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If you're currently watching Cobra Kai season three, you might be surprised at actually feeling empathy toward the usually despicable John Kreese, played by none other than The Karate Kid alum Martin Kove. This season, Kreese's backstory is finally explored, allowing us to dive into the reasons for his downright evil ways. Viewers get a look into Kreese's troubled youth, framed by his mother's devastating death, his label as a "freak," and his job at the local diner. In order for young Kreese to stay true to the intimidating war veteran he soon becomes yet still change our perspective on the character, the series decided to cast someone with a broad range of acting roles under his belt. Its choice? The 28-year-old, Ohio-born Barrett Carnahan, who has appeared on countless shows - yup, that's where that pesky déjà-vu feeling is coming from.

Wondering where else you've seen Carnahan? The options...

On cheesy family-friendly sitcoms, characters might not be known for sitting around drinking black coffee and having intellectual discussions. But just like some of the main characters on Full House are brighter and more ambitious than others, their friends, classmates, and love interests are all over the map in terms of intelligence.

Related: Full House: 10 Reasons Why Danny And Joey Aren’t Real Friends

The Full House children got up to a lot of mischief all the time, often with some friends, and it's interesting to rank these minor characters from who has the is a bit dim, to who is thriving in their chosen career.

FX on Hulu has released a new trailer for A Teacher, its upcoming limited series, as well as a related PSA featuring star Kate Mara.

Premiering Tuesday, Nov. 10, A Teacher follows Claire Wilson (played by House of Cards‘ Mara), a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school and her student, Eric Walker (Melissa & Joey‘s Nick Robinson), as they navigate the complexities and consequences of a predatory relationship.

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“Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles and his wife and fellow actor Danneel Ackles have formed a new production company and entered into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, Variety has learned.

The duo has also tapped former DC creative executive Renee Reiff as head of development for the company, named Chaos Machine Productions.

Under this new deal, Chaos Machine will develop original television programming for broadcast and cable networks, as well as streaming services..

“Warner Bros. has been my home for the better part of two decades. The relationships I have acquired there are some of the finest and most supportive I could have hoped for in this industry. Danneel and I are thrilled for the opportunity to continue to grow as artists and now as a producers under the mentorship and guidance of Peter Roth and the whole Wbtv team,” Jensen Ackles said in a statement.

HBO Max launched on Wednesday with the entire library of “Friends” as its cornerstone selling point. But for completists, HBO Max is still missing a component of the “Friends” Creative Universe: The spinoff series “Joey,” which is nowhere to be found on the new streaming service.

An HBO Max spokesperson confirmed that the streamer hasn’t licensed “Joey” yet, “but we’re always assessing available shows to see what will be a good fit and well received by subscribers.”

The Matt LeBlanc comedy aired on NBC from 2004 to 2006 as a direct sequel to “Friends,” and followed LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, as he moved to Los Angeles to advance his career as an actor. Drea de Matteo starred as Joey’s older sister, Gina, while Paulo Costanzo was his nephew, Michael. Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Ben Falcone and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. also starred.

“Joey” opened to strong viewership, and even decent reviews: Variety,...

ABC has given out a pilot order for the multi-cam comedy “Kids Matter Now.”

Written and executive produced by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, the series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

Christine Gernon is attached to direct the pilot. CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television will produce.

Goldberg-Meehan previously created the NBC sitcom “Joey,” the Matt LeBlanc-led spinoff of “Friends.” Goldberg-Meehan also worked on “Friends” as a writer and eventually executive producer. She also created the ABC comedy “Better With You.” Her other credits include “Mad About You,” “Speechless,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”...

James Lipton, a veteran television writer and host of the TV series Inside the Actors Studio, has passed away. The news was confirmed by Lipton's wife, Kedakai Turner, who tells TMZ the beloved television personality died peacefully at his home on Monday morning at the age of 93. "There are so many James Lipton stories but I'm sure he would like to be remembered as someone who loved what he did and had tremendous respect for all the people he worked with," Turner says of her late husband.

Lipton was born in 1926 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He began working as a performer in the early '50s, starring in the Broadway rendition of The Autumn Garden and appearing in the 1953 movie The Big Break. While working as an actor, Lipton also found steady work writing for soap operas, and would later publish multiple books as an author in subsequent years.

