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Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1993...

What a year 1993 was. It saw the release of Star Fox on the Super Nintendo. Bill Clinton became president. Season three of Deep Space Nine premiered on Us television. UK politician Douglas Hurd visited Argentina. Cyndi Lauper released her album Hat Full Of Stars.

Aside from those earth shattering events, we'll probably remember 1993, in cinema terms, as the year Jurassic Park dominated the box office like an angry Tyrannosaurus. A true phenomenon, its profits doubled those of the second most watched film in 1993 cinemas, Mrs Doubtfire, and almost three times as much as the movie below that - the Harrison Ford thriller, The Fugitive.

But as ever, there was so much more to the 1993 movie landscape than dinosaurs and Robin Williams dressed as an old woman.

Over the last year, electro-pop rockers Breathe Carolina has made some huge strides. They earned a Hot 100 hit with "Breakout," made it to No. 2 on Top Electronica Albums with latest set "Hell Is What You Make It," joined the Warped Tour in a top spot and signed to Columbia. Tomorrow (July 10), "Hell Is What You Make It" is getting a digital deluxe "Reloaded" reissue. Included in the set -- via iTunes -- is a hot revamp their dance floor banger "Hit and Run" by the Wideboys. For those playing at home, the British House collective Wideboys have left...

Radical Entertainment, the guys behind the Prototype franchise, The Simpsons: Hit and Run and Scarface: The World is Yours is to close its doors. The Activision owned company will still be around for a supporting role on other Activision projects but they will no longer be developing its on games from now on. A Statement to Kotaku reads:

“Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience. Radical is a very talented team of developers, however, we have explored various options for the studio, including a potential sale of the business, and have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining option is a significant reduction in staff.

“As such, some employees will remain working for Radical Entertainment supporting other existing Activision Publishing projects, but the studio will cease development of its own games going forward.”

Radical...

We now know that when Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, gets a reboot, the movie will probably not look anything like the Hugh Jackman flick. Hopefully, they're ditching that hat.

Also, listen to Seth Rogen laugh, and see an old Bryan Cranston commercial in today's Dailies!

» Before he was Walter White in "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston was the smelly husband in a soap commercial. [YouTube]

» The sequel to "Monsters" sounds a lot like "Apocalypse Now"...with monsters. [ComingSoon.net]

» This supercut gives us the joys of listening to Seth Rogen laughing over and over and over again. [Film.com]

» The super, super old website for Nora Ephron's "You've Got Mail" still exists as it was back in the day. It's an awesome trip back in internet history. [Vulture]

» Here's a cool, animated tribute to Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" movies. [Collider]

» This is a look at every single movie that "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ever made fun of.

Here are the latest MPAA ratings from Bulletin #2227. [Rec]3: Genesis Rated R For strong bloody horror violence and some language. Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies (Special Edition) Rated R For bloody zombie violence. Blood Money Rated R For bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity. Brawler Rated R For strong brutal violence, language, sexuality and some drug use. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel Rated PG-13 For some nude images. Dorfman Rated R For some sexual content. Note: Intends To Appeal To The C.A.R.A. Appeals Board Farewell, My Queen Rated R For brief graphic nudity and language. Gambit Rated PG-13 For some suggestive content, partial nudity and a rude gesture. Release Date: October 12, 2012 Hit and Run Rated R For pervasive language including sexual references, graphic nudity, some violence and drug content. Release Date: August 24, 2012 Smashed Rated R For alcohol abuse, language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

New photos from Gangster Squad, Alex Cross, Emperor, Frozen Ground, Dracula 3D, Hit and Run, The Invisible Woman.

Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of An Enemy, Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of The Tomb, Colin Farrell shooting Dead Man Down, and Shaquille O'Neal on the Grown Ups 2 set.

One-sheets for Killing Them Softly, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Possession, The Sweeney, The Apparition, 360, Trishna and Maniac.

"Summit Entertainment has confirmed that 'The Hunger Games' sequel will now follow the 'Twilight' title formula. As a result 'Catching Fire' is now officially titled 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'…" (full details)

"New Blu-ray dates include 'Project X' on June 19th, 'Wrath of the Titans' on June 26th, 'Margaret' and 'Being Flynn' on July 10th, 'Silent House' on July 24th, 'Atm' on July 31st, 'The Hunger Games' on August 18th,...

After a federal appeals court ruled California's ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional on Tuesday, Modern Family stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet celebrated via Twitter.

