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THE TV OBSCENITY HEARING – ON TV Warning viewers that “this program contains language some viewers may find offensive,” C-SPAN on Wednesday carried oral arguments in Fox’s challenge to the FCC’s indecency ruling in the Billboard Awards case. Fox attorney Carter Phillips argued that the commission should either ban the use of all expletives under all circumstances or revert to their previous policy. Its present policy, Phillips said, “creates a censorial board with the commission picking and choosing what it likes and doesn’t....

GUERRILLA MARKETING BOMBS IN BOSTON In full-page advertisements appearing in Boston newspapers today (Friday), Turner Broadcasting Co. apologized for a marketing stunt gone so wrong that the city was plunged into paralysis. The “guerrilla marketing” stunt involved placing battery-driven light boxes that displayed a character from Turner’s Cartoon Network’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force throughout Boston and other cities. The boxes created a security scare that led to the shutting down of major roads and subway systems....

NEWS FOR THE SAKE OF ENTERTAINMENT? NBC is being taken to task for its decision to reconstruct the Golden Globe Awards show on Sunday as a news event that will include a two-hour Datelinedocumentary in which Matt Lauer will interview the nominees and a one-hour news conference during which the winners will be announced. Several former and current TV news correspondents depicted the night-long affair as an effort by the network’s entertainment division to co-opt news programming....

PARIS INTERVIEWED; KING ASSAILED In what appeared to be a verdict of guilt by association, TV newspaper columnists today (Thursday) chastised CNN in general and Larry King in particular for Wednesday night’s interview with Paris Hilton. King, said Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times, appeared “attentive but not all that interested.” The interviewer, said Tom Shales in the Washington Post, “seemed to be playing more a grandfatherly than journalistic role....

24 ROARS BACK The two hour TV movie 24: Redemptiondrew solid ratings Sunday night, auguring well for a return of the 24series in January. The telecast averaged 12.04 million viewers. Combined with a half-hour football over-run earlier in the evening that drew 17.86 million viewers, Fox was able to post a rare win for a Sunday night. CBS, last week’s Sunday-night winner, remained competitive as its 60 Minutesdrew 14.53 million viewers....

Over the past few years, The CW has been building a DC Comics superhero universe, with a growing slate of shows that includes Arrow, entering its 5th season, The Flash, returning for Season 3 this fall, and Legends of Tomorrow, which comes back for its 2nd season. This fall, the network has added Supergirl, which shifts from CBS for its second season, with the Supergirl Season 2 premiere set to air on Monday, October 10....

The Kingdom is coming to DVD on December 23, and we know you’re probably low on funds after Christmas shopping, so we decided to do a giveaway for this DVD. Give yourself a Christmas present and enter to win this DVD now. Winners Receive: The Kingdom DVD CLICK HERE to enter this giveaway! In the aftermath of a deadly attack on American forces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, diplomats are slow to act, but meanwhile, FBI special agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) assembles a secret team of U....

Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) is resurrected and returns to Miles County in Terrifier 2, this time targeting a teenage girl and her younger brother during Halloween. Along the way, he joyfully kills many strangers and is obsessed with the evil of it all. It’s gore from start to finish with a little storyline sprinkled in, expanding on the first Terrifier film where we see Art chasing Tara Heyes (Jenna Kanell) around an abandoned building more so just for the thrill of the hunt....

After last year’s disappointing lack of LGBTQIA+ related nominations in the main categories, despite plenty of excellent opportunities, a few competitors have sparked hope among queer audiences this time around. There are two feature-length films with gay protagonists and a couple of openly queer actresses fighting for a win. We believe this might signify a pivotal shift in the film industry at a time when we as a global society begin to truly understand the importance of diversity in pop culture and how this conveys a much-needed universal message of acceptance....

After coming off its highest rated third quarter in channel history, MTV2 announced the pickup of season 3 of The Andy Milonakis Show. The new season returns to MTV2 in 2007 for 6 new episodes and takes the bizarre antics and pranks of America’s favorite internet sensation along with his new found fame and meager fortune from his apartment in New York’s Lower East Side to the streets of Hollywood....

