'Homeland' Creator: Stop Using Animals in Military Training
"Homeland" executive producer Gideon Raff is urging a cease-fire between the U.S. military and the animal kingdom. Joining with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Raff has sent a letter...
View ArticleCourt Grants Restraining Order Blocking Release of Mock 'Hobbit' Film
A U.S. District Court in California granted a temporary restraining order on Monday preventing a parody of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" from going on sale three days before Peter Jackson's movie...
View ArticleTragedy Shows How Far We've Come From 'Prince Albert in a Can'
I grew up making prank calls.Back then, I would call a supermarket and ask if they "had Prince Albert in the can?" I was a schmuck among other young schmucks whose collective heads were pressed against...
View Article'After Earth' Trailer: Will and Jaden Smith Take Father-Son Bonding to the...
Will Smith will be seeing very little action in M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth," but he'll still be worried sick the whole time since there is plenty of danger lurking for his son, Jaden.The first...
View ArticleJenni Rivera Death: Mun2 to Run 2 'I Love Jenni' Marathons in Her Honor
Jenni Rivera, the 43-year-old Mexican-American singer who perished in a plane crash in Mexico on Sunday, will be remembered with two marathons of her reality series "I Love Jenni" on Telemundo...
View Article'Modern Family' Star Ariel Winter's Mother Sues Actor for Defamation
The family drama revolving around "Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter and her mother has just taken another twist.Winter's mother, Chrisoula "Chrystal" Workman, filed a defamation lawsuit against...
View ArticleFacebook Back Up After Hours-Long Outage
Facebook users were unable to post about their puppies or share videos of their toddlers Monday, following an outage on the site that came on the same day a Gmail outage kept users from their inboxes....
View ArticleHome Entertainment Poised to Grow After 5-Year Losing Streak
After five years of decline, the battered home-entertainment industry is seeing some daylight.Not only has the bleeding stopped, but the overall market for everything from DVDs to streaming to sales of...
View Article'Zero Dark Thirty' Heroine's Real-Life Inspiration Under Scrutiny
The heroine in Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" spearheaded one of the CIA's most successful missions, the hunting down and killing of Osama bin Laden. But the real-life agent's record of service...
View ArticleNBC Still No. 1 in Ratings
Is NBC the TV comeback story of the year? The network, which finished tied for third in the ratings last season after years in fourth place, remains firmly at No. 1 this season in the key demographic....
View Article'Despicable Me' Producer Joins 'Angry Birds' Movie
The producer of "Despicable Me" will help oversee production on a movie based on the "Angry Birds" video game. Rovio Entertainment, which is financing the film, said that not only will John Cohen...
View Article'Lone Ranger' Trailer: Watch Johnny Depp Talk to a Horse
Based on the new trailer for "The Lone Ranger," Johnny Depp has racked up yet another entry on his long list of eccentric characters. The man behind the effete vampire in "Dark Shadows," the outlandish...
View ArticleNumber of Journalists Jailed Worldwide Hits Record High
The number of journalists in prison has hit a record high this year at 232 people, with Turkey jailing the most reporters, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.The total...
View Article'Lincoln' Sets New Record with 13 Critics Choice Movie Award Nominations
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" leads all films in nominations for the Critics Choice Movie Awards, setting a new record by picking up 13 noms to top "Les Miserables" by two and "Silver Linings Playbook"...
View ArticleAnthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer, Nick Kroll Shows Get Comedy Central Premiere...
Comedy Central has set premiere dates for new series starring comedians Anthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer, Nick Kroll, Ben Hoffman and Nathan Fielder.The biting Jeselnik and Schumer are familiar to fans of...
View ArticleKate Middleton Hoax DJs May Face Criminal Charges
The Australian radio station that broadcast a prank phone call to Kate Middleton's London hospital could face criminal charges, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The hoax last week was...
View ArticleSporting News Scrapping Print, Going Digital
Sporting News, a 126-year-old news magazine, will scrap its print edition and go online-only starting Jan. 1. The online version will be daily; gone will be the weekly, biweekly and monthly editions,...
View Article'Top Gun' Remastered for 6-Day IMAX 3D Release
A remastered, converted-to-3D "Top Gun" is making a quick flight into IMAX theaters for a six-day screening, Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday.The Tom Cruise-starring movie, which has earned more...
View ArticleAndy Samberg to Host Indie Spirit Awards
Andy Samberg will host the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards, Film Independent announced on Tuesday.David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" and Wes Anderon's "Moonrise Kingdom" led the pack of...
View ArticleRatings: American Country Music Awards Drop as CBS Takes Night
Facing stiffer competition, the American Country Music Awards slipped from last year's numbers as CBS's primetime slate grew across the board to give the network an overall win Monday. Going up against...
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