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With the announcement for the 76th Primetime Emmys set for July 17th, let’s travel back 70 years and revisit the winners of the 6th Emmy Awards held Feb. 11, 1954 at the venerable Hollywood Palladium and telecast on Khj. New categories introduced that year included best new program and supporting actor and actress in a TV series. Prior to 1954, performers were nominated as individuals, but this year the program for which they were nominated was also included. NBC was nominated for 36 Emmys, while CBS placed second with 30 and ABC trailing far behind with just three.

CBS’s cherished “I Love Lucy’ won its second Emmy for best comedy series, while Vivian Vance took home her only Emmy for the show for her supporting role as Ethel Mertz. The other nominees for comedy series were CBS’ “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show,” NBC’s “Mr. Peepers,” CBS’ “Our Miss Brooks,” and CBS “Topper.

In his classic 1994 essay “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart,” David Foster Wallace pondered why so many athlete memoirs — and tennis player memoirs in particular — fail to provide sports fans with what they really want to know. What does it feel like to fail in front of millions of people? How does a human being handle such intense pressure? What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation? Maybe, Wallace eventually concludes, the answer to that last question is “nothing much at all,” and “the real secret behind top athletes’ genius may be as esoteric and obvious and dull and profound as silence itself.”

In his two previous sports documentaries, “Senna” and “Diego Maradona,” filmmaker Asif Kapadia has gone a great distance toward disproving Wallace’s thesis, using ingeniously edited archival...

Henry Sandon, longtime Antiques Roadshow expert, television personality, author and lecturer, has died. Sandon died “peacefully” Monday at a care home in Malvern, Worcestershire, his son John Sandon confirmed to BBC. He was 95.

Sandon joined BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow in 1979 as the resident expert on porcelain and pottery. His final appearance was on September 30, 2018.

“To the millions who tuned in every Sunday evening to watch The Antiques Roadshow, Henry was like a favourite uncle, whose enthusiasm for even the humblest piece of chipped china was infectious,” John Sandon, who also appeared on the show, said in a statement.

“His joy when he discovered a rare Staffordshire pottery owl jug, nicknamed ‘Ozzie’, was a magic TV moment few will forget.”

Sandon was an expert on Worcester porcelain and a curator of the Dyson Perrins Museum, which became the Worcester Porcelain Museum and then the Museum of Royal Worcester.

Sandon’s...

Smoky casinos, ceaselessly chiming slot machines, and drinking that happens so early it almost perverts the concept of day-drunk — Las Vegas has it all. This year, it also had the Grammys. Outside the main event, the 2022 edition of “Music’s Biggest Night” didn’t draw as many parties as it has in the past, but it turned out less was more this time around — a phrase surely never before uttered in the land of buffets and 8 a.m. cocktails.

Joni Mitchell Returns

A musical “this is your life” for the one and only Joni Mitchell,...

“Nine Days” takes a ludicrous premise and plays it straight. Writer-director Edson Oda’s innovative drama revolves around the tireless plight of Will (Winston Duke), a jaded middle-manager trapped in a purgatorial cycle of interviewing souls for the opportunity of life. Oda’s script is rich with bold ideas, beginning with the surreal notion of entire lives unfolding through VHS tapes and climaxes with a hyperbolic recitation of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” It’s an enchanting fantasy bookended with genuine emotional beats. Somewhere in between them, however, it settles into a dreary slog bogged down by repetitive existential blather over the course of two hours, as if enmeshed in a soul-searching journey of its own.

. The opening act has a striking immersive quality as the purgatorial setting gradually comes together. Spending tireless hours in a dimly-lit house surrounded by emptiness in every direction, Will watches the lives of...

It’s difficult to find an aspect of popular culture that Hugh Hefner didn’t influence during his long, remarkable life. Spanning journalism, television, film, fashion and, of course, sexuality, his impact on music is one of the least heralded aspects of his legacy. Over the course of two seasons, Hefner used his weekly syndicated variety show, Playboy After Dark, as a platform for a broad spectrum of artists.

Psychedelic sounds from San Fransisco (courtesy of the Grateful Dead), early heavy metal (provided by Deep Purple), country-tinged balladeers (thanks to Linda Ronstadt and the Byrds) and old-school crooners (like the...

Lili Reinhart has come a long way.

