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Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split
4 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
One of Hollywood's most enduring relationships has ended - Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have broken up after more than two decades together, People has learned exclusively. "Actress Susan Sarandon and her partner of 23 years, actor Tim Robbins have announced that they separated over the summer," her rep Teal Cannaday tells People in a statement. "No further comments will be made."The couple met on the set of Bull Durham, and they have two sons together, Jack, 20, and Miles, 17. Sarandon, 63, was previously married to Chris Sarandon, whom she met in college. The actress also dated director Franco Amurri in the mid '80s. »
- Charlotte Triggs
Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston to Present at the Golden Globes
7 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The roster of stars presenting at next month's Golden Globe Awards is filling up, with Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Mickey Rourke just added to the list. Roberts is also a nominee this year in the category of best comedy actress for her performance in Duplicity. Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio were previously announced as presenters for the Jan. 17 show. The nominees for this year's awards were unveiled on Dec. 15. Up In The Air, starring George Clooney, led the pack with six nominations. Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock and Matt Damon earned two acting nods each. The Hollywood Foreign Press »
- Tim Nudd
Brittany Murphy Funeral Set for Christmas Eve
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
Update: Murphy's body has been transported to Forest Lawn in anticipation of the Dec. 24 burial. _____________________________ Sadly, Christmas is an afterthought for Brittany Murphy's grief-stricken family. E! News has learned that the Girl, Interrupted star will be laid to rest on Christmas Eve at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, five days after her untimely death left Hollywood reeling. The funeral and burial service are said to be "strictly private." No word who will attend or whether a public memorial is in the works for after the holiday. (Originally published Dec. 23, 2009, at 12:15 p.m. Pt) »
Joan Rivers Rejoins E! for Fashion Police Lineup
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
Can we tawk? Unfashionable stars beware! Joan Rivers, the mouth that roared on E! for 10 years, is coming back to bust badly dressed celebs in a series of awards-season Fashion Police operations. The clothes-minded critiques begin with Fashion Police: The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 18. Joining Rivers on the red carpet beat will be E! Network personalities Khloé Kardashian Odom, Giuliana Rancic and Jay Manuel—and Joan is clearly stoked for the gig: "With this group of candid, clever and hilarious personalities, the 2010 award season is certain to bring our most outrageous Fashion Police specials yet. "I am delighted to be back on E! and to have the opportunity to say what I think »
No Simon, No Problem? Fox Still Wants More Idol
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
The show must go on—even without its snarky, British center of attention, apparently. Despite the news from a seemingly solid source (it was the guy's brother, for goodness' sake!) that Simon Cowell plans to end his stint as a judge on American Idol after the upcoming 2010 season, the show's ninth, Fox is reportedly willing to go on without him. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network and Idol producers FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment are close to inking a deal that will keep the still-chugging talent show on the air for another three seasons. That's three seasons after their current contract ends in 2011, mind you... Fox refused to comment, and Cowell »
It's a New Son for Johnny Knoxville
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It's a boy for Johnny Knoxville and girlfriend Naomi Nelson. The couple welcomed son Rocko Akira Clapp on Sunday night in Los Angeles. The baby weighed in at 8 lbs., and measured 20 inches long. Both mother and son are doing well, reports the Los Angeles Times. In announcing the pregnancy in August, the actor and former Jackass star, 38 - whose real name is Phillip John Clapp - said he was "excited as hell" to meet his baby-on-the-way. Rocko joins Madison, Knoxville's 13-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. - Melissa Ritti »
Did Courtney Love's Daughter Face Domestic Violence?
