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Reality TV Roundup: 'American Idol,' 'Survivor,' 'Amazing Race'
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Welcome to Reality TV Roundup -- a quick look at some of the reality TV-centric stories that have recently popped up across the fine, old Interwebs. Click away, my couch potato friends. But before you do... Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! One more time: Spoiler Alert. If you watch any competition shows, the latest elimination for each show is probably revealed in the text below. The hope is that, if you missed this week's program and would rather clear out your DVR than watch the episode, you can get a quick hit here. But don't come crying to me if »
- Liane Bonin Starr
Jennifer Lawrence leads 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' photo call in Cannes
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The game is afoot. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Claflin hit up the Cannes Film Festival to pose for photos and talk up the forthcoming sequel. Peeta himself, Josh Hutcherson, was curiously M.I.A., as were co-stars Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Check out the photos here: »
- Dave Lewis
This just in: Will Ferrell and Steve Carell deliver more laughs in new 'Anchorman 2' teaser
2 hours ago
Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention? I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you to stop what you're doing and listen. That's right: A new "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" teaser trailer is here. While it still doesn't show any footage from the actual film, fans will be glad to reunite with the Channel 4 news team. Like the initial teaser, hilarious stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner improv little in-character one-liners until Carell's doltish Brick Tamland once again ruins everything. The teaser closes with Ron Burgundy's immortal »
- Dave Lewis
Box office: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' flies to $22 million on Friday
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J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" has finally launched in North America, and is off to a strong -- but not spectacular -- start at the box office. The sequel took in roughly $22 million on Friday, and will likely earn $83 million for the weekend, which will put it in line with the 2009 reboot's debut weekend. "Darkness" is opening somewhat softer than expected, with most box office prognosticators guessing that it would rack up around $100 million in its debut weekend. Having opened late Wednesday night in North America, "Darkness" has so far earned $35.3 million domestically. The film's 3D and IMAX »
- Dave Lewis
TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank' finale leads ABC on Friday, while 'Nikita' finale rises
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Fast National ratings for Friday, May 17, 2013. "Shark Tank" has been leading ABC to victories among young viewers all season, but facing CBS repeats this week, the entrepreneurial favorite pushed ABC to the top of the overall Friday heap as well. The last Friday of the 2012-2013 TV season -- and the last time HitFix will do Friday ratings again until the fall -- also saw a bump for the "Nikita" season finale and yet another week of improving numbers for "Rock Center," which may be making NBC reconsider its cancellation. For the night, ABC averaged a »
- Daniel Fienberg
Cannes Review: Tahar Rahim is radioactive in impressive 'Grand Central'
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Cannes - After making her feature film debut with 2010's "Belle Epine," director Rebecca Zlotowski returns to Cannes with the compelling new drama "Grand Central." While Zlotowski benefits from the presence of a number of critically acclaimed French actors this is the sort sophomore jump that will cement her status as one to watch within the global filmmaking community. Set in modern day France, "Grand Central" introduces us to Gary ("A Prophet's" Tahar Rahim), a lower class 31-year-old struggling to get by. Having lost his shot at a post-high school education, Gary has jumped from a succession of manual labor jobs »
- Gregory Ellwood
'Star Trek' at the Oscars
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J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" has arrived. From here the film goes out into the unforgiving summer and we'll just have to see where it stands fiscally on the other side of things. But I imagine at the very least its various craft achievements will be in the awards discussion at the end of the year. So with that in mind, how has a franchise that spans 12 films over 34 years fared at the Academy Awards all this time? It seemed like something worth digging into for our purposes here and with the new film on screens, so let's »
- Kristopher Tapley
Cannes Review: Benicio Del Toro clears his head (but not much else) in dreary 'Jimmy P'
6 hours ago
Cannes - Something's ailing Benicio Del Toro's title character in "Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian)," but let's lay that to one side for now. More pressingly, what is up with Arnaud Desplechin? The French writer-director is typically one of his country's liveliest talents, with big, crowded, unapologetically chaotic films like "A Christmas Tale" and "Kings and Queen" bristling with emotional and intellectual curiosity -- but he's come a cropper in this lethargic, self-important psychiatry study, which he himself seems to have directed from the couch. Playing to virtually none of his strengths either as a stylist and a storyteller, »
- Guy Lodge
10 Stories you might have missed: Brad Bird has 'been thinking about' 'Incredibles' sequel
15 hours ago
In this installment of 10 Stories you might have missed: Brad Bird has "been thinking about" an "Incredibles" sequel. Also: "Avengers" stars Scarlett Johansson joins Robert Downey Jr. in Jon Favreau's "Chef," Arnold Schwarzenegger in talks to star in "Toxic Avenger" remake, "The Carrie Diaries" will introduce a "Sex and the City" favorite, Amazon axes "Zombieland," new "Hannibal" rumors, Thom Yorke teams with Massive Attack's 3D for film score, and more. Catch up here: »
- HitFix Staff
15 'American Idol' judges we'd like to see
15 hours ago
As "American Idol's" ratings have dipped to record lows this season, it's clear that the singing competition needs to shake it up and the best place to start is with the judges. Randy Jackson has already said he won't be back, but it's expected that most or all of the rest of the panel could be leaving with him. Here's a look at a few judges we'd like see at the table. We cast a wide net, expanding beyond singers. Hey, if Heidi Klum can judge "America's Got Talent," why can't a non-singer judge "American Idol?" Check out all 15 suggestions »
- Melinda Newman, Daniel Fienberg and Chris Eggertsen
The 'Nikita' Season 3 finale sets the endgame in motion - How did it do?
