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A ‘Twilight’ Actor Stranded, LeBron James Reactions And ‘iCarly’ In Today’s Twitter-Wood

If you found a “Twilight” actor stranded on the side of the road with his car, would you give him a few bucks to help him out? Well, check out the video Justin Chon posted yesterday and find out if you would have shown him any more kindness than the strangers he ran into at a gas station.

Elsewhere in Twitter-Wood, as with pretty much any other place you could have looked for information yesterday and today, LeBron James’ decision to leave Cleveland for the Miami Heat provoked a wide range of responses. Tom Arnold has his back, but Patton Oswalt seems a little more suspicious. Check out their responses below along with who’s excited about working with Jane Lynch.

I’m @brianwarmoth, and it’s on the record in Twitter-Wood for July 9, 2010.

Twitter Pic of the Day:
@aasif_mandvi Myself, Penn Badgley @mrskutcher and The Mentalist on the set of Margin Call http://twitpic.com/23mv83
-Aasif Mandvi, Actor (”The Last Airbender,” “Spider-Man 2″)

@justinchon hahahahahaa…im stranded http://twitvid.com/FTYEE
-Justin Chon, Actor (”Twilight,” “Eclipse”)

@edgarwright If all goes well. May finish the film today.
-Edgar Wright, Director (”Shaun of the Dead,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”)

Lebron James pt. 1: @pattonoswalt Feel like BP arranged this whole LeBron thing.
-Patton Oswalt, Actor (”Ratatouille,” “Big Fan”)

Lebron James pt. 2: @TomArnold I wish LeBron well! It was a heart wrenching decision and he will always be an Ohio boy!
-Tom Arnold, Actor (”True Lies,” “The Stupids”)

Lebron James pt. 3: @jonhurwitz Have no issue with LeBron’s decision. Just don’t love his need to basically tell Cleveland he did them a big favor by playing there. Tacky.
-Jon Hurwitz, Writer (”Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”)

Lebron James pt. 4: @frankiemuniz The Lebron decision was lame. I hope the Cavs win it next year as a slap in the face.
-Frankie Muniz, Actor (”Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “Malcolm in the Middle”)

@MirandaBuzz Working with Jane Lynch tomorrow on the NEW iCarly episode! I have a feeling its gonna be one of those days I never forget
-Miranda Cosgrove, Actress (”The School of Rock,” “iCarly”)

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LeBron James’ Split From The Cleveland Cavaliers Reminds Us Of These Five On Screen Breakups

As all of America now knows — Miami and Cleveland especially — superstar basketball player LeBron James is joining the Heat, effectively ending his longtime relationship with the Cavaliers. Needless to say, the people of Cleveland did not take the news well. Like a jaded ex, Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert publicly denounced James’ decision and called his former player’s choice “selfish,” “heartless” and “callous.” Ouch.

As heated reactions from Cavaliers fans continue to flow in, we here on the Movies Blog team can’t help ourselves from viewing LeBron and Cleveland’s breakup through a cinematic lens. After the jump, check out five on-screen breakups that LeBron’s brutal Cleveland departure brings to mind!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
It’s hard to say which party fits into which character in this breakup. On one hand, LeBron certainly left the Cavaliers naked and vulnerable like the titular Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) did to Peter Bretter (Jason Segal). But on the other hand, Gilbert’s promise to win an NBA title before the “self-declared former King” reminds us of the infamous scene where the two character try to one up each other through sex. Either way, something tells us the LeBron-Cleveland breakup won’t resolve itself with a Dracula puppet musical.

(500) Days of Summer
This movie surprisingly fits really, really well into this analogy. In the film, Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) dates Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) for hundreds of days before Summer breaks up with Tom seemingly out of nowhere. The movie goes on to explore Tom’s heartbreak, anger and depression over the next several hundred days before he moves on and finds someone else perfect for him. In other words, while “Summer” may have walked out on Cleveland, in the end, maybe the city will find their “Autumn” — just as long as “she” can shoot three-pointers blindfolded while spinning in circles.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Okay, so maybe things will never get better between LeBron and the Cavaliers. The Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet-starring “Eternal Sunshine” offers an interesting solution to the problem: simply erase their entire memory of their time together. While such a solution worked out in the end for Joel and Clementine, I think it would get a bit awkward when fans keep asking LeBron about his time with the Cavaliers and he realizes he can’t remember the last seven years of his life.

War of the Roses
Here’s the worst case scenario in the LeBron-Cleveland breakup: after a terrible divorce, Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) spend the majority of “War of the Roses” attempting to destroy the other’s life. It starts with simple humiliation before completely derailing into violence that eventually leads to both characters’ deaths. So, yeah, let’s hope that LeBron and the Cavaliers manage to avoid a similarly gruesome fate. That would be bad.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
After John (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) discover that they’re both secretly spies working for competing agencies, the married couple proceed to kick the ever-loving tar out of each other. After nearly destroying the house with bullets, knives and fists, the two end up having hardcore makeup sex, which further damages the house but serves to repair their relationship. So, hey, maybe things will turn out alright for LeBron and Cleveland after all — they just need to kick each other around for a while then meet up in the future for a passionate one-night stand. Boom, problem solved!

Which breakup outcome are you hoping for regarding LeBron’s split from Cleveland? You tell us in the comments section and on Twitter!

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Facebook-Centric Film ‘The Social Network’ Won’t Be Advertised On Facebook

In the coming weeks and months, you’re going to hear a lot more about “The Social Network,” director David Fincher’s examination of the development of Facebook. But you won’t be hearing about it on Facebook.

