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Everyone Wants Hugh Jackman's Greased-Up Steel

Richard Lawson · 10/10/11 10:40AM

Yup, the boxing robot movie was top dog robot this weekend, with little competition in sight. Politics came in second and, somewhere far down the list, lurched the human centipede.

Which Actor Showed Up Naked in a Coworker's Trailer?

Brian Moylan · 10/10/11 10:03AM

This actor made an advance on his costar by barging into a trailer in the buff. These two famous gentlemen are into the booger sugar and this television set is full of drama. Let's just hope they have locks on the trailer doors.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 10/07/11 05:13PM

A fall weekend is a lovely time to go see a movie, even if that movie is about bad politics or people sewn together mouth to butt or Chinese revolution. Which is what this weekend offers at the multiplexes.

Jersey Shore: The Snooki Chronicles

Brian Moylan · 10/07/11 01:06PM

Usually we're studying the behavioral and mating patterns of all eight guidos on Jersey Shore, the most important sociological experiment of our time, but this time around we're focusing on only one. Yes, it's time to get up close and personal with that slow loris Snooki.

The Raven: John Cusack's Brilliantly Strange Career

Richard Lawson · 10/07/11 11:45AM

Here's a trailer for the new action thriller The Raven, which has John Cusack as a crime-fighting Edgar Allan Poe. That's right! This time the the poet gets to be the badass.

Which Actor Is Shopping a Manuscript About His Kinky Sex Life?

Brian Moylan · 10/07/11 10:24AM

In his coked-up past, this actor used to have very crazy sex with a famous actress, a relationship he's detailed in his book. This couple is helping people with low-interest loans and this other couple is having a messy divorce. We can't wait for their tell-alls.

Ides of March: Politics as Usual

Richard Lawson · 10/07/11 10:03AM

George Clooney's fourth feature film as a director (and co-writer and star) is a slick and entertaining, but ultimately unshocking, look at the underbelly of a progressive presidential campaign.

Friday Night Lights Is Not Dead

Richard Lawson · 10/06/11 04:52PM

Yes, our beloved football friends may yet live. Also today: good news for an American Horror Story, bad news for an American idol, and James Bond has a new title.

Young Adult: Diablo Cody's Newest Creation

Richard Lawson · 10/06/11 03:49PM

Here's a trailer for Young Adult, the new movie from Juno collaborators Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman. Do those names send chills through your spine? Good ones, or bad ones?

My Week With Marilyn: Introducing Michelle Williams

Richard Lawson · 10/06/11 09:58AM

Here's a trailer for the "true life" movie My Week With Marilyn, a sexy drama about Marilyn Monroe visiting London for the first time and having a brief dalliance with a cow-eyed young man. Looks good?

Kristin Davis Is a Star Again

Richard Lawson · 10/05/11 05:15PM

Charlotte York MacDougal Goldenblatt herself has the lead in a new TV movie. Also today: The Biggest Loseer loses, 2 Broke Girls are rich, Julia Stiles gets a plum role, and Lizzy Caplan shows up.

War Horse: That Boy Really Likes That Horse

Richard Lawson · 10/05/11 04:01PM

Here's a new, more detailed trailer for Steven Spielberg's War Horse, a sentimental drama about a boy in love with a horse. Not like, love love, not the love that dare not neigh its name, like fraternal love.

Michael C. Hall Wants Money

Richard Lawson · 10/04/11 05:00PM

TV's favorite serial killer is in a contract dispute with his network. Also today: good news about Matt Saracen, weird news about Werner Herzog, nostalgic news from Disney, and half-bad news from NBC.

The Simpsons Might Be Over Because Everyone's a Jerk

Richard Lawson · 10/04/11 11:25AM

There's news swirling around that this might be the last season of greatest television show ever made (there is no arguing that) The Simpsons, ending its historic twenty-three season run. Why? Well, because of money of course.

Homeland: The Roaring Return of Claire Danes

Richard Lawson · 10/03/11 11:40AM

Last night Showtime unveiled its newest series, a paranoid spy drama called Homeland, from some 24 writers. And what could have been a bit rah-rah is, in fact, strangely stirring.

Dolphins Win, Every Time

Richard Lawson · 10/03/11 10:26AM

Against the odds, a feel-good story about a fish of some sort beat all the competitors this weekend. Meanwhile baseball is more popular than cancer, though cancer is respectably popular.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 09/30/11 05:55PM

A fall weekend is a perfect time to see a new movie, even if that new movie is about cancer or haunted houses or catastrophic natural disaster. Those are the movies debuting this weekend.

Nobody Watches Late Night Anymore

Richard Lawson · 09/30/11 03:09PM

A year plus after the whole late night kerfuffle, everyone's back to not caring at all about late night. During this past premiere week (when all the shows are new and sparkly) both Jay Leno and David Letterman's ratings bombed.

Contraband: Mark Wahlberg Sure Is Angry

Richard Lawson · 09/30/11 12:01PM

Here's a trailer for the upcoming thriller Contraband, one of those he-got-out but he needs to get-back-in thrillahs that are just pretty damn by the book at this point.

Who Should Be TV's Highest-Paid Actress?

Richard Lawson · 09/29/11 04:29PM

Forbes has released its annual list of the highest-paid actresses on television with Tina Fey at the top, with a whopping $13 million last year. And that's cool! We're happy with that. Some of the rest of the list, though, not so much.