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February 27th, 2009 @ 5:30 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Chuck K, Jonathan E Daby, John Whiteaker, E. Christopher, Chris Kuiters,

  • We’re just a now a week away from “Watchmen”, the most acclaimed graphic novel of all time, coming to theaters everywhere. A new article from CNN and Entertainment Weekly, “Will Anyone Watch the Watchmen?” once again features a quote from Kevin, a big fan and supporter of the film. It’s the same quote we’ve seen around before, but the full article is new, and worth a read. We do warn ya though, as the story of the film is widely known, there are some minor plot spoilers there for those who have yet to read the novel.
  • Through Wednesday, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” continues to enjoy a nice $7,880 per screen average in Australia, with the cume now close to 1.1 million after only a week in theaters. A very nice showing so far!
  • The immortal Shannon Hamilton (played by an early-career Ben Affleck, of course) takes Filmjunk’s #2 spot on their list of “The Top 10 Biggest Movie Douchebags”:

      2. Shannon Hamilton from Mallrats

      With a shitty attitude, a pretty boy mug and a propensity for combining backdoor sex with New Kids on the Block lyrics, there are few douches that can touch Shannon Hamilton. Played by Ben Affleck — no stranger to douchebaggery himself during his J-Lo phase — Shannon has the lofty position of being a manager of an upscale men’s clothing boutique in a Jersey outlet mall. Arrogant, smarmy and trying desperately to force overpriced slacks on people, Shannon is a classic big screen tit, the kind of douche who’d stoop to almost any level to try and screw your girlfriend in an uncomfortable place — and no, we ain’t talking about the back of a Volkswagen.

    Take a look at the whole article, and you’ll see he’s among some other fantastic memorable movie characters, including Burke from “Aliens” and Walter Peck in “Ghostbusters”.

  • An article titled “7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident” sportlights Rosario Dawson’s start in the #4 spot.

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