16 hours ago
Roughly once per season I like to check in on The CW's "Nikita." It's a show I continue to watch largely because it's on on Fridays where I don't have any DVR conflicts, which isn't really a very good excuse for watching things unless you're a TV critic and a completist. And it's one of many CW shows that Sepinwall doesn't watch, so I like to keep vaguely in the loop, just in case it's urgent that somebody at HitFix know what's happening on "Nikita." It hasn't happened yet, but I keep waiting. The third "Nikita" season wrapped up »
- Daniel Fienberg
Vampire Weekend, George Strait, and Demi Lovato battle for No. 1 on Billboard 200
16 hours ago
Vampire Weekend, George Strait and Demi Lovato walk into a bar... wait a minute, that’s not right. Actually the three artists are in a tight race to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 next week. Going into the weekend, it looks like Vampire Weekend’s “Modern Vampires of the City” has the edge and is poised to sell up to 135,000 copies. The other two titles are both going to top the 100,000 mark as well. George Strait’s “Love Is Everything” will move up to 120,000 copies for No. 2, while Demi Lovato’s “Demi” is looking good for 115,000 »
Cannes Review: 'Stranger by the Lake' is a stylish new entry in the porn-noir genre
17 hours ago
Cannes - Nothing I've seen at Cannes so far -- not even the current Palme d'Or favorite, Hirokazu Kore-eda's button-cute parenthood drama "Like Father, Like Son" -- has, to my ear, pushed the end-credits clap-o-meter quite as far into the red as Alain Guiraudie's Un Certain Regard entry "Stranger by the Lake." Elated whoops and whistles greeted this minimalist French thriller's final fade to black: not the reaction you'd usually expect from a civilian festival crowd for a work of such sleek, stark nihilism as to prompt visions of Robert Bresson adapting Patricia Highsmith. All of which leads me to at »
- Guy Lodge
'All-Star Celebrity Apprentice' finalist Penn Jillette talks Trump, honesty
18 hours ago
I suspected Penn Jillette was going to make the finals of "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice." No, I'm definitely not psychic. I'm not deeply in tune with the production, or worse, Donald Trump. But I had a feeling before the show even began that the magician who makes up half of Penn & Teller might go a little further on the franchise this time around. Why? After his appearance on "The Celebrity Apprentice," he included his experiences in his most recent book, "Every Day Is An Atheist Holiday." What he said was funny and revealing and yes, pretty caustic. You have to expect »
- Liane Bonin Starr
Thomas Vinterberg to adapt 'Far from the Madding Crowd' with Carey Mulligan
19 hours ago
A year ago at Cannes, Dogme 95 co-founding filmmaking Thomas Vinterberg was stirring up talk with his film "The Hunt." It went on to win an acting award for Mads Mikkelsen, currently creeping out television audiences in NBC's "Hannibal." Drew was a fan of the film, noting that it "infuriates in all the right ways." This year's fest brings news for Vinterberg's next. The Danish director is set to adapt Thomas Hardy's novel "Far from the Madding Crowd." The film is being produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures along with the UK's DNA Films. Carey Mulligan (currently on screens in "The Great »
- Kristopher Tapley
Thomas Vinterberg to make English-language debut with 'Far from the Maddening Crowd'
19 hours ago
A year ago at Cannes, Dogme 95 co-founding filmmaking Thomas Vinterberg was stirring up talk with his film "The Hunt." It went on to win an acting award for Mads Mikkelsen, currently creeping out television audiences in NBC's "Hannibal." Drew was a fan of the film, noting that it "infuriates in all the right ways." This year's fest brings news for Vinterberg's next. The Danish director is set to make his English-language debut with an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel "Far from the Maddening Crowd." The film is being produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures along with the UK's DNA Films. Carey »
- Kristopher Tapley
Listen to two new songs from The Weeknd: 'Kiss Land' and 'John Carpenter'
20 hours ago
The Weeknd has always been a little dark. He's always been bold with his sexual exploits. But on one of his two new songs, "John Carpenter," he opens up about a different corner of his life. "I got a brand-new place, I think I seen it twice all year/ I can't remember how it looks inside, so you can picture how my life's been/ I went from staring at the same four walls for 21 years/ To seeing the whole world in just 12 months / been gone for so long I might've just found God," he lament-excites. "I don't got »
Eurovision Song Contest: A rundown of the top contenders for 2013
21 hours ago
Malmo, Sweden (AP) — Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: Welcome to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The televised extravaganza, with an audience of 125 million worldwide, is now in its 58th year. Once again without fail, it has produced a mix of bubble-gum pop songs, somber ballads, bagpipes, accordions and bizarrely kitsch musical productions. The winner, chosen from 40 countries, is picked by juries and television viewers across the continent. Contests this week have whittled the field down to 26 acts for Saturday's final. A look at some of this year's notable performances: Cezar-romania Dracula reborn with a techno »
- Malin Rising (AP)
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles going solo, with Rick Rubin
21 hours ago
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall. Rumors that Nettles would release a solo album have been prevalent for a while. Grammy Award-winning Sugarland includes Kristian Bush and is one of country music's most successful and honored acts. The duo remains together, but each is working solo currently. The news comes six months after the 38-year-old singer had her first child, a son, with husband Justin Miller. Nettles says in the release she is »
- AP Staff
Exclusive: John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. jam at R&R Hall of Fame
22 hours ago
The 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, which airs May 18 on HBO, includes some blazing performance. One of the hottest is John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr.’s smoking take on Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign.” Mayer inducted the late King and then came back to join Clark on a soulful, funky rendition on the classic. Mayer keeps his mouth shut in this exclusive clip provided to Hitfix and wisely lets his guitar talk. Not that he and Clark can’t stop smiling at each other as they did deep on the track. The R&R Hall of »
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