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• Hopkins takes `The Rite' to top of box office (AP)
• Firth, Portman, Bening lead SAG Awards lineup (AP)
• British actor Henry Cavill cast as Superman (AP)
• David Arquette Reportedly Leaves Rehab After Treatment For 'Alcohol & Other Issues' (omg!)
• The Rite Leads Slow Box Office Weekend (omg!)
• British actor Henry Cavill cast in Superman movie (omg!)
• The King's Speech, Boardwalk Empire Top Directors Guild Awards (omg!)
• TNT Extends The Closer's Final Season (omg!)
• Facebook founder meets "Social Network" actor who portrayed him (omg!)
• What Were They Thinking?! (omg!)
• Cairo trip highlights shift for Amanpour (AP)
• Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' (AP)
• Sundance goes crazy for 'Like Crazy' (AP)
• Friends? Zuckerberg, Eisenberg face off on `SNL' (AP)
• Cairo trip highlights shift for Amanpour (AP)
• Hopkins takes 'The Rite' to top of box office (AP)
• Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 (AP)
• "The Rite" leads Oscar-fueled box office (Reuters)
• Macau tycoon drops lawsuit against family: report (AFP)

Hopkins takes `The Rite' to top of box office (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:03 PM PST AP - The Anthony Hopkins horror film "The Rite" topped the box office on a weekend notable for the bump many Oscar-nominated films received, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Firth, Portman, Bening lead SAG Awards lineup (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 06:35 AM PST AP - Colin Firth and Christian Bale are expected to take home Screen Actors Guild Awards prizes in a ceremony that looks to be a prelude for acting honors at the Academy Awards.

British actor Henry Cavill cast as Superman (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:22 PM PST AP - British actor Henry Cavill is going up, up and away.

David Arquette Reportedly Leaves Rehab After Treatment For 'Alcohol & Other Issues' (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST omg! - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- David Arquette has checked out of rehab, according to People.

The Rite Leads Slow Box Office Weekend (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:50 PM PST omg! - The exorcism thriller The Rite topped a slow weekend at the movies, Box Office Mojo reports. The film starring Anthony Hopkins nabbed $15 million in its first week. Last week's No. 1, No Strings Attached, fell to second with an estimated $13.7 million. No Strings Attached claims top spot at the box office The weekend's other new film, The Mechanic starring Jason Statham, tied with...

British actor Henry Cavill cast in Superman movie (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST omg! - Reuters - British actor Henry Cavill, will finally get to don Superman's cape in the new Man of Steel movie, its distributor said on Sunday, almost a decade after he failed to make the cut for the previous film.

The King's Speech, Boardwalk Empire Top Directors Guild Awards (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST omg! - The King's Speech reigned supreme at the Directors Guild Awards. The movie's first-time director, Tom Hooper, won the honor for directing a feature film at the awards held Saturday in Los Angeles, beating out longtime auteurs including...

TNT Extends The Closer's Final Season (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:49 AM PST omg! - TNT has extended the seventh, and purported final, season of The Closer by six episodes, Entertainment Weekly reports. Ten episodes will air this summer, followed by five in the winter and the final six in...

Facebook founder meets "Social Network" actor who portrayed him (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST omg! - Reuters - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met Jesse Eisenberg -- the actor whose less than flattering portrayal of him in "The Social Network" won an Oscar nomination -- for the first time on this weekend's Saturday Night Live.

What Were They Thinking?! (omg!) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST omg! - Nicole Scherzinger and Kate Bosworth take the current lace trend too far.

Cairo trip highlights shift for Amanpour (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:32 AM PST AP - Christiane Amanpour stood on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday in a khaki shirt with a backdrop of Cairo in crisis, rattling off reports from the street in Egypt and noting the presence of flyovers by fighter jets in what she described as eardrum-ripping sound.

Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:02 AM PST AP - Tom Hooper pulled off an upset win Saturday for the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his British monarchy tale "The King's Speech."

Sundance goes crazy for 'Like Crazy' (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 06:35 AM PST AP - A film about young lovers in a long-distance relationship called "Like Crazy" was awarded the grand jury prize for a U.S. drama at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Its star, Felicity Jones, also received a special jury prize for acting in the movie.

Friends? Zuckerberg, Eisenberg face off on `SNL' (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2011 08:53 PM PST AP - Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his "The Social Network" doppelganger Jesse Eisenberg made friends on "Saturday Night Live."

Cairo trip highlights shift for Amanpour (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:32 AM PST AP - Christiane Amanpour stood on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday in a khaki shirt with a backdrop of Cairo in crisis, rattling off reports from the street in Egypt and noting the presence of flyovers by fighter jets in what she described as eardrum-ripping sound.

Hopkins takes 'The Rite' to top of box office (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:33 PM PST AP - The Anthony Hopkins horror film "The Rite" topped the box office on a weekend notable for the bump many Oscar-nominated films received, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:54 PM PST AP - Composer Milton Babbitt, who was known for his complex orchestral compositions and credited with developing the first electronic synthesizer in the 1950s, died Saturday. He was 94.

"The Rite" leads Oscar-fueled box office (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:20 AM PST Reuters - Anthony Hopkins led the North American box office on Sunday with the exorcism thriller "The Rite," while newly minted Oscar nominees such as front-runner "The King's Speech" enjoyed a boost in business.

Macau tycoon drops lawsuit against family: report (AFP) Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:59 PM PST AFP - Macau tycoon Stanley Ho has dropped legal action against his family after accusing them of trying to steal his vast casino empire, a report said Monday.

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