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Diablo Cody Shares Her 3 Most Anticipated Films of Fall with Movieline!

Diablo Cody has her own movie to anticipate with the release of her third feature Young Adult this December (featuring a thoroughly unamused Charlize Theron ), but the Academy Award winner took time out tell Movieline which three films she most looks forward to seeing. What will make the cut? The Iron Lady ? Carnage ? A Dangerous Method ? Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked ? Click through for her adroit (and quite cheeky) observations.

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Diablo Cody Shares Her 3 Most Anticipated Films of Fall with Movieline!

Silencio! Have a Look Inside David Lynch’s Trippy New Nightclub

NASA Thinks You Should Know Apollo 18 Isn’t Real

When the Weinstein Co. first announced their Apollo 18 project last year, they sent out a press release stating that Russian producer Timur Bekmambetov had discovered actual Apollo 18 footage that would be incorporated in their “documentary.” Just three hours later, the studio retracted the release with a new one that curiously did not mention the footage. But then they released a trailer for Apollo 18 that opened by claiming “the following is the recovered footage from Apollo 18.” Confusing much? On the eve of the film’s release, NASA is finally coming forward to talk about Apollo 18 .

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Movieline’s Interactive Drive Map: Explore Los Angeles With Director Nicolas Winding Refn

Few films in recent memory traverse the urban terrain of Los Angeles as memorably as Nicolas Winding Refn ‘s Drive , the stylish, sublime (and yes, ultra-violent) September 16 “fairytale” starring Ryan Gosling as a soft-spoken stunt man who gets mixed up with vicious gangsters in the city of angels. Using practical locations from downtown to the Valley, Refn paints a portrait of L.A. seldom seen in even the best L.A. stories — and with nary a glimpse of glitzy Hollywood in sight. Dive into Movieline’s interactive Drive map and explore the landscape of Refn’s Los Angeles, in the director’s own words.

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Movieline’s Interactive Drive Map: Explore Los Angeles With Director Nicolas Winding Refn

The Blues Brothers May Head to Television, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: The Thin Man gets a screenwriter… more info on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea … Paul Dano could become a College Republican … and more ahead.

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Talkback: Is Darth Vader Screaming ‘Noooo’ Really Such An Insult to Star Wars?

On Tuesday, Star Wars fans became outraged upon learning that George Lucas had digitally inserted a Darth Vader scream in the Blu-ray version of Return of the Jedi , available as part of the remastered HD trilogy out in September. It’s a change which raises the question: Is a two-second “Noooo” really worth getting that worked up over?

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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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VIDEO: Alec Baldwin Burns Red Sox Tickets, His Apartment in Latest New Era Ad

While the baseball season slowly winds down — and the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox possibly head for a battle in the American League Championship Series — there’s no better time for New Era to release a fifth commercial in its increasingly awesome ad campaign featuring Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski. In the latest bit of marketing hilarity, Baldwin decides to burn a batch of Red Sox tickets to disastrous results. Click ahead for the video.

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Beyoncé Pregnancy May Push A Star is Born, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Gambler writer James Toback is not pleased with the planned remake… Zoe Saldana gets angel wings… Sin City 2 finds a tough screenwriter… and more ahead.

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Beyoncé Pregnancy May Push A Star is Born, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today