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Starz Managing Director, Carmi Zlotnik, announced today that Starz has put into development a new half-hour scripted dramedy, Heartbeats, from Hypnotic’s Doug Liman and Dave Bartis, Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and writers Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan. Heartbeats is an intimate glimpse into the constantly intersecting and diverging lives of Bobby and Kristen; two down-to-Earth individuals who would be perfect for each other, if only they had met at a different time....

We’ve known for some time that this current seventh season of The Office will be the last season featuring Steve Carell. Now it seems he will be leaving even earlier, about one month before the Season 7 finale in May. Here’s what executive producer Paul Lieberstein, who also plays Toby on the show, had to say about Steve Carell’s departure: Paul Lieberstein went onto say that this method was chosen to put the focus on how Michael Scott’s departure will affect the characters, and not the actor leaving the show:...

It has been more than 40 years since 9 to 5 was released in theaters, and a new documentary details why workplace inequality that has continued in the years since is no laughing matter. Introducing new music by Dolly Parton, the doc, dubbed Still Working 9 to 5, features new interviews with Parton as well as her fellow 9 to 5 stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dabney Coleman. You can watch a teaser for the film below....

Spoiler Warning: Stranger Things Season 4 All nine episodes of Stranger Things season four have now been released, and countless fans, who undoubtedly binged the popular series after waiting years for its most recent season to come out, couldn’t be more anxious for another installment. Season four’s storylines were packed with wild action, scintillating backstories, and devastating betrayals. Fans of Stranger Things were delighted to see all of their favorite characters return for season four....

This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things 4At first, Stranger Things may have killed Barb to make a point. This was going to be an intense show where anyone could die anytime. To keep the audience on their toes, a death for shock value was likely meant to keep everyone’s attention and give Nancy a reason to join the main storyline. But what was the point of killing Eddie Munson? Killing the beloved supporting character occurred far too late in the season to be taken as a catalyst for anyone’s actions regarding the final battle with Vecna....

Ever since it launched on Netflix last month, fans have been obsessed with Stranger Things, the streaming service’s love letter to the 1980s. While they haven’t yet officially announced that Stranger Things Season 2 will happen, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently stated that they would be “dumb” not to renew the show. Today we have new details on this imminent second season, including how the beloved character Barb may fit into this season....

There are only two more episodes left in Season 1 of Cinemax’s must-see hit series Strike Back. The all-new Episode 1.09 airs this Friday night at 10 pm. After decrypting John Allen’s PDA, which was recovered from Latif’s (Jimi Mistry) man, and connecting it to the doctor Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) saw with Latif in Kosovo, Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge travel to Chechnya to investigate a mysterious bunker with recent activity....

SAG PRESIDENT SUES HIS UNION Like a TV series stumbling from one weekly climax to the next, negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers suffered a new hitch Monday when SAG President Alan Rosenberg filed a lawsuit seeking the reinstatement of former chief negotiator and National Executive Director Doug Allen, who was fired by the union’s board last week. The lawsuit also aims to revive the union’s negotiating committee, which the board replaced with a task force, and to overturn a directive barring Allen from speaking on behalf of the union....

FCC FINES ABC $1.43 MILLION OVER BLUE SCENE A scene in a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue in which an actress’s bare backside was visible could subject ABC to a $1.43-million fine. In its notice to the network, the FCC said that the program, which aired at 9:00 p.m. in the Central and Mountain time zones, violated the commission’s rules against airing indecent programming between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p....

10 MILLION TV HOMES MAY GO DARK Just nine months from now, at least ten million homes will be unable to receive television programs on any set and 15 million more will have at least one set that will not function. Those estimates are included in a new report, “The February 2009 Digital Television Transition,” released today (Tuesday) by Nielsen Media Research on the potential effect of the switchover from analog to digital set for next Feb....

