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Adam Goldberg returns to the horror genre in The Exorcism as a stern director with something darker gripping his lead actor. Co-starring with Russell Crowe, Goldberg praises the film's attention to detail and his ability to tap into the worst side of himself. Crowe specifically requested Goldberg for the role, showcasing their strong on-screen chemistry and admiration for each other's work.

Adam Goldberg is back in the director's chair in a different fashion with The Exorcism. After finding early success with a major role in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, Goldberg has since made a name for himself both in front of and behind the camera in a number of iconic projects, including the Oscar-winning Saving Private Ryan and A Beautiful Mind, as well as co-writing and directing I Love Your Work and No Way Jose. More recently, Goldberg has been a series regular on the Queen Latifah-led The Equalizer,...

Beth Riesgraf is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Parker on the tv shows Leverage and Leverage: Redemption.

Beth Riesgraf Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Beth Riesgraf was born on August 24, 1978 (Beth Riesgraf: Age 44), in Belle Plaine, Minnesota to Janet and Elroy Riesgraf. She graduated from Cimarron-Memorial High School in 1996 where she was student body president and senior prom queen. Riesgraf has one child, Pilot Riesgraf-Lee, from her past relationship with actor Jason Lee.

Beth Riesgraf Biography: Career

In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Riesgraf talked about what got her interested in acting in the first place. “When I was five, my kindergarten had a gong show, and I was Peter Rabbit. I had my little shaky voice was still happening back then and I had to sing and hop down the aisle with my basket,” Riesgraf laughed. “The gong went at the end,...

Judy Greer has appeared in over a hundred movies and TV shows since she began her Hollywood career in 1997. One of her earliest roles was in the 1998 romcom, Kissing A Fool, starring David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, and Mili Avital. The Universal Pictures movie was a complete flop, but Greer would continue her career working as a co-star in comedies and romcoms during the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2000s, she branched out and began work in more serious roles, such as the psychological thriller, I Love Your Work, and the 2002 Japanese fantasy movie, The Cat Returns.

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In 2014, she published her autobiography, I Don't Know Where I Know You From: Confessions Of A Co-Star, cementing her role as one of Hollywood's most prolific co-stars. here are some of her best characters ever.

"It's a good thing you're in New York and I'm in Los Angeles then," Mel Brooks says, before howling with laughter. He's just been informed that, as preparation for getting the 90-year-old filmmaker on the phone, the interviewer he's speaking to has consumed a large amount of black coffee and baked beans — the same combination that fuels the notorious, and extremely noisy campfire sequence in Blazing Saddles. "Actually, three thousand miles between us might not be enough — it depends on the coffee. There are easier ways to get in the mood to talk to me,...

As you may already know, artist Greg Capullo recently ended his run on Batman with Scott Snyder last week. As a way to pay tribute to Capullo’s work on the comic, artist Rick Celis recreated all of the cover art that was created for the Batman comics Capello worked on and reimagined them in the style of Batman: The Animated Series. I’ve included some of my favorite pieces below, but to see the full collection of them, click here.

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After #GregCapullo and @ssnyder1835 Batman V2 48 #New52BamanTAS- #BringbackBatmanTAS Batman Tas + Capullo #Mashup #Batman #btas #New52 #BatmanTas #rebirth #PaulDini #brucetimm #jimgordon #mrbloom #SuperHeavy #rickcelis

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One day Jesse Eisenberg was walking down the street with his cousin when a fan yelled out, “Hey, I love your work.” The star thanked the fan, and his cousin interrupted: “How do you know he was talking to you?” In some circles, the star of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “The Social Network” isn’t the biggest celebrity in the family. His cousin, Jamey Eisenberg, is a senior fantasy writer and on-air personality for CBS Sports with a podcast, several columns, regular radio spots and a video show on CBSSports.com. Also Read: 'Batman v Superman' Success...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: True or false: You have a red phone in your office designated specifically for Gilmore Girls scoops. Any more intel? —Kirsten

Ausiello: False. The phone is Isabelline, to match the color of the Stars Hollow gazebo. As far as fresh intel goes, I carved out an exclusive little AA nugget from my chat with Milo Ventimiglia concerning a showdown between his Jess and Matt Czuchry’s Logan. Specifically, will the Netflix revival treat us to one? “I...

