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9 Scorching Films to Help Survive the Hellish Heat Wave of 2011

The heat wave bearing down on the United States has turned much of the eastern half of the country into a hellish furnace of death , despair and crisis . Today in New York the forecast calls for a high of 99, with the humidity pushing the heat index into triple digits with the likes of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and scores of other towns along the Eastern Seaboard. But at least we’re all in this together — and with the movies, which are rich with tales of city folks sweating out the worst seasonal crap summer has to offer. Read on and recount nine of the best.

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9 Scorching Films to Help Survive the Hellish Heat Wave of 2011

Neil Patrick Harris on The Smurfs, Fatherhood, and the Potential for Socialist Smurf Sequels

Actor, singer, magician, talented master of ceremonies, web star… Neil Patrick Harris can pretty much do it all — but can he make the leap into mainstream movie stardom? He’ll find out this month in Sony’s live action-CG adaptation The Smurfs , which sees the famous blue creatures take Manhattan — and the lives of Patrick (Harris) and Grace Winslow (Jayma Mays) — by storm in a modern day-set adventure about appreciating family and stepping into fatherhood.

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Neil Patrick Harris on The Smurfs, Fatherhood, and the Potential for Socialist Smurf Sequels

Actor, singer, magician, talented master of ceremonies, web star… Neil Patrick Harris can pretty much do it all — but can he make the leap into mainstream movie stardom? He’ll find out this month in Sony’s live action-CG adaptation The Smurfs , which sees the famous blue creatures take Manhattan — and the lives of Patrick (Harris) and Grace Winslow (Jayma Mays) — by storm in a modern day-set adventure about appreciating family and stepping into fatherhood.

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Comic-Con Hall H Live-Blog (Day 2): Tintin, Spider-Man and More

If you couldn’t make Comic-Con this year, don’t worry: Movieline will be faithfully live-blogging each day’s major panels from Hall H, updating with footage highlights, breaking announcements, and celebrity appearances. Friday, Day 2, begins with the Tintin panel and continues with Haywire , Raven , Ghost Rider , 30 Minutes or Less , Total Recall and Spider-Man . Are you ready?

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Captain America Has $4 Million Midnight

Good news for Marvel and the team behind Captain America: The First Avenger : The summer’s latest major comics-hero tentpole also had the genre’s best midnight showing of the season with $4 million. That exceeds the previous best of X-Men: First Class ‘s $3.4 million and hints at a better-than-expected three-day total near $60 million. Drop by Movieline this weekend for more box-office dispatches as events warrant… [via THR ]

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Steven Soderbergh Apparently Not Retiring After All

This just in from the reportedly outgoing Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh, answering questions at Relativity Media’s panel at Comic-Con : “Matt Damon is apparently as discreet as a 14-year-old girl. I had this drunk conversation with him while shooting Contagion and four days later, I read about it in the paper. And he read it verbatim. Nobody in this economy wants to hear about someone quitting a good job. That kind of got blown out of proportion. And that’s Matt’s fault.” Aha! Cue “Blamin’ Damon” headlines in 3… 2… (And check out all of Movieline’s Comic-Con 2011 coverage here .)

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Which of These Three Actors Makes the Most Believable Movie Blogger?

Today in news that doesn’t relate to Comic-Con: Deadline reports that Steve Carell, Jack Black and Nicolas Cage are in various stages of negotiations to star in Frank Or Francis for director and writer Charlie Kaufman. Details on the film are slim, but when it was first announced back in March , Frank Or Francis reportedly dealt with a filmmaker and the blogger “who takes delight in berating his cinematic talent.” (It sorta sounds like that movie Pitchfork that Jonah Hill was rumored for ; bloggers, they’re not just for blogs anymore!) Assuming Carell, Black and Cage sign on for Frank Or Francis — and assuming at least two of them are in talks for the lead roles — this news raises a fairly legitimate question: who among them is believable as a blogger?

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Watch the Kick-Ass Trailer for Steve Soderbergh’s Haywire

Another day, another outstanding trailer for an upcoming movie that you probably didn’t think would get a push from Comic-Con. Hot on the heels of that breathtaking clip for Drive comes the balls-out trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire , the previously thought-to-be second of Soderbergh’s final five films. Good thing ol’ Mr. Soderbergh isn’t actually retiring !

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Beyonce Opens Up About A Star is Born Remake, But Is She Right?

There is no denying Beyonce’s talent, stardom, or status as an enduring stronghold in show business, but would you call her “a new talent [that] represents a generation”? Because in a new interview about her role in Clint Eastwood’s A Star is Born remake , she kinda claims to be just that.

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Beyonce Opens Up About A Star is Born Remake, But Is She Right?

There is no denying Beyonce’s talent, stardom, or status as an enduring stronghold in show business, but would you call her “a new talent [that] represents a generation”? Because in a new interview about her role in Clint Eastwood’s A Star is Born remake , she kinda claims to be just that.

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Beyonce Opens Up About A Star is Born Remake, But Is She Right?