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In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Rain stars as Raizo in a scene from the film "Ninja Assassin." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Juliana Malucelli)

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Banned director ... Mainland China's Lou Ye poses in Hong Kong Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The prominent Chinese director banned by Beijing on Friday brought his new gay romance to Hong Kong for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. In 2006, Lou Ye was banned from shooting movies for five years after he screened "Summer Palace" at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval. But the 45-year-old director defied the ban, secretly shooting the love story "Spring Fever" with small, digital cameras in the eastern city Nanjing last year. He also entered it at Cannes earlier this year, where it won best screenplay in May. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
'2012' a home r... A Chinese cleaner removes trash from a bin near a poster advertising the Hollywood blockbuster 2012 at a theater in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Chinese movie goers are flocking to the movie that appears to portray China as a savior of the world in a doomsday scenario where the earth's overheating core destabilizes the planet's crust and destroys humanity. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Bullock in New O... Sandra Bullock greets fans while at a red carpet premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side," New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)
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Johnny Depp wins... FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, actor Johnny Depp attends The Museum of Modern Art's film benefit tribute to Tim Burton in New York. Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
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Scarlett's siste... This undated image from the film "Gone with the Wind" provided by New Line Cinema shows, from left: Evelyn Keyes, Vivien Leigh and Ann Rutherford. Rutherford, 89, is among the few surviving principal cast members of the Clark Gable-Vivien Leigh Civil War epic, which arrives Nov. 17, 2009 on a new special-edition DVD set and also marks its Blu-ray debut. (AP Photo/New Line Cinema)
Courteney Cox re... Actress Courteney Cox Arquette arrives at the TV Guide Hot List party in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Lauren Bacall, 2... Filmmaker Roger Corman, left, actress Lauren Bacall, center, and cinematographer Gordon Willis pose with their honorary Oscars following The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2009 Governors Awards, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)