Hooray for Hollywood! — the big winner this week in our roundup of the top 10 Twitter trends.

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Deadline is reporting that David Fincher has jumped back into “Heavy Metal” after Paramount dropped the project that he spent 2 years prepping. This time around he has James Cameron (”Avatar”) and Zack Synder (”300″) are on board to direct segments, along with one being directed by Fincher

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‘American Idol’ Top 12 cheat sheet looks at Garcia’s strengths and weaknesses. By Jim Cantiello Andrew Garcia at the “American Idol” top 12 party Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, “American Idol” revealed its Top 12 Finalists for the ninth season of the hit show.

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‘American Idol’ Top 12 cheat sheet looks at Bowersox’s strengths and weaknesses. By Jim Cantiello Crystal Bowersox Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, “American Idol” revealed its Top 12 Finalists for the ninth season of the hit show. MTV News “Idol” expert Jim Cantiello whipped up a handy cheat sheet for each finalist, breaking down each candidate’s journey thus far.

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MANILA, Philippines – Filipino filmmaker Adolfo Alix Jr. is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) Next Generation Asia: Class of 2010, which honors young Asian professionals in the entertainment industry.

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‘American Idol’ Top 12 cheat sheet looks at James’ strengths and weaknesses.

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‘American Idol’ Top 12 cheat sheet looks at James’ strengths and weaknesses. By Jim Cantiello Casey James at the “American Idol” top 12 party Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, “American Idol” revealed its Top 12 finalists for the ninth season of the hit show. MTV News “Idol” expert Jim Cantiello whipped up a handy cheat sheet for each finalist, breaking down each candidate’s journey thus far

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Our ‘American Idol’ top 12 cheat sheet looks at Benami’s strengths and weaknesses. By Jim Cantiello Didi Benami at the “American Idol” top 12 party Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, “American Idol” revealed its top 12 finalists for the ninth season of the hit show

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Since “Avatar” it seems that Sam Worthington is signing on to every new project with every studio.

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Since “Avatar” it seems that Sam Worthington is signing on to every new project with every studio.

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THR is reporting that Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are teaming up for the David Dobkin (”Wedding Crashers”, “Fred Claus”) directed comedy “Change-Up”. The film is written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore who also wrote this small movies you may or may not have heard of called “The Hangover”.

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THR is reporting that Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are teaming up for the David Dobkin (”Wedding Crashers”, “Fred Claus”) directed comedy “Change-Up”. The film is written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore who also wrote this small movies you may or may not have heard of called “The Hangover”. A new installment in the body switching movies, it centers around the responsible family guy (Bateman) who switches bodies with his best friend/slacker (Reynolds).

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Lynche sang Kate Bush’s 1988 song, which was later covered by Maxwell. By Gil Kaufman Michael Lynche on Wednesday’s episode of “American Idol” Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images “American Idol” judges often rail on contestants for not making the right song choices.

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Shoppers at Beauty by SM will have the rare opportunity to learn beauty secrets of Hollywood’s A-listers as international make-up artist Klexius Colby makes a stop in Manila for workshops for Lola’s Addicted to Love collection.

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Shaky singers Aaron Kelly and Paige Miles survive to make it to the season-nine top 12.

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Shaky singers Aaron Kelly and Paige Miles survive to make it to the season-nine top 12. By Gil Kaufman Lilly Scott on ‘American Idol’ Thursday Photo: Fox After months of auditions, nail-biting Hollywood drama and three sometimes-painful live-performance weeks, America finally got its top 12 on “American Idol” Thursday night (March 11) on a show that provided some of the first true surprises — and shocking exits — of season nine. The handful of singers who appeared certain to end their runs on the show after crash-and-burn performances got miracle reprieves as Katelyn Epperly, Lilly Scott, Todrick Hall and Alex Lambert were voted off

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‘He was wild and he was all over the place,’ Miller Uwanawich says. By Larry Carroll Corey Haim Photo: Jason Kempin/ FilmMagic Since the news broke of Corey Haim’s death , many fans and curious onlookers have been interested in the status of the nearly dozen films he had in some stage of development around Hollywood. But in some ways, the most interesting of them may be a movie he was dismissed from — and the reasons why.

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Actor was reportedly dating ‘Daisy of Love’ star Daisy de la Hoya at time of his death. By Gil Kaufman Corey Feldman and Corey Haim Photo: Frazer Harrison/ Getty Images Corey Haim’s agent doesn’t believe his client died of a drug overdose, as has been speculated amid reports that prescription drug bottles were found near the actor’s body. On Tuesday, the day the 38-year-old “Lost Boys” actor died in his mother Judy’s Hollywood apartment, Mark Heaslip told TMZ that Haim had a fever and was having trouble breathing, so a doctor was called to the apartment to check up on the actor.

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‘Every moment is like a slap in the face,’ Trak says of their onstage collabos.

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MTV first caught up with the late ‘Lost Boys’ star in 1987. By Eric Ditzian Corey Haim in 1987 Photo: MTV News From Corey Haim’s teenage years as a Hollywood heartthrob to his attempts at a comeback, MTV News has followed the actor’s career and sat down for several on-camera interviews with him. After Haim’s death Wednesday morning from an apparent drug overdose, we went back into our archives to pull out some compelling moments over the last two decades.

