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Take A Look @ "Scott Pilgrim vs The World"

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Sneak Peek the new teaser trailer supporting the Toronto-lensed comic book adaptation, "Scott Pilgrim vs The World", described as "...an epic of epic epicness..." "...Meet charming and jobless 'Scott Pilgrim' (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for totally average garage band 'Sex Bob-omb', the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams…literally. The only catch to winning 'Ramona Flowers' (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Scott has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It’s getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart’s ass—and now is back in town—to the teenage distraction he’s trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn’t been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes control her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor. As Scott gets clos

Icahn Issues Open Letter to CEO of Lionsgate

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Private investor, 'corporate raider', Carl C. Icahn has issued the following letter to Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate Entertainment Corp., in response to Lionsgate's announcement that its board of directors had rejected the Icahn Group's previously announced offer to purchase up to all of Lionsgate's outstanding common shares for $6.00 in cash per share: "...Attention: Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dear Jon, I found several aspects of your statement yesterday of great concern. To say that you have exhibited a "patient, disciplined strategy of building a strong and diversified company step by step over the past 10 years" is absurd. In actuality, most of the stock's appreciation during the decade was the result of one transaction – the acquisition of Artisan. In the press release announcing that acquisition, Artisan CEO Amir Malin stated, "We enter 2004 with our strongest theatrical

"Call Girl" Shacks Up With Showcase

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'Everyone’s favourite call girl' returns to Canada's Showcase Television with a second season of "Secret Diary of a Call Girl". "...The life of 'Belle' (Billie Piper) is further complicated by a bubbly but clingy young call-girl-in-training named 'Bambi' (Ashley Madekwe) who she takes under her wing. While her best friend 'Ben' (Iddo Goldberg), the only person who knows about her secret life, settles into domestic bliss, Belle throws herself into her work. When she meets 'Alex' (Callum Blue), a handsome doctor who she mistakes for a client in a hotel bar, Belle becomes conflicted with the most difficult question of all – can she keep having sex for money while falling in love?..." "Call Girl" is inspired by the book “Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl” and by interviews with escorts. "...Belle is 26. She charges men £300 an hour to spend time with her. Sometimes she