James Lipton, who created, hosted and executive produced the Bravo series “Inside the Actors Studio” and served as dean (and then dean emeritus) of the Actors Studio Drama School at New York City’s Pace University, has died. He was 93.

“Inside the Actors Studio” had run for more than two decades and more than 240 episodes on Bravo beginning in 1994. It moved to Ovation TV in its 23rd season, which premiered last October.

Ovation issued a statement saying, “We celebrate and honor the great legacy of James Lipton. James is beloved around the world for his passion, insight, and dedication to the craft of acting. With ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ James has created a long-lasting impact on the acting world. Ovation mourns his loss and offers deepest condolences to his family, friends and fans.”

Frances Berwick, President NBCU Lifestyle Networks president Frances Berwick said in a statement, “James Lipton was a...

ABC has handed out their first comedy pilot order of the 2020-2021 season.

ABC has ordered the single-cam project “Prospect.” It is described as a comedic western about an idealistic young woman who moves to the frontier to be a schoolteacher. Her ideals are quickly tested when she learns that her students are rowdy ranch hands, not children.

“Prospect” hails from the team of Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer. Both will serve as writers and executive producers, with Randall Einhorn attached to direct the pilot and executive produce. ABC Studios, where Bilsing-Graham and Kreamer and Einhorn are currently under overall deals, will produce.

Bilsing-Graham and Kreamer have previously worked together on shows such as “Friends,” “Joey,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” “Trial and Error,” and “American Housewife.” They also co-created the Fox series “I Hate My Teenage Daughter.”

Einhorn has previously directed multiple episodes of “The Office,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,...

Exclusive: NBC has put in development Bad Taste, a single-camera workplace comedy from writer Justin Shanes (Superstore), Forever creator Matt Hubbard and Universal TV, where Hubbard is under a deal.

Written by Shanes, Bad Taste is set in the intimate pressure cooker of a restaurant kitchen whose star chef is forced to make an uncomfortable alliance with the newbie female line cook in order to keep pursuing his passion.

Shanes and Hubbard executive produce. Universal TV is the studio.

The project reunites Shanes and Hubbard, who worked together for a time on another NBC workplace comedy, Superstore. Shanes joined Superstore in the second season and rose through the ranks to his current role as producer. Hubbard worked on the first three seasons as consulting producer. Shanes previously was a writer on The Late Late Show with James Corden and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. He’s repped by attorney Jeff Hynick at Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

With so many streaming services available these days adding more and more content to their platforms, it's easy to bypass the latest sitcoms on network television. So many pilots get picked up only never to be turned into full-fledged series and some series that you grow attached to only last a single season. Despite the easily consumable nature of sit-coms, it's difficult to nail down the perfect formula for their success.

Related: Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 10 Best Friendships On The Series, Ranked

For every Friends that lasts 10 seasons, there's a Joey that lasts 2. But 2020 promises to be a year providing old favorites and soon-to-be favorites with its lineup, while saying goodbye to some long-time favorites. The big networks like NBC, CBS, and ABC have worked tirelessly to bring you programs you'll either love or love to hate. Here are our picks for the 5 series to watch, and the 5 to avoid.

Hulu’s slate of new titles arriving on the platform in November is here.

“Wonder,” starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay, will arrive on Hulu Nov. 2. The movie, based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

The complete series of “Married with Children” will arrive on the platform on Nov. 9, and the Season 1 premiere of “The Bisexual” will drop on Nov. 16. The “Oceans” trilogy will also become available, beginning Nov. 1.

Also Read: Hulu in Talks to Create a Smaller, More Affordable TV Bundle

Here’s the complete list of titles coming to and leaving Hulu below.

Available Nov. 1

K: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed) (Viz)

Sailor Moon: Complete Season 3 (Dubbed) (Viz)

Six: Complete Season 2 (History)

10 to Midnight (1983)

28 Days Later (2002)

2001 Maniacs (2005)

The Accused (1988)

The Adventures of Priscilla,...

"The Wizard of Oz", L. Frank Baum's family friendly fantasy in which a young Dorothy travels over the rainbow after a twister hits her Uncle's farm, is one of the most popular stories of all time due to the iconic film version. While the film celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, the stage version of the musical based on the movie claims The Media Theatre stage as its home this holiday season (Nov. 24, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010).

