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“Working with the scorpion was scary. It was real,” she tells OK! at the movie’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. “We did it about four times. They were like, ‘We have a fake one here but it looks terrible.’ And I was like, ‘I’ve done this for the movie, and this and this and this’ – I can’t back out now. I’ve got to go for it. All the guys on set were telling me that they would never do this.” Her audacity impressed even the film’s director, Josh Seftel, who was “terrified” of the scorpion himself. “Hilary Duff was so brave with that scorpion,” he tells OK!. “She did it and she survived. It was very impressive.” [Link]

Katie Price is set to take on the role of a vampire in a new Hollywood movie, according to a report today. Producers of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, a remake of the classic 1988 film, are keen for Price to star in the role made famous by American actress Cassandra Peterson. “It’s a very good time to be British in Hollywood and you can’t fail to notice Jordan – she knows how to shine,” an insider told the Daily Star. “Cassandra Peterson has been in talks about a remake for some time but didn’t want to take on the role again herself, even thought she still appears as Elvira. [Link]

Entertainment Weekly says Ayelet Zurer will star opposite Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons. Ron Howard is returning to direct this Da Vinci Code prequel, and Akiva Goldsman will once again adapt from Dan Brown’s book. [Link]

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Moon Bloodgood, who starred in the 2006 time-travel series “Day Break” and the 2007 time-travel series “Journeyman,” has joined a big-screen time-travel franchise as the female lead in “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.” She plays a survivor of the nuclear holocaust perpetrated by the rascally SkyNet. [Link]