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It was his tip that ultimately led the FBI to the campsite where James Dimaggio was killed and Hannah Anderson rescued on Saturday. Recalling how he first alerted state police after his group, on horseback, encountered Dimaggio and Anderson in rugged backcountry on Wednesday, Mark John, a retired Gem County, Idaho, sheriff, conceded it was his wife who intuited that the girl might be in trouble. "You know, when we were on the lake, my wife wanted to talk to the girl … she felt something might be wrong, and I said, 'No, it might be a lovers' quarrel,' " John told reporters on Sunday.

Douglas Sirk movies: ‘Imitation of Life,’ ‘Written on the Wind’ (photo: Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Karin Dicker in ‘Imitation of Life’) Douglas Sirk is Turner Classic Movies’ Director of the Evening. The German-born (April 26, 1897, in Hamburg) filmmaker has developed a cult following in recent decades after his "women’s pictures" were reappraised by some critics as works of profound social criticism filled with auteuristic touches. Why it would take years (or decades) for people to realize the obvious is a little mind-boggling, until you remember that movies about women and their issues have been, for the most part, relegated to the sidelines. A stupid prejudice that continues to this very day. My statement, by the way, has nothing to do with yikesy political correctness; if you don’t believe me, just check out the Best Picture Academy Award winners or Palme d’Or winners or Golden Lion winners or Golden...

Jane Lynch and her estranged wife Lara Embry are Back Together -- just kidding ... it's just one of Jane's close friends ... who happens to look exactly like Lara.Jane hit the streets of West Hollywood Monday with their dogs -- and everyone on the planet thought Jane and Lara were patching things up, but it's just not so.The other woman in the photo is actually Jane's longtime friend Laura Coyle ... but, yeah ... she does look A Lot like Lara.

Is the next step for Natalie Portman the director's chair? She's pretty much done it all as an actress thus far, indie movies, big blockbusters, romance, dumb comedies and everything else in between. Hell, she's got an Oscar on her shelf too. She's made inroads as a producer putting her name to "Hesher," "No Strings Attached," and "Love And Other Impossible Pursuits" (though she probably wishes things had gone a bit smoother with "Jane Got A Gun"). So why not a feature length directorial debut? She's already helmed a couple of shorts, including one in "New York, I Love You" and it's something she's had her eye on for a while. Indeed, it looks like a project we forgot about is kicking back to life. Way, way back in 2007, it was reported that Portman would direct and star in adaptation of Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and professor Amos Oz's memoir,...

FEARnet is proud to present brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. Once a month, we'll be featuring a story from Nightmare’s current issue. This month's selection is “And Yet, Her Eyes” by Brit Mandelo. Please tell us what you think and enjoy!

And Yet, Her Eyes

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December 2010

Sasha came back from Kandahar in pieces, a sack of broken glass in the shape of a woman. She knew her edges stuck out at hard, invisible angles, waiting for an unwary hand to snag and recoil, so she kept her eyes closed through the flight to Chicago, immersed in civilian travel-murmur but not part of it; when the flight attendant offered to help her with her bags after landing, she said no thank you. She read his nod as relieved, the quick turn from her on his heel more so—thought about making a remark, I don’t bite and it isn’t contagious,...

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With only one episode left to go this season, "Mad Men" is officially on a roll. These last two installments have been the season's best -- as strong as anything the show has ever produced -- and expectations have been duly raised for next week's finale.

For an episode that begins with Don taking a sick day, much of the action in "The Quality of Mercy" takes place in the offices of Sc&P. Even as Don attempts at first to hide from his problems and then to bury himself in work, he can't help but face reminders of what he's done.

The episode's most dramatic sequences rely on the audience's knowledge of not just what happens throughout the hour, but what has transpired over the course of the series -- from Pete finding out Don's secret to Peggy quitting Scdp to Sally catching Don. These characters and this show are rich in history,...

