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For decades, it's been a wedding staple no self-respecting DJ can serenade a bride and groom without. Now, "At Last," Etta James seems to be inspiring a new performance and song that could become just as iconic.

Although details are sketchy on whether Beyonce and Jay-Z danced to the 1961 ballad at their own nuptials earlier this month, the singer/actress has spent her recent non-wedding-planning days portraying James in the upcoming flick "Cadillac Records."

"She did an amazing job in this," insisted her co-star Cedric the Entertainer, cast as blues musician/songwriter/record producer Willie Dixon in the film about the influential American label Chess Records, which launched the careers of everyone from Howlin' Wolf to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and James. Read more...

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- They don't look like Presbyterians to me: Muppets will be saving an old theater in Jason Segal's revamp, actor reveals. (CHUD)

- Play it again, Sam? Madonna aims to remake "Casablanca." (Daily Mail)

- Why so serious? New viral sites for "Dark Knight" reveal Concerned Citizens for Gotham, hilarious video, and a little Joker mayhem. (Clown Travel Agency, CCFG)

- Up, up, and away! Man of Steel faces unsure future with new court ruling. (NY Times)

- Mos Def to play Chuck Berry in "Cadillac Records." (Hollywood Reporter)

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- Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes? Final poster released for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” (USA Today)

- First look at Beyoncé as Etta James on the set of “Cadillac Records.” (Just Jared)

- Johnny Depp is looking for a few good screenwriters to pen a Salvador Dali biopic. (NZ Herald)

- Judd Apatow’s latest will bring together Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann. That and it’s about, well, nobody knows actually. (Variety)

- Justin Long gets dragged to hell by Sam Raimi. (Variety)

- “Horton Hears a Who,” but will he hear YOU? Filmmakers issue hometown shouting challenge. (Horton)

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Like Truman Capote and Steve Prefontaine before him, legendary record producer Leonard Chess is about to get the biopic treatment…Twice.

Fresh on the heels of rumors that Beyonce Knowles is set to play Etta James in the Chess film "Cadillac Records," "Jurassic Park III" star Alessandro Nivola revealed exclusively to MTV News that he's set to star in a competing Chess project. Read more...

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The movie world keeps a-turnin' as teenage superheroes suit up, a Greek god goes Hollywood, Shyamalan scares up a Deschanel sister and more, in today's issue of The Dailies.

- Robin finally gets his due as Warner Bros. develops "Teen Titans" live-action film. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Hope they didn't toss the "300” props. Hollywood turns its eagle eye towards Hercules, snags "Crow: Wicked Prayer" screenwriter. (Variety)

- Zooey Deschanel unites with Mark Wahlberg for new Shyamalan movie. (Variety)

- The muggles get a log flume. Universal readies "Potter" theme park. (ComingSoon.net)

- Early artists of rock 'n roll to be featured in "Cadillac Records." (Hollywood Reporter)

- "Infested," a currently unpublished novel about a parasite that turns people into crazed serial killers, gets turned into flick. (Hollywood Reporter)

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