Sunday, October 31, 2010

'Walking Dead' debut: Your take?

'Walking Dead' debut: Your take?


'Walking Dead' debut: Your take?

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Ken Tucker saw a lot to like in episode 1; the challenge will be to lure an audience that agrees to AMC


"Walking Dead" compelling zombie TV (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:48 PM PDT

Reuters - If it wasn't for the egregious amount of shoe-gazing vampires flooding pop culture these days -- a combination of brooding sex, mopey teen displacement and lame attempts to be fang-tastic -- the world might groan at the notion that zombies are back in vogue.


ABC Family brewing "Practical Magic" reboot (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Some Halloween-themed programing news: Warner Bros. is developing a reboot of its 1998 film "Practical Magic" for ABC Family.


Legal battle over "Rear Window" resumes (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The legal fight over whether the 2007 film "Disturbia" is a rip-off of an Alfred Hitchcock classic is far from being in the, um, rear window.


Boardwalk Empire 'Home' is where the Horror is, some thoughts - Monsters and Critics.com

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:05 PM PDT


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Boardwalk Empire 'Home' is where the Horror is, some thoughts
Monsters and Critics.com
In "Home," Darmody (Michael Pitt) forges a new friendship with Richard Harrow (Jack Huston), an aptly named fellow soldier, whose harrowing tour of duty left him without the left side of his face. ...
'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Meet Jimmy Darmody's new partner in crimeThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: MemoriesRTT News
'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Episode 7, 'Home'Baltimore Sun (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog) -HitFix (blog) -TV.com
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November Sweeps Roundup: Week 1

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:30 PM PDT

The guest stars and events that the networks have planned for the first week of November sweeps:

Monday, Nov. 1

7:30/6:30c

World Series Game 5: San Francisco Giants at Texas Rangers (Fox)

8/7c

90210 (CW)

Ryan encourages Naomi to press charges against Mr. Cannon, which she should do, if only to help out Silver, who totally took a bullet for her, so to speak.


VIDEO Exclusive: Josh Duhamel Shows His Inner Geek on Fanboy & Chum Chum

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:06 PM PDT

Thanks to his role as Capt. William Lennox in the much beloved toy line-turned-blockbuster franchise Transformers, Josh Duhamel knows a thing or two about fanboys. Now the 37-year-old actor is channeling his inner geek, going behind the counter as a comic-book store owner named Oz on Nickelodeon's animated series Fanboy & Chum Chum.


Kristi Yamaguchi's "Underdog" Dancing Team Will Bring Some 'Tude to the Floor

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:00 PM PDT

It's going to be a showdown of Olympic proportions on the 200th episode of Dancing with the Stars, as Season 6 champ Kristi Yamaguchi and Season 4 winner Apolo Anton Ohno lead the top 6 pairs in a group dance face-off. "It's going to be fun and intense!" Yamaguchi, who won with Mark Ballas, tells TVGuide.com. "It's just an honor to be asked back for such a big celebration. I think a lot of us have incredible, positive, fun memories of our experience on the show, and to be able to play such a great part in such a big episode — I couldn't ask for more." So what's the former figure skater's plan of attack to take down her fellow Olympic gold medalist's team?

Follow @DWTS_TVGuide for all the latest Dancing news and scoop.

TVGuide.com: How'd you pick your team? I'm assuming you chose Mark.
Yamaguchi: Yes! We alternated with picks. Apolo won ...


Coming Out, Slowly: 90210s Trevor Donovan and Kyle Riabko Talk Teddys Tortured Journey

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:00 PM PDT

Since discovering he'd drunkenly hooked up with a male classmate in the season premiere, the frustration of 90210's Teddy has combusted in angry and violent ways, from firing off an antigay slur to throwing punches.

Trevor Donovan, who plays Teddy, says the show won't rush his character into a happier, more accepting time — even while it has introduced an apparent love interest for him in Ian. He'll continue to stumble, sometimes aggressively, as he slowly comes to terms with his sexuality. (Coming up: A misguided attempt to figure things out at a gay bar in West Hollywood.)