The Riverdale star revealed opened up to fans on Saturday about her struggle with depression before the CW series was picked up for a full season last year.

Exclusive: 'Riverdale' Boss Reveals Why [Spoiler] Was Shot in the Finale and Everything to Expect in Season 2!

“I cried tears of joy. In that moment I became a working actress with a steady job. Something I had been working towards for 7 years,” Reinhart tweeted. “And now here we are, gearing up to film season 2. And I could not be more grateful. Riverdale came into my life when I was going through the worst depression I had ever experienced. And in the end it completely saved me.”

Related: 6 Reasons Why 'Riverdale' Is the New Teen Drama We've Been Waiting For

“When I’m feeling depressed or sad, I remind myself how far I’ve come. And how I didn...

Mama June gets totally rumbled by her fitness coach Kenya on this week’s From Not to Hot — after hiding a secret stash of ice cream and chocolates to gorge on so she can avoid her diet. Kenya is so furious when he finds the horde of sweet treats that he storms out, shoving the ice cream tubs in Honey Boo Boo’s lap saying: “If you don’t care, I don’t care either. I can’t be more invested in this thing than you. This is your life.” He also tells the camera: “It’s not what I found that disappoints me, it’s that...read more...

Mama June's been caught cheating on her diet.

In a new From Not to Hot clip, the reality star's daughters, Honey Boo Boo and Pumpkin, expose their mother's slipping ways to her trainer after discovering a bag of candy in her bag.

Watch: Mama June Considers Boob Job With Skin Removal Surgery on 'From Not to Hot' -- Which Bra Size Will She Choose?

"Last few weeks, I've been lying to Kenya about sticking to my diet," the 37-year-old explains. "I've really been stressed out and eating since I had that meeting with Jennifer."

"I can't be more invested in this thing than you," June's trainer implores. "This is your life."

Exclusive: Mama June Body Shamed on Date for Dropping Too Much Weight 'In the Upper Area' -- Watch

June's radical weight loss journey has taken her from 352 pounds to a size 4, as documented by the show, but she's faced her fair share of pitfalls.

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As on-the-nose cinematic warnings go, This Is Your Death is like a bright-red clown schnoz. Giancarlo Esposito directs a reality show gone suicidal, but it’s all with positive intent. Writers Noah Pink and Kenny Yakkel mean to affirm life, not death. Society is too obsessed with garbage “reality” shows and social white noise, corrupted by The Bachelor (women pitted like catty gladiators) and warped programming. Success is now monitored by viral appeal. Ex-con models who post slutty pictures 24/7 amass 2.5 million followers, while the youngest college graduate *ever* is known only by a few thousand. Esposito’s response to all this digital rot? Simple: turn it off.

Josh Duhamel stars as television host Adam Rogers, who becomes a national hero after saving one of his Married To A Millionaire contestants during an unexpected murder/suicide finale. Rogers’ network positions him as a hero, but that doesn’t cleanse the blood from his own hands.

Alec Baldwin, hot off SNL, will be honored in a night of comedic tributes from his closest friends and co-stars in Spike TV's original special, One Night Only: Alec Baldwin. Described as part This is Your Life, part Dean Martin Roast, One Night Only: Alec Baldwin is a black tie affair that will be taped at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater in New York City on Sunday, June 25, with Baldwin’s friends and luminaries from the worlds of comedy, film and television. The…...

Hacksaw Ridge

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Summit Entertainment

2016 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 139 min. / Street Date February 21, 2017 / 39.99

Starring – Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn, Rachel Griffiths, Luke Pegler.

Cinematography – Simon Duggan

Film Editor – John Gilbert

Original Music – Rupert Gregson-Williams

Written by – Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight

Produced by – Paul Currie, Bruce Davey, William D. Johnson, Bill Mechanic,

Directed by – Mel Gibson

Combat movies fascinate this reviewer — if you look at the Savant review index you’ll see that I review practically every war picture of note that I can get my hands on. But brace yourself — I become huffy when I see themes of patriotism and faith used to deliver dicey messages.

Mel Gibson’s big, slick WW2 combat film Hacksaw Ridge tells the truly inspiring story of combat medic Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor and the only one to...

David Rossi, profiling god.

That's the central theme of Criminal Minds Season 12 Episode 9. 

Oh yeah, the Bau also makes some progress on the escaped serial-killer front.

