America’s funniest actor explains his newest character and also discusses his other upcoming films In the new Disney film Dan in Real Life, Steve Carell plays an advice columnist in need of a lot of advice himself. He recently sat down to discuss his latest role. You seem to get the drama really well, as well as the comedy. Steve Carell: Oh thanks. I guess I don’t look at them differently, so that’s part of it....
WILL ICAHN RESUME BATTLE WITH TIME WARNER? Speculation arose today (Wednesday) that corporate raider Carl Icahn may take another stab at taking over Time Warner, following word that he has purchased an additional 4.83 million shares of the company. The Wall Street Journalquoted him as saying that while he continues to be disappointed with the sluggishness of Time Warner stock, he regarded the current low price as a good opportunity to increase his holding....
AILES KNOCKS DOWN FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL RUMORSAfter numerous reports that the long-rumored Fox Business Channel would launch this month, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes has told Broadcasting & Cablemagazine that there simply is no truth to all the speculation. “If it’s imminent,” he told Broadcasting & Cablemagazine, “it’s imminent without me.” The trade publication reported that some cable companies have agreed to carry the planned business channel only on the condition that it be packaged with Fox News Channel at a discounted fee....
SAWYER AIMING FOR ANCHOR’S SEAT?Diane Sawyer has told friends and ABC colleagues that she is actively seeking to become the sole anchor of World News Tonight, according to TMZ.com, AOL’s recently launched gossip website. According to a report appearing on the site, Sawyer is convinced that the Todayshow’s Katie Couric plans to jump ship and become the anchor of the CBS Evening News when her NBC contract expires in May, and Sawyer wants to establish herself as the first female sole anchor ahead of Couric....
END OF WORLD NO COMPETITION FOR HOUSEWIVES Not even the end of the world could draw viewers away from ABC’s Desperate Housewives.CBS’s disaster telefilm Category 7: The End of the World produced a strong 9.7 rating and a 14 share Sunday night, but that represented a distant second to ABC’s 16.8/23 for Housewives.The first hour of NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent placed third in the hour with an 8.4/12....
ET TU, PAULA? Sumner Redstone, already reeling from plummeting shares of his Viacom and CBS businesses and involved in a public fight with his daughter Shari, who operates his motion picture theater chain, National Amusements, confirmed Tuesday that he is divorcing his wife, Paula Fortunato. “While this is a difficult decision for both of us,” Redstone said, “we remain close and supportive friends and are committed to each other’s continued happiness and success....
CRAMER LAYS AN EGG CNBC commentator Jim Cramer, in what he himself later acknowledged was a humiliating experience, received an unrelenting tongue-lashing from The Daily Showhost Jon Stewart Thursday night, who accused him and his network of being cheerleaders for Wall Street and the banking industry in the lead-up to the recent market downturn. Cramer’s response was that he and his network were not the only ones who made mistakes. USA TodayTV critic Robert Bianco commented, “If Cramer were a stock, the best advice today would be ‘sell....
RATINGS FOR IDOL FALL AGAIN The final performance show of Fox’s American Idoldrew 23.1 million viewers Tuesday night – a big number for network television in general but a disappointment for a show that once attracted 50 million viewers for regular episodes. Although the results show is due to air tonight (Wednesday), the judges seemed to deliver their verdict early. Simon Cowell told Adam Lambert, who is competing against Kris Allen that he believed the show had finally found “a true star....
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL DEFEATS ALL COMERS Once again, Monday Night Football on ESPN not only beat all of its cable competition but all of the broadcast competition as well. Monday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins attracted 12.77 million viewers. (The figure was actually down 13 percent from its weekly average this season, 14.72 million.) Next week’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints would ordinarily be expected to be a big draw – except that it would face the fifth game of baseball’s World Series if, as is likely, the series goes five games....
Director Zack Snyder is doing press for his upcoming movie Sucker Punch, which hits theaters on March 25. While doing so, the filmmaker revealed an interested tidbit about his upcoming Superman reboot, saying that the Man of Steel will be more physical in the new movie. Here’s what he had to say below. Zack Snyder will direct Superman from a script by David S. Goyer, which is based on a story by Goyer and Christopher Nolan....