Barring some kind of massive time skip, or the introduction of a flash sideways universe at the start of season 7, the creation of (the still un-titled) Scdpcgc might have signaled the beginning of the last major epoch in Mad Men’s life cycle. You could breakdown the show into numerous arcs and evolutions based on the status of certain relationships -Don’s love life chief among them-, or actual time periods (this being the Everybody’s Dying phase), but the names on the front of the office are what would be found in any real history books. With so little time left on the clock, it’ll take something cataclysmic (or a cheap pressing of the “undo” button) to find room for another big overhaul to New York’s most happening ad agency.

Tonight’s episode though, “The Better Half,” doesn’t seem like it’s of a piece with winter years Mad Men.

It says a lot about Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy finale that the C-section Meredith has during the big storm (!) in the dark (!) is arguably its least dramatic incident. But it’s true! In fact, no sooner has her and Derek’s McBaby been delivered than panic sets in. Why? Read on and find out!

Related | Shonda Rhimes on Grey’s Finale: Everyone Thinks I Kill Everybody — I Don’t“

The Closer | First, Mer understandably freaks when her newborn doesn’t immediately cry. Then, after Derek takes away their perfectly healthy (and incredibly clean) tot to the nursery, Shane is left to close.

Review Laura Akers 12 May 2013 - 21:21

Bryan Fuller's crime drama finally delves into the fascinating psychology of Hannibal Lecter. Here's Laura's review...

This review contains spoilers.

1.7 Sorbet

As Hannibal teeters on the edge of cancellation, we finally get to the good stuff: the psyche of the serial killer.

This week’s episode is a bit of something different, both for the show and for Hannibal stories in general. So often, we see what the deadly psychiatrist does, while a careful curtain - a human veil- keeps us from looking into his own emotional and mental makeup. That obstacle began to fade as we followed Hannibal himself through something remarkably like a-day-in-the-life-of.

This week’s case was, as usual, weak in and of itself: a doctor-wannabe performing organ harvesting. While the forensics team seems compelled to believe his work is that of the Ripper (or that he is, at least,...

• French director Luc Besson, who introduced the world to Natalie Portman in The Professional, has cast Scarlett Johansson as his lead in his newest film, Lucy. In the film, Lucy is forced to be a drug mule. But, when the drug gets into her system, she turns into a super-being with telekinesis abilities, martial arts skills, and the helpful bonus of being immune to pain. Johansson is certainly finding a new life as an action star ever since she took on the role of Natasha Romanoff for the Marvel universe. She also stars in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut (and festival favorite) Don Jon,...

Here are today’s casting updates: Kevin Macdonald’s (The Last King of Scotland) new feature Black Sea, a hot ticket item coming up for Cannes, has Jude Law set to star. Focus Features has snapped up worldwide rights to the film. Nicki Minaj will jump from her American Idol hosting duties to the big screen, making her live-action debut opposite Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and Nickolaj Coster-Waldau in the Nick Cassavetes-directed The Other Woman. Julia Stiles (The Bourne Ultimatum), Scott Speedman (Last Resort), and Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta) will star in the supernatural thriller Out of the Dark, from Spanish director Lluis Quilez. Hit the jump for more on each project. Black Sea will definitely have buyers interested during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, especially with Law attached. Via Deadline, the film tells the story of a submarine captain who enters into a shady deal...

The article below contains spoilers for "Collaborators," the April 14th, 2013 episode of "Mad Men." "You let Don talk, you should know better -- the guy's not a salesman," Herb Rennet (Gary Basaraba) barked at Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) toward the end of last night's episode, after Jaguar shot down his plan to shift their campaign focus from a national to a local level. Herb's wrong -- Don (Jon Hamm), we know, is an incredible salesman, he just wasn't interested in selling Herb's idea to the auto executives, both because he disagreed with it and because he loathes the guy. Herb, the smarmy dealer manager for Jaguar, was last seen in season five's "The Other Woman," in which he initiated the brutal negotiations in which Joan (Christina Hendricks) slept with him in exchange for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce getting the coveted account. It wasn't a plan Don supported, and he struck back...

