TV and Movie News (page 1083)

'Smash' Season 1, Episode 4 Recap - 'The Cost of Art'
February 28, 2012 @ 9:38 pm PST    Smash     Andy Neuenschwander    
This week on "Smash": a lesson in toning it down, Ivy's unnecessarily bitchy diva side, and Eileen whining about rich people problems. Also, Julia tries to hard and someone needs to tell Ellis to shut up and go away.

Arab Americans Speak Against Sacha Baron Cohen's Oscar Stunt
February 28, 2012 @ 9:10 pm PST    The Dictator, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Bruno     Sean Comer    
This just in! Someone apparently finds innocent, lil' ol' Sacha Baron Cohen offensive! In further late-breaking news, water is wet, the sky is blue, bacon is yummy and "Whitney" is still stupid. Apparently, Cohen's titular military dictator Adm. Gen. Shabazz Aladeen of the method-acting comedian's latest comedy "The Dictator" has already created a stir among the National Network for Arab American Communities, reports Entertainment Weekly.

'Ringer' Season 1, Episode 15 Recap - 'P.S. You're an Idiot'
February 28, 2012 @ 8:17 pm PST    Ringer, Wild Things, Twilight, Arrested Development     Morgan Glennon    
Whenever twins turn up in "Ringer" you can be assured they will be double the trouble. So it is for Siobhan when she learns that the father of her babies isn't turtleneck-enthusiast Henry like she hoped, but most likely Andrew. Isn't it such a bummer when your husband turns out to be the father of your children?

Bored? Make Any YouTube Video Into 'The Artist' with 'The Artistifier'
February 28, 2012 @ 7:26 pm PST    The Artist     Andy Neuenschwander    
The Internet is a strange and wonderful place. Just check out this website, "The Artistifier," for proof: it turns any YouTube video into a black and white silent film, just like "The Artist," and you can even add your own dialogue.

Rihanna? Jordin Sparks? Jennifer Hudson?: Who Might Play Whitney Houston in Biopic?
February 28, 2012 @ 4:27 pm PST    The Grammys, American Idol, Sparkle, The Bodyguard     Sean Comer    
The late Whitney Houston's longtime friend and mentor Clive Davis is putting together a biopic about his fallen protege's rise and tragic fall, and according to the London Daily Mail, he's aiming high for star-power to portray the six-time Grammy winner.

Ricki Lake's 'DWTS' Take: Glad It's Behind Her
February 28, 2012 @ 4:24 pm PST    Dancing with the Stars     Sean Comer    
Sure, Ricki Lake's Sosa and McGwire-style duel with Army-vet soap star J.R. Martinez on the 13th "Dancing With The Stars" might've been last fall's best reality television. That doesn't mean the once-and-future daytime talk show host would do it again.

Juan Pablo Montoya's Daytona 500 Crash Makes Race A Ratings Winner
February 28, 2012 @ 12:19 pm PST    The Voice, Smash , How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Hawaii Five-0, Castle, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, American Idol     Sean Comer    
In a true freak occurence, the old stereotype has probably just been exemplified: some people really will watch NASCAR because crashes entertain them. Following a Sunday rain-out, NASCAR's premiere event, the Daytona 500, was run Monday and a wild, unpredictable race looks to have possibly beat out "The Voice" and "Smash" to become the night's big ratings winner for FOX.

Bill O'Reilly: Angelina Jolie 'Emaciated' At The Oscars?
February 28, 2012 @ 11:55 am PST    The Academy Awards, A Mighty Heart, Girl, Interrupted, Changeling     Sean Comer    
Huh. Will wonders never cease? Fox News' Bill O'Reilly seemingly ignored the mile or so of leg that hypnotized millions of prime-time Academy Awards viewers (and spawned its own Twitter account that totally ripped off that one for J.Lo's nipple) and might've made a good point. The pundit spouted off during a Monday "The O'Reilly Factor" segment with concern about how unhealthy he felt the once-voluptuous "Girl, Interrupted" Oscar-winner and star of "Changeling" and "A Mighty Heart" had let herself become.

Watch Kid Rock Welcome Mitt Romney To Michigan With 'Born Free'
February 28, 2012 @ 11:51 am PST    The Grammys     Sean Comer    
Platinum-selling country-ish rocker Kid Rock has been supporting Mitt Romney a while now. Recently, he took some time and finally did it in person. Now, don't chuckle too hard. Amid presidential elections, there's sometimes a "any port in a storm" mentality toward getting celebrity backing among famous faces with some pull among targeted constituents. And so it is that Kid Rock performed Romney's official campaign song, "Born Free," during the GOP White House hopeful's recent stop in Royal Oaks, MI.

'Glee' Winter Finale Achieves Record Suicide-Prevention Org Traffic
February 28, 2012 @ 10:57 am PST    Glee     Sean Comer    
That FOX's "Glee" laces its comedy and frivolity with social consciousness is hardly a revelation. That being said, the song-and-dance hit's winter finale took that identity to a new level. Following Max Adler's reformed McKinley High bully Karofsky's arc climaxing with his attempted suicide after facing relentless anti-gay harrassment himself, The Trevor Project - a national LGBT-suicide prevention support organization - experienced unprecedented traffic.