From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Anthony Hopkins Joins ‘Thor’ as Odin!

by admin on October 29, 2009

There’s big news from Asgard tonight! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of Thor. This isn’t one of these tightly kept casting announcements either, as THR reports that he and no one else is playing Odin. (Incidentally, there’s no mention of Robert DeNiro and Jude Law among [...]

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AFF Review: Serious Moonlight

by admin on October 29, 2009

The first thing everyone seems to mention about Serious Moonlight is that its screenplay is the last one written by the late Adrienne Shelly. Actress Cheryl Hines, who had a role in Shelly’s film Waitress, is making her feature directorial debut with the dark comedy, which stars Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton. The movie opened [...]

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Fif takes aim at Game and Young Buck on the album, which wasn’t supposed to drop until November 23.By Shaheem Reid

50 Cent’s <i>Before I Self Destruct</i>

Photo: Interscope

Well, at least 50 Cent knows people are dying to get their hands on his album. Unfortunately, Fif definitely didn’t want fans to hear his new music this early.

On [...]

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Check back Friday for a full report on mixtape!By Shaheem Reid

Lil’ Wayne

Photo: Mark Venema/ WireImage

No Ceilings? Not just yet! Lil Wayne is still in the studio working on his latest mixtape. On Wednesday morning (October 27) several songs from No Ceilings
leaked onto the Internet, but the Young Money camp has assured MTV News that Weezy [...]

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Pop star promises to reveal sneak peeks of the clip over the next three days.By MTV News staff

Britney Spears on the set of “3″

Photo: GSI Media

Britney Spears hit her Web site Wednesday (October 28) to announce that the video for her provocative single “3″ would debut in “1…2…3″ days. She also promised fans some revealing [...]

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The “Ask TV Squad” column, published every Wednesday, answers your questions about current and past TV shows, as well as about the celebrities appearing on TV. Every week, I will pick a question (or more) sent to us and provide answers in the column. If your question is not picked for a column, it may [...]

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My favorite James Bond is still Sean Connery. Second is Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan is third, and Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby tie for fourth. Roger Moore? He just didn’t do it for me (though a lot of that was because he was a victim of the 70s - bad clothes, way too much humor, [...]

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A Different Way to Look at Disney Princesses

by admin on October 28, 2009

I find it amazing that there was never a Disney revolution. Just this week I wrote about how horror was reinvigorated when women were allowed to fight back. Thinking of the two together, it’s a bit embarrassing that horror fiends could buy into strong women, but familial units could not. On one side, there’s Laurie [...]

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‘Moon’ and ‘Fish Tank’ Lead BIFA Nods

by admin on October 28, 2009

Fall brings with it awards season, and among our first round of nominations are those of the British Independent Film Awards. According to Empire, Andrea Arnold’s acclaimed Fish Tank took the lead with eight, while Duncan Jones’ similarly lauded Moon came up with seven, including one for lead actor Sam Rockwell.
I’m personally happy to see [...]

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Rihanna Gets Serious On Rated R Album Cover

by admin on October 27, 2009

Black-and-white image features pensive close-up of singer’s faceBy Gil Kaufman

Rihanna’s <i>Rated R</i>

Photo: Def Jam

After the deadly-game song title, razor’s-edge logo and barbed-wire wrap she wore on the cover of her “Russian Roulette” single, it wasn’t unreasonable to expect that Rihanna’s upcoming Rated R album would feature a similarly dangerous image.

But the grainy black-and-white cover shot [...]

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