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December 15, 2011 Live Chats

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star Daniel Craig walked the red carpet at the premiere on Wednesday, telling "Extra's" AJ Calloway he didn't feel the pressure to live up to the Swedish version, saying, "I just felt that we were gonna set out to make the best movie we could."

Craig's co-star, Rooney Mara, spoke about the film's intensity, and prepared for her role as Lisbeth Salander with real piercings on her body. "Most of them are real," Mara said.

November 03, 2011 Extra Scoop
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The top 12 contestants on "X Factor" sang their hearts out, but this time, the decision on who will stay or go was cast by votes from the TV viewers at home. Tonight's episode will reveal the first voting session results.

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October 02, 2011 Movies

Here's a preview of what's opening at the movies this weekend, including the dark comedy "50/50," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen; the rom-com "What's Your Number?" starring Anna Faris; the psychological thriller "Dream House," starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz; and the cop drama, "Courageous."

In Theaters Now (September)

'50/50' (Sept. 30)

Who: Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Kendrick; directed by Jonathan Levine What: Inspired by a true story, this comedy is centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

'What's Your Number' (Sept. 30)

Who: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner; directed by Mark Mylod What: A woman looks back at the past 20 men she's had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.

'Dream House' (Sept. 30)

Who: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Elias Koteas; directed by Jim Sheridan What: Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.

'Courageous' (Sept. 30)

Who: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes; directed by Alex Kendrick What: When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers. Together, they make a decision that will change all of their lives.

'Moneyball' (Sept. 23)

Who: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman; directed by Bennett Miller What: The film focuses on Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who in the early 2000s successfully put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

'Abduction' (Sept. 23)

Who: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver; directed by John Singleton What: A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

'Dolphin Tale' (Sept. 23)

Who: Harry Connick Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble; directed by Nathan Gamble What: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap. Who wants to cry?

'Killer Elite' (Sept. 23)

Who: Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Clive Owen; directed by Gary McKendry What: When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member (Statham) of Britain's Elite Special Air Service is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader.

'Drive' (Sept. 16)

Who: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks; directed by Nicolas Winding Refn What: A Hollywood stunt performer (Gosling), who moonlights as a wheelman, discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist goes wrong.

'Straw Dogs' (Sept. 16)

Who: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard; directed by Rod Lurie What: L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

'I Don't Know How She Does It' (Sept. 16)

Who: Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Christina Hendricks; directed by Douglas McGrath What: A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.

'Contagion' (Sept. 9)

Who: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cottilard; directed by Steven Soderbergh What: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.

'Warrior' (Sept. 9)

Who: Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton; directed by Gavin O'Connor What: The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his older brother (Edgerton).

'Apollo 18' (Sept. 2)

In documentary-style, decades-old footage is found from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission. It shows how two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition — and reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon. [cue ominous music].

'Shark Night 3D' (Sept. 2)

Who: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee; directed by David R. Ellis What: A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.

'The Debt' (Sept. 2)

Who: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthingon, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain; directed by John Madden What: The espionage thriller spans time following Mossad agents from the time they track down a Nazi war criminal in 1966 to 1997, where the agents are being killed. The team's mission was accomplished-or was it?

August 01, 2011 The Extra List

"Cowboys & Aliens" rode to the top of the box office this past weekend (tying with "The Smurfs"), so "Extra" is highlighting those sexy men of the West - be they old or new! Yee haw!

30 Sexy Cowboys

Daniel Craig in 'Cowboys & Aliens'

As Jake Lonergan, Craig is the latest Hollywood star to play a ruggedly handsome cowboy from the Old West.

Kurt Russell in 'Tombstone'

Role: The famed lawman Wyatt Earp Best line: "I spent my whole life not knowing what I want out of it, just chasing my tail. Now for the first time I know exactly what I want and who... that's the damnable misery of it."

Kevin Costner in 'Dances with Wolves'

Role: Lieutenant Dunbar Best line: "I had never really known who John Dunbar was. Perhaps because the name itself had no meaning. But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over, I knew for the first time who I really was."

Val Kilmer in 'Tombstone'

Role: Doc Holliday Best line: "It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds."

Owen Wilson in 'Shanghai Noon'

Role: Roy O'Bannon Best line: "Now I'm gonna have to get rid of my outlaw name, it just won't work anymore. My real name's Wyatt Earp.

Josh Brolin in 'True Grit'

Role: Tom Chaney Best line: [after being shot by Mattie] "I didn't think you'd do it! One of my short ribs is broke!"

