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The Most Vicious Critical Pan Ever, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in today’s superlative-friendly edition of The Broadsheet: The most frightening mug shot ever… The most Tarantino-y awards debut ever… the best-ever New York film… The tackiest photo gallery ever… and the most/best/whatever of everything else floating in the cultural pool this morning…

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The Most Vicious Critical Pan Ever, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

‘A Very Large Turd on a Very Thin Stick’: Marlon Brando Writes to 26-Year-Old Charlie Sheen

Long before Charlie Sheen was holed up in Las Vegas, trying to decide which of three porn stars he liked best , he was a just-turned 26-year-old scamp looking to have a birthday party so kick-ass that someone like Marlon Brando would want to attend. Alas, feeling like “a very large turd on a very thin stick” will often prevent even the greatest among us from having a good time.

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‘A Very Large Turd on a Very Thin Stick’: Marlon Brando Writes to 26-Year-Old Charlie Sheen

Which of These Stars Will Present Drunk at the Golden Globes?

Forget the speeches ; the best part of the loosey-goosey Golden Globe ceremonies are the presenters! To wit: You never know which Hollywood star is going to stumble up on stage, slur a few names and look positively wasted. Assuming Hailee Steinfeld and Robert Downey Jr. are in the clear on this front, here are the other stars presenting on Sunday who have tipsy potential: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Tilda Swinton, Kevin Bacon, Helen Mirren, Kevin Spacey, Vanessa Williams, Sandra Bullock, Jimmy Fallon, LL Cool J, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lopez, Leighton Meester, Robert Pattinson and Bruce Willis. Place your bets now. [ NYT ]

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Which of These Stars Will Present Drunk at the Golden Globes?

Say What? Assessing the Vocal Ticks from True Grit

As our very own Dixon Gaines so accurately put it on Sunday , True Grit is “the compromise movie of households worldwide,” which is great news for those households — and Brooks Barnes — since the latest from the Coen Brothers is actually quite impressive. That is, if you can understand the dialogue, which is spoken through more grunts, lisps and slurs than your local pub at closing time. Or The King’s Speech . Ahead, Movieline attempts to discover just which True Grit cast member had the most arresting vocal tick.

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Say What? Assessing the Vocal Ticks from True Grit

Jersey Shore Season Three Preview: Fine, Maybe I Like This Deena Character

Jersey Shore ‘s second go-around proved why The Real World never brought back casts for multiple seasons: People become aware of how they’re perceived, they play to those perceptions, and their madcap innocence becomes a controlled calculation. But just wait: The addition of new cast member Deena , who at first seemed like a redundant hellcat, might add a fresh soupcon of stank that the show could use. Preview after the jump.

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Jersey Shore Season Three Preview: Fine, Maybe I Like This Deena Character

VIDEO: Grandmother Reads Increasingly Inappropriate Tweets from 50 Cent

The 10 Most Disturbing Movie Publicity Stills of 2010

As if the consistency and legacy of the films weren’t destabilizing enough, 2010’s movie vintage will forever be remembered for its deeply troubling developments in the dark arts of publicity stills. I don’t mean the comic humiliations endured by the likes of Drew Barrymore or Tracy Morgan, either; I mean, “Like, uh, hold me .” Click through for this year’s top 10 milestones of the form.

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The 10 Most Disturbing Movie Publicity Stills of 2010

Which Glee Girl is Joining the Football Team?

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Team Up to Fight Hunger

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon teamed up to write Good Will Hunting many years ago, earning an Academy Awards and national acclaim in the process. But the close friends have partnered on an even more important cause this week: feeding the hungry. In the following public service announcement, Affleck and Damon reveal the startling statistic that 50 million Americans are teetering toward starvation. How can you help? Watch these videos, visit the website listed and donate whatever you can… Ben Affleck PSA Matt Damon PSA

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Dragon Tattoo Girl Joins Robert Downey, Jr. In Sherlock Holmes Sequel

For all those Swedish book enthusiasts out there who were bummed that the English language version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo gave the eponymous role of Lisbeth Salander to Rooney Mara rather than Noomi Rapace, the original Swedish Salander — cheer up! She might have just gotten her big American break after all.

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Dragon Tattoo Girl Joins Robert Downey, Jr. In Sherlock Holmes Sequel