The actor talks about playing Coach Reeves, his favorite episode and his new film Michael Clayton with George Clooney Having spent almost forty years in the film and television business, Ken Howard seems to have taken part in every important TV show to have been on the air. From westerns like Bonanza, to mysteries like Murder, She Wrote, to comedies Curb Your Enthusiasm and thrillers like Crossing Jordan, Ken Howard has made a career out of playing diversified no nonsense characters....

Okay, freaky film fans have we got a treat for you! In honor of the airing of The Unholy Three on TCM Underground on Friday at 11PT/2AM ET Sat, we are offering you a comic download which features a “lost scene” which adds to the end of the film! CLICK HERE to view the end of The Unholy Three! CLICK HERE to download the comic which features the lost scene from the end of The Unholy Three!...

Sometimes, the scariest things come from within. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents one of the most successful and terrifying film franchises of all time when the Alien Anthology debuts on Blu-ray for the first time ever from October 25 internationally and on October 26 in North America. All four Alien films have been reinvigorated for an intense Blu-ray high-definition viewing experience. The release also marks the debut of MU-TH-UR Mode, a fully interactive companion that takes the extensive materials in the Alien Anthology and puts them in the user’s hand - connecting fans to special features on all six discs and instantly providing an index of all available Alien content, including over 60 hours of special features and over 12,000 images....

The Amazing Spider-Man is only ten months away, with director Marc Webb working at a relaxed pace to redesign and bring the final product in looking fresh and new. Still, the question as to why he chose to take on this iconic property lingers, especially since Sam Raimi did such a wonderful job bringing the franchise to the big screen. And not too long ago either. When the subject of “why?...

CBS Television Distribution has renewed The Arsenio Hall Show for a second season, it was announced today by Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales at CTD. Tribune Broadcasting, a partner in production of the syndicated, late-night talk show, will continue to be the anchor station group, airing the show on 17 stations including in the three largest markets on WPIX, New York, at 11 p.m.; KTLA, Los Angeles, at 11 p.m.; and WGN, Chicago, at 10 p....

The latest poster for Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming DC outing, The Batman, continues to lean into the beautiful film noir motif that has been draped over this reboot of the superhero icon since the very beginning. Once again casting Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader in stark red and black, a color scheme that has been dominant in a lot of the promotional material for The Batman, the newest poster is another superb piece of artwork created by the movie’s marketing team....

William O. Perkins, Founder and President of LLeju Productions, announced today that Paul Wesley, star of CW’s The Vampire Diaries has joined the cast of The Baytown Disco. Wesley joins Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives, The Sentinel) and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, Bad Santa, Monster’s Ball) on the action comedy directed by Barry Battles, which is currently shooting in Louisiana. The Baytown Disco, featured on 2009’s “Black List” of Hollywood’s top unproduced projects, follows the foibles of three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for after agreeing to help a woman get her son back from his seemingly-abusive father....

The Good With the powerhouse cast that this movie has one would think the film would have come out theatrically. The Bad I would have liked a commentary track to have come with this DVD. Like The Ice Harvest, The Big White is one of those chilly, caper-type, Fargo-like films that isn’t nearly as bad as some people might have you believe. Robin Williams plays Paul Barnell, a man who is on the verge bankruptcy and whose wife (Holly Hunter) seems to be going crazy....

Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington, and Meaghan Rath discuss Being Human Season 2, which premieres Monday, January 16 at 9 PM ET on Syfy Syfy is bringing back its hit genre series Being Human, which premieres Season 2 on Monday, January 16 at 9 PM ET. Series stars Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington, and Meaghan Rath recently held a conference call to discuss the new season. Here’s what they had to say below....

Everyone is familiar with the Scooby-Doo franchise, which centers on a group of teenagers who solve mysteries with the help of their dog named Scooby-Doo. Together, they go on adventures that are bizarre and sometimes lead to the world of the supernatural. Ever since its first release, the franchise saw only a bloom, and now, even more than 50 years later, it is still going strong. No one can deny the fact that this series will continue to play a significant role in children’s childhoods for many years to come....