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Daily Hollywood – Jonah Hill’s Split, A “Watch the Throne” Lawsuit, and More

Lilian Min |
October 19, 2011 | 12:06 a.m. PDT

Associate Entertainment Editor

This makes me feel old, and I’m 19 years old: Linda Cardellini, of Freaks and Geeks fame, is expecting a child next year with boyfriend Steven Rodriguez. (People

Jonah Hill recently underwent a dramatic slim down, but weight wasn’t the only thing he lost: he and longtime girlfriend Jordan Klein have called it quits. (US Weekly

Mandy Moore recently appeared on the big screen as the singing voice for Rapunzel in Tangled, but now she’s looking to get back on TV in a comedy called Us and Them for ABC. (The Hollywood Reporter

Guy Ritchie is looking to remake The Cannonball Run, about the eponymous car race, and none other than GM is looking to do a little product placement for the film. Oh, and by “a little” I mean “nothing but.” The car giant would help Ritchie for financing, and in exchange all the cars in the film would be by GM. (Vulture)

Sampling is always a contentious subject, especially when the sampler is getting more attention than the samplee. Such is the case with Syl Johnson, who filed a lawsuit against Jay-Z and Kanye West for the sampling of his track “Different Strokes” on “The Joy,” from Hov and Yeezy’s collaboration album “Watch the Throne.” (Billboard

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