Angelina Jolie Sets Japanese Singer Miyavi As Brutal WWII POW Camp Guard ‘The Bird’ In ‘Unbroken’

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EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and directo rAngelina Jolie have found their villain for the Lou Zamperini tale Unbroken. Jolie has set Japanese guitarist and singer Miyavi to play the role of Mutsushiro Watanabe, known as “The Bird.” That is the guard who made it his mission to break the spirit of Zamperini, and who haunted the athlete-turned-POW’s every step after he was captured in WWII.

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Meg Ryan To Topline NBC Comedy Written By Marc Lawrence

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Sleepless In Seattle and When Harry Met Sally star Meg Ryan is eying a return to television as the star of an NBC comedy series. The project, now in development at the network and sister studio Universal TV, is being written by feature scribe Marc Lawrence (Miss Congeniality franchise), who teamed with the actress in the summer to work on the idea.

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Justin Long Comedy Produced By Jason Winer Lands At NBC With Penalty

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Justin Long started his acting career on NBC as a regular on dramedy Ed before segueing to features. Now Long is returning to the network with a comedy starring vehicle. Long is co-writing and expected to star in the project, which has received a script commitment with penalty from NBC.

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Nicole Kidman To Star In ‘The Silent Wife’

Nicole Kidman will star in and produce an adaptation of The Silent Wife, the summer literary breakout novel by A.S.A. Harrison. Mazur/Kaplan partners Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan have teamed with Kidman and

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Jerry O’Connell Is Standing By Rebecca

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For any fans of the TV show Sliders, one would think the life of Jerry O’Connell was just an alternate reality. A world in which the heavy-set little kid from Stand By Me, would grow up to become a leading man who could capture the heart of one of the most gorgeous models in the world — Rebecca Romijn. This …

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Fox’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Renewed For Second Season

And the first pickup for a new series this fall goes to — Fox‘s drama Sleepy Hollow. But instead of the standard back 9 order, the adventure series is getting a second-season renewal for at least 13 episodes.

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Rashida Jones: Woman of Multiple Talents

THE WOMAN Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones, is a well-known and welcomed face in most families.  After landing small parts in various productions such as the cult television hit Freaks and Geeks, she went on to land a supporting role in Boston Public. 

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Jessica Brown Findlay Checks Into BBC One’s ‘Jamaica Inn’

By Nancy Tartaglione of Deadline.com Former Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay will topline BBC One‘s three-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1936 gothic

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Fox Buys Marriage Comedy From Jason Bateman & Spike Feresten

From Deadline.com: EXCLUSIVE: Arrested Development star Jason Bateman is back at Fox, this time as a producer. Bateman’s Aggregate Films is behind Wife Nanny, a multi-camera comedy from Seinfeldalum Spike Feresten, which has received a script commitment with penalty.

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Michael & Tracy: Bonded by Love

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Family Ties was one of those shows that audiences loved. It had a little bit of everything. The young ex-hippie parents who were constantly at odds with their hard nosed Republican child, their materialistic daughter and their “tomboy” girl who just wants to be a normal kid. The show was on the air for seven years and won multiple Emmies …

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