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5 Oscar-Worthy Female Roles This Fall and Their Place in Academy History

Though the Oscars aired just six months ago, we’re already gearing up for next year’s decadent — perhaps Gervais-aided — ceremony. In scanning the release list for this fall, Movieline picked out five female roles that are shoo-ins for Academy attention. How can we be so sure, you ask? Because every role is a combination of past nominees and winners. Let’s divvy up the gold!

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5 Oscar-Worthy Female Roles This Fall and Their Place in Academy History

How Will Hollywood Remake Takashi Miike’s Ninja Kids!!!?

Back when Movieline posted the bonkers-adorable trailer for genre master Takashi Miike’s Ninja Kids!!! , about — what else — children studying at a school for ninjas, it seemed unlikely that the family-friendly manga and anime adaptation would go much farther than the genre/foreign crowd. However, that was before plans were reportedly in the works to adapt Miike’s film into an Americanized remake. After all, every generation deserves their own 3 Ninjas !

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James Franco Breaks Broadway Date With Nicole Kidman

Sad news, theater fans: James Franco will not be making his Broadway debut this fall in David Cromer’s production of the Tennessee Williams drama Sweet Bird of Youth . Monday, the actor’s publicist confirmed that Franco was no longer attached to the play, where he was set to star as the gigolo paramour to Nicole Kidman’s voracious movie star. As of now, Cromer is not sure if or when the Scott Rudin-produced Sweet Bird will take the stage. [ NYT /ArtsBeat ]

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Contagion Viral Marketing Gone Wild: The Bird Flu Is Mutating, For Reals

In Steven Soderbergh ‘s panic-inducing epidemic thriller Contagion , the world is paralyzed by a fast-spreading virus that scientists, including Laurence Fishburne, can’t get a bead on. “Someone doesn’t have to weaponize the bird flu,” he intones in the trailer. “The birds are doing that.” As if Contagion wasn’t already a hypochondriac’s nightmare, a U.N. report this week reveals that the deadly bird flu, or H5N1, has mutated and is spreading overseas.

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Contagion Viral Marketing Gone Wild: The Bird Flu Is Mutating, For Reals

Lady Bus Driver Files Charges Against Matthew Fox Following Altercation

An update in the curious saga of that one time Matthew Fox allegedly got too drunk while in Cleveland (where he’s filming I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry ) and punched a party bus driver in the… well, he allegedly punched her in multiple parts of the body. Let’s leave it at that. The 29-year-old woman has now officially filed assault charges against the actor, who was not arrested by police following the Sunday night incident. (Incidentally, Fox plays a mob killer opposite Perry’s titular hero in Alex Cross .) Developing… [ CNN ]

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