Cheetah, the chimpanzee that purportedly appeared in Tarzan movies in the early 1930s, has died of kidney failure at the age of 80, WTSP TV reports.

The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla., says the community “has lost a dear friend and family member” with the death of Cheetah on Dec. 24.

Sanctuary outreach director Debbie Cobb tells The Tampa Tribune that the chimp was outgoing, loved finger-painting and liked to see people laugh.

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Not everything promoting the saga is Twilight-approved. E! News confirms that Summit Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Twilight.com‘s head honcho, Tom Markson, for illegally using the movie’s trademark to lure visitors into believing it is an official site and making profit.

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Is Natalie Portman ballet’s Milli Vanilli? The ballerina who danced as her double in Black Swan told Entertainment Weekly last week that producers had told her to keep quiet about how much dancing she had done in the film.

“Of the full body shots, I would say 5 percent are Natalie,” says Sarah Lane, 27, an American Ballet Theatre soloist who says she was the subject of a “cover-up”. Lane’s comments came in response to a March 23 L.A. Times article in which choreographer Benjamin Millepied (also Portman’s fiance) downplayed the significance of Lane’s contribution. Lane was not listed as a dance double in the film’s credits, but merely as an extra.

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With a Catweazle-style beard and wispy moustache, Hollywood veteran Al Pacino is transformed for his latest movie, Jack and Jill.

The Godfather star, 70, ditches his usual clean-cut look in the comedy, due out later this year. And it’s an offer you can’t re-fuzz.

Despite the 16-year age gap and the weeks apart while filming, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are still besotted with each other eight years after they first met. And perhaps that’s just as well, given the steamy romps Ashton took part in for his latest film No Strings Attached.

The adult-rated movie is the ex-Calvin Klein model’s hottest yet, full of nudity and flirtatious dialogue. He plays a man who embarks on a sex-only relationship with a close friend, played by actress-of-the-moment Natalie Portman.

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