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24 July 2008 10:36 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Given what his movies cost to make, what he's paid to appear in them, and what they bring in at the box office, Vince Vaughn ranks No. 1 on Forbes magazine's Ultimate Star Payback List. The comedian's films earned $14.73 for every dollar he was paid, the magazine said. Because they took sizable pay cuts to appear together in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, Matt Damon, George Clooney,Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts also ranked high on the list. However, Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman landed at the bottom for receiving huge salaries for films that flopped. But the magazine also noted that some films would never be produced without a top movie star being brought on board with the promise of a huge payday. "When Cameron Diaz attaches herself to a script," the magazine noted "suddenly the producers can hire the hottest director and supporting actors and secure a good date for the film's release. Without a star, the same script can sit in limbo for years."

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23 July 2008 5:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood funnyman Vince Vaughn has topped a list of stars who give their studios best value for money.

The Wedding Crashers actor came first in a Forbes magazine poll of stars who provide movie bosses the best return on their investment.

The star earned $14.73 (GBP7.36) for every $1 (GBP0.50) he was paid in his last three movies. The list also takes DVD revenues into consideration.

Vaughn came tops because, until recently, he didn't command huge sums to appear in films.

The full list of Hollywood stars who garner impressive returns for every dollar they are paid are as follows:

1. Vince Vaughn - $14.73 (GBP7.36) 2. Tobey Maguire - $13.44 (GBP6.72) 3. Julia Roberts - $13.19 (GBP6.59) 4. Brad Pitt - $12.73 (GBP6.36) 5. Naomi Watts - $12.16 (GBP6.08) 6. Matt Damon - $12.16 (GBP6.08) 7. George Clooney - $11.56 (5.78) 8. Jennifer Aniston - $10.48 (GBP5.24) 9. Hugh Jackman - $9.90 (GBP4.95) 10. Ben Stiller - $9.50 (GBP4.75).

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22 July 2008 3:17 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Forbes has calculated which stars provide the most bang for the buck, and there's a real surprise at number one: Vince Vaughn tops the magazine's Ultimate Star Payback list, which takes the performance of an actor's last three films and factors in his or her salary to determine which stars are the best values and which are the biggest wastes of money.

Last year's best value was Matt Damon, but he slipped to sixth place because he earned so much for The Bourne Ultimatum. For the second straight year, Nicole Kidman is the worst investment.

According to Forbes, which released the list as part of its Entertainment All Stars special issue, Vaughn's movies made nearly $15 for every dollar he was paid as the above-the-title star. I guess that even counts Fred Claus, astonishingly. Vaughn makes a pretty healthy salary, but overall, his movies don't cost all that much to make,

Colin Boyd

17 July 2008 8:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

For Sarah Silverman, this has been a week of good news and bad news. First, the bad: On Monday, it was reported, she and boyfriend of five years, Jimmy Kimmel broke up. Now, the good: On Thursday Silverman, 37, was one of those lucky enough to be nominated for an Emmy. But, now for the weird news: the TV Academy nod is linked to what she did on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, an over-the-top music video in which she and the Sexiest Man Alive flaunted their (fictitious and funny) affair to Kimmel, all set to music in a ditty titled, "I'm

Stephen M. Silverman

17 July 2008 6:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Comedienne Sarah Silverman has been given some good news in the wake of her split from U.S. TV star Jimmy Kimmel - the song she recorded to poke fun at her ex has been nominated for an Emmy.

A video accompanying Silverman's I'm F**king Matt Damon spoof aired on the late night host's fifth anniversary show earlier this year and immediately became an Internet sensation.

And now the song is up for an Outstanding Original Music + Lyrics Emmy.

In the song, Silverman boasted she no longer loved Kimmel after falling for movie star Damon, who appeared in the video.

Kimmel bounced back in a later episode of his show with an all-star video accompanying his spoof I'm F**king Ben Affleck.

The song will be up against The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) and Inner City Pressure, from cult comedy show Flight of the Conchords; and Sad Fitty Cent, from Fox's MADtv, among others. The Emmys will be handed out on 21 September.

