Computer Magic to Insert Busy Governor into Terminator Salvation

In today's Hollywood Ink ... Arnold will be back ... Angelina adopts a franchise ... Ali G. gets off scot-free ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Beastie Boy Adam Yauch on the Fine Art of Indie Moguldom

On the day Oscilloscope Pictures announced its acquisition of Irish coming-of-age hit Kisses, the company's president Adam Yauch slumped on a sofa and considered the news. "Did that just come out?" he asked his distribution chief, David Fenkel.

"It did," Fenkel replied. "Getting lots of e-mails about it."

Yauch paused again, now seeming to consider the movie itself. A sweet film, he thought. The kids are great in it. Likes the director, Lance Daly, a lot, despite that awkward first meeting at last year's Toronto Film Festival. Then he laughed. "We had actually gotten an illegal screener of it somehow," Yauch recalled. "And so we met him at this party, and I was like, 'Hey! I loved the film.' And he was like, 'How did you see the film? It hasn't screened yet.' And I said, 'Hmm. I don't know.' And then he said, 'Where did you get a screener?'" Yauch laughed. "'I can't tell you you that.'"

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Funny, We Don't Remember Any Monkey-Fighting in Snakes on a Plane

· The mystery of how FX's censors might deal with Snakes on a Plane's most famous line of dialogue has now been solved. We're shocked to say we like it way better than the original. [/Film via PaulScheer.com]
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Ron Howard Gives the Catholic League a Piece of His Tolerant Mind

A recent op-ed in the NY Daily News penned by Catholic League president William Donohue touched upon such worrisome, apocalypse-hastening developments as S&M street fair beer sponsorships and non-opposite-marriage legislation in Vermont. Listed beneath those offenses was a stinging indictment of Angels & Demons "tag team" Ron Howard and Dan Brown. Placing the two men in the same hellbound category as a pair of leather-thong-wearing gay grooms, Donohue accused the author and director of having "collaborated in smearing the Catholic Church with fabulously bogus tales."
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Susan Boyle Shows Off Bodyguard, Pit Stains

Entertainment Weekly has been keeping tabs on presumptive Britain's Got Talent winner Susan Boyle (our new Virgin Queen) and they've brought to us this image from her first-ever official photo shoot. Yes, those are pit stains, and she wears them defiantly! "No, no," whispered the photographer, calling off his armada of assistants, makeup artists, and retouchers. "We must leave her as she is. Give me face, Susan. Give me brows."
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox Source Responds to Claim of Wolverine Lie

When an early cut of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was leaked online, 20th Century Fox chairman Tom Rothman assured fans that the final theatrical version would be radically different and include around ten minutes worth of reshoots that had not yet been integrated into the film. Now, though, a HuffPo blogger claims to have caught the chairman in a lie -- and we've got a rebuttal from a highly-placed Fox source close to the film.
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Slumdog Trust Has Child-Sale Crisis Under Control, Thank You Very Much

Last week, after first spotting reports of the ongoing drama surrounding young Slumdog Millionaire star/would-be eBay commodity Rubina Ali, Movieline reached out with a few questions for the administrators of the Jai Ho Trust. The fund was established with the assistance of director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson to help (in part) oversee the welfare of the Slumdog kids, and it seemed reasonable to inquire how that was going -- especially after Rubina's father told the Indian press that the trust hadn't upheld its promises of education, housing and other support for the girl and her other co-stars in need.

We never heard back. The next thing everyone knows, Rubina is 15% off if you sign up today for a Slumdog Rewards card. And guess who suddenly issued a statement?

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Washington Hears 41 Billion Reasons to Keep Hollywood Working

Last week we got The Panic of '09: Location shooting plunged last year in Los Angeles County, sending everyone from gaffers to caterers scurrying for shelter as hard times (and other states) ravaged their livelihoods. This week, we get the upshot: Wherever those jobs went, they totaled more than 2.5 million across the board and paid more than $41.1 billion in 2007. Moreover, as MPAA chief Dan Glickman told lawmakers, the as-yet-unavailable 2008 numbers wouldn't be "materially different." So we're all right! Aren't we?
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Buzz Break: Altered Breast

· Here is a recent picture of Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Bensimon. Yes, Real. Why, what have you heard?

· Speaking of! Allow yourself (if modesty permits) a NSFW look at Jessica Biel's breasts, which she decided to bare for an artistic, challenging movie that went directly to video.

· Though The Wrap claims that fourth Twilight film Breaking Dawn is a go (and, let's be honest, that's a no-brainer), EW is reporting that screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has not yet cracked the book's distinctive blend of wacko sex, birth-eating, and batshit crazy.

· Have a gander at Michael Gondry's American Airlines ad campaign, starring Kevin Spacey. Pretty muted stuff, but at least it went better than his last commercial collaboration.

· 90210 actress AnnaLynne McCord may have newfound fame, but she's turning down all the hiatus roles offered to her to backpack across Europe this summer! She even told her agent not to call her, so strongly did she desire Hollywood freedom. Naturally, she interrupted her vacation to fly back to the U.S. and tell People magazine about all this at the New York premiere for Fighting, a movie she is not in.

Jackie Chan Does All His Own Infuriating Political Stunts

Jackie Chan may have confirmed his international legend as a comic-martial-arts trailblazer, but don't sell him short. In reality he's so, so much more: A restaurateur. A fashion mogul. A passionate philanthropist. And, as he reminded the world last weekend, a delightfully pro-China, anti-liberty demagogue.
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5 Predictions About Bravo's New Fred Segal Reality Series

Well, this seemed inevitable in retrospect, didn't it? Bravo has announced plans to shoot its latest reality docudrama at Fred Segal, the semi-secluded Hollywood shopping mecca where A-listers and publicists alike go to pick up Seven Jeans and overpriced, indifferently-served Caesar salads. (Don't worry, though: they'll be shooting at the Santa Monica one that nobody goes to.) Think you've got an idea of what this series is going to be like? We certainly do, and here are our predictions:
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What Don't You F**king Understand: Bale and O. Russell Team Up

YouTube-certified volcanic hot-heads Christian Bale and David O. Russell will combine forces with Mark Wahlberg (himself known for the occasional beatdown) on The Fighter, a boxing movie that production-warfare experts suggest could produce the most tantrum-friendly set since Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

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Guest Editor J.J. Abrams Brings Special Impenetrability To Wired

Having scored an early PR knockout with its deployment of the Star Trek crew to Kuwait, Paramount has ambition and momentum on its side as the film's May 8 release date approaches. Yet whereas a more complacent studio might just let the marketers and the fanboy drones carry it from there, the 'Mount isn't resting. Take next month's issue of Wired, for example, which guest editor J.J. Abrams has apparently turned into a succession of puzzles, mazes and mindfucks. With prizes!
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Zack Snyder Casts His Russ Meyer-on-CGI Steroids Movie

In today's Hollywood Ink ... Zack Snyder casts his all-girl "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns" ... Demetri Martin enters Brad Pitt territory ... Debra Messing's ungay return to NBC ...
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Slumdad Prison Scare

· After word broke that he had tried to sell his famous daughter, Slumdog pere Rafiq Qureshi was arrested, interrogated by Indian authorities (hmm, what does that remind us of?), and is now in hiding. In a statement, Qureshi said, "How much could I get on eBay for this water bottle touched by Freida Pinto?"
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