Well there goes $100,000. There was a little accident Friday on the set of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises that wiped out an expensive iMax camera.

The “Catwoman” stuntperson came barreling down some stairs on a bike, and ran directly into the camera. As the TMZ video shows, you can clearly see the camera being blown into pieces.

It’s unclear if it was the stuntwoman’s fault, or the cameraman’s fault. Luckily nobody was hurt – except for a really expensive camera.

This will probably require a retake.

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Charlie Sheen went on a huge bender this past weekend in Las Vegas, which included the company of three porn stars, reports TMZ. This has posed much concern for the well being of Charlie, including if he would make it back in time today to shoot “Two and a Half Men.”

The good news is Charlie is on his way back to L.A. to resume filming, although he will be late. He was seen leaving Las Vegas on a private jet at 9am local time. TMZ reports that certain people will be speaking with Charlie about his unstable behavior.

Say what you will about his character, the man certainly knows how to party!

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When filming “New Moon”, Robert Pattinson needed some extra protection from the screaming fans. So producers of the film hired some Canadian mounties, reports RadarOnline.com.

“It was an unusual mission but our remit was to keep the fans off the set,” Constable Baillant told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “Everything went well on the first day but then a group of teenage girls got a little too close when the filming moved to the Long Beach area of the island.”

“They were totally miffed with us when we told them that they could not get any closer, however, their spirits lifted when Kristin Stewart came over to pose for a few photographs with them,” he recalled. “It was raining really hard the whole time but the producers loved that because it helped to make their scenes much more gloomy and atmospheric too. This is a beautiful part of the world but when it gets cold and wet even a vampire would get the chills.”

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TMZ is reporting that the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” have been put on alert.

MTV will apparently be visiting the homes of Snooki, The Situation, DJ Pauly D, Ronnie, Vinny, Jwoww and Sammie as they start packing their egos, makeup, and tanning booths for Season 2.

The cast is supposed to fly out to Season 2′s mystery location next week.

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Owen Wilson is getting his life back on track, following a suicide attempt in August.

OK! Magazine reports that Wilson will begin filming “Marley and Me” next month in Miami. Co-starring Jennifer Aniston, the film is the adaptation of the memoirs of John Grogan. According to IMdB.com, Wilson and Aniston’s characters will learn “important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.”

While healing, Wilson dropped out of the Ben Stiller film “Tropic Thunder,” so his return to work is a good sign that the Butterscotch Stallion is back on his feet.

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Filming for the final instalment of Harry Potter will officially begin in February 2009. But the question of whether the cast will be pulling double duty for two films based on “The Deathly Hallows” is still unanswered.

Producers David Heyman and David Barron told the Daily Telegraph that they are conflicted about the decision.

The only negative of splitting the book into two films is that people could possibly perceive it as being one last chance at cashing in,” Barron lamented.

“But the real positive, if we were to do that, would be that we wouldn’t have quite the battle we always have of ‘How do you compress all that book into just over two hours of screen time?’ It would be brilliant not to have to cut anything. But at the same time, we have to think it through properly. We’d have to be very certain that there were two proper, stand-alone films that could be generated from the source material.”

Though they’re not rushing to make the final decision, Heyman said that “something will be announced in the not-too-distant future.”

As for the sixth instalment, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” filming is currently on-going and will wrap in May, with a November release expected.

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Do you have a tux or formal dress and eight hours to spare? Repo wants you!

The musical film, now shooting in Toronto, is looking for 200 extras in an opera scene Wednesday and Thursday.

It’s an opportunity for fans to see Canadian legend Sarah Brightman at work, as well as stars Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Billy Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Kevin Ogilvie (of Skinny Puppy) and Paris Hilton.

Men and women between 25 and 75 are encouraged to send their name, age, contact number and photo to operaextras@gmail.com.

Extras will not be paid, but they do get a free lunch – and possibly a venereal disease from being near Hilton.

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