Daniel Day-Lewis playing Lincoln for Spielberg - SheKnows.com

Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a Abraham Lincoln biopic.

In life, there are very few sure things, but when Spielberg's new film Lincoln was announced, all we can say is that it will be brilliant. In fact, we’d like to thank the Academy in advance for all the awards the film version of Abraham Lincoln's life will surely receive with Spielberg at the helm and Day-Lewis portraying the Civil War president.

Are you ready for this? Chills! Just the thought of these two cinematic luminaries together gets us thrilled.

For decades, Day-Lewis and Spielberg are names synonymous with celluloid greatness. From My Left Foot to E.T., two of our favorite films of all time, to There Will Be Blood and Catch Me If You Can -- it’s hard to find two craftsman who are more esteemed or talented.

But it gets better -- the Oscar winners are working on a DreamWorks biopic about Abraham Lincoln.

The film, simply titled Lincoln according to a studio rep, is based on the best-selling book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln -- by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin. The story will focus on our 16th president’s leadership style. According to Goodwin, Lincoln was a master at soothing egos and turning rivals into allies. In Kerns Goodwin's brilliant book, she focuses on the president’s relationships with three men he selected for his cabinet, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates -- all were opponents for the Republican nomination in 1860. Each lost to Lincoln.

As if the film weren’t prestigious enough, the screen adaptation is being written by Tony Kushner, who also won a Pulitzer Prize for his seminal play, Angels in America. Like we said, "We’d like to thank the Academy!"

Filming is set to begin in 2011 in order to make it to theaters, and into your office Oscar pool, by 2012.

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Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin's clothing store break-in gives them good PR - SheKnows.com

Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna, along with the rest of America, learned of a break-in at the clothing store live on national television. Could this actually help their careers?

Husband and wife actors Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna had their Sherman Oaks, Calif. clothing store burglarized this morning -- and Today Show viewers were there to hear the drama unfolding.

Hamlin and Rinna were on the show to discuss their new books, reality show and plastic surgery when Hamlin told hosts Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb that he needed to take a call because their stores was hit by robbers.

"The store is being robbed?" Hamlin asked the caller about their store, Belle Gray. "They take much? They took piles from the first two racks, yes?"

An annoyed Hamlin later told the hosts that Belle Gray was robbed on two previous occasions. "That's real life!" a surprised Rinna told Gifford and Kotb.

The unfortunate break-in is definitely a public relations coup for the C-list couple, especially with two books and a reality show to promote. Honestly, who would pay attention otherwise? They haven't acted in a hit show or movie in years, and Rinna is known more for her botched plastic surgeries than her acting ability. Now they're receiving media coverage all over the web and TV -- you can't buy that kind of PR!

So, it's safe to say the robbers gave Rinna and Hamlin much more than they took. In fact, we think Rinna and Hamlin should shake the perps' hands if they're ever caught.

OK. OK. No, robbery is never a good thing, but in the short run it's helping their careers.

The world is a funny place sometimes, isn't it?

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