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[caption id="attachment_44312" align="alignleft" width="429" caption="Miley Cyrus courtesy Jeff Denberg (CC 2.0)"][/caption]

With her bong-smoking video going viral, Miley Cyrus has reportedly helped sell salvia divinorum (better known as Sally-D) like only a celebrity endorsement can.

Sales have allegedly soared 300% in L.A.  The hallucinogenic drug is legal in California but not so in 15 [...]


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[caption id="attachment_36434" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Madonna photo by Alan Light"][/caption]

Charged with criminal weapons possession, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and some other things, Robert Linhart, 52, retired and (maybe) obsessed, faced a Manhattan judge for allegedly stalking Madonna.

“I keep running into Madonna…I saw her in 1992 and I’d actually like to meet her in person,” [...]


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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is getting great word of mouth, especially since director Edgar Wright screened the film at Comic-Con.  The movie’s stars, Michael Cera and Jason Schwartzman, talk about their Comic-Con experience.  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World opens nationwide August 13th. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR BELOW TO HEAR Michael Cera and Jason [...]


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Two plus years removed from The Dark Knight, Aaron Eckhart is back fighting the good fight (he romanced Jennifer Aniston last year in Love Happens, aka “love may happen but the box-office receipts are so not happening”) with Battle: Los Angeles.  The actor and the film’s director Jonathan Liebesman previewed several minute of the movie [...]


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Have you seen this poster? It’s film director, Robert Rodriguez’s Machete comic book cover.

Hard to resist, huh?

The very first issue number 0 will be released in September with additional installments 1-5 breaking in December of this year.

Rodriguez co-wrote the story with longtime producing partner, Aaron Kaufman.

The image was designed by famed [...]


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Ryan Reynolds was essentially the best thing about X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and his scene stealing work as mercenary “Wade Wilson” had fanboys clamoring for a Deadpool movie.  Well, Deadpool will have to wait, as Reynolds has tackled an even more iconic comic book character, “Hal Jordan,” in the upcoming movie Green Lantern.  If someone could [...]


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[caption id="attachment_31843" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Sylvester Stallone in a scene from The Expendables"][/caption]

Hollywood legend-galore Sylvester Stallone said “If you’re going to do violence (then) make it heroic, okay,” telling Fox411.com Pop Tarts recently. “But if it is insidious like a serial killer? Not good.” While that may open a bottomless pit of philosophical debate, Stallone seems [...]


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Love the Saw movies, love the new poster.

However, the announcement at Comic Con that this latest turn, Saw 3D will be its last installment is sort of sad. Saw was named the most successful horror franchise ever and with good reason. The producers have found a way to keep fans coming back for more [...]


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Look who was at Comic Con between Friday and Sunday.

From Fringe and V to Chuck and Human Target, the stars showed up in force to meet the fans and support their shows.

Check out the poster signing for Nikita! Wow!

[caption id="attachment_31778" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="The Chuck team at the Warner Bros. booth. From left to right: Creators/executive [...]

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