TV and Movie News (page 1105)

'American Idol' Season 11, Episode 7 Best and Worst of St. Louis Recap
February 02, 2012 @ 9:47 pm PST    American Idol     Andy Neuenschwander    
St. Louis sees a number of terrible contestants, but also sees two or three who may very well be destined for stardom. Also, Walter the cab driver goes on a long rant about "American Idol"-related traffic.

Watch a Funny PSA to Save 'Community' from Donald Glover
February 02, 2012 @ 5:11 pm PST    Community     Andy Neuenschwander    
Have you wondered why there's a honey shortage? Donald Glover has an answer for you: it's because "Community" is on hiatus. The bees are just one problem that Glover attributes to the lack of new "Community" episodes in this funny PSA. Watch it here.

Watch Michelle Obama Take Down Ellen DeGeneres In Push-Up Contest
February 02, 2012 @ 4:14 pm PST    The Ellen DeGeneres Show     Sean Comer    
Americans who can't manage even a brisk walk around the block once a day, we have a special treat: video of your very last excuse dying before your eyes. First Lady Michelle Obama dropped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" talked up the joys of getting one's blood pumping. Obama told Degeneres that she often gets in her daily workout starting around 5:30 A.M., and it's usually a good 90 minutes of combined cardio and strength training before she calls it a day. Wanting to test the hype, Degeneres decided she wanted a friendly push-up duel.

'American Idol' Audition Ratings Keep Slipping
February 02, 2012 @ 4:13 pm PST    American Idol, The X Factor, Mobbed, Whitney, Are You There, Chelsea?, One Tree Hill, Remodeled, Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials     Sean Comer    
Anyone else wondering if Randy Jackson's "American Idol" mates would like to slap him for goading karma into action? For a third week running, "American Idol" has watched its rating fall, though it still won the night. Meanwhile, "Whitney" keeps finding new ways to fail by getting its ass kicked by old Super Bowl commercials.

With 'Revenge' A Hit, Did Soap Operas Really 'Die' This Year?
February 02, 2012 @ 3:00 pm PST    Revenge, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy , One Life to Live, All My Children, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless, As The World Turns     Sean Comer    
Think of it the way Sam Neil pondered birds and dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park": Neil's Dr. Alan Grant didn't really believe that dinosaurs ever became extinct; he theorized based on skeletal evidence that they actually evolved into modern birds. Soaps and prime-time dramas? Same principle. "One Life To Live" didn't necessarily "die" - it just became "Revenge."

New '30 Rock' Webisode: Madonna Suffers Injury, Donaghy Auditions Super Bowl Performers
February 02, 2012 @ 1:23 pm PST    30 Rock     Sean Comer    
Why, in every possible god's name one could invoke, couldn't this have been this Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show?! Imagine the money saved. Probably millions have been spent so that Madonna, Cee Lo Green and Cirque Du Soleil can perform some grand, spectacular hot mess that will probably just end up mocked the next day. The good people who bring us all NBC's "30 Rock," on the other hand, needed about five minutes of Flash animation to cook up the funniest damn take on the Super Bowl halftime show since the halcyon days of MTV's yearly "Butt Bowl.

'The Hunger Games' Will Get A One-Week IMAX Run
February 02, 2012 @ 12:59 pm PST    The Hunger Games     Sean Comer    
The most exhilarating experience of "The Hunger Games" won't be around long. Enjoy the first blockbuster in Suzanne Collins' bestselling trilogy, but get it while it's hot. The series' big-screen debut from Lionsgate will only receive a seven-day run in the wildly popular IMAX format.

Damian Lewis of 'Homeland' Will Play Hailee Steinfeld's Dad in 'Romeo & Juliet'
February 02, 2012 @ 11:51 am PST    Homeland     Andy Neuenschwander    
"Homeland" star Damian Lewis just landed himself a bonafide Shakespearean role... and it looks like he'll be playing Hailee Steinfeld's dad in "Romeo & Juliet." See who else made it into the new Shakespeare adaptation.

Katy Perry Working Toward 3D Concert Film
February 02, 2012 @ 11:50 am PST    Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, Michael Jackson: This Is It, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, The Grammys     Sean Comer    
A 3D Katy Perry concert movie, you say, Paramount Pictures? The one dimension she has annoys plenty. At what point doesn't tripling that start looking like throwing good money after bad? Still, if the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber can all pump out successful in-concert clips, why can't she? So glad you asked...

'Hunger Games': The On-Set Accident That Sent Jennifer Lawrence to the Hospital!
February 02, 2012 @ 10:42 am PST    The Hunger Games     Andy Neuenschwander    
You might think that it would be really fun to prepare to play Katniss in "The Hunger Games," but Jennifer Lawrence had an on-set accident on her last day of training that sent her to the hospital! Get the details here.