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"Mom, Dad! The baby can talk!" DreamWorks Animation has released a second full-length trailer for their next animated comedy, titled The Boss Baby, made by the same director as the Madagascar series and Mastermind. The first trailer introduced us to the "Boss Baby", an adorable baby voiced by Alec Baldwin who carries a briefcase and harbors a malicious desire to put an end to ever-so-cute Puppy Co. Other voices in this are Miles Bahski, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, and Steve Buscemi. This looks fun, and they're obviously selling the sibling rivalry and cuteness above all else, I just hope there's something more to this. Maybe the story of them becoming friends is the core emotion. Check it out below. Here's the second official trailer for DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby, direct from YouTube: You can still watch the first official trailer for The Boss Baby here, to...

Every December it bears repeating: Anyone who thinks this was a bad year for movies simply hasn’t seen enough. In an age of binge-viewing, a preponderance of must-see premium cable shows and, hell, even smartphone apps that command far more attention most feature-length achievements, the true range of quality cinema is often obscured by the noise of an ever-cluttered media landscape. To really assess the state of modern movies, one look beyond the obvious. Sure, it was a weak year for movies that stand out mainly due to star power and sizable marketing budgets, but those options represent only a small fraction of the marketplace.

The film festival circuit provides an ideal alternative to conventional channels for discovering movies worth talking about all year long — and, if they’re lucky enough to land distribution, they quality for year-end celebration on lists like this one. This year, every single finalist...

New York Comic Con has once again rushed by in a giant, fun, crazy blur, and although I didn’t get to nearly all the things I was hoping to, I did have a rockin’ time and see some really cool things I can share.

The first of these were a few great panels I landed seats for, including, as is my tradition, the Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel. If you don’t know I love the current Tmnt, then what are you, new here? But seriously, I love it. And each panel I have gone to brings something new and different.

This panel (with Andrea Romano (voice director), Eric Bauza (Tiger Claw), Kevin Michael Richardson (The Shredder), Greg Cipes (Mikey), Rob Paulsen (Donnie), and Ciro Nieli (Executive Producer)) was particularly fun, because one of the things they did was a live read of episode #420, “The Super Shredder,” which...

"Fine, I can talk. Now let's see if you can listen." DreamWorks Animation has released the first teaser trailer for their next new comedy movie, titled The Boss Baby, from the director of the Madagascar series and Mastermind. Alec Baldwin voices the adorable little baby, seriously called just "Baby" in the film, who is a suit-wearing briefcase-carrying kid that teams up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Other voices include Miles Bahski, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, and Steve Buscemi. This teaser makes it look like there is quite a bit of tension between the baby and his brother, but it seems like they'll probably end up friends by the end. What do you make of this? Here's the first official trailer for DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby, direct from YouTube: He wears a suit, speaks with the...

An all-out bird/pig war, a problem sorority, and the perfect old-school buddy film are headed to theatres this weekend! The Angry Birds Movie

You’ve played the app, and chances are, you've probably downloaded one of the sequels too (personally, I’m a fan of the Star Wars version). Now those fearless little flyers are coming to life on the big screen in The Angry Birds Movie! Not only do we finally get a little background story as to why these poor little birds are so angry, they now have voices! Not just grunts and screams! Real voices! Jason Sudeikis plays the permanently angry “Red,” Maya Rudolph steps in as anger management coach “Matilda,” and Josh Gad (you know him as Olaf in Frozen) gets all animated again as the hyperactive “Chuck.” Other voices to note: Blake Shelton plays a pig named Earl, Sean Penn lends his voice to the oversized “Terence,...

Burbank, CA (April 26, 2016) – Imagine having the power to change history. Journey with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to the 1960s with the release of 11.22.63 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on August 9, 2016. Executive Produced by Emmy® winner J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), Stephen King (The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me), Bridget Carpenter (Friday Night Lights. Parenthood), Bryan Burk (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) the event series includes all 8 episodes (9 hours) as well as a brand new featurette. 11.22.63 is priced to own at $39.99 Srp for Blu-ray and $29.98 for DVD.

