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Celebs have been stepping out for great causes this October!

Before getting booted from Dancing With The Stars, Nick Lachey and his wife (and fellow DWTS contestant!) Vanessa joined Top Chef Kids co-host Curtis Stone and his wife, actress Lindsay Price, on the red carpet at AdoptTogether's Annual Baby Ball Gala at Neuehouse in Hollywood on Oct. 21.

Tom Welling, Amy Smart and Twilight's Rachelle LeFevre were also among those taking in the the carnival-themed soiree, which Vanessa and Curtis were co-hosting. The duo helped raise over $138,000 during the evening's live auction and also inaugurated "World Adoption Day," which has been designated as Nov. 9.

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'DWTS': Vanessa Lachey Recovers Flawlessly After Wardrobe Malfunction

Sophia Bush was the keynote speaker at Create & Cultivate’s Second Annual Style Summit in Houston Galleria in Texas on Oct. 21. During her chat, the Chicago P.D. alum shared some of the blunt advice she’s known for and even opened up about what...

Viola Davis took home her first Oscar this year, and the phenomenal Fences and How to Get Away With Murder star had her biggest fan by her side: her husband, Julius Tennon. Viola and Julius, a theater veteran and TV actor, met on the set of City of Angels in 1999, just weeks after Viola prayed for a husband. "I was the loneliest woman in the world, and someone said, 'You should just pray for a husband,'" she told Page Six. "I said I wanted a big black man from the South who looked like a football player, who already had children, who maybe had been married before. Three and a half weeks later, I met my husband." The couple tied the knot in 2003 and recently renewed their vows with a star-studded second wedding ceremony; they share a daughter, Genesis, who they adopted as a newborn in 2011, as well as...

The Golden Globes are one of Hollywood’s loosest nights, but some people manage to keep their priorities straight in their acceptance speeches, remembering to thank their better halves.

Gosling’s moving speech was in part a tribute to his “lady,” Eva Mendes.“You don’t get to be up here without standing on the shoulders of a mountain,” he said. “While I was singing and dancing and playing piano … my lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second and trying to help her brother with his battle with cancer.”

Viola Davis made sure to thank her “beautiful husband,...

It all happens at the craft-service table - at least for Viola Davis. In the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview, Davis tells People and Entertainment Weekly's editorial director the story of how she met her husband, Julius ... while eating a bagel. "He was like, 'Hey,' because we had just did a scene," the Suicide Squad star recalls of the moment they met on the set of the CBS show City of Angels. "The only thing I thought was, 'He's good-looking. He's really good-looking.'" For much more on Viola Davis, pick up the new issue of People,...

It all happens at the craft-service table - at least for Viola Davis. In the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview, Davis tells People and Entertainment Weekly's editorial director the story of how she met her husband, Julius ... while eating a bagel. "He was like, 'Hey,' because we had just did a scene," the Suicide Squad star recalls of the moment they met on the set of the CBS show City of Angels. "The only thing I thought was, 'He's good-looking. He's really good-looking.'" For much more on Viola Davis, pick up the new issue of People,...

New Indie: Over the years, Los Angeles has been captured on film as everything from a paradise to a hellhole, but no film has ever shot the city quite like the acclaimed Tangerine (Magnolia Home Entertainment), which follows trans sex worker Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) around various parts of the city as she tracks down her man, who cheated on her while she spent a month in prison. (To add insult to injury, she got locked up in the first place for taking the blame on his behalf.) Followed around by best pal Alexandra (Maya Taylor, a brilliant comic foil), Sin-Dee gets herself into one scrape after another in an orange-hued City of Angels. Director Sean Baker (Starlet, Prince of Broadway) shot the entire movie on an iPhone, but the results are a lot more richly cinematic than...

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Coleen Gray in 'The Sleeping City' with Richard Conte. Coleen Gray after Fox: B Westerns and films noirs (See previous post: “Coleen Gray Actress: From Red River to Film Noir 'Good Girls'.”) Regarding the demise of her Fox career (the year after her divorce from Rod Amateau), Coleen Gray would recall for Confessions of a Scream Queen author Matt Beckoff: I thought that was the end of the world and that I was a total failure. I was a mass of insecurity and depended on agents. … Whether it was an 'A' picture or a 'B' picture didn't bother me. It could be a Western movie, a sci-fi film. A job was a job. You did the best with the script that you had. Fox had dropped Gray at a time of dramatic upheavals in the American film industry: fast-dwindling box office receipts as a result of competition from television,...

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 has released their full schedule for Friday, July 10. For your convenience, we have pulled out all of the movie, TV and DVD related panels and events below, but you can can visit Comic-Con.org to check out the full schedule including comic book and video game panels. Take a look at all of the movie, TV and DVD events that will take place during the first day of Comic Con.