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Things aren’t looking good for Paige Miles and Aaron Kelly. By Gil Kaufman Paige Miles Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images This year’s “American Idol” top 12 will be revealed on Thursday night’s (March 11) show, but not before the final four semifinalists are shown the door. Unlike previous weeks, when it was fairly obvious which two guys and two girls would be leaving the show, the competition has finally begun to get tighter, and making the call this week is a bit harder

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Former ‘Tonight Show’ host will kick off the ‘Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television’ tour on April 12. By Jocelyn Vena Conan O’Brien Photo: Bryan Bedder/ Getty Images Conan O’Brien is ready to take his act on the road

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Clint Eastwood’s gonna keep making movies as long as that’s what he wants to do, or something like that. I’m pretty sure he said that, but rather than Google “Clint Eastwood stop making movies” and have to sort through all the mindless arguments that are the consequence of the internet. Sometimes I dig them, sometimes I don’t

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Katie Stevens and Paige Miles appear to be headed home. By Eric Ditzian, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman Crystal Bowersox on “American Idol” on Tuesday Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images The first grade in this week’s “American Idol” women’s report card goes to the producers for lopping 60 minutes off the show’s running time. A+ programming move, folks

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Christopher Nolan has spoken! That’s right, the man behind Inception, The Prestige and Memento has finally broken his silence about his upcoming super hero jobs. You might remember that we reported David Goyer’s new job as the scribe of the new Superman flick that will proceed forward under the Dumbledore-like gaze of Nolan

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Simon Cowell dubbed it ‘the best performance we’ve had of all these live shows so far.’ By Gil Kaufman Michael Lynche Photo: Fox Praise from the “American Idol” judges is one thing, but tears? That’s when you know you’ve really nailed it.

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Feldman also reveals the pair’s plans to make two ‘License to Drive’ sequels on ‘Larry King Live.’ By Josh Wigler Corey Feldman on “Larry King Live” Wednesday Photo: CNN Actor Corey Feldman , 38, appeared Wednesday night (March 10) on CNN’s “Larry King Live” to discuss the death of his best friend and colleague Corey Haim , 38.

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From Will Hunting to Jason Bourne to his recent Oscar nominated performance as Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, Matt Damon has had an impressive twenty-plus year career playing larger than life characters.  Whether tackling spies (the Bourne series), the art of the con (Ocean’s Eleven films) or willingly becoming part of a long running gag on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, the Massachusetts native has demonstrated a fearless attitude when it comes to entertainment.  Though he has become a marquee name in genre pictures, Damon’s best work is in the realm of drama.  Reteaming with Paul Greengrass, director of the Bourne sequels, Damon returns in “Green Zone,” a thriller inspired by the true story of an Army chief warrant officer seaching for fictitious weapons of mass destruction during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Jason Isaacs didn’t want to get into the percentages in terms of the truths in the story. Perhaps you could

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‘Lost Boys’ star pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in his Los Angeles-area home. By Jocelyn Vena Corey Haim Photo: Jason Kempin/ FilmMagic Actor Corey Haim, 38, was found dead early Wednesday (March 10) of an apparent drug overdose, according to KTLA . [LINK The actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s alongside longtime pal Corey Feldman, was found unresponsive in his apartment near Burbank, California, police told the station.

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‘Lost Boys’ star pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in his Los Angeles-area home.

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‘My patients are dying every day from medication prescribed by my peers,’ Pinsky tells MTV News. By Gil Kaufman Dr

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‘I’ve listened to their music since I was a child,’ says the R&B diva, who recorded ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love.’ By James Montgomery, with reporting by Larry Carroll Mary J.

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‘There’s nothing I can say except a person’s got to go through what they’ve got to go through,’ Haim said of his ups and downs. By James Montgomery Corey Haim Photo: Ron Galella/ Getty Images Early Wednesday morning (March 10), actor Corey Haim was pronounced dead at Providence St

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‘Then I wouldn’t have experiences like this. I wouldn’t know what I know,’ actor explained in a 2007 interview

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HOLLYWOOD—Manny Pacquiao has achieved what no other Filipino basketball player has done.

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HOLLYWOOD—Quick and light. That’s how pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach wrapped up their training camp at the Wild Card Gym Tuesday afternoon.

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Paige Miles and Katie Stevens, however, might not have done enough to make the top 12. By Gil Kaufman Didi Benami Photo: Fox With last week’s medical drama behind them, the top eight ladies took the “American Idol” stage Tuesday night (March 9) in the final performance before this year’s top 12 is chosen. In what is becoming an Adam Lambert-like bit of d

‘In every category, you’re going to miss some wonderful people,’ Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences executive director says. By Larry Carroll Farrah Fawcett Photo: Keystone/ Getty Images Two days after fans of Farrah Fawcett began complaining that the late “Charlie’s Angels” star had been overlooked by the Oscars , an Academy Awards representative is speaking for the first time about the omission, and revealing that it was done on purpose

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Warner Brothers has released the new poster for their upcoming action movie The Losers . An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, “The Losers” centers upon the members of an elite U.S

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It seems like if you get your foot in with Disney, the possibilies are endless for you in Hollywood. So seems to be the case with Liam Hemsworth who stars alongside Miley Cyrus in the upcoming Disney drama “The Last Song”.

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