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Saturday, February 10, 2007

First impressions

Jake Paltrow gets the stars to confess: Leonardo DiCaprio was moved to tears by King Kong. Penelope Cruz loved Billy Wilder. And Cate Blanchett was scared witless by Basil Rathbone in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Posted by Joe Leydon at 2/10/2007 01:17:00 AM
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Labels: Basil Rathbone, Billy Wilder, Cate Blanchett, Jake Paltrow, King Kong, Leonardo DiCaprio, Penelope Cruz, The Hound of the Baskervilles

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