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Michael Buble takes No. 1 on The Billboard 200, Fantasia in second
5 hours ago
Michael Buble earns his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “To Be Loved,” which debuts with 195,000 copies sold last week. His last album was 2011’s “Christmas,” which eventually made it to the summit after starting at No. 3. Fantasia’s new “Side Effects of You” bows at No. 2 with 91,000. It shares the record of her highest-charting album, 2010’s “Back to Me,” which also made it to No. 2 (but with 117,000 in its first week). Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” stays at No. 3 with 74,000, a sales decrease of 3%. Phoenix’s fresh album »
- Katie Hasty
Singer tweets Jackman sneak for 'X-Men' as 'Wolverine' CinemaCon trailer leaks
6 hours ago
At this point, I'll bet even Hugh Jackman is wondering just how much Wolverine is too much Wolverine. Right now, they aren't even done with "The Wolverine," the Japan-set stand-alone film by James Mangold that's coming out in July, and Hugh Jackman is already doing wardrobe tests for the about-to-start-shooting "X-Men: Days Of Future Past." Bryan Singer, returning to the world of "X-Men" for the first time since he left Fox in turmoil so he could go direct "Superman Returns," seems to be enjoying every single part of the pre-production process, and he's being fairly open with imagery via his Twitter »
- Drew McWeeny
HBO renews 'Veep' for season 3
7 hours ago
HBO has renewed "Veep" for a third season. The political comedy, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and created by Armando Iannucci, is three episodes into its second season, airing Sundays at 10 after "Game of Thrones." I never got a chance to do an advance review of "Veep" season 2, though Fienberg and I discussed it at length on the podcast. I had liked but not loved the first season, and even though Iannucci made several obvious and welcome tweaks for season 2 — making Selina more relevant to the presidential administration, bringing in ace guest stars like Gary Cole and Kevin Dunn — I actually found myself laughing »
- Alan Sepinwall
La film fest announces 2013 line-up: 'Fruitvale Station,' 'Only God Forgives,' 'Way, Way Back'
7 hours ago
Film Independent has revealed the line-up for this year's Los Angeles Film Festival, cherry-picking this and that from Sundance and Cannes with a few other things thrown in here and there. World premieres include Alexander Mirecki's "All Together Now," Ava DuVernay's "Venus Vs.," Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck's "Forty Years from Yesterday" and Joe Burke's "Four Dogs." Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives" will see its North American debut at the fest via a Gala presentation, following in the footsteps of his last film, "Drive." Holding over from Sundance, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's "The Way, Way Back" will close out »
- Kristopher Tapley
'Downton Abbey' casts the show's first black character
8 hours ago
Back in March we first had word that "Downton Abbey" was looking for an actor to play the show's first black character, a "charming and charismatic" jazz singer named Jack Ross. Now comes word from Deadline.com about who got the role. Gary Carr will be playing Ross in season four of the hit show. Carr previously appeared in the BBC series "Bluestone 42" and "Death in Paradise." He won't be the only new face next season, though. He’ll join previously announced new cast members Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Nigel Harman, Joanna David and Dame Harriet Walter. Shooting is »
- Liane Bonin Starr
The Civil Wars returning with self-titled sophomore set
8 hours ago
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — The Civil Wars are returning with a new album. The duo announced the news on their website Wednesday afternoon. They posted an image of the new self-titled album's cover along with a pair of handwritten notes from Joy Williams and John Paul White thanking fans for their patience. The album will be released late summer by Columbia Records and is the follow-up to The Civil Wars' debut, "Barton Hollow." That album earned the duo two of their three Grammy Awards and a rapidly growing fan base. But their future together appeared in doubt when they canceled a »
- AP Staff
Tyler, The Creator-directed Mountain Dew ad pulled for complaints on racism
8 hours ago