According to All Things Digital (via Slash Film), Sony executives reached out to Facebook to advertise “The Social Network” on the social networking site but ultimately decided not to pursue that form of promotion — which is hardly unsurprising, given the fact that “The Social Network” doesn’t exactly paint the most flattering portrait of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, played in the film by Jesse Eisenberg.

“Facebook’s advertising guidelines don’t allow ads to reference the company unless Facebook has cooperated with the object of the ad,” Sony’s senior vice president of Media Relations Steve Elzer told All Things Digital. “So, we won’t be advertising there given these parameters.”

A Facebook representative confirms that “The Social Network” won’t be advertised on the site, saying: “My understanding is that they asked us for our ad guidelines and decided not to advertise on us after receiving them … I don’t think they ever submitted ad copy for us to review.”

It seems bizarre that “The Social Network,” a film about Facebook, won’t be advertised on Facebook — bizarre, but not surprising, given the film’s unflattering portrayal of the social networking site’s founding. Still, as Slash Film astutely points out, “The Social Network” is likely to make the Facebook rounds regardless of official advertising thanks to the legions of Facebook users likely to link around the film’s trailers, posters and other promotional efforts.

Personally, I don’t expect that the lack of Facebook advertising for “The Social Network” will damage the film’s prospects in the end. If anything, it could generate some interesting buzz around the movie. We’ll see how big an impact it has once Fincher’s latest arrives in theaters in October.

Tell us what you think in the comments and on Twitter!

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New ‘Machete’ Trailer Has Us Pumped, But Where’s Lindsay Lohan?

When you walk into your local showing of “Predators” later today — yes, when, not if — you’ll find yourself dealing with a double dose of Danny Trejo goodness. Not only will you enjoy the mustachioed manly man in his “Predators” role of Cuchillo, you’ll also get a look at a brand new trailer for the Trejo-starring “Machete,” in theaters this fall.

The new “Machete” trailer is already online courtesy of IGN and, as expected, it’s filled to the brim with all of the guns, knives and explosions one would hope for from Robert Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” spinoff. Most of the film’s major co-stars also make appearances, including Steven Seagal, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez. There’s just one question…

Where’s Lindsay Lohan?

Lohan’s casting in “Machete” was curious enough already, and were it not for her appearance in the Cinco de Mayo trailer, we would almost think she wasn’t in the movie. But Lohan is the only actor listed in this latest trailer’s credits that isn’t actually in the trailer. Was this a last minute cut due to Lohan’s legal woes? Is it simply a matter of her role being much smaller than her headline-happy name?

Clearly, “Machete” is the Danny Trejo show and he’s at the forefront of this trailer, as it should be. But with all of the attention paid to the other characters, it’s a bit odd that Lohan isn’t involved at all, especially considering her memorable appearance as a gun-toting nun in the last trailer. Really, who doesn’t want to see more of that?

Hopefully, this is just a case of concealing Lohan’s role to surprise the audience with how she factors into “Machete.” There’s no question that she’s in the midst of a difficult time right now, but between her involvement in “Machete” and adult film biopic “Inferno,” I’ve found myself more interested in Lohan’s career, not her tabloid status, than I’ve been since… well, ever.

With any luck, we’ll see plenty more of Lohan’s trigger-happy nun when “Machete” rolls into theaters. For now, we’ll have to be happy enough with the “Machete” trailer as is. Thankfully, there’s a whole lot of awesomeness to behold, Lohan or not.

Would you like to see more Lohan in the new “Machete” trailer, or are you happy that her role is being downplayed? Let us know where you stand in the comments section and on Twitter!

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‘Despicable Me’ Has Us Thinking About The Most Despicable Villains In Movie History!

Steve Carrell isn’t an actor we would typically think of as being despicable, but that seems to be the point of “Despicable Me.” The villain he voices, Gru, actually ends up having a heart of gold — as it turns out, he’s not so despicable after all.

But there are quite a few other villains out there who are not as redeemable by the time their movies end. Here’s a look at some of the most despicable bad guys in movie history, who we’re sure will be keeping audiences terrified for years to come!

Mama Fratelli
How Sloth was able to stand Mama Fratelli for so long in “The Goonies” is beyond us, because she is one of the most despicable villains from one of the most lovable movies we can possibly think of. Goonies never say die, but this is one villain we wish we could say met an unfortunate demise.

John Doe
When it comes to twisted villains, John Doe in “Se7en” is pretty high up there. He gives Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) his wife’s head in a box, for goodness sake! It’s one of those movies that, even though we know the ending, we hope Mills is able to contain his Wrath and prove Doe wrong.

Lord Voldemort
He willingly split his soul into seven parts by killing, even if it meant killing an infant. He started a genocide against Muggles and non-pure blood wizards just because he could. And he’s played by the delightfully despicable Ralph Fiennes. If Lord Voldemort isn’t despicable, we don’t know who is.

Freddie Kruger
We’re choosing the original Robert Englund version of Freddy Kruger, but even Jackie Earle Haley’s new nightmare is a pretty nasty villain. Any child molester deserves to be on a bad guy list, but one who never dies and nails those witty one liners is a step above the rest.

Senator Palpatine/The Emperor
Say what you will about the “Star Wars” prequels, but we must say that getting to know Senator Palpatine before he became the evil Emperor did make us hate the man even more than we did in the originals.

The Joker
Sorry Jack Nicholson, but Heath Ledger took The Joker to a whole new level of despicability in “The Dark Knight.” He completely owned that performance and gave us a villain that both terrified and fascinated us, and will set the bar for despicable villains for years to come.

Who are some of your favorite despicable villains? Let us know in the comments section and on

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