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• The Smurfs turned 50 this week! — The Independent
• Ben Stiller may now be the director of The Trial of the Chicago 7. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Macaulay Culkin has joined the cast of Kings on NBC. — Entertainment Weekly
• Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent have joined the cast of the comedy-thriller Perrier's Bounty. — Variety
• Crispin Glover is the latest actor to join Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie. Glover will play the Knave of Hearts. — ComingSoon
• Bono has apparently been asked to write a column for the New York Times next year. — Billboard
• There are fears that Cloris Leachman is ruining Dancing with the Stars. — Chicago Sun-Times
• Paramount is negotiating with Chris Columbus to direct its movie Ripley’s Believe It or Not! with Jim Carrey still set to play Robert Ripley. — Variety

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