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Harry Potter fans lined up for the opening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” marking the end of a 13-year saga.

Emma Stone has already shown off her extreme zombie fighting ability, starring alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the apocalyptic present of "Zombieland." Now, it looks like she'll be going into the past to knock some undead heads.

By far the most famous actress of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor's talent and, perhaps even more significantly, her tumultuous off-screen love life helped invent the modern celebrity and ignite the vast interest in their personal lives. Now, having passed away in March, the woman who acted in so many love stories will have her own legendary romance story told on the big screen.

Days after a handheld camera-shot tape of the first red band "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trailer was leaked (or planted) onto the web from a movie screening, Sony has officially released its first -- and approved for all ages green band -- preview for its David Fincher-helmed adaptation of the hit Stieg Larsson book.

How many roles are in this movie? It feels like I hear a new cast announcement for THE HUNGER GAMES every day. But this one seems important, as the role of Seneca Crane has been cast, where Crane is the head gamemaker who creates the titular tournament.

I've just learned that CAA is negotiating a deal for Arnold Schwarzenegger's next movie that will pay him "top-dollar" money -- even though no one knows if the 63-year-old is still a star who can open a movie. Filmmaker Al Ruddy -- yes, the 81-year-old Godfather and Million Dollar Baby producer -- bought a 1975 novel by the late N. Richard Nash who'd adapted it into the Cry Macho screenplay that CAA liked for Arnold.

Fifty-four years after it was published, with sales of the book at 6.5 million copies and counting, Ayn Rand’s 1,000-page magnum opus “Atlas Shrugged” is finally coming to the screen. The $10 million production, part one of a projected trilogy, featuring a no-name cast (Taylor Schilling? Grant Bowler?) and financed entirely by John Aglialoro, a Philadelphia businessman, will be released on April 15.