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VIDEO: Ryan Gosling’s Latest Heroism Takes Him to Congo

After breaking up street fights and saving British journalists from oncoming New York taxicab s, it’s time for Ryan Gosling to take his hero act global. The actor has teamed with activist/author John Prendergast to further raise awareness of the ongoing human rights crisis in Congo, helping produce a series of videos documenting “amazing lives in a place the world has left for dead.” And perhaps the best part, according to Gosling and Prendergast? “[W]e’re not in it.” The actor and activist share the background today at Huffington Post : On our second trip together to Africa last Thanksgiving, we decided to go to the place where the deadliest war in the world was occurring: the Congo. The entire time we were there, we traveled with an extraordinary Congolese guy named Fidel Bafilemba. His video profile is the first in a new video series being launched by the Enough Project, called I Am Congo . Most of the stories we hear about Congo are of rape, conflict, and exploitation. Those stories are real and we saw plenty of evidence of them. But that’s not the whole story of Congo. Watching our friend Fidel’s video profile helps expand the story of Congo beyond its pain, and highlights what Congolese people all over are doing to create a better future for their country. Enjoy said video profile below, and check out more from I Am Congo here . [ Huffington Post ]

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Avengers Sink Battleship at UK Box Office

The Avengers (titled Avengers Assemble in the UK) exploded at the UK box office with £15.78 million — or roughly $25.6 million — over the weekend, including its Thursday preview screenings, giving the superhero film the winning spot among British releases. And coming in the heels of John Carter (which has yet to even break the £5m mark in Britain), Disney is wasting no time celebrating, calling the result the biggest superhero-movie opening of all time, The Guardian reports . By comparison, The Dark Knight debuted in Great Britain with £11.19m ($18.1m, including previews), while Spider-Man 3 kicked off with £11.83m ($19.1m, sans previews) in May 2007 and Iron Man 2 grabbed just £7.66m ($12.3m, including previews) back in April 2010. Meanwhile, Battleship , which launched April 11 in the UK, has dropped from first to sixth place, taking in the rough equivalent of $811,000 from 436 locations — a 61-percent decline from the previous weekend. Rounding out the British theatrical top five, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen took in £1.08m ($1.75m) from 417 sites, The Hunger Games followed with just over £744K ($1.2m) from 398 locations, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists landed at number four with nearly £664K ($1.07m) at 511 theaters, and The Cabin in the Woods closed the top five with almost £562K ($911K) at 383 locations. [ The Guardian ]

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Avengers Sink Battleship at UK Box Office

Avengers Sink Battleship at UK Box Office

The Avengers (titled Avengers Assemble in the UK) exploded at the UK box office with £15.78 million — or roughly $25.6 million — over the weekend, including its Thursday preview screenings, giving the superhero film the winning spot among British releases. And coming in the heels of John Carter (which has yet to even break the £5m mark in Britain), Disney is wasting no time celebrating, calling the result the biggest superhero-movie opening of all time, The Guardian reports . By comparison, The Dark Knight debuted in Great Britain with £11.19m ($18.1m, including previews), while Spider-Man 3 kicked off with £11.83m ($19.1m, sans previews) in May 2007 and Iron Man 2 grabbed just £7.66m ($12.3m, including previews) back in April 2010. Meanwhile, Battleship , which launched April 11 in the UK, has dropped from first to sixth place, taking in the rough equivalent of $811,000 from 436 locations — a 61-percent decline from the previous weekend. Rounding out the British theatrical top five, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen took in £1.08m ($1.75m) from 417 sites, The Hunger Games followed with just over £744K ($1.2m) from 398 locations, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists landed at number four with nearly £664K ($1.07m) at 511 theaters, and The Cabin in the Woods closed the top five with almost £562K ($911K) at 383 locations. [ The Guardian ]

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Movie Nudity Report: The Cabin in the Woods, Detention

It’s been a while since we had TWO movies nude in theaters to tell you about! Hollywood is hoping to capitalize on the Friday the 13th “holiday” by releasing two scary movies: The Cabin in the Woods , opening in wide release, and Detention , opening in select cities. Both movies put their own unique twists on the slasher movies of their directors’ youth, while still remaining true to the genre’s most titillating convention with nude scenes from Anna Hutchison (above) in Cabin and Brooke Haven and Shanley Caswell (‘s body double) in Detention . As The Cabin in the Woods director David Goddard told New York Magazine’s Vulture blog: ” [Nudity is] crucial to that part of the genre, and we felt we had to honor the genre. ” Getting naked on film: it’s the respectful thing to do. Find out more about The Cabin in the Woods and Detention after the jump!

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Cabin in the Woods to Suffer 2nd Delay?

Will we ever get to see the Joss Whedon-produced, Drew Goddard-directed horror flick The Cabin in the Woods ? A while back, it was bumped all the way to January to undergo a 3D post-conversion, and now it may be lost in the MGM mess and delayed yet again. At this rate, star Chris Hemsworth will probably be seen in Thor before we ever get a taste of this tiny sleeper. Hell, Whedon may have directed him in The Avengers by then. [ THR via The Playlist ]

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