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Next 3-D Movie Extravaganza: The Bible

Maureen O'Connor · 03/09/10 12:51AM

It'll be so real, you'll want to reach out the touch Jesus' stigmata. Posthumous John Hughes movie makes the rounds; Miss America's still homeless but Miss USA's safe; Hurt Locker's banned director gives speech. Your daily update on show business.

Big Love: A Game the Whole Family Can Play

Richard Lawson · 03/08/10 12:18PM

Well, how do you like that. After a wild and shaky season, our favorite (and, sadly, only) polygamist drama ended its fourth lap in thrilling and moving fashion.

America's Love of 3D Grows Curiouser and Curiouser

Richard Lawson · 03/08/10 11:04AM

While everyone in Hollywood was busy preparing for last night's celebrity prom, a 3D movie was quietly having the best March opening weekend ever. Sure it was on IMAX screens so every ticket cost $40, but it's still impressive.

The Instant Oscar Post-Mortem Discussion

Richard Lawson & Brian Moylan · 03/08/10 01:55AM

The Oscars just finished. The Hurt Locker won, which wasn't a surprise. Actually, there were hardly any surprises at all, except for maybe how long and lousy the broadcast was. Why can they never get this thing right?

Which Oscar Nominee Is Currently MIA?

gawker.com · 03/07/10 03:18PM

Which Oscar nominee actor has gone completely off reservation? He's not returning his publicist, agent or manager's calls. He's refusing to do media appearances. There are fears he may bail on the ceremony tonight. "Last I heard," said one friend, "he was holed up in his room with some model."

How to Deliver the Perfect Oscar Speech: A Rhetorical Guide

Joshua David Stein · 03/07/10 03:10PM

There will be blubbering and blathering and blabbering at the Oscar podium tonight. Then, after 45 seconds, the music shall swell and, like nursing home attendants, elegant women will lead the winners to their backstage pasture.

Which Director Is Fond of Intimate Make-Up Sessions?

Ravi Somaiya · 03/06/10 02:14PM

Which epic movie director specializes in fucking make-up artists in his trailer on set? "He leaves the windows open so everyone can hear him," said one colleague. "It's the most macho bullshit." The stunt backfired on a recent movie set because his squeeze was married.

Which Blonde A-Lister Is a Cokehead?

Ravi Somaiya · 03/06/10 11:51AM

Which A-list actress has a habit of politely excusing herself for cocaine binges between interviews at press junkets? The actress, with lustrous blonde hair extensions, indulged so much at one recent event, the rest of the day had to be canceled because her extensions were falling out and her nose was bloody.

Project Runway: Doin' It the Hardware

Brian Moylan · 03/05/10 04:01PM

Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision to force everyone to use metal. The delusion that they deserve one. The vision that the dresses will be beautiful. The delusion that we care about anything but drama.

American Idol: The Color Wars?

Richard Lawson · 03/05/10 11:07AM

Four more down and only four more to go until we're really into this thing, and how do we stand? We stand not very well. We stand somewhat better than we did a week ago, but still on troubled ground.