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Glee's 'Welcome Christmas' Rendition: Season of the Grinch

· How the Grinch Stole Christmas' signature jam, "Welcome Christmas," will endure a raging iTunes comeback when the cast of Glee performs it next week. Perhaps Sue Sylvester will even eat a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce (and like it). [YouTube]

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Sex Bob-Omb's Michael Cera is With the Band

Did you enjoy Michael Cera's bass face in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World? Then get excited! Indie supergroup Mister Heavenly -- featuring members from Man Man, Islands, and Modest Mouse -- have announced that Cera will join them as bassist during the band's West Coast tour with Passion Pit. Cera played with Mister Heavenly on Tuesday night in Seattle, and presumably looked confused and awkward while doing so. [Pitchfork via Vulture]

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P. Diddy Demands to Appear in a SNL Sketch This Weekend

While some celebrities have killed off their digital selves in support of World AIDS Day, P. Diddy -- or is it just Diddy now? Or Diddy Dirty Money? -- has taken to the social networking site to voice his displeasure with the fact that NBC hasn't asked him to appear in a sketch during the Robert De Niro-hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. Get ready for a torrent of capital letters, friends!

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Breaking: Heath Ledger Won't Appear in The Dark Knight Rises

Or anything else for that matter. According to THR, a rumor that Christopher Nolan was going to use footage of Heath Ledger's performance from The Dark Knight in the film's sequel is total bunk. "We're not doing that," said Nolan's wife and producing partner Emma Thomas. Phew! Good thing that's settled. [THR/Heat Vision]

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Does Gun Have the Worst Movie Poster Ever?

· Better questions: Is Gun the worst movie ever? Does Gun even exist? What kind of animal hair was used to make Val Kilmer's wig? And so on. The poster(s) for Gun are truly awful, even for a movie called Gun starring 50 Cent. Excuse me, "Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson." Click ahead to see the awful and stick around for a hearty helping of Buzz Break.

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Your Government at Work: No More Loud Commercials

As you're probably aware, the United State of America is in a pretty serious rut. Face it: We're kinda screwed. But, there is hope: In the coming week, Congress is likely to pass the Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM), which "should finally ban TV ads that blare louder than the programs they interrupt." Yeah, on second thought, we're still screwed.

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Listen to Snoop Dogg's Song for Prince William's Bachelor Party

Obviously, this can't be real. OK, it's real, in that you can click ahead and listen to Snoop Dogg's latest single, "Wet," but it couldn't have possibly been made for Prince William's bachelor party. It contains the phrase, "p***y leaking," for heaven's sake! That said: Great job from Snoop's marketing department to get his newest album, "Doggumentary Music," in the news alongside the Royal Family. Well played, Mr. Doggy Dogg. Your Google News Alert will be flush with items today. Check out "Wet" after the jump.

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PHOTO: What Was Jamie Foxx Buying at Wal-Mart?

Cool! Movie stars are just like us. They even shop at Arizona Wal-marts after Thanksgiving while wearing a scarf and sunglasses inside. At least, Jamie Foxx does. Click below the jump and try to guess what Foxx was shopping for and whether he found it. Or just marvel at this awesome picture. Jamie Foxx: An actor for the people.

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'Hobbit Race War,' and 7 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Jackass 3.5 is streaming your way soon... DreamWorks goes boy-hunting... John Waters kicks off list-season... Bad sex isn't really bad sex... and more...

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True Grit: A Revenge Movie for the Whole Family?

Sure, the trailers portray the Coen Brothers' True Grit as a foreboding revenge piece "from the directors of No Country for Old Men," but the duo says that the PG-13 movie is actually modeled after Treasure Island and other adventure films they saw as kids. They also claim the film is tonally different than anything they've done before, and fits perfectly with a holiday release date. So perhaps a Western-revenge tale you can take your daughter to has finally arrived. Review embargo breaks today, so stay tuned... [USA Today]

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VIDEO: Learn the New Rules of Fight Club in the Bollywood Remake Teaser

Good news! You can now talk about Fight Club to your heart's content. The bad news? It gets a little more complicated after that. This teaser for the 2006 Bollywood remake of David Fincher's ode to mid-life nihilism is making its way around the web this week, and it lays out five new rules for members. And while some are totally rational (you now need a valid reason for a fight), others just left me confused. I'm particularly intrigued by number three which is known only as, "The Left Hand Rule." The character talking about it does hold up his left hand, but otherwise I've got nothing. Plus, does rule number one for this film negate the left hand rule anyway? Check all of them out and weigh in on the practicality and fairness of The Left Hand Rule after the jump.

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How to Win David Lynch's New Music Video Contest

Alright Inland Empire haters: Here's your chance to show your hero-on-hiatus how it's done. Lynch has just announced a contest asking people to submit music videos for both songs on his awesome new single, which will be judged by Lynch. In his introduction video (after the jump) he advises to "stay true to yourself." Right. Let's go to Lynch himself for some real insider tips on how to win this thing by checking out his autobiography/transcendental meditation advertisement Catching the Big Fish.

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Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, November 2010

Every month at Movieline, we collect the best interviews, smartest features, and most compelling reviews we've produced, and curate them in one easy-to-use table of contents called the Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute to our print magazine history. Here's the Virtual Newsstand for November 2010.

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Mary Hart's 'Fit and Firm' Beginnings are Your Entertainment Tonight

· Mary Hart may soon be ditching Entertainment Tonight after 30 years, but one thing she should never quit is the power of a firm squat. This 1990 video of a Hart workout routine is pricelessly soundtracked and full of the shiny leotards we've come to miss this millennium. Back to you, Nancy O'Dell! [THR]

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Does Natalie Portman's Black Swan Weight Loss Mean Oscar Gold?

David Letterman may have already declared Natalie Portman the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Actress but the Black Swan star still has quite a few academy voters to woo, too. Could her recent media blitz, in which she tells everyone from MTV to Us Weekly how her extensive ballet training required up to eight hours of bar routines and a 20 pound weight loss, help her campaign? Movieline takes a look at the track record for highly publicized dieting actors winning (and losing) Oscar gold and sees where Portman fits.

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