Matt Damon in 'All the Pretty Horses'

Role: John Grady Cole Best line: "If this rain hits hard, there's gonna be a river come down through here like a train. You thought about that?"

Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in '3:10 t0 Yuma'

Roles: Crowe as Ben Wade and Bale as Dan Evans Dan Evans: "I ain't stubborn." Ben Wade: "Excuse me?" Dan Evans: "You said I was stubborn, for keeping my family on a dying ranch. It's my son, Mark. The young one. He got tuberculosis when he was two. Doctor said he would die if he didn't have a dry climate, so..." Ben Wade: [interrupting] "Why are you tellin' me this?" Dan Evans: "I don't know. I guess I just... wanted you to know that I ain't stubborn, is all." [both start laughing]

Montgomery Clift in 'Red River'

Role: Matt Garth Thomas Dunson: When we get back to the ranch, I want you to change the brand. It'll be like this: The Red River D, and we'll add an M to it. You don't mind that, do you? Matt Garth: No. Thomas Dunson: You earned it.

Alan Ladd in 'Shane'

Role: Shane Best line: "A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that."

Jon Voight in 'Midnight Cowboy'

Role: Joe Buck Best line: "Uh, well, sir, I ain't a f'real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud!"

Jeff Bridges in 'Crazy Heart'

Role: Bad Blake Best line: "Whole worlds have been tamed by men who ate biscuits."

Timothy Olyphant in 'Justified'

Role: Raylan Givens Raylan Givens: "I'm gonna give you twenty-four hours to get out of this county. That means you have, oh, until two-fifteen tomorrow afternoon. If I see you around here after that, I won't hesitate to shoot you on sight. You got any questions?" Tommy 'the Zip' Bucks: "The f**k you talkin' about?" Raylan Givens: "That's your question?"

Garrett Hedlund in 'Country Strong'

Role: Beau Hutton Chiles Stanton (Gwyneth Paltrow): "Do you still like me?" Beau Hutton: "I still like you." Chiles Stanton: "I'm serious, Beau." Beau Hutton: "I still like you." Chiles Stanton: "I'm not what I seem." Beau Hutton: "Oh maybe that's what I like about you. D'you ever think of that? You know maybe that's what makes you different from all those other pretty pennies out there."

Harrison Ford in 'The Frisco Kid'

Role: Tommy Best line: "You give me the pee-doodles!"

John Wayne in 'Stagecoach'

Role: Ringo Kid Best line: "Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from."

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Brokeback Mountain'

Roles: Ledger as Ennis Del Mar and Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist Ennis Del Mar: "You ever get the feelin'... I don't know, er... when you're in town and someone looks at you all suspicious, like he knows? And then you go out on the pavement and everyone looks like they know too?" Jack Twist: "Well... maybe you oughta get out of there, you know? Find yourself someplace different. Maybe Texas." Ennis Del Mar: "Texas? Sure, maybe you can convince Alma to let you and Lureen to adopt the girls. And we can just live together herding sheep. And it'll rain money from LD Newsome and whiskey'll flow in the streams-Jack, that's real smart."

Viggo Mortensen in 'Appaloosa'

Role: Everett Hitch Best line: "Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens... and the unforeseeable that which your life becomes."

Hugh Jackman in 'Australia'

Role: Drover Drover: "We're not really used to..." Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman): "A woman? I suppose you think I should be back in Darwin, at the church fête or a lady's whatever you call it. Well I will have you know, I am as capable as any man." Drover: "Guests. We're not used to guests is what I was about to say but now that you mention it I happen to quite like the women of the outback."

James Dean in 'Giant'

Role: Jett Rink Best line: "Everybody thought I had a duster. Y'all thought ol' Spindletop Burke and Burnett was all the oil there was, didn't ya? Well, I'm here to tell you that it ain't, boy! It's here, and there ain't a dang thing you gonna do about it! My well came in big, so big, Bick and there's more down there and there's bigger wells. I'm rich, Bick. I'm a rich 'un. I'm a rich boy. Me, I'm gonna have more money than you ever thought you could have-you and all the rest of you stinkin' sons of... Benedicts!"

Will Smith in 'Wild Wild West'

Role: Capt. James West President Grant (Kevin Kline): "And you, West, not every situation calls for your patented approach of "shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two."

Colin Farrell in 'American Outlaws'

Role: Jesse James Best line: "See that's your problem, Frank. By the time you've finished figurin' out stuff, I'm already finished doin' it."