New York (AP) — PepsiCo pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew that was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women. In the 60-second spot developed by African-American rapper Tyler, The Creator, a battered white woman on crutches is urged by an officer to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men. A goat character known as Felicia is included in the lineup. The goat makes threatening remarks to the woman such as "Ya better not snitch on a player" and "Keep ya mouth shut." She eventually screams "I can't do this, no no »
- AP Staff
Catching up with 'Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life'
9 hours ago
I missed the first episode of MTV's “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life” last week but if the second episode, which aired Tuesday night is any indication, I missed nothing. As we catch up with Ke$ha in this six-episode “documentary” culled from footage shot by her brother Lagan Sebert over a two-year period, it’s June 2011. This immediately begs the question, “Why on earth would we care about seeing footage that’s two years old?” She’s headed to play at Glastonbury and she’s lost her voice, but even more trouble looms as one of her two tour buses breaks down en route to »
'Daily Show' sets John Oliver takeover, Jon Stewart return
10 hours ago
Comedy Central has set a June start date for John Oliver's run as host of "The Daily Show," as well as a September return for Jon Stewart. As was previously announced, Stewart will be taking eight weeks off this summer in order to direct his first feature film, "Rosewater," during which time he'll be replaced by long-time "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver. Oliver will take over "The Daily Show" starting on June 10, with guest Seth Rogen. Across the rest of that first week, Oliver will be joined by Armando Iannucci (June 11), a musical performance by Mavis Staples »
- Daniel Fienberg
Soderbergh on the state of the industry, and why 'cinema is shrinking'
10 hours ago
I'm hardly alone in this, but I continue to resist the notion that Steven Soderbergh's professed retirement from feature filmmaking is permanent -- not least because he's been on such vigorous creative form lately. "Magic Mike," of course, cracked my Top 10 of 2012 list, while his lithely nasty Hitchcockian thriller "Side Effects" is on course to be one of my favorite mainstream genre entertainments of this year -- it would be an enormous pity for him to bow out just as he seems to have perfected the rarely performed trick of the counter-intuitive audience movie. Still, after reading the lucid, »
- Guy Lodge
Sharlto Copley and Die Antwoord sign up to star in Neill Blomkamp's 'Chappie'
20 hours ago
I love watching a long-term artistic collaboration come into focus. When Neill Blomkamp released "District 9," one thing that was obvious was that Blomkamp and his star Sharlto Copley had a great chemistry, and that they were both equally important to the way that film worked. A few weeks ago, when I went to the special event for "Elysium," both Copley and Blomkamp were present and they were talking about how they adjusted their method of collaboration for this new film. What was evident was the kinship they feel and the connection they have. They have that thing you need in »
- Drew McWeeny
It's Enterprise vs. Vengeance in new 'Star Trek Into Darkness' IMAX poster
20 hours ago
Things are not looking good for the USS Enterprise. The famed starship is assailed by John Harrison's (Benedict Cumberbatch) massive USS Vengeance in a brand-new IMAX poster for "Star Trek Into Darkness," which evokes a "David and Goliath" feel by putting the vessels' obvious size differential into stark relief. Now that is one big, scary ship. Check out the poster below and let us know what you think. "Star Trek Into Darkness" hits theaters on May 17. You can watch the latest trailer here. »
- Chris Eggertsen
Interview: Joey & Meghan talk 'The Amazing Race'
21 hours ago
YouTube stars Joey Graceffa and Meghan Camarena seemed to be having a lot of fun on "The Amazing Race," so it's a little bit sad to hear the newly eliminated duo discussing their disappointment that the other teams seemed to dislike them on the Race. It wasn't all of the other teams, of course. Joey & Meghan made an early alliance with John & Jessica and Roller Derby Moms Mona & Beth, targeting Hockey Brothers Bates & Anthony, the team they felt [correctly, so far] was the biggest threat. That, of course, left them feeling targeted by Bates & Anthony, »
- Daniel Fienberg
Melissa McCarthy's 'Tammy' to face off with Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz next July
21 hours ago