In a picture posted to Jesse's Twitter account, the actors, who play a gay couple on ABC's Emmy-winning sitcom, are featured standing in front of an American flag and holding a sign that reads, "How could you Not want to see us tie the knot?"

New Clips: Modern Family's Hit and Run

The ruling could potentially affect the storyline of the show's upcoming seasons. We'll just have to wait and see.

The ban, Proposition 8, was approved in 2008. The court called it unconstitutional after concluding that the law served no purpose other than to deny gay couples marriage, therefore singling out a minority group for disparate treatment.

Emmy 'Mad' for Men, Modern Family

Modern Family airs Wednesdays on ABC.

This week’s Modern Family episode “Hit and Run” focused on several stories for the Pritchett and Dunphy clans. Cam and Mitchell argue about Cam’s anger management issues; Claire considers a run for town council; Gloria feels left out by Jay and Manny when they each deal with issues at work and school; Haley gets bilked out of $900 trying to buy fake IDs; and Jay feels old and humiliated when he has to work with a business partner’s son on building closets for a new high-rise. Unlike last week when the show clicked on all cylinders, “Hit and Run” felt...

What do you get when you try to run with other people's money? Tackled by four dudes, that's what. "Hit and Run" definitely depicted its fair share of fleeing the scene, no matter how predictable.

So what would you do if someone hit your car and then ran? Or jacked your money and then ran? I mean, if Mitchell can take down a perpetrator with just with a hoodie grab, and admire his skinny jeans while doing so, it's safe to say any of you could do that same.

Then again, he did have some major help in the form of his overweight hubby jumping on the guy's back. Poor Cam was having a rough day, he needed to kick some butt. First, he struck out trying to warn that guy at The Muppet Movie and then he scratched the roof of his mouth when the car got rear-ended. That can really hurt!

Many games have been considered as groundbreaking; often defining an entire generation. In the last ten years, no game has been as influential or trendsetting as Grand Theft Auto III was in 2001. Playing it for the first time was a moment of significance for many gamers, with most still able to fondly remember their first few hours playing the game.

It was an immense thrill to explore the vast open-world of Liberty City; a exaggerated and stylised recreation of New York. Unprecedented in its scope and ambition, gamers who had become accustomed to linear mission structures and a lack of freedom now found themselves playing a game which encouraged exploration, giving its players the choice to do whatever they wanted.

Grand Theft Auto III remains the moment the popular and controversial series introduced a particular style of open-world gameplay. In the years that followed, its influence could be felt in...

Not every movie can be a hit, and some blockbusters offer far more than their big budget and failure to dominate the box office might suggest. Here's our look at ten fascinating failures...

There are blockbuster movies that fail for good reason. Jonah Hex, Town & Country, Catwoman - they deserved their fate, really. In fact, there are films that made bucketloads of cash that didn't deserve their success, too. You can probably name a few of them quite easily.

But what we're interested in here are the blockbuster movies that struggled to make an impact, yet have something about them that makes them worthy of discussion many, many years later. Some of the films we're about to discuss are outright box office flops. Some simply didn't meet commercial expectations. All of them, to some degree, disappointed the studios that backed them.

Some of these aren't, all in honesty, particularly good.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is filling up its schedule of TV DVD shows, with three disc sets debuting in June 7: The Big C: Season One, Hawthorne: Season Two and Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season.

The Big C

The Golden Globe winning The Big C, which airs on Showtime, stars Laura Linney (The City of Your Final Destination) as a 42-year-old schoolteacher who has always played by the rules. But when she discovers she has cancer, she decides to start living it up, much to the confusion of her husband (Oliver Platt, Please Give) and teenage son (Gabriel Basso, upcoming Super 8). The show also stars Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) as an opinionated student and Idris Elba (The Losers) as an artist with whom Laura lives it up.

The Big C: Season One will be priced at $39.99 on DVD and will come with a bunch of...

Chicago — Disco singer Loleatta Holloway, known for the 1980 hit "Love Sensation," has died.

Her manager, Ron Richardson, says Holloway died of heart failure Monday night at a suburban Chicago hospital. She was 64.

Holloway recorded several disco singles, including "Hit and Run" and "Runaway." But she's best known for "Love Sensation."

Her vocals were sampled by Black Box for the 1989 hit "Ride on Time" and by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch for the song "Good Vibrations" in 1991.

Holloway was born in Chicago in 1946. She began singing gospel with the Holloway Community Singers and later with The Caravans. Her solo career began in the 1970s.

Richardson said funeral arrangements were pending, but that her family planned to hold a public memorial.

