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Academy Award®-nominated actress Salma Hayek will be a presenter at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. Hayek was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 2002 for her portrayal of Frida Kahlo in Frida. She will be seen next in Robert Towne’s Ask the Dust. Hayek’s other film credits include After the Sunset, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Dogma and Fools Rush In. Hayek will join fellow presenters Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman, Jessica Alba, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, Will Ferrell, Queen Latifah, Clint Eastwood, Terrence Howard, Meryl Streep, Will Smith, Steve Carell, Nicole Kidman, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Uma Thurman, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts, Lily Tomlin, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez....

Scooby-Doo is still one of the most iconic animated franchises in the history of animation. This classic hit got its start in 1969 thanks to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! for Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show introduced a team of youngsters made up of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers along with their Great Dane dog named Scooby-Doo. The team specialized in solving mysteries involving alleged supernatural creatures, yet they always ended up finding out that, hidden behind the monsters, ordinary people were the real villains of the story....

HBO has unveiled a Comic-Con exclusive advanced trailer introducing new characters and previewing the remainder of the explosive season. In addition, the studio has also launched trubeverage.com where you can get your hands on a real TruBlood beverage. True Blood is now airing Sunday nights at 9PM on HBO. The show stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Jim Parrack, Todd Lowe, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Carrie Preston, Michael Raymond-James, William Sanderson, Adina Porter, Deborah Ann Woll, Robert Amjarv and Alexander Skarsgård....

HitFix’s Drew McWeeny at the Sundance Film Festival caught wind that Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet may be on hold due to director Stephen Chow’s recent departure. And what’s more, the project might be out with the trash completely! However, since Sony still has slated a June 25, 2010 release for The Green Hornet which allows plenty of time to find a new director and a new Kato (Chow was also co-starring as Kato), we won’t take the rumors too seriously....

Here’s one English flick that is everything but prim and proper. Get ready to laugh out loud with the internationally-acclaimed monstrous mish-mash of droning Londonites and zombie bites. The Network Television Premiere of Shaun of the Dead debuts Saturday, October 28 at 9:00 p.m. only on Comedy Central. Hapless loser Shaun feels his life is out of control when his girlfriend dumps him and his stepfather harasses him to pay more attention to his mother....

Squid Game has taken two major Emmy trophies back home at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The hit Netflix original series debuted on the platform in 2021 and broke several viewership records, becoming the best show to watch globally. The show was praised for all its creative and technical aspects. The show’s thematic take on capitalism and disparity further made it famous. The colorful sets, the unusual twist and turns, the gory bloodshed, and excellent performances made the show one of a kind experience for fans....

Star Trek: Prodigy comes to a thrilling and bittersweet season one conclusion. The ragtag group of young misfits rise to the occasion but face significant losses. “Supernova - Part Two” has the Protostar crew making a desperate sacrifice to save Starfleet. They prove their heroism, and in a stroke of clever hologram thinking, open a path to find a treasured lost friend. I must admit to getting misty-eyed. That’s a rare feat for animation....

From one Uhura to another, Zoe Saldana has written a touching tribute for late Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols. In the original Star Trek series, Nichols was featured in her groundbreaking role as Lieutenant Uhura, forever making her a dear favorite for fans of the sci-fi franchise. The role was later taken over by Saldana in a trilogy of reboot movies but with the full blessing of Nichols. On Instagram, Saldana posted some images of Nichols along with a tribute message....

Star Wars was one of the first franchises to tell connected stories across different mediums: movies, TV shows, comic books, novels, animated cartoons, video games, and even toys. Hard-core fans love exploring every aspect of the expanded universe and becoming experts in the most intricate Star Wars details. When Disney announced in 2012 that only some of the franchise would remain “canon” and the rest would become “legends,” fans were sad to see some of their favorite characters and story arcs taken away....

Steven Soderbergh is developing and will direct a biopic about Liberace for Warner Bros. The director has his eye on Traffic star Michael Douglas to play the flamboyant pianist. According to Variety, Richard LaGravanese is writing the script, and Jerry Weintraub will produce. Soderbergh is in discussions with Matt Damon to play Scott Thorson, who sued Liberace in 1982 for $113 million in palimony, claiming he was the entertainer’s companion for five years....

