put her through the ranks.

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Will Jersey Shore’s New Cast Member Fit In?

Bad Movies We Love: S.F.W.

Fine vulpine Stephen Dorff is perfect in Sofia Coppola’s new film Somewhere , so it’s only right that we revisit his most shameful work for this week’s Bad Movie We Love: 1994’s S.F.W. No, it doesn’t stand for “Safe for Work.” Yes, it stands for something just as annoying.

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Bad Movies We Love: S.F.W.

Not You: Mark Wahlberg’s Fake For Your Consideration Ad for The Fighter

Sometimes the Internet is a miserable place, filled with know-it-alls, egomaniacs, ingrates, trolls and all other assorted forms of villainy; other times, it produces this video of Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter saying “not you” to an assorted array of random celebrities and cartoons. Thanks, Internet! You’re good for today. Click ahead to watch. No, not you. Not you either. OK, you can.

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Not You: Mark Wahlberg’s Fake For Your Consideration Ad for The Fighter

12 Films of Christmas: Die Hard

As we make our way toward Christmas Day, we asked Movieline DVD Editor Alonso Duralde to share a dozen of his favorite movies from his new book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (Limelight Editions). We’ll be running his excerpts from the book all the way to December 25. Up first, you’re invited to a holiday party at Nakatomi Plaza.

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12 Films of Christmas: Die Hard