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Beastie Boys Writing ‘Multidimensional’ Memoir

Surviving members Mike D and Ad-Rock will release oral history in 2015. By Gil Kaufman

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Tale of the Tape: Annette Bening and Julianne Moore Battle for The Kids Are All Right Best Actress Nomination

Fun/sobering fact about pop culture in the 21st century: It’s never too early to start thinking about the Oscars. Just yesterday it was revealed that summer darlings Annette Bening and Julianne Moore would both be submitted as Best Actress candidates for their performances in The Kids Are All Right . But which has the best chance of grabbing a nomination next year? Movieline investigates ahead.

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Tale of the Tape: Annette Bening and Julianne Moore Battle for The Kids Are All Right Best Actress Nomination

About that Time Eddie Murphy Was Considered for Goodfellas…

“I think I was the first person that Marty [Scorsese] met, but it took maybe a year,” Ray Liotta recalls in an exhaustive new oral history of Goodfellas . “It was a very, very long process, not knowing anything and really wanting to do this. I was new. I’d only done three movies at the time. All I heard was that the studio wanted somebody else–‘What about this?’ ‘What about Eddie Murphy?'” We will spare you an IM debate on the merits of this casting choice. [ GQ ]

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