10:00am - 11:00am - Inside The Big Bang Theory Writer's Room

The Big Bang Theory writers once again open the curtain and take you behind the scenes of TV's #1 comedy. From huge guest stars to the shocking moments in the season finale (Was that a ring, my Precious? Will what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas?), find out what it takes to make the hit series each week. Join the show's executive producers and writers...

The red carpet has been rolled out meaning Golden Globes prep is officially underway!

So what shenanigans are in store for us this Sunday? Et caught up with co-host Tina Fey at the Television Critics Association press tour to see what she and her epic bestie Amy Poehler have planned.

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"We have no tricks up our sleeves," Tina says. "We haven't written the show yet. We're going to start meeting. What is today? Tuesday? It's Wednesday? We'll start meeting tonight."

Tina says that this will be the duo's third and final time hosting the Golden Globes, but she promises "it's going to be a good party."

"My favorite thing about it is doing it with Amy," Tina says. "My least favorite thing is, people don't know this, you have to sit on the lap of every Hollywood Foreign Press member and get your picture taken."

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We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes DVD release details for Compound Fracture, trailers for Altergeist and Aftermath, first details on Danger Word, the Stage Fright call for submissions, and the lineup from Sci Fest in Los Angeles, a review of the second season of Holliston, and much more:

Compound Fracture DVD Release Details: “Level 33 Entertainment announced today the release of the highly anticipated horror feature film Compound Fracture coming to DVD and VOD on May 13, 2014. Bringing together three iconic figures in the horror pantheon, Compound Fracture stars Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Hallowee), Muse Watson (Ben Willis in I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th). The movie will be available at all major retail and rental outlets including Walmart,...

Exiting CSI: NY original cast member Hill Harper is spying a new gig — as an ambitious CIA honcho on Covert Affairs.

TVLine has learned that Harper is joining the USA Network drama for Season 4 in the series regular role of an intelligent, charismatic and slightly cocky CIA station chief based in Latin America who plots his way into a bigger position in D.C.

In his quest for greater power, Harper’s character will attempt to make Annie and Auggie his allies, though his actions will cause the pair to question his intentions.

Update: Per our sister site Deadline, Harper...

Viola Davis ''prayed'' for a husband weeks before she met Julius Tennon. The 47-year-old 'Beautiful Creatures' actress used to feel like the ''loneliest'' woman in the world when she was single and thought she would never find happiness. However, after taking advice from a friend to describe her perfect man, Viola met Julius less than a month later when they worked together on Us TV show 'City of Angels' in 2000, and immediately bonded. Speaking to The New York Post newspaper, Viola recalled: ''I was the loneliest woman in the world, and someone said, 'You should just pray for a husband'. ''I said...

To mark the release of Mad Men season 5 on DVD and Blu-ray 5th November, we’ve got 5 copies to give away on DVD.

The men and women of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce are back as Mad Men: Season 5 arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on November 5th, 2012, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Taking place between Memorial Day 1966 and Spring 1967, this long-awaited fifth season of TV’s most stylish show explores Don Draper’s new marriage to Megan, which leads him to put his work in second place for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, Pete, Roger, Joan, and Peggy learn that it really is every ‘man’ for himself in both their personal and professional lives as they each face painful new beginnings.

From creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos) and featuring a stellar cast including Jon Hamm (Friends with Kids), Elisabeth Moss (The West Wing), Christina Hendricks (I Don’t...

Fans of Fox's show Bones have actress/singer Diana Ross to thank for one of the lead characters. Tamara Taylor, who has played the pivotal role of Dr. Camille Saroyan for six seasons, was inspired to become an actress by Diana Ross. "I saw Mahogany and Lady Sings the Blues when I was little and thought, that's what I want to do," recalls the Canadian-born Taylor. It was an odd career aspiration given that little Tamara was, by her own admission, really shy. "I was an only child and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell," she says. Taylor didn't follow the usual path of aspiring actors -- no childhood dance or acting classes.

The daughter of a Black musician father and a Scottish mom who worked as a property manager, Taylor grew up in Toronto. She says she was "a bit...

Viola Davis is producing with an eye to starring in a biopic of African-American political pioneer Barbara Jordan reports Variety.

The story follows Jordan's rise from a poor Houston neighborhood to an elected member of Congress and an influential figure in liberal politics, especially during the Watergate hearings when she addressed Congress on the impeachment of President Nixon. Later in her life she battled multiple sclerosis.