Dance music legend Loleatta Holloway passed away yesterday at the age of 64. Among her disco classics are "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation," the latter of which was used in Marky Mark's 90's smash "Good Vibrations." My favorite was her collaboration with Dan Hartman on "Relight My Fire." She will be missed. The news we've been anxiously waiting for has arrived. TNT has officially renewed Southland for a ten-episode fourth season. This Kylie flash mob at the Sydney Opera House is incredible. it builds slowly until it hits a crescendo of utter joy.

Swedish TV is set to air a new series based on It Gets Better, and their inspiration was Fort Worth Councilman Joel Burns. One person can make a difference. Matthew Morrison has revealed that he and Gwyneth Paltrow will duet on "Over the Rainbow" for his upcoming solo album. This is what it sounds like when the bluebirds cry.

Loleatta Holloway has died at the age of 64. According to SpinningSoul, manager Ron Richardson confirmed that the singer passed away yesterday after a brief illness. Richardson linked to the story from his official Twitter page, adding, "Rip Loleatta Holloway". He had previously posted messages about her health and had thanked fans for their support. Holloway started as a gospel singer before moving into soul and then disco. She was best known for hits including 'Hit and Run', Salsoul Orchestra's 'Runaway' and 'Love Sensation', which was later heavily sampled by Black Box for the first mix of their 1989 hit 'Ride On Time'. The track was also used by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch for their 1991 single 'Good Vibrations', which credited Holloway as a featured artist. (more)...

With the publication of the 2010 Black List another compilation of the year's best unproduced screenplays has arrived. This is the fifth year that The Black List has been in existence, and its purpose is to shine a spotlight on what 290 film executives think are some of the best creative executions of ideas worthy for the big screen.

To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.

In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...

Every year, film executive Franklin Leonard releases his list, called The Black List, of most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. This year's list was compiled from the suggestions of 290 film executives, each of whom picked up to ten of their favorite scripts. Since the list started in 2004, many screenplays ended up being turned into films. In 2005, two of the top three scripts were "Lars and the Real Girl" which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and "Juno" which actually won the Oscar. See The 2010 Black List below, broken up by how many votes each screenplay received. Keep in mind, some of the projects are already in the works. 49 Votes: * College Republicans (by Wes Jones): Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager. 47 Votes: * Jackie (by Noah Oppenheim): Jackie Kennedy fights...



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Back in 2004, a list was compiled of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood of that year. This came to be known as The Black List. It was all started by a young executive at Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way, who polled 90+ peers to send him their 10 favorite, new, unproduced screenplays to read over the holidays. It has since become a tradition at the end of every year, in December, to release this list, which is voted on by a group of individuals in the entertainment industry from producer assistants, talent agency individuals, and many people involved with film development all the way up to VP's.

The 2010 Black List is here, and thanks to Deadline we have the list of best unproduced screenplays. Most of the scripts we've heard of, many of them are in production, some have already wrapped filming, they just wont be released until next year.

Every year, studio executive Franklin Leonard compiles the “Black List,” a collection of the best unproduced screenplays as voted on by 300 execs and high-level assistants. The 2010 list is the sixth of its kind to bring additional awareness to Hollywood’s hottest scripts.

Topping the list this year is Wes Jones’ College Republicans, a Social Network-esque story (read my script review here) about the underhanded election of Karl Rove to a National College Republican seat, managed by strategy wunderkind Lee Atwater. Shia Labeouf is attached to play Atwater and Paul Dano as Rove. Previous Black List leaders include 2008’s The Beaver, which became a long-delayed film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, and 2009’s The Muppet Man, which remains on the shelf.

Top 10 of 2010 (via the La Times). The Black List is available for download on the official website. Update: the rest added below:

49 votes: “College Republicans” by Wes Jones.

The Black List has been released. The annual list is compiled with a poll of 300 (up from last year's 250) development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2010 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. Basically, the black list contains the hottest projects in Hollywood that you haven't heard of yet. Note: The headline is a slightly inaccurate, because a lot of these screenplays have already been acquired (six of the top ten listed), a bunch are in production now, and some have even finished production. One of this year's top ten screenplays, J.C. Chandor's Margin Call, about the last 24 hours at now-defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers is already in the can and set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival with Chandor at the helm...

Frank Leonard is the most popular man in Hollywood today. This fine December day marks the release of the 6th annual Black List, a ranked collection of the top un-produced screenplays in the town, compiled by Leonard. Last year the top script was The Muppet Man from Christopher Weekes about “the life and times of the late Jim Henson.” Coming in second was Aaron Sorkin‘s The Social Network script, which is a current frontrunner to sweep the Oscars. The year before was The Beaver, now starring Mel Gibson and set for a release in 2011.

