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Singer/actress MANDY MOORE is set to star in a TV sitcom.
The Tangled star has landed the leading lady role in upcoming U.S. series Us and Them, a light-hearted take on family conflicts.
The show will revolve around Moore’s character, a young newlywed named Annie, and her husband Ben, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
It’s not the first time Moore has appeared on the small screen - she had a recurring guest role on hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy and has made cameos in Scrubs, Entourage and How I Met Your Mother.

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Actor JOHN MARINACCI has been arrested along with 36 others as part of an inquiry into a mob-connected gambling ring in New York.
The 56 year old, who has appeared in episodes of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, was hauled in by cops as part of Operation Flat Rate after allegations he solicited bets, collected money and took a percentage of losing wagers for the Gambino crime family.
Deputy Attorney General Peri Alyse Kadanoff announced on Tuesday (18Oct11) that cops have gathered a "great deal of wiretap evidence" against 37 members of the ring, which allegedly operated in Brooklyn from April 2010 until April 2011. Three other Gambino associates were also arrested.
Marinacci, who is also a professional poker teacher, was charged with one count of enterprise corruption, 30 counts of promoting gambling, 30 counts of possession of gambling records and one count of conspiracy, according to the New York Post.
He has been released on $25,000 (£15,625) bail.

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A Dutch filmmaker is set to release the movie RIVER PHOENIX was shooting before his sudden death, with the help of the actor’s brother JOAQUIN.
George Sluizer was working on Dark Blood with River when the 23-year-old star died from a drug overdose outside Hollywood’s The Viper Room in 1993.
The director has now re-edited the material and wants the late actor’s younger sibling Joaquin to help him complete the project by recording a voice-over as River’s character, Boy.
Sluizer tells the Hollywood Reporter, "The voices of both brothers are very much alike." Sluizer hopes to release the final cut next year (12).

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Actress MARISKA HARGITAY has adopted a baby boy.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star and her husband Peter Hermann brought home Andrew Nicolas just six months after adopting daughter Amaya.
Hargitay tells People magazine, "We knew we wanted to have more children. We thought, ‘We should start planning now, since it will take a while.’ We never in a million years thought it would happen this quickly, but something inside of us knew that that was right, and we said yes, yes, yes! We’re pinching ourselves. We’re just taking in this blessing." And the actress reveals the two children have fast become friends, adding: "They’ll lie in the crib together, and she’ll hold his hand and put her arm around him. She’s already so protective of him." The couple already has a five-year-old son, August, who is "over the moon" about having a baby brother, and Hargitay admits she and Hermann are happily enjoying parenthood.
She adds, "There’s so much adjusting, but we feel oddly settled now. It feels like everyone is home. Our family is complete now. This is what we had in store for us."

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