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He’s usually described as acerbic. So it’s a good bet the voice in his new novel will be, too. Comic/actor/author Richard Belzer has just signed a two-book deal with Simon Schuster to write a mystery series featuring the author as…

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Isn’t it kind of amazing that after all that talk about wanting to be the next Price is Right host, now Rosie O’Donnell is out of the running? I don’t need the money, she says on her blog. And although…

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This just in: NBC has named former ‘N Syncer Joey Fatone as the host of The Singing Bee, a new game show that’s being rushed on the air next month to beat Fox’s similar Don’t Forget the Lyrics — by…

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Gerard Butler, star of 300, will next play a mobster. Shooting began last week in London on RocknRolla, the new movie from Madonna’s husband, Guy Ritchie. Also in the cast: Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Ludacris…

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Stars are usually seen in commercials for new perfumes or jeans. Maybe watches. Now, Nicole Kidman is the new face of Nintendo. She’ll be seen in ads launching this week — both in print and on TV — throughout Europe…

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A wisecracking, chipper-sounding Jimmy Kimmel was back at his desk today doing fine following surgery to have his appendix removed. They removed it. They threw it in the ocean and I’m back. He said he got the operation late Wednesday,…

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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, an organization of women who write professionally about film — including our own Susan Wloszczyna — was not happy about the American Film Institute’s 100 Years, 100 Films list for not including women directors….

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Matt Lauer swears he isn’t a royals guy, but he’ll be the host Sunday night for the Concert for Diana, an edited one-hour special covering the six-hour concert happening at Wembley Stadium that day. It will air on NBC at…

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He’s not going to Capitol Hill to lobby. No, Bruce Willis will be in D.C. on Wednesday to donate objects from his Die Hard franchise to the National Museum of American History. He’ll be handing over John McClane’s athletic shirt,…

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This just in: American Idol fave Melinda Doolittle is heading to Zambia on Thursday with a group called Malaria No More as a part of First Lady Laura Bush’s upcoming trip through Africa. During the four-day tour, Doolittle will see…

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If you have any interest in being Ron Weasley’s girlfriend — on film, that is — producers of the sixth Harry Potter film are holding an an open casting call for the role of Lavender Brown on July 1 at…

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