3 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Frances Bean Cobain is protected against her mother Courtney Love by a temporary restraining order - but why? Although attorneys have revealed few details in the case, court documents released Wednesday speak generally of "personal problems in the family" and more specifically of "domestic violence." There's no elaboration, and these disclosures came in a motion to seal documents in the case in which the court has stripped Love of legal control of her 17-year-old daughter with the late Kurt Cobain and appointed the teen's grandmother and aunt as temporary guardians. Since the case was made public, Love, 45, has posted a »
- Mike Fleeman
Bad Timing Alert! Chilling Brittany Murphy Movie Art Pulled
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
It's an eerie and tragic example of life imitating art. In a dreadful case of bad timing, Brittany Murphy's sudden death on Sunday has forced the DVD rental company Redbox to yank box art images from its kiosks nationwide for the actress's latest film, Deadline. The cover shows the 32-year-old's character lying lifeless in a bathtub. Murphy, of course, collapsed in the bathroom of her Hollywood Hills home Sunday morning and, after unsuccessful attempts by family and paramedics to revive her, was pronounced dead at the hospital. And that sent Redbox scrambling when it realized what was on the cover of the straight-to-dvd horror thriller. "We are removing the »
Oscar Watch: Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts go Golden Globe-ing
2 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
With the 67th Annual Golden Globes less than four weeks away, the Hfpa have announced the initial presenters for this years show and, as expected, star power is a prominent consideration. Globe nominee this year for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Julia Roberts (eh, don't get us started) will join last year's Best Actor in a Drama winner Mickey Rourke and perennial Hfpa favorite Jennifer Aniston in helping to drive even higher ratings for the show. And if you haven't noticed that seems to be a priority for both the Hfpa and NBC. The organization made two very smart »
Repo Men Trailer Gets Bloody
3 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The first trailer for Universal's new sci-fi action thriller Repo Men has arrived online and you can see it in handy, embedded form below, assuming you're of the correct age (stop laughing). The R-Rated promo means there's plenty of blood, guts, boobs and bad language for a film that feels like the organ donor scene from Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life via Repo! The Genetic Opera, but with 100% less singing. We're in a near future world where human organs can be replaced fairly easily, but the cost of paying for them is crippling. Life-saving procedures require heft credit outlay and when the owners of new hearts/livers/whatever can't anymore, that's when the repo men are called in.Enter Remy and Jake (Jude Law and Forest Whitaker), two of the best in the business. They're happy to trade quips and slice up delinquent organ owners, but things take a »
Ratings: CBS Swamps The Competition
3 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
CBS made it almost a clean sweep in last week's ratings competition. Of the top 15 entertainment shows, CBS accounted for 14 of them. Its Monday-night Big Bang Theory and its Tuesday-night The Good Wife each scored season highs, and its Sunday-night Survivor finale improved on last year's finale for the reality series. The network was nearly as dominant among viewers 18-49. In the nightly news race, Charles Gibson's swan song on Friday gave ABC's World News a rare win over NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The two news programs drew solid numbers throughout the week, with the NBC newscast averaging 9.22 million viewers and the ABC newscast, 8.49 million. For the week overall, CBS averaged a 7.0 rating and a 12 share. NBC placed second with a 4.5/8. Fox followed with a 4.1/7, while ABC trailed with a 3.1/5.
The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research:
1. NCIS, CBS, 12.7/21; 2. Sunday Night Football (Minnesota at Carolina), NBC, »
Report: Cowell Leaving “American Idol”
3 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Simon Cowell will quit his role as judge on American Idol after the coming season, his brother Tony said Tuesday. The London tabloid The Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which is also the corporate parent of Idol's network, Fox Broadcasting, reported that Tony Cowell said on his weekly podcast, "A press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everyone expected -- Simon will leave Idol at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of The X Factor to U.S. TV in 2011." The podcast was later removed from Tony Cowell's website. A spokesman for Simon Cowell and Fox Broadcasting declined to comment on the report, which coincidentally appeared on the same day that an audience research firm reported that the show would lose nearly half its viewers if Cowell left. The study by Hcd Research found that 47 percent would watch Idol less »
“Big Change” Coming To CNN
3 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
In what today's (Wednesday) New York Times described as "a big change" in CNN's daytime news coverage, Rick Sanchez will take over the anchor's position from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily beginning January 18 and his program will be renamed Rick's List. The move will cut Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room to two hours a night from three. In reporting the development, the Times observed, "The move may portend a more personality-driven daytime programming strategy by CNN, which has watched its share of the cable news viewing audience shrink this year."
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Alexis Glick Announces Resignation
3 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Alexis Glick, the former Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley analyst who became an anchor on CNBC and a co-host of the third hour of the Today show before being wooed away by Roger Ailes to join the nascent Fox Business Network, announced today (Wednesday) that she is leaving Fbn "to embark on a new venture." She said that this morning's show would be her last. Her abrupt decision to step down surprised industry observers, particularly since she was regarded as one of the two "stars" of the network (the other being Neil Cavuto). Glick did not disclose her future plans, telling her audience only, "I can't give any details yet."
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Will New Rental Kiosk Spell Blockbuster’S Doom?
