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Meryl Streep vs. The Hangover?!
6 hours ago
Meryl Streep, blah blah blah.
Certain names you can count on come statuette season. We wanted to know what might surprise us come tomorrow's Golden Globe nominations.
A lot, was essentially the answer we got from awards guru Tom O'Neil, of the Los Angeles Times' Gold Derby.
"You can always count on jaw-droppers among the Globe nominations," O'Neil said.
Like, for instance, how about a Best Motion Picture nomination for a film that a whole bunch of people actually saw—and liked?
Yes, that would be quite The Hangover.
"Normally, Globers don't appreciate Yankee frat-boy humor," O'Neil said. "They didn't nominate...
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Spoiler Chat: Is Jenny Humphrey a Gossip Girl Homewrecker?
6 hours ago
Oh, Jenny, you're having a bad year, aren't you? Gossip Girl's would-be Queen Bee can't even reign supreme in her own school—and the "petty megalomaniac" look flatters no one—and now she's going to be a homewrecker, too?
Word on the street is that Taylor Momsen's Little J gets entangled in another love triangle this season, but is she breaking up Chuck and Blair? We've got the truth.
Plus, if you're looking for hints about the Lost character resurrection and who's dead after the Desperate Housewives plane crash, you're in the right place...
Eloise in Sacramento, Calif.: Is Eastwick being picked up by Lifetime? It's all over the abc.com...
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Writers Guild Sings Praises of Glee, Modern Family and All the Other Usual Suspects
11 hours ago
Why let the movie biz hog all the glory?
Smack in the middle of the self-congratulatory lovefest that is awards season, Hollywood's word-processing set has released its own would-be honorees, announcing the TV nominees for the 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards.
While the usual suspect contenders—Lost, House, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dexter and The Office—all once again scored nominations, the networks that risked taking their programming in some New Directions (yeah, we said it) did not go unrewarded.
ABC's Modern Family and Fox's Glee both scored multiple nods in their freshman year, not only as Best New Series but with a pair of nominations for top Comedy...
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The Weight Is Over: Biggest Loser Wannabes Roll Out
11 hours ago
You win some, you loser some.
NBC has revealed the 22 new contestants who will battle the bulge and each other when the ninth season of The Biggest Loser kicks off Jan. 5.
Fresh off its second-chances-themed eighth season, the forthcoming Loser season will feature "couples," though not necessarily in the romantic sense.
This year's token superlative contestant, who has the dubious distinction of being the heaviest competitor ever in the heaviest season ever, tips the scales at 526 pounds and partners with his Italian mother. Other root-for-them contestants include identical twin brothers who together weigh nearly half a ton, as well as a cancer-surviving mother who pairs up with her...
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This Just In: Glee Makes Your Monday Better With "Slushie Jam"
12 hours ago
Glee: Already missing one of the bright spots on your Wednesday-night lineup (the other being Modern Family, duh!)? Well, at least you don't have to go through this harrowing separation anxiety empty-handed. The season-one DVD Glee: The Road to Sectionals hits shelves Dec. 29, and with extras like the "Slushie Jam" (which you can see for yourself in the clip above), how can we not feel the love from the folks at Fox?
Lost: Promo pictures have arrived! The season-six cast shots for Lost include Claire (yay!), Miles and all the usuals you know and love.
So You Think You Can Dance: Think Adam Lambert is a big-time performer for the Sytycd finale? Think again. Fox has just tapped...
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NYC Divided Over Avatar, Hurt Locker
12 hours ago
New York has devolved into a battle between geeks and cinephiles. But who will win come Oscar time is anyone's guess.
The genteel movie buffs over at the New York Film Critics Circle today agreed with their peers in Los Angeles and Boston and awarded the high-octane Iraq war film The Hurt Locker Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow.
But the nerdier set at New York Film Critics Online gave James Cameron's "King of the World" title its first boost, bestowing the Best Picture prize to Avatar.
The two groups found agreement in the acting categories, though, as Meryl Streep kept up her pace for another Oscar nod with a Best Actress win for Julie & Julia, while Inglourious...
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Hey, Mama! Kourtney Kardashian Welcomes Baby Boy
14 hours ago
Any minute is right now!
Kourtney Kardashian welcomed her first child with boyfriend Scott Disick early Monday morning, E! News and Life & Style jointly report.
"Kourtney just delivered a healthy baby boy about an hour ago," her publicist said.
Mason Dash Disick (yes, the middle name is the same as the family's boutique) arrived at an L.A.-area hospital, tipping the scales at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measuring 19.5 inches.
"A boy is definitely needed in this family!" Kourtney told E! News in October. "Scott and I are thrilled to add a little boy to the bunch."
But the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has always had a lot of women in her life who love...
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Critics' Choice Noms: Nine, Inglourious Basterds, Jackson and (Surprise!) Clooney
16 hours ago
There's nothing like a little singing, dancing and Nazi-hunting to get critics in the mood for awards season.
The star-studded musical bonanza Nine and Quentin Tarantino's World War II-era epic Inglourious Basterds received a record-setting 10 nominations apiece for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, including a Best Picture nod for both.
