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  • Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-LevittTatum credits Gordon-Levitt, not Fox, with the idea to remake 'Guys and Dolls' (Photo: WireImage/Getty Images)Channing Tatum is setting the record straight when it comes to his involvement with the apparent upcoming movie musical remake of "Guys and Dolls." And he says 20th Century Fox is spinning its own version of the story.

    "The studio didn't come up with that idea. Joseph Gordon-Levitt had that idea," the 33-year-old star of the upcoming action film "White House Down" told Yahoo! Movies on Wednesday. "I love that the studio tried to claim it," Tatum said facetiously.

    Just days ago, Fox secured the movie rights to the remake and named Tatum and Gordon-Levitt as the top contenders for the leading roles – roles first made famous by Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando.

    "But that was all Joe's idea. We've been trying to look for something to do together for a while now," Tatum clarified.

    Tatum and Gordon-Levitt Buddies: Tatum and Gordon-Levitt at a sporting event last year (Photo: Getty)Gordon-Levitt and Tatum have been friends for a while -- ever since they both appeared in the 2005 crime drama "Havoc," also starring Anne Hathaway. "He's been a bit of a mentor for me for a long time," Tatum said of

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  • Bill Clinton likes the 2007 comedy 'Who's Your Caddy?' (Photo: Everett/Getty)

    With an appalling six percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered jeers far and wide from film critics. But that didn't stop Bill Clinton from watching -- and re-watching -- the zany R-rated comedy "Who's Your Caddy?" starring rappers Lil Wayne and Big Boi.

    Former President Clinton watched the 2007 golf-themed movie on a plane to Thailand.

    How do we know? The cast and director of "The Hangover" hung out with Clinton following a speech he gave in the Southeast Asia country when they were there filming "The Hangover Part II."

    "We got to go to dinner with President Clinton," "Hangover" director Todd Phillips told The Hollywood Reporter. "We were like, 'Hey, why don't you come by the set?' So he came by. He loved [the first movie]. He loves comedies. At dinner, he goes to his assistant, 'What's that movie we watched over and over on the plane?' And the guy goes, 'The President loves "Who's Your Caddy."'"

    The President is indeed a big fan of film. He considers the work of legendary

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  • Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

    As difficult as it is to get a movie made in Hollywood these days, if it's not superhero-themed with franchise potential that is, two things that will get your unproduced screenplay on the fast track are if it lands on the prestigious "Black List" of best unproduced screenplays and if it contains political intrigue of a timely nature.

    Luckily for screenwriter and relative newcomer Young Il Kim, his script "Rodham," has both of those things. The movie, which revolves around the future First Lady and Secretary of State's early career in law and then politics in the late 1970s, as well as how her relationship with Bill Clinton affected the direction of that career, just landed director James Ponsoldt fresh off his buzzworthy work on "The Spectacular Now," and a 2016 release date.

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