The occasion this episode is the FBI's brightest young minds coming together to learn from the agency elder.

Or, to put it another way, "The Art of Psychological War" by David Rossi.

It was fun to see scenarios suggested by the seminar participants being acted out by the Bau members, at least in animation, as Rossi gruffly corrects them.

It's understandable that Rossi is tense. 

First, it's his birthday, and he's not getting any younger. Second, every year serial killer Tommy Yates gives him a present: the name and location of one of his many kills.

To further complicate things, Yates is one of the few escaped serial killers still on the loose. So to taunt Rossi further, he's feeding him the location of fresh,...

Since late October, Abigail Spencer has been in that special “zone” actors rarely enter, where they’re starring in two series airing simultaneously. On NBC’s Timeless, she plays Lucy Preston, a history professor enlisted for a series of daring trips through time, while on Sundance’s Rectify, she plays Amantha, a onetime murder suspect’s sister, who’s been on a wild journey of her own.

With Timeless about to unspool its final two episodes of the fall (Mondays at 10/9c, before breaking until Jan. 16) and Rectify entering its final two weeks ever, TVLine spoke with Spencer about her very distinct,...

Like the collapse of a building, Alex's life is crumbling around him.

Just as he was getting ready to face the court on Grey's Anatomy Season 13 Episode 9, Jo finally told Alex her secret. The reveal prompted him to turn into hero mode real quick.

Elsewhere in the episode, Richard learned he was being replaced, and Owen's marriage took a turn for the worse.

Alex has grown immensely since we first met him as an arrogant, selfish intern. He's a caring doctor, a loving partner, and a great friend. Despite his sardonic comments, Alex ultimately tries to do the right thing, even at the expense of himself.

He was ready for whatever outcome the court would decide. However, Jo's confession set him on a course that he may not be able to come back from. 

Realizing that she would have to testify, Jo worried her abusive husband would be able...

Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you haven't watched Thursday's Grey's Anatomy fall finale.

Alex Karev's life is crumbling before his very eyes.

On Thursday's fall finale of Grey's Anatomy, the suspended Grey-Sloan Memorial pediatric surgeon made a costly decision about his future that would dramatically stall his personal and professional lives.

With a trial beginning the next day for his assault case over beating up his fellow doctor, Andrew DeLuca, Alex made the decision -- to Meredith's many objections -- to take a plea deal. The result of such a decision meant Alex would be going to prison for two years, though it's unclear if he actually will go through with it. Darn cliffhangers!

Related: 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Jason George: Ben and Miranda Face 'Serious' Challenges

What prompted Alex to admit his guilt and plan to spend the next two years behind bars? Much of it was motivated by ex Jo Wilson's confession, the day before...

Like you’ve never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016 Shortly after Monday night's presidential debate, Apple Music released a video teaser for an upcoming interview Mary J. Blige conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Though the interview, called The 411 with Mary J. Blige seemingly in reference to Blige's landmark 1992 album What's the 411, is ostensibly an actual sit-down, the clip showed Blige serenading Clinton with a song about police brutality. "If an officer stops you, always be polite,...

Like you’ve never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016 Shortly after Monday night's presidential debate, Apple Music released a video teaser for an upcoming interview Mary J. Blige conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Though the interview, called The 411 with Mary J. Blige seemingly in reference to Blige's landmark 1992 album What's the 411, is ostensibly an actual sit-down, the clip showed Blige serenading Clinton with a song about police brutality. "If an officer stops you, always be polite,...

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Sometimes funny, often poignant, narration can be hugely effective when deployed successfully. Ryan picks a few great examples...

“God help you if you use voice-over in your work my friends! God help you. That’s flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can use narration to explain the thoughts of a character.”

So says screenwriting coach Robert McKee in Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s 2002 film, Adaptation. Well, not the real screenwriting coach Robert Mckee, but the one played in superbly aggressive style by actor Brian Cox, who stomps about on stage at a writing seminar like an angry bull. Brilliantly, McKee’s condemnation of voice-overs interrupts the interior thoughts, as narrated by Nicolas Cage’s fictionalised version of Charlie Kaufman - a terminally anxious screenwriter with an Everest-sized case of writer’s block.

It’s an example of the quirky, hall-of-mirrors kind of humour that courses through Adaptation,...

