Santa Claus has been a staple of big-screen entertainment and has remained so for as long as movies have been around. From A Miracle on 34th Street to The Santa Clause, and every classic Christmas film in between, Saint Nick was always showing off his theatrical prowess. Regardless if it wasn’t the genuine Santa Claus, those who have dressed in red, grown beards, and gained a few pounds have succeeded in channeling the big man to varying degrees....
New Jersey native Danny DeVito has a voice, all raspy and with an almost argumentative vocal delivery, that plays like a human Oscar the Grouch. While he became famous for his takes on The Penguin in Batman Returns, or his comedy in Taxi, or alongside the gigantic Arnold Schwarzenegger, DeVito meanwhile cottoned on to just how lucrative his vocal tones could be in the field of animation much earlier than most other stars of his caliber at the time....
The Big Bang Theory was in its twelfth season and was a ratings juggernaut when the makers of the show abruptly announced that it was set to end. The news caught many by surprise. Over time, it was revealed that the main reason for the cancellation was Jim Parsons’ desire to move on from the role of Sheldon Cooper. In a new interview with Us, Mayim Bialik who played Amy Farrah Fowler on the show hinted at secret factors that led to the cancellation of the series....
Marvel Studios has hired screenwriter Mark Bailey to write the feature adaptation of the comic book Black Panther. Bailey seems like an unconventional choice to adapt this superhero tale, since most of his credits are from documentary programs. He wrote for the HBO documentary Pandemic: Facing AIDS and served as a story editor on Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. The Black Panther character debuted in a 1966 Fantastic Four comic book issue and is considered to be the first black superhero in mainstream comic history....
DISH Network L.L.C. and Blockbuster L.L.C. announced today Blockbuster Movie Pass, the most comprehensive TV entertainment programming package ever delivered by a multichannel pay TV provider. Beginning Oct. 1, 2011, Blockbuster Movie Pass is available for DISH Network customers, starting at $10 per month, combining the best of TV with the best of movies and games. It features a pay TV industry first: a subscription streaming movie service bundle available on the TV or PC....
Weekend Box Office Quantum of Solace $70.4 million Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $36 million Role Models $11.7 million High School Musical 3: Senior Year $5.8 million Changeling $4.2 million Zack and Miri Make a Porno $3.2 million Soul Men $2.4 million The Secret Life of Bees $2.4 million Saw V $1.7 million The Haunting of Molly Hartley $1.6 million James Bond’s latest adventure Quantum of Solace dominated the weekend box office charts, debuting with a solid $70 million in first place....
“I’m thrilled to collaborate with Audible on an extraordinary slate of original projects,” James Patterson said in a statement released to Variety. He adds: “I’m particularly looking forward to building stories specifically for the listening experience - the spin of a tire wheel, the gravel in a villain’s voice, the note of triumph in a detective’s final words as he closes a case - all performed by gifted, top-tier talent.”...
Taking the lead role in The Whale meant undergoing a physical transformation for Brendan Fraser, who has recently opened up about the experience. In the film, Fraser plays a 600-pound man looking to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) after abandoning his family many years earlier for a new life with his gay lover. After holding its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, The Whale will be brought to theaters in the U....
100 lucky attendees of the Hero Complex Film Festival being held in Los Angeles this Sunday will receive a limited edition Captain America: The First Avenger poster that was specifically designed just for the cast and crew of director Joe Johnson’s Marvel superhero epic, which arrives in theaters this July. Paolo Rivera created this retro one sheet for Marvel Studios, and those who attend the Hero Complex Film Festival on Sunday are more likely to win this poster if they appear at the special Marvel presentation dressed as Steve Johnson’s alter ego....
CBS Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television have reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for the hit comedy series Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, it was announced by Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment, and Peter Roth, President, Warner Bros. Television. The agreement renews television’s Number One comedy, Two and a Half Men, through the 2011-2012 season, and one of television’s fastest-growing series, The Big Bang Theory, through 2010-2011....
Marriage Story tracks the dissolution of the marriage between New York theater director Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) and his wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), a former film actress who stars in his plays but leaves with their eight-year-old son Henry (Azhy Robertson) for a role in a television show in California. The point of view is from the camera, so viewers see his side, her side, and the shared and accumulated truth of both their qualities and their faults....
The 2022 Primtime Emmys Awards are scheduled to be televised live on NBC at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. They will premiere at 8PM ET/5PM PT. The annual awards show will showcase the best of the best of television as there is going to be a lot of talent to choose from this year. Prior to that, according to Billboard, nominations will be announced July 12. Jean Smart has been a favorite among critics and fans alike and has been taking home several awards for her honest and hilarious performance in Hacks....
Fall premiere dates for the 2008-2009 season were announced today for the ABC Television Network by Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment. “We are very excited about the return of our core group of shows from last Fall. They dominated for us, and it will be great to see viewers reconnect,” said Mr. McPherson. “We are building momentum for our two new shows, ‘Opportunity Knocks’ and ‘Life on Mars,’ and are thrilled by their tremendous potential....
Anchored by Diane Sawyer, ABC News’ Planet Earth 2007: Seven Ways to Help Save the World will investigate the state of the planet, reporting on today’s most crucial environmental and on successful solutions that are currently being employed across the globe. This unprecedented global news event will feature ABC News anchors and correspondents reporting live from all seven continents throughout the day on Friday, April 20. ABC News’ coverage will culminate in a special 20/20 broadcast airing at 10:00 p....
Steve Carell is arguably one of the funniest people in film and television. His portrayal of Michael Scott, the regional manager of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, is evidence of that. The role gained him widespread recognition and praise, including several award nominations and one Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy. Most recently, we saw Carell portray therapist Alan Strauss in the Hulu limited series, The Patient....
From the Late Show with David Letterman home office in Wahoo, Nebraska… THE “LATE SHOW” TOP TEN: “Things I Learned from American Idol” [As presented by Sanjaya Malakar, the most recent contestant voted off American Idol, on the Monday, April 23 broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman, seen weeknights (11:35 PM 12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.] The camera adds ten pounds to your mohawk. Work hard and make sacrifices, you can finish in 7th place....
Born in Brooklyn, Anne Hathaway was fascinated with her mother’s acting career from a very early age. Her parents, however, were opposed to the idea of her taking the career path of an actress. As a result, Hathaway turned to soccer, but still participated in elementary school plays. She joins stars like Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher as actors who went to college, however, Hathaway technically ended her academic career before it began, notably missing her first semester in order to film The Princess Diaries....
Pryor. When Jessica Simpson falls off her moped, E! is there with a breaking news story. Interrupting their priceless programming with some worthless news package starring Juliana Depandi as faux anchor. But the greatest comedian of all time has a heart attack, and the man can’t even get mentioned in a news crawl obscured by an old episode of Party @ The Palms? What a channel. What a waste. You’re dead now, mother f*cker....
Sony Pictures took to the CinemaCon panel to announce its latest project set in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, El Muerto. According to Variety, the film will star Grammy Award-winning rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known worldwide by his stage name Bad Bunny, in the lead role. El Muerto would be the first film featuring a Marvel Comics character to be headed by a Latin actor. The studio said it will eye for a tentative January 2024 release for El Muerto....
Playing a cool bad guy, working with Russell Crowe and more The cast of Lionsgate’s new Western, 3:10 to Yuma, were in Los Angeles last week at the movie’s press junket. Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster attended and you can CLICK HERE to read the interviews with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale from this movie. The film is a remake of the 1957 original which starred Glenn Ford, based in Arizona in the late 1800’s, where infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad....
