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That's Christian Bale in "American Psycho" on the left, and Scott Disick on the right. Could Disick play Patrick Bateman?

Author Bret Easton Ellis creepily brought killer Patrick Bateman to life in his 1991 satire, "American Psycho." Christian Bale then played the lead role in the 2000 movie. But will a reality star who's known only for fathering children with a Kardashian take on the role in a new version?

Variety reported last week that Lionsgate studio is planning to remake "American Psycho," although why we need a new version of an unnerving film that is just 11 years old is unclear. And this weekend, Bret Easton Ellis himself jumped into the fray, tweeting "I have warned Lionsgate that I will not approve a new version of "American Psycho" unless it stars SCOTT DISICK or MILES FISHER."

As CinemaBlend.com explains, Miles Fisher is a singer who made an "American Psycho"-themed music video of his cover of the Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place." (Video is here, it's excellent, but some brief sex scenes make it not safe for work.) He's also done some acting, and plays one of the agents who interviews Leonardo DiCaprio's J. Edgar Hoover for his memoirs in "J. Edgar."

Scott Disick, of course, appears on various Kardashian reality shows, and is now expecting his second child with Kourtney Kardashian, the oldest of that overtelevised clan. As far as we can tell, he has no acting experience other than whatever natural dramatic abilities it takes to put up with reality's oddest family. But we'll give him this. He looks a lot like the 1980s oily yuppie Bateman was, and a bit like Bale in the film. (But this new, low-budget "American Psycho" will not be set in the 1980s, but in the present, which could negate any points he earns for '80s realism.)

Some observers are convinced Easton Ellis' tweet was meant as a joke. But if it is, the author is not letting on. He later tweeted: "I am waiting for Scott Disick to ask: 'Who in the hell is Bret Easton Ellis?'"

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"New Year's Eve" disappointed at box office.

The holiday spirit is eluding Hollywood, which has stumbled through its worst two weekends of 2011 at a time when business usually starts to pick up as big year-end releases approach.

Overall domestic revenues are expected to come in below the dismal $81 million haul a week ago, which had been the low weekend so far this year. This looks like Hollywood's worst total in more than three years, going back to the weekend after the Labor Day holiday in 2008, when overall grosses finished below $70 million.

The star-filled romance "New Year's Eve" led this weekend with a weak $13.7 million debut. The cast includes Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Jonah Hill's comedy "The Sitter" opened at No. 2 with just $10 million.

1. "New Year's Eve".......................$ 13.7 million
2. "The Sitter" ..........................$ 10.0 million
3. "Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 1"......$ 7.9 million
4. "The Muppets" .........................$ 7.1 million
5. "Arthur Christmas" ....................$ 6.6 million
6. "Hugo" ................................$ 6.1 million
7. "The Descendants" .....................$ 4.4 million
8. "Happy Feet Two".......................$ 3.8 million
9. "Jack and Jill" .......................$ 3.2 million
10. "Immortals" ...........................$ 2.4 million

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Alec Baldwin played the pilot of the plane from which he was kicked off in a "SNL" appearance

Posing as the airline pilot of the flight he was kicked off of, Alec Baldwin apologized to himself on "Saturday Night Live."

The actor appeared on the sketch program's "Weekend Update" on Saturday night to lampoon Tuesday's incident, in which he was kicked off an American Airlines flight for refusing to stop playing a mobile phone game before takeoff.

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As a Southern, mustachioed airline pilot, Baldwin issued an apology for the incident. The joke, though, was how obvious the ploy was.

The actor referred to himself as an "American treasure" who was playing "a word game for smart people."

"Weekend Update" host Seth Meyers repeatedly questioned the thinly veiled performance, asking Baldwin, "Are you sure this is the right way to handle this?"

And here's how TODAY covered the appearance on Monday's show, including a comment from an American Airlines pilot who wasn't left laughing:

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Tom Cruise goes up in the air for "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol."

Here's our look at the week ahead in movies, TV and DVDs.

Movies
Yes, that's really Tom Cruise hanging from the world's tallest skyscraper, Dubai's Burj Khalifa. He's back as spy Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol." Hunt and his team become "ghosts" when the CIA must disavow all knowledge of them after the spies are accused of blowing up the Kremlin. You can bet that Cruise makes it through, in style. And a tip: If you see this movie in certain IMAX theaters, you'll be treated to a special six-minute preview of the next Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises." Here's the list of those 42 theaters. Two movies in one, kind of! (Opens Dec. 16.)

Robert Downey Jr. has to be one of the luckiest actors around. He not only has the "Iron Man" franchise going, he's starring in the "Sherlock Holmes" series. The second film featuring the savvy British detective and his loyal pal, Dr. Watson (Jude Law) is "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," and it opens this week. This film brings in Holmes' legendary nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, played by Jared Harris. (Opens Dec. 16.)

