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Brett Ratner Now a Greasy Equal Rights Activist, and More...

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- In penance for his pithy quip, "rehearsal's for fags," now-reformed bigot greasy Brett Ratner is working with GLAAD to produce and direct a series of videos to feature celebrities, athletes, musicians, and politicians "coming out of the closet" to support equal rights. "Working together with GLAAD has been a very positive and enlightening experience for me," Ratner said, an assurance that if any participants ask to rehearse, he'll at most do an exaggerated limp wrist and smug chuckle. He's enlightened now.

- As promised long ago, Peter Jackson will indeed be directing the next Tintin film, and he'll do it immediately after photography is done on the Hobbit movies. Saves money on unzipping Andy Serkis from his motion-capture suit.

- Cloverfield's Michael Stahl-David and Bored to Death's Zoe Kazan (above) will star in "supernatural romance," In Your Eyes. The two will play characters that live across the country and have never met, yet share a powerful, otherworldly connection. Joss Whedon wrote the script, presumably at a time when his friends were making fun of him for talking about his special internet girlfriend.

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