I am female. And because of that, I am quite happy that I didn’t have to experience the 1960s firsthand. Really glad, in fact. This week’s episode of Mad Men, “The Collaborators,” written by Matthew Weiner and Jonathan Igla and directed by none other than Don Draper himself, Jon Hamm, offers quite a powerful meditation on the rather hideous manner in which women were treated. Not since last season’s “The Other Woman,” in which Joan is offered as collateral for Jaguar rep Herb has a Mad Men episode created such a palpable unease as you watch female characters get pigeonholed as whores, belittled in the workplace, or deal with their tricky nature of their own bodies. “The Other Woman,” however, was a far superior episode. This one suffered from the heavy-handedness in which nascent director Hamm employed the use of flashback. Several times, he cut from scenes between Don and Sylvia to a tween...

You guys, it finally happened: we now have a reason to take pity on Jon Hamm. I know, I know, it didn’t seem like this day would ever come. The guy’s not only charming, funny, and a talented actor (in addition to being just stupid handsome), but even his problems sound pretty enviable to your average guy. Part of you has to rationalize that anyone as all-around awesome as Hamm, has to have some horrible, preferably ironic baggage that balances the fairness scales of life, but it wasn’t until tonight that Jon Hamm’s terrible secret came to be known: he directs bad Mad Men episodes.

Okay, let me dial it back a bit, because that’s a loaded statement, and God forbid Matthew Weiner hear the words “bad,” and “Mad Men” within spitting distance of each other if the word “breaking” isn’t also in the mix.

Christina Hendricks has helped make Joan Holloway one of the most beloved characters on "Mad Men" -- not just for her curvaceous beauty, but also her mix of strength and vulnerability.

When something bad happens to Joan, the audience almost universally wants to help her out. That's one reason last season's sensational episode "The Other Woman" -- in which Joan sleeps with a Jaguar executive in exchange for a partnership -- was such a gut-wrenching viewing experience.

As Season 6 opens, Joan may or may not be enjoying the perks of that partnership (we can't say, because -- you know -- no spoilers). During a roundtable discussion at a recent Los Angeles press day for the show, Hendricks teased a bit about what's ahead for Joan (including "groovy" new costumes), whether or not there's any romantic future for her and Don, and why she wishes she could be on "Mad Men" forever.

Finally, The Following starts asking the same questions that we've all been yelling at the screen for weeks, starting with, "How did Joe Carroll escape in a helicopter in broad daylight?" Pretty soon they'll have characters on screen asking things like, "How many people live in Richmond, anyway?" and "How many dimes can I fit into Kevin Bacon's adorable frown lines?" and "Who writes this stuff?"

At a videoconference debrief with The Washington Brass, Debra "The Brass Cupcake" Parker (Annie Parisse) reports that they have thus far uncovered 47 false identities for Joe's prison visitors. In other words, it is officially easier to get into a maximum security prison to visit a notorious serial killer than it is to get a library card. (You don't have to bring a utility bill with you to the prison!)

They now think that's it's possible that there are over 100 cultists, ranging from bored...

Until recently, Sean Lowe was running around in secret with not one but two women!

But Catherine Giudici needn't worry. The other woman is Peta Murgatroyd, his pro partner on Dancing with the Stars.

Much as he did with Giudici, Lowe had to keep his relationship with Murgatroyd quiet until The Bachelor finale aired on March 11, as ABC producers didn't want to take the spotlight away from the dating show.

"We had to be very secretive. We had to dance in locations away from all the other dancers so that paparazzi couldn't take pictures," Lowe, 29, told People at Monday's premiere.

var brightcovevideoid = '2236366266001'; Until recently, Sean Lowe was running around in secret with not one but two women! But Catherine Giudici needn't worry. The other woman is Peta Murgatroyd, his pro partner on Dancing with the Stars. Much as he did with Giudici, Lowe had to keep his relationship with Murgatroyd quiet until The Bachelor finale aired on March 11, as ABC producers didn't want to take the spotlight away from the dating show. "We had to be very secretive. We had to dance in locations away from all the other dancers so that paparazzi couldn't take pictures," Lowe, 29, told People at Monday's premiere.

