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A slew of A-listers—and one animated icon—are gearing up for a different kind of starring role.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce unveiled its slate of 25 stars set to receive, well, stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year in the categories of motion pictures, television, recording and radio.

The motion picture category welcomes the biggest influx of stars: Robert Downey Jr., Cameron Diaz, Hugh Jackman, Ralph Fiennes, Sir Ben Kingsley, William H. Macy, Tim Burton, Leslie Caron and Tinkerbell (the Peter Pan character, not Paris Hilton's dog...though, never say never) comprise this year's class of 2009.

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Iron Man has saddled up to his next project.

Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to star in Cowboys & Aliens, a Western and sci-fi hybrid flick based on a graphic novel that has been making the Hollywood development rounds for roughly 10 years.

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So this is how it works in Hollywood, now? You direct a huge summer blockbuster, you get a greenlight on your sequel and then have to bitch about your bosses...on your MySpace page?

Iron Man director Jon Favreau has been deftly fielding fanboy questions on a MySpace forum this week and has also lobbed open complaints about the ambitious schedule laid out by Marvel execs. The April 2010 release date for Iron Man II doesn't sit well with him, and here's what he said:

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"I really don't know. What I'm on board for right now is the ride home. I don't want to start talking out of my league, because that would have certainly been my inclination in the past. I kind of know how to keep my teeth together a little better than I used to."

—Robert Downey Jr. to Entertainment Weekly, heading home from The Tonight Show, on whether he would be on board for the just-announced Avengers movie

Well, he certainly has a lot to cheer about.

While Robert Downey Jr. was no doubt rooting for the Los Angeles Lakers as they played the Utah Jazz on Sunday, the actor had to be jazzed himself, given that his new flick Iron Man managed to shoot and score big at the box office this weekend.

As a result, rival leading man Patrick Dempsey's Made of Honor, which debuted at a distant second, has now been retitled Made of Alloy.

What motivated notorious Hollywood bad boy Robert Downey Jr. to finally come clean?

Love.

In a story as good as any film he’s done, Robert Downey Jr. tells Parade magazine how boy met girl (Sarah Jessica Parker), boy met drugs, boy lost girl.

“I was in love with Sarah Jessica, and love clearly was not enough,” he tells the mag. “She provided me a home and understanding. She tried to help me. She was so miffed when I didn’t get my act together.”

Downey spent years spiraling out of control before meeting Susan Levin. When love struck this time, Downey vowed not to make the same mistake:

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