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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Robert Downey Jr.</title>
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		<title>Oscar Contenders Housekeeping: Prediction Clean-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contenders-housekeeping-prediction-clean-up</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amelia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Can you feel it? It&#039;s officially underway. The Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close and the horses are in their stalls and the gun has gone off. The awards race is in full swing and while there are several films yet to be seen, there are a few early front-runners to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Transformers 3&#039; and &#039;Indiana Jones 5&#039; to &#039;Lincoln&#039;, Spielberg&#039;s Name is Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/transformers-3-and-indiana-jones-5-to-lincoln-spielbergs-name-is-everywhere</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/transformers-3-and-indiana-jones-5-to-lincoln-spielbergs-name-is-everywhere#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg&#039;s name was attached to no less than four different films in the past 24 hours ranging from awards fodder such as Harvey and Lincoln to Michael Bay fodder such as Transformers 3, and the nightmare scenario of a potential Indiana Jones 5, even though we all secretly want that one to happen.

First off, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favreau and Downey to Play &#039;Cowboys and Aliens&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/favreau-and-downey-to-play-cowboys-and-aliens</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/favreau-and-downey-to-play-cowboys-and-aliens#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Favreau]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in June of 2007 it was announced DreamWorks and Universal would be turning the graphic novel &#034;Cowboys &#038; Aliens&#034; into a feature film based on the Image Comics graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, which mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: Whoa&#8230; Robert Downey Jr. as the Vampire Lestat?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whoa-whoa-whoa-robert-downey-jr-as-the-vampire-lestat</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whoa-whoa-whoa-robert-downey-jr-as-the-vampire-lestat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: A member of ONTD contacted Anne Rice via her openly available email address regarding the following story and got this in reply:

Stacy, I cannot confirm this story. The negotiations are entirely in the hands of my agents. I know they are always working on setting up my books with good motion picture prospects. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic Con Video: &#039;Iron Man 2&#039; Panel Q&amp;A Session</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic-con-video-iron-man-2-panel-qa-session</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic-con-video-iron-man-2-panel-qa-session#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic-Con]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Cheadle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Paramount Pictures


It seems there is something of a consensus around the Internet at the moment claiming the Comic Con panel for Iron Man 2 was the big winner this year, and considering Sunday&#039;s line-up is devoid of any movie content that could possibly touch it I have to assume the verdict of the masses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. Starring Opposite &#039;Hangover&#039;s Zach Galifianakis in &#039;Due Date&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey-jr-starring-opposite-hangovers-zach-galifianakis-in-due-date</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey-jr-starring-opposite-hangovers-zach-galifianakis-in-due-date#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Due Date]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment Weekly is reporting exclusively that Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to star opposite Zach Galifianakis in Todd Phillips&#039; follow-up to The Hangover for Warner Bros. called Due Date.

The film centers on an expectant dad (Downey Jr.) and his unlikely travel companion (Galifianakis) race cross-country in hopes of making it home for the birth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brand New Images of Downey, Law and McAdams in &#039;Sherlock Holmes&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/brand-new-images-of-downey-law-and-mcadams-in-sherlock-holmes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/brand-new-images-of-downey-law-and-mcadams-in-sherlock-holmes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=16309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has just sent over eight new images from the upcoming Warner Bros. release Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. as the title character, Jude Law as Dr. John Watson and Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler.

Along with the images there is also a detailed set report at &#034;USA Today&#034; from Susan Wloszczyna and featured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Roundtable with Pitt, Langella, Hawkins, Downey Jr., Rourke and Hathaway</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-roundtable-with-pitt-langella-hawkins-downey-jr-rourke-and-hathaway</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-roundtable-with-pitt-langella-hawkins-downey-jr-rourke-and-hathaway#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=12759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek held an Oscar roundtable hosted by David Ansen and Ramin Setoodeh and involving Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and I have just started digging into these things and from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey on &#039;Avengers&#039;, Rejected &#039;Twilight&#039; Script, &#039;Terminator&#039; Poster and Much, Much More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey-on-avengers-rejected-twilight-script-terminator-poster-and-much-much-more</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey-on-avengers-rejected-twilight-script-terminator-poster-and-much-much-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Valley]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

(from top left) New Terminator Salvation poster, Criterion logo, Whatever Works, Dolph Lundgren, I am Legend, He-Man, &#034;Star Trek&#034; comic, Tim Blake Nelson in The Incredible Hulk