Matt Damon is officially a certified pirate. During Friday morning's commencement exercises at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Damon, the keynote speaker, received an "MIT Pirate Certificate" from school President Rafael Reif - a cheeky nod to his role as a self-described space pirate in the hit 2015 film The Martian. "Usually, you can only receive this certificate from MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation," Reif told Damon and the more than 2,800 undergraduate and graduate members of the class of 2016, before referencing Damon's character in the film. "But since you - and Mark Watney - have done...

Matt Damon is officially a certified pirate. During Friday morning's commencement exercises at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Damon, the keynote speaker, received an "MIT Pirate Certificate" from school President Rafael Reif - a cheeky nod to his role as a self-described space pirate in the hit 2015 film The Martian. "Usually, you can only receive this certificate from MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation," Reif told Damon and the more than 2,800 undergraduate and graduate members of the class of 2016, before referencing Damon's character in the film. "But since you - and Mark Watney - have done...

Michael Strahan wanted his final installment of Live With Kelly and Michael to feel pretty much the same as all the other episodes from his four years at the hosting table.

RelatedTV’s Bloody Thursday: 12 Shows Cancelled — Which One Hurt the Most?

“I don’t like a big to-do about it,” Strahan said to Kelly Ripa, early in the hour. “I think that we come out here every morning, we do our host chat, we make people laugh. We do what we’ve got to do. I think that’s what we need to do… have fun and get on with our show.

Lucifer’s quest for a vessel on Wednesday’s Supernatural takes a surprising twist.

RelatedSupernatural Boss Tackles Burning Qs About Amara, God, Adam and More

His plan to convince Sam to say, “Yes,” begins with a nostalgic “This is your life, Sam Winchester!” journey through moments from the hunter’s past. (It’s a clever use of “flashbacks” and features welcome appearances from Colin Ford as young Sam and old footage of Adam, but I really didn’t need to be reminded of the Amelia/”I hit a dog” arc.)

Despite Lucifer’s reasoning that in order to defeat The Darkness,...

Focus Features has optioned Jonathan Evison’s This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, the author noted on his Facebook page and Deadline has confirmed. “Oh, and Btw I was told this morning I could share this much of my developing good news: Focus Features has optioned Harriet Chance and has big plans for it .. humbled and grateful yet again … ,” Evison said in the post, “and now, back to the salt mines, although I can feel beer-thirty coming’ on early tonight!” The title…...

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To many longtime wrestling fans, it’s obvious that WWE and, therefore, the wrestling business is at one of the lowest points in history. Attendance is down all over the country for all events, TV ratings have gone down to their lowest point in nearly 20 years, and mainstream acceptance of wrestling and wrestlers is non-existent.

Since WWE is a monopoly, they reflect the wrestling industry in North America. Fans of Tna and Roh can pretend that their promotions matter but they are essentially independent companies with television exposure. For better or worse, WWE is the reflection of the wrestling business and their business is in the toilet.

Wrestling fans, almost exclusively under the age of 25, defend the product to the bitter end because, quite honestly, they have never seen great wrestling. Their only exposure to the product is the WWE monopoly and all the problems that come with that.

Perhaps today just wasn’t the right day for Robin Schulz to put out a house album. For all intents and purposes, Sugar is a sincere enough collection of four-four dance music – but when it’s measured against the yardstick of Kaskade’s Automatic and Disclosure’s Caracal, both of which also came out today, it comes across as a largely risk-less attempt to reach the widest audience possible while still maintaining some semblance of artistic integrity.

To his credit, Schulz did succeed in making a consistent follow-up effort to 2014’s Prayer. Every track on the album features the stylistically mature marriage between groove and melody that Schulz has developed over the last decade or so. Heavily driven by both instrumentals and lyrics, the songs on Sugar certainly don’t come across as the attempts of a novice producer, and some are even profound in their own right.

Nonetheless, most...

Network Ten has appointed Hilary Innes as a senior member of the executive production team.

Innes will report to chief programming officer, Beverley McGarvey.

She was most recently head of entertainment at ITV Studios Australia..

Innes has also previously the roles of head of entertainment at Nine Network, executive producer at Nine Network and executive producer/Series producer at Seven Network.

McGarvey said she was delighted Innes had agreed to join Ten.

