The Replacement: Justin Bartha, the least memorable guy from The Hangover, will step into the roll of Max in the Stanley Tucci-directed revival of Lend Me a Tenor. The role had previously belonged to T.R. Knight, who recently dropped out. Bartha’s character is the assistant to the general manager of the Cleveland Opera Company and is forced to sub for a renowned tenor in a production of Othello. When the tenor wakes from a drug-induced nap, hijinks begin. Everyone loves hijinks. [Variety]

Banks Shot: All Tyra had to do was wait until 2011, when Oprah finally hangs up the mic, and she would have become the number one single-named talk show host in all the land. Instead, she’s decided to shutter The Trya Show after its fifth season and concentrate on producing movies. You know you want to see Life-Size 2. [NYT]

You Rang?: Jerry Zaks is leaving his role as director of the the Broadway musical All About Me and joining The Addams Family as a creative consultant. Zaks will be charged with reworking the show, which opened to middling reviews in Chicago. There’s obviously one solution to this: more Cousin It. The answer is always more Cousin It. [Variety]

Fog of Zombies: Producers Gil Adler and Shane McCarthy are planning to bring the comic book Night and Fog to the big screen. The story is set during WWII and involves a poisonous gas released on a military base where it transforms everyone into creepy creatures. A group of survivors must fend off the creatures until help arrives. There’s also a father trying to escape the fog with his children. So it’s like The Mist meets Dawn of the Dead meets 2012 meets awesome. [Variety]

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During the week of Thanksgiving, Wicked set the record for the highest grossing week in Broadway history. Last week it broke that record. The show earned $2.09 million over the Christmas holiday, proving once again that tweens rule every aspect of the entertainment industry. [Variety]

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Marilyn Manson (born Brian Warner) and his former bandmate Stephen Bier (once known as Madonna Wayne Gacy) settled a lawsuit today for about $19.5 million less than Bier wanted. An original member of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, Bier sued Manson for $20 million in 2007, arguing that the singer used money that should have gone to him to buy Nazi memorabilia and an engagement ring. Turns out Bier was counting on that money to buy Hun memorabilia and a locket. [AP]

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Angelina Jolie is back in her fur hat and wrap for Salt this week. The movie will continue filming on a boat on the Hudson near W 27th and 12th Ave in Manhattan through Wednesday. Filming will begin early in the morning and should continue all day.
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It looks Angelina Jolie isn’t the only actor working this week. 50 Cent, AnnaLynn McCord and Val Kilmer starting shooting Gun at Cocktailz Bar & Grill, 1001 Chicago Drive SW in Grand Rapids, MI yesterday and are set to wrap at that location tonight.
The movie, which was written by, produced and stars 50 Cent, will [...]

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A new movie, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, will begin filming in Derby, CT in early 2010.
“Prisoners” is rumored to be about a man (Mark Wahlberg) whose 6 year-old daughter, along with a friend, are kidnapped. In turn, he decides to kidnap the man whom he suspects is responsible. Its assumed Christian [...]

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Body Identity Integrity Disorder is a neurological condition that makes a person want to amputate one or more of his limbs. It’s also the topic of Armless, the debut feature from director Habib Azar, and a 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection. In the trailer, a shy fellow named John talks to his girlfriend and a doctor about how he’d like to have his arms cut off. Then he goes to a hardware store where he may or may not buy a circular saw to do it himself. Yikes! Bizarrely, the whole thing is handled with some levity. Sure, it’s about a guy who wants to lose his arms, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be some quirky indie pop playing in the background. Still, it looks too weird to miss.

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If you ever get chewed out by James Cameron while asking for an autograph, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
The Avatar director had a few choice words for an autograph seeker on Christmas Eve, calling the guy a “f**king a**hole” during an argument over the signature at LAX. James walked past the man who was [...]

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AP - Charlie Sheen’s wife has told Aspen police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she said she wanted a divorce.

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Earlier this year Nine Inch Nails jetted around the country on a farewell tour. Trent Reznor promised that while those would be his final shows, new music would be on its way. That promise will come true next year. On NIN”s website, Reznor writes that he will release new Nine Inch Nails music in early 2010 along with other, non-NIN material. By the looks of his biceps, he’ll enter some amateur bodybuilding competitions too.

Trent Reznor Promises New Nine Inch Nails Material in 2010 [Rolling Stone]

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