It&#039;s been a long time since there were enough stupid online stories to create a Rumor Mill Roundup, but thanks to fanboy excitement and a lack of stories to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Angels and Demons&#039; Goes Viral, Pattinson in &#039;Ashes&#039;, &#039;Planet of the Apes&#039; Reboot and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/angels_and_demons_goes_viral_pattinson_in_ashes_planet_of_the_apes_reboot_and_more_20081031</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/angels_and_demons_goes_viral_pattinson_in_ashes_planet_of_the_apes_reboot_and_more_20081031#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

(clockwise from top left) Daveigh Chase in S. Darko, Chris Nolan, Gears of War, Robert Downey Jr. on set of Sherlock Holmes, Angels and Demons&#039; Vatican bomb, Fanboys poster, Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes, Spider-Man


Angels and Demons has already gone viral with a site called AltarsofScience.com previewing a photo of a ticking time bomb beneath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Blockbuster vs. Contender&#8230; Setting the Record Straight</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar_update_blockbuster_vs_contender_setting_the_record_straight_20081028</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar_update_blockbuster_vs_contender_setting_the_record_straight_20081028#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kudos to You]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Walt Disney/Pixar


There&#039;s a problem from the outset with the New York Times article headlined &#034;Studios Are Pushing Box Office Winners as Oscar Contenders&#034; in reference to Walt Disney&#039;s &#034;decision&#034; to push WALL•E for Best Picture and Warner &#034;decided&#034; to do the same with The Dark Knight.

The article insinuates the studios are pushing box-offfice winners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. in &#039;Sherlock&#039;, Kingsley in &#039;Persia&#039; and Gallons of Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_in_sherlock_kingsley_in_persia_and_gallons_of_posters_20081011</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_in_sherlock_kingsley_in_persia_and_gallons_of_posters_20081011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

(clockwise from top left) Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia, Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes, Max Payne poster, Che poster, TDTESS poster, Hulk, Frost/Nixon poster, Bedtime Stories poster


POSTERS!!!! A new German poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still is online. As well as one and two new posters for Che, a French one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark and Boring Deleted Scene from &#039;Iron Man&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark_and_boring_deleted_scene_from_iron_man</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark_and_boring_deleted_scene_from_iron_man#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Iron Man can see through your shirt and he likes it
Photo: Paramount Home Entertainment


Wanna see what it&#039;s like when the Tony Stark snark goes a bit overboard? Check out this deleted scene from Iron Man which will be available on the DVD and Blu-ray on September 30. I also added some hi-res cover art from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Hutts, Franco&#039;s Fake Penis and Feldman&#039;s Bastardly Denial</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gay_hutts_francos_fake_penis_and_feldmans_bastardly_denial</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gay_hutts_francos_fake_penis_and_feldmans_bastardly_denial#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Mill Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Ratner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corey Feldman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Bousman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorian Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglorious Bastards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joss Whedon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serenity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valkyrie]]></category>

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Welcome to another batch of worthless yet seemingly entertaining batch of movie news/rumor stories that keep the blogosphere alive and well.

We begin with a massive swarm of bees huddling over and around their queen at MGM Tower in Century City. Bzzzzzz.

Next we have a quote from Robert Downey Jr. with regard to The Dark Knight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Tropic Thunder&#039; Advice: Nobody Goes Full Retard</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/tropic_thunder_advice_nobody_goes_full_retard</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Stiller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropic Thunder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention there is now some sort of a movement to remove the scene featured below from Tropic Thunder because it is offensive. The article mentioning it is here and LatinoReview have posted Stiller&#039;s comments on the character here. My advice, don&#039;t go see the movie if you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. Investigates Ritchie&#039;s &#039;Sherlock Holmes&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_investigates_ritchies_sherlock_holmes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_investigates_ritchies_sherlock_holmes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropic Thunder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Robert Downey Jr. is officially &#034;fanboy cool&#034; after starring in Iron Man and introducing them to yet another real actor you can almost hear them rejoicing as Variety breaks the news that Downey will star as Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie&#039;s follow-up to RocknRolla opening later this year.

