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Photo: Michael Phelps's Sports Illustrated Cover Revealed!

19 August 2008 9:55 AM, PDT

Michael Phelps has already celebrated his record-breaking Olympic performance with his family in Beijing – and now the swimmer is celebrating his historic achievement by gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated, adorned with his eight gold medals. The athlete has won the most gold medals of any Olympian ever – famously beating out swimmer Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.But Phelps's Si cover is a nice tribute to Spitz. In the portrait, the swimmer strikes an identical pose to an iconic picture of Spitz also adorned with all his medals. Another milestone for Phelps:

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Movie Reviews: Mirrors

19 August 2008 10:38 AM, PDT

The horror film Mirrors, starring Kiefer Sutherland of 24 fame, which opened without being screened for critics, was reviewed by them over the weekend. It received the expected pans. Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times called it "ridiculous" and added, "Mirrors reflects back nothing." Jeanette Catsoulis in the New York Times commented that Sutherland "is believably beleaguered, though not even as Jack Bauer did he ever pull a gun on a nun. It's good to see him stretch." But, addressing Sutherland, Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "There's got to be more of an (more)

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Faris Made An Honorary Bunny

19 August 2008 6:27 PM, PDT

Hugh Hefner is so impressed with sexy star Anna Faris' portrayal as a Playboy bunny, he's made her an honorary member of his extended family.

Hefner and his girlfriends have already been treated to a screening of Faris' new film House Bunny, which she produces and stars in - as a model forced out of the Playboy mansion. And he loves it.

In fact Hefner is such a fan of the comedy, in which he has a cameo, he insisted the Scary Movie star was allowed to keep her Playboy necklace after the film wrapped - making her an (more)

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Bard's Eye View: Nic Cage Gets a Little Bit 'Dangerous' and 10 Films to Watch For from September through December

19 August 2008 9:19 AM, PDT

Greetings to Fantaversians young and old, and welcome back to Bard's Eye View, where I, like many guys my age, am 39. Yes, that's right, it was my birthday this past Sunday, which means I am now less than one year away from the big 4-0. (Just one John McCain (more)

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'Red Earth' Short Films For Burrowers Release

19 August 2008 5:21 PM, PDT

Glass Eye Pix announced this mont that they have wrapped production on Red Earth, a series of short films by horror fave Jt Petty (Soft For Digging, Mimic: Sentinel ) to promote his forthcoming feature The Burrowers from Liongate. Cinematographer Phil Parmet (Halloween, The Devil's Rejects) (more)

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On DVD: Lech Majewski, "Brand Upon the Brain!"

19 August 2008 6:35 AM, PDT

By Michael Atkinson

Who is Lech Majewski? Among other things, he's something of a newfound challenge for the critic and budding cinephile. A tireless and passionate Euro artiste of a kind that gets often relegated to the "underground" or "experimental" categories in this country, but who also employs old-fashioned surrealism (more)

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