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• Britney Spears craves freedom amid career upswing (AP)

  AP - Britney Spears is craving more freedom — and less of the "control" that's stabilized her personal life and reinvigorated her career over the last several months.

  
  

• Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo (AP)

  AP - Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced at least 250,000 people.

  
  

• Jennifer Garner wins order against alleged stalker (AP)

  AP - Jennifer Garner has won a restraining order from a man she says has been stalking her for years.

  
  

• Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive' (AP)

  AP - Hugh Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

  
  

• Publicist: Winona Ryder hospitalized in UK (AP)

  AP - Actress Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport Wednesday, her publicist said.

  
  

• Haley Joel makes B'way debut in `American Buffalo' (AP)

  AP - Hollywood can be a tough place to navigate for child stars who outgrow their roles. Once in demand, they find more doors closed than opened as attention shifts to the next It Kid.

  
  

• 'Impressionism' sets a March 12 Broadway opening (AP)

  AP - The opening date and Broadway theater have been set for the world premiere of "Impressionism," a play by Michael Jacobs starring Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen.

  
  

• John Malkovich to film documentary about migrants (AP)

  AP - John Malkovich is so touched by the plight of migrant children who cross illegally into the United States that he plans to make a documentary about it.

  
  

• Movie will show White House butler did it all (Reuters)

  Reuters - Columbia is bringing the story of Eugene Allen, a black man who served as a White House butler for 34 years, to the big screen.

  
  

• Indie studio counting on "Twilight" success (Reuters)

  Reuters - Much of the conversation about the upcoming vampire romance "Twilight" has centered on the future of the literary-based franchise.

  
  

• Disney's Beauty Getting 3-D Treatment (E! Online)

  E! Online - Sounds like one beaut of a project.

  
  

• "Twilight" fans have sky-high hopes for movie (Reuters)

  Reuters - The makers of teen vampire movie "Twilight" have seen fan excitement reach bloodcurdling levels ahead of the U.S. debut on Friday, but as expectations rise, some industry watchers are wondering if all the hype could be too much of a good thing.

  
  

• New X-Men Getting the O.C. Treatment (E! Online)

  E! Online - Josh Schwartz is well-versed in teen drama and genetically gifted frenemies, but how will he handle mutant superheroes and rabid fandom?

  
  

• Sundance to open with Australian claymation movie (Reuters)

  Reuters - The Sundance Film Festival, the top destination for U.S. independent filmmakers, on Wednesday unveiled the opening-night movie for its 25th edition in January, the clay animation feature "Mary and Max."

• Sorry, Bond. Bourne Still Owns You (E! Online)

  E! Online - Jason Bourne can't be caught. Not by James Bond.

  
  

• Seth Rogen Makes Another Porno (E! Online)

  E! Online - After taking the raunch to the big screen, Seth Rogen is bringing porno back where it rightfully belongs…in a late-night time slot on a pay cable channel.

  
  

• Brad Pitt producing reporter's fake-fed story (Reuters)

  Reuters - Paramount is getting behind the power of the press. The studio has picked up the life rights of Missouri journalist Linda Trest, who helped break open the cover of a drug-busting con man.

  
  

• Nicole Kidman Planning Early Retirement? (E! Online)

  E! Online - Nicole Kidman may be following in the footsteps of Joaquin Phoenix—minus the directionally challenged, indecipherable hand scrawls, that is.

  
  

• True tale of tragedy, persistence, payoff (Reuters)

  Reuters - Collene Campbell's son Scott was murdered in 1982. Six years later her brother, off-road racing legend Mickey Thompson, and his wife were gunned down.

• Bruno's Medium Experience Only So-So (E! Online)

  E! Online - Bruno picked the wrong place to crank it up.