Before long the only guys suitable for the part will be Jackie Chan and Larry Flynt.

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News of the Hefner biopic comes more than 15 years after a film about rival adult entertainment magnate Larry Flynt received two Oscar nominations.

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V. are filled with the names of celebrities who have hired him to testify in copyright, contract and libel cases in the past three decades: Kelsey Grammer, Joan Rivers, Blake Edwards, the Beatles, Larry Flynt.

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Grohl has gone on to have success as singer and guitarist with a new band, Foo Fighters, while Love has also carved out an acting career with appearances in The People vs Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon.

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But unlike so many pretentious works of fiction today, Estleman's hardboiled, Detroit-based tales of intrigue, wrongdoing and, ultimately, justice develop three-dimensional, often unforgettable characters (among them in this book, a Larry Flynt-like pornographer) set in finely wrought, factually described settings.

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She has also profiled many actors, singers and artists, including Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Jeremy Irons, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Billy Crystal, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O'Toole, Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Barbara Streisand, Larry Flynt, Hunter Thompson, 50 Cent, James Earl Jones, Henry Winkler, Cee Lo Green, and Frank Zappa.

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