The Media Theatre will produce The Royal Shakespeare Company's version of the musical, which includes all of the well-known songs from the film ("Over the Rainbow", "If I Only Had A Brain", "Follow The Yellow Brick Road") and a number cut from the original movie ("Jitterbug"). Temple University's Peter Reynolds, who directed Media's popular "Altar Boyz" last season, will take the helm for "Oz".

Kim Carson, a Barrymore Award winning actress who was seen last...

The newly released Kevin Smith three-movie box set contains the popular director’s three most popular films in beautiful Blu-ray quality. Containing his debut Clerks, along with Chasing Amy and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Smith’s new box set captures a lot of crap you missed the first time around.

Kevin Smith is usually a big hit with internet writers thanks in part to his humble origin, legendary (or hyped, depending on who you ask) beginnings and his rather soft physique. He also represents the film/comic book/video game subculture, which has made serious strides to becoming a mainstream, high covered phenomenon on the verge of losing its trademark and sarcasm.

Or he just makes funny movies.

The legend of Kevin Smith is a classic American success story. A film school reject, Smith decided to break away from schools, books and teacher’s dirty looks and make his...

Chicago – Very few filmmakers provoke the same kind of passionate adoration as the sometimes-great Kevin Smith, a man who has such a following that he can sell out large theaters filled with people who merely want to ask him questions for hours. Smith is a charismatic, interesting, clever filmmaker and his best work reflect his gregarious personality. Three of his best are captured in “The Kevin Smith Collection,” including two films with all-new Blu-Ray material.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

If you were designing the Kevin Smith set and could only pick three films, what would you choose? The man has directed eight full-length feature films and we can probably cut “Jersey Girl” from consideration from the beginning, leaving seven to choose from. Personally, I would go with three different periods of his work and choose “Clerks,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” but then that...

Blu-ray Review

Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Rating: R

Due Out: November 17, 2009

Who’S It For? With the fan-based nature of his movies, if you like these titles from writer/director Kevin Smith, then you probably own them already. It’s really up to you if you want to shell out ninety dollars to have their latest incarnation, though none of them really demand a high definition presentation except for maybe the more Hollywood Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The documentaries about each movie are fun watches, but perhaps you should put this on your wish list before your immediate shopping list.

Movies:

Clerks

Kevin Smith embraces the suckage of work by finding the amusing nature of the weird sh*t that can go on during one shift. Slaving away at a beat down convenience store on...

I am an unashamed Kevin Smith fan, and primarily of his earlier, less mature work. If there's such a thing as quality dick and fart joke movies, I would say Kevin's pre-Jersey Girl films fit the description. While I wasn't a big fan of either Clerks 2 or Zack and Miri Make a Porno, films such as Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Mallrats and Dogma are personal comedic favorites of mine and Miramax's Kevin Smith Blu-ray collection brings two of those along with what may be Smith's most respected film, Chasing Amy, home in a tidy little package.

To begin, the collection includes the first ever Blu-ray releases of Clerks and Chasing Amy as well as the previously released Blu-ray edition of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. If you already own the Jay and Silent Bob Blu-ray this is the exact same thing with the included audio commentary,...

Ad Age's annual charticle on commercial ad rates may reveal that ABC’s FlashForward is commanding the richest, per-30-second ad rate out of all new shows this season ... but it ain't no According to Jim. Say what? Just take a look at the ad rates from only five years ago when Jim -- yes, that benign, so-so rated comedy that stayed on the air for an astonishing seven seasons -- was generating some $204,212 per 30-second spot for ABC. Obviously, the market was a lot better in those days -- you know, when everyone was working for bloated companies while...

It's been a busy month for the esteemed alumni of Friends. ABC picked up Courteney Cox's Cougar Town for a full season. Matt LeBlanc finally rebounded from Joey with a Showtime satire about the perils of stardom. According to IMDb, Jennifer Aniston has no less than seven projects in development. David Schwimmer is slated to direct a Clive Owen indie. And Matthew Perry is co-writing and exec producing a comedy series inspired by -- himself. Now, Lisa Kudrow can get back to regular work as well. To see which network saved Kudrow from a Smelly Cat American tour, and which Oscar-winning actress will join her, follow us after the jump.

Clive Owen and Catherine Keener will topline the dark drama Trust, which marks David Schwimmer's first foray into the non-comedic directorial world.

