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Today in show business news: Jurassic Park 4 lives again, Pacific Rim may live again too, and Liv Tyler heads to TV.
Today in celebrity gossip: Justin Bieber has more car trouble, Melissa Etheridge speaks out Angelina Jolie, and Lil Wayne accidentally desecrates a flag.
Today in celebrity gossip: Charlie Sheen is having another on-set issue, Channing Tatum shows off his new kid, and Kate Moss is going nude.
Today in show business news: Schwarzenegger will be robotic again, Guardians of the Galaxy gets more guardians, and Man of Steel is going to be big.
Have you got an hour, or possibly several hours to spare? Would you like to listen to highly paid actors yammer on about their "craft"? Well then you need to watch yourself one of, or all of, The Hollywood Reporter's consistently fascinating actor roundtable videos.
Certain parts of the world reeled yesterday upon finding out that Rupert and Wendi Murdoch are getting a divorce. What happened? They seemed so happy, so perfect for one another. But despite their seeming wedded bliss, there were apparently problems. What sort of problems? Well that's what everyone is speculating about.
Today in celebrity news: Ryan Seacrest was seen with a new lady, Amanda Bynes has a terrible friend, and Charlie Sheen is mad.
Use your time on the beach and stuck in traffic this summer getting an early jump on the fall movie season by reading the source material for all the literary adaptations coming out in the Serious Movie months. That way you can be the smug person who says "Well, that's not how it happens in the book..." all autumn long!
Today in show business news: Ethan Hawke lands one of the biggest roles, Angelina Jolie is casting her next movie, and Wes Bentley's comeback continues.
Mass movie casualties are nothing new certainly, disaster flicks have been killing scores of anonymous people for decades, but the ever-upping ante has made it increasingly difficult to enjoy these blockbuster spectacles.
Today in celebrity gossip: Kanye West is embroiled in a rumor scandal, Miley Cyrus beefs with Amanda Bynes, and Duchess Kate blesses a ship.
Today in show business news: Sandra Bullock considers joining the Annie musical, Portlandia rides again, and Ethan Hawke made a smart business decision.
Today in celebrity gossip: Jen and Justin's wedding plans hit a snag, Gwyneth Paltrow shuts a magazine out, and Bieber and Cyrus might be an item.
Today in show-business news: The Dumb & Dumber project hits a major snag, Josh Gad books another role, and Michael Cera goes bad.
Unsurprisingly, the cheapo horror success The Purge, which earned $36.4 million on a $3 million budget this past weekend, will be getting a sequel. That was inevitable, pure profit is hard to resist. But what will a sequel for this movie look like, given its particularly ludicrous premise? Let's offer some suggestions.
Today in celebrity gossip: Prince Harry has been seen with a new model companion, he's also a hero to the gays, and there's a love triangle scandal a'brewin' down in Alabama.
Today in show business news: HBO has a big ratings hit, Oprah re-ups with LaToya Jackson, and there's a new man in charge of American Idol. Also: Hobbit.
The world of The Challenge is a weirdly self-contained ecosystem, the cast members seeming very much aware of their particular and practiced role in the franchise while also stumbling around obliviously.
Today in celebrity news: Justin Bieber's guards are armed, Kristin from Laguna Beach is married, and Bradley Cooper has a new lady.
And now our watch has ended. For the time being, anyway. Game of Thrones's marvelous, sprawling third season concluded its run last night, a somewhat low-key evening following a penultimate episode that shocked the nation.
Today in showbiz news: Changes are coming to The Walking Dead, ABC orders a funny-sounding new show, and The Purge is already a hit.
It's Tony time on Sunday, meaning the theater community will gather to honor a bunch of shows that most of America probably didn't see. Here's who we think is going to win.
Today in celebrity gossip: Naomi Campbell's wrath continues, Leo DiCaprio went to Versailles with a (very) young lady, and LeAnn Rimes sounds off.
