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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mr. (George Clooney) and Mrs. (Meryl Streep) Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the tranquil existence proves too much for M. Fox's wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers, Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost. Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl.

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Angels & Demons
When Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization in history, he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400 year old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival.

The Buzz...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon dawned with a hot blooded estimated $140.7 million on approximately 8,500 screens at 4,024 sites over the weekend, charting as the third highest grossing opening behind only The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 and the biggest of 2009. With the advent of New Moon, not to mention an excellent showing by The Blind Side, overall business surged 56 percent over the same weekend last year when Twilight and Bolt debuted and was the second highest seen in history, behind the weekend that The Dark Knight opened.

ABC's Cougar Town has temporarily shutdown production. Production on the freshman comedy was halted last week. The expect specifics of the shutdown are unclear, though ABC told the trade paper that the pause was due to a "private family matter" involving star Courteney Cox. There is no word when filming on the series, which has been picked up for a full season, will resume.

Oprah Winfrey has a surprising project in the works. Her Harpo Films has made a deal with HBO to team on a sexually charged hourlong series pilot about a woman who leaves her seemingly perfect marriage and children in Santa Monica for the underbelly of L.A., where she indulges her secret fantasies and desires.

Lauren Conrad is coming out with another book. The former Hills star will release a fashion advice book in the fall of 2010 called Lauren Conrad Style. Lauren says her book will “offer simple, practical tips to help anyone look fabulous.” Conrad has already published the best selling novel L.A. Candy.

Surrounded by friends, family and rumored boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, who turned 17, let loose with an '80s themed bash last week at New York City's Canal Room. "The whole thing was a surprise," says a source close to Cyrus, who enjoyed a performance by the cast of Broadway's Rock of Ages and blew out candles on a custom designed cake created by Buddy Valastro, the star of TLC's Cake Boss.

Four years after High School Musical ushered in its own cultural revolution, achieving a staggering popularity among pre-teens worldwide, Disney has announced that it is remaking the film with Chinese partners for release next summer. The news comes weeks after Disney said Chinese authorities had approved plans for a theme park in Shanghai.

Are monster movies back? Hot on the heels of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Universal’s The Wolfman, Variety now reports 1980s horror classic The Howling is gearing up for a remake. Talk about striking whilst the iron’s hot! Filming starts in February for a Halloween release.

One of the most integral and interesting characters on Friday Night Lights may be out of the lineup for much of the rest of the season. And he may not be back for next season, either. Taylor Kitsch could be out of Friday Night Lights after the next few episodes. Michael Ausiello is reporting that executive producer Jason Katims confirmed that Taylor's conflicting schedule with a big screen project has mucked up the works.

This is definitely Taylor Swift's year. The 19 year old twanger pocketed a leading five prizes, including the biggest, Artist of the Year, at the American Music Awards, while Michael Jackson made some history from beyond the grave. The late King of Pop won four posthumous awards including Favorite Pop/Rock Artist and Pop/Rock Album for his 2003 greatest hits set, Number Ones bringing his Ama career total to 25.

Bieber Fever hit Long Island, resulting in minor injuries and one arrest. More than 3,000 people gathered to see Justin Bieber at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York. Pushing and shoving matches broke out and a barrier collapsed, forcing the police were required to intervene and thus cancel the appearance.

Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio “Polo” Molina is off the hook for assaulting Perez Hilton. Molina was in a Toronto court where charges against him for punching the gossip blogger outside a night club on June 22nd were dropped.