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By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan was ordered taken into custody and led out of a courtroom Friday, returning again to a Los Angeles County jail after being sentenced to 120 days for violating her probation by taking a designer necklace. It was a déjà vu day for the starlet, who was admonished by a judge - the fourth she's faced in nearly a year - who said she thought the actress had intentionally taken the $2,500 necklace from an upscale Venice store and shown poor judgment in not trying to return it until police became involved. But by reducing the actress' charge from felony grand ...
Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin: A Casting Choice as Divisive as Palin Herself
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsTina Fey may be the most famous Sarah Palin impersonator, but the "30 Rock" star has some new competition. Julianne Moore has been tapped to portray Palin in HBO's upcoming film about the 2008 presidential race, "Game Change." The casting choice has provoked some surprisingly passionate responses. Says the Los Angeles Times' Nardine Saad: It's an interesting twist, casting an Oscar-nominated actress to play a politico who until recently was making a name for herself as a reality TV star. It's almost flattering that news that she'll be played by the classy redhead (Moore) broke soon ...
Movie Depicting Hoover Gay Affair Rankles Some in FBI
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsThe bulldog-like mug of J. Edgar Hoover has long been synonymous with the FBI, a world-renowned law enforcement agency forever hyper-sensitive about its public image. Still, Hoover's legend has taken its lumps over the years. Now comes the latest: an upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover, in which the iconic G-man reportedly has a romantic affair with FBI Associate Director Clyde Tolson, his constant companion and alter ego. AP An upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood depicts FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's romantic affair with the ...
Stone Hurries to Finish Bush Movie
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyThe Guardian UK has a report on the forthcoming Oliver Stone biopic, W., which is about President Bush. Sure to be controversial, the paper reports that Stone is rushing to finish the film because he wants it to hit screens before the November election. Stone says the film, which stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush and Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, will pose the question "How did Bush go from being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?" Bush's alcoholism and strained relationship with his father ...
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