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Celebrity Apprentice: Did Donald Trump Fire the Only Professional Contestant?

This may shock you, but I think Donald Trump fired Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders last night on Celebrity Apprentice because she wasn’t entertaining enough. I know, I know — that kind behavior is unheard of, unbelievable. and not outlined in Heloise’s Tome of Reality TV Etiquette . But it’s the way it is — Summer was championed by execs throughout the season for her solid, professional efforts, and she never once forced a gym representative to choke herself with anxiety ( ahem, Bret ). In tribute to our fallen Summer , Movieline will now inspect the kinds of professional employees left in the game. Would you hire these people over a power-suited marvel like Summer?

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This Week on Cable: Anxiety of Confluence

And now, Movieline’s home-viewing guru Michael Atkinson introduces a new feature dedicated to the most recordable films on a movie channel near you during the upcoming week. Let’s forget that trying to make recording movies off of cable illegal is far from logical when every home video player since 1982 has a record button — it’d be a little like selling us a gun and telling us we can’t touch this thing called a trigger. Whatever. Click ahead to see this week on cable.

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Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, April 2010

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Hank Azaria Unveils His Gargamel

Last month, Hank Azaria told Movieline what he’s got planned for his live-action spin on Gargamel in the Smurfs movie, and now there’s physical proof. Paparazzi snapped pictures of the actor in costume on the film’s NYC set, and…yeah, he looks pretty Gargamel-y. [ Coming Soon ]

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Place Your Bets! Handicapping Jeopardy!’s Celebrity Invitational Tournament

Jeopardy ‘s annual Celebrity Invitational has been spread out over the course of the season this year. Once a month, three celebrities battled to qualify for next week’s big semifinal round. Plenty of formidable competitors have bitten the dust, including Anderson Cooper and big, big loser Wolf Blitzer . Now, Movieline sizes up the remaining nine combatants with projected percentages for success. You’ll be unnerved to know that one of Alex Trebek’s Sony Pictures Studios’ coworkers has a major edge.

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Attractions: No, Really, This Weekend is Your Worst Nightmare

Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or past its sell-by date at the movies. This week, an iconic franchise receives an underwhelming reboot, Brendan Fraser battles nature, and after all these years, the horror genre finally goes ass-to-mouth. Read on for the weekend’s projected winners and losers.

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Is The Real Housewives of NYC More Effective as an Oral History?

With each week of expert analysis from Movieline’s Julie Miller, The Real Housewives of New York ‘s mosaic of glitz and gaucheness separates into pure shards. Jill’s the problem , Bethenny’s a bit put on , and no one ends up looking like a saint. But perhaps the issue with RHONY ‘s cast is their format: If they were characters in a piece of literature, would we be so cavalier to dismiss them? After piecing together bits from the Bravo blogs, it turns out we have the makings of a Victorian bildungsroman on our hands.

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Bill Condon Confirmed for Breaking Dawn

According to a press release that just landed in the ol’ Movieline inbox, that rumor that Bill Condon would direct the last Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn ? It’s now a reality. “As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book — and we’re hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience,” said Condon in a statement, though no mention is made of rumors that the film will be split into two parts, filmed in 3D, or include the ookiest teenage-boy-on-vampire-baby scene imaginable.

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Welcome Michael Atkinson, Movieline’s New DVD Columnist!

When the backlog of DVD’ s congesting your office is so troublesome that A&E sends a Hoarders camera crew to film an episode, then you know you’ve got a problem. That’s why we went to a professional for some discriminating intervention. So! Please welcome the esteemed Michael Atkinson, who, starting today, joins Movieline as our resident DVD columnist and all-around video guru.

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Hello There, Boy Genius

We’d like to take a moment to welcome Movieline’s newest sibling in the growing MMC brood: Boy Genius Report . This morning MMC’ s fearless leader, Jay Penske (also known as a boy genius to many), announced this terrific partnership between Movieline’s parent company and Jonathan Geller’s BGR. com. For those who don’t know BGR. com, it was launched by Geller in October 2006 and has quickly become one of the top three sites in the mobile category. And it all started, as so many tales of young men who go on to rule the world do, in his parents’ basement. Lesson here: Think twice before mocking that cellar-dweller brother of yours. He very well may be the only one with the money to bail you out later on.

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