LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 03: Jack Nicholson attends the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers basketball game at Staples Center on April 3, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jack Nicholson
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The laws of cinema practically guarantee that Silvio Berlusconi’s tabloid-ready life and prime-ministership will one day grace the big screen, so screenwriters and studio bosses should study this dream pre-casting from the Daily Beast’s Michael Solomon. Apart from Silvio (best played by a smirky Jack Nicholson), the perfectly pouty and scorned ex-wife Veronica Lario is a definite Angelina Jolie role, alleged bunga bung participant “Ruby the Heart Steeler†is a dead ringer for Jessica Alba, and Berlusconi’s political mentor (former Italian PM Bettino Craxi) has all the bald-pated, delightfully scheming look of a Danny DeVito. And for those flashbacks to young Silvio’s career as a cruise ship crooner: Nick Jonas, of course.