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Today: Josh Hartnett is looking for a comeback, Damon Lindelof defends a bad ending, and MTV is keepin' on keepin' on.
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Today in show business: Zach Braff has put Kate Hudson in the movie you bought him, the Angry Birds movie really is happening, and Claire Danes has a teen daughter.
Today: Josh Hartnett is looking for a comeback, Damon Lindelof defends a bad ending, and MTV is keepin' on keepin' on.
Game of Thrones is the ultimate example of what premium cable can do — it's as lavish and ornate as it is brutal and shocking. Your schedule may be crowded, but this is must-see TV of the highest order.
Today we review two new movies based on old stories, the Snow White tale Mirror Mirror, and the Greek myth reimagining Wrath of the Titans.
Another one bit the glorious glitter dust last night, amid all the usual pomp and questionable circumstance. It was actually a somewhat scary bottom three, which will be a more and more frequent occurrence as the weeks wear on and our tributes begin to suffer from exposure. It's a grim business!
Today: Sally Draper is growing up, Ben Affleck steps in for Tom Cruise, and everyone's favorite show is renewed.
In what is probably the biggest news to hit dorm room halls since two girls came out of that dude's room that one morning, Will Ferrell has announced, in character on last night's Conan no less, a sequel to 2004's sleeper hit comedy Anchorman. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we may be at the beginning of nostalgia for the 2000s.
PBS has released ratings information for the most recent season of hit show Downton Abbey, the British import about post-Edwardian servants and masters swanning about a country estate, and, unsurprisingly, it's a big ol' hit with women.
Last night was a very emotional night at the ol' Idol song hut, with more than one tribute reduced to tears and everyone singing very intensely. They are starting to feel it, aren't they? The sharp potential for crushing defeat, the ever-brightening hope victory.
Today: Bravo is putting more stuff out into the world, Matt Weiner puts together a movie, and J.Lo's new show is in trouble.
Food Network personality Sandra Lee, queen of semi-homemade recipes and ornately revolting cocktails, is trending right now, largely owing to a hilariously snippy interview that ran in last Sunday's New York Times.
Facing a pretty quiet Tuesday night of television (what is it with Tuesday nights?) last night, we decided to go ahead and watch the first episode of ABC's upcoming comedy Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.
Today: NeNe Leakes' career is booming, Chloe Moretz is about to do something terrible, and Jane Fonda will of course play a Republican hero.
Perhaps the most brutal, most shocking thing about The Hunger Games is not the squalid conditions of District 12, not the callous monsters of the Capitol, not the pile of dead children lying in a field.
At the tail-end of last night's mostly ridiculous episode of Smash there was a scene that, dare we say, bordered on, like, good. Not The Wire good or anything, but definitely campy dramatic good. It was quite refreshing.
Today: Justin Bieber's new song sounds awfully grown-up, ABC Family makes a big buy, and Will Ferrell is trying to get his kid into college.
It is no longer comedians who parody candidates. People who work for actual politicians, or at least work for well-funded groups that support said politicians, are mounting their messages on platforms that look, at mildest, like any number of bitchy social media pages, and at most extreme like something straight ouf of Tim & Eric.
Last night, after a nearly two-year wait, AMC's sad but glittery crown jewel Mad Men returned for a fifth season. So how did the premiere measure up against all the aching anticipation? Pretty well, we'd say.
Oh the agony of being a fan! Specifically a fan of those gotta-read serial books that recapture a youthful ardor for deep, long reading that we’d mostly thought gone in these quick-burst internet times.
It was Billy Joel night at the song factory.
Amidst the cacophony of the Republican primary, it's easy to forget that Barack Obama is going to have to jump into this fray eventually. However, the reality, revealed in dozens of speeches he's given at closed-door fundraisers few bother to read, is he's been practicing for his campaign for nearly a year.
NBC's perpetual underdog may show signs of life, a new reality show is a sad sign of the times, and Tim Burton has ruined Dark Shadows.
What a world Judd Apatow has given us. The new comedy 21 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill and curious shapeshifter Channing Tatum, is both a charming story of second-hand redemption and an exhausting two-hour-long penis joke.
