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There's been lots of random but vaguely interesting news floating around about the American Idol universe recently, like the fact that Paula Abdul has teamed with a dog food company to raise money for charity or the fact that the finalists 'got free Gibson guitars,' as Matt Giraud told the Los Angeles Times. Here are a few of those stories. Paula Abdul will apparently appear in the upcoming Sacha Baron Cohen film Bruno, based on his satirical gay Austrian fashion reporter. After Page Six said Paula was interviewed by Bruno and 'bought into his character and to this day isn't aware she was fooled,' she wrote on Twitter, 'Ha ha.Joke's on me. 'Bruno' tricked me. I have 2 say that Sacha is good at what he does. I'll get him back:)' Less than an hour ago, Reuters stumbled upon breaking news: if Adam Lambert wins, he 'could become, possibly, the first gay or bisexual singer to be handed the 'Idol' title by millions of Americans,' its story said. That news is almost two months old, as that'

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The Walt Disney Co. is taking a stake in Hulu.com. This means titles from The Walt Disney Studios library of films and full-length ...

TLA Releasing has acquired worldwide entertainment rights for MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY (USA, 2009), an effervescent, holiday comedy from director Rob Williams (3-Day Weekend, Back Soon). The film will make its world premiere at the 19th Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival on May 17th.

Film News: Censor board gives prequel a 15 classification -- 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' has been slapped with the highest rating the Swedish Board of Film Censors can deal out because of its scenes of violence.

Film News: Majors shift release dates in Mexico -- Studios continue to rearrange their summer release schedules in Mexico, where the flu outbreak has shut down cinemas.

International News: Measure would track, punish users -- French legislators reconsidered a bill Wednesday that would punish people who illegally download music and films by cutting off their Internet connections.

The Terminator Salvation star says that he 'takes the consequences' for his infamous on-set rant, but hits out at crew members for recording itChristian Bale has attempted to explain the on-set outburst that turned him from star of the new Terminator movie into a byword for Hollywood egotism. Sadly, in so doing, he may only have made things worse.Now engaged in promoting Terminator Salvation, due for release in the UK on 3 June, Bale told Total Film magazine that he 'takes the consequences' for what he did on the film's set, but criticised crew members for recording the verbal assault on director of photography Shane Hurlbut, claiming it violated an 'essential trust' .'Hey, I did what I did. I'm not hiding from that,' Bale said. 'I went overboard. But there is an essential trust and it's not a tacit one, it's a verbal one, a spoken one, which is [that] every sound guy says, 'We are not only not recording, we're not even listening.''That Bale has a clear idea of how he expects crew memb

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Film News: Library of films, ABC shows will appear on site -- The Walt Disney Co. is taking a stake in Hulu.com. This means titles from The Walt Disney Studios library of films and full-length episodes of ABC television shows will join the online video site.