Cate Blanchett Head Injury Stops Streetcar in Its Tracks
A Sydney performance of A Streetcar Named Desire had to be stopped today after star Cate Blanchett was accidentally struck in the head with a prop. Trouper that she is…
Station Fire Spares E.T. House
Thanks to dogged firefighter labor and a little bit of luck, the home featured as E.T.'s earthly hiding grounds in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was saved from immolation…
Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau to Play Cowboys and Aliens?
· Jon Favreau is the latest director in talks to take over Cowboys and Aliens, DreamWorks and Universal's adaptation of the 2006 graphic novel. Robert Downey Jr. was…
Break Out Your Accordions: Mad Men Renewed For Fourth Season
In a stunning development reminding us of that one time NBC renewed The Cosby Show, AMC announced today that it has picked up its ugly duckling of a series Mad Men for a…
Marvel's Mystery Mastermind?
It's not Disney chief Bob Iger, Marvel Studios boss David Maisel, or any other name you've heard to date, according to Kim Masters. Instead, tip your cap to Isaac "Ike"…
Meet Your Sexy, Serious New At the Movies Hosts!
The two Bens' bodies haven't even cooled yet after last month's At the Movies massacre, but Disney has wasted no time reinvigorating its brand with new hosts A.O. Scott…
In Honor of New Fantastic Four, Enjoy Roger Corman's Forgotten '90s Masterpiece
You know, Marvel wasn't always such a coveted, multi-billion-dollar Hollywood property. It wasn't so long ago that getting a live-action Fantastic Four adaptation -- let…
Daytime Emmys Tank on CW
Whatever speeches or highlights the CW might have botched in Sunday's broadcast of the Daytime Emmys, the network can take this not-so-hearty consolation: Nobody was…
Ben Stiller Comes Clean About Sammy's Unfinished Business
Ben Stiller has a few regrets. So does Jerry Stahl, the writer and ex-junkie Stiller portrayed in Permanent Midnight, and with whom Stiller attempted to adapt the late…
Disney Schmisney: Fox Rebooting Fantastic Four
· Not to be outdone by Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel, Fox announced Monday it would kick-start a slate of new films based on the comics giant's Fantastic…
On TV: Youth Knows No Pain
Just so we're clear, Mitch McCabe's gripping, grotesque plastic surgery documentary Youth Knows No Pain (premiering tonight on HBO) is not quite about plastic surgery…
'C'est Magnifique': Mad Men Recapped
Mad Men's third episode of Season Three, "My Old Kentucky Home" (aka "the Episode That Leaked," aka "the Peggy Gets Spoilered Episode"), has already been disseminated…
Report: Disney to Acquire Marvel for $4 Billion
The gang at Marvel HQ might not have thought they'd ever have a better Monday than the one last year after Iron Man opened to $100 million. Today is at least 40 times…
'Cock Fight
After testing a bundle of new slogans including "Remember Us?" and "Ben Silverman Slept Here," NBC has settled on "More Colorful" as the latest branding accompaniment…
Discuss: There Will Actually Be a Rambo 5
· Among your talking points: Sylvester Stallone will return to star and direct a fifth installment of the Rambo series. Stallone turned 63 years old last month; the film…
