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Clooney, Pitt add star power to TIFF

Get ready, Toronto. Cinephiles and celebrity gawkers alike can finally begin the daunting task of compiling their screening schedules as the Toronto International Film Festival's full lineup and guest list was revealed today. ... Read More
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TIFF 2008 Gala and Special Presentations

The complete list of Gala and Special Presentations at TIFF 2008.
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'Thunder' rumbles past 'Dark Knight' with $26M

It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman.
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'Kick-Ass' casting could include McLovin

Casting for Matthew Vaughn's big-screen adaptation of the comic series Kick-Ass is slowly falling into place, according to the 'Hollywood Reporter'.
 Celebrity Birthdays

August 21st

 

Actress Hayden Panettiere is 19.

Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles is 76.
Singer Kenny Rogers is 70.
Actress Loretta Devine is 59.
Newsman Harry Smith is 57.
Actress Kim Cattrall is 52.
Singer Serj Tankian of System Of A Down is 41.
Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 38.
Actress Alicia Witt is 33.
Singer Kelis is 29.
Singer Melissa Schuman is 24.
Actor Cody Kasch is 21.

 Entertainment History

August 17th - August 23rd


1956: The Five Satins make their debut on the R&B charts with "In the Still of the Night."

1964: "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks is released in Britain.

1969: The three-day Woodstock Music and Art Fair concludes in upstate New York. One of the day's memorable moments is Pete Townshend of the Who knocking Yippie Abbie Hoffman off the stage during the performance of "Tommy."

1989: Actor Kenneth Branagh marries actress Emma Thompson. They later divorce.

1992: Actor- director Woody Allen admits being romantically involved with Soon-Yi Previn, the 21-year-old adopted daughter of his longtime companion, actress Mia Farrow.

1994:  Actor David Caruso quits the cast of "NYPD Blue" to pursue a movie career. Actor Jimmy Smits joins the cast.

2000: Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche announce they are breaking up. Just hours later, Ms. Heche is hospitalized after she wanders disoriented into a stranger's home in Fresno County, Calif.

2000: Fifty-one million people tune in to watch the final episode of "Survivor" during which Richard Hatch is named the million-dollar winner.

2007: Nicole Richie spends 82 minutes in jail for driving under the influence of drugs in Los Angeles. She had been sentenced to four days.

 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Owner of car in accident with LaBeouf cited

LOS ANGELES - A citation has been issued to the owner of a car that crashed into a pickup truck driven by Shia LaBeouf.Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore on Wednesday said 21-year-old Simon Herbert of Los Angeles was given a citation after the car failed to stop at a red light.Whitmore says deputies are still trying to determine if Herbert was driving his car at the time of the July 27 accident....Read More


 Famous

Cover Story: Robert Downey Jr.
Is Downey Bulletproof?

He survived drug addiction, two jail stints and a career meltdown only to come back as this summer’s big hero, Iron Man. Now Robert Downey Jr. takes what may be his biggest on-screen risk, playing a white actor playing a black actor in the over-the-top comedy Tropic Thunder

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 Famous Kids

Home Alone

A lonely robot left by himself on Earth hitches a ride into space in WALL•E

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