Schwimmer has directed several comedy TV shows in his time, most notably Friends, Joey and Little Britain USA, and his feature directorial debut was in 2007 with the comedy Run Fatboy Run, starring Simon Pegg. His new film, Trust, will pose a new challenge for him, telling the story of a couple (Keener and Owen) who are shocked to discover that their teenage daughter (played by Liana Liberato) has been victimized by a sexual predator whom she met in an online chat room.

Filming begins this November, so presumably the film will be released some time next year.

Georgine Waller

>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 16 October 2009...

The flood of reports that Ge is looking to spin off NBC-Universal and give Comcast control of half of the company doesn't exactly come as a shock if you consider the myriad of problems that continue to plague the entertainment division. The movie division has endured a horrible box office run of late (Land of the Lost, Bruno and Funny People all underperformed for the studio this summer) so rumors have been floating for months that Universal Pictures' co-chairmen David Linde and Marc Schmuger would be replaced. And though the ailing TV division did a little housecleaning of its...

Matt LeBlanc is getting a new show? Get thee behind me, thoughts of Joey! The Showtime project, created by David Crane and Jeffry Klarik, follows "a British couple whose hit UK show is turned into a dumbed-down American sitcom starring LeBlanc (as himself)." I...am optimistic, particularly because this has been an otherwise solid week for Friends alums. First, I'm loving Cougar Town almost as much as Slezak is -- Courteney Cox is great in it, and totally not Monica, which is both good (the show needs it) and bad (I loved Monica). Second, Lisa Kudrow sang "Smelly Cat" at...

Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc is hoping to make TV audiences laugh again with a new comedy - three years after the actor's spin-off series flopped.

LeBlanc will play himself in Episodes - a comedy about the television industry.

The show will follow a husband-and-wife producing team whose hit comedy on British TV is turned into a dumbed-down American sitcom starring the actor.

LeBlanc made Friends fans laugh as Joey Tribbiani for a decade, but failed to find success with his spin-off series Joey, which was cancelled in 2006 after two seasons.

Episodes will begin shooting in London and Hollywood this winter. The programme is set for a 2010 debut on America's Showtime network and the U.K.'s BBC Two.

Have you missed Joey Tribiani from "Friends?" Well, whether or not you have, Matt LeBlanc, the man who brought you Joey, is headed back to television. LeBlanc will be starring in a new Showtime series entitled "Episodes." "Episodes" follows the creation of a stupid American sitcom that is based on a British couple's popular comedy show. And you guessed it, LeBlanc plays the star on the American version of the show.So basically, a guy who made a career out of playing the guy who loves sports, eating, and sleeping with a lot of women has been cast as the guy who plays the guy who loves all the things we just mentioned. In other words, Matt Le ...

After his comedy series "Joey" was canceled by NBC in May 2006, Matt LeBlanc is going to star on new TV series. The actor, whose name is famous through his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in hit NBC show "Friends", has signed a deal to appear in new Showtime sitcom entitled "Episodes".

Matt is set to star as himself in the single-camera comedy series about a British couple, whose hit U.K. show is turned into a dumbed-down American sitcom. The actor recently commented on his involvement in the project, saying "I love it. And I am so glad I got the part-seeing someone else play Matt LeBlanc would have been devastating."

In "Episodes", "Friends" creator David Crane and "Mad About You" producer Jeffrey Klarik, who have teamed up in sitcom "The Class", will work together once again. Talking about the creators of the upcoming show, Matt LeBlanc stated, "Jeffrey and David...

Five years after he ended his successful run as Joey on "Friends" and three years after the spin-off, "Joey", was canceled, Matt LeBlanc gets a job in a new sitcom. Showtime in partnership with BBC 2 present a new comedy titled "Episodes" which will put LeBlanc as an actor of a dumbed-down TV show.

The show however won't only revolve around LeBlanc's character. The main idea is about a British couple whose TV show is turned into a dumb American sitcom when the format rights are sold in the U.S. "We jumped at the chance to get involved with this cock-eyed look at network television told through the eyes of unsuspecting British producers who don't know what hit them when they enter the lion's den of Hollywood," Showtime Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt said.

Responsible for making the single-camera show alive are co-creator of "Friends", David Crane, and "Mad About You" producer,...

A lot of people have wondered what happened to Matt LeBlanc. After Joey died, he seemed to fall off the face of the Earth. Even Friends cast members who aren't in the public eye a lot (like David Schwimmer) have been keeping busy and you often hear about them being in a movie or performing on stage. But no one really knew what LeBlanc. was up to (besides wondering about a Friends reunion movie).