Viewers hurtle deep into the unpredictable darkness of the American dream. James Franco stars as Jake Epping, a high school teacher at a loss with his life, who wants to make a difference and do something meaningful. Encouraged by his ailing friend (Chris Cooper), Jake journeys back in time to...

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli will headline Broadway Holiday, a festive evening of singing, signing and celebration produced by Other Voices Kim Weild, Artistic Director Jill Bernard, Producing Director. The evening benefits Other Voices' winter workshop with the students of PS347 The American Sign Language and English Lower School. The special evening will feature cast members from Spring Awakening, Beautiful, Amazing Grace, Cabaret and more singing and signing holiday classics and leading a holiday singsign along. The benefit will be held at 42West located at 514 West 42nd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues on today, December 17th, 2015. Tickets are free and can be reserved at www.othervoicesholiday.eventbrite.com. There is a suggested donation of 20 at the door.

Trainspotting 2: First released in 1996, the brash British drug drama Trainspotting jump-started the careers of actor Ewan McGregor and director Danny Boyle. Now a sequel is finally on its way, with the original cast intact, including McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle; Boyle will once again direct, based on a script by John Hodge, who wrote the original. Plans are to shoot the movie next spring, aiming for a theatrical release in 2017. [THR]   Wes Anderson: Bill Murray will reteam with director Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, above) for a stop-motion animated movie about dogs. Naturally, Murray will voice a dog, though the breed has not yet been revealed. He described the project as "a Japanese story." Other voices...

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I’m searching for a song tonight, I’m changing all the stations… Just in time for an all new TVLine Mixtape!

What follows is a collection of tunes showcased recently on your favorite shows, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection.

Spoilers abound, and we chose songs we liked – but we always want to hear your thoughts and suggestions.

So peruse our playlist, then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams. And remember: You can always submit questions or suggestions about TV music on Twitter @NiveaSerrao.

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Check out this adorable new trailer for director Anthony Silverston’s Khumba.

After screening at the Annecy and Durban film festivals, it was announced yesterday Khumba will have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Khumba tells the story of a half-striped zebra who is blamed for the drought by his superstitious herd. He leaves his home in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. Teaming up with an overprotective, sassy wildebeest and a self-obsessed ostrich, this plucky young zebra meets an array of wacky characters in an unforgettable adventure through the Great Karoo desert to earn his stripes.

The cast includes Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne and Steve Buscemi.

Khumba is the second animated feature to be produced by Cape Town-based, Triggerfish Animation Studios, which has seen a successful global release of Adventures In Zambezia. The original...

Concord, N.H. -- Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is rife with the author's handwritten edits – most notably changing the femme fatale's name from Connie Gustafson to the now-iconic Holly Golightly.

Its plot – built around a young woman who supports herself through trysts with various wealthy lovers – was controversial. Harper's Bazaar bought serialization rights for $2,000, then balked at its explicit content and profuse profanity. Esquire magazine purchased it from Harper's and launched it to its 1961 silver screen adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn.

The manuscript is being offered for sale by a New Hampshire auction house and is expected to net at least $250,000 later this month.

It is the centerpiece of hundreds of Hollywood-themed items offered by Rr Auctions in its online auction April 18-25. Other items include memorabilia autographed by James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Judy Garland and Lucille Ball. Also offered is an...

In 1984, The Terminator was a relatively low budget ($6.5 million) action-adventure film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, hot off Conan and Linda Hamilton pre-Beauty and the Beast. Written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, it was a fun little science fiction film of a potential future that needed to be avoided. Things blew up and Arnold stoically told a cop and the audience, “I’ll be back.” No one knew at the time that the film would trigger such an enthusiastic response, giving us sequels, comics, novels, and a television series. Suddenly, SkyNet, John Conner, Sarah Conner and the Terminator T-800 model would become a part of the social fabric of pop culture. It also got Cameron sued by Harlan Ellison, who successfully argued that the story lifted a lot from the classic “Soldier” story penned for The Outer Limits. Little wonder then, that when Blu-ray discs started showing up, it...