"Teddy's story has been about how painful and confusing this situation can be, and it won't be OK for him any time soon," Donovan says.


Ian Ziering And Wife Expecting Child - MTV.com

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT


Contactmusic.com

Ian Ziering And Wife Expecting Child
MTV.com
Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Ian Ziering is going from teen heartthrob to dear ol' dad. The actor and his wife, Erin, recently revealed they are going to welcome a baby girl next year. "Erin and I are very excited ...
Ian Ziering & Erin Ludwig Expecting First ChildRight Cinema
Baby news: Ian Ziering and his wife Erin are expecting their first childDaily Mail
Newlywed Ziering To Be A DadContactmusic.com
Just Jared -Showbiz Spy -OnTheRedCarpet.com
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"Saw 3D" makes the cut at Halloween box office (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:34 PM PDT

Reuters - The "Saw" horror franchise is not as sharp as it used to be, but the seventh -- and reportedly -- final entry in the annual Halloween franchise managed to take the top spot at the weekend box office in North America, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Will he be back? Arnie mulls California termination (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Arnold Schwarzenegger, pictured on October 14, the champion Austrian bodybuilder who became a Hollywood movie star and then morphed into a respected US politician, is about to have to reinvent himself again.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Arnold Schwarzenegger, the champion Austrian bodybuilder who became a Hollywood movie star and then morphed into a respected US politician, is about to have to reinvent himself again.



'Saw 3D' brings bloodfest to Halloween boxoffice (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Actor Tobin Bell arrives at a screening of Lionsgate's AFP - North American moviegoers spent Halloween weekend getting spooked as blood-soaked horrorfest "Saw 3D" booted thriller "Paranormal Activity 2" out of the box office lead, industry estimates said.



20 scariest movies of all time

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Turn out the lights for cinema's most satisfying shocks -- from ''The Shining'' to ''The Exorcist'' to ''The Ring''


Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Cheerleading & 'Dancing With The Stars': 'I'm Completely Into It!'

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jamie Lee Curtis took a trip down memory lane on Saturday when she dressed up as a cheerleader to host the Children Affected By AIDS Foundation's 17th Annual Dream Halloween Event.

"I was [a cheerleader]," Jamie Lee told Access Hollywood of the costume inspired by her former pastime. "Oh -- I've got the moves! I'm just not gonna throw them all down here because that would be frightening."


"Scottsboro Boys" a darkly provocative musical - Reuters

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:46 PM PDT


Chicago Tribune (blog)

"Scottsboro Boys" a darkly provocative musical
Reuters
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It takes an audacious creative team to adopt the minstrel show, one of the most inherently racist forms in the history of popular American entertainment, as the frame for a searing story of Jim Crow-era ...
'Scottsboro Boys' Tell Their Own Story On BroadwayNPR
'The Scottsboro Boys' Is Powerful, ProvocativeABC News
'The Scottsboro Boys': A memorable musicalUSA Today
New York Times -New York Magazine -Wall Street Journal
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Jones reflects on doping scandal, prison in new book (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Former track star Marion Jones poses for a portrait in New York, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones apologizes repeatedly in a new memoir over the doping scandal which ended her Olympic career, but she doesn't expect her staunchest critics to ever see the "big picture."



Broadcasters keep upper hand in TV disputes (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - A recent spate of TV blackouts and the lack of government intervention suggests that broadcasters have the upper hand over TV signal providers when it comes to negotiating fees, at least until Congress decides to act.


Ian Ziering and Wife Expecting Baby Girl

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Ian Ziering and wife Erin are expecting a baby girl, People reports.

"Erin and I are very excited to be parents. It's something we both have always wanted," the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum said. His wife, a nurse, is 4 months along.


Saw 3D Tops Halloween Weekend Box Office

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Spooky films Saw 3D and Paranormal Activity 2 took the top spots at the box office over Halloween weekend.

The premiere of the Saw franchise's seventh installment took in $22.5 million, Box Office Mojo reports, while the Paranormal sequel finished second, bringing in $16.5 million in its second weekend. Its two-week take totals $66.6 million.