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DAILIES: ‘Toy Story’ Short Attached To ‘The Muppets,’ Hailee Steinfeld Is ‘Forgotten’


If “Toy Story 3” left you with a lingering hope for the continuing adventures of Woody and Buzz, don’t worry — they’re coming.

We already knew about the Hawaii-centric short attached to “Cars 2,” and now comes word of another “Toy Story” tale that’ll play in front of “The Muppets,” arriving just in time for Christmas! There’s no word on the short’s story, but here’s hoping that it involves a return trip to Sunnyside.

That’s not all the news that’s fit to print — head past the jump for “True Grit” star Hailee Steinfeld’s new gig, a new clip from “Source Code” and more!

Forget True Grit
Oscar contender and “True Grit” breakout star Hailee Steinfeld won’t be going away anytime soon, thankfully. The erstwhile Mattie Ross is staying in the Paramount family with “Forgotten,” a new film based on the upcoming Cat Patrick novel. Steinfeld stars as London Lane, a 16-year-old girl who loses her memory every night, only to wake up the next morning with visions of the future.

Cracking The Code
IGN has a new clip from “Source Code,” the Duncan Jones-directed thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a military man forced to live through a train bombing over and over again until he foils the terrorists’ plot. In the clip, Gyllenhaal’s character finds out what’s at stake if he fails in his mission.

Great Hope At The Office
Meryl Streep recently settled on a deal to star in “Great Hope Springs,” David Frankel’s drama about a loveless marriage on the verge of collapse after over 30 years. Now, Steve Carell is on board as well, signing on to play a marriage therapist who attempts to salvage the pair’s relationship.

The Clock Ticks Again
Looks like Kiefer Sutherland is heading back to the small screen, but those of you hoping for a “24” revival can put those dreams to bed: although the project is set up at Fox, Sutherland would be moving on from Jack Bauer for a leading role in “Touch,” a new drama from “Heroes” creator Tim Kring about an autistic boy who can predict events before they happen. Sutherland would play the boy’s father.

“50/50″ Release Date
The dramedy formerly known as “I’m With Cancer” has a new title and a release date: it’s called “50/50″ and it’s out on September 30, 2011. The Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt-starring film focuses on a young man’s struggle with cancer, and despite the intense subject matter, Rogen and JGL’s involvement virtually guarantees some laughs.

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The Apple ‘Special Event’: What will it be?


As you may or may not be aware, Apple have announced that tomorrow (September 1st) they will be holding a special event (invitation pictured left) for reporters, bloggers and analysts, presumably with the intention of announcing their next latest and greatest inventions. There’s also much speculation regarding what exactly will be the headline announcement, with the general consensus pointing towards new iPod Touch and Nano, given the music themed invitation that was sent out.

This has been backed up by recent rumours of an iPod Touch touting front and rear cameras which would tie in with the pictures of what are supposedly cases for the new iPod Touch and Nano (right). The speculated cameras would in all likelihood  allow the iPod Touch to benefit from the iPhone 4 Wi-Fi only FaceTime and would perhaps explain why Apple, for now at least, have chosen to keep FaceTime Wi-Fi only across the board. It’s also said that the cameras would allow the new Touch to support Apple’s new iMovie software, allowing on-the-move video recording and editing. It’s also rumoured that the iPod Touch will utilise the Retina Display technology found in the current iPhone 4. The rumoured iPod Nano however, is likely to simply be a smaller, re-designed unit with a larger memory.

Whilst we agree with the majority, that tomorrow will see the announcement of a new iPod Touch and iPod Nano, we feel it’s worth mentioning the other announcements we could potentially be seeing tomorrow in place of or as well as the iPod Touch? Well, here’s a run down of what we think these could be:

A ‘Cloud’ based iTunes

There were rumours circulating only a month ago regarding a wireless iTunes streaming and synching functionality which would undoubtedly be in addition to a new iPod announcement at tomorrow’s event. Apple has already moved below the radar to add the ability to stream music from MobileME in it’s latest update, a move which is said to be a test run for the larger iTunes update and would make sense given the possible damage that could ensue if it were to go wrong upon release.

TV show rental

Again, this is another rumour which has been ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ around the internet, which would see Apple give the option to essentially rent a TV show for a few days for $0.99 (likely to be £0.99 too knowing the Apple currency converison rates) as oppose to the current set up of having to purchase the show for $1.99.

Apple TV Update

There is rumoured to be a new version of the Apple TV winging its way to the market and we’ll give you three guesses as to what it’s called… Yeah, you’ve got it, the iTV (law suit filed in 5, 4, 3…) The iTV is rumoured to have a built in 16GB memory, the ability to run applications and the possibility of streaming iTunes to iPads/Phones/Touches through a Wi-Fi connection.

A new tablet

This is probably the least likely of all the possibilities we’ve outlined so far, somewhere up there with the pink elephants or flying farm animals of the swine variety, making an appearance but it’s still worth a mention. Ever since the iPad launched, there has been speculation as to whether Apple would release a 7 inch tablet to co-exist alongside the current, larger iPad. The recent tablet rumours from Samsung, LG, HTC/Google et al, would suggest that they believe there will at some point, be a smaller tablet, given that each is looking to release tablet into this exact space as oppose to taking the iPad on head-to-head. Now, we’re not suggesting that there won’t be an iPad Mini on the horizon somewhere but we doubt very much that we’ll see anything concrete this year.

Well, i think that’s about covered everything unless Apple really pull an Ace from their sleeve and in all likelihood, tomorrows announcement will be the new iPod Touch/Nano as expected, but we wouldn’t be surprised at all to see the announcement of the cloud based iTunes in tow. Whatever happens, make sure you check back at the blog tomorrow for our coverage of the announcement(s).

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