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His character ended up as potential shark food in the movie “Titanic,” but now actor Leonardo DiCaprio has joined more than a dozen other celebrities in urging state lawmakers to do more to protect the ocean predators from being devoured by humans. DeCaprio joined actresses Megan Fox, Scarlett Johansson, pro basketball legend Yao Ming, pop star Ke$ha and others in writing to the state Senate urging it to approve legislation that would prohibit the possession and sale in California of shark fins, a popular soup ingredient in some communities.
Assembly Bill 376 will acknowledge the importance of the continued existence of the shark species to maintain a healthy ocean ecosystem,’’ said a letter signed by DiCaprio and others. “The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has concluded that a third of shark species are now threatened with extinction of some kind.’’
The measure, which has been passed by the state Assembly, is opposed by the Asian Food Trade Assn., which says banning the fins without banning the rest of shark meat “unfairly targets the Chinese and Asian eating habits,’’ according to an analysis by legislative staff.
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Megan Fox and John C. Reilly are making cameos in Paramount’s The Dictator, the latest Sacha Baron Cohen comedy currently in production in New York with Borat director Larry Charles at the helm.
The movie has been described as “the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.” Cohen is said to play dual roles of a goat herder and a deposed foreign ruler who gets lost in the U.S. Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley and Jason Mantzoukas are also in the movie, set for release May 11, 2012.
For Fox, the part continues her entry into the comedy world. The Transformers star, who is the only actress in the top 20 of Facebook fan pages with more than 26 million followers, has made a shift away from the action world, recently shooting the ensemble comedic drama Friends With Kids, directed by Jennifer Westfelt and starring Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott, and booking a role in Judd Apatow’s latest project, This Is Forty, which shoots this summer.
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The actress revealed that she and husband Brian Austin Green are heading to Hawaii to celebrate their upcoming one-year anniversary, and Fox says she’s pretty sure her other half is going to want to renew their wedding vows.
I didn’t think that I was into it until my relationship with Brian,” Fox, 25, admitted about the romantic gesture. “He’s very sensitive and very emotional. He’s a Cancer so he’s very all about feelings and relationships and he cries about everything. He’ll want to do it so I’ll do it for him.”
In addition to renewing their vows, the couple has plans to swim with dolphins — something Green isn’t too keen on.
My husband is terrified of sharks but we’re going to do it anyway,” Fox told E! News. “Sharks don’t usually go where there are tons of dolphins so we can do it. I didn’t used to be (scared of sharks), but I am now because of him. His fear is so intense, it’s smothered me and now I’m afraid.”
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