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NBC CHIEF: SAG STRIKE WOULD KILL NBC NBC would be unable to survive another industry strike, NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker told an advertising industry meeting in Washington Monday. Zucker said that an actors’ strike would not affect his company’s Universal Studios business. “Our film business has prepared,” he said. “But it would have a real impact on the TV business, and I don’t think the economy or the TV business would be able to survive something like that....

NETWORKS OUTFOXED BY IDOL, 5TH GRADER Three episodes of American Idol followed by three episodes of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? topped the Nielsen ratings list last week, leaving everything else in the dust. Ratings for 5th Grader marked Fox’s biggest ever for a series premiere and the biggest for any network in eight years. The shows also gave Fox an easy victory for the week as it registered an average 8....

STRIKE SHUTS DOWN TV Late-night talk shows are expected to feel the effects of the writers’ strike first, but the television business in general is likely to be harder hit than the movie business in coming months. According to trade reports, all of the network talk shows will go into rerun mode tonight, along with cable’s The Daily Showand The Colbert Report which air on Comedy Central. (On Friday’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart remarked, “While we’re not here, you can check out all of our content on our new website, TheDailyShow....

Johnathan Majors’ shredded physique couldn’t persuade Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition jury from skipping out on Friday’s premiere of Magazine Dreams. The collective jury, consisting of Jeremy O. Harris, Eliza Hittman, and Marlee Matlin, abandoned Elijah Bynum’s film premiere about a steroid-addled amateur bodybuilder who struggles to find his place among the community after a captioning device provided to Matlin malfunctioned. Filmmakers are encouraged by the festival to provide accessibility options for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers like Matlin....

His days playing Sam Winchester on Supernatural might have come and gone, but Jared Padalecki hopes to one day return to the iconic role he spent 15 years portraying. Starring alongside Jensen Ackles as brother Dean, Padalecki appeared on Supernatural from 2005 through 2020. The fifteenth and final season concluded in November, and Padalecki has since moved on by taking on the starring role in The CW’s Walker, Texas Ranger reboot series....

Eastern Promises is coming to DVD on December 23 and, since you’re finances will probably be strapped due to that Christmas holiday, we’re giving this DVD away to our faithful readers! This David Cronenberg/Viggo Mortensen/Naomi Watts flick should be a hot DVD, so enter up quick! Winners Receive: Eastern Promises DVD CLICK HERE to enter this giveaway. Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Vincent Cassel star in this David Cronenberg’s thriller concerning a London midwife who unwittingly stumbles into a clandestine Russian sex trafficking ring....

Ted Lasso is a sports comedy drama series developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly for AppleTV+. The series follows the titular Ted (Sudeikis), an American college football coach who is hired to lead an English soccer team. He tries to win over the team with his overly optimistic attitude, even though he is a bit of a fish out of water and not well acquainted with the sport....

Get ready for more finger snaps! The eccentric and unconventional Addams Family is back in the all-new full-length animated comedy, The Addams Family 2, available to own for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD January 18, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. MGM’s hilarious sequel brings the beloved macabre squad closer than ever before as they squeeze into the family RV and embark on a cross-country road trip. Packed with family-friendly laughs and spooky hijinks, The Addams Family 2 on Blu-ray, DVD and digital is filled with brand-new exclusive bonus features for all ages to enjoy including a road trip checklist and featurettes with cast and crew, taking audiences behind the scenes of the wonderfully weird world of the Addams Family and the film’s messages of family, love and acceptance....

Two desperate women flee a cult in the New Mexico desert. They quickly learn that the physical escape pales in comparison to the mental anguish. The Aviary is a lean and twisted thriller about the iron grip of mind control. The protagonists could be ripped from recent disturbing headlines. Why would intelligent women allow themselves to be utterly seduced by a charismatic narcissist? The film explores their reasoning, fear, and paralyzing attachment....