Marina and the Diamonds and Two Door Cinema Club are among the acts confirmed for this year's Other Voices festival. Beth Orton, Neil Hannon and Daughter will also perform at the Irish festival, which has relocated from Dingle to Derry this year after it recently won the title of UK City of Culture 2013. A special show will also be hosted at London's Barbican Centre in April and streamed online in association BT Infinity. Other Voices has been billed as Ireland's 'secret festival' since it began ten years ago, with acts including (more)...

Fox has ordered 13 episodes of a new animated comedy dubbed Murder Police, which the net says follows a “dedicated, but inept detective and his colleagues – some perverted, some corrupt, some just plain lazy – in a twisted city precinct.” The series from David A. Goodman (Family Guy) and Jason Ruiz will bow sometime during the 2013-14 season.

“David and Jason came to us with a really fresh take on law enforcement that we’ve never seen before,” said Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly in a statement. “With Murder Police, these guys are taking a staple genre of television – the cop show...

Jack Frost can make a fantastic snow ball. That’s what the new Rise of the Guardians featurette wants you to know about its teenage rebel. That and other things.

Here’s a quick synopsis of the film:

Rise of the Guardians is an epic and magical adventure that tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost – legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere.

Jack Frost is voiced by Chris Pine. Other voices provided by Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, and Jude Law.

The film hits theaters November 21, 2012. Here’s the video:

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Chicago – It’s incredibly easy to make jokes about the 3rd and 4th subpar films in the “Terminator Anthology” but that’s missing the point. Yes, the series goes downhill a bit after the amazing “T2” and slides even further in the pretty awful McG finale but collectors don’t care. This is a set, exclusive to Best Buy and the WB Online Shop, for true collectors, those of you who get excited for nifty packaging and the ability to hold a whole series in your hands. It’s a great box set even if not all four movies could correctly be called “great.”

Rating: 4.5/5.0

The first two undeniably could. James Cameron’s “The Terminator” and “T2: Judgment Day” are two of the most influential and entertaining sci-fi films of all time. They are timeless. “Rise of the Machines” has moments that work but it’s creatively a step down,...

Dishonored, the upcoming first-person stealth game from Bethesda Softworks and Arkane Studios, has been looking good in previews so far. Now, Bethesda has pulled back the curtain on the game’s voice cast, and there are some impressive names on it for sure.

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon will perform her first video game voiceover as street hermit Granny Rags, while Carrie Fisher will take the role of a voice broadcasting government propaganda over numerous loudspeakers. Other voices include Brad Dourif (Child’s Play), John Slattery (Mad Men), Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass), and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones). Daniel Licht, composer for the TV series Dexter, will also provide the game’s musical score.

More details can be found in the following press release:

Bethesda Softworks Announces Award-winning Cast For Dishonored™

August 3, 2012 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today revealed the all-star cast lending their voices to DishonoredTM, a...

Jennifer Baichwal is an accomplished Canadian filmmaker whose ever-searching documentaries have taken up such diverse subjects as photography (The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams’ Appalachia), literary biography (Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles), the metaphysics of lightning strikes (Act of God), and the devastating underside of mass Western consumption (Manufactured Landscapes). In her latest film, Payback, loosely based on the prolific Booker Prize–winning author Margaret Atwood’s book-length study of debt as a structuring principle of life, language, and contemporary culture (the subtitle for her tome is The Shadow Side of Wealth), Baichwal investigates the disparate ways in which the idea of indebtedness has come to define everything from blood feuds to labor practices, prison terms to environmental clean-up efforts.

What does it mean to say we “owe” someone? How are debts created? Under what conditions do we seek justice or retribution, or attempt...

It was back in March this year that we warned you of the imminent return of Spiritualized. This March, in 2012, the Jason Pierce-fronted band will make its presence known again. The English rock act has announced its new album "Sweet Heart Sweet Light," to drop some time in that thawing month. The band performed at the Other Voices festival in Ireland last weekend, the set streamed for audiences who couldn't make it. Leftover are two new songs, now available via The Guardian: "So Long Pretty Things" and "Hey Jane."On the latter, I closed my eyes and heard Brendan Benson. On...

Antonio Banderas provides the voice for Puss in Boots again in this Shrek spin-off.

