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News Shorts: January 8th 2013

New photos from Non-Stop, The Call, Grown Ups 2, Oz The Great and Powerful, and The East. Posters for Spring Breakers, Stand Up Guys, Wrong. "Christopher Meloni has joined the cast of Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For". Meloni will play a leading role as a brutish cop… " (full details) "Sony Pictures Classics … [Read more...]

TV News: Wonder, Broadchurch, Da Vinci

Wonder Woman Despite the failure of the NBC "Wonder Woman" pilot last year, TV producer David E. Kelley believes The CW's upcoming WW prequel project "Amazon" will have better luck. Kelley says: "I still believe it's viable for a television series. I think it's ripe to do it. We made mistakes with ours. My only regret is we were never given a … [Read more...]

News Shorts: January 6th 2013

Photos from Man of Steel, Epic and Oblivion. Posters for To the Wonder, Jack the Giant Slayer, Sightseers, Welcome to the Punch, Parker, The Host, Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes, and concept art from Pixar's cancelled Newt. "The National Society of Film Critics selected 'Amour' as the Best Picture of 2012 during its annual meeting Saturday. … [Read more...]

TV News: Breaking, Bates, Hawaii, End

Breaking Bad Actor Aaron Paul, star of AMC's 'Breaking Bad,' has announced that the final eight episodes of the series are scheduled to begin airing on July 14th. [Source: Guyism] Bates Motel A&E Network will premiere their scripted drama series "Bates Motel" on Monday, March 18th at 10PM US-ET/PT. The series is a contemporary prequel to … [Read more...]

TV News: House of Cards, Dr. Who, Archer

House of Cards Netflix has released four new trailers for their much anticipated "House of Cards" series remake starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher. Click here to see them. The full thirteen-episode season premieres on February 1st. Doctor Who Last week's "Doctor Who" Christmas special averaged 1.43 million viewers on BBC … [Read more...]

News Shorts: January 3rd 2013

Some stunning concept art from Bong Joon-ho's English language debut Snowpiercer. Photos from Star Trek Into Darkness, Dead Man Down, Freeloaders, 7E, Warm Bodies, and The Grandmaster. Posters for John Dies at the End, The Last Exorcism Part II, Running from Crazy, The Last Stand, and what could be the first character poster for Sin City: A Dame … [Read more...]

News Shorts: December 30th 2012

Posters for The Place Beyond the Pines, After Earth, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Movie 43, Snitch and To the Wonder. A photo from Pacific Rim, and a photo of Sharlto Copley as the villain Kruger in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium. A former producer on the ill-fated film adaptation of Nintendo's "Metroid" game series has talked in-depth with IGN as to why that … [Read more...]

BREAKING NEWS: Woman sentenced in deadly hit and run crash

A woman who pleaded guilty to impaired driving in the crash that killed 22 year old Kassandra Kaulius in Surrey has been handed 37 months behind bars. Natasha Warren was sentenced in Provincial Court in Surrey this morning. The crown had been seeking a three and a half year term. Defence called for 25 months behind bars. She also gets an eight year … [Read more...]

TV News: “The Maid,” “Low Winter Sun”

FremantleMedia and "Moulin Rouge" screenwriter Craig Pearce are teaming to develop a television drama series adaptation of Kimberly Cutter's best-selling novel "The Maid" about Joan of Arc. The story revolves a young peasant girl who believes she is sent by God to save France. The show will tell the final years of the Hundred Years' War by … [Read more...]

Most Outrageous Travel News of 2012

This year in news sure gave us plenty to talk about around the water cooler. From very special coffee ingredients to ex-con exploits aboard aircraft, we look at the year's craziest travel stories. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]