I still get nervous about certain interviews. It's human. I love movies dearly, and have since I was young, and when I talk to filmmakers who I respect enormously, I tend to either talk waaaaaaay too fast or just overcomplicate my questions. Once things start, though, a good conversation is a good conversation, and I relax into things. That's particularly easy when you're talking to someone who give back as good as they get, and that's the Coen Brothers in spades. Three quick points before we dig in. First, enjoy Backstory, a new video series we're doing here at HitFix in which I pull back the curtain a bit on the stories that went unreported or untold over the last 25 years while I've been working here in La. While I spoke to the Coens about To The White Sea during our interview, we didn't get into the impact that the film's implosion had on them,...

Even if Brie Larson doesn't win the Screen Actors Guild Award on Saturday night, she'll have a sweet treat waiting for her. Early Saturday morning the actress shared on Instagram the impressive chocolate creation she found in her hotel room. "Whoever this chocolatier is that keeps leaving chocolate interpretations of awards in my room before I attend the actual show: I love your work, it makes me feel like I've already won, and I would like to present you with this," she wrote, adding a trophy emoji. The fresh-faced Room star posed behind the chocolate comedy and tragedy masks, which remained,...

#OscarsSoWhite has been trending (again) since the Academy announced their nominations for this year’s Oscars without including a single person of color — and users have taken to social media to post as many memes, GIFs and photos about the issue as they can. One user took Matthew McConaughey‘s chest beat from “The Wolf of Wall Street” and simply photoshopped an Oscar statue into the video. The famous “Danny DeVito, I love your work!” clip from “Mean Girls” was used in response to the actor speaking out on the diversity issue. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced what it referred.

The run up to Empire‘s solid debut last night on Fox didn’t come without any opposition. Its main source of criticism came from 50 Cent, who accused the Lee Daniels-backed series of copying the marketing techniques of the Starz show Power that the rapper executive produces.

50 posted this now-deleted photo on Instagram:

[Photo Credit: @50Cent]

However, after watching last night’s premiere, their stark difference is clear. Empire tells the story of Luscious Lyon (Terrence Howard), a former drug dealer turned music mogul, and the struggle amongst his family for individual power. Meanwhile, Power follows Ghost, a club owner trying to keep his drug-dealing side hustle and his mistress at bay.

When Empire co-star Taraji P. Henson, who plays the Lyon’s fresh-outta-prison matriarch, was asked about 50′s comments, she made this unforgettable comeback:

[Photo Credit: @therealtaraji]

To which 50 hilariously responded:

I’m at CES 2015 working #Smsaudio @tarajiphenson don’t be mad at me.

The run up to Empire‘s solid debut last night on Fox didn’t come without any opposition. Its main source of criticism came from 50 Cent, who accused the Lee Daniels-backed series of copying the marketing techniques of the Starz show Power that the rapper executive produces.

50 posted this now-deleted photo on Instagram:

[Photo Credit: @50Cent]

However, after watching last night’s premiere, their stark difference is clear. Empire tells the story of Luscious Lyon (Terrence Howard), a former drug dealer turned music mogul, and the struggle amongst his family for individual power. Meanwhile, Power follows Ghost, a club owner trying to keep his drug-dealing side hustle and his mistress at bay.

When Empire co-star Taraji P. Henson, who plays the Lyon’s fresh-outta-prison matriarch, was asked about 50′s comments, she made this unforgettable comeback:

[Photo Credit: @therealtaraji]

To which 50 hilariously responded:

I’m at CES 2015 working #Smsaudio @tarajiphenson don’t be mad at me.

Julie Walters has warned that fame isn't as attractive as it seems.

Speaking at a Q&A to launch BAFTA's new live strand A Life in Television, Walters suggested that fame has been "misinterpreted as if it's something wonderful".

"I must admit, when people first started saying, 'You were in that show', I thought, 'Cor, look at me!'" she joked.

