Featured News

Brittany Murphy's Mother & Husband 'Keeping Each Other Going'

7 hours ago

Since Brittany Murphy's sudden death at 32 of an apparent cardiac arrest Dec. 20, her grieving husband Simon Monjack and mother Sharon Murphy have "clung to each other for support." "Simon is exactly as you would expect someone to be who has just lost the woman he loved. Some days he wants to kill himself, and other days he seems to be coping better," Monjack's mother Linda, a hypnotherapist and counselor in Buckinghamshire, England, tells People. "He is distraught. I speak to him everyday, and he is often in tears." But thanks to his bond with his mother-in-law, the London-born businessman, See more »

- Kristen Mascia

See full article at PEOPLE.com »

Permalink | Report a problem

Is NBC Close to Sealing a New Deal with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien?

2 hours ago

If nothing else, this story is great fodder for the late-night monologues. Even as NBC was assuring Jay Leno that his current job was safe and sound, speculation began to run wild about the fate of Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show. According to numerous reports, NBC is desperately trying to move Leno's show out of primetime and into O'Brien's timeslot—without causing the current The Tonight Show host to bolt to a different network. And where does the deal stand? The New York Times is reporting that a deal is essentially in place which would move See more »

See full article at E! Online »

Permalink | Report a problem

Richard Heene: I Only Pleaded Guilty to Protect My Family

12 hours ago

The father behind the balloon-boy incident — Richard Heene — says he only pleaded guilty to save "my family and my wife."

Balloon Boy father sentenced to 90 days for hoax

Heene, who recently was sentenced to 90 days in jail, told Larry King that the incident was not a hoax and that he pleaded guilty to charges of influencing a public servant to prevent ...

Read More > See more »

- Gina DiNunno

See full article at TVGuide - Breaking News »

Permalink | Report a problem

Ken Auletta's Take on Leno-Conan: 'I'm Stunned'

1 hour ago

By Josef Adalian

The New Yorker's Ken Auletta ("3 Blind Mice") has some harsh words for NBC's handling of the Jay Leno - Conan O'Brien Late Night Crisis 2010.

Appearing on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" Thursday, Auletta said he was "stunned" at Thursday's developments.

"For a network to have put as much effort and promise into moving Leno to 10 o'clock and replacing him with Conan O'Brien, and then after half a season to potentially cancel it, which may also mean cancelling Conan O'Brien -- I mean that's like shooting yourself in the mouth," Auletta s See more »

- Adalian

See full article at The Wrap »

Permalink | Report a problem

The Road brings fictional ecological disasters into the here and now | Ed Gillespie

1 hour ago

Wall-e was endearing and Avatar epic, but The Road is an eco-film we can more humanly relate to

There's an iconic scene in The Road, the brilliant film of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer prize-winning novel that hits cinemas today, involving a can of Coke. Viggo Mortensen's character, referred to simply as "the man", prises the beverage from a dusty, wrecked vending machine for him and his son, "the boy", to share.

They've been slogging their way across an equally dusty and wrecked landscape in the aftermath of an ambiguous environmental catastrophe. It's the first "food" they've had in See more »

- Ed Gillespie

See full article at The Guardian - Film News »

Permalink | Report a problem

Will The Next District 9 Be A Prequel?

43 minutes ago

Without giving too much away for those who've not yet seen it, we're dying to know what happens next to Wikus, Sharlto Copley's odious hero from last year's breakout hit sci-fi District 9.Director Neill Blomkamp however, isn't so sure. Speaking to the La Times' Hero Complex blog, See more »

See full article at EmpireOnline »

Permalink | Report a problem

Sharon Stone: Meryl Streep "Looks Like An Unmade Bed"

5 hours ago

Sharon Stone, 51, has some choice words for Meryl Streep, 60, in the new issue of Tatler magazine, saying the "It's Complicated" star gets so much work at least in part because Streep looks "like an unmade bed" and is "because she looks like a woman we See more »

- Katherine Thomson

See full article at Huffington Post »

Permalink | Report a problem

CES, Face Tattoos And 'Youth in Revolt' In Today's Twitter-Wood

6 hours ago

Android is bringing aboard a public face for Androids everywhere at its Android Lounge at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES has been all over the tweets of gadget-conscious Twitter-Wood accounts this week. "Star Trek"'s Brent Spiner didn't sound too thrilled about putting on his Data See more »

- Brian Warmoth

See full article at MTV Movies Blog »

Permalink | Report a problem

Which Prince Had to Choose Between Mariah Carey and Paris Hilton?

9 hours ago

Spain's Letizia, Princess of Asturias, looked regal in a red bead-embellished skirt suit at the Military Pasques annual parade and reception at the Spanish Royal Palace yesterday. In Canada, an unlikely interview will take place tomorrow when country-ish singer Shania Twain goes on Canadian public radio to ask Queen Rania See more »

See full article at Vanity Fair »

Permalink | Report a problem

Sundance From A New York State Of Mind

10 hours ago

Over at Huffington Post, Stewart Nusbaumer previews the upcoming Sundance Film Festival from the point of view of its New York visitors. Thelma Adams, Meira Blaustein, Karina Longworth, Mike Maggiore and I all pick some upcoming pre-favorites from the Sundance selection. Here's me on Josh and Benny Safdie's Daddy See more »

- Scott Macaulay

See full article at Filmmaker Magazine - Blog »

Permalink | Report a problem