TV and Movie News (page 1292)

There's big news in the comic book world today as Marvel announced that their new Spider-Man will be a half-black, half-Hispanic teenager. But the fact that a bi-racial Spider-Man is big news at all is evidence of why it should have happened a long time ago.

It's been less than 24 hours. The finale has already been called "stunning." It is, if you can't read. Tabloids and gossip sites the world over have been spoiling the so-called surprise ending of "The Bachelorette" for weeks, but we're not going to do that to you. We're gonna make you click through to find out who won the lowest rated season of "The Bachelorette" of all time.

The "Jersey Shore" cast might have had a tumultuous time in Italy, but at least they got to smush in some pretty sweet digs. In preparation for the start of the show's fourth season filmed entirely in Italy, MTV released pictures of the house our favorite gudios used as their base of operation. It is in this Italian estate that we will undoubtedly see the cast diffuse grenades, befoul the hot tub and nearly kill each other.

Confidentiality can be a killer sometimes. TVLine Editor-in-Chief and Founder Michael Ausiello has been "sworn to secrecy" protecting the specifics, but he hinted Tuesday that the new Dean of Medicine at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital on the hit Fox drama "House" can be positively identified from a seven previously appearing characters he listed.

You may or may not know the music of the indie-surf-poppy Best Coast, but you probably know some of the people involved with their latest music video for "Our Deal." The "supervideo" was directed by Drew Barrymore and features some pretty famous faces, including Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass"), Tyler Posey ("Teen Wolf") and Donald Glover ("Community").

If you've been following our episode recaps of this season's "The Bachelorette," you know that things have been a touch hard to watch at times, with plenty of gimmicks, unsavory characters and persistent whining from Bachelorette Ashley Hebert. Last night's grand finale wrapped things up in a not so grand fashion, drawing an audience that couldn't even beat out a cooking show from Britain's most profane chef in its most coveted demographic.

Who will Liz Lemon turn to for life advice if Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy departs his top floor office at "30 Rock"? Lorne Michaels is willing to find out, according to comments shared with New York Magazine's Vulture. Baldwin recently commented that the next season of the NBC cult comedy hit "30 Rock" would be the last. But Michaels says the show will go on, with or without Baldwin on it.

As Charlie Sheen closes in on a new series and Comedy Central prepares to roast him on the same date as the new "Two and a Half Men" premiere, details are emerging on how the new season of the show is going to open up, and how the show's creators plan to introduce Ashton Kutcher as Sheen's replacement.

"American Idol" fans worried that J. Lo's divorce with Marc Anthony would negatively effect her decision to return to the show as a judge next season can apparently stop worrying. According to sources cited by The Wrap, Jennifer Lopez has signed on for another season of the popular Fox show, and will be bringing in substantially more scratch to boot. According to the site, "The pop star will be returning to the singing competition with a contract with the Fox Broadcasting Network that's 'a smidge over' $20 million."

Harrison Ford is one of those guys that's always cool and collected, whether he's being himself or playing one of his characters. But there's one thing that gets Ford angry: those little blue bastard Smurfs. Ford came on "Conan" last night to discuss the weekend, which saw his film "Cowboys and Aliens" practically tying for first place at the box office with "The Smurfs," and things got pretty ugly for Papa Smurf.