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Beyoncé is one of the biggest stars in the country, a beautiful singer at the top of her profession. She isn't an A-list movie star... yet. Her work in the celebrated "Dreamgirls" didn't make that happen, nor did appearances in "The Pink Panther," "Obsessed" or "Austin Powers in Goldmember." Clint Eastwood could have changed all that. The actor/director wanted Beyoncé to star in his planned remake of "A Star Is Born." Any Eastwood project is instantly Oscar bait, and his track record suggests he could have transformed the stunning chanteuse into an A-lister with just one film. Now, we'll never...

NEWPORT BEACH — Dennis Rodman was arrested today on suspicion of public intoxication, after deputies got a tip that he was driving his high- powered boat "Sexual Chocolate" while drunk, officials said. Rodman, 42, was taken into custody shortly before 4 p.m. at the dock area at 3010 Lafayette Ave., said Orange County sheriff's Lt. Hayward Miller. The former rebounding star for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks was booked into the Newport Beach Police Department jail, but was released just before 8 p.m. He told a news reporters that he had...