Now we know. LeBlanc has signed on to star in a new comedy for Showtime titled Episodes. It will be one of those behind-the-scenes looks at a television show and will be produced by Friends co-creator David Crane and Mad About You producer Jeffrey Klarik.Continue reading Matt LeBlanc found, will star in new Showtime comedy

 

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Matt LeBlanc has signed on to play himself on upcoming TV show Episodes. The 42-year old, who has not appeared on screen since short-lived Friends spinoff Joey went off the air in 2006, is to team with David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik for the series, TV Guide reports. Episodes will centre on a British couple whose television programme is turned into an Americanised sitcom that stars LeBlanc. (more)...

Matt LeBlanc has been little seen since his ill-conceived "Friends" spinoff "Joey" crashed and burned three years ago. While that show sputtered out after two seasons on NBC, it's failure should not take away from the enormous success LeBlanc enjoyed with "Friends." And no doubt he hopes to recapture some of that magic with his newly announced series "Episodes,"  a co-production between Showtime and the BBC set to air next year. This showcase for LeBlanc is being shepherded by two sitcom veterans -- "Friends" co-creator David Crane and "Mad About You" producer Jeffrey Klarik. The single-camera comedy will follow the misadventures of an English couple whose urbane Britcom is dumbed down for American audiences with the casting of LeBlanc, who will play an exaggerated version of himself. As he said in today's news release: "I am so glad I got the part, seeing someone else play Matt LeBlanc would have been devastating.

Friends star Matt LeBlanc is coming back to the small screen.

LeBlanc, who last starred in the Friends spin-off Joey, will team with Friends co-creator David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik (The Class, Mad About You) for Episodes, a single-camera send-up of the TV business. The series focuses on a British couple whose hit show is turned into a dumbed-down American sitcom starring LeBlanc, who plays himself...

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Penance for Joey perhaps? Showtime and BBC Two have joined together to co-produce new comedy series Episodes, set to star Matt LeBlanc (Friends). The single-camera comedy series, which received a six-episode commitment from Showtime and BBC Two, revolves around a British couple whose smash-hit British skein is adapted into a "dumbed-down" Us sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc (who will play himself). Project, which is slated to air next year on Showtime, is created by David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (The Class) and will be executive produced by Crane, Klarik, and Hat Trick's Jimmy Mulville. Production is slated to begin this autumn in London and Los Angeles. "What a thrill to have two giants of the comedy world like Klarik and Crane to satirize what they know best: the making (or un-making) of art," said Showtime president of entertainment Bob Greenblatt in a statement. "We jumped at the chance to get...

Can this possibly be true? As one of the Friends series biggest fans, the news that the gang will re-unite to make a movie of the hit sitcom is terrific!

Studio bosses have already got together to prepare a script for a film version of the series according to News of the World and are ready to break the bank in order to get the main cast on board. James Michael Tyler, who played “Gunther” in the series confirmed to the News of the World:

Friends: The Movie, is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen.

This would mean Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer following in the footsteps of the fantastic success of the Sex And The City movie, and all back together for the first time in 5 years.

Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop return to the film screen.

A rock’n’roll vampire spoof about a down and out band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal in the film ‘Suck‘. When their disgruntled manager (Dave Foley) tells them that they are getting “long in the tooth”, he doesn’t know that his words are truly prophetic. During a road trip, their humdrum image radically changes when Jennifer (Jessica Paré), the bass player, disappears one night with a hip vampire (Dimitri Coats). She emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild. As the band members succumb, one by one, to blood lust, their “gimmick” launches them into the limelight.

Check out all our ‘Suck’ Coverage at the ‘Suck’ sitelet.

‘Suck’ News ‘Suck’ Boasts More Bite Then ‘Twilight’ More ‘Suck’ Videos Suck Clip - Terrible Danger Jennifer (Jessica Paré) is about to become...

Two Canadian indies. Two “Kids in the Hall” alums. Two vastly different genres. Stateside, we all know about the crazy worlds of David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, and the maple leaf filmmakers who make inventive footprints in the world of film. But behind them is a world of indie filmmakers who do a whole lot with very little. We’ve already covered Reginald Harkema’s “Leslie, My Name is Evil,” and now we give you Rob Stefaniuk’s “Suck” and Sook-Yin Lee’s “Year of the Carnivore.” Click through to get a taste of rock ‘n’ roll vampires and sexual, coming-of-age laughs.