Davis and her husband Julius Tennon will produce the film along with Paris Barclay, Shelly Glasser and Diane Nabatoff. The latter two have optioned the film rights to Mary Beth Rogers' biography "Barbara Jordan: American Hero" which scribe Paris Qualles is adapting.

Barclay will direct, he and Davis previously worked on the CBS medical drama "City of Angels" a little over a decade ago.

Los Angeles — Octavia Spencer inspired her formidable character in "The Help," but the actress turned into a softy Sunday as she accepted an Oscar for the role.

"Oh, thank you," a tearful Spencer said as many in the audience rose to their feet. She expressed gratitude to her family, her colleagues from "The Help" and her native "state of Alabama" as she received the best supporting actress trophy.

The actress played tart-tongued maid Minny Jackson in the movie, which depicted Southern life as the 1960s civil rights movement unfolded. The film is based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel "The Help," and the author drew on her friendship with Spencer in creating Minny.

The two were introduced by a mutual pal, "The Help" writer-director Tate Taylor.

After playing a nurse in the film "A Time to Kill," Spencer was cast as a nurse in several different TV series including "City of Angels" and "Chicago Hope,...

Her astonishing ability to flesh out even the slightest of roles means that Viola Davis is that rarest of Hollywood A-listers – a woman who is both black and in her 40s. Here, the star of The Help reveals why she wishes there were more roles for people just like her

Claridge's, on one of the first truly autumnal afternoons of the year. In the famous foyer restaurant, impeccably groomed ladies and suited and booted businessmen greedily conjure up teatime with Nanny against a backdrop of crisp linen, fine china and tinkling piano music. But Viola Davis is not, apparently, seduced by the sugary pleasures of afternoon tea, ordering a pot of decaf coffee with "heavy-duty cream" and a plate of chorizo (the latter mildly fazes our waiter, although Claridge's staff are never off-balance for long). Perhaps she feels that she needs something more substantial than a fondant fancy to get...

The third time was the charm for Hill Harper. After appearing in two short-lived CBS series, "City of Angels" and "The Handler," he landed the role of Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the network's popular "CSI: NY." In addition to returning for his eighth season of forensics, Harper is looking forward to the release of his fourth book, "The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place."His journey to an acting career wasn't a straight path, but Harper believes in learning and expanding one's knowledge, so he values all his education. "I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting and I knew that I loved theater," he says. But he didn't know anyone in the entertainment industry, so he didn't know how to turn that love into a career. He loved education as well, so he continued his studies, eventually earning his law degree from Harvard and.

Viola Davis has reportedly been linked to a new HBO drama. The actress is considering the lead role in the untitled half-hour project, The Hollywood Reporter says. The show, which is in the early stages of development, follows the ambitious headteacher of a prep school who notices the corruption in their city. Davis stars in the new movie The Help and has previously appeared in television shows such as City of Angels, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and United States of Tara. Her other film credits include Eat Pray Love, Doubt and Knight and Day. (more)...

Next Friday 11th March sees the release of Sony’s new epic alien invasion movie, Battle: Los Angeles. If you’re not sure after seeing all the coverage that we’ve put up so far if this movie is for you, hopefully this infographic will help you decide.

As the infographic suggests, the movie appears to have similar themes to some great movies including; Cloverfield, Saving Private Ryan, Independence Day, District 9, Aliens and Jerry Bruckheimer / Ridley Scott movie, Black Hawk Down.

Battle: Los Angeles is a movie we can’t wait to see and we know many of you out there are looking forward to it also.

Battle: Los Angeles stars Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Cory Hardrict, Lucas Till, Michael Peña and Ne-Yo.

Synopsis: When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new...

Here are two new images from Battle: Los Angeles courtesy of Empire. I am super excited to see this film, it looks like it could be one of the best alien invasion films that we have seen.

Battle: Los Angeles is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and stars Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Cory Hardrict, Lucas Till, Michael Peña and Ne-Yo.

Synopsis:

When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our first and last line of defense against a highly powerful enemy.

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Writer/producer/director Michael Emanuel dropped us a line today to let us know production has wrapped on the upcoming horror omnibus thriller titled Terror Bytes. High School Musical's Corbin Bleu is co-producing and appears in one of the film's segments, marking the star's first foray into the horror genre.

Synopsis:

With Korean vampires, Mexican zombies, Cajun conjurers, and the Irish undead...or as the producers like to call it, “just another night in the City of Angels”, Terror Bytes tells four multi-ethnic, interwoven stories that all take place in and around Los Angeles. According to Emanuel, “It’s the horror version of Robert Altman’s Short Cuts as characters from each segment intersect with the others.”

Corbin Bleu’s segment, titled "Clowned", tells the story of a young street hustler (Bleu) who gets bitten by a clown at a birthday party and begins to undergo a Kafkaesque metamorphosis with horrifying consequences.

