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  • Everett CollectionThe life of America's best-known film critic is proving to be as dramatic as any movie he could write about.

    In a post on his blog published Tuesday evening, Roger Ebert revealed that his long battle with cancer has taken a new turn: what was believed to be a "painful fracture" in his leg that prevented him from walking has now been diagnosed as cancer, and Ebert will be reducing his workload as a critic to focus on treatment.

    In the blog post, Ebert talked about his new health issues, and described the slowdown in his review schedule as "a leave of presence."

    "What in the world is a leave of presence?" Ebert writes. "It means I am not going away. My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me. What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review."

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  • Taylor Lautner, mean guy in 'Grown Ups 2' Taylor Lautner, mean guy in 'Grown Ups 2' (Photo: Columbia Pictures)
    Remember when Taylor Lautner was that super-nice high school guy in the "Twilight" series, always watching out for Bella?

    Well those days are over.

    Lautner plays a turf-guarding frat boy in "Grown Ups 2," showing Lenny (Adam Sandler) and his childhood chums who's boss when they return to their old swimming hole. And he has the secret handshake to prove it.

    Perhaps this is just the jolt audiences need to rid them of that good guy Jacob image, now that the popular "Twilight" series has ended. (The 21-year-old actor didn't have such luck when he tried his hand at action-hero stardom in 2011's "Abduction," which came in $7 million shy of its $35 million budget domestically.)

    Watch the first trailer for 'Grown Ups 2':

    Sandler calls Lautner and his visor-sporting, khaki shorts-wearing bros out for looking rather "Abercrombie." But, as the trailer indicates, the younger set gets the next laugh at the expense of those returning "Grown Ups" played by Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, and

    Read More »from Taylor Lautner Turns Bully In the First ‘Grown Ups 2′ Trailer
  • Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

    Ah, what George Oscar Bluth II could've done with a little Turtle Power!

    Casting on the Michael Bay-produced reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" just got a little, well, funnier as "Arrested Development" and "30 Rock" alum Will Arnett has joined the production in a role that Platinum Dunes is keeping under wraps.

    Read More »from Will Arnett Recruited For Secret Role in ‘Ninja Turtles’

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