Suck

Sometimes bad films are just too good. They know that they’re not paragons of cinema. They know they don’t have the money, resources, or story to hit it big, and they just have fun with, and make the most of, what they’ve got. Take “Suck...

Kevin Smith is a funny guy. He'd probably use a more... "colorful" word than "guy," one starting with 'mother' and ending with a term I won't repeat here (it starts with 'f'), but that's all part of his charm. He's a talented filmmaker to be sure -- just look at modern classics like "Clerks" and "Dogma" -- but he's also a fantastically well-spoken and engaging individual.

That's why you should be excited about Titan Books' "Shootin' the S--t With Kevin Smith: The Best of SModcast," which hits store shelves on September 22. As in tomorrow. It's filled transcribed conversations between Smith and his View Askew partner and longtime collaborator Scott Mosier. Hit the jump for a brief excerpt of the hilarity. And stay tuned for MTV.com next week, as Smith will be here in the office to answer some questions!

From SModcast 11: A Fistful of Shame

Sundance and...

You can bring three of director Kevin Smith's films home on Blu-ray in either one handy collection or separately as well. The Kevin Smith Collection will be released on Blu-ray on November 17. The three-disc Bd set will include Clerks, Chasing Amy (both making their Blu-ray debut) and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back and will be priced at $89.99 Srp. You can also purchase each individual film in Bd for $39.99 Srp. We don't have any cover art images as of yet, but we'll update this story as soon as we have them. In the meantime, take a look at the special features below.

Clerks

- "Oh, What A Lovely Tea Party: The Making Of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" (New to Bd)

- Introduction By Kevin Smith (New to Bd)

- Classic Commentary

- Enhanced Playback Track

- Intro To The First Cut 2004 Commentary

- 2004 Commentary (with New Authoring)

- Clerks...

Rock-and-roll comedy, co-starring Malcolm McDowell, to premiere at Toronto Film Festival.

By Gil Kaufman

Iggy Pop

Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage

Think of it as "Twilight" meets "True Blood" with a dash of "Rock Star." Rock-and-roll vampire spoof "Suck" is slated to debut at next month's Toronto Film Festival with an all-star cast of actual rockers that includes former Black Flag vocalist and notorious ranter Henry Rollins as radio DJ Rockin' Roger, punk icon Iggy Pop as retired rocker/producer Victor, original shock-rocker Alice Cooper as a creepy bartender and noted vegan Moby as Beef Bellows, lead singer of the bloody metal act Secretaries of Steak.

The movie follows a group of wannabe rockers called the Winners, who are, as you might suspect, kind of losers. After playing a mind-numbing series of lame gigs on their endless road trip, the group is suddenly transformed when bassist Jennifer (Jessica Pare) hooks up...

Seemingly doomed to roadtrip doldrums and dives, the band The Winners break their slump when their female bass player disappears one night with a studly, stylin’ vampire. She returns charged with sexual charisma that creates audience frenzy and eventually ensnares the rest of the band. Their “hook” launches them to fame. But fame turns out to be a different kind of Hell than AC/DC promised.

Following an “incident” on a national radio show with “Rockn’ Roger” The Winners hit mega-stardom beyond their wildest dreams. But Joey is haunted by an eerie bartender with a dark secret. And legendary vampire hunter, Eddie Van Helsing, is on their tail tracking them down despite his fear of the dark. But when a veteran music producer calls them on becoming a vampire freak show, their rock’n’roll bubble bursts.

How’s this for a cast on your basic rock and roll vampire comedy: Iggy Pop.

Can you believe it's been fifteen years since Joey (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Ross (David Schwimmer), Monica (Courtney Cox), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) first came into our living room?

That's right, Friends is celebrating its 15th anniversary with an all-new "Best Of" collection on iTunes.

The hugely popular NBC sitcom is in the midst of a resurgence, and you can share in the excitement with a selection of handpicked episodes featuring the most memorable moments from this award winning series. Yes, you can relive all of the break-ups, make-ups, hairstyles, and shenanigans that made this the must see show of the 90s. Here to help us rejoice is series regular James Michael Tyler who played the coffee slinging, Rachel obsessed Gunther. We recently paid a visit to Central Perk to chat with James about his fond memories of the show. To watch our exclusive interview, click...

