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MPAA ‘Pitching Fit’ Over Box-Office Futures

The full lobbying force of Hollywood has landed on Capitol Hill, where legislators are hearing alllll about regulatory approval of box-office futures trading. Both major exchanges have met with approval so far, with Cantor Fitzgerald getting a green light on Tuesday. The MPAA, meanwhile, continued to rail against what a statement called “a risky online-wagering service that would be detrimental to the motion picture industry and the 2.4 million Americans whose livelihoods are based on this industry.” Do I count? I hope not; I totally plan to short-sell Robin Hood . [ THR ]

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Ridley Scott Takes Another Step Towards Becoming Harvey Weinstein

If you’ve stopped laughing at the idea of Ridley Scott co-running MGM with his brother Tony , prepare to start up all over again. While promoting next month’s Robin Hood , Scott has finally gone on record about the long-rumored original script called Nottingham with words that would surely make Harvey Weinstein proud. For those of you who don’t remember: that screenplay supposedly saw Robin Hood as the villain, Sheriff Nottingham as the hero and had an ending not dissimilar to The Dark Knight (Robin Hood is killed, Nottingham continues to use his visage to keep hope alive amongst the less fortunate). Says star Russell Crowe: “I just wasn’t into doing that. For a start, if you’re a public servant and the public, through taxes, is paying you to do a job, you’d better be well meaning. So it wasn’t interesting to me in that incarnation.” Sounds reasonable. What did you think, Ridley?

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Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood a Cannes Opener

Robin Hood is screening to the rich and hoping good word of mouth trickles down to the (comparatively, by Hollywood standards) poor. The Russell Crowe-starring, Sherwood…

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Androgynous Person Robs Bank with Crossbow

Filed under: Celebrity Justice It’s like a real life Robin Hood — some schmuck in Finland robbed from the rich (a bank) and gave to the poor (itself) — and did it all with a spring-loaded bow and arrow. And there’s another catch — cops are unsure if the suspect, who’s still at … Permalink

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Man arrested under Terrorism Act for Twitter Joke

A man was arrested under the Terrorism Act and issued with a life ban from Doncaster's airport after joking on Twitter that he would blow it “sky high” if his flight was delayed. He made the quip after snowfall threatened to delay his plans to travel to Ireland on January 15.

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Vaya Con Dios 2009: The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2010

As far as movies go, 2009 lined up some serious heavy-hitters and great deal of swing-and-miss-ers . Continue reading

The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command

He can do just about anything! [ Ed Note : I love that “High School Principal” is the same level as “Pimp” and “Robin Hood's Sidekick” according to the logic of this chart.

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Tough Guy Russell Crowe Gives To Charity

It looks like Russell Crowe is working on changing his bad boy image.

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Russell Crowe’s Heart Of Gold

Underneath that gruff exterior is actually a pretty decent guy. Russell Crowe, who is currently filming Robin Hood: Nottingham , reportedly gave a boom operator $8,000 to purchase a new car after her ride burst into flames while driving to the set.

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