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Sarah Jessica Parker Passes the ‘Butter’

2:10AM STV | Sarah Jessica Parker’s long-refrigerated, “racially charged” drama Spinning Like Butter has finally found theatrical distribution after a nearly three-year wait, thus unleashing the imaginations of critics everywhere who will smirkingly suggest lower-calorie alternatives for their own sake. [THR] Lexus TV will soon debut online with an original series starring Lisa Kudrow as a “nutty shrink.” Matt LeBlanc will co-star as a luxury SUV bequeathed from a husband to his wife one snowy, magical Christmas morning. [THR] After the jump: Uni courts the ‘Works, Keira does Zelda, and the NFL sacks the Emmys. More »

Like, This Is So Totally Embarrassing: Our Top Five Classic ‘Valley Girls’

8:30AM Molly Friedman | As THR reported recently, MGM is planning a musical remake of the cult classic Valley Girl, which became the epitome of everything the magical land of acrylic nails and gum chewing addictions stood for in the early `80s. However, the remake is ruffling the feathers of many an industry insider, mainly because the brains behind this project are less interested in revisiting the infamous twang and mall headquarters associated with girls from the Valley, a group the film arguably captured better than any successor. Instead, the epic soundtrack will serve as the reincarnation’s primary subject. But whether or not the idea tanks, we’re just happy to have the chance to round up our five favourite on-screen Valley Girls to ever gag us with a spoon: More »

Trade Roundup: Jake Gyllenhaal: Handsome, Soulful Astronaut

5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | · Jake Gyllenhaal joins director Doug Liman on DreamWorks’ Untitled Moon Project, in which Gyllenhaal is dispatched to populate a lunar colony with a super-race of dreamy-eyed pioneers. [Variety] Lisa Kudrow joins the cast of “let’s just squeeze in one more job before the strike” flick Hotel for Dogs, joining fellow speedy-paycheck-chasers Don Cheadle and Emma Roberts. [THR] · NBC Universal is acquiring Oxygen Media, including the Oprahcentric Oxygen network, for $US925 million, a piddling sum Winfrey will merely toss on the cash pile occupying much of her 25-acre Santa Barbara backyard. [THR] More »