Emmy-winning animator Ryan Quincy has always dreamed of having his own show. During the decade and a half he spent working his way up to animation director for South Park, he spent his hiatuses creating a world entirely his own, inhabited by hairy but harmless creatures just trying to sort out the d ... More >>
Updated at the bottom with some strange details about the last time he was seen. First posted at 7:05 a.m. Monday. Gavin Smith, a longtime Fox movie distribution exec, has been missing for nearly a week. His son, USC basketball forward Evan Smith, has taken to Twitter to publicize the plight of hi ... More >>
Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel-good movie of the year. Uh oh.
Courtesy of 20th Century Fox Just a few weeks ago Fox Studios and the voice actors and producers of Simpsons were engaged in a financial tug-of-war that threatened the existence of the long-running animated series. If you need to remind yourself why we should celebrate the resolution (two mor ... More >>
Of all that is in the name of being over-commercialized and tacky, Disney is prepping to open one of several Avatar lands at its Walt Disney World theme park in Florida. The first is expected to break ground in 2013 at its Animal Kingdom portion. Here are five things that are bound to go w ... More >>
The making of a monkey activist
Duff beer is real! Homer Simpson's favorite libation is actually available for purchase, but only in South America -- and nobody will talk about it. According to the Miami Herald: The makers of Duff in South America say they aren't allowed to talk to the U.S. media. Duff Mexico... would not resp ... More >>
An alternate universe with an uncertain future
Natalie Portman goes bat-shit in a tutu in Darren Aronofsky's latest
This shot's not part of the auction; we just like it (and so, apparently, does Madonna).L.A.'s most-iconic actress is about to get the spotlight again, 48 years after her death. Auction house Bonhams & Butterfields is teasing the world with rarely seen photos of the star that will go up for s ... More >>
Studios trek to Colorado festival in search of art-film street cred
One-hundred-sixty-five television writers jointly received a $70 million settlement Friday in their age-discrimination claim against some of Hollywood's biggest players, including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and more. " ... With years of disruptive litigation remaining, and all networks and major tel ... More >>
Thank goodness for hair gel. Now we can all finally get over our Sideways "I'm not drinking any f#cking merlot!" complex. Of course, we all know that celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson makes a mean cocktail party chignon (a fancy and expensive name for your grandmom's bun). Now he's added a line of wi ... More >>
​Although the official start of Fall is still a couple of weeks away, Hollywood's Autumnal Equinox is already upon us, as the books are closed on the 2009 summer movie season and the curtain goes up on the Toronto International Film Festival, the still-humid summer air starting to hum with the fir ... More >>
Secret plot for
Unrest on the studio, union and trade fronts
And what you earnin', Chernin?
Singing, dancing, politicizing and still the ratings rose
... because they have zero integrity and credibility
Baz Luhrmann's not quite marvelous land of Oz
Inglorious Bastards and ungrateful bitches
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Ah, if only. But shooting has commenced in LA for Notorious, the Biggie Smalls biopic slated to be released in 2009. Earlier today, the crew was working on the Sunset Strip near the Roxy, where a key scene occurs. It was kind of surreal cruising down Sunset in West Hollywood and seeing, during a bre ... More >>
Two new DVD collections ring in Davis' centennial
Girl power trumps bridesmaid fashion
Lost in space
Nameless romantics sing of love and loss in a beguiling Irish fairy tale
Early Festival Report: Scott Foundas scouts Main Street for undiscovered talent and comes away singing
Little Miss Sunshine lights into the American family
Da Vinci Cannes the world
Thank You For Smoking lights up the doctors of spin
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The holy terrors of Madame Satã and Thirteen
X2 is everything it’s cracked up to be — and less!
Showtime takes Castro seriously
Oedipal dreams in The Deep End and The Others
Buffy rebellion latest tangle in Fox’s war on fan sites
The last movies of the century
Matt Groening: Past, present, Futurama
Toback’s lovers, Howitt’s lumps
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