Much to the shock of hairdressers everywhere, HBO has released a trailer for Phil Spector, the David Mamet TV movie about the murder case involving the legendary music producer — and with it comes our first (very) full look at Al Pacino's reincarnation.
Today in showbiz news: Two more of Angelina Jolie's kids are going into the family business, CBS and NBC make surprising choices about some new shows' futures, and Al Pacino is going to be a rock star.
David Mamet and James Foley have created a nearly perfectly constructed film.But hell is still hell. And hell needs a ruler. In a production filled with wonderful roles and actors, it’s Ricky Roma and the extraordinary Al Pacino that brings us back again and again.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are doing thing people who date do, Megan Fox is pregnant, and there but for the grace of Greta van Sustern goes Lindsay Lohan to Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
Also: Al Pacino is honored by President Obama and spends the following day drinking espresso alone, King's Speech director thinks he can still be friends with the pregnant fiancée he ditched, and Michael Bloomberg's birthday menu.
Plus: Elton John's life could soon be a non-linear, brightly colored movie
So what if he's covering Coldplay? It's good!
Portrait of the music producer as a young Pacino
Some of the most memorable movies ever once didn't meet his standards
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