CNBC's Erin Burnett knows the stock market like nobody else. How about some info on her and her future plans?
Frank Del Bagno, Queens, N.Y.
Burnett, 31, is a graduate of Williams College. She worked in finance before getting into TV. We almost got to ask her about her future, but our interview was quashed when we said no to having her CNBC handler sit in.
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I see "300's" Gerard Butler is in a new movie. Any other movies or musicals in the works?
Carol Akimoto, Aiea, Hawaii
Butler, 38, is in "Nim's Island" this month. He has "RocknRolla," a crime film with director Guy Ritchie, coming up. "I play a man's man," Butler says, "but he's a lot of things. After my publicist saw a screening, she said, 'I feel like I've just hung out with you. It had the strong Gerry, the leading man Gerry, the silly Gerry, the vulnerable Gerry, the stupid Gerry.' It had all those sides. The great thing about a Guy Ritchie movie is that you can be a hero and also be a mess."
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We celebrate Earth Day this week, so it's a good time to spotlight author David Sandoval, who is all about eating green. His book, "The Green Foods Bible," hit stores earlier this year, and Sandoval has been promoting healthful eating all over the world. He says the biggest nutrition mistake people make is thinking they can take vitamins, then eat poorly. It doesn't work that way. His tips: Drink a glass of water upon waking, eat dark-pigmented fruit and dark leafy greens every day, and avoid products with high-fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils so we can "stop putting money into the pockets of people who poison you."
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Like so many of his peers, John Krasinski, 28, is a big fan of George Clooney. "To me, the ideal movie star is George," he says of his "Leatherheads" director. "It's all about how much people respect you. There's no chink in George's armor." Krasinski, who hasn't shown any chinks yet either, has directed his first movie, "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men," based on the David Foster Wallace book. He is still editing the film, which stars Julianne Nicholson and various men, including Timothy Hutton and Bobby Cannavale.
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What will happen to the movie Heath Ledger was working on at the time of his death, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?"
Nicholas Serrata, Barker, N.Y.
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law have taken over Ledger's role, and Ledger's performance will be used unaltered. Director Terry Gilliam says he has the Ledger family's blessing to finish the film; production was stopped when Ledger, 28, died of an accidental drug overdose in January. The parts played by Depp, Farrell and Law are "representative of the many aspects of the character Heath was playing," say the film's producers. It's due out next summer.
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I'm not much of a TV watcher, but I love Angie Harmon. And after reading James Patterson's "Women's Murder Club" books, I knew I couldn't go wrong tuning into that ABC drama. Unfortunately, the writers' strike came, and now the show looks to be gone for good. What's the story?
Judy Williams, Salina, Okla.
By the time you read this, the last three episodes for this season may be scheduled. At press time, ABC only could tell me that the episodes would air "later this spring." Unfortunately, the network won't say a word about "WMC" for next season until next month.
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BIRTHDAYS
April 20: Jessica Lange, 59; Ryan O'Neal, 67
April 21: Tony Danza, 57
April 22: Jack Nicholson, 71
April 23: Valerie Bertinelli, 48
April 24: Derek Luke, 34; Barbra Streisand, 66
April 25: Jason Lee, 38; Renee Zellweger, 39; Al Pacino, 68
April 26: Tom Welling, 31; Carol Burnett, 75
Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter, Nancy Mills
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