AN EVENING WITH STUDIO 60

The show creator and writer Aaron Sorkin arrives for 'An Evening With Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' held at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles on September 25, 2006. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten)

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Aaron Sorkin penning Facebook flick

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin reportedly is penning a film about the creation of the wildly popular Facebook social networking Web site.

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