Today in showbiz news: This planned Archie Comics movie is troubling, Denzel Washington gets back into action, and Justin Timberlake is a college student?
Today in celebrity news: We're going to see Lindsay Lohan's new movie this summer, Emma Watson is going back to college, Justin Bieber is going to space, and Amanda Bynes has a crush.
Today in showbiz news: Showtime is ceasing its relationship with the papacy, a beloved (?) character leaves Shameless, and Django bombs in China.
TMZ is all over the horrible (and unavoidable, if you pay any attention to such things) news today, a bunch of adults very publicly analyzing photos of a 15-year-old girl who just tried to kill herself. But beyond drawing some attention to mental health and suicide among adolescents, there's only harm to be done in discussing a story like this in any public forum, right?
Today in celebrity gossip: Kate Winslet is pregnant with her third child, Joe Francis might have gone wild on tape, and Naomi Cambpell gets her revenge.
Today in show business news: Warner Bros. is reworking a classic, Justin Theroux gets a big TV role, and a Game of Thrones actress lands on her feet.
Today in celebrity gossip: Sean Parker had to pay the state of California a bunch of money, Justin Bieber gets even more absurd at the Heat game, and Channing Tatum's baby has a name.
Today in show business news: Disney raises its park fares to almost $400 per day for a family of four, Showtime finds a leading man, and The Killing holds steady.
It's the joy of Game of Thrones, and really any series like it — sharing it with other people and watching them go through the various stages of surprise, delight, and shock as the wild story unfolds. The Red Wedding was the most profound of such moments in GoT, while Season Three of The Killing offers a different — but very much welcome — kind of grim.
Today in celebrity news: The Kimye baby's sex is revealed, Sean Parker had his fabulous faerie wedding, and Channing Tatum is a dad.
Today in show business news: Tracy Morgan has a new pilot in the works at FX, Jenna Elfman gets another shot, Disney is getting sued, and more — with machete.
Today in celebrity news: Adam Levine loves America, Justin Bieber needs to not own cars anymore, and Cameron Diaz is dating Elon Musk, apparently.
Today in show business news: A big change is coming to Two and a Half Men, Arnold Schwarzenegger sells a bodybuilding show to Showtime, and Homeland adds a cast member.
The all-at-once release sucks conversation dry, and conversation seems to be a large part of why many people watch television these days. So Netflix should rethink its strategy, even after the success of Arrested Development and House of Cards. See you Sundays at 8, perhaps?
The former child doctor turned mugging sitcom star has been tapped by CBS to host the Emmys, and he's also hosting the Tony Awards for CBS this year. Sure, there will be lots of crowing about the network's success, but what's wrong with a little gloating on an already boastful evening?
Today in celebrity news: Justin Bieber says it wasn't him, Taylor Swift hung out with Lena Dunham this weekend, and Paul Ryan had a party in New York.
Today in show business news: Lots of people wanted to watch Michael Douglas and Matt Damon be lovers in Behind the Candelabra, NBC might want Community's creator to come back, and P.T. Anderson adds to his all-star cast in adapting Pynchon.
Its stomach empty, the fourth "season" of Arrested Development starts eating itself, all these stringent new acids of plot and character corroding the walls that separated the show from the real world that created it. The series was always a little meta, but the cult comedy's return is a new and unpleasant level of self-awareness. It's garish and, frankly, lazy.
Today in celebrity news: Updates on the Amanda Bynes saga, Justin Bieber is a reckless driver, and Aaron Paul had a bad wedding.
Today in show business news: Jennifer Hudson might become an American Idol judge, Jon Stewart finds a leading man for his risky directing debut, and Tom Cruise walks away from a movie.
Memorial Day Weekend is here! The summer season has officially started, with all the joys and stresses that come with it. One of those stresses is the mad, fraught dash to get out of the city every Friday, sometimes successful, sometimes not. But that's OK. A weekend in the city can be fun, too. Really, there are infinite ways to enjoy a summer weekend. Here are a few.
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