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Olga Kurlenko as Head Mistress? Say no more, when's the premiere?

The Oblivion actress has joined the cast of the Vampire Academy adaptation as Kirova, the head mistress of the academy.

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Vampire Academy is a coming-of-age fantasy romance that tells the story of vampires in high school, adapted from a best-selling Young Adult novel series.

So...Twilight?

No! Vampire Academy!

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It took only 3 days for Zach Braff's Kickstarter project to reach its $2 million goal.

After launching a Kickstarter last week to fund his new film Wish I Was Here, Braff gets to sit for 24 more days watching the till, which at the point of publishing sits at $2,224,565, continue to rise.

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Is it fair for celebrities with tons of money, fame, Hollywood access, and say, a wildly successful, long-running sitcom that's currently in syndication on like 100 channels, to crowdfund their movies?

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This weekend saw a 20% drop-off in box office earnings at the movie theater, with Pain and Gain topping the chart at just $20 million.

Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, and Dwayne Johnson star in Michael Bay's new action/crime/comedy.

Pain and Gain Mark Wahlberg

The new film pushed Oblivion into second place, adding $17.4 million in earnings to bring its total gross to $64.7 million.

Read our Pain and Gain review to find out more, and hit the jump for the full weekend box office report:

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Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep are in final negotiations to star in Disney's adaptation of the Broadway musical Into the Woods.

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  • Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes

The musical tells the story of a baker and his wife, who must reverse a witch's curse in order to have a child.

Along their journey, the meet several characters from famous Brother's Grimm fairy tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel.

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21 Jump Street is by far one of the most successful Small Screen-to-Big Screen adaptations ever.

In fact, it currently sits 7th on the list of all-time box office gross for TV adaptations, behind Star Trek, three Mission Impossible MoviesThe Fugitive, and Sex and the City.

Now, 21 Jump Street is getting a sequel, with a release date set for June 6, 2014.

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As movies go, Tyler Perry's Temptation may be beyond terrible, but a small-time screenwriter is suing its creator/director for ganking the idea from him.

Yes, someone really wants a writing credit for this.

Kim in Temptation

William James says Perry stole his idea for Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, which did rake in $49 million despite epically bad reviews.

See our Temptation review right here on THG.

Anyway, James says the plot of the film, which somehow co-starred Kim Kardashian, is similar to a movie called Lovers Kill which he wrote in 2009.

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Nicki Minaj is becoming an actress!

Joining the ranks of non-acting celebs turned actors such like Kim Kardashian, Andre 3000, Paris Hilton, and RZA, the rapper and American Idol host has joined the cast of The Other Woman.

Nicki at the AMAs

The Nick Cassavetes film stars Cameron Diaz as a woman who comes to realize that her boyfriend is married. So, she joins forces with the man's wife to seek retaliation.

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The Bling Ring trailer premiered earlier this week, and reality star Alexis Neiers, one of the people the film is based on, is not happy about it.

When asked by a reporter on Twitter what she thought of the trailer for the upcoming film, Neiers responded (across multiple tweets) thusly:

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"It's trashy and inaccurate. Based on Detective Goodkin and Nancy Joe Sales inaccurate information. 2 people who are everything they accused us of being."

"Celebrity status obsessed, fame & money hungry..."

Neiers is the basis for the character of Nikki, played by Emma Watson in the film. Watson has described the character as "superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral."

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What happens when two of the biggest male sex symbols around today take on the roles of two of the biggest male sex symbols and American entertainment history?

Does time start going backwards? Does everything just go dark? Does money become just a symbolic representation of material wealth with no intrinsic value whatsoever?

Well, we may soon find out.

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20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to Guys and Dolls, and they're looking to cast Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the roles once held by Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando.

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With the NFL draft beginning today, it only makes sense that Draft Day, the new football dramedy from Ivan Reitman, is also beginning production today!

In fact, the film will shoot some scenes at the actual draft, before moving to Cleveland to finish production.

In addition to the start of filming, Draft Day has added Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Terry Crews to the already star-studded cast.

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Kevin Costner stars as a General Manager who spends Draft Day trying to save a football franchise in Cleveland.

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