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Brittany Murphy has been cast in a new movie role and the actress will star opposite a Golden Globe winner -- read on for more details.

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Tough guy Sylvester Stallone is anything but expendable!

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Actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Ruby Dee, Allison Janney, Jet Li and Ray Winstone are just a few of the 105 entertainment industry professionals who were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today.

"These individuals are all incredibly talented and a credit to the world of filmmaking. They exemplify the high standards of the Academy and I welcome each and every one of them to our ranks," Academy President Sid Ganis said in a statement.

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Oscar winner RUSSELL CROWE will make his directorial debut with 'Bra Boys,' a drama based on the counterculture surf community in Australia, according to Daily Variety.

The project reunites Crowe with Oscar-winning 'Cinderella Man' producer BRIAN GRAZER, who will produce the new project. Crowe narrated a documentary on the 'Bra Boys,' three brothers who began the underground surfer movement in the inner-Sydney seaside suburb of Maroubra. It has not been announced whether or not Crowe will also star in the project.

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ASHTON KUTCHER has the top two films at the box office this weekend -- he stars in both the animated 'Open Season,' which made $23 million to take the top spot, and 'The Guardian,' which came in second with $17.7 million.

'Open Season' finds Ashton letting loose as Elliot, a fast-talking, scrawny, one-antlered mule deer who befriends a domesticated bear, Boog (MARTIN LAWRENCE). Looking to repay Boog for saving his life, Elliot frees him from captivity and reintroduces him into the wild -- with mixed results. The cartoon comedy also features the voices of GARY SINISE, DEBRA MESSING, BILLY CONNOLLY and JON FAVREAU.

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As the death toll rises from the tsunami disaster, more details of supermodel PETRA NEMCOVA's harrowing tale of survival are coming to light, along with other stars with their families and loved ones.

Petra is reportedly on a morphine drip in a Thai hospital after clinging to a tree for eight hours, weathering the devastation with a shattered pelvis and other internal injuries. The Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model was vacationing with her photographer boyfriend, SIMON ATLEE, when the killer wave hit their beachfront bungalow. The intense current overtook Simon and he has not been seen since.

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Martial-arts action hero JET LI, best known in America for such films as 'Romeo Must Die' and 'Lethal Weapon 4,' is now a U.S. superstar. Over the Labor Day weekend, his flying-sword epic, 'Hero,' toppled films starring established, Hollywood, box-office draws REESE WITHERSPOON ('Vanity Fair') and JOSH HARTNETT ('Wicker Park'). 'Hero' raked in $11.5 million for the top spot.

Recently Jet shared his take on this extraordinary new movie -- and the secret to his fighting physique!

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