End of Week Recap: 'Breaking Dawn' Causes Seizures, 'Mission: Impossible' Babe Battle and the First Wave of Awards Season Winners

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is responsible for two separate cases of seizures. A man from Roseville, California was rushed to the hospital after falling ill during the movie's climactic birthing sequence. Elsewhere, a Salt Lake City man suffered a similar seizure while watching the film. "I didn't really remember what happened. I think I blacked out," said the Salt Lake City man. His wife was able to give a clearer picture saying, "I was kneeling in front of him and slapping his face." Probably because she was missing the best part of the movie.

Looks like Tom Cruise is "hot" once again. Not only will he star in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol which arrives in theaters December 22 (December 16 for IMAX), but he's also filming mystery thriller One Shot and the sci-fi action Horizons. Now word that he is considering joining the cast of We Mortals Are, based on the Japanese graphic novel All You Need Is Kill. He would play a soldier stuck in a time loop as Earth is invaded by aliens.

Heather Graham will be honored with a Career Achievement Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival, prompting the question, there's a Bahamas International Film Festival??

Adam Shankman, the guy who directed such cinematic classics as The Pacifier, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and The Wedding Planner, will take on the holiday classic The Nutcracker. Shankman is looking to make, "a drama with action and a love story that aspires to be similar in tone to Alice in Wonderland," though that doesn't necessarily mean the movie will rake in the kind of cash Alice did.

Remember Hailee Steinfeld? The young lady folks tagged as one of the new "It" girls in Hollywood after her Oscar-nominated performance in the Coen Bros. True Grit? Well, we haven't heard much about her since then aside from taking on the role of Juliet in the umpteenth rendition of Romeo & Juliet. Variety reports that the actress is "in talks" for a lead role in Ender's Game, a big-screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card's classic sci-fi novel. Asa Butterfield, who currently stars in Hugo, is on board to play young Ender while Harrison Ford is among the names circulating to play an older training commander character.

X-Men director Bryan Singer will serve as executive producer for a TV reboot of The Munsters. He will also direct the pilot episode.

Training Day writer David Ayer has been hired to write the new version of Scarface.

Jesse Eisenberg is suing Lionsgate for misleading the public about his small role in a horror film titled Camp Hell. Eisenberg shot the movie pre-Social Network as a favor to friends.

Martin Scorsese is considering shooting all his future films in 3D. The director says that his previous films Taxi Driver and The Aviator might have benefited from the technology.

How gratuitous is the sexual content in Shame? Vulture breaks down the key NC-17-worthy sex scenes in the movie which opens today.

The 21st Gotham Film Awards were handed out last weekend. No this has nothing to do with Batman, rather it's the first of a seemingly endless line of awards galas between now and Oscar night (February 26). Tree of Life and Beginners tied for best film while Felicity Jones won breakthrough actress for Like Crazy and Dee Rees won breakthrough director for Pariah.

Sticking with the awards theme for a bit, the National Board of Review came out with their list of "winners," yesterday. Hugo won best film of the year while director Martin Scorsese picked up best director. George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Christopher Plummer and Shailene Woodley also picked up acting awards. Rango won best animated feature, while Rooney Mara and, yep, Felicity Jones won breakthrough performance awards.

The Spirit Awards also announced their nominees. The Artist leads the pack of indies with five total nominations including nods in best feature, director, male lead, cinematography and screenplay categories. Winners will be announced February 25.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 won the best feature prize at the BAFTA Children's Awards. The movie also won the BAFTA Kid's Vote.

Lastly, the New York Film Critics Circle named The Artist best movie, Brad Pitt Best Actor, Meryl Streep best actress and gave Jessica Chastain and Albert Brooks supporting actor honors.

Pics and Posters

New posters for Journey 2, The Cabin in the Woods, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Sherlock Holmes, Men in Black III, The Lucky One, About Fifty and Ceremony plus quad posters for John Carter, Haywire and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked.