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Original Mimi in ‘Rent’: ‘Memba Her?

Filed under: Daphne Rubin-Vega , Memba Them In 1996, Daphne Rubin-Vega (seen here with co-star Adam Pascal) became famous playing Mimi Marquez in the original Broadway production of ” Rent .” Guess what she looks like now ! Read more

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The Chatroom Trailer: Sad Face Emoticon

By being both an entry in the Un Certain Regard category at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and also the latest from famed Japanese horror director Hideo Nakata (the original versions of The Ring and Dark Water ), Chatroom is saddled with a lot of advance expectations. And once the trailer begins with the sound of a modem dialing up, you unfortunately know it won’t possibly be able to match them. Log on to Prodigy and check it out.

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Iron Man 2 Crosses $100 Million Overseas

That’s not a misprint: Despite being another five days away from release here in the states, Paramount opened Iron Man 2 in most foreign countries over the weekend and scored an estimated $100.2 million. For reference, that’s a 26% increase from the original and is just one of the many signs that Iron Man 2 will probably break the $158.4 million opening weekend record held by The Dark Knight . Might be a good idea to pre-order those opening night tickets now. [ LAT /Company Town ]

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Daisy Duke’s Husband Dead of Apparent Suicide

Tragedy has struck Dukes of Hazzard star Catherine Bach. Police and paramedics swarmed the Encino, Calif., home of the original Daisy Duke after getting a 911 call about a possible…

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2 Girls, 1 Cup, 20 Reactions: A Scientific Experiment

Computer scientists Paul Shen ran an analytical experiment comparing the most viewed reaction videos from “2 Girls, 1 Cup.” He hoped that by analyzing volume and “optical flow”, he could pinpoint the most disgusting moments in the original video. View

Gosselin Kids Officially On Board for Kate Plus 8

Move over, Tony Dovolani! Kate Gosselin’s getting her favorite costars back. After that questionable run on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, the original octomom is heading home to…

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Razzies Upset with Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock showed up in person to accept her Razzie for All About Steve , but now she’s being asked to give it back. “As Sandra was in such a rush after winning Worst Actress she ran off with the original handmade protype which has been present at ceremonies since the 1980s,” said Razzies co-founder John Wilson. I’m sure this will become priority #1 for her. [ Telegraph ]

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Mark Indelicato on Life After Ugly Betty, His Fashion Aspirations and ‘Pulling a Sex and the City’

While Betty Suarez and Co. hung up their orange ponchos during last night’s series finale, a few members of the Ugly Betty cast celebrated their four-year run at Oatarian’s Grand Opening Cocktail Event in New York City. Among them was 15 year-old Mark Indelicato, who has spent his middle school years embodying Betty’s wise, fashion conscious nephew Justin. Now that he’s free to explore a life outside of Queens, Indelicato excitedly outlined his upcoming work schedule to Movieline’s sister site Hollywood Life , revealed just how he’s currently following in Betty’s footsteps, and discussed his dream role. Oh, and if there’s a potential Ugly Betty film, count him in.

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Salt Gives Jolie a Sexist Makeover

How much did the upcoming action thriller Salt change when Angelina Jolie took the part meant for Tom Cruise? “In the original script, there was a huge sequence where Edwin Salt saves his wife, who’s in danger,” director Phillip Noyce told EW . “And what we found was when Evelyn Salt saved her husband in the new script, it seemed to castrate his character a little. So we had to change the nature of that relationship.” Yes, even gorgeous, imaginary action heroines have husbands who are threatened by their success. Thanks, Hollywood! [ EW ]

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The Original Death at a Funeral Was No Classic, Guys

I haven’t yet seen the new, Neil LaBute-helmed remake of Death at a Funeral , but I’m amused by how offended people are on the original film’s behalf. Is it kind of startling that so little time would pass between the 2007 British version and its American remake? Sure. Is the original film a lost, mistreated classic? Hardly.

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