Today in viral videos: Beyoncé teases "Grown Woman" again, a raccoon pleases, and everything that's wrong with Les Miserables including Anne Hathaway.
Why does everyone hate Anne Hathaway? She's just so very... Anne Hathaway. Here's the trail of awards-season drama that she hath wrought, as a preview of sorts for hate-watching the Oscars:
With the Academy Awards just a few days away, the behind-the-scenes plans for Oscar night are starting to go public, and they look... long, with a side of questionable vocals.
Mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh cites the wild success of the Les Misérables movie in his reasoning for the New York return of the show, which has been touring around the country successfully for two years. So will it be the same epic you wept through in 1989? Not quite, no
What with all of the political drama in this year's Best Picture crop — and Michelle Obama hosting the kid from Beasts of the Southern Wild at the White House — we couldn't help but wonder which films our top politicians would like to see win.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're talking about curious casting, the Olympics, and movies about aspiring marble champions.
Today in show business news: The big movie musical's soundtrack is the hottest disc in the land, Jimmy Kimmel makes a pretty good 11:35 debut, and Days of Our Lives has more sand in the hourglass.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where this should be known as the week before everyone sees and opines endlessly about Zero Dark Thirty.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're acknowledging that we have failed to stop Peter Jackson from taking over the world.
Today in show business news: Les Misérables is selling like hot cakes, a look at the year's highest-grossing films, and some sad news for Mockingbird Lane.
Because nothing says Christmas more than tuberculosis, revolution, and singing, the movie musical Les Misérables took the Christmas Day box office with a surprisingly high Tuesday total.
The long holiday weekend has arrived. It may be the the time for family moviegoing, but it's also the age of Netflix, so we've taken this December's blockbusters and Oscar bait, combed through the options on Netflix Instant, and found a match.
The highly anticipated version of the blockbuster musical is imperfect and silly, sure, but it is also something of a must-see in its show-stopping earnestness.
The songs from the show have been stuck in heads the world for 25 years. From Seinfeld to Tiananmen Square, we break down their cultural cameos.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Today in show business news: AMC might have un-canceled one of its drearier series, the new Star Wars movie is moving right along, and get ready for The Carrie Diaries.
A new promo has us actually excited for the latest movie musical, The Great Gatsby sets a landing date, and Scarlett Johansson officially heads back to Broadway.
A just-announced big change in the Oscars schedule has shocked everyone the world over. Elsewhere in showbiz: NBC might have a hit on its hands, The Voice gets two new judges, and you'll have to wait a little big longer for Les Miserables.
It's just really hard to buy Anne Hathaway as a dying 19th century French prostitute.
Everyone's favorite footlooser is heading to the small screen, old people are hot in Hollywood, and Colin Firth heads to West Memphis.
A movie musical heads down the wrong path, Hugh Jackman heads down the right one, and Christian Bale is huge in China.
Uma Thurman heads to TV, a bunch of stars head to OB/GYN, we return to the Blue Lagoon.
Americans like women in their underwear, two new trailers fail to impress, and Christopher Meloni on 'True Blood'?
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