How can a fight between children erupt into a painful black comedy? Roman Polanski's "Carnage" features Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz as parents whose kids have a fight. Sounds simple, but somehow the film, based on a stage play, turns that plot into what the U.K.'s Daily Mail calls "one of the funniest and most intelligent films of the year." (Opens Dec. 16.)

TV
Another millionaire's about to be made on "Survivor." The 23rd season, "Survivor: South Pacific," featured some familiar elements, and some fans disliked that from the start. The show revived the Redemption Island concept, filmed once again in Samoa, and brought back two former players --  Ben “Coach” Wade and Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth, as well as Brandon Hantz, nephew of notorious show villain Russell Hantz. Who will "outwit, outlast, and outplay?" We will know soon enough. (Dec. 18, 8 p.m., CBS.)

DVD
Jack Black returns as roly-poly Po with Angelina Jolie voicing sleek, tough Tigress in "Kung Fu Panda 2," hitting DVD this week. In this film, the leader of the Furious Five, Po the panda, discovers a bit about the mystery of his parentage. It all ties in with the film's villain, power-hungry peacock Lord Shen, voiced by Gary Oldman. (On DVD Dec. 16.)

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Men's Health magazine has released its list of the hottest women of all time and Jennifer Aniston sits at number one out of 100 women chosen. Raquel Welch, Marilyn Monroe, Britney Spears and Madonna round out the top five.

Now, with all due respect to Aniston ... REALLY? All time? All hot women ... forever?

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Forget hot or not. How about hottest of all time or not?

But I'm a girl and maybe that cancels out my vote in this matter. So in a quick email exchange with a guy who hasn't been shy about his allegiance to Team Jen in the past, I sought some answers.

Me: "Seriously? Jennifer Aniston?"

Guy: "At least two women mentioned in that story should beg to differ." (Attached to his response? Photos of Raquel Welch and Brigitte Bardot. Bardot made Aniston's top two, along with Gloria Steinem.)

The conversation could have gone on forever in a one-sided fashion as the guy displayed his proficiency with remembering pretty ladies from throughout history through the use of Google image search.

But you get it, right? When you're saying "all time" it seems someone who's proven to have some amount of timelessness should rise to the top.

And not for nothing, but even the commenters on the Men's Health site seem to be a little befuddled by the choice. So what do you think? Give us your all-time hottest or your top five or whatever you like in the comments. Or, by all means, defend Team Jen!

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NBA star Kris Humphries and his mom Debra visited "Good Morning America" on Friday.

Kim Kardashian's blink-and-you'd-miss-him husband, Kris Humphries, took part in his first post-split interview on "Good Morning America" Friday morning, and now he's said to be "livid" about all of the Kardashian questioning he endured.

Just what the basketball player and reality TV star expected to talk about when he (and his mother!) showed up for what turned out to be one awkward interview isn't clear. But given the fact that, no matter what the question was, almost all of his answers took a b-ball turn, it seems his famous ex wasn't what he planned to discuss.

When directly asked about the split with Kardashian, he said, "I'm not focused on (it). Right now I'm really focused on basketball, you know? Other things will take care of themselves. It's a great day for the NBA and the fans. For most people, camp starts today."

And following several more Kardashion-related inquiries, the NBA-heavy responses, accompanied by odd, blank stares, continued. That's because, according to TMZ, Humphries had a lot of anger to hide during the chat. Allegedly, he later told pals that he felt "ambushed."

The website reports that Humphries only agreed to the segment in order to promote his charity work and his mom's cooking segment, not to talk about all things Kardashian.

A rep for ABC told TMZ that there were "no ground rules" for the interview.

What do you think about Humphries' "GMA" interview? Should he have known what to expect when he showed up, or was he "ambushed" with the Kardashian questions. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

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On his Fox News show, "The O'Reilly Factor," Bill O'Reilly said Jon Stewart was headed for hell.

"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart found himself in hot water -- and maybe bound for something far, far hotter -- after he declared a mock war on Christmas.

"A couple of nights ago, I responded to the ginned-up outrage that many Christmas celebrants feel when they are unable to celebrate Christmas at all times, in all places," Stewart told viewers on Thursday night's show.

He then ran a clip of his call to war, which not so surprisingly, caught the attention of his TV nemesis and frequent feud partner, Bill O'Reilly.

"Our pal Jon Stewart is following the various Christmas controversies very closely," the man Stewart dubbed "one of Santa's unusually large elves" told his "O'Reilly Factor" audience before adding, "Now, there is no question Mr. Stewart is going to hell."

