TV and Movie News (page 1511)
The marathon awards season pushes on, and “The King’s Speech” is widening the lead.
The 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards took place last night, with Colin Firth taking home Best Actor and “The King’s Speech” taking home Best Picture. Earlier in the weekend, Tom Hopper took home the award for Best Picture from the Director's Guild of America for his work on the film.
Rapper T-Pain is sporting a new tattoo inspired by Facebook.
The tattoo reads “You Don’t Have to Like Me” and shares a resemblance to the Facebook “Like” button, thumbs up included.
T-Pain tweeted about his fresh skin ink late Thursday night:
“I get a tatt every time I come to Hawaii. I think this one is pretty sweet, unless facebook shuts down soon 0_o.
Yet again, Superman appears from out of the blue.
Warner Bros. announced today that the new Man of Steel will be played by relative unknown 27-year-old British actor Henry Cavill, whose highest profile past role was appearing in the Showtime series “The Tudors.”
“In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time, and I am honored to be a part of his return to the big screen,” said director Zac Snyder.
The episode's cold open treats us to the long-awaited meeting of Michael Scott and Ricky Gervais' character of David Brent from the original British Office; as can be expected, they develop an instant rapport, as their senses of humor gel well together.
However, that's the last we see of them, as we move on to one of many subplots that the episode features.
Andy, knowing that he is lagging behind in sales, has the ingenious idea of putting together a small business seminar, in an attempt to bring in more clients.
Comedian Jack Black joins funny folk Chelsea Handler and Whitney Cummings in NBC’s growing list of upcoming pilots.
Black will produce the comedy pilot called “My Life As An Experiment,” which is based on a book by A.J. Jacobs. The show is about a magazine writer and how his work assignments impact his life.
When creating the book that inspired the show, Jacobs considered himself a “human guinea pig” who took on a “series of radical lifestyle experiments.
It was a night of unique bonding when Jesse Eisenberg, star of “The Social Network,” hosted "Saturday Night Live."
As Eisenberg, first-time host, launched into his monologue, he was joined by Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook co-founder whom he recently portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film. According to the two, they had never met each other.
Cast member Andy Samberg added another “‘berg” to the moment and a degree of life imitating art, imitating life.
The horror-exorcism movie “The Rite,” starring Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, emerged number one at the Friday box office with an estimated gross ticket sales of $5.3 million dollars.
Even if “The Rite” wins the weekend box office, critics predict that it will be impossible for the movie to match the $17.2 million gross accumulated by “Edge of Darkness” during its’ opening last year.
What a strange thing to steal. Mel Gibson’s final cut copy of “The Beaver” was stolen from his mailbox at his Malibu home on Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident according to a recent report by The Hollywood Reporter.
Mel Gibson received the final cut copy of “The Beaver” from Summit Entertainment and after screening the film, he placed it at his mailbox for the courier to pick up.
Palin may have gained national popularity each week on "Dancing with the Stars," but students at Washington University would have voted otherwise.
After student protests, the 20-year old mother of two-year-old son Tripp, was uninvited by the Student Health Advisory Committee to talk during “Student Sexual Responsibility Week” about abstinence.
According to Radar, undergrads were unhappy about the use of student-generated funds to be allocated to Palin’s several thousand dollar speaking fee.
When Keith Olbermann left MSNBC with a hastily announced and controversial exit last week, rumors flew that he may end up working with Aaron Sorkin on a new project. Sorkin is in the running for an Academy Award for the writing he did on “The Social Network,” and he’s perhaps best known for creating the hugely popular “The West Wing.” Oh, and his crack problem.
Now Entertainment Weekly is reporting that HBO has ordered a pilot for a new dramatic series Sorkin is producing about cable news.
