Among the adults, Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks, wearing enormous wigs, camp it up as the rulers.

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"Hunger Games" actress Elizabeth Banks was voted best on-screen transformation for her portrayal of District 12 escort Effie Trinket.

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EQAL, whose celebrity property includes big names Bethenny Frankel, Elizabeth Banks, Tori Spelling and Lauren Conrad, was among the first to raise their hands.

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In Pittsburgh, John Brennan (Russell Crowe), a community-college literature teacher faced with losing his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks), to a lifetime prison sentence (she has been convicted of murder), tries to spring her from a massive county jail.

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The police suicide specialist called to the scene, Lydia (Elizabeth Banks) has her own set of problems: She recently failed to talk another ex-cop off the Brooklyn Bridge, so she's dubbed "the grim reaper" by her less-enlightened colleagues.

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From "Modern Family" Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks to "Dancing With the Stars" host Tom Bergeron to an ABC comedy star whose cameo was one of my favorite moments, the show isn't giving the impression that Hollywood's A-list is beating down doors to appear.

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It's all ostensibly part of a master plan, as is his requesting Elizabeth Banks' beleaguered negotiator, but it feels as if the filmmakers have tried to stuff the plots of too many different movies into a single casing that's already overflowing with eye-rolling improbabilities.

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She is -- look, I think in many ways, Elizabeth Warren is -- this is what Elizabeth Warren thought should be put in place to ensure that consumers were on equal footing with big banks.

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