Inglourious Basterds also clocked up nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Tarantino, Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz, Best Ensemble (which means the chances of a Brangelina sighting just got exponentially better) and Best Action Movie, among others.
Nine, meanwhile, is also up for Best Ensemble, along with Best...
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30 Rock Actor Awaiting Crucial Kidney Transplant
16 hours ago
It's hard to believe, but one thing on 30 Rock is not funny.
Actor Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman, who plays one half of Tracy Morgan's security detail on the NBC comedy, is facing kidney disease that's no laughing matter.
The 35-year-old star appears on Tuesday's episode of The Dr. Oz Show, where he tells Dr. Mehmet Oz of his struggles.
The 6-foot-11, 378-pound actor is on dialysis three times a week for severe hypertension, the New York Daily News reports. He's currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, but has to lose 75 pounds before he can even be considered a candidate.
Regardless of his weight loss, though, that waiting list is nearly five years...
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Was It All a Dream? John Lithgow, Julie Benz and Clyde Phillips Dish on Dexter's Jaw-Dropping Finale
17 hours ago
So Dexter fans, anybody get any sleep last night?
Didn't think so.
Last night's fourth-season finale shell-shocked viewers with one of the most surprising and horrifying deaths ever on television. (Get our reaction—and group therapy—here.)
It was so shocking that many fans are asking: Is there any chance it's a dream?
We hit the Dexter finale party last night for scoop, so read on to hear what Trinity (John Lithgow), Rita (Julie Benz) and show runner Clyde Phillips have to say for themselves…
Rita's gruesome bathtub death at the hands of Trinity was not, I repeat not, a dream. At least, that's not what the writers were thinking, according...
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Boston Critics in a World of Hurt
17 hours ago
Beantown got swept, all right, but it wasn't by the Yankees.
A day after taking top honors with the Los Angeles Film Critics, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq-set action drama The Hurt Locker led the best-of list from the Boston Society of Film Critics with an unprecedented five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for star Jeremy Renner.
While The Hurt Locker has suddenly become a major player in the run-up to Oscar nominations (it also made the AFI cut and topped the Gotham Awards), a couple other frontrunners have also emerged: Mo'Nique (Best Supporting Actress for playing an abusive mom in Precious) and Christoph Waltz (the ruthless Nazi commandant in Inglourious Basterds) who are...
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Mel Gibson Drafts Leonardo DiCaprio for Viking Epic
13 December 2009 8:30 PM, PST
Sometimes it takes a pillage to bring together talent like this.
Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to director Mel Gibson's upcoming film about Norsemen, according to Variety. William Monahan, who scripted The Departed, will do the writing, so it already promises to be an awesome adventure.
While Viking culture is more than just longboats and broadswords, it's hard to imagine the director of Braveheart and Apocalypto missing the opportunity to lay siege to a village or two with an army of bearded men in horned helmets. (It's irresistible story fodder: One of the year's most lauded short story collections, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, features angsty Vikings who nevertheless buck up...
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Dexter: Oh My God, They Killed...
13 December 2009 7:49 PM, PST
Wow. Just...wow.
Anyone else feel as if your stomach catapulted out of your mouth while watching tonight's fourth season finale of Showtime's Dexter? It was...horrifying. To say the least.
As usual, someone died.
But unlike usual, this death just might go down as one of the most shocking deaths ever on television.
If you haven't yet seen tonight's season finale episode, do not read another word, because if ever there were a time you do not want to be spoiled, it is this.
If you have seen the episode, keep reading...
Rita is dead.
And hats off to the Dexter producers for writing her death in such a way that no one saw it coming. You didn't, did you?...
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Where's Avatar? Not on AFI's List
13 December 2009 5:30 PM, PST
James Cameron's Avatar may be too big—and, per press-screening buzz, too good—to count out. But The Hurt Locker is the film that's throwing its weight around right now.
Kathryn Bigelow's little Iraq war movie that could added to its haul of critics honors today with a spot among the American Film Institute's Movies of the Year award-winners.
Cameron's Avatar, expected to be an Oscar player, was a high-profile no-show on the Top 10 list, as was Clint Eastwood's Invictus.
On the TV front—the AFI puts in it two cents on prime-time matters, too—the group honored Glee, True Blood and eight other series (but, sorry, not Dexter).
A look inside the...
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Memo to Self: Add Hurt Locker to Rental Queue—Now!
13 December 2009 5:01 PM, PST
The Hurt Locker hasn't made a bajillion bucks. It doesn't star George Clooney. It's about a war that nobody wants to see at the movies. Basically, it's got one thing going for it: It doesn't lose.
The Iraq-set action drama was named Best Picture again, this time by the Los Angeles Film Critics. Kathryn Bigelow notched the Best Director win on the same day her movie was tapped an American Film Institute award winner.
TV talker Mo'Nique won Best Supporting Actress for the brutal but beloved Precious. Jeff Bridges rated Best Actor for Crazy Heart, The Wrestler-esque tale for the alt-country set.
Here's a select rundown of today's winners:
Best Film: The Hurt...
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