Sunday, May 15, 2011

'Thor' hammers 'Bridesmaids' at box office (AP)

'Thor' hammers 'Bridesmaids' at box office (AP)


'Thor' hammers 'Bridesmaids' at box office (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this file film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Chris Hemsworth, left, and Anthony Hopkins are shown in a scene from the film, 'Thor.'  'Thor' earned $34.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, May 15, 2011 .(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures-Marvel Studios, Zade Rosenthal, File)AP - "Thor" nailed down the No. 1 spot at the box office again.



"Code Blue" dour, turgid sex-and-death mood piece (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:47 PM PDT

Reuters - An oddly translated notice posted outside Cannes Directors' Fortnight screenings of "Code Blue" warns that the film may "hurt audience's feelings." But while the final scenes erupt into explicit sex and ugly violence (or ugly sex and explicit violence), viewers are more likely to be numbed or exasperated than hurt by Urszula Antoniak's self-consciously dour mood piece.


Dark tale "Goodbye" attacks repression in Iranian society (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Arrested along with Jafar Panahi while they were preparing a new film, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has succeeded, under what the Cannes Film Festival refers to as "semi-clandestine conditions," in completing "Goodbye," a dark tale focusing on a young woman lawyer and openly attacking the blind repression of Iranian civil society.


Olympic marathon champion Wanjiru dies

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:27 PM PDT

Reuters - Kenyan Olympic Marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru, 24, died when he jumped off the balcony of his home late Sunday, police said Monday.


Mexico town's mutant pointy boots create a craze (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:57 PM PDT

In this picture taken Saturday, May 7, 2011, members of the 'Parranderos' dance crew wait for the dance competition to begin at the Mesquit Rodeo nightclub  in Matehuala, Mexico.  The dance crews were the first to embrace the flashy pointy boot-craze that has swept through the Mexican town of Matehuala, spread to nearby cities and even taken by migrants across the border into the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - The customer known only as "Cesar of Huizache" had an odd request for shoemaker Dario Calderon: He showed him a cell-phone photo of a sequined cowboy boot with pointy toes so long, they curled up toward the knees. He wanted a pair, but with longer toes.



‘Game of Thrones’ producers talk Episode 5 (and why they’re ignoring your comments)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Game of Thrones producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss took a break from writing scripts for season two to talk to EW about Sunday's fifth episode and some of the changes made from the popular book by George R. R Martin. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What about the reaction of viewers to the show so far has


Neil Jordan to direct new female vampire movie (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Oscar-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan is reuniting with producer Stephen Woolley to make "Byzantium," a female vampire movie with Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as the lead bloodsuckers.


Faye Dunaway honored at Cannes Film Festival (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 06:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Cannes poster girl and Oscar-winning actress Faye Dunaway added some old school Hollywood glamor to the Croisette on Sunday when Cultural Minister Frederic Mitterand named her an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at a ceremony in Cannes.


Dreary "End of Silence" meaningless trek through the woods (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:52 PM PDT

Reuters - A morbid rural drama that makes the world of "Winter's Bone" look like Manhattan's posh Upper East Side, "The End of Silence" is a bleak-for-bleak's-sake stroll through backwater hell that never goes anywhere meaningful.


Who Won Survivor: Redemption Island?

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:25 PM PDT

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals the winner of Survivor: Redemption Island.

After 39 days, 11 duels, two returning cast mates and the introduction of Redemption Island, the latest season of Survivor came down to the final eight castaways for Sunday's two-hour season finale.

In the season's final duel, Andrea Boehlke outlasted...


'Survivor: Redemption Island' winner crowned (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:54 PM PDT

In this undated publicity image released by CBS, returning 'Survivor' contestant Rob Mariano is shown in Nicaragua. Mariano will compete in 'Survivor:Redemption Island,' premiering Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 on CBS. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton) NO SALESAP - It took four attempts, but "Boston" Rob Mariano finally won "Survivor."



