Heather Locklear in 'Return of the Swamp Thing' (Photo: Everett Collection)

The queen of '80s TV is turning the big 5-0. The California girl is as blond as ever, recently announced she is engaged to her "Melrose Place" co-star Jack Wagner, and still keeps busy with made-for-TV movies.

But maybe the A-list TV star should have stuck with the small screen: Her movie roles were an embarrassing mix of bad choices. Here, we look back at the cringe-inducing parts in Locklear's campy career.

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Even with parts in the hit shows "Dynasty" and "T.J. Hooker," in 1989 Locklear landed her first awful movie role in "The Return of the Swamp Thing." The part: Locklear plays the love interest of this slimy monster -- think "Godzilla" in the Everglades. The star even extolled the virtues of her character to People magazine this way: "Since my character owns a plant shop, it's only natural she should enjoy making love to a plant."

Obviously, actors in the TV world these days can be more choosy. Olivia Wilde moved from the TV drama "House" to blockbusters like Read More »

Mark Hamil (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Hamill, who rose from little-known actor to icon with the 1977 release of "Star Wars," was born on September 25, 1951. Though some like to joke that Hamill hasn't had much success in the years since 1983's "Return of the Jedi," nothing could be further from the truth.

Hamill has had a slew of appearances both in movies and TV and he's never been too proud to poke fun at his own fame. His appearance on "The Simpsons," in which he played himself, spoke well to his good nature and acceptance of his unique kind of celebrity.

Hamill has also achieved quite a bit of fame by lending his voice to animated TV shows, movies, and video games. Perhaps his most famous character (after Luke Skywalker, of course) is the animated version of the Joker on the Batman television series. Say what you will about Heath Ledger's performance as the clown prince of crime in "The Dark Knight," there are Read More »

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Jackman assumed the role of a temporary manager for wrestler Zach Ryder, an underdog who was about to take on the hated Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler appeared to be winning the match against Ryder when Jackman noticed that the ref (Can somebody remind us why they have refs in pro wrestling?) was distracted. So Jackman punched Ziggler right in the kisser. Check out the video from the match. Gotta be the first time a host for the Tony Awards did something so macho.

Boom! Down goes Ziggler, and Ryder wins the match. The Huffington Post points out that the confrontation was certainly staged, but the results may not have been. After the event, Ziggler tweeted that he had a possible fractured jaw thanks to Jackman's vicious punch. Later, Read More »

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A newly snapped photo of the lovebirds really brings home the point. Walking down the street, the two look like their wardrobes are interchangeable. Hipster jeans? Check. Dark leather jackets? Check. Fashionable gold-rimmed sunglasses (even though its raining)? Check. Clunky hiking boots for the urban jungle? Of course!

Think us mad? There's also another photo of Justin wearing a black fedora. The hat in that photo looks strikingly similar to the one Jennifer is wearing while out and about. Next thing you know, they'll be wearing matching denim shirts with Looney Tunes characters stitched on the back.

What do you guys think? Have they taken the whole "dress like your mate" thing a bit too far or are they only guilty of good taste in clothes? Sound off in the comments Read More »

(Photo: Alcon Entertainment)

Back in the winter of 2005 when Winter was a mere three months old, she became entangled in a crab trap. A rope from the trap became wrapped around her tail and all of her efforts to escape just made the injuries worse. Normally, this would have been the end of Winter -- thousands of dolphins die every year in the same way — but she was lucky. Winter was discovered by a fisherman and eventually transported to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. There marine biologists were forced to remove the mangled tail. They also named her Winter for the season when she was discovered.

The odds of survival for a dolphin with a missing tail are very low. Read More »

Brad Pitt smiles pretty for the cameras (Araya Diaz/WireImage)

To say Pitt has been less than shy in his public appearances in support of "Moneyball" is putting it mildly: never before has the actor seemingly campaigned so hard to sell a film, happily posing for photos that milked his universal sex appeal. The new Sports Illustrated cover boy knows he's hot, and he's working it. According to Us Weekly, Pitt charmed journalists on the "Moneyball" red Read More »

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' - Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

It was a cinematic moment ten years and eight movies in the making.  A scene fans were dying to see, and one the actors were dreading to film.  It was the long-awaited kiss between Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2."

Fans all over the world got to see the epic smooch when the movie played this summer, bringing in $1.3 billion dollars (the most of any "Harry Potter" movie).  But now for the first time you can take a look behind the scenes to see how stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson handled the dramatic scene.  Take a look at an exclusive clip from the bonus features of the upcoming Blu-ray release.Read More »

Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn (Photo: FilmDistrict)

"Drive" certainly feels like a fetish movie, and I mean that in the best possible way. The whole movie is sleek, heightened, and charged with something akin to eroticism, from the inscrutable expression on Ryan Gosling's face to the gleaming surfaces of his car; from the languorous tableaux of nocturnal Los Angeles to the shot of Albert Brook stabbing some hapless gangster in the eye with a fork.

Though Ryan Gosling's stoic visage appears on the poster, the true star of this flick is Refn. The movie's opening sequence shows Gosling's character -- he doesn't have a name in the film aside from monikers like "driver" and "kid" -- plays getaway driver for a pair of nameless thieves. The virtuosity that he displays evading the cops -- hiding under a bridge here, bolting into a parking structure there -- is matched by Refn's virtuosity behind the camera. In an age when actions scenes have devolved into incoherent camerawork strung together by spastic editing over a blaring soundtrack, the economy Refn uses here is remarkable. "Drive" might just be the best-directed movie you're going to see this year.Read More »