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Julia Gillard: The Movie? 5 Oscar-Caliber Actresses Who Could Play Australia's Sexism-Fighting Iron Lady

Julia Gillard: The Movie? 5 Oscar-Caliber Actresses Who Could Play Australia's Sexism-Fighting Iron Lady

It's not hard to imagine the big-screen version of scenes like this week's epic takedown on the Australian Parliament floor, in which Prime Minister Julia Gillard eviscerated her opposition party rival Tony Abbott with a 15-minute speech on sexism and misogyny. (Watch it below and revel in the glorious wrath of Gillard's pointed and passionate tirade.)

Somewhere out there a hundred screenwriters are furiously turning Gillard's sermon into Oscar gold, so why don't we go ahead and predict the five Academy Award-caliber actresses at the top of the casting list when Hollywood comes calling with the inevitable Iron Lady-esque Gillard biopic?
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VIDEO: Why Not Cast Donald Glover as Michael Jackson?

VIDEO: Why Not Cast Donald Glover as Michael Jackson?

Hot on the heels of the announcement that a Michael Jackson biopic may be in the works comes a video interview, over at Next Movie, in which Community star/rapper Donald Glover does the moonwalk and names the King of Pop as his dream role. Coincidence? Who cares? Give the gig to Childish Gambino, already!

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