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Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan star in Shark Night 3D. Steve Dietl/Relativity Media hide caption
Played out: Eric Elmosnino is the iconoclast entertainer Serge Gainsbourg in Joann Sfar's adventurous film biography. Music Box Films hide caption
Settling A Tab? Rachel (Jessica Chastain, left) and David (Sam Worthington) are '60s-era Mossad agents in John Madden's thriller The Debt. Laurie Sparham/Focus Features hide caption
Katharine Hepburn (left) and Rossano Brazzi in Venice in David Lean's 1955 film Summertime. United Artists/Photofest hide caption
Filmmaker George Lucas, seen here in March 2011, is the subject of another round of really really angry comments over alleged tweaks he's made to The Return Of The Jedi for its upcoming Blu-ray release. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says if old wounds are holding you back from going to your high school reunion, you're missing out. iStockphoto.com hide caption
The cast of the upcoming season of CBS's The Amazing Race. Robert Voets/CBS hide caption
Kim RIchards, Adrienne Maloof, Lisa VanderPump, and Taylor Armstrong of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, which is currently dealing with the aftermath of a participant's suicide. Isabella Vosmikova/Bravo hide caption
Veteran Hollywood stuntman Hal Needham — who turned director for the 1977 hit Smokey and the Bandit — lines up a shot with Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed and Happy the dog. Universal Studio/Getty Images hide caption
Before she took the helm at Gourmet magazine, Ruth Reichl won two James Beard Awards for her work as restaurant critic for The New York Times. Courtesy Ruth Reichl hide caption
