TV and Movie News (page 1527)

The queen of soul Aretha Franklin issued a statement last week that her top choice to portray her in an upcoming biopic would be "Monster’s Ball" actress Halle Berry. In addition to Halle Berry, Aretha Franklin also named Denzel Washington to portray her father - Baptist minister and civil rights leader C.L. Franklin - and Terrence Howard to play the role of the Smokey Robinson.
In an interview with E!News, the actress emphasized that the biggest problem for her in playing the role of Aretha Franklin is that she doesn’t have the voice to do justice to the chara

Emmy Rossum is doing a new show called "Shameless" on Showtime. You might not have heard of it, but you might want to start watching now. You know how those movie channels like shows with sex and nudity? Well guess what? "Shameless" is no different. The new show features nudity, drugs corruption and lots of sex, including Rossum in topless scenes.
Doing topless is a lot different than what Emmy used to do.

It’s been a heck of a week for Bradley Cooper, not only did his father pass away but he was also caught in a house fire while visiting his relatives with Renee Zellweger. I hope he didn’t think Renee was his lucky charm, because a house fire and a death would signal some bad juju if you asked me!
Bradley was in Pennsylvania, visiting his dad, who had been ill for a long time.

Howard Stern is not a fan of Jay Leno. Actually, Howard completely trashed Jay’s jokes, his fans and even his reputation while doing an interview with Piers Morgan on his new CNN show. That’s Piers’ new show, not Stern’s in case you were freaking out there.
The show aired on Tuesday night and many people who watched it or have read about it today wonder how Jay will respond – if at all – today.

Seth Rogen as a blockbuster action star?
The Green Hornet managed to smash box office figures in its opening weekend, taking in an impressive $40 million over the four day holiday. $33.5 million of the total was taken over the normal weekend period. While the movie, which stars Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, and Christoph Waltz, got mixed reviews in the press, it did nothing to slow down ticket sales.

British broadcast journalist Piers Morgan officially took over Larry King’s spot Tuesday night at CNN with Oprah Winfrey as his first interview.
According to The Nielsen Company, the debut episode of “Piers Morgan Tonight” attracted 2.1 million viewers. The result tripled the average number of viewers of its predecessor “Larry King Live” which gathered 657,000 viewers during the fourth quarter of the show, until it ended in December after 25 years.

With Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Kara Dioguardi now having left the judging panel of American Idol, the two newcomers to the judging panel, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, are busy trying to impress audiences. Steven Tyler, the front man with rock band Aerosmith, has recently spoken out about his plans as an American Idol judge,
Tyler told reporters from Digital Spy that he was not going to let his personal life affect the way in which he judged the acts that were auditioning in front of him and the other judges.

The BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Awards nominations were announced this morning.
The British version of the Oscars, the BAFTA Awards are thought to be a more reliable indicator of who potential Academy Awards nominees may be than the Golden Globes.
While there are a few noticeable exceptions (the inclusion of "True Grit" for Best Picture and the noticeable absence of "The Tourist" for starters), many of the awards are similar to the Golden Globes.

We hate to eulogize the show based solely on Steve Carrell leaving, but this week's news had us thinking about our favorite episodes of NBC's hit, The Office.
For us, the signature episode, Weight Loss, originally aired September 25, 2008 and was the premier of the 5th season. Not coincidentally, the 5th was the show's best season overall as well.
Weight Loss was filled with hilarious moments that centered around the casts' new-found obsession with losing weight.

The internet has been full of rumors and speculation regarding a recent posting by the sketchy-at-best MediaTakeout.com claiming that Kanye West is attached to a recent project playing a gay jazz man in a film featuring what the site has called “explicit gay sex.”
The site goes on to mention a number of high-profile African-American backers, including Wil Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Jay Z, and they cite the script as an award-winner in the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Nicholl screenwriting competition.