OooK. Well, even if O'Reilly wasn't totally serious about that claim -- and he did let out a little chuckle after making it -- as it turns out, the joke's still on him. Because his rival isn't exactly afraid of the flames.

"Here's what you and your minions don't understand, O'Reilly," Stewart stated. "Your hell doesn't scare me. I make my living watching Fox News eight hours a day. I'm already in hell."

Snap!

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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

NBC is now checking the songs the Roots play on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" after the band performed an off-color song during Michele Bachmann's show appearance last month.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots says now he's "gotta clear a lot of the song choices" with the network.

"It's still a comedy show, so they promise not to step on my toes or that type of thing, but they definitely want to know the title of the song, the subject matter of the song, can it be seen as an insult?" he said in an interview Thursday.

When the Republican presidential candidate appeared on the Nov. 22 show, The Roots, the house band for Fallon's show, played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song called "Lyin' Ass B----." A day later the Minnesota congresswoman received a personal letter from NBC's vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan; Fallon also apologized. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft.)

"It was kind of wrong for me to throw (NBC) under the bus without telling them what it was, so I understand from a business standpoint," Thompson said.

The drummer and frontman of The Roots said after the incident, he heard from members of Fishbone. The veteran rock band is the subject of a recent documentary, "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone," so for them, the controversy likely helped.

"They have a movie out so I guess for them at least the stars were aligned," he said. "They're one of my favorite bands, like I tip my hat to those guys."

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Will Ferrell is going Old School all right.

The funnyman, who played Frank the Tank in the 2003 comedy, is such a fan of Old Milwaukee beer that he's now starring -- for free mind you -- in a series of commercials for the classic American lager that have since gone viral.

So how'd they turn out?

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Per beer blog Kegworks.com, an enthusiastic Ferrell pitched the Pabst Brewing Company the idea of appearing in the spots without being paid on the condition it airs locally.

In the ad above, the comic actor is getting all folksie on us (though not quite as folksie as his Dubya impersonation), lampooning his status as a Hollywood celebrity while fishing in the Ole Miss and drinking a can of his favorite brew.

A second spot finds Ferrell doing a little "hand fishing" in the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa, when instead of catfish he ends up snagging "this little piece of America," a cool can of Old Milwaukee.

And last but not least, a frenetic Ferrell explains how Davenport's an "Old Milwaukee kind of town" by way of an acronym ("'D' stands for drinkability; 'A' is for "Amber," the color of the beer," etc.) that assures viewers the taste is indeed as good as its name.

Perhaps Will, a remake of "Strange Brew" is in order?

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Pereira & Luckman, architects famous for the Los Angeles International Airport, designed the Chatsworth, Calif., home.

By msnbc.com staff

If walls could talk, the ones in this 50s-era home would probably be slurring from all the highballs.

Frank Sinatra rented it in his Rat Pack heyday and sublet the guest house to Marilyn Monroe. It was the site of her last photo shoot and allegedly where she met the 35^th president for an affair.

If it looks familiar, it may be because you watch TV or movies. It’s been a set in “Dreamgirls,” Usher’s “Burn” video and “Mad Men,” among many others. The latter makes perfect sense since  the whole property is decorated in period motif.

The seller makes the case that you can bring in a couple hundred thousand dollars a year easy just renting it out as a set. That’s not going too far to  offset the $12 million asking price, but you might not need the money.

Read more about the property at our partner Forbes here. They also have more pictures here.

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Jonah Hill takes his charges out for a night on the town to score cocaine in "The Sitter."

Jonah Hill, world's worst babysitter. Must have sounded like such movie magic that the makers of "The Sitter" grabbed the first three brats they found on the street, shoved them in a minivan with Hill and started filming.

As broad, dumb comedy goes, it's not a bad idea to cast Hill as a chubby slacker roped into a hellish night tending to a high-maintenance brood. Yet other than Hill's admirable work ethic trying to squeeze laughs out of this dismally underdeveloped scenario, "The Sitter" has nothing going for it.

Not even its fleeting length. Take away the opening and closing credits, and you're left with not much more than an hour of actual movie. But it feels much, much longer, watching "The Sitter" slog along from one rotten gag to the next.

The movie's also a serious racial offender, parading a gang of black actors around as hoods stealing cars, talking jive or looking for a fight.

Director David Gordon Green — who started as an indie-film prodigy with such small, smart dramas as "George Washington" and "All the Real Girls" before going Hollywood with the 2008 hit "Pineapple Express" — delivers his second bad, raunchy comedy of the year, after last spring's "Your Highness."

He's single-handedly jeopardizing the goodwill R-rated comedy has gained in Hollywood from such dirtier-minded hits as "Bridesmaids," "Bad Teacher" and others in the Judd Apatow mold.

