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Everybody Wish Showgirls a Happy 15th Birthday!

It all started in the early ’90s, when the Basic Instinct brain trust of Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas went one step further in movie smutdom and Elizabeth Berkley sought to shed Saved By the Bell . From those humble, horny beginnings, Showgirls was conceived and finally born 15 years ago today — a bouncing baby camp classic.

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Paul Bettany Finds Exception to ‘Thou Shall Not Kill’ in Priest Trailer

Yep, there’s actually a little-known clause to that “do not kill” commandment – vampires and human beings who create or protect them must be killed. At least, according to the new trailer for Priest . I was actually brainstorming clever ways to call out this Paul Bettany vs. holy vampires flick on completely ripping off last year’s Paul Bettany vs. angels flick Legion . But it turns out that the same guy, Scott Charles Stuart, directed both movies. And now I’m a little curious about Stuart.

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Get Ready to Explore Even More Layers in Inception Video Game

At a Rome press conference for Inception , director Christopher Nolan unveiled plans to develop an video game version of the blockbuster that will explore “all kinds of ideas that you can’t fit into a feature film.” No word on whether these ideas involve mind-bending dream puzzles or just more snow-mobile chases and shootouts with faceless goons in the Arctic. Still, if Nolan oversees this it may change the tune of those who dismiss video games as a lesser art form and encourage more major directors to explore the medium. [ Hollywood Reporter ]

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Huge Disney Flop to Become a Much-Anticipated Musical

Tony-winner Harvey Fierstein has signed on to write a libretto for a stage version of Newsies , the 1992 Disney bomb about the NYC paperboy strike of 1899. Fierstein will be aided by Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken. The film has gained a considerable following since its poor box office performance, which once prompted star Christian Bale to note, “Time healed those wounds. But it took a while.” Newsboys are reportedly through with him professionally. [ Playbill ]

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Huge Disney Flop to Become a Much-Anticipated Musical

How Far Can You Get in This Wingnut Rant About ‘Celebrity Nipple Nazis’?

I ran out of gas right around here: “Gisele Bundechen [sic], the Brazilian civil rights hero, I mean supermodel, recently pronounced ‘I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.’ And what happens if we don’t Gisele? Do we get thrown in a Nipple Nazi lactation prison?” Your mileage may vary. [ Big Hollywood ]

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How Far Can You Get in This Wingnut Rant About ‘Celebrity Nipple Nazis’?

Kill Time at Work with NSFW Howl Obscenity Game

Oscilloscope has posted a new user-generated game connected to Friday’s release of Howl that tells you just how obscene you are. The experimental biopic stars James Franco as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, whose famous poem of the same name provoked an obscenity trial in 1957. But that was then. Check out what people find obscene in the new millennium after the jump.

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Michael Vartan Reveals Lifelong Struggle with Dorfism in Touching ‘Funny or Die’ Video

Katy Perry’s 9 Most Irritating Faces Made in Her New Sesame Street Appearance

Perhaps it’s just the bitter end of a long, crushing day, or possibly the unshakable gloom of my post-Blankenship hangover , but Katy Perry on Sesame Street is just about the last thing my brain is prepared to reckon with this evening. But there it is — rather, there she is, all cleavage and cloy, bubble-gum grill, stalking around in pursuit of Elmo. There’s something curiously bothersome about this, and not necessarily that Perry went tweeting F-bombs just days ago when her fiancé punched out photographers. It’s probably best spoken in screencaps:

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Mike & Molly’s Billy Gardell Talks About Premiere Jitters, Stand-Up, and Fear of the Word ‘Fat’

Billy Gardell, an established stand-up comic, is adjusting well to his role as the star of the new CBS sitcom Mike & Molly , which, of course, premieres tonight . The series, a multicam yarn about a couple (played by Gardell and Gilmore Girls alum Melissa McCarthy) that meets at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, is not afraid to throw around the word “fat.” Movieline caught up with Gardell at a press conference to discuss the show’s appeal, whether the Modern Family audience will latch on, and shifting gears from the humor in his stand-up.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Rumored to Make Music with Matthew Morrison on Glee

First Javier Bardem agreed to “rock the house” on Glee and now his Oscar-winning peer Gwyneth Paltrow is rumored to be circling the Fox hit. The custom designed role — Paltrow and creator Ryan Murphy are buds and he wrote it with her in mind — extends over two episodes in November and would find Paltrow as a singing and dancing substitute teacher for Will Schuester. Naturally, both he and New Directions grow to love to her, much to the consternation of Emma Pillsbury. Stay Country Strong , Gwen! [ E! ]

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