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Super 8’s J.J. Abrams Had the Coolest Childhood Job Ever

At the tender age of 15, filmmaker J.J. Abrams received an opportunity Dawson Leery would have killed for: the chance to work for his idol, Steven Spielberg . Nearly 30 years later, Abrams looked back on the unusual teen gig that got him started in film and, in a way, led to his teaming up with Spielberg again for this week’s Super 8 .

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Super 8’s J.J. Abrams Had the Coolest Childhood Job Ever

Don’t Blink: First Promo for Simon Cowell’s The X Factor Premieres

Are you ready, America? Coming in the fall of 2011, former American Idol judge (and V-neck aficionado) Simon Cowell will return to televisions with The X Factor . The British import is already one of the most hyped events on the Fox calendar next year — right up there with the Glee Super Bowl episode and, well, the Super Bowl — and so it goes to reason that the network would want to start plugging it as soon as possible. As such, say hello to the 10 quickest, most nondescript seconds in the history of television promotion.

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Don’t Blink: First Promo for Simon Cowell’s The X Factor Premieres

On DVD: Knight & Day, and Other Movie-Star Match-Ups That Underperformed

Like most Americans, I didn’t actually see the action-comedy-romance Knight & Day (out on DVD this week from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) in theaters, but I never would have predicted that the teaming of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz would have led to one of the summer’s highest-profile box office bombs. ( Vanilla Sky notwithstanding.) But if pairing two popular movie stars were a guarantee of success, you’d see a lot more one-from-Column-A casting in Hollywood. Here’s a look at some other sure-fire pairings that wound up being anything but:

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Leona Lewis Gets Fussy With Her Food

Leona Lewis reportedly had a few odd requests when out to dinner in London at club Hospital. A source said: “She was her usual shy but charming self but when she ordered she seemed to have some unusual hang-ups about what she’d eat.” Lewis reportedly asked that her tofu be “extremely well done and slowly grilled.” Havin’ it her way? We guess so! Related Links: Leona Lewis And Susan Boyle Teaming Up?

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Leona Lewis Gets Fussy With Her Food