Apatow protege Hill, who leaped from a bit part in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" to stardom in "Superbad," plays Noah Griffith, an idler kicked out of college, living with his divorced mom and whiling away his time watching TV. His mother guilts him into taking a babysitting job for family friends, and from there, the merry mayhem is supposed to take off.

It's all just muck from then on, except for an occasional throwaway line that's worth a chuckle. Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka's verbal jokes are mostly mindless, though, and "The Sitter" really fails in the physical comedy department with an assault of mean, humorless sight gags.

The filmmakers try to sneak in tender, nurturing moments with each of the three kids: 13-year-old social outcast Slater (Max Records of "Where the Wild Things Are"); little sister Blithe (Landry Bender), a junior party girl whose painted-whore makeup is not hilarious, as the filmmakers apparently believed, but simply creepy; and their adopted Hispanic brother, Rodrigo (Kevin Hernandez), a destructive monster with an arsenal of cherry bombs.

Bender is shrilly annoying, Hernandez is obnoxiously annoying, while Records is merely annoying. The same goes for Ari Graynor as Noah's sort-of girlfriend, whose promise of sex sends him out cruising Manhattan in search of cocaine, taking the kids along in their parents' minivan. (How did tubby loser Noah hook up with a hottie like Graynor? Who really cares?)

"The Sitter" bumbles along in an awkward collection of episodes as Noah encounters obstacle after witless obstacle, weirdo after dreary weirdo. Saddest among his new acquaintances is Sam Rockwell as a psychotic drug dealer. Rockwell is pals with Green, putting in a fine performance in the director's 2007 drama "Snow Angels." Friends deserve better than what Rockwell gets in "The Sitter."

Hill is no funnier here than his co-stars, yet he's clearly trying to make "The Sitter" work. His earnestness almost makes you believe in Noah, if not in the mess of miserable action swirling around him.

Advice to parents, and everyone else, looking for some decent entertainment to babysit your eyeballs for a while: Don't hire "The Sitter."

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Charllize Theron's Mavis Gary can't seem to leave high school behind her in "Young Adult."

The band Bowling for Soup has a great song: "High School Never Ends." And in some ways, that's true.  Everyone, it seems, remembers who they were in high school, and they remember who you were, too.

In "Young Adult," Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, who writes books about prep-school love and can't get her own high-school beau out of her mind, even two decades after graduation.

Mavis writes from her home, a messy cave in downtown Minneapolis. Her name doesn't even appear on her books, since she's just ghostwriting a successful teen series (think "Sweet Valley High," the movie version of which screenwriter Diablo Cody tackles next).

Mavis doesn't have the success she felt she deserved, so when she is forwarded a baby announcement sent by her happily married high-school boyfriend, Buddy (Patrick Wilson), she suddenly decides to go back to her lakeside hometown and win him back. Not win him, really. Seize him, like a high-school prom queen setting out to snatch the quarterback away from a plain Jane.

Here's where the film starts to suspend disbelief. Even for someone as overtly self-confident and delusional as Mavis, it seems a leap to assume he will leave his wife and newborn to reunite with an old flame.

Everyone but Mavis gets that, including former classmate Matt (a wonderful Patton Oswalt). Matt and Mavis weren't friends in high school -- she won Best Hair, he was horribly beaten by classmates who thought he was gay, in a crippling crime that the film takes far too lightly. Matt tries to tell her to leave Buddy alone, but Mavis is a deranged force of nature at this point.  Events build up to an uncomfortable confrontation between Mavis and Buddy's wife ("Twilight" coven mom Elisabeth Reaser).

Buddy's a nice guy and all, but it's Mavis and Matt's odd friendship that makes for a highlight of the film. He's kind and blunt ("I'm a fat geek, I know what a zombie is," he tells her at one point) and she's scary, with a hint underneath of the magnetism that she must have shown in school.

Cody gets the pop-culture details exactly right, as always -- Bluefly.com shopping web pages are hidden behind Mavis' book-in-progress, she swigs Diet Coke from a two-liter bottle, Teenage Fanclub's "The Concept" plays on her teenage mix tape, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is always on TV.

Theron isn't afraid to make Mavis unlikable but somehow seems to keep her from being intolerable. You want to see what she'll do next, even during the excruciating party confrontation. The audience knows that you can't go home again, but watching Mavis try is fascinating. 

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Diablo Cody won a screenwriting Oscar for "Juno."

Diablo Cody won a screenwriting Oscar for "Juno," and her lively, quirky dialogue in that film was highly praised. She didn't have the same success with "Jennifer's Body" in 2009, although her Showtime series, "United States of Tara," has evolved into one of TV's most heartfelt family dramadies.

