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Angelina Jolie Accused of Pilfering Blood and Honey

A Croatian author has filed a lawsuit suit accusing Angelina Jolie of lifting parts of his 2007 novel for her writing-directing effort In the Land of Blood and Honey , basically arguing that the female protagonist in both works is subject to “being raped continuously by soldiers and officers” before becoming “a servant at the camp headquarters, a duty assumed by very few of the captives.” Having seen Blood and Honey , I can tell you this isn’t even an especially accurate description of the film or the context of the woman’s servitude, but hey. No such thing as bad publicity, etc. etc. [ Radar ]

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Haiku Contest Winners Announced!

This won’t come nearly close to matching the poetry witnessed throughout last week’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy premiere giveaway contest (or the tense, masterful symphony of the film itself, chock-full of your favorite British thesps and “Pillow lipped chameleons”), but: “Thanks to all who played/With odes to Tinker, Tailor …/Winners after the jump!”

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Friday Box Office: Breaking Dawn Heads For Threepeat

A light week in new releases yielded an opportunity for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 to claim its third consecutive Friday crown, all while The Muppets , Hugo and Arthur Christmas fought for what remains of holiday table scraps. Your Friday Box Office is here.

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Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Red Band Trailer: Sick Show, Great Job!

Every once in a while it’s nice to see a “red band trailer” that could possibly disturb somebody. Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie does just that, as well as build nicely upon Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s Adult Swim series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! , which ran for five seasons. In the trailer for the new movie, which will premiere at Sundance , we watch as Tim and Eric don fetching khakis, sever a finger, astound Zach Galifiankis, reveal a staggering sex toy and “honor their love” for each other. Disgusting and undeniably funny.

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Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Red Band Trailer: Sick Show, Great Job!

Talkback: What Is the Greatest Penis Moment in Movie History?

Since our friends at Next Movie totally went there , why not bat this one around Movieline HQ? It’s Friday! Live a little. In honor of Michael Fassbender ‘s infamous display of total nakedness in this week’s Shame — emotional and physical, to be fair — Next Movie ran down the nine greatest “penis moments” in the movies. Yes, Ewan McGregor . You made the list.

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Week in Review: The Americanization of Uggie

The masses have spoken, and their cry is clear: “Consider Uggie!” Yes, The Artist ‘s unbelievably moving doggie is tearing up news outlets and Facebook with his Oscar potential, and I emit a silent woof in approval! Enjoy this first weekend in December (and Advent, if you still celebrate your repressed Catholic upbringing like I do), and check out this week’s highlights.

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Christopher Plummer’s Sound of Music Problem, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Friday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Helena Bonham Carter has some concerns about Dark Shadows … Hailee Steinfeld is close to playing Ender’s Game … The latest on the quest for the Razzies… War Horse finally finds some awards traction (sort of)… and more.

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Stop What You’re Doing and Reacquaint Yourself with Rita Hayworth

Starting with the magic of Gilda : “I DIE. I die a thousand Classic Hollywood beautiful deaths. There’s a pantheon of perfect moments in cinema, and this moment resides there, right between the moment when Paul Heinreid lights Bette Davis’ cigarette in Now, Voyager and Claudette Colbert hikes up her skirt on the side of the road in It Happened One Night . (Feel free to add your own classic moments , but realize that this one wins by default.) The film doesn’t need anything else but that moment, but it one-ups itself with Hayworth singing ‘Put the Blame on Mame.’ TWICE. ” It all ends tragically, but still! Go read this . [ The Hairpin ]

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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never vs. Harry Potter: Which Soundtracks Deserve a Grammy This Year?

Ahh, the Grammy’s — the one award show that allows films like Black Swan to be nominated in the same category as The King’s Speech and Tron Legacy . Late yesterday, the nominees for the 54th Grammys were announced and now that we’ve had nearly a day to absorb the fact that Zooey Deschanel, Seth MacFarlane and Cher are going head-to-head for a golden statuette, we can decide which artists deserve awards for their soundtrack contributions.

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Starship Troopers Is Being Rebooted

After devolving into a series of direct-to-video sequels (with a 2012 anime film on the way), Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi action farce Starship Troopers , based on Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel, is reportedly getting rebooted at Sony under producer Neal Moritz. Onboard for scripting duties are writing partners Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, who most recently earned credits on Thor , X-Men: First Class , Fringe , and Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles . (They also wrote Agent Cody Banks . Yep.) There’s just one question: Who could possibly fill Casper van Dien’s bug-stomping boots? [ Vulture ]

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