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It’s been quite a year for Hwang Dong-hyuk. The Squid Game creator has been quite busy in the past year after the release of his hit thriller on Netflix last September, campaigning the show for nomination after nomination in various awards. Currently, Squid Game is nominated for a total of fourteen Primetime Emmy nominations, including best drama and best actor. These would be the first nominations for a non-Western and non-English-language show in the award’s history....

CBS has finally revealed the official title of Patrick Stewart’s upcoming Star Trek series. The title is Star Trek: Picard, which is what pretty much everybody has been calling it since it was announced last summer. Stewart has been deeply excited to come back and reprise the role, which will see him past his days as Starfleet Captain and on to something new. Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Alex Kurtzman recently revealed that Stewart read him the first episode and that it brought him to tears....

A long time ago… In a galaxy far, far away… With its yellow font against a backdrop of an infinity of stars, this is the immediately recognizable opener to a series of films that so many people have adored since 1977, when Star Wars came into the world. With three generations of fans over a 45-year span, Star Wars has undoubtedly made its mark on history. But with increasingly diminishing returns, and a public becoming collectively more blase about new installments, how much should people really care?...

Production is underway on the fourth season of the acclaimed animated series Star Wars Rebels from Lucasfilm. The fourth season is scheduled to premiere on Disney XD later this year continuing the thrilling and inspiring galactic adventures of the Ghost crew. Here’s what Marc Buhaj, senior vice president, Programming and general manager, Disney XD, had to say in his statement. Currently in its powerful third season, Star Wars Rebels continues to drive the Star Wars saga into new, unexplored realms of the galaxy and promises new surprises and action-packed adventures....

One of the characters who’s been going through a lot during Stranger Things is Sadie Sink’s Max Mayfield. Between the death of her stepbrother, her mother’s marriage breaking down, breaking up with her boyfriend, losing her best friend, and having a curse placed on her, there’s a lot on Max’s plate. Sink, now 20, discussed what Max was going through with Variety, how she got into that headspace, and her relationships with other characters....

JOEY OUT ON THURSDAYS; EARL INIn what appeared to be a less-than-friendly act, NBC is yanking Friendsspin-off Joeyfrom its Thursday-night lineup as part of a major revamp aimed at reviving the network’s once invincible Must-See-TV comedy array. The network said Thursday that beginning Jan. 5, Joeywill be replaced by Will & Grace. Four Kings, a new sitcom from Will & Gracecreators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, will follow at 8:30 p....

MOVIEGOERS DIG GOLD It may have received some of the worst reviews of the year, but Warner Bros.’ Fool’s Gold, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey wound up with $22 million at the box office over the weekend, according to Media by Numbers. The film beat out the Martin Lawrence comedy Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins from Universal, which opened in second place with $17.1 million. Disney’s Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, last weekend’s top movie, slipped to third place with $10....

SAG LEADERS CRITICIZE DGA DEAL The leaders of the Screen Actors Guild on Tuesday sent an email message to members expressing strong reservations about the contract signed last week by the Screen Directors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. President Alan Rosenberg and Executive Director Doug Allen wrote, “Some have rushed to anoint their deal as the ‘solution’ for the entertainment industry. We believe that assessment is premature....

BOX OFFICE BATTLE UP IN THE AIR … OR ON THE OCEAN Moviegoers are likely to be at sea over what to take in at the multiplex this weekend as Ocean’s 13opens against Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Although Pirateshad been expected to dominate the box office during its first weeks in release, it had already been overtaken by the R-rated comedy Knocked Upby its eleventh day. And while Ocean’s has a huge all-star cast and brand recognition, it, too, may not be able to overcome the enthusiastic word-of-mouth that Knocked Uphas generated....

WHY DID MICHAEL JACKSON DIE? The Los Angeles County Coroner/Medical Examiner is expected to disclose preliminary autopsy findings this afternoon (Friday) concerning the cause of death Thursday of Michael Jackson. The singer’s passing – which made headlines throughout the world – came as he was preparing a series of comeback concerts in the U.K. under the banner “This Is It!” Word that paramedics had been called to Jackson’s home in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles where he was in full cardiac arrest was first flashed to the world via the Los Angeles Timeswebsite....