The Cast of 'Young Guns'

Who: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko William "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Estevez): "Dear Governor Axtell. I've heard that you will give 200 dollars for my head. Perhaps we should meet and talk. I am at the Juarez village at the border. Send 3 men, and instruct them not to shoot, as I am unarmed. In short, Sir; I surrender. Your obedient servant William H. Bonney. PS: I changed my mind. Kiss my ass."

John Travolta in 'Urban Cowboy'

Role: Bud Sissy (Debra Winger): "You a real cowboy?" Bud: "Well that depends on what you think a real cowboy is?" Sissy: "Know how to do 2-step?" Bud: "You bet." Sissy: "Wanna prove it?"

Clint Eastwood in 'A Fistful of Dollars'

Role: Joe Best line: "I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it."

Gary Cooper in 'High Noon'

Role: Marshal Will Kane Best line: "You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life and in the end you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."

Brad Pitt in 'Legends of the Fall'

Role: Tristan Best line: "You know when Samuel died... when Samuel died, I cursed God. Did I damn everybody around me as well as myself?"

Antonio Banderas in 'Desperado'

Role: El Mariachi Best line: "You know, it's easier to pull the trigger than play guitar. Easier to destroy than to create."

Steve McQueen in 'The Magnificent Seven'

Role: Vin Tanner Best line: "We deal in lead, friend."

Paul Newman and Robert Redford in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Role: Newman as Butch and Redford as the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy: "Kid, there's something I ought to tell you. I never shot anybody before." Sundance Kid: "One hell of a time to tell me!"

July 29, 2011 Movie Trailers

Here's a preview of what's opening in theaters July 29, including the sci-fi western "Cowboys & Aliens," starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford; the relationship dramedy "Crazy, Stupid Love," with Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling, and the kiddie flick, "The Smurfs 3D."

In Theaters Now (July)

'Cowboys & Aliens' (July 29)

Who: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde; directed by Jon Favreau What: It's 1873 and roughneck cowboys rule the Wild West. But when a spaceship arrives to take over the Earth, a small posse must band together to defeat the aliens. Oh yeah, this is gonna be goooood.

'Crazy, Stupid Love' (July 29)

Who: Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone; directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa What: A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.

'The Smurfs' (July 29)

Who: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria, with the Smurf vocal talent: Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, George Lopez, Paul Reubens; directed by Raja Gosnell What: When the evil wizard Gargamel (Azaria) chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours — in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Uh-oh!

'Captain America' (July 22)

Who: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell; directed by Joe Johnston What: After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.

'Friends with Benefits' (July 22)

Who: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson; directed by Will Gluck What: The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to take their friendship into "with benefits" status.

'Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, Part II' (July 15)

Who: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes; directed by David Yates What: The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemorts final Horcruxes, but when Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again.

'Horrible Bosses' (July 8)

Who: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Colin Farrell; directed by Seth Gordon What: Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.

'Zookeeper' (July 8)

Who: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Ken Jeong; directed by Frank Coraci What: The animals at one particular zoo decide to break their code of silence in order to help their lovable zookeeper gain the attention of one particular woman.

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' (July 1)

Who: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Hugo Weaving, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey; directed by Michael Bay What: The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.

'Monte Carlo' (July 1)

Who: Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith; directed by Thomas Bezucha What: Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

'Larry Crowne' (July 1)

Who: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama; directed by Tom Hanks What: After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.

July 29, 2011 Extra Scoop
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Since they were married in a super-secret ceremony last month in NYC, "Cowboys and Aliens" star Daniel Craig and blushing bride Rachel Weisz stepped out on Wednesday for the first time as husband and wife for a screening of "The Whistleblower." Onlookers reported the two shared a romantic rooftop kiss after the screening.

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July 25, 2011 Comic-Con

Excited fans lined the streets of San Diego at this year's Comic-Con to see the stars of "Cowboys and Aliens" walk the red carpet. Check out "Extra's" interviews with Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Daniel Craig!

July 18, 2011 Celebrity Highlights

Expect the unexpected when you're on a dude ranch in Montana. "Cowboys and Aliens" star Daniel Craig laughed with "Extra's" Terri Seymour at the film's press junket when a horse nearby... just watch.

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Craig, who plays a cowboy fighting an invading alien force in the film, says he's always wanted to be in a Western. "I wanted to play a cowboy for as long as I could remember, but I genuinely thought I would never get the chance."
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