• Hugh Jackman is attached to star in an adaptation of mystery and thriller author Harlan Coben’s upcoming novel Six Years. The story is about Jake Fisher who loses his love to another man. When Fisher attends the other man’s funeral to see his long-lost love six years later, he realizes that the widow is not the same woman, and as a result, he begins to doubt everything. It’s still very early in the process — Coben’s novel has yet to be released (out March 19), and there is currently no director or screenwriter attached. Guillaume Canet adapted the...

• Christian Bale may be joining a long line of Moseses, a list that includes Sir Ben Kingsley, Mel Brooks, Burt Lancaster, and Charlton Heston. According to a report, Ridley Scott is developing the Fox Moses movie Exodus, which is currently undergoing a rewrite by Moneyball co-writer Steve Zaillian. Bale is in very early talks to star. Scott hopes to begin work on the film as soon as he wraps The Counselor with Brad Pitt. Warner Bros. also has a Moses project in the works – Steven Spielberg was attached to direct Gods And Kings but recently dropped out of the project.

• In Summer 2011, Rose Byrne delivered audiences the one-two punch of Bridesmaids and X-Men: First Class. It looks like she’s aiming to double up on success again. Thursday it was announced that the Australian actress is in talks for not one but two films. She is in talks to join Tina Fey and Jason Bateman in This Is Where I Leave You, based on the Johnathan Tropper book about squabbling siblings following their father’s death. Byrne would play an old crush of Bateman’s character in the film directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night, Big Fat Liar). The other project,...

What is Casting Couch? It’s the casting news roundup with the stiff upper lip, committed to carry on even as we lose Google Reader. Click through for news about what gentlemen like Robert Duvall, Jared Harris, and Charlie Day are doing next. Cameron Diaz is a little bit hit or miss when it comes to comedy. Sure, she’s proven that she’s willing to commit to anything, but she usually has to be backed up by strong material and stronger co-stars to get laughs. That’s why some casting news has just made her next comedy, The Other Woman, go from looking like a risky proposition to looking like a pretty safe bet. THR is reporting that this movie about Diaz realizing she’s the other woman in a relationship and then teaming up with her untrustworthy beau’s wife to get revenge has just cast Leslie Mann in the role of the wife and...

Director Nick Cassevetes, best known in these circles as the bald bad guy from Face/Off and as the director of The Notebook in others, is gearing up to direct The Other Woman, not to be confused with the other The Other Woman from 2009 starring Natalie Portman.  You get all that?  The film already has Cameron Diaz attached, but is negotiating Leslie Mann (This Is 40) and Jamie Lannister himself, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who is best known for his role in HBO's Game of Thrones as the scheming...

• Leslie Mann (This Is 40) and Jamie Lannister Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) are in talks to join Cameron Diaz in the upcoming Nick Cassavetes film The Other Woman (not to be confused with Natalie Portman’s little seen 2009 flick with the same name). This story is about a woman who doesn’t know she’s the “other woman.” When she finds out, she decides to seek revenge with the help of the guy’s wife. The comedy could start shooting as early as late spring. Mann can be seen next in The Bling Ring as Emma Watson’s character’s mom.

Which of these 32 odd addictions from TLC’s My Strange Addiction is the strangest? Vote now in the Strangest My Strange Addiction Tournament! Michael Jackson Region First Round Matchup No. 2: One woman needed more fiber in her diet. The other woman had a mineral deficiency. Both had strange ways of dealing with their problems. But which is stranger? 2 Eats Toilet Paper: a woman is addicted to eating half a roll of toilet paper daily Vs. 7 Eating Rocks: 44-year-old Teresa has been eating rocks for more than 20 years; eats 700 pounds of rocks every year and drives [...]...

