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By Shereen Low The last time Matt Damon had to change the way he looked for a movie role, he lost 40 pounds in 100 days and ended up on medication.

Matt Damon is probably best known for his role as super-tough amnesiac spook in the Bourne franchise , but his latest role is about as far removed from the hard-hitting Secret Service operative as you can get.

George Clooney voices the titular Mr. Fox, who lives underground with his family and other four-legged friends.

The experience of Fantastic Mr. Fox , Wes Anderson's stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for young readers, is like being magically shrunk down to 1:12 scale and set loose for 90 minutes in an exquisite, handcrafted, dizzyingly well-stocked dollhouse.

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Mark Thompson's latest BBC expenses release lists A 647 for a night at the Bellagio, Las Vegas a ' and 70p for a parking meter Mark Thompson and the Bellagio Hotel .

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law , Mentalfloss on November 6, 2009 at 3:16 pm A REAL LIFE "OCEAN'S ELEVEN": The 2003 ANTWERP DIAMOND HEIST If you thought George Clooney's Ocean's Eleven character was smooth, check out the velvet finish on criminal mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo .

Sandy Hackett says his late father, Buddy, once turned down a chance to be Frank Sinatra's opening act in Las Vegas.

Two days after another George Clooney film screened at the Savannah Film Festival -- The Men Who Stare At Goats -- another film starring the actor was the Festival's super-secret "Director's Choice." Directed by Jason Reitman and based on Walter Kim's novel, Up in the Air is the hilarious, affecting, and perfectly timed story, sociopolitically ...

Duration: 57:45 TVG Francis Albert Sinatra - agreed by many to be the greatest entertainer in the history of American pop culture.

Thesp Don Cheadle has now set his sights on building a mini TV empire. Crescendo, the production company Cheadle launched with former managers Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman, has sealed a first-look TV deal at NBC.

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ROALD Dahl classic caper Fantastic Mr Fox has been turned into a beautifully animated film for all the family, with great success.

A feature film is coming to Niagara Falls and area residents will have a chance to see themselves on the silver screen.

The Obama administration has attacked Fox News in order to prevent government corruption stories broken on Fox from bleeding into the other media, which are all-consumed with daily updates on Levi Johnston's Playgirl spread and Carrie Prejean's breast implants.

The Casey Anthony case has become a play, "Tot Mom," created by Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh .

By Siobhan Synnot Whether it's visiting Darfur, addressing the UN in a bid to stop the genocide there or refusing to cross a picket line at the Oscars, George Clooney oozes integrity and charm at every turn a ' even when he makes the odd turkey IF ROBERT Redford was once the reflex clichA© for matinee idolatry, that mantle has now passed to ...

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Casey Affleck talks to Siobhan Synnot about finally stepping out of his sibling's shadow with the lead in a new film that for the first time leaves Ben behind the cameras Going up: Casey Affleck in his first lead role in Lonesome Jim CASEY Affleck has never saved the world in a mask and red tights.

A Hollywood director has hailed Matt Damon for being easy to work with. Steven Soderbergh, best known for Sex, Lies and Videotape, said he needed an actor who was fast on his feet for the upcoming comic thriller The Informant! Director Lauds Matt Damon for "Big" Performance He said Damon, whom he directed in Ocean's Eleven, was an instant choice ...