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Brett Ratner Researching Big Butts for The Hobbit?

You have to hand it to Brett Ratner. Though his unlikely bid to direct The Hobbit may be thwarted by either the will-I-or-won’t-I indecision of Peter Jackson or the are-we-solvent-or-aren’t-we troubles of MGM, Ratner still spent last night doing the appropriate, NSFW literary research (at least, we think so):

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Paranormal Activity 2 Trailer So Scary It’s Pulled From Theaters (Related: Pigs Fly)

And you didn’t think there was a sucker born every minute. Variety — Variety! — is reporting that theater chain Cinemark had to pull copies of the admittedly scary Paranormal Activity 2 trailer from its theaters in Texas because of audience complaints that it was “too scary.” Upon hearing the news, Paramount executives presumably feigned surprise and then remembered that it was all part of their elaborate marketing campaign. See you at the theater! [ Variety ]

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So What Went Wrong with The Last Airbender?

M. Night Shyamalan just can’t please you people! For once, he does a movie without all his usual trademarks — the surprise ending, the Philadelphia setting, the vainglorious directorial cameo — and still, he can’t catch a critical break. What went wrong with his latest effort, The Last Airbender ? Here are four of the biggest problems:

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Eclipse Shatters Midnight Box-Office Record with $30 Million

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse walked off with record plunder last night, collecting an estimated $30 million from more than 4,000 midnight screenings around the country.

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R.I.P. Party Down and Gravity

Sad news, Party Down -ers — Starz is not picking up the beloved but low-rated series for a third season, meaning you’ll just have to accept last Friday’s finale as the series closer. The network is also expected to announce that it is not picking up Gravity , the dark comedy starring Krysten Ritter, for a second season. At least we know that Party Down refugees are welcome elsewhere — too bad Lizzy Caplan got screwed for her loyalty . [ Deadline ]

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Sex and the City Franchise Dead, Says Unreliable Source

You don’t need to be Edward R. Murrow to realize that when you see an article — on the Daily Mail Web site no less — with the byline, “Mail Online Reporter,” facts could be a bit specious . At best. So take out your best grain of salt and prepare to mourn the death of Sex and the City . Turn out the lights, the party’s over, etc.

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TV Bites: Play the Larry King Replacement Game!

Ready For an Ice Road Truckers Movie?

Fox is said to be interested in developing a feature film based on the History Channel reality hit Ice Road Truckers — or at least that’s what director John Moore intimated on Monday. “We’ll turn it into a mission movie that harkens back to Towering Inferno , Jaws , or The Guns of Navarone ,” Moore told Deadline. “You got a problem, go solve it.” Indeed, and Moore is the man to do it. Lord knows if anybody has an eye for huge crap sliding out of control, it’s the director of Max Payne and that Omen remake. [ Deadline ]

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Jason Bateman’s iPhoneGate Just Won’t Die

Yesterday, Jason Bateman tried to blame his iPhone line-jumping on paparazzi who were terrorizing the crowd gathered outside of the Apple Store. Now, several eyewitnesses are coming forward to refute the actor’s claims: “There was, at most, one photographer who kept a respectful distance,” one bystander told Us , while another added that the crowd was (understandably) very angry: “There was a chorus of boos and then people shouting, ‘What?’ and ‘We’ve been here for hours!’ They escorted him like he was a pretty big deal.” Apple, you might want to rethink that Arrested Development app. [ Us ]

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Buzz Break: Here’s Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy