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A new music style gets its own movie, murder is as popular as ever, and Reese Witherspoon is an artist.
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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.
A new music style gets its own movie, murder is as popular as ever, and Reese Witherspoon is an artist.
Tomorrow's Academy Awards nominations marks the official beginning of Hollywood's most wonderful, excruciating time: Oscar season! And we have some ideas for who will be having a fun morning and who will not.
A teeny bikini, a man named Wolf, and Jim Carrey's daughter all awaited us in the third audition episode.
Today: Charlie Sheen is looking for ladies, Victoria Grayson gets a new man, and Anne Heche gets some work.
Today we review the new art-house action film Haywire.
Recapping night two (of a thousand) of American Idol.
Carrie Bradshaw is young again, American Idol hits a low note, and Katherine Heigl misses Grey's.
In a new interview, the über-bro author seems to have grown up through psychoanalysis.
Let the recapping of American Idol season 11 begin.
Ryan Seacrest makes a TV network, Lifetime's bad parenting sensation grows and grows, and Glee gets its gay dads.
Tonight the 723rd 11th season of Fox's gargantuan competition show American Idol begins, and though many have abandoned the show over the years some of us are still soldiering on in the war march, destination unknown, tired and broken down, but still dedicated to the cause.
Two good shows about law enforcement, aka shows about people shooting guns, premiered last night: FX's excellent Elmore Leonard-inspired Justified and TNT's TV-verite Southland. Both are smart, solid entertainments that you should watch. Trouble is, they're on at the same time.
Two modern Sherlock shows is too many, Cougar Town gets an early debut, and Matthew Lillard is gonna be huge again.
The Golden Globe Awards have come and gone and today we have the BAFTA Award nominations, meaning it's time to do some more Oscar thinking, now that the nominations are a week away and we're armed with this new information.
Fox debuted its engaging-enough new mystery series last night.
Here are ten Golden Globes moments/fashions/etc. that people will be talking about on Monday.
30 Rock debuts low, HBO announces important dates, and Jessica Chastain does one for the kids.
The Golden Globe Awards are going down on Sunday night, which means it's time to make some (educated-ish) guesses about who will win.
Today we review the new gospel musical Joyful Noise, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.
Wasn't there something strangely... pretty about the end of last night's episode?
Another day, another horrifying multicamera sitcom that makes us scratch our heads in confusion.
A first glimpse at Wes Anderson's new movie, Moonrise Kingdom, Showtime tries to go highbrow, and photos of near-naked men.
Hark! There is a philistine at The New York Review of Books. This cultural heretic goes by the name of Martin Filler, and he has written an essay on TNYRB's blog-site that iconoclastically questions the Greatest Actress in the World status of our beloved Meryl Streep.
The troubled new Chelsea Handler sitcom is a total mess.
Batman is selling like crazy, a dead show might be revived, and a look at our friends Katniss and Peeta.
Newt Gingrich makes a genuinely funny ad about Mitt Romney, while Rick Santorum boasts big.
Michael Patrick King had an awkward TCAs moment today.
Once you watch one episode of this show, you're in for the whole season.
The creative director of Barney's New York and author of the new book of essays Gay Men Don't Get Fat tells us about his morning reading routine, his love of grim English news, and muses about Twitter.
No answers for Cougar Town, Paul Bettany is no longer sexy, and Downton scores big.
James Franco and Kim Novak are not proving to be good spokespeople for their awards-season causes.
On a dull TV night, we had to think a little bigger to find entertainment.
Mad Men will soon(ish) be upon us, Blake Lively pops pills, and Miley Cyrus takes a terrible trip to Paris.
Well, it's another disappointment for NBC. The severely ailing network rolled out one of its big midseason hopes last night, a series adaptation of John Grisham's The Firm, and it's an all-but-certified flop.
Last week it was the writers, today the Directors Guild of America announced nominees for best director of 2011, and wouldn't you know it, it's a fairly unsurprising list. The guys (yeah, all guys) are: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, David Fincher for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, and Martin Scorsese for Hugo.
Two of Showtime's grimiest series premiered last night.
Alec Baldwin is staying at NBC, so is Mariska Hargitay, and another Disney ride becomes a Disney movie.
The second season of Portlandia, IFC's gentle sketch comedy show satirizing the many small lunacies of the bourgeoisie bohemian set, premieres tonight, following a formal premiere event last night at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
The premiere of Lifetime's new "All Star" edition of its design competition show failed to thrill.
Today: An up-and-coming English actor up and comes, Jessica Chastain takes to the stage, and Seacrest may soon be a pauper.
Today: Some shocking allegations against Jon Huntsman and some mild insult hurling at Mitt Romney.
The Writers Guild of America, composed of some of the most powerful nerds in America, has announced its 2011 nominees for the WGA Awards, and one title on the list is the bawdy, poop-filled comedy Bridesmaids. This could mean big things!
Take it from those that have seen it: There's a right and a wrong way to watch season two of Downton Abbey.
ABC's Revenge returned to the airwaves last night with a big, conclusive episode that wrapped up one recurring character's storyline in soapy fashion. And also a bit frustratingly.
A movie musical heads down the wrong path, Hugh Jackman heads down the right one, and Christian Bale is huge in China.
Celebrity Wife Swap, Celebrity Apprentice, and the new Rachael Ray/Guy Fieri celebrity cook-off show all indicate that celebrity versions of reality shows are here to stay. So here some more.
Bridesmaids' star and co-writer Kristen Wiig says she wants nothing to do with a sequel.
Last night ABC aired the premiere of their eagerly unanticipated new sitcom Work It, a bizarrely dated show about two unemployed guys who dress like women to get jobs as pharmaceutical sales reps. And boy was it unpleasant.
Higher prices will save the industry, Demi Moore is a feminist icon, and Salma Hayek is a knight.
A dead body was found on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham estate recently, and it has just been declared a murder. This is like something out of the movies! In fact, it should be a movie. But what kind exactly? Here are five ideas.
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