"It didn't take long for me to realise this isn't a good thing. It's nice. I'm not saying it isn't nice when people say, 'That was great, I love that show', and, 'I love your work'. Of course that's lovely. [But] Michael Caine once said it, didn't he? Someone asked, 'What's it like to be rich and famous?' And he said, 'Well I'd much rather just be rich'."

She added: "People don't realise how precious anonymity is until it's gone. Once it's gone, it's really difficult to go and do things.

Yesterday’s fourth annual The Contenders event at the DGA was a smash hit as 13 studios and distributors, along with their stars and filmmakers, got to show off their awards season slate to an audience heavy with Academy and key Guild voters. And those companies with big Oscar hopes showcased all the usual suspects this year from The Imitation Game to Birdman to Foxcatcher to The Theory Of Everything and on and on with the kinds of films that are usually awards fodder this time of year.

But perhaps the most surprising inclusion was the sudden presence of none other than Chris Rock in the race. Although Chris wasn’t there in person for the large industry crowd (he was busy in NYC boosting Saturday Night Live to its best ratings of the season), his movie Top Five was prominently included in Paramount’s reel right alongside their other upcoming...

Love, sex and ‘Parks and Recreation,’ straight from Leslie Knope!

We need Amy Poehler to release a book every week (we know that sounds impossible, but we don’t need a full memoir every time. We’ll take a picture book, a pamphlet, whatever she has time to write). Because a new book equals another press tour equals Adorable Amy Overload.

Her latest stop of amazing Amyness was a Reddit Amaa (Ask Me Almost Anything). Below, we have organized her best, most Amy-tacular answers into four easy-to-read categories. Read all her responses with a wink, a smile, and that Amy Poehler giggle. Enjoy.

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Love, Sex & Partying

What pickup line is guaranteed to work on you every time? “’Are you tired? You should leave this party and go to sleep.’ Oh, you're right! Thanks! Bye!”

If you were a Game of Thrones character who would...

Hannibal Episode 202

“Sakizuke”

Written By: Jeff Vlaming and Bryan Fuller

Directed By: Tim Hunter

Original Airdate: 7 March 2014

In This Episode…

The “mosaic man” victim, Roland Umber, wakes to find himself in this hideous pile of bodies. We later learn that a lifetime of heroin use has given him a very high tolerance - the amount that killed other people was just a good buzz for him. He tears himself away from the bodies he is sewn to - literally. He is so desperate to escape that he pulls and pulls until his flesh is just ripped away from his body. With big, bloody patches of missing flesh, Roland races, naked, from the silo that held him. As he leaves, his captor drives up, and he wastes no time chasing his escaped paint swatch into the corn field. What follows is a tense cat-and-mouse chase, which ends when Roland comes to the edge of a cliff.

Matt Damon's been busy promoting Monuments Men this week with a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live and a visit to Good Morning America, and he also made time for a special Reddit Ama. In the Ask Me Anything Q&A, fans and redditors have free rein to ask Matt whatever they want, and one wanted to know if Matt ever gets confused for Channing Tatum. Matt replied that he hasn't had that happen with Channing, but he does get confused for another star. Read more about his funny mistaken-identity scenario: "I do get confused with Mark Wahlberg a lot, and we just have a deal that whenever we get mistaken for each other we have to be very polite. Can't give the other a bad name. "This happened to me yesterday, I was walking down the street with my kids, and this guy screamed 'Mark Wahlberg!' I just kept walking,...

Lindsay Lohan has reunited with former Mean Girls co-star Daniel Franzese as the cult film approaches its 10th anniversary.

We take a rather fond and fetch trip down memory lane to see what the comedy's central stars - including Lacey Chabert and Lizzy Caplan - have gone on to do a decade later:

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert plays runt of The Plastics litter and Toaster Strudel princess Gretchen Wieners.

The 31-year-old star, who famously played Claudia Salinger in cult series Party of Five from 1994 to 2000, has also appeared in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with Matthew McConaughey and provided the voice of Family Guy's Meg Griffin before Mila Kunis took over.

Tim Meadows

Tim Meadows stars as democratic principal Mr Duvall, who attempts to restore calm when pages of the infamous Burn book rear their ugly heads.

Following the film's release, 53-year-old comedy writer and actor Meadows has starred in...