She's back this month with "Young Adult," a much darker film than "Juno." Charlize Theron plays a woman determined to win back her high-school boyfriend, even tough he's happy with his life as it stands. But though the subject matter may be different, Cody's writing is as distinctive as ever.

Here are 3 of her great lines and 3 we wish had been rewritten.

Horrible lines:
"Third test today, Mama Bear. Your Eggo is preggo, no doubt about it. This ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet."   --"Juno"

"And I'm like, 'Thanks a heap, Coyote Ugly. This Cactus-Gram stings even worse than your abandonment."  -- "Juno"

"Move on dot-org, Needy! Life is too short."  --"Jennifer's Body"

Best lines:
"You're not going to be a Pop-Pop. And Juno's not going to be a ma.  Somebody else is going to find a precious blessing from Jesus in this garbage dump of a situation."   --"Juno"

"Why are you wearing that?"
"I forgot to bring a change of clothes; I had to borrow something from Charmane."
"Where does she shop, Forever 36?"  --"United States of Tara"

"Vanessa: If you're still in, I'm still in."  --"Juno"

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John Lennon was shot outside his home in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980.

Thursday marks the 31-year anniversary of the death of John Lennon.

The legendary singer-songwriter was shot and killed Dec. 8, 1980, at age 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman at the entrance to the building where he lived. His death came just three weeks after the release of his album "Double Fantasy," which marked the first album for Lennon since the birth of his son in 1975.

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Lennon was born Oct. 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. His first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into what became the Beatles in 1960. He and fellow band member Paul McCartney would go on to form one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century, writing most of the group's hits.

Lennon's marriage to Japanese artist Yoko Ono in 1969 played a part in the disintegration of the Beatles a decade after the band's formation. He went on to have a successful solo career, with hits including "Mother," "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine."

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Here are five iconic moments from Lennon's career:

1. Beatles' First Appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

The U.K. had already been enthralled with Beatlemania when the group made its U.S. debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, performing "All My Loving," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to an audience full of mostly screaming females. As they performed "Till There Was You," the names of the group members were superimposed over close-ups, including the famous "Sorry girls, he's married" over Lennon. The appearance marked their breakthrough to international stardom.

2. "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"

The Beatles' 1967 album was part of the group's experimental phase and spawned such singles as the title track, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life." It was named one of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" by Rolling Stone in 2003. The Bee Gees -- Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb -- starred in a 1978 film musical of the same name that featured new versions of songs from the album as well as 1969's "Abbey Road." "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" also was featured in the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" movie.

3. "Imagine"

After embarking on his solo career, Lennon had several hits, including this one, which endures today and is a staple on TV singing competitions like "American Idol" and "The Voice." Lennon and Ono performed the song -- which in 2004 was ranked No. 3 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" -- together in Madison Square Garden in 1972.

4. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

Lennon would became an anti-war activist, reflected in songs like "Give Peace a Chance," his first solo single, and the holiday-themed "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," which still gets lots of play every December. To advertise the single, Lennon and Ono paid for billboards in 12 cities around the world that read in each country's native language: "WAR IS OVER -- IF YOU WANT IT." Watch the official video below.

5. Last Full Concert Performance

Lennon gave two benefit concerts in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1972 to aid patients at the Willowbrook State School mental facility. They were has last full-length concert appearances. In the clip below, he performs "Mother."

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The event of 2011 that you've all been waiting for is nearly here: Lindsay Lohan's appearance in Playboy. But the anticipation is getting the best of some as a (pretty much safe for work) image of the cover made its way online ahead of the mag's official release.

If curiosity is getting the best of you beyond that cover, know this: you might be able to see more of the images when Lohan appears on a Dec. 15 episode of "Ellen" where she's expected to unveil the entire spread.

While Lohan's decision to pose for the magazine might seem like a suspect career move for many, her mother Dina has insisted that the pictures will be "tastefully done."

"She's been working in front of the camera with Ford Models since she was a little girl so she kinda knows how to work that," Dina told the Insider in November.

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Ashton Kutcher and Lea Michele get caught in a spacious elevator in "New Year's Eve."

Returning with the cast-of-thousands, multiple storyline approach they applied to "Valentine’s Day," Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate take on "New Year’s Eve," but this time out the result proves to be as appealing and effervescent as a flute of flat champagne.

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A remarkably maudlin affair that possesses scant evidence of Marshall’s trademark brisk efficiency, the trite romantic comedy may technically take place on the last night of 2011, but it feels stuck at least 30 years in the past.

Despite the attempts of a sprawling all-star ensemble to lend their flimsy characters any sort of involving definition, the majority end up lost in the perpetual shuffle.

While Warner Bros. could still ring in some decent numbers, the tally will likely fall well short of the $110 million enticed by "Valentine’s Day."

