TV and Movie News (page 711)

'Bachelorette' Contestant Dies After Paragliding Accident
April 25, 2014 @ 3:05 pm PST    The Bachelorette     Shannon Keirnan    
Sad news this week. Eric Hill, a contestant in the upcoming 10th season of "The Bachelorette" (airing May 19th), has passed away. Hill died from injuries sustained after a paragliding accident. Hill, 31, was gliding off of a hill in Draper, Utah, when his parachute partially collapsed.

Watch a Hilarious, Brand-New 'Twilight' Bad Lip Reading
April 25, 2014 @ 2:00 pm PST    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The Twilight Saga: New Moon     Andy Neuenschwander    
There's something about "Twilight" that just makes it perfect for re-dubbing. Which is why there is now a third installment in the "Twilight" Bad Lip Reading series. For those who haven't seen a Bad Lip Reading video before, here's a little background: The BLR team takes scenes from popular movies, removes the dialogue, reads the lips of the actors, and then adds their own dialogue based on those bad lip readings.

'Big Bang Theory' Coming to an End?
April 25, 2014 @ 11:36 am PST    The Big Bang Theory     EG    
This season of "The Big Bang Theory" is going to end with some questions left unanswered--not the least of which is "Will all the cast members be back next year?"--but an even bigger question is how many more years does TV's top comedy have left?

Meg Ryan Joins 'How I Met Your Dad'
April 25, 2014 @ 11:23 am PST    How I Met Your Mother, Mixology, Masters of Sex, The Crazy Ones, Animal Practice     EG    
If "How I Met Your Dad" makes it to the air, it will have a narrator whose voice you'll recognize. The show announced this week that Meg Ryan will take on the role of Greta Gerwig's unseen future self, a la Bob Saget in "How I Met Your Mother."

'Sopranos' and 'The Wire': HBO on Amazon
April 25, 2014 @ 10:59 am PST    The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Girls, Veep, Game of Thrones     EG    
Is the chance to finally watch "Deadwood" on your tablet enough to make you break down and buy an Amazon Prime subscription? HBO and Amazon are hoping so. This week, the two companies announced a deal that will bring some classic HBO shows to Amazon.

Neil Patrick Harris Defends 'How I Met Your Mother' Ending, Says He Was a 'Big Fan'
April 25, 2014 @ 10:48 am PST    How I Met Your Mother     Andy Neuenschwander    
You know that "How I Met Your Mother" ending that you hated? Well, Neil Patrick Harris loved it. The erstwhile Barney Stinson stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman to chat, and while his new brown hair was definitely a shock, his defending of the "HIMYM" series finale wasn't. "It wasn't necessarily the happy ending people were expecting," Harris said.

Jodi Foster's Secret Wedding!
April 24, 2014 @ 9:05 am PST    The Silence of the Lambs     Shannon Keirnan    
Notoriously private Jodie Foster has wed girlfriend of one year, Alexandra Hedison.

Lupita Nyong'o Named People's Most Beautiful
April 24, 2014 @ 8:30 am PST    12 Years a Slave, NBC TODAY Show     Shannon Keirnan    
It has been a big year for "12 Years a Slave" actress Lupita Nyong'o. Not only did she win an Oscar for best supporting actress, and sign a deal with cosmestic company Lancome to become their first black ambassador, now she has been honored by People magazine, who have named Nyong'o "Most Beautiful Person" for 2014.

New Movies Apr. 25-27: Can Paul Walker or Kate Upton Dethrone 'Captain America'?
April 24, 2014 @ 8:01 am PST    Brick Mansions, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Other Woman, The Quiet Ones, The Conjuring     EG    
Superheroes will be flooding theaters in May, but in this last weekend of April, the new film releases feature characters of mostly the non-super-powered variety (unless you consider that Kate Upton has super powers). "Captain America" is expected to repeat as box-office champ, but could Paul Walker and Luc Besson manage to confound those expectations?

Here's a Video of Just the F-Words In 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
April 23, 2014 @ 2:44 pm PST    The Wolf of Wall Street     Andy Neuenschwander    
In case you didn't know, they swore a lot in the R-rated Oscar nominee "The Wolf of Wall Street." Like, a lot. Enough, in fact, to break a record for the most F-words in a movie (except for a documentary that is specifically about the word). Naturally, the Internet has put them all together into one easy-to-digest video, because it's the Internet, and it makes dreams come true.