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Talkback: Do You Think Stuntpeople Should Have An Oscar Category?

Earlier this year, Vin Diesel boldly told the Los Angeles Times that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if Fast Five garnered “Oscar talk” this award season. While the fifth Fast and Furious film won’t be winning any statuettes for its acting this lifetime (sorry, Vin, The Rock and Ludacris), it might have a legitimate shot at an Academy Award if the movie’s stunt coordinator Jack Gill convinces the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to add a Best Stunt category.

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Talkback: Do You Think Stuntpeople Should Have An Oscar Category?

‘It Might as Well Be YouTube’: Jaleel White Casually Trashes Tyler Perry

You might have missed it through all the smoke and scorched earth of the film’s opening weekend, but Jaleel White appeared as a banjo-playing teacher in Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer . That got White an audience with VanityFair.com, where the actor wasn’t about to regret or apologize for his run as one of the most notorious TV child stars of the ’90s. Not only that, but guess what? According to White, they don’t make them like Family Matters any more.

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‘It Might as Well Be YouTube’: Jaleel White Casually Trashes Tyler Perry

Read Director Michael Powell’s Gushing Letter to Martin Scorsese About an Early Draft of Goodfellas

The legendary British director Michael Powell ( The Red Shoes , The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ) had been friends with Martin Scorsese for over a decade by 1988. Scorsese idolized Powell, and it appears that reverence was reciprocated in a letter Powell sent regarding an epic Scorsese-penned script that would be released two years later as Goodfellas , the same year Powell died. Dig this amazing find.

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Read Director Michael Powell’s Gushing Letter to Martin Scorsese About an Early Draft of Goodfellas

Son of No One Trailer: Tracy Morgan Gets Dramatic in Sundance Closing Night Film

It probably goes without saying that I’ve spent many sleepless nights pondering how well Tracy Morgan could hold his own against Al Pacino and Juliette Binoche in a dramatic role (Who hasn’t?). And now, behold! The trailer for the Sundance closing night film The Son of No One not only hints at that answer, but throws Channing Tatum, Katie Holmes and Ray Liotta into the mix as well! And just look at that title! There’s no comic relief in sight here; just struggles for redemption and revenge in the mean city streets. So how does the usually hilarious Morgan do when confronted with this dark material and these acting heavyweights?

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Son of No One Trailer: Tracy Morgan Gets Dramatic in Sundance Closing Night Film

Would Tom Cruise Have Improved Goodfellas? A Movieline IM Debate

Earlier today, with the news that Tom Cruise was almost cast in Goodfellas , Christopher Rosen asked “Can you imagine Tom Cruise as a coked up Henry Hill?” Well, yeah, I actually can! This was a Tom Cruise that just came off an Oscar nomination for Born on the Fourth of July . But could Goodfellas have been better with Tom Cruise as Henry Hill? Ahead, Christopher and I try to get to the bottom of that very question via the convenience of Gchat.

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Would Tom Cruise Have Improved Goodfellas? A Movieline IM Debate