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16 July 2008 6:05 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Though Minnie Driver has expressed her wish not to know the gender of her child, a doctor revealed that very info during a recent medical exam. Still, the expectant actress, 38, insisted to her TV host on Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "I don't know whether he said 'he' or 'she.' " How come? She was simply too busy concentrating on the doctor's comments about her cervix. The two friends who accompanied Driver to the examination did hear the doctor, however – and one pal is allegedly blackmailing Driver to buy him things so he won't spill the beans, she said. Though

Stephen M. Silverman

14 July 2008 6:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

America's first couple of comedy, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman, have ended their five year romance.

A representative for late night U.S. TV host Kimmel and the comedienne has confirmed the split, insisting it was mutual.

Just five months ago the pair hit the headlines when their star-studded parody sketches for Kimmel's show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, became an Internet sensation.

Silverman's I'm F**king Matt Damon tune and video was followed by Kimmel's I'm F**king Ben Affleck.

The videos featured a host of A-list stars including Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Robin Williams and Cameron Diaz.

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14 July 2008 12:10 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have ended their relationship after five years of dating. "Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment," Kimmel's rep Lewis Kay and Silverman's rep Amy Zvi confirmed to People in a joint statement. VanityFair.com first reported the split. The couple's over-the-top videos about fictional flings with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck became huge Internet hits since airing on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February. People even named the late-night talk-show host and the star of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program its Funniest Couple Alive earlier this year. At the time Silverman,

Marisa Laudadio

11 July 2008 12:44 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Pregnant actress Minnie Driver is determined to keep the sex of her unborn baby a surprise - even though the suspense is tormenting her.

The actress is due to give birth any day now, and can't wait to discover if she'll be mum to a little girl or boy.

She says, "They say you lose your sweet tooth, which apparently means it's a boy, but I'm convinced the baby is a girl."

Driver has opted against a Caesarian section, and will give birth naturally, telling People.com, "I'm totally the crunchy, Mother Earth-type, and I'm not looking for any type of intervention. So I'm afraid."

The actress - who has dated Matt Damon and Josh Brolin - is refusing to reveal the name of the father.

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8 July 2008 3:06 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Wild and wooly, there was little to love, but a lot to look forward to... A lot has happened in the past six months and while there may not have been very many good movies and there were plenty of bad ones there was much more to remember as well as a lot to look forward to. First off, the writers'strike was finally settled, but as we move into the second half of 2008 the actors are now threatening to shut down Hollywood with a strike of their own. We learned of a new kind of woman out in the wild and she is known as a "Twilight Mom", a term that proved it could wreck havoc on your server should you decide to bash any part of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" novels or the film based on said material. I wrote an article called "I Wanna Be a 'Twilight' Mom!

Brad Brevet

8 July 2008 2:35 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Outside of Stardust, in which Robert De Niro plays a cross-dressing pirate, the only good film he has been featured in in the past seven years or so was The Good Shepherd, a film he had a minor role in and directed. He was approaching the film with thoughts of a sequel on the outset, but the relatively slow pace turned most people off leading to mixed reviews, a mere $59+ million at the box-office and about a two-and-a-half month run at the box-office. The birth-of-the-cia based drama starred Matt Damon and featured the talent of Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Alec Baldwin, Timothy Hutton and Joe Pesci and still couldn't manage to make a dent. It doesn't surprise me considering it is a very slow and methodical film, but in the right frame of mind I think most would really like it, just as I did.

Brad Brevet

8 July 2008 8:27 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Damon in Green Zone, Reilly in Cirque du Freak and Del Toro, Blunt and Hopkins in The Wolfman

Photo: Empire Magazine Empire Magazine has debuted a few new pictures from some upcoming films taken from their August preview issue. First, on the left above is a teaser look at Matt Damon on the set of Green Zone, on which he is working once again with Bourne helmer Paul Greengrass. In the film Damon plays an officer who teams with a senior CIA officer to search for evidence of weapons of mass destruction. You can check out the full-sized image here. The pic in the middle if of John C. Reilly who plays a vampire in Cirque du Freak, a film based on the bestselling 12-book children's series by Darren Shan. Reilly plays a vampire who drafts a 14-year-old to serve as his assistant. You can check out the full-sized image here.