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Using a potentially intriguing p.o.v. as its jump-off point -- the behind-the-scenes orchestrations leading up to the annual Times Square ball drop -- the film squanders many rich possibilities as it flits indifferently from story to story and character to character.

Among them: Hilary Swank as the stressed-out, newly-promoted VP of the Times Square Alliance, responsible for making sure the big countdown goes off without a hitch; Robert De Niro as a terminal cancer patient determined to take in the action down in the street; Jon Bon Jovi as a rock star and Katherine Heigl as the one he let get away who happens to be catering the big bash at which he’ll be performing.

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Then there’s Sarah Jessica Parker as a single mom having relationship problems with teenage daughter Abigail Breslin; and Lea Michele as a back-up singer who finds herself stuck in her building’s stalled elevator with a jerky neighbor (Ashton Kutcher).

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Elsewhere, landing with a particular thud are a pair of strained plotlines -- one involving Michelle Pfeiffer as a meek, mousy office assistant who enlists the aid of bike messenger Zac Efron to help her realize a bucket list of unfulfilled resolutions.

The other features Jessica Biel and Seth Meyers and Sarah Paulson and Til Schweiger as a pair of expectant couples who face off in a fierce battle to take home the hospital’s $25,000 prize awarded to the first birth of the new year.

They mainly succeed in inducing groans.

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To add to all the fun, the glittering countdown ball has gotten stuck during a run-through, much to the displeasure of Swank, not to mention Ryan Seacrest who gripes that it wouldn’t have happened to Dick Clark.

While on the subject of dropping the ball, in spite of Marshall’s endeavors to keep them all in the air, Fulgate’s cavalcade of cliched characters never come convincingly together for a common cause.

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Ultimately, their intertwined, forced stories play out like schmaltzy Altman.

Only Halle Berry manages to mine some honest gravity as a night nurse who has a poignant celebration lined up come midnight, but, like so many of the performances in the distancing, incohesive "New Year’s Eve," it felt like it came from a completely separate movie.

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Florida Governor Rick Scott

Florida Governor Rick Scott, who supports drug testing for state employees and welfare applicants, was asked on Wednesday to prove he was drug-free himself by urinating into a cup.

The request came from actor and comedian Aasif Mandvi of Comedy Central's satirical "The Daily Show".

Mandvi offered to have everyone in the room turn around, to give Scott privacy, as he asked him to "pee into this cup."

"You benefit from hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars over the year, so would you be willing to prove to Florida taxpayers that you're not on drugs?" Mandvi asked the Republican governor at a news conference.

Scott, without smiling or seeming to get the joke, said, "I've done it plenty of times," but then moved on quickly to questions from other reporters.

Scott, a 59-year-old former healthcare executive who became governor in January, is defending a law requiring drug tests for state employees and sponsored legislation requiring drug testing for welfare applicants.

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Alec Baldwin issued an apology Wednesday to fellow passengers on an American Airlines flight that was delayed by his refusal to stop playing a cellphone game — but stopped short of apologizing to the airline or the flight attendant he later mocked on Twitter.

The "30 Rock" actor's note, posted to the Huffington Post, instead lamented the state of modern air travel. Baldwin noted the financial struggles of airlines, saying the result is that air travel has devolved into an inelegant experience, akin to riding a Greyhound bus.

"First off, I would like to apologize to the other passengers onboard the American Airlines flight that I was thrown off of yesterday," Baldwin wrote. "It was never my intention to inconvenience anyone with my 'issue' with a certain flight attendant."

Baldwin said the level of service on U.S. carriers has deteriorated.

"Filthy planes, barely edible meals, cuts in jet service to less-traveled locations," Baldwin said.

Baldwin writes that increased security on commercial airplanes post-9/11 has resulted in a "paramilitary" aura around air travel.

"September 11th was a horrific day in the airline industry, yet in the wake of that event, I believe carriers and airports have used that as an excuse to make the air travel experience as inelegant as possible," Baldwin writes.

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LONDON -- An Aston Martin once owned by George Harrison sold for $485,000 (310,000 pounds) at auction Wednesday, according to NBC News, citing British Press Association reports.

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An auction staff member polishes an Aston Martin DB5 that belonged to the late Beatle George Harrison. The car fetched over $480,000 at the Coys' True Greats Auciton on Wednesday at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London.

The former Beatle ordered the platinum silver DB5, which had a black Connolly leather interior, in 1965.

He packed the car with top-of-the-range extras, including chrome wire wheels with Avon tires, a heated rear windscreen, a radio and Britax safety belts.

Harrison's former wife, model Pattie Boyd, was recently photographed with the car when it was shown at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London.

It was sold to a Beatle and Aston Martin fan from Houston, Texas, who wished to remain anonymous.

