Owen Wilson by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
Owen Wilson is no longer scheduled to appear in Tropic Thunder, an ensemble comedy in which he was to have a supporting role.... Also per the Reporter: Brothers Danny (That '70s Show) and Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) will star together in Made for Each Other, an indie comedy also featuring Bijou Phillips, Patrick Warburton and George Segal in its cast.... Bennifer 3 alert! Ben Affleck and Kris Kristofferson are Jennifer Aniston's beau and dad in He's Just Not That Into You.... 300 helmer Zack Snyder is eyeing The Illustrated Man, based on a collection of Ray Bradbury shorts.... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may climb Witch Mountain in the Disney remake.
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CMT Music Awards' Johnny Cash Visionary Award recipient Kris Kristofferson
Songwriter. Singer. Actor. Rhodes scholar. Country-music icon. Kris Kristofferson may be the ultimate Renaissance man — and perhaps the coolest dude on the planet. Tonight, the 70-year-old outlaw receives the Johnny Cash Visionary Award at the 2007 CMT Music Awards (starting at 8 pm/ET), which honors country-music videos and features performances by everyone from Kenny Chesney to Carrie Underwood. We spoke with Kristofferson about his storied career. (Also check out our recent Q&As with CMT Music Award nominees
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A TV station in eastern China recently flouted a national ban on crime-related shows by airing excerpts of Prison Break on a children's channel, as part of a "Watch Movies, Learn English" initiative. "Shiv" is now the most-used word at the Luying Elementary School's recess.... TV Land marks the 30th anniversary of Three's Company with a 24-hour marathon beginning Saturday at 8 pm/ET — or at least that's what I overheard through the kitchen door.... Kris Kristofferson will be honored with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award at the 2007 CMT Music Awards, airing April 16.... Has a movie ever taught you something? Talk about it in my new Trivial Mattr's blog entry.
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TV's Blade, Batman Begins
In Part 1 of our Q&A with David S. Goyer, the producer/writer detailed the differences and similarities between Spike TV's Blade: The Series (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET) and its big-screen begetter. Here he shares the scoop on which other Blade characters will surface on TV, status reports on The Flash, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider and the Batman Begins follow-up, and the sad truth about why shows such as
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Kris Kristofferson
The men themselves would have scoffed at such a title, but when Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson recorded and toured together as the Highwaymen, what better example of a supergroup? Tonight at 8 pm/ET, CMT premieres American Revolutions: The Highwaymen, filmed by music producer Don Was, a revealing insider's look at the four complex individuals as they recorded what turned out to be their final album, The Road Goes on Forever, in 1994. (Jennings died in February of 2002; Cash in September 2003). TVGuide.com found Kristoffer
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