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Mission: Impossible III (R2) in November
News: Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Mission: Impossible III for 6th November 2006. Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in Mission: Impossible III.” Director J. J. A…

Saw II Unrated SE (R1) in October
News: Lions Gate Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Saw II (Special Edition) for 24th October 2006 priced at $26.98 SRP. Released just in time for Halloween and the theatrical debut of Saw III this two-disc special edition of Saw…

76% Superman Returns
Singer’s reverent and visually decadent adaptation gives the Man of Steel welcome emotional complexity. The result: a satisfying stick-to-your-ribs adaptation.

56% Confetti
This sweetly humorous mockumentary takes the spirit of Spinal Tap — if not the laughs — and uses it to spoof the wedding industry.

‘Ugly Betty’ on ABC is TV’s top-rated (AP)

AP - America may be falling for America Ferrera, the star of ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” an underdog that has become the most-watched new series of the fall television season so far.

Anna Nicole Smith, lawyer exchange vows (AP)

AP - Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith exchanged vows with boyfriend Howard K. Stern on a boat near Nassau, but there was no formal marriage and the ceremony is “not legally binding,” her attorney Michael Scott said Friday.

"Stealth" Director Gets "Scared Straight"
Director Rob Cohen, best known for movies like “The Skulls,” “The Fast and the Furious,” and “xXx,” has signed on to direct a prison thriller called “Scared Straight” for New Line. From The Hollywood Reporter: “Rob Cohen has signed on to helm “Scared Straight,” a prison thriller for New…

Robin Williams talks about his rehab (AP)

AP - Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest was a “big wake-up call” for Robin Williams, the funnyman tells “Access Hollywood” in an interview scheduled to air Monday.

Amanda Jones’s Big Board: Updated 5/22/06 (Amanda Jones’s Big Board)
Miss Amanda Jones has added 14 new entries since we last highlighted her work.

Contest: The Black Dahlia
Tomorrow, BOP’s most anticipated movie of Fall, The Black Dahlia, opens in theaters.