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi’s beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks, according to Variety. The films will be produced in full digital 3-D using performance capture technology. The two filmmakers will each direct at least one of the movies; the studio wouldn’t say which director would helm the third. Tintin has long been a passion project for Spielberg, who has been trying to get film rights to the comedic and adventurous book series for more than 25 years, a goal realized over the past year....

It’s only been a few months since Stranger Things Season 2 debuted, and fans are already anxiously awaiting Season 3, although there was a report from last month that claimed new episodes won’t debut until 2019. Executive producer and director Shawn Levy revealed that filming will begin this spring, but when pressed for specifics, he wouldn’t say much. Although he did reveal that poor Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) will be approached much differently....

The David Ayer directed police drama Street Kings, which stars Keanu Reeves and Chris Evans, is heading to a store near you on August 19th on both DVD and Blu-Ray. The film will be offered in a single disc and a double disc edition, and they will both feature digital copies for use on your home and personal computers. Here is the official press release: On the streets of Los Angeles, every cop wants justice....

SOUTH PARK BITES THE HAND THAT FEEDS ITThe CBS News blog Public Eye, which previously criticized all the major news outlets, including CBS, for refusing to show the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad that recently touched off a wave of violent protests, has praised Comedy Central’s South Park for taking up the issue. In a commentary posted on Thursday, Vaughn Ververs, who runs the blog, praised the recently Peabody-awarded show for a two-part series for speaking “truth to the irrational and irresponsible reaction to this cartoon controversy in the U....

NO LONGER DESPERATE, GLOBES RETURN TO SUNDAYS Now that ABC’s Desperate Housewivesis no longer the ratings behemoth that it once was, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, organizers of the Golden Globes ceremonies, has decided to move the awards show back to Sunday nights on NBC, published reports said today (Wednesday). They had aired on Monday nights since 2006, the year after they drew 16.8 million viewers, 10 million fewer than the previous year....

WILL BRÜNO WOUND GAY PRIDE? Gay activists are expressing concern that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno may have the unintended effect of reinforcing negative stereotypes about homosexuals – despite Cohen’s obvious attempt to lampoon homophobia. “We do feel the intentions of the filmmakers are in the right place – satire of this form can unmask homophobia – but at the same time it can heighten people’s discomfort with our community,” Rashad Robinson of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation told Reuters....

NBC SCORES A ROYAL COUP Matt Lauer’s interview with the two British princes, William and Harry, on NBC’s DatelineMonday night scored an 8.4 rating and a 14 share, making it the top-rated show of the night. That translated to 12.2 million viewers, making it the highest-rated edition of the NBC magazine program in at least two years, outscoring even its “To Catch a Predator” series, which at its peak drew 10 million viewers....

i>LOST FINDS TOP RATINGS ABC’s Lost, the one major network TV drama that did not air its finale during the May sweeps, emerged as the No. 1 show of the week last week as its final show of the season averaged a 7.3 rating and a 13 share over two hours Thursday night. Nevertheless, the 12.3 million viewers who tuned in were 1.2 million fewer than those who watched last year’s Lostfinale – and part of that one aired opposite the season final of American Idol....

WORLD SERIES NABS TOP RATINGS SCORE The World Series made a surprise comeback last week, drawing an average of 19.4 million viewers and peaking in Game 6 with 22.3 million, according to final figures released this week by Nielsen Research. Last year the series, hamstrung by rain delays, averaged 13.6 million viewers, a record low. The previous low mark was set in 2006 with 15.8 million tuning in, and 2007’s audience was only slightly larger....

THE NEWS ISN’T GOOD FOR KATIE Although Katie Couric has said that she is paying no attention to her ratings, the latest from Nielsen Research might induce a shudder if she does take a peek at them. On Thursday it was reported that ratings for NBC’s Todayshowhave actually increased since Couric departed and Meredith Vieira replaced her. In fact, Todaywas the only morning show to register a ratings increase versus the same week a year ago....