At The Movies

Dear John
Dear John tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by John’s increasingly dangerous deployments. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas, correspondence that eventually triggers fateful consequences.

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Zombieland
In a world overrun by flesh devouring zombies, Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg have managed to stay alive. Columbus is a nerdy college student who has survived because he's scared of just about everything. Tallahassee is an gun totin' zombie slayer with no fear, whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombie plague.

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James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar will vie for Best Picture opposite The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, Up, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, An Education, and, in two surprises, The Blind Side and District 9. Avatar and The Hurt Locker tied with the most overall nominations, nine. Inglourious Basterds and Precious notched six each.

Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup have all signed up for the indie crime drama The Convincer. The script, co-written by Jill and Karen Sprecher, sees a desperate insurance salesman plotting to end his troubles by getting hold of a rare violin. But his plan leads to some difficult consequences.

Actress Leven Rambin is set to become the latest member of the Grey's Anatomy cast to wed after becoming engaged to her boyfriend. Geoff Clark proposed to the TV star recently and the pretty teenager said yes. It is not known if Rambin, who plays Sloan Reilly in the medical drama series, will be a married woman by the time she turns 20 in May.

Miley Cyrus has joked that she wants to dress as Jersey Shore star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi this Halloween. The Hannah Montana star was interviewed by Snooki, who rose to fame on the MTV reality show, on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. "I watch [Jersey Shore] all the time. It's my favourite show. I'm gonna be you for Halloween, I'm doing the poof and everything," said Cyrus. "

Parks and Recreation will stage a mini Saturday Night Live Reunion when Andy Samberg visits Amy Poehler's show. Samberg is set to film his guest spot on Parks and Rec next week (SNL will be off for the Winter Olympics). He'll be playing a character named Carl, the head of security for Pawnee's parks, who clashes with Leslie (Poehler) after a resident is accosted on his watch.

Ozzy Osbourne is currently putting the wrap on his next solo album, and though rumors surfaced online that the album would be called Soul Sucka, that is not true. "When we put that on the Internet none of my fan base liked the title." The record is due out in July, which is the same month Osbourne says that Ozzfest will return after a one year hiatus. As most fans know, this also will be Ozzy's first album without Zakk Wylde since the guitarist joined his band in 1988.

Simon Cowell’s all star remake of R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts just premiered on UK radio. The American Idol judge took a break from crushing dreams to unite Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus and Leona Lewis, among others, to re-record the classic. The remake, which has received lukewarm reviews, will be available for download Feb 7th. All proceeds will go to the people of Haiti.

Over 75 of the music industry’s biggest stars came together in L.A. to remake the 1985 hit We Are The World. Wyclef Jean, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg all arrived at Henson Studio on Monday to sing the song. Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber and Eminem are among the long list of musicians and actors who participated in the recording session.

Hollywood’s most feared awards show has announced its nominations. The Razzies honour the absolute worst actors, directors and films of the year. Leading the pack this year is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a whopping seven nominations including Worst Picture, Worst Director (Michael Bay), Worst Screenplay, Worst Actress (Megan Fox) and Worst Screen Couple. Also with seven nominations is Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost, which earned nominations such as Worst Actor, Worst Picture and Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel. Other nominees include Eddie Murphy and John Travolta for Worst Actor of the Decade, Beyoncé for Worst Actress in Obsessed and Sandra Bullock for Worst Actress in All About Steve.

Kristen Bell is now off the market. The When In Rome star announced her engagement to fiancée comedian Dax Shepard over the weekend. Kristen was also a part of the Grammys Sunday night, where she was a presenter with her When In Rome co-star Josh Duhamel.