.Ten is the fastest growing commercial network in Australia this year . thanks to hit shows such as MasterChef Australia, I.m A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here!, Family Feud, The Project, The Living Room, The Bachelor Australia, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Shark Tank and Gogglebox . and the time is right to add to our very talented Executive Production team," she said.

.Hilary is one of the best in the business and has been responsible for some...

Twin Peaks, Season 2, Episode 6, “Demons”

Written by Harley Peyton & Robert Engels

Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter

Originally aired November 3, 1990 on ABC

“Do you understand the parasite? It attaches itself to a lifeform and feeds. Bob requires a human host. He feeds on fear, and the pleasures. They are his children.”

So much of the time, the care we have for other people brings us pain. Allowing yourself to have love for someone else puts you in a state of vulnerability, a scary place where it becomes far easier to wound. Sometimes, it’s from outside sources, but it can also come from within. The problem is that we can’t help ourselves. There is nothing more powerful than the love and care we have for others, even if we know pain will come. But especially if we don’t.

The people of Twin Peaks are perhaps more cursed in this regard than most.

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Wake up. Smoothie. Early morning gym session. Work. Evening Run. Weights when you get home. High-Protein Dinner. Yes, it’s exhausting being a fitness freak. But when you finally get to check yourself out in the bathroom mirror and see how great you look – finally makes it all worth it.

When it comes to fitness you know exactly how much you need to eat, precisely how far you should run and just what weight you need to lift to help you achieve and maintain body perfect. You have thrown out the common-excuses book and no longer hear your own mind saying ‘I haven’t got the time to train’, ‘I’m too tired after work’ or ‘I will miss today but work out extra hard tomorrow’. This is your life and you love it this way.

Achieving the perfect body is hard work. There are no shortcuts or easy way around getting toned up,...

James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain might be two of the friendliest, most jovial people in real life, but in their latest film, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, they’re in the middle of an especially unfortunate situation. They play Conor and Eleanor, a loving couple who become strangers after their marriage disintegrates. The film was originally split in two, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her in an effort to offer both perspectives on the situation, but come September 12th, we’ll get a combination of the two, Them. In honor of the film’s release, we got the opportunity to sit down with McAvoy and Chastain to talk about the process of making the two movies and then see them turned into one. We also discuss McAvoy’s improvising skills, X-Men: Apocalypse, if the way they work changes when moving from one director...

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WWE legends Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mick Foley have opined on Cm Punk’s potential return to WWE. Speaking on The Steve Austin Show podcast, Austin seemed more inclined to believe that Punk will return one day. Foley in contrast was more sceptical, noting how headstrong Punk had been in past conversations.

Austin noted that pro wrestling is Punk’s passion, which could inevitably lead to him returning. “Because if it’s what you love — and I know he loves the business,” Austin remarks. He then goes on to express the fed up feelings he himself suffered in 2002, which resulted in his own walkout. Austin points out that he ended up returning after less than a year out, “I jumped at the chance to come back.”

Perhaps in time Punk will end up feeling the same way Austin did. Yes he was fed up, but then he got over it,...

Life is a whirlwind for the stars of Netflix's "Orange Is The New Black." When they aren't journeying to Los Angeles to accept awards for the prison dramedy's first season which premiered in July 2013, they're still doing publicity for the second season which premiered in June 2014 and then, of course, there's the third "Orange Is The New Black" season, now in production. That meant there was a lot of ground to cover when I talked to Uzo Aduba last week, starting with thanking her for dropping by the TCA Awards ceremony in July (she joked on Twitter that she, Taylor Schilling, Kate Mulgrew and Danielle Brooks were furloughed). We talked about the Emmy process, which sees her going up against Laverne Cox and Natasha Lyonne for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, including the selection of "Lesbian Request Denied" as her submission episode. And we discussed Aduba's journey in the second "Orange" season,...

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One of the most entertainingly twisted brawlers in the wrestling business, Mick Foley went to great (sometimes sickening) lengths to entertain wrestling fans.

Despite the soap-opera theatrics of wrestling, Foley nonetheless earned 300 stitches, a broken nose (twice), dislodged teeth, a dislocated jaw and broken bones from head to toe. Oh, and he lost an ear.

Is he a masochist? Actually, he’s a stand-up comedian, and has been for several years now, touring around the world from the UK to Ireland to Australia, and performing for American service-members in the Middle-East and South Korea.

