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I showed would-be models Some Like It Hot. Instead of laughing, they gazed in horror at Marilyn Monroe and gasped, 'But she's so big'AThere's a distracting anachronism in Coco Before Chanel, but luckily it crops up too late to be truly annoying. In a mood of bittersweet triumph, our heroine is putting the finishing touches to her first collection (and if you think that's a spoiler, you really need to get out more). What threw me for a loop was her models, who look like teenage anorexics who have been bussed in from a 2009 catwalk. What were the film-makers thinking? How could they cast their walk-ons so sloppily?Body shapes go in and out of fashion, and it's astonishing how so many film-makers overlook that while striving for authenticity elsewhere. They're not all like Matthew Weiner, who insists the cast of Mad Men be free of any post-1960s cosmetic work or breast implants. My suspension of disbelief in Chéri was scuppered from the outset by the miscasting of Michelle Pfeiffer, whose

Front Page: Showrunner Ken Warwick reups in pricey pact -- 'American Idol' exec producer Ken Warwick has sealed a rich three-year, eight-figure deal to continue as the showrunner behind Fox's megahit 'American Idol.'

'As a sound-system blasted a cha-cha-cha, the men began to dance. Wearing outlandish costumes with oversize hats and wigs, and boots with 15-centimeter heels from a Milanese store that caters to drag queens, they strutted and pranced.' It's Alice in Wonderland, a Theatrical Essay on the End of a Civilization, performed by a company that for 21 years has made theater with, and for, inmates at a maximum-security prison in Italy....

Angelina Jolie, actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, is opening up about her third trip to Iraq -- and she spends time with troops! "I was inspired and reminded of all the bravery of all of you young men and women, and I'm always just honored to spend time with everybody who spend time in the military," Angelina says of her time with the troops serving in Iraq. Jolie made the trip to offer support to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis that are displaced within their own country, according to the UN agency, which estimates that 1.6 million Iraqis have been internally displaced since February 2006.

The Jigga Man is filling in for the Beastie Boys. Jay-Z has been tapped as a last-minute replacement for the NYC rap trio at next week's All Points West music fest in New Jersey.

Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel, finishing faster than any of the five men who had done it before. Young Woman and the Sea shows how Ederle's fame grew, then evaporated.

Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen get big laughs under the direction of comedy titan Judd Apatow.Adam Sandler is teaming up with funnyman Seth Rogen for an all-new Judd Apatow comedy, and only ET's Mark Steines was on the set to get the lowdown from these 'Funny People' -- and the dirt on Sandler and Apatow as real-life roommates! "When we were roommates, Adam was a rising star . and I was a struggling young comedian who was not a rising star; It was depressing," said Apatow, who has gone on to become the driving force behind such movies as 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' 'Knocked Up' and 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall.' "I was a sick young man and he knows that," joked Sandler, recalling some of their wilder days back around '90. "We do have funny stories about each other. We've both seen each other naked a lot."

If you have seen the new issue of Entertainment Weekly you would know that three stars from Iron Man 2 are on it, but noticeably missing is one of the stars: Gwyneth Paltrow . Why would they not include Gwyneth when they include Robert Downey Jr.,Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke? Well the answer is pretty simple [...]

Actor Jeff Daniels has portrayed dozens of characters on stage screen. His latest film role is a romantic comedy, The Answer Man. He plays an author who is supposed to have all the answers to life's important questions, but clearly does not.

This years Comic-Con is certainly something to be excited for with the collection of future Blockbusters from Iron Man 2 to the much anticipated Twilight:New Moon.Source: Daman WaliaPublished: Jul 23, 2009