Bridesmaids, the surprise feature hit starring Kristen Wiig, is heading to USA Network as part of the channel's new, landmark 30-movie deal with Universal Pictures.
The movie deal, one of the largest in basic cable history, also includes the action sequel Fast Five, starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson; the comedy Little Fockers, with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; and The Adjustment Bureau, featuring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt...
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Time to walk the plank, Johnny Depp: Ryan Reynolds is People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2010.
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The man who tamed children in The Pacifier now has one of his own. Vin Diesel has become a dad, the AP reports and he has been for more than two months.Diesel's rep said Friday that the movie star and his girlfriend, Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl into the world April 2. The couple has not released her name. Amidst his new daddy duties, Diesel will be appearing next in this summer's Babylon A.D., a sci-fi flick opening August 29. Anna Dimond Use our Online Video Guide to get some more Diesel-charged action.More Movie News: Is Keira Knightley Your New Fair Lady? Eastwood to Spike Lee: "Shut Your Face" Friday Night Lights Cutie Takes the Dare
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Victory! Entourage's Kevin Dillon has been tapped to play the title character in the 300-spoofing National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas.... Also per Variety, Natalie Portman joins Brothers' Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in a love-triangle drama based on a 2004 Danish film.... Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) will direct Twilight, an adaptation of the best-selling young-adult fantasy series.... Both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are in talks to just suck it up and reunite for the fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise.... Also per the Reporter, Wallace and Gromit will appear in a new half-hour short set at a bakery and titled Trouble at the Mill.... Music-video vet Sam Bayer will helm a remake of the 1987 vampire flick Near Dark.
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Comedy Central has greenlit the pilot Michael Ian Black Doesn't Understand, which Variety describes as a "scripted showcase" for the oh-so-dry, poker-faced funnyman.... BET on Wednesday unveiled a development slate that boasts 16 new series, including projects from Will Smith (Cipha, an animated sci-fi series), Vin Diesel (Hannibal, an animated look at the ancient African king), D.L. Hughley (S.O.B., a hidden-camera reality series) and Orlando Jones (Bufu, an [again] animated sketch-comedy offering). (Nice to see BET drumming up so much on-camera work for black actors.) Also in the mix is the 26-year-old cabler's first original sitcom, Somebodies, based on the indie film of the same name.
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