Another night, another one gone. After Wednesday's CRIME ELIMINATION and all that, last night's just regular old elimination felt a bit staid and boring. It was just what it was, ho hum, oh well. Even if, yeah, it was a little vindicating.
Jennifer Lawrence might have a scheduling conflict, Scott Wolf is back on TV, and Keira Knightley makes a terrible decision.
Nickelodeon has an odd dynamo on its hands, an American Idol contestant gets the boot, and Jenna Elfman is headed to Washington
The big news the nation has been waiting for finally arrived today: Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood that's been the white-hot galactic center of the past decade's so-called hipster subculture, is finally getting a Whole Foods.
Though the weather might be turning nice, we know that what you still really want to do is stay indoors and sit on the couch. With that in mind, let's take a look at the television shows that could occupy your time until summer forces you out of the house.
Last night NBC debuted its new fashion design competition show Fashion Star, the big hook of which is that you can buy the stuff you see on the show in stores the next day.
ABC's marriage show hits a new low, Bear Grylls is out of a job, and the return of Tempestt Bledsoe.
Economy got you down? Worried that things aren't getting any better? Well here, at long last, is a sign that things really are on their way back into the black.
Technically we didn't watch The Bachelor last night, but rather on Hulu this morning in a feverish attempt to understand just what is going on with Ben and evil Courtney and the gang. Good lord, this show is strange.
Jake G. gets creepy in a new music video, Michael Bay is going to put real families through the wringer, and an exciting new Hunger Games clip.
Did you guys now that the uber-amazing South by Southwest festival (aka SXSW, aka "South by" [if you're a monster]) is happening, like, right now in Austin? For those confused by their Twitter feeds right now, we'll try to translate.
Disney's new action-adventure sci-fi epic John Carter opened this weekend to a staggeringly low $30 million, earning it certified flop status. So what happened? What did they do wrong? Well, a few things.
Last night Bravo introduced us to another horde of shallow, materialistic ghouls roaming around California. What's so different that they merit their own show? Well, they're all the children of or are themselves Persian immigrants, thus the Shahs of Sunset.
Britney Spears might soon be joining Simon Cowell, Tom Cruise wants to sing some more, and NBC might have another dud on its hands.
Let's get to the important stuff first: Julianne Moore winningly captures the physicality of the Thrilla from Wasilla in in the new HBO film Game Change. It's a shame, then, that the rest of the movie is so much flatter.
Today we review Jennifer Westfeldt's new film Friends With Kids.
Ah, our first elimination episode here in the finals, and it was a satisfying one. It wasn't terribly surprising, perhaps, but it still needed to happen. Well done, Idol jerks. But before we get to all that! There's a whole episode to be discussed.
A peek at Johnny Depp as Tonto, Amy Poehler goes to war with Catherine O'Hara, and Jeremy Piven heads back in time.
The days are getting longer and March has come in like a lion, which means it is springtime! So let's take a look at what's coming out from now until June, because while the weather might be turning nice, it's still more fun to sit inside in the dark.
The top 13! How did we get here already? It seems like just yesterday the judges were sitting on an aircraft carrier listening to that girl in the bikini or whatever she was wearing wail away.
Keri Russell lands a new role, so does a former Bachelorette, and Sigourney Weaver heads to television.
Famously "difficult" Mad Men creator and showrunner Matthew Weiner recently sat down with The New York Times to talk about the show's upcoming season, and revealed that he actually quit the show during negotiations with AMC.
Like breaking in a pair of cowboy boots, it takes a little time to settle into a season of Justified.
Today: Tami Taylor lands another job, so does Meryl Streep's daughter, and Gossip Girl heads to China.
Fox has gone and canceled their big dinotopia familytime show Terra Nova. It seems to be yet another example of the slow and painful death of our old hour-long swear-free friend, the network drama.
Have you ever watched 1 Girl 5 Gays? Obviously the demographic for this show, a Canadian MTV import that airs in the States on Logo, is pretty narrow. Watching it last night, it struck us that this might be one of the weirder shows on television.
The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types can care about. Today: Broadway claims another beloved movie, HBO passes on a dude show, and Jeff Goldblum heads to TV.
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