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Footloose
A big city teen is transplanted to a small southern town and challenges the community's ban on loud music and dancing. Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont's local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister's troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process.
 

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Green Lantern
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris, if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax... he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

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Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away at the age of 79 in March, owned an expansive collection of jewels at the time of her death. Christie's auction house has unveiled her collection of 269 pieces that will be auctioned off in December. But before the auction, the collection will go on an international tour, including Dubai, Geneva, Paris, Hong Kong and New York. The tour ends in New York for the four day auction Dec. 13-16. "She was born with a great eye for jewelry," Rahul Kadakia, head of jewelry at Christie's America, tells Reuters. "This is the greatest jewelry collection that Christie's has ever presented."

Paul Simon had a very successful solo career following the split of famous musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. Now the 69 year old singer is planning another tour, where he says he wants to reunite with musical acts he played with 25 years ago when his Graceland album was released, reports the BBC. The 1986 album won the Grammy for Record of the Year and featured the hit single You Can Call Me Al. As part of the new tour, Simon will release a box set of the album that includes a documentary.

The tabloid press hunted her down within hours, so it was only a matter of time before Sara Leal spoke out. The 22-year old blonde Texan shot into the public eye after she allegedly had sex with Ashton Kutcher in a San Diego Hard Rock Hotel on Sept. 24, the night of Kutcher and wife Demi Moore's sixth wedding anniversary. Leal has opened up to Us Weekly magazine and once and for all removed the "allegedly" tag from the whole situation. Leal, an administrative assistant by day and admitted party girl by night, says that Kutcher "just came up and kissed me" at the wild party. Leal "didn't think it was out of the ordinary" when she joined Kutcher and another woman for a hot tub skinny dip. Around 6 am, the two had sex. "He was good...It wasn't weird or perverted." Leal notes that Kutcher did not wear a condom during their encounter and that their pillow talk involved politics, particularly the Republican candidates for President.

HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a third season just a few weeks into Season 2. "Following a triumphant first season, I was eager to see what Terry Winter, Martin Scorsese and the rest of their stellar team had in store, and they continue to surpass our highest expectations," says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo in a statement. "The response from the media and our viewers has been extremely gratifying." HBO counts Boardwalk Empire's audience at an average gross of 10.7 million viewers. The show's first season boasts eight Emmy Awards, which is no surprise given the combined pedigree of executive producers Terence Winter and Martin Scorcese.

Richard Gere sold more than 100 guitars at a Christie's auction and netted $936,438. Gere will donate the process from the auction to various charities. Headlining the lot was a 1960 Gibson Les Paul solid body electric guitar that fetched $98,500. The bid was made by a private U.S. collector. The CF Martin & Co. Museum in Pennsylvania bought three guitars including a 1931 CF Martin.

20th Century Fox has revealed that the fifth Die Hard installment will be called A Good Day to Die Hard and has been set for a February 14th, 2013 release date. The studio has also unveiled the plot. Plot: Since the first Die Hard in 1988, John McClane (Bruce Willis) has found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the skills and attitude to always be the last man standing, making him enemy #1 for terrorists the world over. Now, McClane faces his greatest challenge ever, this time on an international stage, when his estranged son Jack is caught up in the daring prison escape of a rogue Russian leader, and father and son McClane must work together to keep each other alive and keep the world safe for democracy.

Katherine Heigl might be coming back to the small screen; as a producer. The CW has placed a script order for a possible drama to be executive-produced by the former Grey's Anatomy star and her mother Nancy via their Abishag production company. The series, currently titled Trending, is based on the 2006 Cynthia Langston novel Bicoastal Babe, about a young woman who lands at a job at an advertising agency spotting trends, despite her ineptitude at doing so.

Mathematical genius, enigma codebreaker, architect of the modern computer and all-round British legend Alan Turing looks set to receive the Hollywood biopic treatment, with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to Warner Brothers' acquisition of Graham Moore's script The Imitation Game.

After developing the film for quite some time, it looks like Antoine Fuqua is finally off the Tupac biopic. Apparently the director had trouble finding his star, even after a nationwide talent search, so he’s moved on to the action submarine thriller Hunter Killer. In Fuqua’s wake, John Singleton is in talks to take over the director’s chair. Singleton actually has some personal connection to the material, as he directed Tupac Shakur in his 1993 film Poetic Justice.

Hollywood star says she was unaware of accusations of human rights abuses when she attended celebrations Hollywood star Hilary Swank has reportedly said she "deeply regrets" taking part in a lavish concert for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, following a storm of criticism from human rights groups.

Renee Zellweger is developing a drama for Lifetime that’s loosely based on her “journey from small-town Texas to Hollywood stardom” Cinnamon Girl would be set in Los Angeles in the late ’60s/early ’70s, and would chronicle the adventures of four girls who are coming of age at the time of cultural and political revolution.

Pity the poor schedulers over at Fox. Not only have they had to bench New Girl to accommodate an extended X Factor, but now they've had to move X Factor because of the weather and sports. Last night's planned two-hour episode did not air because of a rain delay during Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers. Instead, viewers on the East Coast got to see the game, while West Coast viewers were treated to a rerun of an episode from last week.

Two stars of Millionaire Matchmaker recently made it official by tying the knot in one of the darkest, more unique ceremonies we've ever seen. Lovable goth couple Destin Pfaff and Rachel Federoff, who work for Patti Stanger on the Bravo show, got hitched September 24 at The Carlton Hotel in NYC.

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are opening up their home to U.S. President Barack Obama to host an upcoming fundraiser. The Hollywood couple has agreed to provide the venue for a national Latino gala on 24 October, which will be co-hosted by Eva Longoria at the property in Los Angeles. Tickets for the event, which will target Obama's Latino supporters to raise cash for his election candidacy, cost between $5,000 and $35,800.