The animated Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots will hit theaters a week earlier than expected, DreamWorks Animation and Paramount have decided.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Puss will make his strutting 3D debut just before Halloween on October 28 instead of November 4. The film charts the Antonio Banderas-voiced character’s pre-Shrek adventures with distinct nods to Zorro. Banderas played that character in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro with Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Other voices that will be heard in Puss in Boots include Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris.

Steve Carell has lent his acting skill when stopping by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Tuesday, July 26. Together with the show's host, he was featured in a sketch called "Other Voices" which was claimed to be a clip taken from Jimmy Fallon's former talk show which aired for only two weeks in Canada at 3 A.M.

Carell and Fallon appeared wearing strange turtlenecks as the host recalled "The Office" vet's appearance on his "last talk show". They opened their mouths as if they were talking, but it was other people's voices which came out. Fallon was seen bursting into laugh several times when the 48-year-old comedian made comical expression to match the dialogs.

Prior to this, Cameron Diaz has acted in "Other Voices" sketch with Fallon.

Carell made appearance on Fallon's late night show to promote his upcoming movie "Crazy, Stupid, Love." which will open wide in theaters across the nation this Friday,...

I haven't really been keeping up with the animated features that both Warner Brothers and Marvel have been churning out over the past few years, but clearly someone out there is buying them because they just keep on making them. One of the advantages of these direct-to-dvd comic book adaptations is that they can take their stories directly from specific comic book story arcs without having to cater to the whims of studio execs, secure in the fact that they are targeted at a niche audience. Indeed, one of the most recent Warner Premiere releases was All-Star Superman, based on Grant Morrison's award-winning re-invention of the Man of Steel. Next up we have an even more highly revered title: Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. In theory, an animated adaptation of this comic sounds like a great idea, but in reality, I have some doubts. Warner has continued their...

‘Will to Live’ is the new genre film of cross cultural appeal. This is an Indo-American production which has been shot exclusively in California and dense jungles of India. A score of Hollywood and Indian filmmakers were involved in this feature film.

Synopsis

‘Will to Live’ is inspired from a true story. It’s the fight of a courageous father for his son ailing from Lymphoma (Cancer). Against all odds, an American father makes his adventurous journey into jungles of Himalyas in the quest of a rare herb that may cure his son’s Cancer. He has been given a ray of hope for his son. Battling the depths of the jungles, greed, power and corruption and risking his own life, he tries to fight fate itself. The story explores the intensity of a father’s love. How far will a father go to save his child’s life?

Comments the producer Amrit Das,...

The Series:

I don’t know what baseball cap wearing little boy growing up in the mid-80s didn’t love Transformers, whether it was from the simply animated classic cartoon or all of the coolest damn toys ever from Hasbro, but if you didn’t, then you must’ve been a Ninja Turtle fan. Or at least where I came from, you were a Turtle or a ‘Bot. I was a ‘Bot. Call me sentimental, but I liked my cartoons with silly morality messages of teamwork, friendship, and loyalty, and that’s why I transformed and rolled out.

But Beast Wars? That’s been a completely forgotten section of the Transformers lore to me, yet despite that and thanks to the third Michael Bay movie, Shout! Factory has rolled out the Transformers: Beast Wars – The Complete Series on DVD for all of us.

First airing in September 1996, the show...

"You may know my name, but you do not know... the legend!" DreamWorks Animation has unveiled their full theatrical trailer (and a new poster) for spin-off series Puss in Boots, starring Antonio Banderas as the voice of the one-and-only fighting kitty, Puss in Boots. Other voices include Salma Hayek as Kitty Softpaws, Billy Bob Thornton and Zach Galifianakis. This looks awesome! I really mean that, I've seen some footage before, but this trailer is hilarious and entertaining, it just looks like a whole lot of fun. Maybe it's just great to see DreamWorks starting fresh with a new franchise again. I actually suggest watching this! Watch the theatrical trailer for DreamWorks Animation's Puss in Boots via Yahoo: You can also watch the full Puss in Boots trailer in High Definition on Yahoo A story about the dramatic events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and company.

Music of Indo American venture 'Will To Live' is launched in the presence of Producer Mr Amrit Das, M.D. of music label FilmyBox Music Narendra Singh, Music director Bhappi Lahari, Mamta Sharma, Reema Lahari, Bappa Lahari etc.

