Or maybe don't watch? Judging from the early reviews of The Devil's Double at Sundance, the Lee Tamahori-directed film will likely be one of the craziest surprises of 2011 -- if only because of Dominic Cooper's two impressive performances. If you do decide to watch, though, the trailer ahead follows last week's gold-plated poster in that it highlights the film's impressive excess, scored in the key of Depeche Mode. Click ahead for a first look.
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We've been anticipating Lady Gaga's Desperately Seeking Susan moment for some time, but it appears the superstar is moving right along to her own version of Madonna's Truth or Dare. In this four-minute clip from HBO's upcoming documentary on Lady Gaga, the 25-year-old singer opens up backstage about insecurities and feeling like an outcast. She also weeps, which is expected for a performer who devotes much of her time to thanking and re-thanking her fans.
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If you were hoping to see Michael Sheen as a Blofeld in the next installment of James Bond, the star has some bad news: "That is absolutely not true," he told actress Ruth Jones over the weekend on BBC. Of course, not playing Blofeld in the Sam Mendes-directed Bond film doesn't mean that Sheen can't play Blofeld during his free time. Click ahead to watch his impromptu audition for the role. Warning: You will be charmed.
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After receiving some good vibes up in Sundance, the trailer for Our Idiot Brother finally lets the rest of us sea-level schomoes see what the big to-do is. Paul Rudd stars as a sweet but dim dude who shuttles between his sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer) as he tries to get his life together after selling weed to a uniformed cop. With his preference for the sticky icky and comfort-maximizing Jamz shorts, he might remind you of another affable stoner who bounces around his intellectual superiors. Check it out below!
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If you're a Doctor Who fan, this last week has been a bit bittersweet for you. On the one hand, you've got the terrific new season (or series, if you'd like) that just premiered last night. But on the other hand, you've had to deal with the sudden, untimely death of Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith, the ne plus ultra of the Doctor's companions. And now Doctor Who players from past and present -- including Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Barrowman, Daniel Anthony, Anjli Mohindra, Tommy Knight, Katy Manning and Russell T. Davies -- reminisce together about Sladen and Sarah Jane in a short special that aired last night on the CBBC. Check it out below.
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The rapper DeStorm employs an ingenious concept in his newest music video: a re-staging of nine classic film moments in a single take. Of course Casablanca and The Graduate make the cut, but what other cinematic gems does DeStorm mine? Click through for the reveal.
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If you saw the beautiful Oscar-winning 2007 musical romance Once, you probably know that in real life, actor-musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová formed the folk duo The Swell Season -- and fell in love off-screen. Though they're no longer dating, Hansard and Irglová's relationship is inextricably intertwined with the Swell Season/Once story, which is the subject of the music documentary The Swell Season which debuts tonight at Tribeca.
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I'm aware the dubbing over Chris Hemsworth's dialogue with an effeminate preteen voice is an inherently lame idea, but the last few words in Conan O'Brien's mockery of the Thor trailer are almost unbearably funny. Check out Thor as if the lead actor had the command of, say, a tragic American Idol auditioner.
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You've already seen the Hangover Part II trailer, the posters and the letter from director Todd Phillips saying that no animal was forced to smoke cigarettes on the Bangkok set of his blockbuster sequel. Now, Warner Bros. has released four brand new television spots for the most anticipated movie co-starring a monkey in a denim vest this summer.
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It has been a big week for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Not only was he officially added to the cast of The Dark Knight Rises -- though maybe not as who you thought he was going to play -- but JoGo also got to trash the set of Conan, under the guise of headbanging instruction. The things he'll do to plug Hesher! Click ahead to watch the fun mayhem.
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Remember that adorable Star Wars-themed VW Super Bowl commercial that went viral, about a tyke in a Darth Vader costume who's duped into thinking his Force is strong by a dad with a remote-controlled keychain? (Ah, deceiving kids. Always fun.) Well, here comes Little Thor, whose frustrated attempts to similarly use Mjolnir on unsuspecting household appliances and a golden retriever culminate in a decidedly different ending.
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For the younger readers out there, spring usually means one thing: prom season! With that in mind, what better time than now for Disney to release Prom, a PG-rated teen comedy about the highs and lows of this universal rite of passage? Click ahead to watch two clips from the new film -- one that illustrates the joy of asking your high school sweetheart to prom, and the other that, well... doesn't.
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Award-winning photojournalist and documentarian Tim Hetherington was killed on Wednesday while covering the conflict in Libya, his last effort in a career in which he took risks to bring attention to the world's many wars. In his wrenching Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary Restrepo (co-directed with Sebastian Junger), Hetherington shone a light on the emotional toll suffered by a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan; the same year, he made the short film Diary as a personal exploration of his experience as a combat journalist.
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Hot on the heels of their trailer for Monopoly -- which may or may not be exactly like what Ridley Scott is planning with his eventually-coming adaptation of the famous board game -- the folks at Funny or Die have released an early look at Boop, a fictional biopic of Betty Boop that you might wish was real. Is Betty Boop the role Rose McGowan was born to play? Boop-oop-a-doop! Click ahead to watch.
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J.J. Abrams has already released a derailed cargo train's worth of trailers for his sci-fi collaboration with Steven Spielberg. First came the explosion-riffic Super Bowl teaser, then came the phenomenal full length trailer and, most recently, Abrams unveiled a TV spot which introduced a mysteriously scarred biology teacher. To further amp up the anticipation quotient for one of summer's most eagerly awaited thrillers, Abrams is now offering video gamers an interactive Super 8 experience.
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