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Movie News AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. More Info...  

Reuters - It took comic book heroics and major studio clout but when "Iron Man" debuts in movie theaters this week, Robert Downey Jr. will have completed a roundtrip from showbiz boy wonder to fallen star and back again.

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AP - Terrence Howard is having a dream season for an actor, starring in one of the summer's biggest movies with the superhero flick "Iron Man" and collecting critical acclaim for his Broadway role in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Reuters - Seven years after making what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever, Mariah Carey is back with another road-trip flick.

AP - Much of the allure of "Iron Man" comes from the fact that we are indeed talking about a man — a real man who has lived a life and made mistakes and experienced regret — not some scrawny, teenage boy who received his superhero powers through a bite from a radioactive spider.

E! Online - "It's sweaty and uncomfortable. My paranoia is, the girl I'm doing the sex scene with will think I'm getting off on her. I have nightmares about that."

E! Online - We've seen Jim Carrey green. We've seen him edgy. We've seen him dumb (and dumber). But we've never seen him, um, packing.

Reuters - Mel Gibson, who has kept a low profile since his drunken anti-Semitic outburst in July 2006, is set to headline his first feature film since 2002, Daily Variety reported on Tuesday.

Reuters - The ambitions and intentions of "War, Inc.," co-written by and starring John Cusack, are laudable but the film is a nearly complete misfire.

E! Online - A remake of Schindler's List, it's not.

Reuters - With "Iron Man" set to blast off Friday and jump-start the high-flying summer moviegoing season, Hollywood is tuning up to launch into a spirited chorus of "We're in the Money!"

Reuters - Joel and Ethan Coen's "Burn After Reading," the duo's follow-up to their Oscar-winning drama "No Country for Old Men," will have its world premiere as the opener of the summer's Venice Film Festival.

Reuters - Hulk smash. Universal happy. "The Incredible Hulk" returns to theaters on June 13 with tie-in partners including Burger King, 7-Eleven, Kmart, mall retailers, grocery store brands Pringles and Sargento, Airheads candy and Hasbro toys.

Reuters - The first big release of the lucrative summer moviegoing season will actually come out in the final four hours of the spring.

AP - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are the proud parents of the weekend's No. 1 box-office flick as their comedy "Baby Mama" debuted with $17.4 million. More Info...  

AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. More Info...  

AP - "You get the best of both worlds," Miley Cyrus sings in the theme song of her hugely popular Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana." It's a reference to her character's secret double life as both a rock star AND a normal schoolgirl.

AP - Amy Poehler is a real-life "Baby Mama."

E! Online - Jason Bateman's career is about to experience the greenhouse effect.

E! Online - We hear a moan comin'?and it ain't from a black snake.