Brad Brevet

7 July 2008 11:30 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

James McAvoy confesses he'd like to be the Sexiest Man Alive. "I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne," the Atonement star, currently costarring with Angelina Jolie in Wanted, says in the August cover story of Details. Not that he seems particularly Bourne-like. The Scotsman, 29, admits he's lived a quiet lifestyle throughout his 20s. "All of my friends got so drunk they couldn't even walk, let alone dance, and you just stand there going, 'So what am I going to do?' " Instead of partying, in 2006 McAvoy settled down with actress Anne-Marie Duff,

Jesse North

7 July 2008 2:40 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Robert De Niro has revealed that he is planning two sequels to his CIA drama The Good Shepherd. Although the first was not a box office success, De Niro confirmed he is developing ideas for a second and third film. The original, which starred Matt Damon as a spy in the Cold War, grossed under $$100 million in 2006. It is believed (more)

By Alex Fletcher

3 July 2008 9:15 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Matt Damon is worried he has lost his title as the sexiest man alive - after piling on the pounds for his latest role in The Informant.

The Hollywood hunk garnered the flattering title after People magazine voted him the most attractive male in the world in 2007.

But the star, who currently looks unrecognisable compared to his former trim self, is sure he will be stripped of his title - because he has got so fat.

Damon piled on 40 pounds (18.14 kilograms) for the movie.

He tells People.com, "I think I lost my (Sexiest Man Alive) title. It wasn't necessarily that I needed to be fat - it was that I needed to be 'doughy'."

And the star faces constant ribbing from his friends for expanding his waistline to enhance his performance.

Best friend Ben Affleck tells the website, "Some things are just self-evident and don't even require making fun of. I mean, the man buys two seats on an airplane!"

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3 July 2008 5:40 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Matt Damon's wife Luciana may be pregnant, but it's his expanding waistline that's making all the headlines in Hollywood. "I think I lost my [Sexiest Man Alive] title," the actor joked to People Wednesday at the Ante Up For Africa poker event in Las Vegas. But that's no sympathy bump. Damon estimates that he gained between 20 and 30 pounds for his upcoming thriller, The Informant, directed by Steven Soderbergh. "It wasn't necessarily that I needed to be fat," he said. "It was that I needed to be 'doughy.' " Even though the weight-gain was required for a role, that doesn't stop

Mark Gray

3 July 2008 4:02 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have participated in a charity poker event benefiting the Darfur region of Sudan. The no-limit Texas Hold'Em game at the Rio Pavilion, Las Vegas will help the victims of the humanitarian crisis in the region. It was the second annual Ante Up For Africa event organised by Don Cheadle, which last year raised $$850,000. Other celebrities (more)

By Alex Fletcher

30 June 2008 4:51 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary - by sitting down to dinner with actor Matt Damon and his wife.

The Daredevil stars were accompanied by Affleck's childhood pal Damon and his heavily pregnant wife, Luciana Barroso, for a two-hour dinner on the patio of Nobu in Malibu on Saturday night.

According to People.com, they ate cooked fish and sushi rolls - and toasted the couple's anniversary, which was on Sunday, during dessert.

A source says, "Ben and Matt were entertaining the girls with stories, and they were all laughing a lot.

"Jen and Ben were in a great mood, and they left Nobu hand in hand."

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29 June 2008 3:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met up with Matt Damon and his heavily pregnant wife, Luciana Barroso, at Nobu Malibu on Saturday night for a two-hour dinner on the patio that included cooked fish and sushi rolls. "Ben and Matt were entertaining the girls with stories, and they were all laughing a lot," says an observer of the couples. When dessert came, the celebratory group toasted – after all, Garner and Affleck's third wedding anniversary was the following day. "Jen and Ben were in a great mood, and they left Nobu hand in hand," says the observer. Also spotted at Nobu Saturday night: Kate Hudson,

26 June 2008 2:27 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Rumors about a fourth Jason Bourne flick have been circling the Web for months now, and according to producer Frank Marshall, the sequel is definitely going to happen.

IESB.net caught up with Marshall at the recent Saturn Awards and asked him about the plans for the fourth “Bourne” flick. He said they are currently planning to shoot the thing next summer and release it in 2010.

Marshall also said Jason Bourne may be heading to South America this time. He also said a fourth “Bourne” book was written, but because it was not written by creator Robert Ludlum, they may come up with their own story concept.

Director Paul Greengrass and lead actor Matt Damon are also rumored to return. Personally, I would love to see Bourne return to the big screen, provided they come up with a script that’s just as clever and intriguing as the previous ones.

Franck Tabouring

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