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Damon, Affleck Making Whitey Bulger Flick

Sopranos writer to pen script

(Newser) - The Whitey Bulger story begs for the cinematic treatment—and it’s getting just that, courtesy of two guys who know a thing or two about Boston. Ben Affleck will direct Matt Damon as Bulger in the Warner Bros. release, with a script by Sopranos writer/producer Terence Winter. “I... More »

16 Couples You Can Still Root For

Now that Courteney and David are no more...

(Newser) - If you found yourself oddly bummed over the news that Courteney Cox and David Arquette (and Christina and Jordan , and Laura and Ben ) split up, it’s probably because you actually liked them. So did the people over at New York magazine, who came up with a list of... More »

Office Star Krasinski Weds Emily Blunt

American actor, British actress marry in Italy

(Newser) - John Krasinski, who plays the finally-happily-married Jim on The Office, married British actress Emily Blunt in real life yesterday in Italy, Us reports . "It was an outdoor ceremony and absolutely beautiful," says a source. A rep for the sitcom star confirmed the news. Blunt wore a Marchesa gown... More »

Robert De Niro to Play Vince Lombardi

But it looks like no John Krasinski for Captain America

(Newser) - Robert De Niro is set to play NFL coach Vince Lombardi, but—in more casting news from a different film—the role of Captain America is still up for grabs. Though a Marvel insider told Fox , "We are bracing ourselves for 'that guy from The Office' to land Captain... More »

Duos We'd Rather Not Get Engaged

5 possible and jealousy-inducing celeb engagements

(Newser) - The Yuletide engagement is a tradition of celebrity ostentation—a little treat to make the holiday gloom that much more oppressive for the rest of us, writes Drew Grant . Here are five couples who should just keep their darn happiness to themselves: More »

The Office Is Downright Depressing

Jim Halpert illustrates 'the worst purgatory of 30-something life'

(Newser) - The Office has turned from funny and charming to the most depressing show on television, and it’s all thanks to once-beloved character Jim Halpert. “The show has taken the story of a man with a promising future and given him an interminable present,” writes Meghan Keane for... More »

Fie on the Office Wedding

Jim and Pam are the height of bland

(Newser) - After 5 years of the will-they-or-won't-they dance, Jim and Pam of The Office will tie the knot in the Oct. 8 episode, and the prenuptial PR blitz has sent one blogger around the bend. "We're already sick of these two insufferable lovebirds," enemy of drawn-out romance Brian Moylan... More »

Office Star to Tie the Knot

Krasinski, Blunt kept relationship low-key

(Newser) - The Office star John Krasinski and actress Emily Blunt are engaged, People reports. The couple have kept it low-key, showing up at this year's SAG Awards separately and dating far from paparazzi in Los Angeles. "It's not about celebrity or not," Krasinski, 29, says of his relationship with... More »

How Jim Popped the Question

Long-awaited Office proposal cost big bucks and required huge rain machines

(Newser) - Jim’s proposal to Pam at a gas station rest stop may have looked spur-of-the-moment, but a top creative on The Office says it took weeks of planning and high-tech special effects. To create the 52-second scene, the production team built a replica of a rest stop on Merritt Parkway... More »

The Office Jinx Strikes Again

Wilson repeats big-screen failures to which his sitcom-mates have become accustomed

(Newser) - Do The Rocker's poor reviews and sagging ticket sales prove there's an Office curse? Office stars can't replicate that show's success on the big screen, Dan Kois writes in New York, and the evidence backs him up: After The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Steve Carell starred in a series of mostly forgettable... More »

Leatherheads Fumbles

Film about early football never quite scores

(Newser) - Critics seem to want to like Leatherheads, a screwball comedy about pro football's early days, directed by and starring George Clooney. The Roaring '20s costumes, sets and music are terrific, notes Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter. Clooney, as an aging player/team owner, and his leading lady, Renée Zellweger,... More »

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