Show was anchored by Sheena Chohan, Miss India Universe in 2010. A leading model too, she is making her acting debut in a Malyalam film opposite Mamootty.

Renowned Music Director Bappi Lahari has created a perfect fusion of Western and Indian music for 'Will To Live'. Its Hindi Lyrics is written by Sameer & Sudhakar Sharma. Made in English & Hindi languages both, International singer Mc Hammer has sung the title song of Will To Live. Other voices are of Asha Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chouhan, Kumar Sanu, Sharon Prabhakar, Reema Lahari and Mamta Sharma. For the first time in India, English and Hindi songs have blended together in one film Album of 'Will To Live'.

Music...

International rapper M.C. Hammer had the pleasure of working with our own desi disco master and rapper Bappi Lahiri for international project Will To Live. This Indo-American venture is made in English and Hindi languages and has music by Bappi Lahiri. Title track 'I got the music' has music & voice by Mc Hammer as well as by Bappi Lahiri. Comments Bappi Lahir, "this song has more of a fusion with rap." While Hammer even wrote the lyrics for his rap, Bappi da has sung his part in Bollywood style.

Music is the soul of the Bollywood films and for Will to Live the legend Bappi Lahiri has created a perfect fusion of Western and Indian music. International singer Mc Hammer has sung the title song of the film. Other voices are of Asha Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chouhan, Kumar Sanu and Sharon Prabhakar. A remix version of jashn ki raat is sung by Mamta.

DVD Playhouse—April 2011

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Allen Gardner

Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood’s spiritual thriller follows a trio of characters whose seemingly disparate paths converge: Matt Damon as a blue collar Joe who tries to fight against his psychic powers that see “the other side,” Cecile de France as a journalist who somehow survives the tsunami that crushed Indonesia, and a London schoolboy (Frankie and George McLaren) who seeks answers after losing his twin brother. Like all of Eastwood’s films, the narrative construction is tight as a drum, with solid work by all involved. That said, “solid” would have to be the operative word to describe the proceedings here, as well as “unremarkable” and “uninvolving” on an emotional level. Perhaps we expect too much when we see Clint’s name on a film these days, but that’s the flip side of being one of the best. Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

DVD Playhouse—April 2011

By

Allen Gardner

Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood’s spiritual thriller follows a trio of characters whose seemingly disparate paths converge: Matt Damon as a blue collar Joe who tries to fight against his psychic powers that see “the other side,” Cecile de France as a journalist who somehow survives the tsunami that crushed Indonesia, and a London schoolboy (Frankie and George McLaren) who seeks answers after losing his twin brother. Like all of Eastwood’s films, the narrative construction is tight as a drum, with solid work by all involved. That said, “solid” would have to be the operative word to describe the proceedings here, as well as “unremarkable” and “uninvolving” on an emotional level. Perhaps we expect too much when we see Clint’s name on a film these days, but that’s the flip side of being one of the best. Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

Yes, folks. It is no longer Romeo & Juliet. Touchstone Pictures has transformed the famous story into Gnomeo & Juliet, an animated family adventure film!

Directed by co-director of Shrek 2, Kelly Asbury takes part in this renovated outlook on the Shakespearean masterpiece. The film hosts classic popular songs by Sir Elton John. Meanwhile the voices of our hero and heroine, Gnomeo and Juliet, are by stars, James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. As we know the story, will the two find love among their feuding families? Or feuding neighbors should I say? Other voices for this movie will sound overly memorable to movie audiences such as Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Jason Statham, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Ozzy Osbourne, Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas and Richard Wilson.

Instead of swords and old Shakespearean tongue, viewers are shown a more inventive take on the tale. It definitely has the potential to be a cute family movie.

Yes, folks. It is no longer Romeo & Juliet. Touchstone Pictures has transformed the famous story into Gnomeo & Juliet, an animated family adventure film!

