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• Aretha Franklin is set to sing at Barack Obama's inauguration. — Billboard
• Director Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Bedtime Stories) has two more movie projects lined up: Bob the Musical and a new take on the epic adventure Sinbad. — ComingSoon
• HBO has picked up three comedies, including Bored to Death starring Jason Schwartzman and Hung starring Thomas Jane. — Zap2It
• Barry Sonnenfeld will direct and produce the action-comedy The How-To Guide For Saving the World. — ComingSoon
• Rainn Wilson and Jenna Fischer are both executive-producing new pilots at NBC. — Variety
• United Artists will turn Fritz Leiber's 1952 supernatural thriller novel Conjure Wife into a feature film. — Variety
• The Shield's Michael Chiklis is developing a series about a bad investment scheme — after becoming a victim of one himself. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Frank Miller may direct a Buck Rogers movie. — Zap2It

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