TV and Movie News (page 1069)

OK, the trend has now become silly. Trailers have always been a small pleasure of theater-going. It's a big reason we all so often like arriving fairly early, so that we can scope out the "coming attractions." Now, get excited about this 15-second teaser for a "Breaking Dawn Part 2" teaser.

The Battle Round continues after last week's showdowns, which included some less than stellar performances and a couple of standouts. The judges have mostly been nice thus far, so we'll see if any of this week's contestants get destroyed in the ring.

Dying for a little more of Taylor Swift's music for "The Hunger Games?" Maybe something a little more upbeat this time? Well, Taylor debuted her second song off of "The Hunger Games" soundtrack this weekend, and you can watch a live performance right here.

This doesn't seem like it will go over well at all. Sony has unveiled the Authentication Power Outlet and demonstrated how its device detection can either allow or disallow access to a power supply at the supplier's discretion, reports Geek.com on the device that may have an appeal to public places with high power-usage demands among clients, such as airports. The first-generation device utilizes an adaptor that communicates between itself and the socket wirelessly using Sony's own FeliCa smart card hardware.

Stewie questions Brian's friendship with Peter, which is put to the test when Brian, Peter, Quagmire and Joe wake up to find Quahog completely abandoned and their memories gone.

With the "Desperate Housewives" finale looming after eight seasons, former co-star Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination suit has likewise been laid to rest - albeit, much less definitively. A Los Angeles jury informed Judge Elizabeth White Monday that they couldn't decide one way or another whether or not it was a 2008 rehearsal spat between Sheridan and series creator Marc Cherry that caused her firing.

A long goodbye to a departing favorite headlines FOX's just-released official slate of Spring 2012 finales. It's already been declared that "House" is in the midst of making its last rounds. According to Zap2It, it won't go quietly into that good night with a double-length episode that feels more like a run-of-the-mill season finale than a permanent goodbye, as did "24" when its time came.

Though the surrounding communities keep telling producers they're decreasingly welcome near their homes and businesses, the good people of MTV's "Jersey Shore" are apparently going nowhere. The network made it official Monday that the reality-TV hit will start filming its sixth season this coming summer, complete with a quite pregnant Snooki. Naturally, MTV's remarks about the returning cash cow informed us all just how much we love the vapid little jack-holes.

Being neither a husband nor a father myself, I can't say from experience, but there must be times all the world feels like a dangerous place for an expecting mother-to-be. Jessica Simpson and fiance Eric Johnson certainly might've felt a bit uncomfortable with how close the due-any-moment Simpson came to being felled by an errant tree branch recently, as reported by E! Online today.

Seeing Stephen Amell actually don the Green Arrow duds somehow makes The CW's latest DC Universe endeavor feel that much more....official. Deadline today has the network's first official still hyping "Arrow," the forthcoming origin story-ish pilot spun off from the legendary Emerald Archer's run on "Smallville." David Nutter has his ties to both shows - he was behind the camera for the "Smallville" pilot that led to a 10-season run, and he'll also be directing "Arrow."