At The Movies

The Sitter
Noah (Jonah Hill) is a suspended college student, living at home with his single mom. When he is talked into babysitting the three, young, misfit kids next door, he decides to take them along on an attempted sexual rendezvous, and the night takes a wild and dangerous turn for the worse for which he is totally unprepared.
 

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The Hangover Part II
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don't always go as planned. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can't even be imagined.

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Director Patty Jenkins is leaving Thor 2. Best known for directing Charlize Theron to an Oscar in Monster and the pilot of AMC’s The Killing, Jenkins had been set to helm the film in late September. Marvel Studios is already talking to agencies as it canvasses for a new director, something that is expected to happen quickly. Her exit had to do with creative differences, but the feeling is that she’ll probably end up working on one of these superhero films, but perhaps not on a sequel. Marvel will have to move fast because it has to meet a November 15, 2013 release date for the sequel, which brings back Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding superhero, and Thor co-writer Don Payne is writing the script.

It's been almost a year since we heard that Jennifer Carpenter was calling her marriage with Michael C. Hall kaput, and now the dunzo duo are legally single. The Dexter costars' divorce dissolution was officially granted on Dec. 2. The couple married Dec. 31, 2008, and officially separated in August 2010.

Next year’s hotly anticipated Hunger Games movie has officially swapped composers, with original hire Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Simpsons, a million other things) stepping aside and James Newton Howard (King Kong, Michael Clayton, Unbreakable, a million other things) taking over. Elfman left the project due to a scheduling conflict: He’s currently slated to work on next year’s Dark Shadows and Men in Black III.

Hollywood producers looking to develop blockbuster movies at a bargain price should be going out of their way to secure the services of Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson, according to a new report by Forbes. The Us business magazine has published its annual list of the actors who provide the best return on an investment for the cheapest wage, and it also makes positive reading for more established actors such as Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep. Stewart, star of the Twilight series, sits at the top of the money tree. For every $1 she is paid, her films over the past five years have returned $55.83, Forbes reports. Closely behind in second place is Hathaway, whose films make $45.67 for every dollar of her wage, largely thanks to the $1bn success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds actually got engaged a couple of months ago. But nobody knew until Monday because O'Donnell admits she was uncomfortable officially announcing it on her talk show.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia unveiled a strategic alliance with J. C. Penney that will see the retailer take a 16.6 percent stake in the media company for $38.5 million.

James Cameron’s obsession with the Titanic is showing no signs of sinking. The director of the $2 billion-grossing epic has made more than 30 dives to the legendary wreck off the coast of Newfoundland. Now he’s teaming with National Geographic Channel on Titanic: Final Word with James Cameron, set to air in April timed to the 100th anniversary of the luxury liner’s demise.

As news leaked that Verizon may be trying to muscle in on the video streaming market, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told attendees at New York's Ubs conference that he is still much more concerned about another competitor: HBO. "The competitor we fear the most is HBO Go," Hastings said. "They aren't competing directly with us now, but they can. HBO is becoming much more Netflix-like, and we're becoming much more HBO-like."

Surrounding the release of Tranformers: Dark of the Moon was Michael Bay’s assurance that after helming all three flicks in the trilogy, he was done with the franchise. Cut to Dark of the Moon making a kajillion dollars for Paramount, and rumors began swirling that Bay might come back.

Benicio Del Toro has reportedly turned down the opportunity to star in J.J. Abrams Star Trek 2, after failing to agree terms with Paramount. But although it might be back to the drawing board in terms of casting the villain, we do now know who that villain is going to be. Vulture reports from an inside source that the part Del Toro turned down was that of Khan Noonien Singh, the villain initially played by Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.

In addition to filling up her dressing room with Marlboro Lights, European lager beer and sandwiches without tomatoes, Adele's tour rider insists that any fan who scores free tickets make a donation to charity. According to the rider obtained by the Smoking Gun, the Someone Like You songstress requires that anyone who nabs a gratis concert ticket from her, concert promoters or venue staff contribute $20 to Sands. This UK-based charity supports anyone who loses a baby and promotes research to reduce the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

Nickelback's new album, Here and Now, had a strong first week of sales and just barely missed out on debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 charts. The trade magazine reports that Nickelback's new effort debuts at No 2 after selling 0.18% less than Michael Buble's Christmas. Nickelback's label reports that the album sold 226,714 units and missed the top of the chart by just 419 copies.