The top one this year, College Republicans, has Shia Labeouf and Paul Dano attached. As for the rest of the list, I’ll be seeing Margin Call (pictured above) at Sundance 2011 and Safe House goes into production next year. We also reported on Oldboy director Park Chan-wook‘s English language debut with Carey Mulligan attached,...

The 55th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards recognizing excellence in dramatic writing were announced Monday by the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation. The foundation honored four UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students and one Ucsb student this year. This year’s winners are: First Place: Meg Gifford (UCLA), "Paint It Black" Second Place: Branden Cahn (Ucsb), "Burnt Bridges of Cartwright" Third Place: Owen Donovan Yarde (UCLA), "Hit and Run" First Honorable Mention: Matt Wheeler (UCLA), "How to Leave Your Lover" Second Honorable Mention: Ryan Finnerty (UCLA), "Short Stories" The awards carry prizes of: $15,000 for first place, $7,500 for...

In a story that makes complete sense in every way, former NFL linebacker Junior Seau was arrested on felony domestic abuse charges yesterday, released on bail at 3 a.m., and proceeded to drive his SUV off a cliff, suffering “no major injuries.” Because this story so closely resembles the wet dream of our favorite sports-and-awful-pun-loving tabloid, let’s play another round of Guess The New York Post headline, for the “Junior Seau Drove Off A Cliff After Being Arrested” story. Our suggestions: Cliff Diver Junior, Say Ow! Precipissed Hit And Run (Off A Cliff) Sports Futility Flee-hicle Cliffhanger, Starring Sylvester Stallone But Junior Seau Instead Of John Lithgow Other better / worse ones? Leave ‘em in the comments.

Paris' Boyfriend -- Cited for Hit and Run

Paris Hilton's boyfriend was cited for hit and run last night ... after he hit a photog in a Bentley and then just drove off.

It all went down as paparazzi swarmed the car as Paris and Cy Waits left Boa in West Hollywood. The posse of paparazzi was all over the car, when suddenly Cy accelerated, knocking a photog down.

The couple took off after the hit and the photog called the cops. Paramedics were also called and took the female photog to a local hospital.

We're told at some point later, Cy came back, sans Paris, and spoke with police.

Law enforcement sources tell us Cy was cited for hit and run, then allowed to leave.

And get this ... sources say Paris is saying, "The pap is making up injuries."

Source: TMZ...

Branden Cahn, Ryan Finnerty, Meg Gifford, Matt Wheeler and Owen Donovan Yarde have been named the finalists of the 2010 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards.

Launched by Samuel Goldwyn Sr. in 1955 at UCLA, the awards are designed to encourage young film, stage and television writers. The finalists were chosen from more than 200 feature-length screenplay submissions from eight University of California campuses.

Cahn (Ucsb) penned "Burnt Bridges of Cartwright," Finnerty (UCLA) wrote "Short Stories," Meg Gifford (UCLA) penned "Paint it Black," Matt Wheeler (UCLA) wrote "How to Leave Your Lover" and Yarde (UCLA) penned "Hit and Run."

The awards, which are run by the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, bestow a $15,000 first prize, a $7,500 second prize, a $4,000 third prize, and $2,000 and $1,000 honorable mentions. The prizes will be awarded November 1 at UCLA.

"As entertainment professionals and educators, we know that everything starts with a story," said Teri Schwartz, Dean of UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television.

January Jones and Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudeikis may be Hollywood's newest item. Reports surfaced that that the Mad Men star, 32, and Sudeikis, 34, were making out all night at an Espy after party and spending a lot of time together on the set of Sudeikis's new movie. Thursday, the maybe-duo was spotted hanging out again. Sudeikis, who in June was briefly linked to Jennifer Aniston, recently divorced his wife of six years, 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon. Jones has been recently linked to Entourage's Jeremy Piven and to Oscar winner Adrien Brody. A rep for Jones did not return a request for comment.

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From bright reds, to orange hues, to nudes to peaches, January Jones has the best, most inspirational lips of the summer!

I love nothing more than a celebrity who takes risks with her makeup and constantly changes things up. January Jones is just that girl. She always has on a perfect, totally covetable lip color at every event she goes to. At the Espy Awards in La on July 14, she had on a super pretty tomato red shade. I love the orange undertone on her. At a Louis Vuitton party in La on July 13 she swiped on an orange peach hue. For a World Oceans Day Party in La on July 8 she wore a shimmery nude hue and on May 24 at an LG party she went for a matte, bright red lipstick. Each shade is right on trend for summer and look so great on her. Take a...