A three-time Webby Award winner and a 2009 World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader,” who has exhibited at MoMA and built the world’s largest time capsule with Yahoo!, Jonathan Harris can now add the firestarters Idfa DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling – for his latest interactive project I Love Your Work – to his esteemed CV. In it Harris invites us on an online journey not to the Arctic Ocean with Alaskan Eskimos – as he did in his previous piece, The Whale Hunt – but into the lives of nine women residing in a much hotter climate, that of the […]...

A three-time Webby Award winner and a 2009 World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader,” who has exhibited at MoMA and built the world’s largest time capsule with Yahoo!, Jonathan Harris can now add the firestarters Idfa DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling – for his latest interactive project I Love Your Work – to his esteemed CV. In it Harris invites us on an online journey not to the Arctic Ocean with Alaskan Eskimos – as he did in his previous piece, The Whale Hunt – but into the lives of nine women residing in a much hotter climate, that of the […]...

Even though technology-focused artist Jonathan Harris has a project at Sundance New Frontier — I Love Your Work, a documentary about the makers of lesbian porn experienced in your own private viewing booth — he’s been stuck. Creatively stuck, that is. And at Transom, he’s penned (and illustrated) an essay, “Navigating Stuckness,” that is both a meditation on creative block as well as, writes the site, “an autobiographical journey with teachable moments.” He’s broken down the stages of his creativity by years, tracking his life alongside projects like the data visualization work We Feel Fine, the storytelling platform Cowbird and […]...

Even though technology-focused artist Jonathan Harris has a project at Sundance New Frontier — I Love Your Work, a documentary about the makers of lesbian porn experienced in your own private viewing booth — he’s been stuck. Creatively stuck, that is. And at Transom, he’s penned (and illustrated) an essay, “Navigating Stuckness,” that is both a meditation on creative block as well as, writes the site, “an autobiographical journey with teachable moments.” He’s broken down the stages of his creativity by years, tracking his life alongside projects like the data visualization work We Feel Fine, the storytelling platform Cowbird and […]...

I honestly had very little to go one when I added A.J. Edwards’ The Better Angels to my predictions list and the fact that it has been included among the New Frontier offerings means that we’re in for something out of the ordinary, as the section has often challenged conventional form. Produced by Terrence Malick, and filmed in B&W, it features Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley and a newbie actor taking on the role of a young Lincoln. Here is the entire listing of five (plus installation projects), which will include Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s on-going Hit Record project.

The Better Angels / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: A.J. Edwards) — Set in the harsh wilderness of Indiana, this is the story of Abraham Lincoln’s youth. It tells of the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever, and the two women who guided him to immortality.

When Sundance announced the films in competition for the 2014 festival yesterday, its organizers noted that they were impressed by the caliber of cinematic artistry — mostly due to technology — that freed up filmmakers to experiment with different genres. No category of the festival is more rooted in genre than Park City at Midnight, the late-night section that specializes in horror and the supernatural, and this year’s slate has several potential breakouts. “The Midnight lineup came together in a way that is about the strongest group we’ve ever had, top to bottom,” says Trevor Groth, Sundance’s director of programming.

Sundance Institute executives announced on December 5 that the festival will feature new work from artist Doug Aitken as well as Klip Collective’s external projections on the Egyptian Theatre.

An expanded New Frontier will showcase installations, performance, transmedia and panel discussion section. Most of the installations will be housed at a new, 5,000-square-foot location at the Gateway in Park City adjacent to Main Street.

Doug Aitken’s The Source (Evolving) will occur at a nearby location along Main Street.

“As human and machine, biological and media experiences blur and hybridise, the distinctions between them are also becoming irrelevant,” said curator of the exhibition and Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Shari Frilot.

“The digital and the organic integrally constitute a new primordial pool. What does creativity and storytelling look like if we revel in this new way of being?”

“This year’s expanded New Frontier allows artists to continue pushing the boundaries in telling their stories,” said Sundance...

The nominations in the various competition sections have been announced at the documentary festival.

Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has announced the nominees for its 26th edition. Winners will be named on Friday evening in Amsterdam.

The jury of the Idfa Competition for First Appearance will also present an extra Award in memory of Peter Wintonick, who died earlier this month.

