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Have you seen a trailer for Whip It yet? I can’t wait to see it! It looks awesome!! GO HERE to watch the trailer now!

Pictured: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page,  Steven Spielberg, Juliette Lewis, Eve, Shenae Grimes,

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The Film Society’s 36th Gala Tribute honoring Tom Hanks with The Chaplin Award, held at Alice Tully Hall, in New York City, last night.

Pictured: Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron,Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson, Christopher Walken, Sally Field, Glen Close, Christy Turlington & Ed Burns, Steven Speilberg, Jeremy Irons & Adrien Brody.

Of the Spielberg Kind (I know, it’s a groaner). Steven Spielberg, Cate Capshaw and their kids having fun in Paris.

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Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-park’s “Oldboy.” DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights, and the new pic will be distributed by Universal.

In the 2003 Korean original, a man gets kidnapped and held in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly, he’s released and given money, a cell phone and clothes and is set on a path to discover who destroyed his life so he can take revenge.

Spielberg had been looking for an opportunity to make a film with Smith, who would play the kidnapped man if all the pieces fall into place. Spielberg is looking for a writer to begin the development process.

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Steven Spielberg is the latest high-profile donor giving money to fight California’s Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that would ban gay marriage in the state.

The director and his wife, Kate Capshaw, donated $100,000 to the No-on-8 campaign, the couple announced Tuesday.

“By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation. Such discrimination has NO place in California’s constitution, or any other,” the couple said in a statement.

Brad Pitt gave the same amount last week to Californians Against Eliminating Basic Rights. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sen. Barack Obama are also on record against Proposition 8.

Since gay marriage became legal in California in May, many couples have already wed, including high profile stars like Ellen DeGeneres and Star Trek’s George Takei.

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Despite continued international efforts to keep the Olympic Games out of politics, Steven Spielberg has withdrawn as artistic adviser for the Beijing Olympics, citing China’s failure to use its economic clout to force a resolution of the crisis in Darfur.

He said in a statement, “Sudan’s government bears the bulk of the responsibility for these ongoing crimes, but the international community, and particularly China, should be doing more to end the continuing suffering there.” China provides nearly all of Sudan’s oil, thereby effectively “underwriting genocide,” according to activists.

Spielberg’s decision could encourage other U.S. entertainers to boycott Olympics productions. In an interview with today’s (Wednesday) New York Times actor Don Cheadle, who heads the Darfur activist group Not on Our Watch, commented that if actions like Spielberg’s, “catch fire, and other people think of boycotting, or refraining, the cumulative effect could be something that potentially could change the calculation of [the Chinese] government.”

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Steven Spielberg will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will air live on NBC in January 2008.

The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will honor Spielberg for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.” It will be presented to Spielberg during The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be telecast live on NBC on January 13 from 8 to 11 p.m.

He will join the ranks of past Cecil B. DeMille winners, including Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005), Michael Douglas (2004), Gene Hackman (2003), Harrison Ford (2002), Al Pacino (2001) and Barbra Streisand (2000).

Spielberg has directed, produced or executive produced some of the top-grossing films of all time, including Jurassic Park and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. He is also behind blockbusters hits such as Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, The Color Purple, Munich, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws and Amistad, among many others. 

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