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Aaron Sorkin Breaks Nose on the Job, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Friends With Kids is among a fistful of Toronto deals… Paramount decides to make the Oscars and Eddie Murphy work for them… Emma Stone and Viola Davis are taking their Help show to Switzerland… Martin Scorsese will not go for the EGOT… and more.

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Aaron Sorkin Breaks Nose on the Job, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Netflix Announces DVD-Streaming Split, Forgets to Check If @Qwikster Is Taken

Late Sunday night, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the company’s official blog to explain further the recent news of Netflix’s streaming-DVD service split and pricing changes with yet another announcement: Within a few weeks, Netflix will split into two companies, keeping its name for streaming-only services and separating DVD rentals into a new separate company called Qwikster.

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Knuckle Documentary Trailer: Bare-Knuckle Boxing With the Fam!

The Sundance selection Knuckle , Ian Palmer’s documentary about feuding Irish families who engage in illegal bare-knuckle fights to bring honor to their clans, is more than scary: It’s angry. The new trailer shows all the hateful grit, bloodied torsos, and familial sanctity you can imagine, and it even throws in a few shots of the children fighting too. The gloves are off, and the intimidation is on. (Who am I, Gene Shalit?) Lock up your sons, and watch the trailer after the jump.

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9 Actors You Didn’t Know Were in Star Wars Movies

The crowded backdrops of Star Wars movies aren’t just populated by Frank Oz puppets, interns, and robots in Rick Baker makeup: There are genuine stars (and famous directors) running around there! We’ve pinpointed nine folks who made cameos in Star Wars films, and I’m willing to bet you couldn’t catch most of these players upon first viewing. Sofia Coppola is practically hiding.

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9 Actors You Didn’t Know Were in Star Wars Movies

Thank You to Our Sponsor, FilmDistrict!

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No Superhero Flicks For Jason Statham, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Friday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Isla Fisher is in talks for some magic… Harlan Ellison wants to stop the new Justin Timberlake film from opening (or at least get paid)… Lionsgate wants an Abduction franchise… Cannibal Holocaust ‘s director has a few regrets… and more.

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No Superhero Flicks For Jason Statham, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Seize the Day: Take a Sneak Peek at the Newsies Musical

Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken felt so strongly about the idea of his Newsies readapted Broadway stage show that he decided to compose the show himself. You can’t blame the guy — who doesn’t love the Burbank-y New York of Newsies , the ’92 Disney flop about an old-timey newsboy strike? In footage from the new show, we hear from Menken, the show’s writer Harvey Fierstein, and the actors hawkin’ papes.

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Seize the Day: Take a Sneak Peek at the Newsies Musical

George Lucas Screws Harrison Ford and Disappoints Star Wars Fans in New Taiwanese Animation

Warrior Prize Pack Giveaway: We Have a Winner!

Let’s hear it for all the readers, fans and aspiring MMA fighters who participated in our 10-word review contest for Gavin O’C onnor’s Warrior , starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. We’ve received a plethora of thoughtful submissions but alas, we could only choose one as the winner. Click ahead to see whose knockout review earned him/her a prize pack of the ultimate Warrior memorabilia.

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Surprise 8-Minute Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trailer Makes A Case for the Fincher Remake

Over the summer, audiences got their first taste of David Fincher ‘s English-language version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in the form of a “leaked” trailer that was either stolen and placed online or (more likely) a brilliantly secretive piece of marketing posed as an accidental viral phenomenon. This week something called Mouth Taped Shut ( http://mouth-taped-shut.com/ ) debuted announcing a special surprise attached to a number of “secret” regional screenings of upcoming Sony films Straw Dogs and Moneyball . That surprise turned out to be an eight-minute preview trailer for Fincher’s Dragon Tattoo .

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