A three-time WWE champion and two-time New York Times #1 best-selling author, Foley’s one-man stage show returns to Canada at the end of this month.

“Hardcore Legend: An Evening with Mick Foley, is by turns uproariously funny, simply surreal, and surprisingly sensitive – a full course meal for the senses, including a Q&A and...

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasn’t just given the moniker “The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment” because it sounded cool. Whether in the ring or on the mic, he lived up the name every time he was in front of a crowd. The Rock has treated us fans to some of the most memorable moments professional wrestling has ever seen.

His legendary rivalry with Steve Austin, the Rock n’ Sock Connection which gave us “This is your life, Rock”, his run as the Corporate Champion and virtually everything he was ever a part of was entertaining.

The third generation star clearly had the business in his blood. He’s one of the three biggest stars the industry has ever seen, alongside Austin and Hulk Hogan, and he’s used the tools that made him such a gifted performer in the squared circle to carve out a successful place among Hollywood’s elite,...

Ricky Gervais celebrates his 53rd birthday today (June 25), and to mark the occasion Digital Spy has trawled through the comedy star's film and TV archive to pick out some of his greatest ever guest roles.

From an early appearance in Spaced to serenading Marge in The Simpsons, here are seven of the best cameo appearances from The Office creator.

1. Spaced (2001)

Mere months before the first episode of The Office aired and Ricky hit the big time, he had a blink and you'll miss it cameo as a slippery estate agent in Spaced. His character 'Dave' incorrectly placed a property ad asking for a couple, which set off a string of events that led Tim (Simon Pegg) and Daisy (Jessica Hynes) to move in to Marsha's flat. The rest is sitcom history.

Ricky is great in this little cameo, managing to make the click of a mouse funny, and the butterfly...

I’m filling in for Allison this week, and to quote Oberyn, “I will be your champion!” Okay, probably not so much, but I will be going through this unusual episode of Game of Thrones [side note: I haven’t read the books]. When I watch Game of Thrones, I expect horrible things to happen, and so this episode threw me for a loop because it was primarily people being nice to each other. Granted, the specter of death looms large (as always), but as our characters peer into the abyss, it’s a bonding experience…for the most part. Hit the jump for why “a bit of comfort never hurt anyone.” For a show that likes to tease big moments and epic action, “Mockingbird” was captivating even though almost every scene was just a conversation between two people. When there was a third party, it was a minor character meant to illuminate either a fact (like Arya...

Godzilla 1954, Mickey Rooney, Giant Ants, Fascists, and rarely seen ‘Musty Stuffer’: Eclectic Packard Theater movies in May 2014 (photo: ‘Godzilla’) Godzilla 1954, Mickey Rooney, military fascists, deadly giant ants, racing car drivers, and The Mishaps of Musty Suffer, a super-rare slapstick comedy series from the 1910s, are a few of the highlights at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theater in May 2014. Godzilla 1954 and fellow movie monsters Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla 2014, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, and Bryan Cranston, opens on May 16 in much of the world. On May 8 at the Packard Theater, you’ll get the chance to check out Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla 1954 aka Gojira — in the original, Toho-released, Japanese-language version (i.e., without Raymond Burr). As part of its Godzilla double bill, the Packard Theater will also present Motoyoshi Oda’s Gigantis, the Fire Monster aka Godzilla Raids Again (1955). Besides Godzilla, the Packard Theater will...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Meshuggah, Motorhead, DragonForce, Chiodos, Sebastian Bach, Memphis May Fire, Slipknot, Gojira, Powerman 5000, Bane and more. Don't touch that dial.

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Did you know that Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine makes his own wine? Mustaine Vineyards debuts with a Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, dubbed "Symphony Interrupted." More info is here.

Metal Blade Records has signed Nonpoint. The band's eighth album is due out in the fall.

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Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor's covered Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark" for the new Ronnie James Dio tribute compilation. Listen to it here. This Is Your Life is out this week.

DragonForce have announced their sixth album, Maximum Overload, which will be released on August 18 via Metal Blade Records. Listen to a demo of a new track titled "Defenders" here.

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Metallica, Kiss, Judas Priest, Black Flag, Opeth, Def Leppard, Arch Enemy, Whitechapel, Skid Row, Stray from the Path, The Wonder Years, Gwar and more. Don't touch that dial.

