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Are You Ready for Charlie Sheen’s Big Screen Return in Charlie Swan III?

Once upon a time, as The Playlist recalls , a bloviating crazy person named Charlie Sheen claimed he’d be starring in a sequel to Major League directed and written by Roman Coppola (for his first feature since his debut, 2001’s CQ ). Turns out Sheen spits half-truths: He won’t be returning to the cineplex in a baseball movie, but another project with Coppola called A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III . No official word yet on his casting, but you’ll see that Sheen deserves no other part but the unraveling title character.

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Who Will Mourn Gwyneth Paltrow’s Status as a Leading Lady?

Gwyneth Paltrow has a habit of saying things that inspire me to take notes, fill a bulletin board with theories, and question my own feelings . Today’s incendiary soundbite: a seemingly off-the-cuff remark from the Cee Lo foil regarding the roles she takes : “I have little kids, and I’m a full-time mom. I really only do small parts.” Considering her role in Contagion is a short one — she’s only in the first 15 minutes — and her newly announced ensemble role in Stuart Blumberg’s upcoming sex addiction comedy Thanks for Sharing , is it possible that we should be mourning her status as a leading lady? Will you attend the memorial?

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Lars Von Trier Still Going on About Nazis, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Wednesday! Also in this edition of The Broadsheet: Abigail Breslin takes the Virgin route … Auction mania for Liz Taylor and John Wayne devotees … The jewel of post-communist Bulgaria is awaiting your low-budget genre/schlock movie endeavors … and more.

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Lars Von Trier Still Going on About Nazis, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson Mine Mid-Life Crises For Comedy in The Big Year Trailer

“We just need a little adventure. A big year to do everything we never could,” explain the trio of lead characters in the trailer for David Frankel’s The Big Year . Because 365 days worth of adventure-seeking and ticking off bucket-list items will surely drive the crises right out of Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. And at the very least, that “big year” will give the comedic actors a reason to goof around on skis, forge meaningful bonds and, most likely, realize that the cure to their middle-aged woes have been in plain view the entire time. Or am I missing the plot entirely?

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Latest Sarah Palin Doc to Theaters on Sept. 30

Nick Broomfield’s documentary Sarah Palin: You Betcha! , which premieres this week at the Toronto Film Festival, has made a domestic theatrical deal with Freestyle Releasing. The crowd-funded film is said to scrub away the sheen of the miserably received pro-Palin doc The Undefeated , trickling into limited release in New York and L.A. on Sept. 30 — not long after when the ex-governor’s long-rumored presidential bid would likely launch, if it launches at all. Intrigue! [ Deadline ]

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Talkback: What’s the Worst Line in Film History?

Movies teem with ridiculous dialogue, but only a few pop with memorably bad one-liners. Our friends at BuzzFeed compiled a list of 20 dubious movie lines, and while I’d have suggested more material from The Room or, say, anything in Black Swan , I’m more interested in what the Movieline hivemind thinks are worst. What say you, elite?

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Weekend Receipts: The Help Takes a Holiday

As if there was any doubt, we officially have a phenomenon on our hands: The Help has held fast for its third consecutive week at the top of the box-office charts, vanquishing a trio of new competitors and further burnishing its credentials for the rapidly approaching awards season. This is getting serious. Your four-day holiday Weekend Receipts are here.

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Friday Box Office: The Help On Track to Snag Labor Day Crown, Of Course

How appropriate: Your Labor Day holiday is on track to be owned by The Help , a movie about domestic workers. The female-driven, ’60s-set lit adaptation has been dominating the charts for three weekends in a row, plowing through the end-of-summer competition left and right, and you know what? Not even sharks and astronauts and spies can slow down the Help train. The pic’s on track for The Blind Side -esque awards buzz and an estimated $121M cume by the end of the four-day weekend. Is it crazy to imagine franchise potential here? Drop your The Help 2 sequel pitches below on your way to those Labor Day BBQ s!

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Welcome Critic Alison Willmore to the Movieline Fold!

Dear Reader: Please take a moment and issue a hearty welcome to the esteemed Alison Willmore, a fine critic and film journalist who this week joins the Movieline family. You can find Alison’s first ML review, for The Debt , here , with more to follow in the weeks and months ahead. She is a longtime contributor to IFC, the AV Club, and numerous other publications, and she will be helping out as Stephanie Zacharek reports from the Venice and Toronto film festivals and Michelle Orange takes short leave for a book project. We are thrilled to have Alison aboard; please say hello!

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Watch Kristen Stewart Stand Around In a Music Video

I won’t speak to the quality of his songs (particularly this one), but Marcus Foster has great taste in guest cameos that will get his music videos noticed. Here he features Kristen Stewart in the new video for “I Was Broken.” And by “features,” I mean “plants her in front of a fan and asks her to turn around.” But hey.

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