Empire have unveiled a couple of new images for new movie, Battle: Ls Angeles. These images look awesome and show the aftermath of the alien attack which looks like it’s going to be rather epic in this new movie directed by Jonathan Liebesman.

Battle: Los Angeles hits UK cinemas 11th March and stars Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Cory Hardrict, Lucas Till, Michael Peña and Ne-Yo.

Synopsis: When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our first and last line of defense against a highly powerful enemy.

Love these new images which you can click to enlarge.

Here’s another poster for new alien invasion movie, World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles which hits UK cinemas 11th March. Battle: La is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and has a cast which includes Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Cory Hardrict, Lucas Till, Michael Peña and Ne-Yo.

This new poster continues the excellent marketing campaign for the movie seeing what looks like metiorites falling into Los Angeles but wbe warned, they’re aliens!

Synopsis: When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our first and last line of defense against a highly powerful enemy.

If you’ve not seen the trailer, you should have a little watch here as it’s rather good and personally, I can...

The time is finally upon us for the 2010 fall TV season to kick off next week with the return of all your favorite series and the premiere of some brand new ones for you to sink your teeth into (or forget about completely). We’ve been posting reviews here and there for several of the new shows, but right now we’re just going to give you the line-up of most of the new series hitting the different networks complete with plot description and premiere time. You can find the line-up after the jump (organized chronologically by premiere date), but stay tuned for more pilot reviews as the fall season starts next week as well as episode recaps for several prominent series both new and old.

Sunday, September 19th

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The undisputed ruler of Atlantic City is the town’s Treasurer, Enoch “Nucky” Thompson,...

Blair Underwood and Jason Ritter talk about the highly anticipated new drama, The Event

The Event is an emotional high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter), an Everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his fianc&#233e, Leila (Sarah Roemer), and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history. Sean's quest will send ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers, including newly elected U.S. President Martinez (Blair Underwood); Sophia (Laura Innes), who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Sean's shadowy father-in-law (Scott Patterson). Their futures are on a collision course in a global conspiracy that could ultimately change the fate of mankind.

The Pilot premieres this Monday, September 20th, on NBC. To help usher in this exciting new series, we caught up with Jason Ritter and Blair Underwood to find out more about what we can expect to see throughout the season.

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the first announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on NBC.

While the Peacock has struggled in recent years, those were like a cakewalk compared to this past season as the network became a very public punching bag over the debacle of its 10pm Jay Leno show experiment, the Leno/Conan media wars, and ultimately the general failure of its shows which all struggled in the ratings - most visibly its two new medical dramas and the once proud "Heroes".

By the end of the season the only real success stories to talk about were the network's well-regarded but not spectacularly-rated Thursday night comedy block (Community, 30 Rock, Office), and "Chuck" which only just got renewed last season and is proving to be one of the network's...

More and more actors are joining "True Blood" as the fresh faces who will appear in the third season. Beside finding an actor to play the heavily recurring character Alcide Herveaux, the show also cast three additional actors for Yvetta, Reverend Daniels and Joe Lee Mickens.

Showrunner Alan Ball chose to pick lesser known actor to play the werewolf Alcide. Joe Manganiello, best known as Owen on "One Tree Hill" gets his major break as Sookie's aid in finding Bill who was kidnapped at the end of season 2. In the book by Charlaine Harris, Alcide is summoned by Eric and will have a fling with Sookie. However, Alcide is emotionally attached to his on and off girlfriend Debbie Pelt. An actress is yet to be found to play Debbie.

Ball said previously that Alcide would probably appear in the third episode. "This good-looking, rough-looking, but articulate and basically decent man is not what he seems.

Basking in the success of its red-hot new drama series Lost and Desperate Housewives, ABC is prepping its fall drama hopefuls. The network picked up four one-hour pilots Thursday from producers J.J. Abrams, Rod Lurie, Steve Pearlman and John Wells' John Wells Prods. What About Brian, from Touchstone and Abrams' studio-based Bad Robot, centers on a thirtysomething single guy surrounded by his married friends. Feature writer Dana Stevens (City of Angels) penned the script. She is executive producing with Lost and Alias exec producer Abrams.

The CBS hospital drama City of Angels has found a syndicated afterlife on TV One, the upcoming cable network targeting blacks. Angels, starring Blair Underwood in a run during 2000, is the first off-net acquisition for TV One, a joint venture between Comcast Corp. and Radio One scheduled to launch in January. King World sold TV One all 24 episodes of Angels, as well as all six episodes of another CBS drama, the James Earl Jones starrer Under One Roof, which ran in 1995. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.