And here we are, the last big hurrah before the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards. As expected, "Zero Dark Thirty" won Original Screenplay but the most surprising winner was "Argo," beating the writing frontrunner, "Lincoln" by Tony Kushner. So more "Argo" power! It's definitely the film to beat this Oscars, and I'm happy that it's my No. 1 film of 2012!

Here's the complete list of WGA winners; for other winners/nominees this awards season, click here:

Film

Original Screenplay

"Zero Dark Thirty" - Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures

Adapted Screenplay

"Argo" - Screenplay by Chris Terrio; based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

"Searching for Sugar Man" - Written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics

Television

Drama Series

"Breaking Bad" - Written by Sam Catlin,...

The Writers Guild of America gathered last night and handed out hardware to those in the world of film, radio and television. Read on for a list of winners from the latter industry...

Drama Series

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Comedy Series

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.

New Series

Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling

Episodic Drama

“The Other Woman” (Mad Men), Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner

Episodic Comedy

“Virgin Territory” (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko

Long Form – Original

Hatfields & McCoys, Nights Two and Three, Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann

Long Form – Adapted

Game Change, Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and...

Louie‘s momentum continues. After largely flying under the radar for the first two seasons, the FX series’ third season earned a first Emmy award in September, then first SAG, Golden Globe and PGA nominations. And tonight Louis Ck’s semi-autobiographical series won the top comedy prize at the WGA Awards, its first major best series honor. Louie snapped Modern Family‘s two-year streak to win the best comedy series WGA Award. ABC’s hit comedy didn’t leave empty-handed, converting one of its three episodic nominations to win for Elaine Ko-penned Virgin Territory. Even bigger was the breakthrough for IFC’s cult series Portlandia. In one of the night’s biggest surprises, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s off-beat, modestly budgeted comedy beat out heavyweights The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Armisen’s Saturday Night Live, which had won the comedy/variety WGA Award for the past six years,...

Argo continued its domination of award season by claiming one of the last of the pre-Oscar prizes — the Writers Guild Award, where screenwriter Chris Terrio won the honor for adapted screenplay.

Terrio’s competition included Tony Kushner’s Lincoln, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, David Magee’s Life of Pi and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. All but Chbosky are also up for the Oscar next weekend, with Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin taking that slot.

Best original screenplay went to Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty, who bested John Gatins’ Flight,...

As we enter the home stretch to the Academy Awards, writers were celebrated Sunday. The 2012 Writers Guild Awards honored the best writing in film, television, radio, new media, and video games. "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" took home the original and adapted screenplay awards, respectively. While "Breaking Bad," and "Louie" took home awards for best drama and comedy series.

Here is the full winners list:

Television

Drama SERIESBreaking Bad (AMC), Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Comedy SERIESLouie (FX), Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.

New SERIESGirls (HBO), Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling

Episodic DRAMAMad Men (AMC) - "The Other Woman" - Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner 

Episodic COMEDYModern Family (ABC) - "Virgin Territory" - Written by Elaine Ko

Long Form -...

Breaking Bad and Louie took top TV honors at Sunday’s 2013 Writers Guild Awards, winning best drama and comedy series respectively.

Individual achievement kudos (awarded to a specific episode) went to Mad Men‘s Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner for Season 5′s “The Other Woman,” while Modern Family scribe Elaine Ko won for Season 3′s “Virgin Territory.”

Elsewhere, Girls was named best new series, while Portlandia scored the night’s biggest upset by winning best comedy/variety series over Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Other notable TV winners include…

Movie (original screenplay...

Argo continued its triumphant awards run at the Writers Guild of America Awards last night, scoring Best Adapted Screenplay for writer Chris Terrio. The gong is just one more indication that it’s a strong contender for a similar prize at next weekend’s Oscars.Another big prizewinner, Zero Dark Thirty’s Mark Boal, took home Best Original Screenplay for his work on the story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. And in a popular documentary win, Searching For Sugar Man’s Malik Bendejelloul snagged a trophy for his script.Over on the TV front, Breaking Bad won for Drama Series, while Louie took Comedy Series. New Series went to Girls and the separate episode awards went to Mad Men’s The Other Woman and Modern Family’s Virgin Territory.A list of the major awards is below.FilmORIGINAL SCREENPLAYZero Dark Thirty, written by Mark BoalFlight, written by John GatinsLooper,...