In the Batman comics, Lucius Fox is the man that makes The Dark Knight’s gadgets. Fans unfamiliar with the comics famously know this character either from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy played by Morgan Freeman or the hit Fox series Gotham, where Chris Chalk played the inventor. While iterations of Batman’s partner have been scarce on-screen before Nolan’s work, Lucius has always been instrumental to Batman’s success. He is not just the creator of all his high-tech tools and vehicles, but he also runs Wayne Enterprises while Bruce Wayne spends his time fighting crime....

Sci-fi is a popular movie genre, enchanting audiences with out-of-this-world ideas and technology, even influencing today’s tech by using science fiction to create science fact. Drawing on topics that are based in science but are still currently fictional (aliens, robots, interstellar travel, and so on) has let writers and directors to explore their creativity over the years. From horror movies to action-adventure, sci-fi has so many opportunities to branch out that each new movie is able to thrill people in different ways than the other....

Highly skilled, and terribly lethal, spies have always been morbidly fascinating as a genre in film. There is something thrilling about espionage. It isn’t just about defeating enemies; it’s about stealing information or completing missions, and above all, doing it while staying undetected or eluding capture. Spies can usually speak many languages; they hide in shadows or underneath disguises; and their arsenal can boast anything from high-tech gadgets and incredible, flashy cars, to improvisation with anything they can get their hands on....

For the uninitiated, The Boys focuses on two warring groups- one is “The Seven” which is a renowned group of superheroes who spent more time being celebrities and destroying the world they advertise about saving. Then we have a bunch of savage antiheroes, who are foul-mouthed and don’t hesitate to slice a man in half if it helps them in bringing down the “Supes.” Even though it has released at a time where films with a valiant superhero are an absolute favourite, this antihero satire has mostly received positive feedback from viewers....

Sin tetas no hay paraiso means “Without Breasts There is No Paradise.” It is also the title of a popular Columbian telenovela. According to Variety, NBC’s new programmer Ben Silverman has set up an English language version of the show for our shores. NBC bought the rights to the very successful soap, and is looking at turning it into the next big prime time hit. At the same time, NBC’s sister station Telemundo will also be producing a Spanish language version of the program for its audiences....

Director José Padilha confirmed that he has signed onto direct MGM’s remake RoboCop. We reported earlier this month that José Padilha was the front runner for the job, and he confirmed earlier today that he will indeed direct the remake. We reported last week that screenwriter Joshua Zetumer is writing the script for this reboot. It isn’t clear when production may start, but with the director locked in, this could go before cameras later this year....

The man who served as the inspiration for the most revered boxing movie of all time has been immortalized with his own statue. Former brawler Chuck Wepner, who was sometimes referred to as the “Bayonne Bleeder,” was joined by boxing legends like Larry Holmes, Gerry Cooney, and Iran Barkley for the unveiling of the statue, per Deadline. Actor Liev Schreiber, who played Wepner in the biopic Chuck, was also in attendance....

Moviehole talked to Ryan Reynolds about The Flash, a film he has been linked to for several years now, and whether that’s still the case now that writer/director David Goyer has left the project: CLICK HERE for more on Reynolds, including news on his next movie Schooled! Now that David Goyer’s left The Flash project does that mean you’re off the project as well? Um, you know I was never officially on the project so…it’s just something that most of the fan boys have felt like there’s a strong similarity between Ryan Reynolds and Wally West....

There has been a lot of attention lately on the Try Guys, the internet comedy group that recently ousted one of its members, Ned Fulmer, due to a “consensual workplace relationship” he’d had with one of their online show’s producers. The group posted a video to YouTube explaining what happened, though they opened themselves for criticism in the process, drawing accusations of overselling the drama of the situation just to bring more attention to their videos....

It’s the holiday season and the Scream team has gifted horror fans with three all-new images from the upcoming movie. Set to debut on the big screen in January, the fifth installment of the Scream franchise will feature a blend of legacy characters returning to face a new massacre in Woodsboro alongside a plethora of series newcomers. Which one will be the killer, and who will survive? We’ll find out next month, but for now, we get another look at the suspects....