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I’m very sad to report the passing of Gwar frontman/founder and Holliston co-star Dave Brockie (Aka Oderus Urungus). Details are scarce, but he was found dead in his home yesterday at the age of 50. Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of seeing a Gwar show knows what a huge loss this is for the metal community. Rest in peace.

In a recent interview, Rob Halford confirmed that the new Judas Priest album is done and is “fucking heavy." Look for it later this year.

Opeth are eying a June release on Roadrunner Records for their upcoming eleventh album,...

Showing up to the McDonald's-sponsored Nylon Cover Launch Party on Thursday (December 5), Joe Jonas and girlfriend Blanda Eggenschwiler supported long-time friend, Demi Lovato.

Sporting his manly mustache, the 24-year-old front man recollected his recent interview with New York Magazine, in which he revealed a few details, including the use of marijuana, that Demi and Miley Cyrus initially probably wanted to keep secret.

"I think there was a lot of anxiety that came about from it, just because it’s something that’s so raw and real," Joe said. "I had good people supporting me, a close-knit group of people that knew it was going to be released."

Jonas continued, saying, "I remember talking with my manager, and he was just like, 'Look man. This is your life. This is your story. You gotta put feelings to the side for a second and just know that this is what you want to say.

Previously, On Reven8e.

Nolan gets a new roomie, Emily’s ex-husband pays a visit, and we get a surprise blast from the past.

Here are five highlights:

Nolan’S Roommate Rules

Aidan needs a place to stay, and Nolan generously offers a warm place to rest his weary head. But there have to be rules, and one of them is The Line Of The Week.

“Rule #17: No fish for breakfast. 18: No killing on the premises, but it can be disregarded if my life is in danger. Ahh … most importantly, 19: Always give a heads up call before coming home. I am on the rebound, so bitch, don’t kill my vibe.”

Blindwoman’S Bluff

One of the great things about Season One was that Emily was always one step (or two, or forty) ahead of everyone, something that was lost in the muddled Season Two. But tonight...

The novelist talks to Emma Brockes about friendship, rivalry and being a '30-year overnight success'

Fiction asks a lot of people, says Meg Wolitzer, "to tell them that you need to learn about these characters, to take time out in your day from being frightened for your livelihood and your children, to think about Susan and Bill, who don't exist. It's a nervy thing to ask." She asks it of herself every time she sits down to write – "What fiction ought to do" – and the answer had better be good. "The anxiety makes me a stronger writer."

The Interestings, Wolitzer's ninth novel, is more ambitious than any she has written so far, tracking a group of friends from the moment they meet, at summer camp, up through the decades of their lives. It has done very well in the Us, so that at 54, Wolitzer has become, as a friend joked to her recently,...

Review by Sam Moffitt

I grew up a monster kid in the 1960s. I tried to watch any movie with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney or Peter Lorre, whether the movie was horror or not, I loved all these actors. But Bela Lugosi has always had a special place in my heart and I’ve made every effort to see all his films. Phantom ship was one title that has eluded me for years, until now.

Courtesy of Image Entertainment and Netflix I finally caught up with Phantom Ship, also known as The Mystery of The Mary Celeste. Was it worth the wait and worth seeing? Yes and no, depending on how you feel about Lugosi. This is one film that allowed Lugosi room to move and create a character not really related to horror movies and it show cases just how good an actor he really was.

Baby Kimye is finally here! Kim gave birth to a healthy baby girl on June 15 in Los Angeles. Congrats to the new parents!

Kim Kardashian,32, and Kanye West, 36, are officially first-time parents! The superstar couple welcomed their baby girl in the early morning of June 15, and both mom and the baby are doing well!

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Baby Born

Kim welcomed her baby in the early morning of June 15, about a month earlier than expected, according to TMZ. Sources tell the site that mom and the baby are in good health.

Their daughter was born at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles at around 1:30 in the morning. Both our and TMZ’s sources report that Kim had a natural birth.

Our sources tell HollywoodLife.com Exclusively that boyfriend Kanye West was there for the entire thing — in the delivery room right by Kim’s side — even though he’s...

Cinelinx knows as long as we've got each other, and the Growing Pains Season 3 DVD set, we've got the world spinning right in our hands.

This Warner Archive release is a Manufacture-On-Demand (Mod) DVD. It is made to be played in "play only" DVD devices, and may not play in some DVD recorders or PC drives. This disc, however, played fine in the Toshiba DVD recorder used for this review. This title is available directly from WBShop.com by clicking here.

