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Buzz Break: Matt Damon is Your New Psychic Friend

Big Brother Repulsion Index: ‘Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead’

No, you were not hallucinating last night. A Big Brother contestant, Brendon, did use his eviction nominee platform to compare himself and his lover to witches persecuted in Salem back in the 1600s. And everyone, including Julie Chen, was watching dumbfounded. Let’s see where that speech placed him on last night’s Repulsion Index.

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Big Brother Repulsion Index: ‘Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead’

The Original Ending for Return of the Jedi Did Not Include an Ewok Party

Far be it from me to argue with the business acumen of George Lucas — after all, the filmmaker and current scourge of the geek universe was smart enough to include merchandising rights in his original deal for Star Wars — but did he really ruin what would have been a killer ending to Return of the Jedi because of toy sales?

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Dark Fields, Kids in America Get 2011 Release Dates

Relativity isn’t wasting any time clearing out Overture’s closets after the studio’s acquisition last month: According to a statement, the long-delayed Topher Grace/Anna Faris comedy Kids in America and the less-but-sort-of-delayed Bradley Cooper/Robert De Niro thriller The Dark Fields will arrive in theaters March 4 and March 18 respectively. In a service deal this Dec. 10, Relativity will also distribute the American-set martial arts Western The Warrior’s Way , featuring Dong-gun Jang and co-staring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush and Danny Houston. Get him, Geoffrey! [ Relativity Media ]

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Deadpool Creator Suggests Suicide for Fox Execs Dragging Their Feet on Movie

Every time a new project gets added to Ryan Reynolds’s potential to-do list — including a Green Lantern sequel, R.I.P.D. , and the Denzel Washington thriller Safe House — Robert Liefeld dies a little death on Twitter . You see, Liefeld the creator of comic-book character Deadpool, the character Reynolds played in X-Men: Wolverine and will hopefully play in a spinoff — that is, if Liefeld can beg someone to make it.

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Now Mariah Carey Wants to Be Your Next American Idol Judge

Do you remember how just yesterday, People reported that American Idol had dumped Jennifer Lopez from its judging panel after her “demands got out of hand”? Well, Nick Cannon — the Ryan Seacrest of the Simon Cowell-produced America’s Got Talent — would like to nominate someone very close to him for the Idol arbitration table that reportedly now includes just Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler.

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Now Mariah Carey Wants to Be Your Next American Idol Judge

Buzz Break: Helen Mirren’s Tempest in a Teapot

Piranha 3D Not Sexist, Includes Flying Penis

After following the marketing campaign for Piranha 3D and then watching the Comic-Con footage of a wet-T-shirt-contest-turned-blood-bath that features — among other atrocities — a busty woman getting her hair caught in a boat propeller (it doesn’t end well), a busty woman getting cut in half by an errant wire, and a busty woman getting bitten on the ass by a giant killer piranha, you would have been well within your rights to assume the entire film was going to be some sexist exploitation of the female body. Not so! And the proof is in a flying penis.

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Josh Brolin to Get Stalked by Charlize Theron in Young Adult?

Young Adult is already lining itself up as a major Oscar 2012 contender before a frame of film is shot: It’s written by Diablo Cody, will be directed by Jason Reitman and currently has Charlize Theron attached in the lead role, a 30-something writer who returns to her hometown to stalk an ex-boyfriend. And who might that boyfriend be? Try Josh Brolin. According to Roger Friedman (salt grain), the Oscar-nominee is circling the project. Yes, please. [ Showbiz 411 ]

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How Much Will Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Make This Weekend, Anyway?

Unless watching nubile young co-eds get torn to shreds is your idea of a good time, this weekend marks the end of the summer from a box-office relevance standpoint. Though at least things will probably go out with a bang: It has been widely predicted that The Expendables and Eat, Pray, Love will each open to around $30 million in ticket sales, but what of the third major release hitting theaters on Friday, Universal’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World ? Good question! Ahead, Movieline handicaps its box-office bonafides.

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