TV and Movie News (page 1464)

Every girl has a "type" right?

We can safely say that Ashlee Simpson loves herself a grungy rocker!

Newly separated Simpson was seen out and about in L.A. with musician Craig Owens recently.

You may remember we reported just weeks ago that Simpson had filed for divorce from Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz. The couple are going their separate ways, citing irreconcilable differences.

How do you make "American Idol" even better? Throw in a little "Jersey Shore!"

The MTV News live-stream show "Idol Party Live," which airs after the elimination show tonight, will feature a guest host in Sammi Giancola, star of "Jersey Shore."

Sammi will be joined on the show by Popdust editor Maura Johnston and Rachel Zevita, an "Idol" contestant and top 24 finalist who was sent home last week.

Zombie shows from the 1990's are coming back from the grave! Not shows about zombies, mind you, just shows that have been long dead and will find new life when TeenNick re-airs them this fall.

The channel is planning a late-night block, much like the successful Cartoon Network equivalent "Adult Swim," called "The 90's Are All That." The block will air re-runs of all the classic Nickelodeon shows that children and teens of the 1990's grew up with, like "Rugrats," "Clarissa Explains It All," "The Adventures of Pete & P

Does Lucy Hale like scary movies?

Fans will find out in the iconic opening sequence for "Scream 4."

According to PerezHilton.com, Hale plays Trudie, and is joined in the first scene by "90210" star Shenae Grimes who plays Sherrie.

Hale, a “Pretty Little Liars” favorite, says the phone rings and the two are asked the infamous Scream question during “the call that starts it all.

Documentarian Michael Moore is known for being over the top in his support of unions (see "Roger and Me”), and for being incredibly vocal in the fight against the Wall Street execs who profited from bailouts (see “Capitalism: A Love Story”).

On Wednesday, he turned up the volume on “The Rachel Maddow Show” in response to recent developments in Wisconsin, asking people to go to Madison to protest the anti-union measures which were passed by the state’s Senate through a highly unusual set of parliamentary maneuvers.

Forget the "Skins" controversy, The Parents Television Council (PTC) is on the primetime attack. After ABC announced the pilot of a sitcom called “Good Christian Bitches,” PTC urged it’s million-strong membership to sign a petition against the title that comes from the Disney-owned network.

“ABC’s decision is not only an affront to women, it blatantly attacks the world’s largest faith.

After success with adaptations of his novels "Stardust" and "Coraline," Neil Gaiman is moving on to adapting literature that is not his own. In fact, Gaiman's next project will be adapting a Chinese novel that is over 400 years old!

Gaiman has been tapped to write a screenplay adaptation of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West," the tale of a Buddhist monk making a pilgrimmage from China to India in order to recover Buddhist scripture.

Keira Knightley will breathe life into the role of Tinker Bell during a four-hour live action prequel to “Peter Pan.”

The Syfy program, “Neverland” reveals the origin of one of the most cherished (and arguably envied) characters of all time. Set in a Dickensian-like London, Peter and his posse of young pickpockets are sent on an exotic mission by mentor Jimmy Hook.

The battle continues. Kathy Griffin made fun of Sarah Palin's daughter, then Palin retaliated by calling Griffin a "50-year-old bully," and now Griffin is set to play a version of Palin on "Glee." And she has a few things to say, too.

First, Griffin wanted to teach Palin a lesson about comedians: "If you don't know the difference between a joke and real bullying, then are you going to call the ghost of Johnny Carson a bully? Are you going to call the entire cast of SNL a bully? The late night hosts? I mean, that's what comedians do.

Early this morning, Drug Enforcement Administration agents carried out raids of a number of homes in the Baltimore, Maryland area.   More than 60 people were arrested, reports The Baltimore Sun, including Felicia Pearson, better known as 'Snoop' on the HBO series "The Wire."   The drug busts were part of a five-month investigation by the Baltimore-based DEA.