The lot was part of auctioneer Coys' True Greats Auction at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Westminster, central London.

Auctioneers said the car had just over 22,000 miles, ran well and showed no sign of "major mechanical maladies."

Chris Routledge, managing director of Coys, said: "There was a battle royal for this car which went for some 50,000 pounds ($78,000) over its estimate."

The sale price does not include a 15 percent buyer's premium.

This movie poster, for "Final Destination 5," isn't exactly a work of art, but I wouldn't think of it as harmful.

The poster has now been banned by the British Advertising Standards Authority. According to the Hollywood Reporter, 13 complaints were received from parents whose children were upset by the poster.

Part of the problem is that the poster was displayed in stations on the London Underground, where people of all ages could see it.

As you can see, it shows a skull with a bunch of rebar smashing it to pieces, reminiscent of the gory deaths that come to the characters after they cheat death by surviving a bridge collapse.

It almost seems tasteful considering that some horror-movie posters get much more graphic -- "Saw 2" has severed fingers on its poster.

The standards society ruled that the poster was likely to "cause fear and undue distress" to children, and it won't be displayed in Britain again.

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RIP, Harry Morgan.

If you're going to be in the army, you want to be in Col. Sherman T. Potter's army.

Harry Morgan, who died today at 96, will always be fondly remembered for his role as the horse-loving, silly-curse-word-spewing Korean War doctor and colonel, devoted to his people and his patients. Of course, he also was memorable as Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's mellower police partner in "Dragnet," as well as for his roles in "The Apple Dumpling Gang," "The Ox Bow Incident" and other films.

But it's as Potter that he'll be remembered, a sane man in the insanity of war, fighting to patch men up while surrounded by armies trying to take them down. Here are seven classic Potter moments. (Find more at IMDB.com and Words of Wisdom of Sherman T. Potter Facebook page.)

Potter: We order rectal thermometers, we get spark plugs. Both useful articles, but hardly interchangeable.

Potter singing in the shower: Ohhhh I love to go swimming with bow-legged women, and swim between their legs!

Potter: Now, you take World War II. My unit got the word that Nazis, dressed as Eskimos, had overrun Seattle. Incredible as it seems, half my unit believed it, and began hoarding canned salmon. Now then, I have spoken personally to General Hamilton at headquarters. I've known Bink Hamilton for going on 30 years. I am the godfather of his grandson, Sherman Potter Hamilton. 15 years old, and can name 24 of the 48 states. Already has an appointment to West Point. The general has assured me there is nothing to worry about. M*A*S*H 4077 is definitely...  [Radar hands him a message] bugging out in three hours! Bug out!

Potter: I had a still on Guam in World War II. One night it blew up. That's how I got my purple heart.

Potter: Listen, when you love somebody, you're always in trouble. There's only two things you can do about it: either stop loving them, or love them a whole lot more.

Potter: Tomorrow, the tents of the 4077 will be coming down for good. For an awful long time we've been living together, eating together -- 
Soldier: Sleeping together.
Potter: Well, I wouldn't know, I have a horse.

Potter, in final episode: You boys always managed to give me a laugh right when I needed it most. I'll never forget the time you dropped Winchester's drawers in the O.R. Of course I had to pretend I was mad at you, but inside, I was laughing to beat all hell.

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Harry Morgan starred as Col. Potter on the long-running television series "M*A*S*H."

Emmy-winning character actor Harry Morgan, whose portrayal of the fatherly Col. Potter on television's "M*A*S*H" highlighted a show business career that included nine other TV series, 50 films and the Broadway stage, died Wednesday. He was 96.

His daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told The Associated Press the actor died at his home in Brentwood after having pneumonia.

"He was side-splittingly funny, a very gentle and loving father-in-law," Beth Morgan said. "He was very humble about having such a successful career."

Morgan appeared in mostly supporting roles on the big screen, playing opposite such stars as Henry Fonda, John Wayne, James Garner, Elvis Presley and Dan Aykroyd.

On television, he was more the comedic co-star, including roles on "December Bride," its spin-off "Pete and Gladys," as Sgt. Joe Friday's loyal partner in later "Dragnet" episodes and on CBS-TV's long-running "M*A*S*H" series, for which he earned an Emmy award in 1980.

Yet acting wasn't Morgan's first career choice.

Born in Detroit in 1915, Morgan was studying pre-law at the University of Chicago when public speaking classes sparked his interest in the stage. Before long, he was working with a little-theater group in Washington, D.C., followed by a two-year stint on Broadway in the original production of "Golden Boy," with Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb.

Morgan made his way to Hollywood in 1942 "without any assurance that I would find work," he said in a 1976 interview with The Associated Press.

"I didn't have enough money to go back East, so I stayed around finding jobs mainly out of friendships."