The BankGiro Loterij Idfa Audience Award, worth €5,000, and the Idfa Music Audience Award, worth €2,500, will then also be presented.

In addition, the Mediafonds Kids & Docs Award 2013, which consists of € 15,000 with which to develop a new youth documentary, will be presented by a youth jury.

Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (€12,500)

Ai Weiwei The Fake Case by Andreas Johnson (Denmark);Ne Me Quitte Pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden (the Netherlands / Belgium);Song from the Forest by Michael Obert (Germany).

Idfa Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000)

Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou (Greece / Cyprus);Pussy Versus...

Unexpectedly, Edward Norton hosted last night's episode of "Saturday Night Live," a welcome guest. Norton showed off his self-deprecating side as well as his gift for impressions, including Ian McKellen and two Woodys-- Allen and Harrelson.  Much like Bruce Willis's random turn hosting SNL's last episode, Norton showed up with no movies to plug or self-promotion to work into the skits. The actor acknowledged the seeming randomness of this gig with a passable monologue. He says that he was first asked to host in 2000, but he needed 13 years to prepare for the gig to really get into the mind of his future characters. "A lot of my fans, they come up to me, they say, 'I love your work, why don't you do more movies?' I say, 'I'm preparing for Saturday Night Live, give me a break.'" But shameless self-promotion did turn up, as Alec Baldwin...

You might not recognise the face of Doug Jones, but you'll certainly know his work - the 53-year-old actor is best known for his film work with director Guillermo del Toro, including roles as Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies and as the terrifying Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth.

Doug's latest 'creature' role sees him play Cochise, leader of the alien Volm, in TV sci-fi drama Falling Skies - the third season of which debuts next week on Fox.

Digital Spy spoke with Doug about fans, being 'the creature guy' and working with the show's lead Noah Wyle...

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Cochise is the biggest creature role you've taken on yet, in terms of longevity - did you have any concerns about taking on a part like this?

"This is my first time being a series regular on any TV show.

Ruth Wilson is about to have a moment.

The 31-year-old British actress -- best known for her work on the television series "Luther" and "The Prisoner" -- stars as Rebecca Reid in Disney's "The Lone Ranger," the film's female lead. What was required of Wilson during the film's nearly 150-day production process was quite demanding. She even had to get thrown from a speeding train onto a speeding horse. Well, sort of.

"I was on a fake horse," Wilson told HuffPost Entertainment. "There was a stuntwoman who did the wide version of the shot and did it properly. We were all amazed by her." Not that the fake horse wasn't terrifying as well. "We were going along on a road rig at 40 miles per hour when we were shooting it, so it felt pretty real," Wilson said.

With "The Lone Ranger" out on July 3, HuffPost Entertainment spoke to Wilson about...

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With his documentary I Love Your Work, filmmaker and artist Jonathan Harris attempts to capture a view of women in the porn industry that we don’t ordinarily see — the very human one. Taking place over 10 connective days and focusing on nine women who work in the lesbian porn industry, the film clocks in at over six hours. Harris’s crew follows each woman for 24 hours, and everything is caught on film; from mundane acts like brushing their teeth and ordering lattes, to actual pornographic photoshoots. It is at once fascinating, and tedious. I Love Your Work is a slow, drawn out process, much different from the instant gratification that porn presents to consumers. This of course, is exactly the point that Harris is trying to make. In fact, the whole process of watching the film is set up very methodically.

The documentary is presented in 10 second clips,...

No one plays imposing and unsettling quite like Michael Shannon. The looming 6’4″ actor, best known for his characters in Revolutionary Road — for which he was nominated for an Oscar — Take Shelter, and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, commands attention in every scene he’s ever done, wielding a hollowed-out stare that can even shake audiences seated in the last row of the theater. There’s always a hint of menace behind those unblinking eyes, the potential for something wild and dangerous — even when his character’s intentions are pure.

In The Iceman, which opens in theaters on May 3, Shannon plays a...

The daring new movie from the director of Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond The Pines is a sweeping emotional drama exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers and sons.

Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer who travels with the carnival from town to town. While passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina

(Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has given birth to their son Jason in his absence. Luke decides to give up life on the road to try and provide for his newfound family by taking a job as a car mechanic. Noticing Luke’s ambition and talents, his employer Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) proposes to partner with Luke in a string of spectacular bank robberies – which will place Luke on the radar of ambitious rookie cop Avery Cross (Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper).

Avery,...

Once the Oscars had all been handed out, it was time to party in Hollywood. EW made the rounds last night at the Governors Ball and other events around town. Read to find out who was partying into the wee hours!

Immediately following the Oscar ceremony, stars flocked upstairs to the Governors Ball. Catered for the last 19 years by Wolfgang Puck, stars ate delicacies like smoked salmon and caviar on Oscar-shaped crackers, chicken pot pie with black truffles, and chocolate soufflé with espresso ice. Attendees were treated to the sounds of crooner and pianist Michael Feinstein, who played Broadway and...

Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega? Almost two decades after the release of Quentin Tarantino's game-changing Pulp Fiction, it's impossible to imagine anyone else in the role made famous by John Travolta. But in a new Vanity Fair expose on the making of the 1994 Oscar winner, Travolta's career was so "cold" that producer Harvey Weinstein fought it tooth and nail.

Here are five shocking truths about the making of the movie, taken from the March issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands in New York and L.A. on January 31 and nationally and on the iPad, Nook, and Kindle on February 5.

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1) Producer Harvey Weinstein was dead-set against giving the role of Vincent Vega to John Travolta and suggested Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn or William Hurt. When Weinstein saw the finished film, he reportedly said facetiously, "I'm so glad I had the idea to cast John Travolta."

2) Samuel L. Jackson was under the impression that the...

Interviewed by Michael Juvinall, More Horror.com

Michael Berryman is a name that you might not be familiar with, but believe me; horror fans will definitely know his face. Berryman has such a distinctive appearance due to a genetic condition at birth that prevents him from growing hair, fingernails, sweat glands, or teeth. Whereas some people might call his condition a handicap, Berryman has turned his physical appearance into a career playing bad guys, mutants, monsters, and all sorts of evil characters.

Berryman appeared in the Oscar winning film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), but is best known for his role as “Pluto” in Wes Craven’s seminal film, The Hills Have Eyes (1977) and the sequel The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1984). Berryman has appeared in over 60 films and a career that has spanned almost 40 years as an actor. Coming up in 2013, Berryman has no less than eight...

Confession time, y'all: I have no idea what the f*ck is going on. This week's American Horror Story: Asylum has had the effect on my wee brain of a Jolt Cola-sponsored 48-hour horror movie marathon held in an operating steel mill. I'm no longer able to discern heroes from villains, the dead from the living, or a fake Boston accent from a real German one.

Asylum, you have finally broken me with these four simple, yet impossibly beautiful, words:

We begin with a bit of background nunsense: two smiling nursing sisters titter about Lilies of the Field as they arrive for their shift through Briarcliff's front doors. I'm half expecting them to punch a clock on the way in as a sheepdog punches himself out. ("Mornin', Sam." "Mornin', Sister.") They arrive in the medical ward, where a very grey, very sweaty Grace (Lizzie Brochere) lies barely conscious under a sheet.

Spike Lee has a fondness for musical consistency. For "He Got Game," the director featured a soundtrack comprised of Public Enemy songs alongside the music compositions of famed composer Aaron Copland. "Red Hook Summer," Lee's latest film, is no different in its structure: Bruce Hornsby provides the film's score, while the soundtrack comes courtesy of rising star Judith Hill, who contributed ten songs to Lee's much ballyhooed return to Brooklyn.

Hill's collaboration with Lee began with the singer's connection to Michael Jackson. Hill performed with Jackson as a back-up singer on the This Is It world tour, and even sang with the pop icon on "I Can't Stop Loving You." (The performance was also featured in the film, "This Is It.") It was after Jackson's death, at a tribute to the late singer in Los Angeles, that Lee came up to Hill with a request.

"He said, 'I love your work...

Who knew that Saul Goodman is the man behind Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker?

