Star Trek star Chris Pine (James T. Kirk) will be honored as the Male Star of Tomorrow at ShoWest 2009 on April 2 in Las Vegas, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling brought a second French Legion of Honor award into her family last week in Paris, decades after her great-grandfather received the honor for battlefield courage during World War I, the Associated Press reported; French president Nicolas Sarkozy bestowed the title of knight in the Legion of Honor on Rowling.
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A new Web site for the Will Farrell Land of the Lost movie has gone live, with links to the new trailer.
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Lumenas Animation Studios has set Tab Murphy to write and Colin Brady to helm The Legend of Santa Claus, the first installment in a planned three-film series exploring the early days and mythology of the Christmas hero, Variety reported.
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C.H.U.D. has reported details of a Twitter conversation between Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada and Avengers comics writer Brian Michael Bendis about Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Thor movie.
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A Blu-ray collection of all three X-Men movies—X-Men, X2 and X3: The Last Stand—drops on April 21.