Today USA Network made its 2010 development slate of original branded content available. Some of the creative minds behind the shows are Stephen J. Cannell, Mike Newell, Tom Fontana and Steve Stark. Announcing the slate was president of USA original programming & co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions, Jeff Wachtel.

Here is a list of USA Network's upcoming shows:

Facing Kate

A new spin on a legal franchise featuring a mediator from a family of corporate lawyers. From Universal Cable Productions. Executive producer and writer is Michael Sardo (Caroline in the City). Steve Stark (Mediu) is executive producer.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Sibling rivalry is taken to new heights when an estranged brother and sister are paired up as cops in their small hometown. From Universal Cable Productions. Writer is John Quaintance (Joey).

Busy Bodies

A soccer mom teams up with a gay stay-at-home dad to solve mysteries in the suburbs.

Oh, Rob, you take a mighty big risk giving your sophomore film a title like Suck. Either you are supremely confident or supremely foolish ... and my money is on confident.

Canada’s Rob Stefaniuk earned himself a small but dedicated cult with his debut scifi comedy - Phil The Alien - a cult which he now looks ready to expand upon with his sophomore film Suck, a vampire comedy slated to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. And it’s not just any rock and roll comedy, either ... no, this one boasts songs written by Stefaniuk himself, a soundtrack by John Kastner from The Asexuals and The Doughboys - who you probably don’t know but are very, very good nonetheless - and cameo appearances by Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Carol Pope, Henry Rollins and Moby along with the likes of Malcolm McDowell. Stunt casting? Hell,...

Paulo Costanzo has almost come full circle in his career, of sorts. After starting out with guest-starring TV spots early in his career, he made a quick transition to film starting with the 2000 comedy Road Trip which lead to films like Josie and the Pussycats and 40 Days and 40 Nights. Costanzo is back on the small screen again, this time portraying Evan Lawson, Cfo of "HankMed" on the new USA Network series Royal Pains, which returns with all new episodes on Thursday, July 9 at 10 Pm Et on the USA Network. Costanzo recently held a conference call to talk about the rest of the season, and here's what he had to say.

What was it about the show Royal Pains that made you originally want to be a part of it?

Paulo Costanzo: Well, you know, as an actor in L.A. between projects it's very competitive right now. So you pretty much,...

Midseason replacement "Better Off Ted" earned some enviable reviews with Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly calling the show "the most original sitcom to come along in a while." Jay Harrington ("Desperate Housewives") stars as a cog in the corporate machine with Portia de Rossi ("Arrested Development") as an office rival and Andrea Anders ("Joey") as a potential romantic interest. The ABC single-camera comedy aired only seven episodes but is slated to return in the fall. 

Reviewing the first episode, Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe said, "'Better off Ted' is loaded with potential. The writing has some of the gonzo wit that fuels the General Electric sendups on '30 Rock.' And there are glimmers of the cubicle-culture surrealism that has flourished on 'The Office' and on one of Victor Fresco's earlier series, the excellent 'Andy Richter Controls the Universe.'" For Robert Bianco of USA Today, "Amusing lines fly back and forth,...

Both “Arrested Development” and “The Jetsons” have big screen adaptations in development, so it may not be so crazy that John Stamos envisions a remake of his classic TV sitcom “Full House” in theaters. The man who was — and for some, always will be — Uncle Jesse already knows what he wants.

“I’m working on a movie idea, but it wouldn’t be us playing us,” Stamos told the New York Daily News. “I see Steve Carell as [Bob Saget's] Danny Tanner and Tracy Morgan as [Dave Coulier's] Joey Gladstone because he’s funny.”

Carell and Morgan are both fine choices, no question. However, as someone who grew up in the Tanner family’s San Francisco living room, I have a few picks of my own in mind who could capably revive “Full House” for an entirely new generation.

Jason Bateman as Danny Tanner

As far as I’m concerned, Bateman’s role as...

Former "Full House" -mate John Stamos may be resurrecting his beloved series for movie audiences. The 45-year-old actor, who played the role the loveable live-in musician Uncle Jesse, is currently cobbling together a movie version of the 1987-1995 series.

"I'm working on a movie idea, but it wouldn't be us playing us," he told The New York TImes. "I'm not 100% sure, but it would probably take place in the first few years" of the hit series. He mentioned James Franco as a natural heir to play Uncle Jesse, a character with thick roots of the both Greek and hair kind.