Sherlock Holmes will be written and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Downey Jr. a Cowboy or Alien?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is_downey_jr_a_cowboy_or_alien</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is_downey_jr_a_cowboy_or_alien#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outside of the rumors that Robert Downey Jr. will be playing Hugh Hefner in the film adaptation of the Playboy mogul&#039;s life for none other than Brett Ratner we have news that he is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal&#039;s Cowboys &#038; Aliens based on a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Peek at Downey and Foxx in &#039;The Soloist&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new_peek_at_downey_and_foxx_in_the_soloist</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new_peek_at_downey_and_foxx_in_the_soloist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Foxx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></category>

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Photo: DreamWorks courtesy of USA Today


Robert Downey Jr. has been making movies since the 1980s and almost 30 years later he has to give this quote to USA Today:

&#034;I&#039;ve loved every part of Iron Man,&#034; says Downey, who will reprise his role in the comic book sequel, out in 2009. &#034;But the last thing you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE GOSSIP SHEET: May 16, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gossip_sheet_may_16_2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gossip_sheet_may_16_2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luoma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Gossip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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It&#039;s finally the end of a long week!  Stick around for news on who&#039;s divorcing and who&#039;s getting married!  Plus news on Barkley&#039;s large debt, the 2hour &#034;24&#034; special, Britney on vacation with Mel Gibson, and Dennis Rodman&#039;s assualt charges!

Charles Barkley plans to pay his casino debt of $400,000! [APNEWS]

Britney and Mel Gibson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Javier Bardem out of Marshall&#039;s &#039;Nine&#039;? Fine, Get Downey Jr.</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/javier_bardem_out_of_marshalls_nine_fine_get_downey_jr</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/javier_bardem_out_of_marshalls_nine_fine_get_downey_jr#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federico Fellini's 8½]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Javier Bardem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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Robert Downey Jr. is the hot name on the streets now as it took a superhero movie for people to finally realize the man can act. Now, let&#039;s get him into a role that has nothing to do with superheroes why don&#039;t we?

Variety reported this morning that Javier Bardem has dropped out of the lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shallow End: Duplicating Downey&#039;s &#039;Iron&#039; Rebound&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shallow_end_downeys_iron_rebound</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/shallow_end_downeys_iron_rebound#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shallow End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mel Gibson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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Heroin, coke, crack. 10 years ago if you had told Robert Downey Jr. that baseballs make you fly high, he would&#039;ve snorted them whole and then passed out on the neighbor&#039;s yard like some junky elephant man. Now he&#039;s headlining 2008&#039;s first summer blockbuster, Iron Man. Not to mention he&#039;s closing the summer season down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. and Foxx On Set of &#039;The Soloist&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_and_foxx_on_set_of_the_soloist</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_and_foxx_on_set_of_the_soloist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Foxx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></category>

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The snapshot above of Jamie Foxx on the set of The Soloist just throws me off a bit as it looks like something that would come out of some off the wall comedy and not the next Academy Award hopeful, but that is exactly what this film is.

The Soloist stars Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Makes Foxx &#039;Soloist&#039; a Duet</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_makes_foxx_soloist_a_duet</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know Robert Downey Jr. has released music before? His album &#034;The Futurist&#034; has a song called &#034;Broken&#034; that actually appeared on the Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang soundtrack that is quite good. The guy has some singing talent, but it unfortunately won&#039;t be put to the test in the musical drama The Soloist as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMIC CON: Robert Downey Talks &#039;Iron Man&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic_con_robert_downey_talks_iron_man</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic_con_robert_downey_talks_iron_man#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic-Con]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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The best thing that happened at Comic Con this year was the unveiling of the Iron Man footage. If I was to compare this year to last year I would say Iron Man is this year&#039;s 300 and if Paramount looks at it that way, they might now start seeing dollar signs. Because after buzz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Jr. and Baruchel Join Stiller&#039;s &#039;Thunder&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_and_baruchel_join_stillers_thunder</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_jr_and_baruchel_join_stillers_thunder#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Baruchel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the comedy flick Tom Cruise was rumored to have been interested in, but instead he is doing The Hardy Men with Ben Stiller, but not before Stiller directs Tropic Thunder.

The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Robert Downey Jr. and Jay Baruchel are set to star in the feature for Stiller and DreamWorks Pictures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Downey Jr. is &#039;Iron Man&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/robert_downey_jr_is_iron_man</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/robert_downey_jr_is_iron_man#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love Robert Downey Jr. He&#039;s quirky and interesting and he brings something to his roles that no one else can bring, but this news has officially thrown me for a loop as Variety confirms the news that was reported earlier by Ain&#039;t It Cool News that Downey has been cast for the lead role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Goes &#039;Shaggy&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/downey_goes_shaggy</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shaggy Dog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I never would have thought that a remake of Disney&#039;s Shaggy Dog could get so many names as Robert Downey Jr. is now joining the cast, which already includes Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover and Craig Kilborn.

Granted the names aren&#039;t huge, but I think we all recognize them.

Variety reports that Downey will play a [...]]]></description>
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