3 hours ago | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
A new video-rental kiosk capable of providing consumers with an unlimited number of movies, TV shows or videogames that can be downloaded onto thumb drives or video discs in a matter of seconds has been developed by Symwave of Laguna Niguel, CA and Xona Media of San Francisco, the two companies announced Tuesday. The MK3 DVD+Digital kiosk uses advanced Usb 3.0 technology to achieve fast transfers. "Consumers can select and download a movie at a convenient MK3 kiosk with the entire transaction taking less time than getting cash from an Atm," Symwave marketing chief John O'Neill said in a statement. "The movie playback is then just as simple as plugging the flash drive device in to any commonly used Usb compatible media player including gaming platforms and DVD players." Moreover, the downloaded films need not be returned to the kiosk since they are automatically deleted after viewing. In addition, the kiosks will cost less than $5,000, the companies said, versus $15,000 to $25,000 for the current Redbox types. »
Mother-in-Law "Absolutely Devastated" by Brittany Murphy's Death
3 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
It's more than any mom can bear. Brittany Murphy's mother-in-law, Linda Monjack, tells E! News today that she is "absolutely devastated" by the shocking death of her daughter-in-law. Monjack, a therapist who lives in England, says she is scrambling to make arrangements to fly to Los Angeles so she can be by the side of her son, Simon Monjack, for the funeral tomorrow. "Depends if I can get the flight," she says. Linda Monjack, who attended the couple's nuptials in 2007, would be able to put her training as a bereavement counselor to good use. Asked if she knew if her daughter-in-law was suffering from any maladies that might have triggered cardiac »
James Cameron Urges China To Change Film Policies
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A day after the World Trade Organization rejected China's appeal of a ruling rejecting its restriction of movie imports, director James Cameron told reporters in Beijing that China doesn't need such restrictions. What's more, he argued, doing away with those restrictions could actually benefit Chinese filmmakers. Arriving in the Chinese capital to promote the opening of Avatar on January 2 (the opening was delayed because the Chinese quota on foreign films had already been reached for 2009), Cameron told reporters, "By opening the doors in China to other filmmakers, it will raise the entire film industry in China. ... There will be more seats, more cinemas, more excitement about the cinema-going experience, which will also raise the Chinese filmmakers' ability to play their films." Meanwhile, MPAA Executive V.P. Greg Frazier told the Wall Street Journal Tuesday that his group will begin talks with China early next year to wok out a compliance schedule. »
Movie Reviews: “Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”
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One of the most surprising blockbusters of all time was the original Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, which grossed more than $217 million in the U.S. The sequel (or "squeakquel" as its called in the title, is not likely to perform as well, although several critics are advising box-office followers to expect the unexpected. Not that they can find much to praise about the film; most of their reviews sound as if they wish they could be writing about something else. Comments Claudia Puig in USA Today; "For anyone over age 8, the arrival of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel may not be the most welcome news." Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle brought his four year old along to the screening, who, he says, "laughed pretty much nonstop throughout." However, he writes, "despite its success as a babysitter for preschoolers, it's a not a very good film." Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News says the "movie's plot is a hodgepodge of standard kid-film elements." Tongue firmly placed in cheek, Betsy Sharkey comments in the Los Angeles Times: "Perhaps not since The Godfather: Part II have we seen a sequel come along that more than matches the mastery of the film that came before it -- all the pathos, the brio, the epic sweep ... the cheese balls" Actually Sharkey's is one of the few positive reviews of the movie. "The script includes enough clever moments to help put The Squeakquel in solid family entertainment territory," she concludes. And Michael Sullivan in the Washington Post pays the movie this left-handed compliment: "Call it a Christmas miracle, albeit a minor one: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel isn't entirely awful." »
Videogame face-off: 'Super Mario Bros. Wii' vs. 'Mario and Sonic'
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There's no way around it: Wii has reinvigorated the entire group-gaming concept. But how to feed multiplayer Wii fanatcisim at any age? Face-Off has you covered. Today, two entries in the classic Super Mario franchise go head-to-head. Check back tomorrow for another match-up. In this corner… New Super Mario Bros. Wii "It's-a-me" has become "It's-a-mes." Up to four players can take part in this update of the 2D side-scrolling franchise -- like its predecessor for the Nintendo DS, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is more Super Mario World than Super Mario Galaxy. Bowser's once again captured the defenseless Princess Peach »
- Steve Heisler
'Knight & Day' trailer: Could one movie redeem Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz?
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Any trailer that got me past the lamely punny title Knight & Day is worth watching. Any trailer that got me excited about Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise again, even moreso: I still don't know exactly what it's about, and that's what's so cool. What's even cooler? These two superstars reminding us why they're superstars. Cameron Diaz is playing her trademark likable everygirl in an action-packed premise (half Charlie's Angels, half My Best Friend's Wedding). And Tom Cruise somehow seems to be combining his greatest hits -- the flirtatious charm of Top Gun, the gun-toting swagger of Mission: Impossible, the self-deprecating (but still sexy! »
- Jennifer Armstrong
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