Today in show business news: Here's our first look at the old Oscar winners in Vegas comedy Last Vegas, HBO is heading to Silicon Valley, and The CW is trying to figure out Wonder Woman.
Today in books: Maya Angelou isn't happy about the way Common used an original poem she contributed to his upcoming album, Tim Tebow's success extends to the bestseller charts, and The Wall Street Journal asks 50 different notables about the best book they read in 2011.
Last night Boardwalk Empire ended with a bang, and Luck began with a whimper.
Now that we know the name (Newsroom), basic plot line, and character sketches for his cable news drama, Aaron Sorkin's new HBO series sounds a lot like all of his old network shows.
A 'Game of Thrones' teaser excites us, Martin Scorsese is headed north, and Pamela Anderson is the mother of god.
The second season of HBO's period crime saga has reinvigorated what began as a somewhat plodding series.
Today in books: The 2009 Man Booker winner is the latest prestigious literary property to be gobbled up by HBO, Diane Keaton's inventive memoir has some great Woody Allen stories, and the late Michael Crichton's scribbles have become a book about killer bugs and an evil CEO.
Today in sports: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. says Manny Pacquiao won't even talk to them about fighting in June, if not for the lockout the average NBA player would have pocketed a $425,000 check today, and U.S. Soccer gets a much-needed win.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Today: Ryan Seacrest wears so many hats he needs a new closet (it's pretty full as is!), HBO makes Brooklyn one very happy borough, and Warner Bros. makes a very bad decision.
It looks like television's most guidolicious show made it from TV set to classroom projector slide faster than any program this decade.
Today in film and television: David Simon only wants four seasons of Treme, HBO moves up the premiere of Luck, and how Halloween spurred DirecTV and News Corp. to iron out a new carriage deal.
Also in film and television: Murphy's still mad at David Spade, fresh talk of a Dumb & Dumber sequel 17 years after the original, and Samuel. L. Jackson is the highest grossing actor in movie history.
Today in film and television: The Corrections lines up its parental unit, GMC wants in on The Cannonball Run remake, and how Jerry Bruckheimer slashed the Lone Ranger budget.
Plus: Seth MacFarlane recalls a four-year old fight with Jon Stewart
Plus: Stephen King reads from the in-progress 'Shining' sequel
The show starts with a literal bang, and some critical bangs, too
It won't give them many movies, but it does show they can beat out the likes of HBO for content
Plus: Two papers, two perspectives on video of the NYPD suggestively dancing
The tentatively titled "More As the Story Develops" pilot just got the greenlight to be a new series
Also: hold the phone--Noah Baumbach's adapting 'The Corrections'?
Plus: Madonna movie about Wallis Simpson was not well-received
Plus: Wolverine could be learning the way of the samurai in Canada
Plus: What a fourth 'Paradise Lost' documentary would look like
Praise for Curb Your Enthusiasm's Israel-Palestine satire
Plus: James Franco blames Yale for costing him his girlfriend
Plus: the New York Times has settled on a new architecture critic
A spoiler-heavy look ahead at the eighth season of Larry David's HBO comedy
On the next season of the HBO drama, same old gun fights, more KKK meetings
Plus: Hollywood agencies want to be in the Mel Gibson business
Plus: Bono gives Julie Taymor a very public compliment
The case for seeing the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' as a beacon of light
He'll make a sixth season of the show if the Attorney General calls off the drug war
Plus: the former Hollywood agent who couldn't abide New York's elevators
"Statistically" no one is dropping cable, says Reed Hastings
The Attorney General issued a direct order to series creator David Simon
The reviews for HBO's adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's bestseller are in
A trailer arrives in advance of July's season premiere
All the details you need to know before the film's HBO premiere
Another leaked tidbit arriving from HBO's 'Game Change'
It's too bad HBO isn't going forward with its Hollywood blogger show
Most of the major players have been cast...except for a Barack Obama
David Simon's New Orleans panoramic premiered on HBO with a new focus on food
Even Jennifer Egan is unsure how the network will adapt her Pulitzer winner
Could they have pounced on Game of Thrones any quicker?
Good, not great reactions for the premiere of HBO's pricey new fantasy series
Reviews of HBO's new show bring up gender stereotypes about targeted programming
Too bad his new one sounds like 'Rubicon'
Latest in a string of political productions from the cable network
A $100 million entry into original programming with the new series 'House of Cards'
Foray into streaming video presents big risks and big reward
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