The Set-up

The Seaver family faces the trials and tribulations of suburban life in the 1980s. This DVD set includes all 26 episodes of season three (1987-1988). Included are the following episodes: "Aloha (Parts 1 and 2)," "Taking Care of Business," "Not Necessarily the News," "Michaelgate," "Big Brother is not Watching," "A Star Is Born," "Gone but Not Forgotten," "Who's Zoomin' Who?" "This Is Your Life," "Broadway Bound," "The Scarlet Letter," "A Reason to Live,...

Khloe Kardashian has long been known as the Best Kardashian. Recently, she's also been named the Hottest Kardashian, and from today on, she shall be recognized as the kindest, most eloquent Kardashian, and also as the Kardashian most likely to make us all cry our eyes out. She really is something very special.See, Khloe wrote a letter to her big sister, Kim, and the whole thing is really moving, but let's just touch on some highlights, all right? Here's the opening:"I find it disturbing that society loves to critique a woman's shape no matter how beautiful or happy she may be within herself. I am a first hand victim to public attacking in regards to my body or appearance. That is low in and of it self. but I can not tolerate one more vicious attack on my sister! For anyone to ever criticize a woman who is...

Like the majority of women, Kim Kardashian has gained weight during her pregnancy. Though her weight gain is completely normal, the tabloids haven't been kind to the reality star, and her sister Khloe Kardashian has had enough.

In a letter to her sister, which Kim posted on her own blog, Khloe writes that she finds it "disturbing that society loves to critique a woman's shape no matter how beautiful or happy she may be within herself."

Khloe, who is often a tabloid target because of her own weight fluctuations, wrote that she "can not tolerate one more vicious attack on [her] sister!" and says that anyone who criticizes a pregnant woman for gaining weight is "true scum" in her eyes.

The 28-year-old reality star wrote that Kim's pregnancy should be a "memorable and beautiful" time and the tabloids need to stop being so "careless" with their words.

She went on to...

Heavyweight boxer, James Bond stuntman and bodyguard to Hollywood stars

The abiding memory that millions around the world will have of Nosher Powell, who has died aged 84, is of him fighting in vain to save his aeroplane after it had been attacked by a seagull in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Gert Fröbe may have been the German officer in charge of the plane but it was Powell who, as the stuntman and double, ended up in the water.

Powell's first appearance as a stuntman was in Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944). He also had small roles in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948) and Cosh Boy (1953), with Joan Collins. In 1952 he was a boxer in Emergency Call, in which he fought the former world champion Freddie Mills. Powell had a decent if not outstanding boxing career himself, reaching No 3 in the British heavyweight rankings.

George Frederick Bernard Powell was born in Camberwell,...

From Tilda Swinton to Michael Shannon and Ken Jeong,

they're not the stars but they steal the show. Chosen by the Guide's film writers, the prizes for the 23 best supporting actors of 2013 go to …

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1. Tilda Swinton

Age 52

You'll have seen her in We Need To Talk About Kevin, Michael Clayton, The Beach

There are times you feel as if Swinton has made it her mission to eradicate all traces of natural provenance. She's achieved an almost clone-like physical presence: an ageless, androgynous, translucent-skinned human blank, ready to be moulded into whatever role she's assigned. And boy does she get through them. She's been everything from a distressed housewife to the Angel Gabriel; corporate lawyer to Narnian ice queen. But in personality terms, she's the complete opposite of a blank. Malleable though she may be, Swinton has ironically become her own trademark.

X Factor host Dermot O'Leary has expressed an interest in presenting a political TV show.

O'Leary revealed in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that he had turned down the chance to appear on BBC politics show Question Time, but said that he would consider fronting his own politics project.

The TV host said that he fancied taking part in Question Time to "satiate my ego", but admitted that he had concerns about expressing his views and opinions in an age of "internet-generated instant opinion".

"However, I'm into politics," he added. "And I'd like to host a political show, though my manager will probably shudder to hear me say it."

In 2003, O'Leary was asked by The Guardian whether he leaned politically towards Labour, Tory, Liberal or Socialist Workers and the TV star replied: "I suspect that these days I'm politically closest to the Socialist Workers, but they'd take all my money so it's still Labour.