He signed a contract with 20th Century Fox after a talent scout spotted him in the one-act play, "Hello, Out There."

One of his earliest films was "The Ox Bow Incident" in 1943 with Fonda. Other films included: "High Noon," "What Price Glory," "Support Your Local Sheriff," "The Apple Dumpling Gang" and "The Shootist."

Morgan began his television career in 1954 when the medium was in its infancy.

"Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles," Morgan said, referring to his typical sidekick or sheriff portrayals on the big screen

In "December Bride," his first TV series, Morgan played Pete Porter, a perpetually henpecked neighbor. The CBS series lasted from 1954-1959, when he went on to star in his own series, "Pete and Gladys," a spinoff of "December Bride."

Demonstrating his diversity as a character actor and comedian, Morgan also starred in "The Richard Boone Show," "Kentucky Jones" and "Dragnet."

But it was his role as Col. Sherman Porter on "M*A*S*H" for which Morgan became best known.

"M*A*S*H was so damned good," Morgan told the AP. "I didn't think they could keep the level so high."

His acting career didn't stop after the popular series left the air in 1983 after 11 years -- one of television's most successful prime-time runs. Morgan went on to appear in several made-for-TV movies and other television series, such as "AfterMASH" and "Blacke's Magic."

When he was not on the set, Morgan enjoyed reading books about the legal profession and poetry. He also liked horses, which he once raised on his Northern California ranch.

Morgan is survived by three sons, Charles, Paul and Christopher; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

No services have yet been planned.

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KISS rocker Gene Simmons isn't looking forward to Madonna's big Super Bowl halftime show.

Just two days after it was confirmed that Madonna will take the center stage in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, reality star and fellow performer Gene Simmons has slammed the pop star's participation.

"I love all karaoke singers," a sarcastic Simmons said when a TMZ cameraman brought up the subject of the Super Bowl performance. "I like all the girl singers who get up and sing with tapes. Shame on you."

The KISS frontman then launched into a full rant against any artist who isn't the "real" deal.

"You've got to have some integrity," he said. "I don't care what your music is. Have some integrity -- be real or full disclosure before the fact. Hold up a sign saying, 'Seventy percent of what you hear is fake. It's a tape. I'm a karaoke singer.' Say it!'

After offering some half-hearted praise for the pop icon ("By the way, Madonna's terrific"), Simmons continued his rant, adding that she wasn't "appropriate" for the halftime show.

The Super Bowl, complete with the music-filled halftime show, will air Feb. 5 on NBC.

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Alec Baldwin's Twitter following might have exploded beyond 600,000 followers in the wake of Words with Friends-gate Tuesday night, but that didn't stop him from shutting down the account, @alecbaldwin, at least for now. The outspoken actor hinted that this would happen, tweeting "Let's play a game called Mass Unfollowing. I want to crash this acct and start again. But, tonight at 10 PM, NY time, unfollow me."

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Alec Baldwin shades his eyes from the flashbulbs at JFK Airport in New York Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, after citing privacy issues and not commenting on the specifics of the Baldwin incident, American Airlines has now released their own version of events via their Facebook page. 

"Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off. This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane's lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding."

As for what Baldwin might think about that: his publicist Matthew Hiltzik tweeted, "hey @American_AA: How come ok 4 other 1st class passengers 2 tweet while @alecbaldwin asked to leave while using his device? #hypocrisy."

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Dobie Gray in 2004

Singer Dobie Gray, who had an enormous hit with 1973's "Drift Away," has died at age 71.

Gray's personal website confirms the news. No cause of death was listed.

 According to Gray's site, he was born into a sharecropping family in Texas in 1940 and grew up surrounded by music. He later moved to Los Angeles and for a time worked with Sonny Bono, then A&R manager for Specialty Records. He also worked as an actor.

Gray's other songs included "Look at Me," "The 'In' Crowd," and "Loving Arms," but nothing hit as big as the wonderfully wistful "Drift Away," which sold over a million copies. It was actually first recorded by little-known John Henry Kurtz, but it was Gray's version that is most remembered. It's often played as a last song at concerts.

The song is almost best known not by its title, but by the repeated lyric, "Gimme the Beat, Boys," often misheard as "Gimme the Beach Boys." Gray's website even features a "Nancy" comic strip in which Sluggo sings the "Beach Boys" version of the lyric, then argues with Nancy about the actual words.

"Drift Away" has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Ray Charles. The Rolling Stones reportedly recorded it, but never released their version, and rumors that the Beatles recorded the tune are false (they had already broken up by the time Gray recorded it). In 2003, Gray himself sang the final verse on Uncle Kracker's version of the song, which spent a record-setting 28 weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart.

Listen to Gray's original version below.

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