'Killing Them Softly' Trailer: Brad Pitt Delivers as a Bad-Ass Hitman (Video)
"Killing Them Softly" stars Brad Pitt as hitman Jackie Cogan who -- you guessed it -- likes to kill his victims softly. The New Orleans-set crime-thriller, from director and screenwriter Andrew...
View ArticleNBC Racks Up Another Olympics Gaffe With Nipple Slip (Video)
You have to feel just a little bit bad for NBC with regard to its coverage of the 2012 Olympics in London. First, they catch heat from fans for tape-delaying the opening ceremony. But tape-delay...
View ArticleMy 3-Way With Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was a kind, sweet man. His gruffness masked his vulnerability, We first met in 1976 in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel. I was meeting the producer of the film "Shampoo," Lester...
View Article'Doctor Who' Season 7 Trailer: A Dalek Army, and Dinosaurs ... on a...
The Doctor is in. At least he will be shortly, and BBC One has a sneak peek at the action. The trailer for Season 7 of "Doctor Who" has hit the Internet, offering a brief glimmer of what the current...
View Article'Total Recall' Premiere: Jessica Biel, and Kate Beckinsale on Killing Her...
Kate Beckinsale may look the part of a proper British lady, but she lets it rip in the reboot of "Total Recall" as Lori Quaid, a government agent whose sole objective is to kill her husband Douglas...
View Article'Total Recall' Review: Over-Hyper Remake Will Make You Totally Recall...
The future ain't what it used to be. That holds doubly true for this generic, cut-and-paste remake of 1990's "Total Recall," a sci-fi action thriller based on "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," a...
View ArticleRelativity Media and MediaWeaver Sign Production Deal
Relativity Media has signed an exclusive production deal with MediaWeaver Entertainment, the studio said Thursday. As part of the arrangement, MediaWeaver founder Matt Weaver will work to find...
View ArticleN.Y. Observer Editor-in-Chief, President to Depart
The editor-in-chief and the president of the New York Observer are stepping down, the publication announced Thursday. Editor Elizabeth Spiers announced that she will start a new company when she...
View ArticleMichael Jackson's Mother, Nephew Granted Co-Guardianship of Singer's Kids
Drawing a brief but intense legal drama to an end -- at least for now -- the King of Pop's mother, Katherine Jackson, and nephew, Tito Joe "TJ" Jackson, have been granted co-guardianship of...
View ArticleKristen Stewart Attached to 'Lie Down in Darkness'
Her relationship with Robert Pattinson may be on the rocks, but Kristen Stewart's career is sailing along just fine, thank you. The "Twilight" actress is attached to star in the film adaptation of...
View ArticleCBS Q2 Earnings: Cable, Broadcast Nets Push Profit Up
CBS Corp's quarterly profit beat forecasts as affiliate and subscription revenue at its TV networks rose, while advertising sales fell. Net income for the second quarter rose to $427 million, an 8 8...
View ArticleYahoo's New CEO Makes Her First Hire: Google's PR Rep (Report)
Newly named Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has hired fellow Google alumna Anne Espiritu. AllThingsD's Kara Swisher reports that Espiritu, who worked closely with Mayer at the tech titan, will work with the...
View ArticleRebekah Brooks Officially Charged in UK Phone-Hacking Case
Rebekah Brooks, who edited the now-defunct News of the World tabloid in the UK, was formally charged Thursday with conspiring to hack into phones, including that of Milly Dowler. The disgraced News...
View Article'Total Recall' Will Be in Bat-Trouble at the Weekend Box Office
"Dark Knight Rises" will take a third-week victory lap at the North American box office this weekend say industry analysts, who predict a $37 million three-day haul. But the focus will be on the...
View ArticleCBS Chief Les Moonves Wary of Making a Deal With Apple TV
CBS chief Les Moonves isn't entirely sold on Apple TV. While CBS has inked pacts to stream its content on such new media players as Netflix and Amazon, the network head said that the company needs to...
View ArticlePeter Seymour Named EVP and CFO of Disney/ABC Television
Peter Seymour has been named to the new position of executive vice president and chief financial officer of Disney/ABC Television Group. The appointment consolidates financial leadership of the...
View ArticleGoDigital to Expand Distribution With Investment From Former Facebook,...
GoDigital, a company that monetizes and distributes films online, has received a cash injection from investors at Preferred Ventures, the digital media fund founded by former Facebook and Experian...
View Article'Celeste & Jesse Forever' Review: Fresh Comedy Devolves into Familiar Drama
In addition to the infamous "Bechdel test" about women and movies, cartoonist and author Alison Bechdel once noted that ending a relationship is like separating Silly Putty with your hands; sometimes...
View ArticleKatherine Jackson Blocked From Contact With Grandkids in Arizona, Court...
Katherine Jackson, the mother of deceased King of Pop Michael Jackson and now the co- guardian of his three children, had her communication cut off from the outside world during her mysterious stay at...
View Article'360' Review: Fernando Meireilles' Circular Path Leads Nowhere Interesting
Arthur Schnitzler's landmark play "La Ronde" has inspired any number of revivals and knock-offs due to its structure where Character A meets Character B, who in turn encounters Character C, and so...
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