Directed by co-director of Shrek 2, Kelly Asbury takes part in this renovated outlook on the Shakespearean masterpiece. The film hosts classic popular songs by Sir Elton John. Meanwhile the voices of our hero and heroine, Gnomeo and Juliet, are by stars, James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. As we know the story, will the two find love among their feuding families? Or feuding neighbors should I say? Other voices for this movie will sound overly memorable to movie audiences such as Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Jason Statham, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Ozzy Osbourne, Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas and Richard Wilson.

Instead of swords and old Shakespearean tongue, viewers are shown a more inventive take on the tale. It definitely has the potential to be a cute family movie.

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As moviegoers wait for Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Inception” to hit theaters, Universal will keep family crowds sufficed with their 3D animated toon “Despicable Me” while Fox looks to re-energize its ‘80s franchise “Predators” sans Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Their biggest foe for the No. 1 spot at the B.O.? “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” as it heads into its sophomore frame.

Despicable Me

This Steve Carell-voiced comedy about a softie villain named Gru with the looks of Uncle Fester from the “Addams Family,” has already garnished positive reviews and upbeat word of month. The film was produced for only $69 million and is tracking to make over $30 million which is great for Universal which could use more hits this year after a slew of misfires such as “Green Zone” and “The Wolfman.”

“Despicable Me” follows Gru who is trying to reclaim his global image as the #1 villain by stealing the moon.

Katy Perry, George Lopez and Neil Patrick Harris are all in the 2011 movie as well.

By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Ryan Downey

Alan Cumming

Photo: MTV News

Editor's note: After this story was published, Quentin Tarantino's publicist told MTV News that the director is not involved with the "Smurfs" movie.

With a "Smurfs" movie coming together some 30-plus years after the franchise broke through here, names are coming fast and furious of who will be providing the voices of the iconic blue characters. We caught up with a "Smurfs" co-star who is decidedly taller than three apples high to get the scoop on his character.

"I'm Gutsy," Alan Cumming revealed when we spoke to him over the weekend at Elton John's Oscar viewing party. As best as we can tell, there was never a "Gutsy" on the 1981-89 cartoon series, which hooked millions of little kids on...

Buena Vista Records has announced they will release two albums for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, one is a 16-song compilation featuring the end credit track “Alice (Underground)” written by Avril Lavigne and produced by Butch Walker, and the other is Danny Elfman's original motion picture score. The compilation includes songs from Franz Ferdinand, The All-American Rejects, Owl City, Mark Hoppus, Pete Wentz, Wolfmother and others. A full listing is available in the press release, included after the jump. On p of those two releases, Disney is wisely releasing an exclusive version of the Almost Alice compilation, which will include two bonus tracks, to Hot Topic stores to capitalize on the punk-goth/Burton connection. Buena Vista Records Presents Almost Alice Featuring Other Voices From Wonderland Album Introduces Fifteen Newly Recorded Songs In A Whimsical Take On Lewis Carroll’S Wonderland Including Avril Lavigne’S “Alice (Underground)” Almost Alice...

I've been seeing posters around for the upcoming Dreamworks animated 3-D film How to Train Your Dragon for a couple of months now, and I haven't once been inspired to seek out any additional information about it. I hadn't even watched the first teaser trailer that surfaced online back in September, but now that a longer trailer has arrived over at Yahoo! [1], I figured I might as well give it a shot. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch), the movie is about a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, who sets off to slay a dragon, and ends up befriending one instead. One thing that is kind of interesting is the fact that Jay Baruchel is voicing the main character and his dry, non-typical delivery seems to hold some promise. Other voices include Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, and America Ferrera.

He died in 1984, but had he lived the elfin author would be 85 years old today. Any self-respecting gay guy probably already knows the basics: He wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's, he wrote In Cold Blood, he was lifelong friends with Harper Lee. He conducted a lifelong public feud with Gore Vidal, he hosted the infamous Black & White Ball. Oh, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar playing him in the 2004 film, Capote.

After the break, 5 things you might not know about Truman Capote.

1. The author's photo that appeared on the back oh his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms (1947), arguably got more attention than the book. Many felt it was too suggestive (i.e. gay) and the controversy actually launched Capote as a public figure, rather than simply an author.

Truman Capote portrait by Harold Halma

2. He claimed to have had an affair with Errol Flynn (but then he often claimed...