In response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the networks of NBCUniversal - including NBC, Bravo, CNBC, E!, G4, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and USA - will join forces to air a one-hour live benefit telethon, Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, on Friday, November 2 (8-9 pm ET). Hosted by NBC Today anchor Matt Lauer, the telethon will be broadcast from the New York studios of NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza....
In the Vertigo/DC comic book Hellblazer, featuring the iconic John Constantine, the character was a heavy cigarette smoker who had lung cancer. When NBC picked up the Constantine TV series, many fans wondered if the title character, played by Matt Ryan, would smoke. During a recent interview at the Saturn Awards, Neil Marshall, who directed the pilot episode, revealed that Constantine will be a non-smoker, but they are trying to get aspects of his smoking habit into the show without actually showing it....
National CineMedia has posted a Spider-Man 3 featurette that contains interviews with the cast and crew of the upcoming superhero film. The video features new footage from the movie and includes comments from Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace and director Sam Raimi. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Daniel Gillies, Ted Raimi, Adrian Lester, Theresa Russell, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks and Steve Valentine....
It seems that pirating is on the rise, and not the Carribbean kind. According to Variety, results of a new study were recently released which states that one in three Americans and British people are pirating DVDs. That figure is up from the Consumer Home Piracy Market Research study, conducted by FutureSource Consulting, from last year, which was one in four Americans and Brits had pirated discs. There were 3,613 consumers in the U....
Veteran actor Nicolas Cage opened up about why he adopted a stage name for his career, a decision he made after working on his very first film. At this point, Cage has been in dozens of films across many different genres, but it all began in 1982. That’s when Cage made his feature film debut with a role in the classic comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It’s the one and only feature film where Cage was credited under his real name, Nicolas Coppola....
It’s no secret that Star Wars has been one of the most popular franchises in the world since it first began back in 1977, and the popularity has only grown since then. A New Hope expanded what people thought sci-fi was capable of, and audiences and fans immediately immersed themselves in the universe. Characters such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Darth Vader became overnight icons and have stayed that way ever since....
Spoiler Warning: One Of Us Is Lying Season 1When they get detention, becoming a suspect in a murder isn’t what high school students imagine will be the outcome. Nevertheless, millions were eager to see the series adaptation of the best-selling novel One Of Us Is Lying, authored by Karen M. McManus. Mystery dramas have a way of pulling us in and keeping us hooked with unpredictable twists and epic cliffhangers, and this teen drama was no exception....
This article contains spoilers for the first season of Only Murders in the Building.Like all phenomenal mysteries, Only Murders in the Building (created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman) leads our suspicion in many directions. It is an eccentric, unpredictable series with its own unique atmosphere, a satisfying concoction of dark humor and dark matters mostly set within the confines of great architecture. This blend is enhanced by the three stars of the show, a trio of very different characters, all with their own authentic flaws but one similar interest....
It took a couple of stoners to top the home video charts this past week. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pineapple Express took the top spot in all three home video charts for the week ending January 11. The Seth Rogegn/James Franco comedy handily beat out three other new releases for the top spot on the all three charts, with the closest competitor being the Robert De Niro/Al Pacino thriller Righteous Kill, which took the second spot in both the sales and rental charts....
Profiles in History, the world’s premiere home for buying and selling authentic movie memorabilia, is preparing for their 33rd Hollywood Auction, and up for grab are some major pieces of science fiction and superhero film history, including Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber, Superman’s costume and Indiana Jone’s hat and whip. The press release from the company reads: Mark Hamill’s hero “Luke Skywalker” lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ($150,000-$180,000), the original 82-inch diameter hero “United Planets Cruiser C-57D” flying saucer filming miniature from Forbidden Planet ($80,000-$120,000); three volume presentation First Editions of The Lord of the Rings with Elvish inscription with all three volumes signed by J....
After delivering Iron Fist and The Defenders earlier this year, Marvel and Netflix closed out 2017 with a bang by introducing The Punisher, which debuted exactly one week ago today on the streaming service. While Jon Bernthal’s title character was introduced in the second season of Daredevil, this series introduced a number characters from the comic books, including David Lieberman, best known by his nickname Micro, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Fans saw right away that this was a very different version of the comic book character, who also diverged quite a bit from Wayne Knight’s portrayal of the character in the 2008 movie Punisher: War Zone....
Elfquest, the cult comic by Wendy and Richard Pini, is finally making its way to the big screen courtesy of Warners Bros. and Rawson Thurber, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Thurber will write, direct and produce the feature, whose format is undetermined. The original comic, which the Pinis initially self-published starting in 1978, followed a tribe of elves known as the Wolfriders in their attempts to survive and link with other dispersed elves on an Earth-like planet with two moons while on the lookout for tribes of humans and trolls, both of which acted as allies and enemies....
Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley are preparing for a less glamorous life behind bars as the pair were recently sentenced to 12 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The duo was found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion earlier this year, with the sentencing coming earlier on Monday. The Chrisleys are known for their self-titled reality TV series, Chrisley Knows Best. Todd Chrisley’s sentence is officially 12 years in federal prison, with an additional 16-month probation sentence, while Julie’s is a 7-year sentence, with a further 16 months probation, according to a report from TMZ....
The Red Sonja remake is in the works, and while X-Men helmer Bryan Singer was originally on board to direct, the film is getting made with M. J. Bassett in the director’s chair. In 2018, Singer had signed on to helm the movie, but the pressure for Millennium Media to cut ties with the filmmaker increased amid accusations of sexual assault. He wound up exiting the project in 2019, which was followed by Joey Soloway stepping in before Bassett ultimately got the job by the time production started....
T.J. Miller has landed one of the two lead roles in the Columbia Pictures comedy Road to Nardo. The actor will play one of two roommates who set off on a road trip to save their friend, Nardo, who is alone and naked in Mexico. T.J. Miller’s character is said to be a wise-talking, sloppy young man whose main ambitions are to drink, gamble, and hook up with random women....
Reaffirming the strength of TV-DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s Season 2 set of Lost debuted at No. 1 on the national DVD sales chart for the week ending Sept. 10, beating Universal Studios’ acclaimed docudrama United 93, which came in at No. 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lost: The Complete Second Season - The Extended Experience is believed to be only the second TV-DVD set to snag the top spot on VideoScan’s First Alert chart in its first week in stores....
Two time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali will portray boxing legend Jack Johnson in an upcoming six-part limited series for HBO. The series, entitled Unruly, is due to be written by American playwright and actress Dominique Morisseau and will be based on the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and its companion book by Geoffrey C. Ward. Unruly hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone....
Mark Hamill got his acting start early on with sitcoms and comedy series. A fitting launch, since the American actor has a terrific sense of humor. For those not familiar, his funny antics may come as a surprise since the general population knows him as a certain Star Wars icon. In the years since the release of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Hamill has graced the screen in a variety of roles while also providing award-winning voiceover work to acclaimed animated series and films (The Joker being his favorite)....
Two black women face racism and horror at an elite New England school. Master is a heavy-handed take on discrimination in academia as a reflection of American society. The film uses genre tropes and racial identity politics to push a sledgehammer narrative. The ostensibly smart protagonists become hapless victims of institutionalized bias. They are tokens preserving the status quo instead of inspiring change. Master lays its intolerance message on thick....
We know that The Wolf Pack (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms) will be back for the upcoming comedy sequel The Hangover Part III. Now another cast member has confirmed his own return. That’s right, Mike Tyson will once again reprise the role of himself in this trilogy ending follow-up to last summer’s The Hangover Part II. The former heavyweight boxing champion has revealed that shooting begins this summer and will carry through the early fall in Los Angeles....
