Kutcher Eyes 'Random' Role
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LOS ANGELES  - Ashton Kutcher is  considering starring in "Random Acts of Kindness," a drama  about a suicidal young man rescued by a reclusive novelist who  inspires him to find his way in life.
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LOS ANGELES - Ask Dan Castellaneta to describe how he sounds off-screen and this is what he offers: sort of deadpan, shy of nasal, with a standard Midwestern tilt.
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Star Trek film producers are to hold an open casting session for people with "unusual" features to appear as extras.
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Take seven brainy nerds and seven dim beauties, add Ashton Kutcher as a matchmaker and what do you get?
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The actor has an interesting role in Frozen, his 150th movie.
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The film funnyman is trying to rebound from a career slump with a new thriller -- and a new spiritual path. Joel Stein peeks into the eternal weirdness of Jim Carrey's mind
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Actor Kevin Kline has earned the nickname 'Kevin Decline' because he often turns down movie roles and is indecisive about the parts he eventually takes up.
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LOS ANGELES  - Three nights -- Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday -- will be getting a makeover on NBC this midseason.
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Comedy Central will look to Jamie Kennedy and Dave Attell to energize its development slate next year.
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MTV has confirmed that the hit prank show "Punk'd" will return for three more seasons. Host Ashton Kutcher has tried to "punk" the media and viewers in the past by implying that he had no time to do another season; but it could have been a schem...
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Friends actress Lisa Kudrow is in talks to star in a comedy about a struggling sitcom actress.
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If Romeo Crennel ever wants to switch agents, I have a few nominees for the job.
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The uncertain prediction market will get a new player this week when Hubdub introduces a combination news aggregation and predictive platform at the semi-annual Demo conference in Palm Desert, Calif.Demo conferences this year will bring on stage 77 companies with a good idea but not enough capital as they present their products to an audience consisting of VCs and executives from the investment arm of high-tech companies. Hubdub will try to convince one of these audience members that they will not be taking a chance by investing in its technology.The Hubdub platform creates a market around news events, such as how big will the final tax rebate be once it is signed into law by President Bush. Along with the question comes a selection of multiple choice responses.Yes-or-no response questions are also possible, such as, Will Barack Obama gain the Democratic Presidential nomination?The community wages Hubdub dollars to compete on predictions.The point of the game is to see who comes out right most of the time. If you are one of those folks, according to Hubdub officials, you will obviously gain street cred in your area of expertise -- politics, stock market, or technology, for example. Besides gaining some form of respect from your peers, credibility may also lead to more users coming to your Web site or blog. This, in theory, could be shaped into a business where a person's analytical capabilities are worth paying for.During the prediction and wagering process, the Hubdub site aggregates news stories and background data related to the predictions.Leveraging uncertainty appears to be the idea behind another Demo presenter, LiquidPlanner, a startup created by former Expedia, Microsoft, and Intel software engineers.What makes LiquidPlanner different, say company officials, is its use of "probablistic" scheduling tools.Rather than using project dates that are set in stone, the Liquid probablistic engine uses estimates that take into account project variables. This allows project teams to see a more dynamic timeline and understand at any single point where the project is headed with the idea that going down a wrong path can be stopped before it is too late.
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A cartoon bear and deer talked their way to the top of the box office as Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher's animated comedy "Open Season" debuted with $23 million. Kutcher also finished in second place with Disney's "The Guardian," in which he co-stars with Kevin Costner as Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The action drama opened with $17.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The film funnyman is trying to rebound from a career slump with a new thriller - and a new spiritual path. Joel Stein peeks into the eternal weirdness of Jim Carrey's mind
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NEW YORK  - Kelly Carlson -- best known for her role as Kimber on FX's "Nip/Tuck" -- will star as a femme fatale in the illegal-gambling feature "Player 5150."
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Hollywood may not have a Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Shrek or Capt. Jack Sparrow on its upcoming lineup. Yet the fall and holiday schedule does offer filmgoers a chance to catch up with some familiar characters, stories and movie-making teams.