• TNT has renewed Saving Grace and Raising the Bar, while HBO has OK'd a second season of True Blood. — Zap2it
• Nicole Kidman may become an action star, now that she's in talks to be in the "character-driven, treasure-hunting" action-adventure The Eighth Wonder. — Hollywood Reporter
• Fred Wolf (director of The House Bunny) will write and direct the dude road trip movie Divorced Guys, which will star David Spade.
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Tax season is upon us and I know how stressful it can be to dig up receipts, fill out the forms and file the ol' taxes. Although my friend Savvy wouldn't be too happy to hear this, I have a bad habit of procrastinating and will find any reason to avoid doing my taxes. This year I have a new strategy: hold a money movie night with the following films and then do my taxes — no more excuses!

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• Ewan McGregor will play Jim Carrey's love interest in the "dark comedy" I Love You, Phillip Morris, reports Variety.
• E! Online has news that Josh Groban's holiday album sales have broken a record originally set by Elvis Presley.
• MTV and Jerry Bruckheimer are teaming up to make video games, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
• Zap2It reports that Brad Pitt may replace Heath Ledger in the drama Tree of Life.
• TV Guide writes that USA has canceled The 4400 and Dead Zone.
• The Smashing Pumpkins will release an acoustic EP in 2008, NME reports.
• Mischa Barton has signed on for the indie thriller Homecoming, writes Variety.
• Showtime has bought Secret Diary of a Call Girl, a British series based on a sex worker's anonymous journal, Mediaweek reports.
• From the department of weirdness: Michael Douglas is now doing the voiceover for the NBC Nightly News, TV Guide reports.

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Some books are ruined by their movie adaptations, and other times, the stories actually work better on film. Then, there are the rare cases where the book and the movie are great for different reasons. One example: Wonder Boys, the Michael Chabon novel made into a movie in 2000.

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