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James Franco’s Soap Return Dated

Daytime Emmy voters may not have taken notice of James Franco’s stint on General Hospital , but he’s giving them one last chance to be impressed. The busy actor will return to the show on June 30 for an installment teeming with intrigue, murder, and “performance art the likes of which the audience has never seen before.” Finally, something to look forward to after the Lost finale. [ Soapnet ]

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Buzz Break: Megan Fox’s Hunger Strike

Gidget is Your Newest Reboot

Gidget . It’s a brand with next to no name recognition for its target audience of teenage girls, and yet, it’s the next franchise to get a big ol’ Hollywood reboot. 300 producer Mark Canton is planning a TV and movie makeover for the Malibu surf bunny heroine, though when I read excited statements from executives and producers who talk about “reviving Gidget,” all I can think is “too soon.” [ Variety ]

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Smash His Camera, Douchebag Coming to Theaters

For their harmony of their titles alone, you can’t really beat today’s news that Sundance 2010 alums Smash His Camera and Douchebag have been acquired for theatrical release. Magnolia sends word that it picked up world rights for Camera , the doc about infamous paparazzo Ron Galella; it will open some time this summer after its HBO premiere June 7. Something called Red Dragon, meanwhile, has picked up the estranged-brother road-trip comedy Douchebag , whose release will be handled in conjunction with conventional distributor Paladin. Congrats to all.

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Survivor Re-Crowned

Survivor just crowned its first two-time winner in 34-year-old Sandra Diaz-Twine, who won the show’s Heroes vs. Villains season against ultra-strategic “Evil Russell” and the impressive Parvati. Many argue that Parvati deserved to win , since she was both a subtle tactician and a major force during the physical challenges. I’m just grateful Jerri Manthey stopped co-hosting Talk Soup and VH1 countdowns years ago. We’re the survivors, see. [ Us ]

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Today in Brilliant Ideas: Robert De Niro, Jason Statham and Clive Owen to Share One Film

The development pipeline has looked like a bit of a sewer lately, making it all the more important to point out the brilliant (or at least potentially brilliant) concepts that happen to flow among the crap. To wit: God has answered your prayers for an action-thriller teaming Jason Statham, Clive Owen… and Robert De Niro .

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Conan’s New Home

Conan O’B rien’s multi-million-dollar, Mario-evoking studio on the Universal Studios lot is no more. Vulture reports that the new TBS frontman will be heading to the Warner Bros. lot to tape his upcoming basic cable late-nighter. As for the old digs? They should be able to host at least eleven of Jay Leno’s classic cars. [ Vulture ]

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George Lucas to Lost Producers: I Made Up Star Wars as I Went Along

In last week’s episode, Lost dipped back in time to tell what was, in effect, the prequel to its main story. It was an episode that was about as well received as George Lucas’s own Star Wars prequels, which makes the fan letter that Lucas just sent the Lost producers all the more poignant — and potentially revealing.

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(VIDEO) Elena Kagan a Lesbian? Four Harvard Students Out Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee…

Is Elena Kagan a Lesbian? Media Ignores Four Harvard Students Outting Supreme Court Nominee, CBS News Muzzled by White House May 10, 2010 Christian Newswire As far back as 2006 and 2007, four different Harvard Law Students confirmed that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was a Lesbian. Why is the Obama Administration now suddenly ashamed of Kagan’s homosexual orientation? Click to see VIDEO Four Harvard Students Out Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee… http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/video-elena-kagan-a-lesbian-four-h… added by: ctpatriot1970

Soderbergh to Go 3D

If David Fincher can mainstream himself enough to direct a megabudget family tentpole , Steven Soderbergh can shoot his next studio film in 3D. He’ll be doing just that with the star-laden virus thriller Contagion , it was announced today — a fact made more interesting by Soderbergh’s tendency to lens all his movies himself. Of course, he’d hoped to crack that visual frontier first with his musical Cleo , but alas, bedbug crazy campfests with Catherine Zeta-Jones singing Guided by Voices are awfully hard to mount. [ Coming Soon ]

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