‘Celebrity Apprentice’: And the fired celebrities are…

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:00 PM PDT

In an episode that featured Twisted Sister's Dee Snider, another Meat Loaf freak out, and a positively absurd amount of 7UP, two celebrities were fired, leaving just two to battle it out for the title of Celebrity Apprentice. My full recap will be up at 2am, but if you can't wait to sound off about


Cannes 2011: A mere 'Footnote'? Hardly - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT


Los Angeles Times

Cannes 2011: A mere 'Footnote'? Hardly
Los Angeles Times
'Beaufort' put him on the map, cinematically. Now writer-director Joseph Cedar adds to Israel's film renaissance with this look at competitive father-son Talmudic scholars. Joseph Cedar discusses his new film, "Footnote," at the Cannes Film Festival. ...
Footnote: Cannes ReviewHollywood Reporter
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Television review: 'Freedom Riders' - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 15 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT


Los Angeles Times

Television review: 'Freedom Riders'
Los Angeles Times
The PBS documentary 'Freedom Riders' recounts the civil rights protesters who rode south to challenge the region's 'whites only' laws and the violence they faced. By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Television Critic In the cavalcade of American history ...
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Why Angelina Jolie Agonized Over the Title of Her Directorial Debut - Hollywood Reporter

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:14 PM PDT


Daily Mail

Why Angelina Jolie Agonized Over the Title of Her Directorial Debut
Hollywood Reporter
The Bosnian War movie, which landed a US distributor Sunday at Cannes, is called "In the Land of Blood and Honey." Angelina Jolie says she struggled with the title of her directorial debut, which landed a US distributor at Cannes on Sunday. ...
Jolie's film gets picked up at CannesToronto Sun
Angelina Jolie's Directorial Debut Gets a TitleUs Magazine
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'Survivor' result: Talk about it!

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:10 PM PDT

SPOILER ALERT! If you know who won ''Redemption Island,'' sound off! Dalton Ross' recap is on the way


How I Met Your Mother's Craig Thomas: Don't Miss the Last Two Minutes of the Finale

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:05 PM PDT

For a show that plays with time so frequently, there's one time-jump How I Met Your Mother hasn't employed — until now.

Check out photos from How I Met Your Mother

"This is the first time in the history of our show we're doing a finale that is not set in May. We jump ahead to September, basically to the beginning of next season," co-creator and co-executive producer Craig Thomas tells TVGuide.com. "Ted tells his kids every minute of September to May and then says, 'Oh, some stuff happened in the summer, but the next September...' so it's nice this time that we cover the summer in our season finale. Hopefully when people see the finale, they won't be super-confused."

By September, Ted (Josh Radnor) will be ...


Hawaii Five-0 Finale: Will McGarrett Go Too Far to Catch Wo Fat?

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Many TV dramas create mysteries in their freshmen seasons that take years to resolve. The producers of CBS' Hawaii Five-0 are taking a slightly different approach.

Finale Preview: Get scoop on 39 season-enders

In Monday's season finale (10/9c, CBS) McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), Danno (Scott Caan) and the team will find answers to many of the questions surrounding the toolbox of clues McGarrett found after his father's death, including the connection to international terrorist Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos).

"We played the 'champ box' over the course of the first season, and it feels like we have to come to some kind of resolution with it," executive producer Peter Lenkov tells TVGuide.com....


Houses Collide: Game of Thrones Discussion Tyrion's Brutality and Wait, Renly Is Gay?

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Now that we're halfway into the Game of Thrones season, the action has really become meaty (much like the roast venison that graces King Robert's table). In Sunday's episode, everyone gets in on the killing (even The Imp!) and there's so much intrigue to be had, the action actually stayed in Westeros the entire time. To balance out the multiple deaths and brutality, we got a whimsical helping of grotesquery thanks to original scenes written specifically for the HBO series. Shall we delve into "The Wolf and the Lion"?


Dancing's Chelsea Kane: Mark and I Are "Back on Track"

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:00 PM PDT

Chelsea Kane is just three dances (and a couple million votes) away from a spot in Dancing with the Stars' final three, and she can't believe it herself. "I knew when I went on [the show] that a lot of the viewing audience had absolutely no clue who I was, so I was really afraid that I would be going home [early]," she tells TVGuide.com. "The fact the fact that people who haven't seen me before have invited me into their home and have voted for Mark [Ballas] and me into the semifinals is just amazing. I'm so flattered and I'm really having the time of my life." The Disney star has her work cut out for her this week: Besides two individual routines, she will face off with the other three couples in a winner-takes-all cha-cha with 15 points on the line. But after her and Ballas' heart-to-heart about his 'tude towards Len Goodman, Kane says the duo is "clicking better ever."


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