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Neve Campbell returns to a strange place, two new trailers fail to impress, and J.J. Abrams picks another project.
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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.
Neve Campbell returns to a strange place, two new trailers fail to impress, and J.J. Abrams picks another project.
As the Republican presidential race heats up, that can only mean more ads. In the inaugural Ad Watch, here are today's newest campaign appeals.
A Real Housewife learns a lesson in paying for things, Kate Middleton keeps us guessing, and Barney Frank is now a meat product.
Lars von Trier gets the French off his back, Ice Cube heads to TV, and Chris Columbus finds Jesus.
It's really gotten time they put Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to bed.
Madonna will be your Super Bowl halftime entertainment, Tom Cruise wants to do Bollywood, and Bradley Cooper thinks Ryan Gosling is sexy.
The always ridiculous Fox News manages to outdo itself.
Mega producer Scott Rudin is spitting mad at The New Yorker's film critic David Denby for his freshly published review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, two weeks before the film's release and ahead of the time-honored "embargo" studios ask critics to honor.
Last night was the premiere of a new TLC special called Virgin Diaries. It was, as expected, deeply embarrassing.
Whitney is in trouble, Seth Grahame-Smith continues to be richer than you, and Jeremy Renner goes witch hunting.
Today we review two new films, Steve McQueen's Shame and Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty. Sex abounds!
A bunch of weird "celebrities" are going to wife swap, The Early Show gets a new name, and get ready for new Dallas.
Suddenly, Michael Fassbender is in a ton of movies. Where did he come from?
After documenting the young gays who listen to poetry as foreplay to hookups, The New York Times has written yet another article about young literary minds of New York meeting and discussing literary things. Only this new one is different somehow.
What exactly is the saddest/funniest thing about The Wall Street Journal's landmark new article "Cool Arrives in a Slice of Chinatown"? Let's try to figure that out.
We'd love to talk about all the fun stuff that happened on TV last night, but we can't. Because our DVR hates us.
Americans like women in their underwear, two new trailers fail to impress, and Christopher Meloni on 'True Blood'?
Awards season has started, which means it's time for the inevitable Oscar campaigns. And you know what? That's OK.
Today we sing the praises of some typically unsung TV heroes.
The Mormons score big on Broadway, Liev Schreiber gets his own show, and Charlize Theron swears a lot.
Word comes today that Pan Am, ABC's big, gaudy Mad Men of the skies, has been cut off at the knees. Please put your tray tables up, because this thing is coming in for a landing. So can we declare it once and for all now? Mad Men ripoffs just don't work.
The New York Film Critics Circle has announced their best of the year awards, doing so via their Twitter feed. There were some surprises! Let's see who won, via tweets, of course.
You may have heard about a movie called Shame that's coming out on Friday and has been getting a lot of positive buzz. And you also may have heard that it's directed by Steve McQueen. Wait, that Steve McQueen? No, the other Steve McQueen. No the other other Steve McQueen. This is confusing.
Watching last night's episode of Terra Nova, Fox's time travel dinosaur serial, we came to a realization: It's a very, very strange show.
Bethenny Frankel takes a stumble, NBC teases 'Smash,' and then they sell some paper.
Retiring Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank hasn't snarked his last (he's still in office for another year after all) but we're already starting to miss him.
Whoaaa. Last night's television offerings gave us three grim twists or surprises that jarred us out of our holiday stupor. Let's take a look at each one.
With all the nightmare political debates and Kardashian divorces and everything else conflicted and terrible going on in this country (let alone the rest of the world! the rest of the world is too big a place to consider right now) let's just all try to have one day of peace.
Today: soap operas are dropping dead left and right, someone's doing some secret Snow White promotion, and Justin Bieber's underpants.
If you were nervous that Jason Segel (and co-writer Nicholas Stoller) would update the Muppets for the modern age in any sort of cynical, pop culture reference-laden way, rest easy.
Today we think about why 'The X Factor' just doesn't work.
Today: Justin Bieber might still be a daddy?; the royals get flirty and foody; America has a new dance champion.
A '90s favorite lands a big new role, Caroline Rhea does too, and Aaron Sorkin mulls his next project.
Which politician's kid is doing the best in their adult life? Let's figure it out.
Jessica Biel recently revealed that Anne Hathaway has beat her for two coveted roles. What jealousy there must be! Who else is jealous of who in Hollywood? Let's guess!
A 'Game of Thrones' teaser excites us, Martin Scorsese is headed north, and Pamela Anderson is the mother of god.
MTV is airing a marathon of their surprise hit teen show. You should watch it!
The second season of HBO's period crime saga has reinvigorated what began as a somewhat plodding series.
Showtime wants more killing, Twilight makes a killing, and Amanda Seyfried wants to stop a killing.
Today we review two new releases, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part1 and The Descendants.
Celebrities have lost one bit of preferential treatment, Sharon Stone and Jane Curtin get new roles, and Angelina Jolie heads to the Middle East.
The Obama campaign's national finance director Rufus Gifford sent an email on Thursday reminding everyone that "there's nothing better than getting a good deal when you're shopping for the holidays" and urging people to take advatage of a $5 coupon at the Barack Obama 2012 campaign store.
The Munsters is being remade as a serious hour-long drama. What other old sitcoms can we revive in dramatic fashion?
TV's most sex crime-centric show does a really good job at casting. Let's celebrate that.
South Park is never going away, two new fairy tale movie trailers intrigue, and Kristen Stewart plans her next move.
Diehard fans are everywhere. Of TV shows, books, movies -- all manner of cultural product. That's fine: we're all DVR season pass-sporting fans of something. But why is a certain group so darn aggressive?
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