Clint Eastwood confirmed to Reuters that Leonardo DiCaprio will play J. Edgar Hoover in his biopic of the powerful FBI director. But the 80-year-old director shot down reports that Joaquin Phoenix would be cast as Hoover’s lieutenant — and reputed lover — Clyde Tolson. “No. I don’t know where that came from,” Eastwood said. “Didn’t [Phoenix] become a rapper?”
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A new online trailer for the upcoming comedy, The Dilemma, does not include a scene where Vince Vaughn’s character uses the term “gay” as an insult, but GLAAD claims that the original trailer with the offensive clip is still playing in movie theaters. In addition, it is unclear whether the scene, in which Vaughn attempts to clarify his use of the term of “gay” by essentially equating it with the word, “pathetic,” will appear in the finished film, which is slated for release on Jan. 14.
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The liger lives on: Fox has given a six-episode commitment to an animated version of Napoleon Dynamite, a network rep confirms. Original cast members including Jon Heder (Napoleon), Efren Ramirez (Pedro), and Aaron Ruell (Kip Dynamite) will lend voices to the project, which centers on Heder’s eccentric Idaho teenager from the 2004 big-screen comedy. The pilot was penned by the film’s writers, Jared and Jerusha Hess, and Simpsons producer Mike Scully. Fox also ordered seven episodes of Allen Gregory, an animated comedy about a famous seven-year-old boy who has to attend public school. Superbad’s Jonah Hill, who co-wrote the pilot and is serving as executive producer, voices the main character.
Image Credit: Sonia Recchia/Getty ImagesDavid Schwimmer has married British photographer Zoe Buckman, his rep confirms exclusively to EW.com. The 43-year-old actor/director (Friends) and Buckman, 25, were wed in a small private ceremony in early June. This is the first marriage for both.
Scream‘s Courteney Cox and David Arquette have announced they have separated after 11 years of marriage. The pair released a joint statement today saying, “We have agreed to a trial separation that dates back for some time. The reason for this separation is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage. We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply. As we go though this process we are determined to use kindness and understanding to get through this together. We are comfortable with the boundaries that we have established for each other during this separation and we hope that our friends, family, fans and the media also show us respect, dignity, understanding and love at this time as well.” The couple has one daughter Coco, 6.
A former employee of the South African girls’ school founded by Oprah Winfrey has been acquitted of sexually assaulting students, Reuters is reporting. A South African court found Tiny Virginia Makopo, a former dorm matron at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership School for Girls, not guilty of 14 charges of assault. Winfrey opened the school south of Johannesburg in 2007.
Singer George Michael was released from an English prison today after serving half of his sentence for driving while under the influence of drugs, the AP reports. Michael (real name Georgios Panayiotou) began serving his eight-week sentence last month after he pleaded guilty to the charge in August.
His troubles stemmed from an incident in July when the singer crashed his car into a photo-developing store in London.
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Tony Gilroy told Hollywood Elsewhere that he’ll write and direct a fourth Jason Bourne film, but that Bourne himself — i.e., Matt Damon — would not be featured in the upcoming Bourne Legacy. “The easiest way to think of it is an expansion or a reveal,” Gilroy says. “Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he’s very much alive. What happened in the first three films is the trigger for what happens. I’m building a legend and an environment and a wider conspiracy…the world we’re making enhances and advances and invites Jason Bourne’s return [down the road].”
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Tony Gilroy in final negotiations