Growth Gabriel Cowan PosterAnchor Bay Entertainment will be releasing Gabriel Cowan's (Breathing Room) Growth on DVD September 7th (Shock). The clip below for the film is sure to make audiences squirm as 2" parasites infect almost every one on the isolated Kuttyhunk Island. This New Artists Alliance film stars Mircea Monroe (The Black Waters of Echo's Pond), Christopher Shand (Hit and Run) and Brian Krause (Desertion). Have a watch of the trailer below along with the announced DVD extras also inside.

The synopsis for Growth here:

"Growth begins in 1989, when a breakthrough in advanced parasitic research on Kuttyhunk Island gives scientists a jump in human evolution, endowing subjects with heightened physical and mental strength. But, the experiment went horribly wrong. A lethal parasite was produced that mysteriously killed off three quarters of the island's population, with the survivors fleeing for their lives.

Continues...

Twenty years later, Jamie Akerman (Monroe), who...

Another video direct from the set of Mma-powered action movie featuring Keith Jardine and other top fighters. This time, Director Warren P. Sonoda takes you behind the scenes of Unrivaled to watch movie magic being made! Listen as Sonoda runs you through the film, hear what Unrivaled star Hector Echavarria has to say about the project and find out how stunt coordinator Eric Bryson puts together a fight.

Synopsis: A down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the greatest Mma world title-holder during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the rewards great…But should he lose, it will cost him his life.

More ‘Unrivaled’ Videos

Al Sapienza talks ‘Unrivaled’ Actor Al Sapienza (Saw V) sits down to talk about his character Sergio, and what his inspiration is while playing a gangster.

Unrivaled - Directing A Chase Scene Follow director...

Another exclusive video fresh from the set of Mma-powered movie ‘Unrivaled‘ shooting Toronto. This clip features the big, bald (& occasionally mean) Keith Jardine in a variety of scenes and on-set banter.

First off, Jardine messes with his stunt double Julian Lewis, then acts in a choreographed fight against Hector Echavarria, and also chats about his character and real-life friendship with Rashad Evans. Director Warren P. Sonoda shares some comments about working with Jardine pointing out his hard work and effort on set. Finally Jardine mentions his enthusiasm for indie film and the art of film and points out flaws in his stunt double’s hair-do.

Synopsis: A down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the greatest Mma world title-holder during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the rewards great…But should he lose, it will cost him his life.

Nicole Richie was injured in an auto accident caused by paparazzi Monday, according to the Beverly Hills police. “The Simple Life” reality TV series actress was rear-ended by two photographers driving in a car behind her at the intersection of Wilshire and Canon Drive around 2:00 p.m Monday afternoon. Freelance photograher Eduardo Arrivebee, 29, the driver of the car that hit Richie’s Land Rover, was arrested and booked for driving without a license. His car was impounded. "There was a complaint of pain injury,” says Lt. Tony Lee of the Beverly Hills Police Department. “She told officers at the scene that she's going to seek her own medical treatment." The extent of her injuries is unknown. Richie had an adult passenger in the car. There is no word on his condition.

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MovieSet continues the coverage of ‘Unrivaled‘ with this interview with Al Sapienza who plays Sergio. In this interview he explains that he learned to act in prison of all places - which gets some laughs. He says he likes to plays gangster “light and fun,” and “charming and funny” “because that’s what they are really like.”

He comments that Director Warren Sonoda is passionate and a very good filmmaker and that Hector’s character Ringo “is likeable” and the story reminds him of modern day Rocky.

A down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the greatest Mma world title-holder during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the rewards great…But should he lose, it will cost him his life.

Check out our other ‘Unrivaled’ Videos right here Unrivaled - Directing A Chase Scene Follow director Warren P. Sonoda...

Double dose of stunt action from the set of ‘Unrivaled‘ - the Mma-fueled action movie in production with Warren P. Sonoda at the directing helm and Hector Echavarria, Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine contributing the fighting skills with help of stunt performers who make it look real and easy.

In this first clip “Hit and Run” - go behind the scenes of Unrivaled with actor Steven Yaffee to watch stunt performer Neil Davison and Stunt Coordinator Eric Bryson prepare for a hit and run scene.