In celebration of the recent release of The Nine To Five: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition DVD, MovieWeb and Fox Home Entertainment have teamed up to give aways copies to some lucky readers! CLICK HERE to enter right now! The quintessential workplace comedy about being overworked, underpaid and pushed to the edge by an ungrateful boss from hell clocks in on April 4, 2006 when The Nine To Five: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition arrives on DVD from Fox Home Entertainment....
Linda Hamilton joins the Season 2 cast of Syfy’s highly-rated and groundbreaking drama series, Defiance, in the recurring guest role of Pilar, the mysterious and long-separated wife of Rafe McCawley (Graham Greene). Premiering its second season on Thursday, June 19 at 8 PM ET/PT, the ambitious series delivered an average of 1.5 million viewers 18-49 and 3.2 million total viewers in its first season, based on Live +7 data. Hamilton will play the key recurring role of Pilar McCawley, the wife of Rafe McCawley (Graham Greene) and mother to their three children....
Astronomer and all-around multi-hyphenate Carl Sagan only published one full work of fiction in his life, but Contact was nonetheless a treasure trove of fascinating, deeply meaningful sentiments, everywhere as beautiful as his popular science manifesto, Cosmos. “The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space," wrote Sagan. “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” Perhaps those two sentiments, simultaneously optimistic and melancholic, accurately describe the feeling of journeying through space....
Murder, mystery, intrigue, and the machinations of the macbre hold a lot of what movie-goers find most entertaining and thrilling about storytelling. Found within the idea of not-knowing, the classic “Whodunit?” offers something in the foundation of its conception that other genres do not: An active role for each viewer as a guest-detective. The best murder mysteries/whodunits do just that, they bring the audience into the story, taking them on a ride, introducing characters, obstacles, and setting, to deliver the poignant punch of mystery....
Could The Batman still work if it had a much more colorful version of the Riddler than the one played by Paul Dano? A new fan-edited trailer provides somewhat of an answer to that question. In the upcoming film, Dano makes his debut as the Riddler, portraying the character as a masked murderer who wears black and very dark green colors. It’s an interesting depiction, but as you can see by watching the fan-edited trailer below by filmmaker Matthew Highton, putting Jim Carrey’s Riddler into the film instead seems to be very intriguing in its own way....
Thankfully, comedies are a cherished art form, with there seldom being a shortage of them in production at any one time. Yet, due to their mass production and wide popularity, it’s a fair assessment that a few too many fail at their primary purpose — making us laugh. The genre is plagued with flagrant rip-offs, tasteless cheese, and cringe-worthy wisecracking, which is merely an insult to some of the great comedies that have lived long in the memory, and that many still reference in jest today....
Warner Bros. has set Robin Williams and Mandy Moore to star in License to Wed, a romantic comedy that will begin shooting in L.A. and Mexico in May. John Krasinski (The Office: Season One) is in early talks to play Moore’s love interest. Ken Kwapis is directing the pic, co-financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. Variety reports the story revolves around a young couple whose wedding plans are interrupted when the pushy minister (Williams) of the bride’s family church orders the pair to complete a two-week prenup course....
It was recently announced that Javicia Leslie will be taking over the role of Batwoman on her CW show after season 1 lead Ruby Rose stepped away from the series citing personal issues. Leslie, who appeared in two seasons of God Friended Me as Ali Finer, and whose past credits include Always a Bridesmaid, The Family Business, MacGyver, and Chef Julian, was welcomed to the Batwoman family by Rose on Instagram....
Rugrats now has more diverse representation upon its revival at Paramount+, as Phil and Lil’s mom Betty DeVille will be depicted as an out gay woman in the new take on the Nickelodeon cartoon series. Though the original voice cast will be back to voice Tommy Pickles and the other babies, all of the adult characters have new actors in the roles. Voicing Betty this time around is queer actor Natalie Morales, who spoke about the change to the character in a statement given to A....
Jurassic Park was the big action blockbuster of 1993 and kickstarted one of the most popular movie franchises in history. As Jurassic World: Dominion brings the saga to a close – for now – the $5 billion dinosaur series is now bringing together its past and present together in one huge crossover event that is sure to leave fans of the saga wanting more. That includes the return of Sam Neill as Dr....