Melissa McCarthy is hitting the road next 4th of July. The "Heat" star's road-trip comedy "Tammy" has been slated for release on July 2, 2014, putting it in direct competition with both the Cameron Diaz-Jason Segel laffer "Sex Tape" and, to a lesser extent, Disney's "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie. In other words, it's shaping up to be a crowded holiday weekend. Set to begin shooting in May, "Tammy" stars McCarthy as a woman who embarks on a road trip with her hard-drinking, foul-mouthed grandmother after losing her job at a fast-food restaurant and discovering her husband is cheating on her all »
- HitFix Staff
Gwyneth Paltrow talks about putting Pepper in harm's way for 'Iron Man 3'
22 hours ago
One of the ways I feel like I'm disconnected from the way a lot of people digest pop culture is the way I tune out celebrity gossip almost completely. When I hear someone say that they "hate" a celebrity, I wonder what gets them to that point. There are no celebrities who matter enough in my world for me to hate any of them, and certainly not because of the way they live. Case in point: when I think of Gwyneth Paltrow, I think of her onscreen work. I think of the first time I saw her in the largely unseen »
- Drew McWeeny
Watch: A conversation with 'Arrested Development's' Korean adoptee 'Annyong'
23 hours ago
Is "Annyong" (real name: "Hel-loh") back to wreak more havoc in the upcoming season of "Arrested Development"? If he is, the actor who played the Korean adoptee-with-a-secret isn't telling. "You know, anything's possible," Justin Lee told us at the show's Season 4 premiere on Monday. "You'll have to watch May 26." Right. So which of the principal cast members did you get to work with the most during shooting? "You know, I'll have to divert back to 'you'll have to watch May 26 to find out,'" Lee repeated. "I will tell you it's gonna be funnier than ever." Regardless of Lee's »
- Chris Eggertsen
Review: Does 'Inside Amy Schumer' deliver the goods?
23 hours ago
The latest trend in comedy has been focused on women behaving (or talking about behaving) badly. They pooped in the sink in "Bridesmaids" (don't tell me that's a spoiler at this point), they have awkward sex on "Girls," they curse and get drunk and high and screw around. Somethings the cursing and drinking and screwing around is supposed to pass as fascinating insight into the female psyche. Sometimes it's supposed to be funny. But piggishness in either men or women isn't inherently funny. While pundits argue about whether lowbrow distaff humor delivers a bad message to young women (who are probably »
- Liane Bonin Starr
'Vertigo,' 'The Last Emperor' (in 3D) and Emmanuelle Riva get a fresh look at Cannes
23 hours ago
"Looking forward" is the phrase we use most often when discussing the Cannes Film Festival, given that it showcases many of the year's most anticipated specialty films -- many of which stoke that anticipation by taking their sweet time to land in theaters. But looking backward is also a significant part of the festival... or it has been, at least, since the Cannes Classics strand was introduced to the Official Selection in 2004. It's an increasingly popular notion that major film festivals shouldn't only foster the classics of the future, but preserve those of the past too. To that end, Cannes »
- Guy Lodge
Interview: Os Mutantes founder Sérgio Dias on 'Fool Metal Jack' and American politics
30 April 2013 7:16 PM, PDT
Austin -- Os Mutantes have mutated, literally, over the course of their long history. This week marks another morphing, with the release of the Brazilian band's "Fool Metal Jack," which features founder Sérgio Dias and company performing the most English-speaking songs of any of their studio albums. The psychedelia and Tropicália roots stemming from Os Mutantes' formation in 1966 are still there, but the personnel of the band -- even since reuniting in 2006 -- has changed. The political voice has become stronger, if not just more matured. The bobbing buoyancy has more and more hints of melancholy. After »
Review: 'The Mindy Project' - 'Triathlon'
30 April 2013 7:00 PM, PDT
A review of tonight's "The Mindy Project" coming up just as soon as we spend eternity together playing doubles tennis with Abe Lincoln and Tupac... Though "The Mindy Project" was renewed last month, it still feels like a show in flux. They've brought in new writers — including "30 Rock" vet Jack Burditt, who wrote "Triathlon" — and continue to tinker with the cast. Xosha Roquemore, who plays the practice's new singing nurse, was just hired to be a regular for next season. Most first-year series go through some amount of transition and growing pains, but "Mindy" has been through more »
- Alan Sepinwall
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