Stamos played the endearing basement-dweller Jesse Katsopolis during the sitcom's eight season run. Known affectionately as Uncle Jesse, his side plot focused on his greased-up mop of hair, unrequited dream for rock band stardom and the on-screen family he started with wife Rebecca (Lori Loughlin).

The former "ER" doc dropped...

Thought the well of good original movie ideas had run dry? Think again. John Stamos tells the New York Daily News that he's conceptualizing a movie based on the '80s/'90s sitcom 'Full House' that wouldn't star the original cast. "I'm working on a movie idea, but it wouldn't be us playing us," Stamos revealed. "I'm not 100% sure, but it would probably take place in the first few years [covered in the series, which ran from 1987-95]."

Ok, so this doesn't exactly qualify as an "original" idea -- and whether it's a "good" one is, at the very least, suspect -- but it did get us thinking. Say some movie studio does have cojones gargantuan enough to greenlight an Olsen-twins-and-Stamos-free 'Full House' movie: Who would we want to see play Uncle Jesse, Danny, Joey, DJ and the gang? Stamos already has his picks -- he wants James Franco to step into Jesse's shoes,...

Former Full House star John Stamos is putting together an all-star cast to take the hit U.S. family sitcom to the big screen in a new feature film.

Stamos rose to fame as 'Uncle' Jesse Katsopolis in the series, which ran from 1987 to 1995 and starred twin media moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and actors Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Jodie Sweetin, and Candace Cameron Bure.

He tells the New York Daily News, "I'm working on a movie idea, but it wouldn't be us playing us. I'm not 100 per cent sure, but it would probably take place in the first few years. I see Steve Carell as (Bob Saget's character) Danny Tanner and Tracy Morgan as (Dave Coulier's character) Joey Gladstone because he's funny."

But the actor has dashed hopes of fans desperate to see the original cast reunited on the small screen.

He adds, "I don't see it happening anytime soon. We're all very close. I saw Ashley a couple weeks ago. Bob and Dave I see a lot."...

Television Rating: 2.5/5.0 Chicago – In a landscape of increasingly lower ratings for quirky TV comedy (talk to the producers of “Scrubs” if you don’t believe me), I’m kind of amazed that “Better Off Ted” made it to the air. If “Arrested Development” and everything Andy Richter has ever tried couldn’t find an audience, who thought people would be attracted to this left-of-center workplace sitcom? And the fact that it doesn’t live up to the potential of its concept means the show’s thin chance of survival just disappeared.

Jay Harrington plays the “title character” of one of the most poorly-named shows in the history of television, Ted, a worker in research and development at a massive conglomerate named Veridian. Ted works with the vicious Veronica (Portia de Rossi), sweet love interest Linda (Andrea Anders), and scientist scene-stealers Phil (Jonathan Slavin) and Lem (Malcolm Barrett). Like Jason Bateman on “Ad,...

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Q: I've been feeling Lost a lot lately, mostly because I'm completely enamored with one of their new characters, Daniel Faraday, played by a very unique actor, Jeremy Davies. Can you tell me anything gay about Jeremy Davies? Anything at all? - Lindsey, New York

A: Hmmm, well, I can tell you that Davies, who first made a splash in the terrific indie hit Spanking the Monkey (1994), has made a name for himself playing nervous losers and misfits, in movies such as Secretary (2002), Solaris (2002), The Locusts (1997), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Some of these characters could, in a certain light, from a certain angle, by certain people, be read as “maybe, possibly gay.”

Davies also played a drama student in HBO’s TV production of The Laramie Project, about the murder of Matthew Shepard,...

Five years ago, NBC and television viewers said goodbye to Friends after 10 seasons and 236 episodes. Before the TV show's last episode even aired, rumors began swirling about possible reunions. While the public would generally like to see one, the Friends cast haven't exactly expressed excitement about returning to Central Perk.

The ladies and gents seem to be pretty divided on their willingness to revive their sitcom characters. David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc haven't expressed any interest while Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox Arquette and Jennifer Aniston are open to doing one if the venue and script feels right.

David Schwimmer has said outright that he doesn't have interest in doing a Friends reunion. Matthew Perry thinks it's unlikely to happen any time soon, no sooner than 10 or 20 years. Matt LeBlanc's Joey spin-off was skewered by critics and was cancelled after two seasons. He now concentrates on his own production company,...