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Waters' "Fruitcake" entices Knoxville and Posey

Thu May 8, 2008 2:55am EDT
Actress Parker Posey arrives at the 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, February 23, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

By Gregg Goldstein

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Johnny Knoxville and Parker Posey are attached to star in John Waters' Christmas film "Fruitcake."

The plot is under wraps but is said to center on the title character, a boy named after his favorite dessert. He runs away from home during the holidays after he and his parents are caught shoplifting meat, then meets a runaway girl raised by two gay men and searching for her birth mother.

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