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WATCH: Spirited Parker Posey Shakes Up Eric Mabius’ Dullsville Life In Trailer To Price Check

After watching this trailer, I think Parker Posey should consider launching some sort of bad-girl management inspiration seminar. Clearly, she’s breaking a lot of corporate cardinal rules in this trailer to Michael Walker’s Price Check — you know, like the one where you’re not supposed to sleep with your employees — but just watch how Eric Mabius, the sad-sack manager  in her grocery store pricing and marketing department perks up over the course of this clip as he gets the focus of her manic attention. (The trailer plays after the jump.) The scene of Posey throwing a tantrum in front of her boss by throwing herself on to the floor is a keeper, and reminds me of a few work situations that I’ve witnessed.  (At no time did my feet leave the ground.)  I also think this trailer handles a rather complex and difficult idea with great economy:  the clip manages to show Posey waking Mabius from his financially strapped sleepwalker’s life and then propelling him into chaos, especially on the home front.  The scene of his wife smelling his dirty dress shirt says volumes about the pain to come.  Check out the rest below. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter.  Follow Movieline on Twitter. 

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Leighton Meester Seeking Custody of Brother?

We know Leighton Meester is suing her mom . And getting sued by her mom. Now, new reports say she wants custody of her younger brother Lex as well. Leighton regularly sent money to her mother, Constance Meester, who served as her daughter’s manager before Leighton fired her earlier this year. The actress, 25, says this money for her brother’s health needs, and that her mother used the money to get cosmetic surgeries for herself instead. It is not known how old Lex is, or what condition(s) he suffers from. But Constance just countersued Leighton, claiming she owes her even more … and that the 25-year-old actress came at her wielding a bottle . Now The Roommate star just wants to make sure Lex is alright. “Leighton is disgusted by her mother and is determined to get her brother Lex out of that situation,” an insider reveals. “She wants Lex to leave their mother’s California home and come to live with her in New York.” According to the lawsuit, Leighton provided her family with money out of the goodness of her heart, but she’s now tired of her mom’s lifestyle. Lex, short for Alexander, recently had brain surgery, Radar reports . While Leighton has supported him willingly, she says her mom abuses this. “[Constance] is healthy and able to work, but refuses to do so. She expects her daughter [Leighton] to support her financially,” the lawsuit states. “Leighton is really close to her brother, so she just hates that she can’t be there to help him more,” the source said. “She’s worried for him.” Here’s hoping this gets resolved … as well as it can.

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Former Head of Morris Brown Speaks Out On A College Presidency Maligned And Looking Ahead

She was a myriad of firsts. The first black woman on a tenured track at Northwestern University, the first black woman to serve in a cabinet position in New York State, the first black woman to be associate vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Minnesota, the first female president of Chicago State University and – infamously – the first female president of Morris Brown College. Now, after years of silence during the aftermath of her career-ending relationship with the financially forsaken HBCU, Dolores Cross is speaking out again. Continued at The Atlanta Post

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Gary Collins Arrested for Felony Dine and Dash

Filed under: Gary Collins , Celebrity Justice It’s been rough going for Gary Collins … TMZ has learned the former Miss America/”Hour Magazine” host has been arrested for allegedly defrauding an innkeeper. Collins — who has been arrested 3 times and convicted twice of DUI — was busted in Biloxi,… Read more

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Toni Braxton — I May Show Some ‘T&A’ for Playboy

Filed under: Toni Braxton , Playboy Financially troubled singer Toni Braxton may have found a way to scrounge up some extra cash — Toni claims she’s seriously considering a “T and A” photo shoot for Playboy Magazine. 43-year-old Braxton went to her Twitter this morning and wrote, “New… Read more

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Evan Thomas on Ending Bush Tax Rates: ‘God Knows the Federal Government Desperately Needs that Revenue’

Newsweek veteran Evan Thomas, who announced a few weeks ago his intention to leave the financially-failing magazine and teach journalism at Princeton , issued a ringing call – in defense of federal spending – for why he hopes Congress and President Obama cannot agree on extending any of the Bush tax cuts, so income tax rates rise next year: God knows the federal government desperately needs that revenue, so this is one case where I think gridlock is a good thing. Not exactly in line with the thinking of Tea Party voters. (Audio: MP3 clip ) On this weekend’s Inside Washington, the magazine’s former Washington bureau chief, Assistant Managing Editor and, most-recently, editor-at-large, encapsulated the political/media class’s priority – keeping government spending safe – as he argued: A couple of weeks ago, Fareed Zakaria wrote a column in which he said Congress should do what it does best, nothing. And what he means by that is if Congress does nothing, those tax cuts go away. We need the revenue, we need the revenue. I know it’s not great for the economy right now to be having a tax hike, but you’re just returning rates to where they were in the 1990s, when the economy was doing pretty well. God knows the federal government desperately needs that revenue, so this is one case where I think gridlock is a good thing. ( Inside Washington is a weekly show produced by ABC’s Washington, DC affiliate, which airs it Sunday morning after it runs Friday night on DC’s PBS affiliate, WETA-TV channel 26, and Saturday on local cable’s TBD TV .)

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Mel’s Baby Mama: He Gives Me No Money

Filed under: Oksana Grigorieva , Mel Gibson Oksana Grigorieva claims Mel Gibson doesn’t help her financially at all when it comes to raising their daughter, this according to an interview with the Russian singer. Grigorieva tells The Mail on Sunday that she has to borrow money from friends and… Read more

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Danielle Staub Blames Blackmail for Sex Tape Release

If there’s one thing more digusting than the recently-released Danielle Staub sex tape photos … well, we can’t think of it. But if there’s something that bothers us about celebrities across the board, it’s when they throw themselves pity parties and/or present themselves in a phony manner. Just be true to who you are, people. In that regard, it was almost refreshing to listen to Staub basically admit she put her own sex tape out and not pretend as if it won’t benefit her financially. Until a recent interview with Hollywood Life. Responding to accusations that she’s behind the release of Danielle Staub Raw , the reality star said: “I would never release my own sex tape. I would never do such a thing. I’m already in the media and we’re in season on the show, so why would I do something like this?” Just a few gueses: more money? More attention? Because you’re an insecure, pathetic excuse for a responsible mother? Staub continued, telling the site : “I had a sexual relationship that was supposed to remain private. I was approached and I’ve been being blackmailed for quite some time and there’s NOTHING I could do to shut it down.” But… wait. Didn’t you shut down the release of a previous video? It’s called extortion, Danielle. There most definitely are legal steps you could take to prevent it. “I feel like shit,” Staub concluded. “It bothers me, but I’m not ashamed. I’m a woman… I had a sexual relationship that was supposed to remain private and the fact that it’s not private shows the type of society this is. I’m not ashamed of my body or myself. I have thick skin.” Actually, based on the images that have surfaced, you have wrinky, unattractive skin. We really wish we didn’t know that.

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Michael Jackson Doc "Hanging by a Thread"

UPDATE: In advance of his preliminary hearing Monday, Murray’s lawyers today filed papers arguing that he needs his medical practice as a means of income; the financially strapped doctor, they…

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PETA Pays Octomom to Advocate Neutering

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has thrown Nadya Suleman a bone. In exchange for a “small payment,” the financially strapped Octomom has agreed to post a PETA sign in…

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