Bob Odenkirk stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Friday to promote the newest season of "Breaking Bad," and the two "SNL" alumni shared their mutual respect for the beloved Chris Farley, for whom Odenkirk wrote material when Farley was a cast member and Odenkirk was a writer on the show -- including the classic bit about a man who "lives a van down by the river."

The two men created that character when they were at Chicago's famed Second City, and in this interview, it's clear that Odenkirk misses Farley deeply.

"Chris was very genuine," Odenkirk said of the larger-than-life funnyman, who passed away in 1997. "A lot of people in showbiz do that, and they're faking it. 'Oh, I love your work.' 'Really? You've seen my huge movies? They've only made a couple billion,...

Who knew that Saul Goodman is the man behind Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker?

Bob Odenkirk stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Friday to promote the newest season of "Breaking Bad," and the two "SNL" alumni shared their mutual respect for the beloved Chris Farley, for whom Odenkirk wrote material when Farley was a cast member and Odenkirk was a writer on the show -- including the classic bit about a man who "lives a van down by the river."

The two men created that character when they were at Chicago's famed Second City, and in this interview, it's clear that Odenkirk misses Farley deeply.

"Chris was very genuine," Odenkirk said of the larger-than-life funnyman, who passed away in 1997. "A lot of people in showbiz do that, and they're faking it. 'Oh, I love your work.' 'Really? You've seen my huge movies? They've only made a couple billion,...

In less than two weeks, on July 15, we’ll be able to talk about the first episode of the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad or as we like to call it, “the best damn show on television” where meth cooks Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) have no one to answer to. Meanwhile at home, Walter’s wife, Skylar (Anna Gunn) now knows about her husband’s secret life and we can expect Walter’s brother-in-law, DEA Agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) is going to feel like he’s never been closer to the biggest and baddest meth producers in the Southwest after the events of the Season 4 finale.

Observing all of the events that have transpired is Skylar’s sister, and Hank’s wife, Marie, played by Betsy Brandt who has a strong connection to two of the forces pulling at Walter’s life,...

Chicago – You may not know Drew Goddard’s name but you almost certainly know his work. Or at least you should. He’s one of the most influential and important TV writers of the last several years on key episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Alias,” and “Lost.” He co-wrote the fantastic new horror thriller “The Cabin in the Woods” with the legendary Joss Whedon and the film serves as his stellar directorial debut (he also wrote “Cloverfield” for you non-tv folk).

The smart, fun, energizing “The Cabin in the Woods” is one of the best horror films in years, something we’ll get into in more depth with our review later this week but let’s start with a wonderful interview with the creative man behind it. Every once in awhile, an interview feels shorter than a journalist wishes it had been — I could have spoken to Mr.

Though the starlets walking the red carpet at Essence magazine’s Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon brought plenty of the previously promised pre-Oscar glam, it was solidarity and sisterly support that took center stage at the main event. ”It’s really just a girl power luncheon,” said former Friday Night Lights star Jurnee Smollett. “It’s an opportunity for all of us to celebrate each other, and give each other a bunch of hugs. We say, ‘I love your work, continue what you’re doing, and I’m supporting you.’”

EW was on the scene as Octavia Spencer, Paula Patton,...

Kate del Castillo Talks The Return of La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) on mun2

A smash hit when it debuted on Telemundo in 2011, the thrilling edge-of-your-seat telenovela La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) is set to debut all 63 episodes on mun2 for a whole new generation of fans starting February 19th at 8/7 c pm with Episode 1.01.

The story of La Reina transfixed audiences across the U.S. and the globe last year, telling the story of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), a humble young woman from Sinaloa, who sees her life take a drastic turn when she falls in love with the wrong man, the handsome El G&#252ero Avila (Rafael Amaya). El G&#252ero was a Chicano pilot from San Antonio, TX involved in drug trafficking for the powerful drug lord, Epifanio Vargas (Humberto Zurita). Together, they go on the run, and in the process,...

At this week’s second UK premiere* for A Dangerous Method, we spoke to Viggo Mortenson about the attraction of working with David Cronenberg.He explained,

“He makes what can sometimes be a very trying or difficult job, or emotionally demanding, he makes easy and fun. He never loses sight of the fact that, after all it’s play, it’s make believe. It should be fun, there’s no reason for it not to be, and he helps you feel that way too. There’s a lot of directors – I would say, more often than not, directors forget that. They feel the pressure, or they take themselves or what they’re doing too seriously.”

