Monthly Archives: October 2010
Yes, he is the guy with the cue cards who pined for Keira Knightley in the British romantic comedy Love Actually. But there’s much more to English actor Andrew Lincoln than that, and he’ll unveil it to American audiences on … Continue reading
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After spending a few seasons on the run with a group of outlaws in Prison Break, you would think Sarah Wayne Callies would go for a nice sitcom, or maybe even a dramedy. Not so much. In The Walking Dead, … Continue reading
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Skateboards and hoverboards. Time-traveling DeLoreans. Einstein the dog. 1.21 gigawatts. The Power of Love. “Why don’t you make like a tree and get outta here?” The many aspects of the Back to the Future trilogy are still touchstones of pop … Continue reading
It seems that Lea Thompson can’t escape Back to the Future, not even while filming The Cabin in Ireland for the Hallmark Channel. “My leading man in my movie I’m doing right now [Steven Brand] has never seen it, and … Continue reading
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Radio shows and horror have always had a ghoulishly good relationship. Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial efforts haunted the ears of listeners in the 1940s and ‘50s, Boris Karloff was a creeptastic staple on old-school shows, and who could ever forget Orson … Continue reading
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For a whole group of people — most of whom are probably young and female — Matt Lanter is the hot young star of the CW’s soapy Monday night series 90210, playing tortured bad boy Liam. For a whole other … Continue reading
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Nick Stahl has taken on Terminators and evil preachers and even been a Yellow Bastard in his on-screen life. Now, the 30-year-old actor tackles the mysteries of suburbia in the indie drama Kalamity, written and directed by James M. Hausler. … Continue reading
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Talking to Jeff Bridges about his many movie roles, his music and all the other passions in his life, he seems more like a teenage kid than a 60-year-old Oscar winner with his frequent use of the words “fun,” “cool,” … Continue reading
Even with all the buzz about director Marc Webb‘s cinematic Spider-Man reboot — including the casting of Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans (who may or may not be the villainous Lizard) — don’t sleep on the Spidey comics. … Continue reading
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Barry Manilow may be the guy who writes the songs, but he’s also the guy who’s bringing music to a lot of Las Vegas school kids. Tuba players, trombonists and other young musicians in the Clark County School District received … Continue reading
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There is a tie that binds 24, CSI, Battlestar Galactica, Chuck, Burn Notice, Warehouse 13, Monk, Firefly, White Collar, JAG, The Practice, Sliders, Silk Stalkings, Star Trek: Voyager, Charmed and V.I.P. His name? Mark Sheppard. Since the early 1990s, the … Continue reading
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If Sarah Butler is aiming to carve out a diverse career for herself, she’s doing one heck of a job so far. This former Belle (from Beauty and the Beast, naturally) at Disneyland and guest star on CSI: NY and … Continue reading
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Linda Blair will forever be tied to her head-spinning, pea-soup-spewing, possessed character in The Exorcist, one she filmed when she was 13 years of age. She’s using that to her advantage now, as that iconic, Oscar-nominated portrayal has given Blair … Continue reading
Oscar-winning director William Friedkin jokes that he’s sorry to hear when people tell him they grew up on films like The Exorcist. The 1973 classic, widely considered to be the scariest film of all time, opened in a very different … Continue reading
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It’s so pink this month – in honor of breast cancer awareness — that wherever Melissa Etheridge looks, she’s surrounded. The popular singer-songwriter couldn’t even escape all the pink by watching NFL football this past Sunday. “The Oakland Raiders had … Continue reading
Halloween is only 27 shopping days away, and that means 27 days to get your scare on. In the spirit of freaking people out, we’re giving away 10 copies each of the new Blu-ray and DVD versions of The Exorcist: … Continue reading
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Because it’s Smallville’s 10th and final season, the long-running CW series is bringing back lots of past characters and guest stars before going up, up and away into TV history. John Schneider stopped by the old Kent farm in last … Continue reading
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Who’s smarter: Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old billionaire who founded Facebook in his dorm room, or Aaron Sorkin, the guy who wrote the new movie The Social Network about him? And who knew that a bunch of smug Harvard undergrads could … Continue reading
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Danielle Harris may be a bit on the small side at 5 feet tall, but she stands large in the horror movie community. A child actor whose big-screen debut came in 1988’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Harris … Continue reading
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