ABC’S DANCING DRAWS SEASON’S TOP RATINGS Emmitt Smith could dance in the end zone without constraint if he were playing football rather than competing in a dance contest. His victory on Dancing With the StarsWednesday night drew the highest ratings of any program of the season – an 18.5 household rating and a 28 share, translating to about 30 million viewers. ABC, however, was unable to hold most of those viewers for Daybreak, the new drama that took over from Lostin the 9:00 p....

A RERUN WRITES “X” ON EX A strong showing Friday night by a rerun of CBS’s long-running NCISin the 9:00 p.m. timeslot previously occupied by the struggling Ex Listseries appeared to spell doom for the new series. The Ex List concerns a woman who is told by a psychic that she will find lifelong happiness with one of her ex-boyfriends or live out the rest of her days loveless. The only remaining question appeared to be, will CBS allow the producers to wrap up the plot?...

LAMBERT’S UNRELEASED CD ALREADY A HIT GOLDBERG CRITICIZES FOX NEWS ON FOX NEWS Former CBS newsman Bernard Goldberg, who has accused the mainstream media of liberal bias, has blasted Fox News for its claim to be fair and balanced in its presentation of the news. Moreover, Goldberg’s criticism was broadcast on Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly program. It came after O’Reilly put this question to Goldberg: “Never in the history of broadcasting in this country has one network, Fox News Channel, been attacked so unrelentingly as this one has....

Marking another phase of its record expansion of original programming, Syfy today announced three new scripted projects in development from Universal Cable Productions, CBS TV Studios and Fox Television Studios. In making the announcement, Mark Stern, President, Original Content, Syfy, and Co-Head, Original Content, Universal Cable Productions, said: “This broad-based slate, from top-notch talent in the creative community, will enable us to build upon the strong foundation of our current hit scripted series to provide Syfy viewers with the next generation of imaginative entertainment....

Syfy and Alcon TV today announced that Steven Strait (Magic City) and Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Saddam, House of Sand and Fog) will star in The Expanse, the new 10-episode space opera based on the international best-selling book series, premiering on Syfy in 2015. Strait plays Holden, an officer on the ice-carrying freighter the Canterbury. Holden is a natural leader who’s not sure he wants responsibility, but who will soon have no choice when he is drawn into a dangerous plot....

Sylvester Stallone spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the progress on the fourth Rambo film. The last installment Rambo III was released in 1988 and Stallone, the writer/director/producer of the film gave the publication the following tidbits of information: The film does not have an official title nor a studio to distribute the movie. Stallone expects production to begin this October. ‘‘You know, it’s hard,’’ says the 60-year-old star. ‘‘Politics have changed so much....

Despite Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy suggesting that Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie could be aiming for a December 2023 release, the latest update from the director himself seems to suggest that is very unlikely. Although Waititi’s movie was originally announced in 2020, and a placeholder for a Star Wars project is still in place for December 22, 2023, according to the Thor: Love and Thunder helmer, he is currently still writing the story and has other projects tying him up for the rest of 2022....

In celebration of the release of Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Fourth Season this week on DVD, we’re giving away copies of the DVD set to some lucky horror fiends here at the site! CLICK HERE to enter today! Monsters. Madness. Mayhem. BAD PUNS! What kind of bonehead would do this? Oh, that kind of bonehead: the Crypt Keeper. Yes, four the beast in humor and horror, this is it: all 14 complete, uncut Season 4 episodes hosted by that netherworld naughty boy, the Crypt Keeper....

Had enough already with the PG-13 rating that has been slapped on The Expendables 2? Nope! It looks like fans aren’t willing to let this one go. And can you blame them? This was supposed to be a film for adults made by the toughest action crew around. But the sequel is going to cater to a younger fan base, and more than a few folks are calling fowl. This outcry has obviously been heard by the actors in the film....

Anthony Bregman is taking a crack at the mainstream with his latest production. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bregman’s Likely Story banner has picked up the rights to J. Saunders Elmore’s debut novel, The Amateur American. Ross Katz, who is primarily a producer (In the Bedroom, Lost In Translation) will adapt the novel and direct as well. Elmore’s novel centers on an American expatriate in France who gets drawn into a sinister world with his job as a translator for a power broker....