This week on Grey’s Anatomy, Bailey becomes so disgusted by the prospect of working for Pegasus Horizons that she tells Arizona that she’s going to quit. And, just as the hospital’s sale is about to go through, someone else actually tenders their resignation. And someone else. And someone else. And… let me explain:

Like A Virgin | After yet another make-out session with April, Matt the Dreamy Paramedic asks her out on a date that won’t take place in his ambulance. In turn, she freaks, running to Jackson, of all people, for advice on how to explain...

Looks like this former "Friday Night Lights" star had a Friday night to remember!Scott Porter, who currently stars on "Hart of Dixie," was snapped with his hands full at a Super Bowl party.toofab has exclusively obtained this photo of the actor at Twin Peaks Baton Rouge, a Hooters-type bar in Louisiana.The brunette on the left has been identified as Nikki Kieren, a waitress at Twin Peaks. The other woman has not been identified, but she is not Scott's fiancee Kelsey Mayfield.toofab reached out to Scott's rep, who told us: "Just some fans of Fnl he met and was goofing around with. Nothing salacious."You be the judge. Read more...

The nominees for the 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards was announced today. Ace, the American Cinema Editors, is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing. Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic): Argo William Goldenberg, A.C.E Life of Pi Tim Squyres, A.C.E. Lincoln Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Skyfall Stuart Baird, A.C.E. Zero Dark Thirty Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. & William Goldenberg, A.C.E. Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical): The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Chris Gill Les Misérables Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens, A.C.E. Moonrise Kingdom Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E. Silver Linings Playbook Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. & Crispin Struthers Ted Jeff Freeman, A.C.E. Best Edited...

For the final Zap2it Year in Review best episodes piece, I'd like to offer up some drama, comedy and reality considerations.

Drama

There was a lot of love for "The Other Woman" episode of "Mad Men" in the Zap2it offices and I wholeheartedly agree on its brilliance. But since it has been discussed at length already, please turn your attention to "The Good Wife" episode "Blue Ribbon Panel."

This may be my favorite episode of "The Good Wife" to date. Not only was the case of the week incredibly interesting, but it also introduced Matthew Perry in an outstanding guest-starring role.

The case of the week involved Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) serving on a blue ribbon panel that is to review an officer-involved shooting. Since clearly the other panel members are blowing off the investigation, Saint Alicia decides to investigate and goes all Juror no. 8 on the panel,...

Any discussion of TV's best in 2012 begins with a single show: "Mad Men." The standout episode of the year's finest series was also its most divisive. "The Other Woman" split "Mad Men" fans into two camps. Those who watched in horror and railed, "How could Joan do that?" And those who watched in horror and reasoned, "How could Joan not do that?"

The brilliance of "The Other Woman" doesn't simply involve the skin-crawling central storyline -- the men of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offer Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) partnership in the agency if she sleeps with a sleazy Jaguar exec to help win an account -- or the fist-pumping subplot -- Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) receives a job offer too good to pass up and decides to leave Scdp, and mentor Don Draper (Jon Hamm), behind. It's the way the episode, written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner and directed by Phil Abraham,...

Natalie Portman's only film appearance in 2012 came as a still photograph in Joss Whedon's The Avengers - the actress dedicating her time to raising her newborn child - but her hiatus came after a period of being just about everywhere. Following her Oscar win for Black Swan in 2010, she released three new films in 2011 (No String Attached, Thor, Your Highness) and had two indies finally find their way into theaters (Hesher, The Other Woman). She has a decent 2013 planned, set to return as Jane Foster in Thor: The Dark World and play a part in Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, but she is also entering the year being declared Hollywood's Best Actor For The Buck. Forbes has published their annual list of the most bankable stars in the movie industry and Portman has taken the top spot, beating out a number of Hollywood's most popular actors. The...

