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All right, a bit of catch-up on the linkspam:

ROCK BAND 2 ANNOUNCED ZOMG. (Again: I never played it in my life before Saturday night, and now I'm itching to play drums again.)

Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday. NOOOOOOO VISTA SUCKS YOU CAN'T MAKE ME UUUUUUUSE IIIIIIIIT.

Did Anne Hathaway Hand Her Slippery Ex To The Feds Like A Freshly Fileted Halibut? And good for her if she did!

Vanity Fair Curses A New Generation of Demi-Stars.

Sound of Aztec 'Whistles of Death' recreated.

David Griner explains social media for you. I know him! He saw Iron Man with The Vet and me! I FEEL VICARIOUSLY FAMOUS NOW.

Just wait until the tomcat who is probably your father gets home!

AMC Brings 'The Prisoner' Back To The Village. With Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen, no less.

Re: Wanted : Mark Millar Teases Next 'Wanted'?

[H]ere's the deal... had this movie's opening weekend hit 30 million then we would have a sequel. Had it hit 35 I'm told that's a franchise. Advance tracking [a few days ago] suggested we could be looking at 40. But after Friday night it looks like opening weekend could be upwards of 50 MILLION DOLLARS, with the movie scoring as high with women as men (unusual for an action movie, oddly, as all the girls I know love action movies). I thought we'd be in trouble up against that wee robot guy, but everything's going great.

So... Hollywood logic demands sequels. (The thing you have to remember is that there was never any way for Wanted to beat WALL-E, for one simple reason: the MPAA ratings. The former was R, automatically restricting its potential viewer pool; the latter was--what, G? PG? Kid-friendly, parent-approved. It's not bad that Wanted came in second; it's good--as opposed to, say, third or fourth--and even better that it came in so strongly.) The thing is--I won't specify, but there's a plot development late in the movie that pretty much left me not really wanting any sequels. I mean, I liked the movie and the plot development was logical, even a little satisfying. It's just... why would I want to see another one now? (Okay, if you must have a hint: see the last paragraph under "One of the Great Moments in Modern Cinema.")

Images: More Pics from Scorsese's 'Ashecliffe'; Johnny Depp as John Dillinger on the set of 'Public Enemies'; Rosario Dawson on the set of 'Eagle Eye'; Scully-centric X-Files stills; Adrien Brody in Dario Argento's 'Giallo'; Tyler Perry's 'The Family That Preys' Poster Premiere; 'Blindness' Poster Premiere (Why would you hire Julianne Moore and then make her go blonde?); A Couple of 'Pineapple Express' Posters; 'In Search of a Midnight Kiss' Poster Premiere; 'Elegy' Poster Premiere; Is This The First Poster From The New Transformers Movie?

Trailers and clips: New 'Dark Knight' Trailer! (I'm just going into No Spoilers, No Trailers, No Clips lockdown at this point, so I have no idea what's in it); 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe' TV Spot Online; Third 'Quantum of Solace' Clip Available Online; New Hellboy II Commercial and Photos; 7 Clips From 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'; Exclusive 'Garden Party' Clip; Exclusive 'Bangkok Dangerous' Clip; 'Fly Me to the Moon' Trailer: WALL-E's Poisoned Apéritif.

trailer_spot: Quantum of Solace, Bolt, Hellboy II, Repo! The Genetic Opera.

9 Ways 'Hancock' Could Have Been A Pretty Good Movie [Hancock Review] (big spoilers).

Rumor Alert: More HBP Casting and Teaser Trailer Talk. "Hero Tiffin" may be one of the best names I've ever heard. Also: It's looking more and more likely that the HBP trailer will, in fact, run in front of The Dark Knight.

Dark Knight [Advance] Ticket Sales Eight Times as Much as Spider-Man 3; Had enough 'Dark Knight' marketing yet?; Dominos Delivers Up ‘The Dark Knight’: See The Pizza Boxes Here; The Dark Knight: An Extraordinary Cinematic Revolution; Nolan Mulls Third Bat-Movie; Discuss: Should Robin Show Up in Nolan's Batman Movies?; Adam West Wants To Play Batman Snr. In New Movie; Image of the Day: New 'Dark Knight' Poster. And it's fantastic.

One 'Hobbit' Movie to (Maybe) Rule Them All; Doug Jones Eyes Elven King Role For ‘The Hobbit.’

MTV's Twilight Tuesday: Mike Welch Is Dazzled By One Of Our Favorite Twilighters. Of course, these days, I hear the word "Lexicon" in any context and run screaming.

The '300' Prequel / Sequel That Won't Just Go Away.

Bonham Carter Joins 'Terminator: Salvation' in a "small but pivotal role."

Gillian Anderson to Play Martha Gellhorn.

Gary Oldman Will Play Three Roles in Zemeckis' 'A Christmas Carol' ...including Tiny Tim? Oh God, this is another one of Zemeckis's rotoscoped numbers, isn't it?

Phillip Noyce Attached to Direct CIA Drama 'Edwin A. Salt.'

Mark Wahlberg Updates Darren Aronofsky's 'The Fighter.'

Matthew Fox is Billy Smoke.

Megan Fox asks for brunettes to be banned from 'Transformers 2.'

No More Butterfly Effects Please [Why Is This Movie Being Made].

True or False: 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' is an actual movie, or, Entertainment Weekly only now discovers the horror.