Eminem must be one very happy rapper indeed. Brave enough to try out his acting chops for director Curtis Hanson, Marshal Bruce Mathers III has beaten even the dark power of Mordor by toppling Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers off the top spot in the UK box office charts. After a four-week stranglehold on the cinema-going public, Peter Jackson's forces of Uruk-hai have had to relinquish the Number 1 position to the young upstart Eminem as his semi-autobiographical tale 8 Mile took
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8 Mile topples Two Towers from the top
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