Top 10 Den Of Geek Dec 21, 2012

We've polled our writers, tallied the results, and drawn up a list of Den of Geek’s official top ten TV episodes of 2012…

Contains spoilers for certain episodes.

A fortnight ago, the call went out to our writers to select their top TV episodes of 2012 (barring anything broadcast after mid-December to give us time to collate the votes). Each writer could select up to five episodes, and their ranked lists were then weighted, and the episode tallies stacked up accordingly.

In a mark of unusual concurrence from the site's writers, very soon, a few titles established themselves as clear frontrunners. Having limited ourselves to including just one episode per show on the final list, a certain amount of jostling then went on between episodes from the same series over the two weeks of voting (particularly in the case of two BBC programmes that share a certain showrunner). Eventually though,...

10. (tie) The Thick of It

Is there a better tonic for election-year hype than an Armando Iannucci series? The apparently-final series of the show that made Iannucci’s name, The Thick Of It, upped the ante on its pitch-black style, stripping nearly all of its characters of any remaining semblances of humanity and daring us to laugh as it does so. What other television comedy could get away with a penultimate episode that spends a full hour on a set of realistically rendered government inquiry hearings and not lose a step? As we say goodbye to Malcolm Tucker (the brilliant Peter Capaldi) and the rest, it’s clear that Iannucci has crafted one of the most consistently great political satires in television history. (S.H.)

10. (tie) Treme

Treme hit creative highs this season by tightening its focus and interconnecting the many characters’ stories in a way creators David Simon and...

"Modern Family" and "Breaking Bad" are the clear front-runners in the nominations for the 2013 Writers Guild of America Awards.

Both shows are nominated in their respective series categories, and they each occupy at least half the slots in the episodic categories. "Breaking Bad" scored four of the six nominations for individual drama episodes -- that's half of the episodes the AMC series aired in 2012 -- while "Modern Family" has three of the six episodic comedy nods.

The other series nominees are "Boardwalk Empire," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" and "Mad Men" in the drama category and "30 Rock," "Girls," "Louie" and "Parks and Recreation" on the comedy side.

Here are the prime-time categories in the 2013 WGA Awards. See the full list here.

Drama series

"Boardwalk Empire"

"Breaking Bad"

"Game of Thrones"

"Homeland"

"Mad Men"

Comedy series

"30 Rock"

"Girls"

"Louie"

"Modern Family"

"Parks and Recreation"

New series

"Girls"

"The Mindy Project"

"Nashville"

"The Newsroom...

The 2013 Writers Guild Awards will be handed out Sunday, February 17, and with a total of five nominations, Breaking Bad unsurprisingly leads the way. Modern Family leads comedies with four nominations.

New series earning WGA nominations include HBO’s Girls, Veep and The Newsroom, ABC’s Nashville and Fox’s The Mindy Project, while critical favorites 30 Rock and Homeland were also recognized.

Check out the nominees in the major categories below ...

Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Drama | Episodic

Breaking Bad, “Buyout”

Breaking Bad, “Dead Freight”

Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”

Homeland, “New Car Smell”

Mad Men, “The Other Woman”

Breaking Bad, “Say My Name”

Comedy Series

30 Rock

Girls

Louie

Modern Family

Parks and Recreation

Comedy (Episodic)

Parks and Recreation, “The Debate”

Episodes, “Episode 9″

30 Rock, “Leap Day”

Modern Family, “Little Bo Bleep”

Modern Family, “Mistery Date”

Modern Family, “Virgin Territory”

New Series

Girls, HBO

The Mindy Project,...

AMC’s Breaking Bad is the most-nominated series going into the 2013 Writers Guild Awards, with a total of five nods (including best drama series). ABC’s Modern Family, meanwhile, leads the comedy pack, with four nominations.

