Thursday, May 7, 2009
X-Men Spinoff, More from Katie Holmes

Ryan Reynolds' will reprise his role as X-Men mutant Deadpool after landing his own spin-off in the comic book film franchise.

Reynolds starred alongside Hugh Jackman in the fourth movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine; and studio bosses at Twentieth Century Fox have already begun development on a film to flesh out his character's story, reports Variety.

The actor will take over the big screen as Deadpool and alter-ego Wade Wilson, a cancer-stricken mercenary who becomes an indestructible mutant thanks to a genetic experiment. Just last week Wolverine director Gavin Hood sparked reports Reynolds is set to star in his own X-Men movie, revealing he hopes to chronicle Deadpool's superhero background.

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Mishca Barton has reportedly rekindled her romance with former flame Luke Pritchard.

The pair — who split in March this year - were recently spotted partying together in London, fueling speculation they are dating again.

"Mischa made a beeline for Luke, and they soon started kissing, before then leaving the party to go back to Mischa's hotel room."

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Jennifer Aniston is being linked to actor Bradley Cooper after the pair reportedly flirted up a storm at Tuesday's party for her new movie, Management.

A new report describes how Bradley tried to enter the bash incognito by wearing a rubbish diguise of hat and glasses, before getting cosy with the actress once inside – much to his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Esposito's disgust.

"Bradley and Jennifer [Aniston] were definitely into each other," a partygoer tells New York Post's Page Six.

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Katie Holmes, last seen on Broadway running for her life from several white people in navy blazers, will star in Miramax's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Co-written by Guillermo Del Toro, Dark is based on a 1973 TV movie about "a young, Suri Cruise-type who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures."

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Kate Moss has signed on to write her autobiography for Virgin Books-partially owned by hot shot Sir Richard Branson, who spilled the beans on the project.

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