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Matthew Vaughn in Running for X-Men: First Class?

An intriguing Friday rumor has Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the top of Fox’s list to helm its reboot X-Men First Class . Having proven his dexterity and skill with young people in costume killing villains, the director would merely need to leave the C-word behind and this is his. But does he want it? Sources close to Vaughn say maybe not. Developing… [ Deadline ]

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Hank Azaria Unveils His Gargamel

Last month, Hank Azaria told Movieline what he’s got planned for his live-action spin on Gargamel in the Smurfs movie, and now there’s physical proof. Paparazzi snapped pictures of the actor in costume on the film’s NYC set, and…yeah, he looks pretty Gargamel-y. [ Coming Soon ]

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Conan O’Brien Denies That His Tonight Show Lost Money, Says He Is Still Angry

CBS has been throwing buckets of tasty Conan O’B rien quotes overboard this week, hoping to bait a younger 60 Minutes audience and bring its median age down to 50. Yesterday, the network cleverly released a Jay-bashing soundbite from this Sunday’s interview. And today’s delicious excerpt slices through the very argument NBC used to boot him from his time slot.

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Did Mr. Rogers Ruin Our Values?: A TVLine IM Debate

Louisiana State University professor Don Chance has a fascinating idea: Mr. Rogers ruined this generation with messages like “You’re Special,” because they make kids value personal “specialness” over achievement or merit. That’s right, Fred Rogers rendered us all narcissists, people who enjoy closeups of fishbowls only because we can see ourselves in them. Right. Movieline’s Louis Virtel and Julie Miller grew up watching PBS’ s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and speculated about Don Chance’s own world of make-believe.

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Movieline Liveblogs The Human Centipede!

OK. Okay . Here’s what’s about to happen: I’m going to go into the living room, fire up the cable box, and order Human Centipede On Demand (it’s not playing in Los Angeles yet, but Time Warner has generously made it available at the push of a button), and I’m going to liveblog it here, doing my absolute best not to faint, vomit or tear out my hair while screaming in anguish at my Maker about how He could allow something like this to exist. Is this a stupid stunt? Of course it is. But I need to find out for myself — and for you, the reader who has too much sense to subject him or herself to this cinematic abomination — if this is, in fact, 2010’s Most Barfiest Movie. Join me in this potentially soul-extinguishing exercise after the jump: (It should go without saying, but there will be many SPOILERS ahead.)

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Totally Random Juries Hand Out Tribeca 2010 Hardware

Jessica Alba took the night off from her fiery culinary adventures to join the rest of the Tribeca Film Festival’s random jurors on awards night. The festival handed out more than $150,000 in cash prizes to an international array of filmmakers, with the German entry When We Leave picking up the top narrative award and additional hardware for best actress Sibel Kekilli. The superb relationship drama-surveillance thriller (really!) Monogamy won the prize for Best New York Narrative; watch for it if/when it comes to a festival/theater near you. The full list of winners s after the jump — congrats to all.

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Attractions: No, Really, This Weekend is Your Worst Nightmare

Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or past its sell-by date at the movies. This week, an iconic franchise receives an underwhelming reboot, Brendan Fraser battles nature, and after all these years, the horror genre finally goes ass-to-mouth. Read on for the weekend’s projected winners and losers.

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Paramount Nixes Anchorman 2

Stick a trident in Anchorman 2 , because it’s done. Director Adam McKay tweeted today that he did everything he could to interest Paramount in a sequel to the Will Ferrell comedy — even luring back stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd at reduced salaries — but the studio still passed. Tonight’s top story: The sewers of 5555 Melrose Ave. run red with Burgundy’s blood. [ Twitter via /film ]

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Time Honors 100 Most Influential People on Planet, Somehow Including Lea Michele

Now Mercedes will never get those solos! Time has released its list of the 100 most influential people in the entire world , and among the world leaders and philanthropists is Glee star Lea Michele, because why not? (Sadly, her apparent global influence couldn’t get her more than ten seconds of screen time this week.) What other entertainment figures made the list?

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Tree Closing Cannes

Alas, not Tree of Life , Terrence Malick’s elusive mindbender. This little bit of headline rope-a-dope is instead brought to you by The Tree , a French-Aussie co-production announced today as the Cannes Film Festival’s closing-night film. Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg as a mother whose child thinks her late father talks to her via a tree, it will screen May 23, most likely following Doug Liman’s stirring Palme D’or win . [ indieWIRE ]

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