Have we got some sick things to report! In a story from Fangoria, MTI Home Video will be putting out The Chambermaid on July 24 and Mustang Sally’s Horror House on August 7. The Chambermaid Synopsis: A mean mother has problems when her son falls in love with the chambermaid he hires. Things get even more complicated when her bad boyfriend gets involved in the mix. DVD Features: Making-of featurette...

A former opioid addict goes on a bloody rampage after his beloved fiancé is killed by tainted heroin. Savage Salvation squanders the talents of a venerated Hollywood cast. Robert De Niro, Jack Huston, and John Malkovich stumble with Southern drawls as backwoods Georgia residents. They’re unconvincing in a predictable narrative with a grating soundtrack. The music tried my patience more than the sluggish pacing. Savage Salvation does address the scourge of overdoses wreaking havoc across the country....

After the passing of Dustin Diamond earlier this year, the actor and his iconic character from the show were honored in the season 2 premiere of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell. In the original series and its spinoffs, Diamond appeared in every episode as Samuel “Screech” Powers. Thanks to Diamond’s unique portrayal, the character became a pop culture icon and was very important to the success of the original Saved by the Bell....

Unless you are a comic book aficionado with a taste for Italian artistry, you probably aren’t too familiar with the character of Dylan Dog, a ghost busting, zombie fighting, werewolf loving P.I. who has headlined his own self-titled series since 1986. Very popular in his home country of Italy and created by Tiziano Sclavi, Dylan Dog first made his American debut in a series of English-language Dark Horse Comics adaptations in 1999....

New Regency has picked up the comedy pitch Mr. Romance, and has set Four Christmases director Seth Gordon to take the helm. According to Variety, Jeff Roda (The Siege of Fulton Avenue) will pen the script. Regency has acquired rights to a Joshuah Bearman article commissioned by GQ magazine. Tower of Babble’s Beau Bauman will produce with Gordon. The film will be a comedy about a cynical guy who is forced to enter the Mr....

Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has taken to social media to react to the recent release date change. While many projects on Warner Bros.’ DC slate were pushed back, Shazam! Fury of the Gods was one of the few major releases to actually be moved forward. Something that Sandberg is understandably excited about. Like so many big releases lately, Shazam! Fury of the Gods has played a daring game of release date shuffle....

Simon Rex has signed on for Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Pussy Island, Deadline Reports. The Red Rocket star will appear alongside Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie for the upcoming thriller. Kravitz, who most recently appeared as Catwoman in The Batman, co-wrote the film with E.T. Feigenbaum (High Fidelity, 2020). Kravitz will co-produce the film with Bruce Cohen, Tiffany Persons and Tatum’s Free Association with Garret Levitz overseeing the project on behalf of Free Association....

The CW will present the series finale of Smallville as an epic two-hour television event on Friday, May 13 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET.) The story of a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) and his journey to become the Man of Steel has captivated audiences for a decade. This final season, Clark attempts to find a balance between saving the world, which becomes even more difficult as the Vigilante Registration Act separates a nation, and spending time with his new fiancée Lois Lane (Erica Durance)....

MAJOR SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home to follow… The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield has finally addressed his triumphant return to the world of web-slinging in the MCU’s latest adventure, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Speaking with Variety, the actor has discussed the “traumatic moment” that drew him back to the role. The last audiences saw Garfield’s iteration of the Marvel superhero, he had tragically failed to save the love of his life, Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy, from plunging to her death, and it was this attempt at a second chance that tempted Garfield to once again don the spandex suit....

The newest poster for Marvel sequel Spider-Man: No Way Home offers our best look yet at Willem Dafoe’s return as the supervillain Green Goblin, and more specifically the costume change he will undergo when he enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While the character’s comeback has been spotted in other promo material, he has always been wearing the more familiar armored suit, whereas in this latest sighting he is clearly wearing something far more low-tech....

If one is so lucky, they’ll be able to share an incredible bond with their father, one that is lifelong and rich with love in abundance. That connection with a father is not to be taken for granted, nor is it to be taken lightly as time marches on. If one is so lucky, they’ll have the ability to cross paths with those who can present themselves as a father-figure. The term is flexible enough where only a few barring qualities prevent anyone from being one....