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Namely, do not announce a follow-up a week before the movie hits theaters. Though he would presumably still like people to come see next Friday's John Cusack–starring doomsday comedy, 2012 — whose primary selling point (besides an eardrum-exploding...
Mad Men's January Jones will host SNL for the first time, with musical guest the Black Eyed Peas, on November 14. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will make his hosting debut as well on November 21, with...
Citing mixed reviews and low ticket sales, the producer of the latest revival of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs now says the production will close tomorrow after just one week, and its...
Surprise! Broadway's trouble-plagued Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark will probably not begin previews as scheduled on February 25, reports the Times' Patrick Healy. According to an anonymous person...
"My first scene with Jeff Bridges we were supposed to be tripping on acid. We had these amazing contact lenses that made it look like our pupils were wide open and we were waiting in this room that just so happened to have this old electric pian...
The Toronto punk band Fucked Up plays music that’s somewhere between a temper tantrum and a meth-induced panic attack: warp-speed tempos, roaring vocals, and intricate, multilayered melodies. The last year has been a breathless one for the group,...
"I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out. Also being a sexual object when you're a kid is really uncomfortable. After The Professional, I was...
Patricia Clarkson has been so ubiquitous in so many films over the past few years that it seems silly to think she’s being underutilized. But that’s exactly the thought that occurs while watching Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time, which gives the...
Editor’s note: DirecTV is airing season four of Friday Night Lights now, in advance of NBC.
Last week’s shocking conclusion — Coach forfeits his first game at East Dillon owing to the overwhelming carnage inflicted on his players — has an...
