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Will the New Mel Gibson Controversy Wreck Jodie Foster’s The Beaver?

I had no doubt that the Mel Gibson/Oksana Grigorieva breakup as going to get ugly, but I guess I didn’t quite anticipate it to get this ugly: Radar Online has come into some nasty tirades the actor unleashed on his ex , and it ain’t pretty. The centerpiece line — “You look like a f***ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault” — has already resuscitated memories of Gibson’s infamously anti-Semitic 2006 arrest in Malibu, a blight that caused the actor to disappear from the screen until this year. In fact, 2010 was supposed to herald a comeback for Gibson, thanks to his role in Jodie Foster’s quirky comedy The Beaver . Now what?

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So You Think You Can Dance Quick Kicks: Rating the Top 9

So You Think You Can Dance broke a new barrier yesterday, and it’s one I like to call DUDES DANCING WITH DUDES. Look! It’s Alex and Twitch! They’re jiving together and exchanging stankface in front of America’s kids. Harvey Milk krumps tearfully from heaven. That was just the beginning of last night’s pleasures, as SYTYCD ‘s nine remaining dancers pulled it out for an all-around spectacular evening. And best of all, Adam Shankman didn’t bawl at the sky. Join us as we rate the Top 9 in quick succession!

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So You Think You Can Dance Quick Kicks: Rating the Top 9

Moment of Truth: Agony and Ecstasy Director on the ‘Intimate Psychodrama’ of Phil Spector

Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline’s weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. This week we hear from Vikram Jayanti, director of The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector , which is now playing in New York with dates to come in other cities and on TV as well. Kind of like grieving, there are five stages to viewing Vikram Jayanti’s enthralling new documentary The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector .

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Moment of Truth: Agony and Ecstasy Director on the ‘Intimate Psychodrama’ of Phil Spector

REVIEW: A Few Nifty Visuals Can’t Rescue Exhausting Last Airbender

The Last Airbender is, as M. Night Shyamalan movies go, pretty straightforward. It’s also, refreshingly, not as completely idiotic as most of his movies are. No aliens in stretchy unitards who can be vanquished by — surprise! — plain old tap water; no meek, modest 19th-century communities who are — surprise! — really just weirdo cults being kept away from 21st-century life. The Last Airbender, based on a popular Nickelodeon cartoon series, is a fantasy-adventure aimed primarily at kids, set in a world where four tribal nations — Air, Water, Earth and Fire — just can’t get along, because a revered being known as the Avatar has skipped out on them some 100 years ago. Taking advantage of this international instability, the people of the Fire Nation have decided to bully the other guys into submission and thus take over the world. Oh where, oh where, could the Avatar be?

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REVIEW: A Few Nifty Visuals Can’t Rescue Exhausting Last Airbender

What’s On: Betty White Dates a Legend

Betty White’s got a hot date on Hot in Cleveland tonight, and he’s a face you’ll recognize from, oh, the 60 years he’s spent in the industry. He’s not Sid Caesar or Dick Van Dyke, but he knows both of those living legends well. And no, it’s not Rose Marie. That’s a woman, guys. Just click ahead.

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What’s On: Betty White Dates a Legend

Buzz Break: This Tron Lightcycle Could Be Yours For Five Figures

Would America’s Got Talent’s New Singing Star Have Fared Differently on Idol?

Kalamazoo, Michigan native Debra Romer took the America’s Got Talent stage at Chicago’s auditions last night, and the results were — well, passable. Literally. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne praised her vulnerability while Howie Mandel fist-bumped her with a “no.” But Debra’s reception shows just how different the audition criteria are between America’s Got Talent and American Idol , where she might’ve been championed (or rejected) for qualities not even mentioned by this triumvirate.

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Would America’s Got Talent’s New Singing Star Have Fared Differently on Idol?

Choose Your Own Abs-venture in the 8-Bit Version of Eclipse

Like Harry Knowles , have you ever fantasized that you were Bella, the conflicted protagonist of the Twilight series? You’re in luck: some enterprising YouTubers have come up with a retro-cool videogame gloss on Eclipse (kinda like Final Fantasy meets Ninja Gaiden meets the Book of Mormon), and best of all, it’s actually interactive! Sure, most of your choices will boil down to choosing Edward over Jacob again and again, but at least that’s pretty much accurate, isn’t it? Click through to play:

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Choose Your Own Abs-venture in the 8-Bit Version of Eclipse

The Spider-Man Viral Marketing is Starting So Early

A day after Batman 3 and Salt received their own real-life viral-marketing boosts, have a look at this 13-year-old in England trying to pass himself off as anything but some wall-climbing, vacuum-pad-rocking allusion to Sony’s forthcoming Spider-Man reboot. Don’t confuse this with James Franco’s own viral adventures , which have nothing on this clip that races from WTF to hilarious back to WTF in 60 seconds flat. This kid is walking on a wall, people. Marc Webb, we have found your leading man .

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The Spider-Man Viral Marketing is Starting So Early

Sex and the City Franchise Dead, Says Unreliable Source

You don’t need to be Edward R. Murrow to realize that when you see an article — on the Daily Mail Web site no less — with the byline, “Mail Online Reporter,” facts could be a bit specious . At best. So take out your best grain of salt and prepare to mourn the death of Sex and the City . Turn out the lights, the party’s over, etc.

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Sex and the City Franchise Dead, Says Unreliable Source