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Can You Say, 'Senator Drescher'?

9 December 2008 8:15 AM, PST

Everyone’s favorite nanny is looking to take her famous Queens accent to a new home – the U.S. Senate, that is. Fran Drescher tells People she's offering up her name as a replacement for Senator Hillary Clinton, who has been nominated as Secretary of State. New York Gov. David Paterson must find an interim to fill the remaining two years of Clinton's term. "I'm a New Yorker. It's a part of the fabric of my being," says Drescher, 51. "It just seems natural to me to throw my hat in the ring." The ex-star of The Nanny isn't a political neophyte.

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Britney Spears' Circus Act Tops the Charts

9 December 2008 9:55 PM, PST

Britney Spears is back at No. 1. For the first time in more than five years, Britney topped the Billboard 200. Her new album Circus sold more than half a million copies for the week ended Sunday. This gives Spears the second biggest female bow of the year, topping debut weeks by Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Janet Jackson and Beyoncé and only trailing Taylor Swift. Once the final retail receipts are counted, the album should claim the seventh biggest bow of 2008. Back in October, Britney set the stage for her comeback when "Womanizer" became (more)

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Jennifer Hudson Heads Back to Work

9 December 2008 8:01 PM, PST

Jennifer Hudson is heading back to work next week, after a hiatus following her recent family tragedy.

She is expected to start filming a video for her single, "If This Isn't Love," the AP says. Hudson was due to begin shooting the video earlier this fall, when her mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were found shot to death in their Chicago home on October 24.

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Brad Pitt To Search For The Lost City

9 December 2008 10:43 PM, PST

James Gray has signed on to direct The Lost City Of Z, an epic adventure to star Brad Pitt.And if you’re thinking that doesn’t compute, that’s because the words ‘epic adventure’ and ‘director James Gray’ don’t tend to go together. Gray has made his name with (more)

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Review | The Revolution By Night: Steven Soderbergh's "Che"

9 December 2008 2:36 PM, PST

by Glenn Kenny (December 9, 2008) [Editor's Note: Steven Soderbergh's "Che" was first reviewed by Glenn Kenny for indieWIRE at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May.] The one overwhelming message coming from the competition films at the 61st Cannes Film Festival is: shit's messed up. "Waltz With Bashir" (more)

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All's Fair Scrambling For Seats

9 December 2008 6:24 AM, PST

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