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It’s Official: Cowboy & Aliens Narrowly Edges Smurfs as Box-Office No. 1

A vexed, infuriated populace stood by helplessly this weekend as one of the ugliest economic stand-offs in American history threatened to destabilize our nation and the global market at large. Finally, however, an accord has been reached, and we can rebuild our shattered system with the knowledge that Cowboys & Aliens indeed knocked off The Smurfs for the top box-office spot.

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Idiot Carjacker Arrested by Plainclothes Cop, Blames Dark Knight Rises Script

The city of Pittsburgh has Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises production to thank for making it snow in summer and giving newlyweds an unforgettable Kodak moment . Now, in the grand spirit of the Dark Knight Catwoman robber , comes news that a Pittsburgh man was arrested for carjacking in the name of Batman. Isn’t this viral marketing going a little too far, fellas?

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Likes: Hanson, Being Lazy — Is This Your Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pirate?

Today, after four months of investigation, Summit Entertainment released a press release identifying the young woman who allegedly stole photos and video of Bill Condon ‘s unfinished Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn back in March and leaked the images and screen grabs on the Internet. The investigation spanned four continents and the studio has filed civil action in two countries and criminal action in one. But enough with the boring legal details! After the jump, Movieline conducts its own high tech Facebook research on the woman who allegedly released those Bella/Edward sex pics .

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Likes: Hanson, Being Lazy — Is This Your Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pirate?

Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, July 2011

Every month at Movieline, we collect the best interviews, smartest features, and most compelling reviews we’ve produced, and curate them in one easy-to-use table of contents called the Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute to our print magazine history. Here’s the Virtual Newsstand for July 2011.

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Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, July 2011

Watch Olivia Wilde Explain Cowboys & Aliens Wet T-Shirt and Change-Up CGI Nipples

Not only is Olivia Wilde open to appearing partially nude in movies — as she does in Cowboys & Aliens and the upcoming Change-Up , but she is totally down to talk about said partial nudity at length in interviews. Earlier this week, she admitted that her own exposed behind in the latter film was a surprise, even to her, and the other night on a special Jon Favreau-directed episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , the actress told the host (and all of America) about the CGI movie magic involved in her topless Change-Up scene with Ryan Reynolds.

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Watch Olivia Wilde Explain Cowboys & Aliens Wet T-Shirt and Change-Up CGI Nipples

Movieline’s Week in Review: Who Goes There?

You might have heard it’s Friday, and so we wind down the latest period of intrigue also known as “just another week at Movieline.” This calls for the one and only Week in Review, loaded with all the major happenings, milestones, landmarks and must-know developments you might have missed in the whirlwind. Get a look after the jump, and drop by all weekend for box-office updates and other news from the pop-culture trenches. See you there — have a good one!

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Movieline’s Week in Review: Who Goes There?

Friday Box Office: The Smurfs May Lasso Cowboys & Aliens

Green Lantern , you’re off the hook. With just $12.9 in ticket sales on Friday night, Cowboys & Aliens lived up to its diminished projections , may lose the weekend crown to The Smurfs , and could be labeled one of the biggest busts of the summer thanks to its hefty price tag (reportedly north of $165 million). Stick that in your smurf and smurf it, James Bond and Han Solo! Relatively speaking, fellow newcomer Crazy, Stupid, Love. fared better than Cowboys , landing in a solid fourth place on Friday, and — from experience — selling out New York City theaters from 19th street to the Lower East Side. Hipsters love them some Steve Carell! Your Friday box office is here.

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Friday Box Office: The Smurfs May Lasso Cowboys & Aliens

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Will Break $1 Billion Worldwide

Time for some positive box office news ! By the end of this weekend, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will pass the $1 billion mark in worldwide gross. Domestically, the film is already over $300 million , and will race ahead of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in both North American and worldwide returns by Sunday or Monday to become the franchise’s biggest hit — 3-D bump, higher ticket prices and IMAX surcharges excepting. Still, well done, Harry! [ THR ]

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Dominic Cooper on The Devil’s Double, Dual Roles and Finding the Fun in Uday Hussein

The last seven days have been almost insanely kind to Dominic Cooper: Just a week ago, the 33-year-old British actor appeared as Howard Stark in the high-performing Marvel offering Captain America: The First Avenger . In the time since, Cooper has been lavished with praise for his stunning dual role in The Devil’s Double — and deservedly so.

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Dominic Cooper on The Devil’s Double, Dual Roles and Finding the Fun in Uday Hussein

That’s When Clarissa Explains It All Predicted Cowboys & Aliens

TeenNICK — the network that scored a major coup this week with its new block of retro Nickelodeon programming called “The ’90s are All That” — just reacquainted us with the glory that was Clarissa Explains It All . Remember Clarissa’s sweet hubcap collection? Or her pet caiman Elvis? Or her superhuman computer/DOS prowess? Well, here’s one perk of Clarissa you probably don’t remember: Her family predicted Cowboys & Aliens .

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That’s When Clarissa Explains It All Predicted Cowboys & Aliens