New series making the WGA’s short list include HBO’s Girls, Veep and The Newsroom, ABC’s Nashville and Fox’s The Mindy Project, while ABC’s now-defunct One Life to Live is in the Daytime Drama race.

All told, the major categories are as follows; a complete list of nominations is at WGA.org. Awards will be handed out Feb. 17, 2013 in ceremonies...

What do Walter White and Phil Dunphy have in common? They’re both at the center of the TV shows most honored by the Writers Guild of America today. The group just announced the nominees for its annual awards, which will be handed out Feb. 17 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Breaking Bad garnered five nods; Modern Family drew four. Here’s a list of all the primetime and late night series in contention for the event’s biggest prizes:

Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki,...

The Writers Guild of America announced its 2012 nominees for the best in TV, and "Breaking Bad" leads with five nominations: Drama Series, as well as a whopping four Episodic Drama nominations for the episodes "Buyout," "Dead Freight," "Fifty-One," and "Say My Name," all of which will be eligible to compete for Emmys next year. (See full list of nominations below.) -Insertgroups:12- "Mad Men" picked up a pair of bids: Drama Series and Episodic Drama for "The Other Woman," which was nominated at the Emmys this year, losing to the pilot episode of "Homeland." "Homeland," which also won the Emmy for Best Drama, also has two WGA bids: Drama Series and Episodic Drama for "New Car Smell." The comedy field is led by "Modern Family" with four nominations: Comedy Series and Episodic nominations for "Little Bo Bleep," "Mistery Date," and "...

Lindsay Lohan was arrested and charged with third-degree assault at 4 a.m. Thursday in Manhattan' s Meatpacking District after an alleged altercation with a woman in a nightclub. Det. Mark Nell of the NYPD told People: "This morning at 4 a dispute broke out at Avenue located at 116 10th Avenue. A female 26-year-old assaulted a female 28-year old. Lindsay Lohan was arrested and charged with assault." Asked what happened, Nell said, "She punched her in the face." By 8 a.m., Nell said, Lohan "has now left the precinct and was given a desk appearance at a later date." Related: Lindsay Lohan...

If you’re at the midnight premiere of Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (well, technically, a 10 p.m. Thursday night show) chances are you’re already more than familiar about what exactly goes down in the finale of the vampire saga. With my colleagues Lanford Beard (who was coming off an all-day Twilight marathon) and Denise Warner, we braved the first public showtime in Manhattan alongside a – no surprise – sold-out crowd. More surprising was how adult and costume-free our group seemed to be.

While our theater clearly was audibly buzzing with anticipation, the dirty little secret is that in the book,...

• Tom Hardy has logged on to a big screen adaptation of the long-running videogame franchise Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. He’d play Sam Fisher, the stealthy, deadly spy at the heart of the six Splinter Cell titles. Game publisher Ubisoft is heading up the effort, and has tapped Eric Warren Singer (The International) to pen the script; no director has yet been attached. [Deadline]

• Benicio del Toro is finishing talks to play drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in Paradise Lost. The fact-based film follows a surfer who falls for a Columbia girl whose uncle just happens to be the most notorious cocaine trafficker of the 1980s.

Cameron Diaz is reportedly attached to star in revenge comedy "The Other Woman," which also has Kristen Wiig in talks. Penned by Black List alumni Melissa Stack ("I Want to F--- Your Sister," which made the top of the list in 2007), the film follows a woman (Diaz) who discovers she is the other woman in a love triangle. She meets and teams up with the wife in order to give the philandering husband his just desserts. Up next for Diaz is the Coens' "Gambit," Ridley Scott's "The Counselor" and "Agent: Century 21," a comedy about a real estate agent who gets mixed up with a Mexican drug lord (Benicio Del Toro). Wiig, meanwhile, will star in the upcoming indie comedy "The Skeleton Twins" opposite her former SNL colleague Bill Hader, and is currently shooting the romantic comedy "Hateship, Friendship" with Guy Pierce. She is also attached to Sean Penn's "The Comedian.