TV and Movie News (page 962)

French Fans Call Madonna 'Slut' After Singer Cuts Concert Short
July 27, 2012 @ 1:28 am PST    Evita     Andy Neuenschwander    
Madonna learned a lesson in concert etiquette when she cut a concert short in France, prompting an angry mob to form. Get the details here.

Proof That 'Community' and 'Scrubs' Are the Same Show
July 27, 2012 @ 1:02 am PST    Community, Scrubs     Andy Neuenschwander    
Two sitcoms, both alike in dignity, and apparently both very similar in its main and supporting characters. Are "Scrubs" and "Community" really the same show?

'Vampire Diaries' Season 4: Things Will Get 'Even Worse' for Elena
July 27, 2012 @ 12:33 am PST    The Vampire Diaries     Andy Neuenschwander    
Looking for some inside info on "The Vampire Diaries" season four? Check out what Kat Graham (Bonnie) had to say about the upcoming season and Elena's transformation.

'Hunger Games' Predecessor 'Battle Royale' May Be a CW Show
July 26, 2012 @ 5:57 pm PST    The Hunger Games, Battle Royale     Andy Neuenschwander    
We could be getting close to a "Hunger Games" TV show, as The CW is showing interest in a TV adaptation of "Battle Royale," which holds many of the same themes.

DC Delays New 'Batman Inc.' Issue Over Aurora Shooting Sensitivity
July 26, 2012 @ 5:30 pm PST    The Dark Knight Rises     Sean Comer    
The Batman legacy's sensitivity to last weekend's tragedy in Aurora, Colo., has extended to the Caped Crusader's home medium: comics. The next issue of Batman Inc. has been pushed back to August, to work out gun-related artwork and references.

Kim Kardashian: Bigger Than Aniston, Jolie And Paltrow?
July 26, 2012 @ 5:28 pm PST    Keeping Up with The Kardashians, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event     Sean Comer    
Is it really such a great thing to be "more famous" if all you're famous for is your aircraft-carrier ass, and schtupping a faded R&B singer's little brother on tape? Kim Kardashian will apparently settle for it. She claims she's bigger than two Oscar winners and a beautiful, iconic American actress combined.

Green Day Song Honors Amy Winehouse
July 26, 2012 @ 2:44 pm PST    The Grammys     Sean Comer    
They weren't the most likely, necessarily, to want to honor Amy Winehouse's passing a year later, but Green Day's tribute should certainly be interesting. The punks with conscience have devoted "Amy," a track on the middle-child LP of a three album set, to the lost British chanteusse's struggles with addiction.

'The Expendables 2' Gets 'R' Rating, New International Banner
July 26, 2012 @ 1:43 pm PST    The Expendables 2     Sean Comer    
Look, folks ... it's "The Expendables2 ." It shouldn't take too much explaining. There's a story, sure, but you know why you're seeing it. Things will blow up, and bad guys will die. It's just that Sylvester Stallone has written something that gets around to all that in a much more entertaining way that won't give people seizures and motion sickness. So it has that going for it.

Smashed iPhone Gets Russell Brand 20 Community Service Hours
July 26, 2012 @ 12:50 pm PST    Brand X with Russell Brand, Get Him To The Greek     Sean Comer    
Russell Brand and photographers just can't make nice. The star of FX's "Brand X" avoided jail time this morning after smashing a paparazzo's iPhone through a window this past March. Instead, the actor and comic will perform 20 community-service hours.

'The Dark Knight Rises' Tie-In Novel Clears Up Joker's Fate (Sort Of)
July 26, 2012 @ 12:38 pm PST    The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight     Sean Comer    
Somehow, Christopher Nolan wrote every word of "The Dark Knight Rises" alongside his brother Jonathan without once referencing his trilogy's most enduring legacy: the late Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning 2008 portrayal of The Joker. So what became of him in the eight years between the events of "The Dark Knight" and Nolan's finale?