The Office star John Krasinski is said to be one of the contenders to play Steve Rogers, the alter ego of the title character in the superhero flick Captain America. Marvel will be conducting a series of screen tests this week. Other celebs in competition include Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Michael Cassidy, Patrick Fluger, Scott [...]

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It’s a slow week on the Billboard 200, as Sade’s “Soldier of Love” album retains the No. 1 position for a second frame, shifting 190,000 copies (down 62%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week, the top 40 of the Billboard 200 was populated with eight new arrivals, seemingly released to capitalize on the Valentine’s Day [...]

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The Jackson 5 will set off on a world tour this year in honor of their late brother Michael Jackson with sister Janet Jackson making five. Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson mounted the effort to pay tribute to their brother’s “This Is It” comeback tour that never was, even incorporating some of the sets [...]

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Leonardo DiCaprio has no hard feelings about James Cameron’s latest movie Avatar sinking Titanic’s box office record – because he thinks the sci-fi epic is “astounding”. The actor appeared in Cameron’s 1997 disaster movie, which set a new high in worldwide takings with $1.8 billion. Avatar has now smashed Titanic’s massive record – it’s pulled [...]

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Bruce Willis is making plans to return to the Die Hard franchise, confirming a fifth installment is in the works. The actor kickstarted his career as a big-screen action man playing New York cop John McClane in the 1988 blockbuster, which spawned three follow-ups. Now the 54 year old is under negotiations to reprise the [...]

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Tim Burton’s new blockbuster Alice In Wonderland will be given a limited release in Britain after bosses at the country’s biggest cinema chain voted to ban it from their screens. Executives at Odeon, which owns 107 cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland, have decided to boycott Burton’s 3D picture after plans were announced to launch [...]

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