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Shortcut to Happiness
After years of being shelved, the story of Jabez Stone beating the devil at her own game finally makes it to the big screen. You notice the age of the film too because Alec Baldwin still looks like a handsome male lead. [Rated PG-13]

Movie Review: License to Wed
Combined Rating: 42% (S:39%; P:47%) - License To Wed has a number of laugh out loud moments, all of them thanks to Robin Williams. Sadly, however, those laughs are random and often don’t serve to move the story forward. Some gags, bits and jokes even pause the story to complete themselves, as if the movie itself were acknowlging its own story bankruptcy. Looking on the bright side, as long as John Kracinski is picking such poor film roles he will have plenty of time for his TV show The Office. That bright side has nothing to do with License To Wed but as an Office fan it made me smile.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Hefner?
We already know that Brian Grazer is producing and Brett Ratner is directing “Playboy,” a big-screen bio-pic on Hugh Hefner — but is Leonardo DiCaprio now on board to star? That’s what The Guardian is reporting. Well, at least that Leo is “in talks” for the Grazer / Ratner…

Not Just A Pretty Boy: Chris Evans Lights Up The Screen
“Fantastic Four” star Chris Evans seems like a pretty-boy actor, but director Danny Boyle, who cast him in “Sunshine,” calls him “superb” and “very special.”

NBC gives `The Singing Bee’ a fall slot (AP)

AP - New NBC executive Ben Silverman is quickly putting his stamp on the network’s fall schedule, juggling the lineup announced to advertisers in May and making room for the summer series “The Singing Bee.”

NBC gives `The Singing Bee’ a fall slot (AP)

AP - New NBC executive Ben Silverman is quickly putting his stamp on the network’s fall schedule, juggling the lineup announced to advertisers in May and making room for the summer series “The Singing Bee.”

Review: A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart is a heartbreaking and tragic movie, even if it’s never quite the bracing punch-in-the-gut it so clearly tries to be.

Review: You Kill Me
Is anyone getting sick of the “killer with emotional problems who has a mental breakdown” comedy yet?