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Leonardo DiCaprio said he and The Wolf of Wall Street co-star Jonah Hill are “going to come up with something unique” as they re-team to tell the story of 1996 Olympics security guard Richard Jewell. Hill will star as Jewell in the planned film. Jewell was initially hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack and moving people out of harm’s way just before a bomb exploded in the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, killing one and injuring 111 others. But within days, he was named as a suspect in the blast. He was eventually exonerated and died in 2007 at age 44. “I think it’s such a heartbreaking story and such an interesting story about the 24-hour news cycle: a man becoming a hero and then the world’s biggest villain within 24 hours of each other,” Hill said Thursday night.He was at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival presenting an award to DiCaprio and The Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese. DiCaprio is expected to produce the film and play Jewell’s attorney. “We’re going to have to get together,” DiCaprio said, praising Hill as a creative partner. “When you work with somebody of his talent and his vision, I think we’re going to come up with something unique.” Both DiCaprio and Hill are nominated for Academy Awards for their work in The Wolf of Wall Street. DiCaprio was previously nominated for his performances in The Aviator, Blood Diamond and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, but has never won.

The fashion house Valentino has apologized for touting in an email to journalists that one of its pricey bags was carried by Amy Adams as she stepped from a car at the wake of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Much was made of the promotional email sent Friday, complete with two photos of Adams outside the Thursday wake. Valentino said in a statement that quickly followed that the company didn’t realize the photos were snapped at the sad gathering of loved ones for Hoffman, who was found dead last Sunday of an apparent heroin overdose in his apartment. “We sincerely regret releasing a photo to the media … of Amy Adams with a Valentino Bag. We were not aware the photograph was taken while she was attending the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was an innocent mistake and we apologize to Ms. Adams who was not aware, or a part of, our PR efforts,” says the statement signed by Mona Swanson, vice president of communications for Valentino USA.