In this second clip “Directing A Chase Scene” - follow director Warren P. Sonoda as he directs an on foot chase scene within a “live” street. See the people’s reaction as the actor’s race down the street. Then the stunt coordiantor has to move the group when a real-life bank in robbed in the neighborhood “I don’t want my boys to get shot” he says.

Country star Leann Rimes has been accused of a misdemeanour hit and run after reportedly failing to stop after a traffic accident in California.

Los Angeles police officers visited the singer at her home on Thursday night after reports she had been involved in an accident earlier in the evening.

No further details were available at press time.

Rimes has been in the headlines recently after reportedly dating married actor Eddie Cibrian, her co-star in a recent U.S. TV movie.

The actor recently split from his wife and he and Rimes were spotted playing golf together in Valencia, California, earlier this week (beg17Aug09). Cibrian was also snapped leaving Rimes' home in Santa Monica, California on Thursday morning, according to RadarOnline.com.

Greetings Fango Fiends! It's another Sunday here in the Fangoria Dungeon and that means it's time for another look back at the past seven days of blood-soaked horror delights. It was a glorious week here at Fango, as we announced our 30th Anniversary Celebration, Previewed Issue #281, and dropped the news that Shock*N*Roll would return to Chicago. For those of you not familiar with how this works, I've taken the entire week and broken it down by category with linked headlines. Let's get started!

Fangoria Entertainment Updates:

-Fangoria Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary! Frightful Festivities Continue All Year Long

-Sneak-Peek: Fangoria #281

-Mushroomhead to perform at the Chicago Weekend Of Horrors Shock*N*Roll Spooktacular!

-Tickets for Mushroomhead's Chicago Weekend of Horrors concert On-sale Now!

-Preview: Fangoria & Robot Monster give you 6 Days of Monster Musick!

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From first-time director Enda McCallion comes Hit And Run, a combination of last year’s Stuart Gordon film Stuck and 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer. This attempt at an art-house thriller mixed with psychological horror tries to be too many things at once, and ends up coming across as only average.

The film’s first half seems more like a social commentary, based on the real-life event that has already inspired not only Stuck but a Law And Order episode. Mary, played by Amusement’s Laura Breckinridge, is on her way home after getting drunk at a party when she runs over something. Arriving home, she soon learns that she has in hit a man, Emser (The Last Winter’s Kevin Corrigan), who is still impaled on the grill of her car but very much alive. After an extremely short bout of compassion followed by a longer...

The Entertainment and Leisure Software Association (Elspa) has awarded diamond accreditation to Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii for selling one million units in the UK. Only a few other titles have been able to achieve a diamond award, including The Simpsons: Hit And Run, Brain Training and Grand Theft Auto (GTA): Vice City. GTA: San Andreas is also classed as a diamond title, having (more)...

MGM Home Entertainment gave Fango the first look at cover art and details for its DVD release of the psychochiller Hit And Run. The disc arrives January 13, distributed via Fox Home Video.

Directed by Enda McCallion, the movie (previously titled Bumper) stars Laura (Amusement) Breckenridge as a college student who leaves a spring break party drunk and winds up running a man down with her car. Burying what she believes is her dead victim, she soon learns that her victim wasn’t quite expired, and has unearthed himself to seek violent revenge. Diane Doniol-Valcroze and Arthur Flam, who co-wrote the similarly car-centric Penny Dreadful, scripted Hit And Run, and the cast also includes Kevin (The Last Winter) Corrigan and Christopher (Return To Sleepaway Camp) Shand. MGM’s disc will present the film in widescreen with no announced special features, and retails for $26.98.

New York -- Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Nadine Velazquez, Bill Engvall and Cedric the Entertainer are heading to the Renaissance Faire in the romantic comedy "All's Faire in Love."

Benjamin ("The House Bunny") will play an eager drama school grad whose new Renaissance Faire theater troupe makes him their fetch boy. His hopes and libido rise when he spots a Faire virgin (Ricci), but swashbuckling colleagues threaten to thwart their budding romance.

Ann-Margret, Matthew Lillard and Louise Griffiths also star in the That's Hollywood/Patriot Pictures production. Velazquez (NBC's "My Name Is Earl") and Engvall (Blue Collar Comedy Tour) will be cast by the time cameras roll this month in Michigan.

Scott Marshall ("Keeping Up With the Steins") directs from Robert A. White's screenplay. Scott Reed and Ron Singer ("Bumper") are producing under their That's Hollywood shingle.

Patriot's Michael Mendelsohn is executive producing, financing and overseeing casting of the film.