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Quentin Tarantino Plans His ‘Citizen Kane’

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Tarantino Goes Faster: Quentin Tarantino hopes to remake Russ Meyer’s 1966 camp classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, with Eva Mendes, Kim Kardashian, and Britney Spears as his first choice for the leading roles. Congress plans to meet today to vote on a resolution authorizing the use of force to prevent this project from going forward. [Variety]

Hudson Preys on Family: Jennifer Hudson will co-star with Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, and Mr. Box Office himself in Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys. The amount of sassy empowerment in this film will be visible from space. [Variety]

Linney, Garai, Banderas Seek Significant Other: Laura Linney, Romola Garai, and Antonio Banderas join Liam Neeson in the Richard Eyre–directed drama The Other Man, about a husband who suspects his wife is unfaithful and sets out to find her paramour. Oh man, Antonio Banderas isn’t gonna, like, smolder in this, is he? [Variety]

Sweepstakes on a Plane: John Legend will help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards by playing an in-flight acoustic concert on a Grammy-branded Boeing 747 for 50 to 60 sweepstakes winners. The in-flight meal will suck, but not any worse than the Grammys. [Billboard]

Wahlberg Joins — What? Another Peter Berg Film?: Mark Wahlberg signs on to star in a biopic of international drug dealer John Roberts, the subject of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Pic will be directed by the psychotically busy Peter Berg, who either has an army of clones or some kind of bet going with Guillermo Del Toro. [Variety]

Are You Aiken for Spam?: For pathologically undemanding theatergoers who can’t wait for Shrek the Musical, Clay Aiken joins the cast of Spamalot tonight. [Playbill]