When asked whether he was referring to directors he has worked with he continued,

“I don’t think there’s many directors like him, who are so secure as people. That have such technical knowledge,...

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ABC brought us a special holiday edition with 'Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls' (Thu., 8Pm Et on ABC). But it was more than just a teaser for the new season, kicking off in January. It was an opportunity to introduce the new face on the team. The presenter in the field with the contestants is Vanessa Lachey, replacing Jill Wagner, who had served in that role since the first episode.

John Anderson introduced her as a present for co-host John Henson, while Lachey wasted no time getting her digs in. "I'm a huge fan of both of you," she said. "Anderson, I love your work on Espn. And Henson, your dad invented the Muppets, right?"

She brought a lot of the same quirky personality that made her a fan-favorite on 'Trl' on MTV, like joining a contestant in becoming a human kazoo.

 

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The art of birding gets the big screen treatment in The Big Year and its cast -- Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson -- take Movie Fanatic inside the making of the funny and heartfelt film. The trio of funny men who are also blessed with killer dramatic chops, star as a group of guys with a passion for the aviary species of the world. Each decides to take an entire year to witness as many varieties of birds across America as humanly possible, known in the birding world as The Big Year.

Wilson’s character, Kenny Bostick, is the world record holder. He is the king of the birding world and with two upstarts that he feels will be nipping at his heels -- Martin’s Stu Preissler and Black’s Brad Harris -- he risks everything to get back out there to keep his record solely his.

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Nicola Formichetti has turned heads as Mugler creative director and Lady Gaga’s fashion director. Now the forward-looking Formichetti has created a futuristic virtual outfit for the spacefaring online videogame Eve Online.

Along with a one-off version of the Formichetti design that will be auctioned for charity, Eve Online developer Ccp plans to release high-fashion lines of virtual avatar clothing that may be purchased in the game with real-world money. The clothes may not have threads, but...

…Or How The Fuck Did That Happen, Part Two

Where was I last week?

I was in the midst of a great crusade against the most terrifying villain ever unleashed upon the universe. A tyrant created by an evil greater than Mephisto – or Emperor Palpatine or Darkseid, choose your poison – whose sole purpose is to destroy humanity. A crafty, insidious, and totally nasty piece of work, capable of twisting even the greatest brains ever known – Einstein, Newton, Hawkings, Reed Richards – into Roquefort cheese, of destroying Rem sleep, of chaining even the raging Incredible Hulk to a chair for weeks.

Oh, yes, it was a battle for the ages. He tried driving me mad with visions of z-scores and ANOVAs and Pearson Correlations and Chi-Square Tests for Goodness. Of blinding me with rs = 1 – 6∑D2/n(n2-1) and Ssa = ∑T2ROW/nROW – G2/N and t = (M1 – M2) – (µ1 – µ2)/s...

Unfortunately I missed this awesome one-hour Visionaries panel at Comic-Con this year. The panel featured a discussion between Guillermo Del Toro and Jon Favreau. Thanks to /Film we have the entire conversation, which you can read below.

Question: How are you guys doing?

Guillermo Del Toro: Excrement!

[Everyone Laughs]

Question: How was the flight?

Guillermo Del Toro: It was painful, but I’m here. As I said earlier having a bulging… Having anything bulging after 40 is a hint of death.

Jon Favreau: I got an email from Guillermo a few days ago saying, “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to make it, I’m in pain.” And I said, “Oh my God,” the whole… part of the fun of being here and doing this is to be sitting next to this guy, because he has been an inspiration and a mentor and a friend...

The rules for any roast demand that the roasters should have genuine affection for the roastee. You never rib someone you don’t like. But at the taping of The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump last night in New York City (airing on Comedy Central on Tuesday March 15 at 10:30 pm Est) not all of the comedians on hand had love in their hearts for the Trumpster — including Lisa Lampanelli, who had established that roasting rule in the first place. “Well, I broke the rule because the money’s really good,” the Roast veteran jested to me on the red carpet.