TV and Movie News (page 992)

BCS Reaches Consensus Supporting Playoff
June 20, 2012 @ 9:45 pm PST    BCS Bowl Championship Series     Sean Comer    
The door has finally been opened: an initial four-team college football playoff format has been supported by BCS commissioners and Notre Dame's Jack Swarbick. The proposed playoff would begin in 2014, with the four-team field selected based on schedule strength and conference championships. However, it still faces the final hurdle of the BCS presidential oversight committee's vote on June 26 in Washington, D.C.

'Necessary Roughness' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – 'Wide Deceiver'
June 20, 2012 @ 9:27 pm PST    Necessary Roughness, Friday Night Lights     Morgan Glennon    
This week on "Necessary Roughness" it's all about people facing down their own decisions. This could be disastrous for Dani and Matt, who finally found the issue which could potentially break them up. Matt wants kids but Dani, with two teenagers, is done with that part of her life. Will the happy couple work it out or are they on the way out?

From The Home Office: 'Out Of Touch' 101, With Prof. David Letterman
June 20, 2012 @ 2:26 pm PST    Late Show with David Letterman     Sean Comer    
We're never going to hear more debate over who is more "out of touch" than we do during a presidential election. This year, it's once more between the President and a child of privilege of himself. But what does "out of touch" even mean anymore? Let David Letterman explain....

Third 'Dumb And Dumber' Might Stall Without Jim Carrey
June 20, 2012 @ 2:24 pm PST    Dumb and Dumber, Dumb And Dumber: The Animated Series     Sean Comer    
Bad ideas have ways of sorting themselves out. Jim Carrey has reportedly bowed out of a third "Dumb and Dumber" movie because the project supposedly wasn't progressing at a speed to his liking. Consequently, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are now reportedly reluctant to make the movie without him.

Watch a Live-Action, Hand-Made Version of the 'Futurama' Opening Sequence
June 20, 2012 @ 2:22 pm PST    Futurama     Andy Neuenschwander    
As "Futurama" fans most likely know, TV's most resilient animated show (besides maybe "Family Guy," which also got cancelled once) is back tonight, Wednesday June 20. To mark the occasion, Comedy Central made the most adorable live-action version of the show's opening sequence.

Unions Are Now Investigating Whether Lindsay Lohan Was Overworked
June 20, 2012 @ 2:08 pm PST    Mean Girls     Andy Neuenschwander    
The Screen Actor's Guild, now SAG-AFTRA after the merger, is an odd union. It doesn't really help its members to get work, it only offers benefits once you hit a certain pay scale, and even when productions are out there breaking union rules, it usually doesn't fix them.

Kristen Stewart is the Highest-Paid Actress of the Year: How Much Did She Make?
June 20, 2012 @ 1:15 pm PST    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Snow White and the Huntsman, Twilight     Andy Neuenschwander    
As it turns out, when you're the irreplacable star of one of the highest-grossing movie franchises in history, you make a lot of money. Who knew, right? So, of course, that means that Kristen Stewart, star of the "Twilight" series, was the highest-paid actress of the past year.

This Man's Miley Cyrus Tattoos Will Scar Your Day
June 20, 2012 @ 12:26 pm PST    Hannah Montana     Sean Comer    
Tattoos are forever, kids. FOR-EV-ER. It's that, or many a painful date with a laser. Ask this guy. He'd better hope nothing ever sours him on Miley Cyrus. He's sporting a reported 15 tattoos honoring Disney's "Hannah Montana" icon.

Ashton Kutcher Lives The Dream, Sues DMV
June 20, 2012 @ 12:22 pm PST    Two and a Half Men, Punk'd, That 70's Show     Sean Comer    
Long has the battle of Man versus DMV raged. Longer have been the lines, the trail of weeping defeated in their wake. But hark! Our champion has arisen to carry us on his back to liberation! Ashton Kutcher is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles! Sic semper, cranky bureaucrats!

Watch the Trailer for the 'Monsters, Inc.' Prequel 'Monsters University'
June 20, 2012 @ 11:08 am PST    Monsters, Inc.     Andy Neuenschwander    
More than a decade ago, Pixar introduced us to the world of "Monsters, Inc." and taught us a few things about the value of laughter, both as a power source for monsters and as a source for a successful animated film. Now Pixar is giving us another "Monsters" movie, but despite it coming ten years later, it will actually be a prequel.