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Tyler Perry Stars in Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Cast Kim Kardashian?

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Even I, a beleaguered devotee of Tyler Perry’s melodramatic, muumuu-rocking oeuvre, had a difficult time accepting the inevitability of… God, I can’t even write it. Kim… ugh. Kiiiimmmm… fuck . KimKardashian. Kim. Kar. Dashian. Whew. OK. Even I had a difficult time accepting the inevitability of Kim Kardashian’s casting in Perry’s upcoming The Marriage Counselor , and that was before the tragic unraveling of her nuptials to that discarded oaf, whoever he was. I wasn’t alone, either; other fans’ disapproval pelted the door of the specially reinforced storm closet where Perry sought refuge. Now, with Kar… Kar… da… Ugh. With her shooting completed, the filmmaker finally took to his blog today to explain himself.

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Jackson Rathbone on Breaking Dawn, Rocking Out and Life After Twilight

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Jackson Rathbone says he has felt right at home playing Jasper in the Twilight films, though the vampire’s quiet, reserved nature contrasts with the actor’s other identity: as the leader of L.A. funk rock band 100 Monkeys, who kick off their first European tour this month. Rathbone, who was strumming a guitar between interviews at the recent junket for this week’s Breaking Dawn – Part 1 , spoke with Movieline about balancing film and music, Twilight ‘s effect on his success as a musician, and moving on from the series after Breaking Dawn – Part 2 hits theaters next year.

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Oscar Index: Descendants, Artist, Help Set for Ménage à Trophy

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Welcome back to Oscar Index, your weekly awards-season rundown from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics. And to be honest, there’s not so much to run down: Descendants this, Artist that, some minor acting bumps and nudges… relatively quiet, truth be told. Now that I’ve totally sold you on this latest installment, let’s check out the races!

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Welcome back to Oscar Index, your weekly awards-season rundown from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics. And to be honest, there’s not so much to run down: Descendants this, Artist that, some minor acting bumps and nudges… relatively quiet, truth be told. Now that I’ve totally sold you on this latest installment, let’s check out the races!

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Disney’s Newsies Musical Heading to Broadway in 2012

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Open the gates and seize the day! Following a successful run at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse, the Harvey Fierstein-adapted stage musical Newsies — based on the best period musical of all time about turn of the century paperboys fighting Big Business (that also starred Christian Bale ) — will open on honest-to-goodness Broadway in March. This gives you bandwagon-jumpers plenty of time to catch up to the rest of us Newsies diehards who’ve known all along that one day, the family-friendly stylings of legions of dancing street urchins just trying to sell some ‘papes would catch on like gangbusters. The world will know …that we’re not crazy! ( Right ?) [ Wall Street Journal ]

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Natalie Portman to Assume Shirley MacLaine’s Apartment Role In Post-Baby Comeback

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Nearly five months after giving birth to her first child, Natalie Portman returns to Hollywood tomorrow night to take part in Jason Reitman’s live reading of The Apartment at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Oscar winner will play Fran Kubelik, “the fetching elevator operator” that Shirley MacLaine played (and earned an Academy Award nomination for) in the 1960 Billy Wilder film. J.K. Simmons, Ken Jeong, Nick Kroll, Mindy Kaling and Jake Johnson will round out tomorrow night’s cast. [ @JasonReitman , Vulture ]

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And Now a Final Word About Jack and Jill

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Glenn Kenny didn’t quite make the cut in last week’s scathing critical responses to Jack and Jill , but his withering postscript deserves a look: “One thing I did not get into in my review of Jack and Jill for MSN Movies was just how (ostensibly) insultingly sub-pro forma is its actual filmmaking. It isn’t even just a matter of how obviously its indifferent redemption-narrative structure is the Avid-enabled equivalent of a very sloppy butter sculpture. The indifference is felt in almost every aspect [… T]his is the first time it really hit home for me just how mindful Sandler, director Dennis Dugan, and the rest of the perpetrators are with respect to keeping overhead down. Good lord.” [ Some Came Running ]

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Wim Wenders on Until the End of the World at 20, Its Amazing Soundtrack, and Loving LuLu

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Director Wim Wenders has made his best-received film in years with Pina , a bold, beautiful 3-D tribute to his late friend and collaborator, the German choreographer Pina Bausch. But 2011 also marks the 20th anniversary of an even more ambitious — if eminently troubled — Wenders work loaded with cutting-edge visuals, music and concepts.

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GALLERY: Twi-Hards and Would-Be Brides Camp Out at the Breaking Dawn Premiere

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At long, long last, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is upon us. Leading up to last night’s Los Angeles premiere, approximately 1,500 super-fans (some in full bridal gear!) camped out downtown near the Nokia Theater L.A. Live, where the film’s stars strolled the red carpet. Click through to celebrate the Breaking Dawn -mania with Movieline.

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Why The Dark Knight Rises Didn’t Film at Occupy Wall Street

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Co-star Matthew Modine, promoting his short Jesus Was A Commie , explained why the notion to film the megabudget blockbuster at Occupy Wall Street was scrapped. “The wisdom of Christopher Nolan and his incredible team was that, while it seemed like a good idea to give [the protestors] an opportunity for work, to give them money, it would send a terrible message . At the end of the day, we’re making a movie. What’s happening down there is more important than that. To co-opt what’s happening there and around the country… we didn’t want to trivialize it. It was more important to respect what they’re doing than to do anything that could potentially trivialize the political situation downtown.” [ indieWIRE ]

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