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Since Hollywood tried to get a jump on the holiday weekend, everything opened on Wednesday, so "Public Enemies" and "Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs" are both playing wide, and for anyone ...
Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?"
Nomination Status: Defending champion
Bottom Line: We'd forgotten that Jean Smart was last year's Emmy winner in this unpredictable category. When we remembered, though, we weren't surpri...
A detour on her way to Broadway? Anne Hathaway will perform in a revival of "Twelth Night" in Shakespeare in the Park this summer. This night she presents at the 2009 Tony Awards.
Never doubt the power of the Pixar brand. After falling out of the top spot on Friday behind the surprise debut of the Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover," Pixar's "Up" staged a comeback on Saturday and Sunday to...
The buzz had been building on Warner Bros. "The Hangover" for some time, but even the Burbank studio must be surprised after the Todd Phillips comedy grossed a stunning $16.5 million on its opening day. ...
There are few conversations I look forward to as much as I do those few and far between excuses that come up to talk to Danny McBride. I just plain like that I work in an industry that figured him out.
The idea...
A T. rex nemesis named Grumpy approaches has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell), redneck survivalist Will (Danny McBride, primate Chaka (Jorma Taccone) and research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) in this pi...
I got my chance to chat with Will at the tail end of a very long press day. I had missed him on-set, and even this conversation got cut short. It's a shame, and I hope at some point in the near future, I c...
Will Ferrell is doing many things to promote his big screen version of "Land of the Lost." Most of them are pretty typical. He's doing a junket. He's doing the talk show circuit. He appeared on the MTV Movie A...
The 2009 MTV Movie Awards made more news than even the network was expecting with the dropping of Bruno (aka Sacha Baron Cohen) and his butt into Eminem's face. Still, there was a lot more to love or hate including a ...
