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Vampire Weekend conquers this week's Billboard 200 chart
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New York indie rock vets Vampire Weekend sunk their teeth into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 this week, as their third album "Modern Vampires of the City" sold 134,000 copies in its first week of release, edging out George Strait, Demi Lovato and Lady Antebellum. "Modern" topped the first week sales of Vampire Weekend's previous effort "Contra," which debuted at No. 1 in 2010, selling 124,000. Country legend George Strait's new "Love Is Everything" debuted in the No. 2 spot, moving 120,000 copies, making it his 18th top 10 album on the chart. Another new entry on the charts, »
- Dave Lewis
Billy Crystal to star in FX comedy pilot 'The Comedians'
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Nearly 30 years since his one season on "Saturday Night Live," Billy Crystal is returning to television, as star and producer of a comedy pilot for FX called "The Comedians." The series, based on a Swedish show, will star Crystal as a famous comedy veteran who's forced to work with a younger, edgier comedian for a late-night sketch show. Crystal will write and produce along with an eclectic mix of TV veterans: "Seinfeld" alum Larry Charles (who will also direct the pilot), "Burn Notice" creator Matt Nix, and sitcom veteran Ben Wexler, who worked with Nix on the short-lived comic cop »
- Alan Sepinwall
'Celebrity Ghost Stories' returns with Wayne Newton, Marlee Matlin
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If your air conditioning isn't working, good news. There are chills to be had (hey, it's something) on the Bio network when "Celebrity Ghost Stories" and "The Haunting Of..." return in back-to-back episodes on Saturday, June 1 at 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. respectively. If you haven't seen it, “Celebrity Ghost Stories” is told completely through first-person narrative by actors, musicians and personalities who believe they have experienced the other side. The hit series features descriptive, personal accounts that deliver a compelling, surprising and downright chilling look into the world of the paranormal. In the season 5 premiere, George Wendt »
- Liane Bonin Starr
'American Horror Story,' 'Big Bang Theory' lead Broadcast TV Journalists Association nominees
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The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) announced today its list of nominees for TV programming. CBS series "The Big Bang Theory" and FX's mini-series "American Horror Story: Asylum" led the way with six nominations apiece. On the drama side, FX's "The Americans," AMC's "Breaking Bad," HBO's "Game of Thrones" and CBS's "The Good Wife" led with four nods each. Netflix's new stab at serialized entertainment, "House of Cards" -- developed by David Fincher, among others -- picked up a pair of nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series (Kevin Spacey) and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Corey Stoll). »
- Kristopher Tapley
TLC revives ancestry-themed 'Who Do You Think You Are?' with new guests
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Remember the Lisa Kudrow-produced NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" Miss it? Well, after NBC dropped it TLC picked it up. Eight all-new episodes will begin airing on July 23. If you don't remember the show, it takes celebrities on a journey into their personal histories, mining their pasts to reveal unknown details about themselves and their families. Celebrities such as Christina Applegate, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, and Chris O’Donnell have signed up for the emotional journey, with additional subjects to be announced. Each discovers amazing details about their family trees’ deep roots. “I’ve never stopped hearing about how much »
- Liane Bonin Starr
'Bonnie and Clyde's' Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger rob banks in new images
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Legendary bank-robbing couple Bonnie and Clyde are back, this time shooting up the small screen. Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild") and Holliday Grainger ("The Borgias") will star as the 1930s lovers on the run in the upcoming two-night TV event "Bonnie and Clyde," from director Bruce Beresford and Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. The all-star cast also includes Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, and Dale Dickey. A&E has released three brand new photos from the mini-series, showing off the project's stars, guns, getaway cars and vintage fashions. "Bonnie and Clyde" will air on three cable networks simultaneously »
- Dave Lewis
Review: Robert Redford battles the sea and emotions in 'All Is Lost'
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Cannes - Two years ago, at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, J.C. Chandor made his feature film debut with "Margin Call." The drama about a Wall Street investment bank on the verge of collapse featured a prestige-worthy cast and received solid reviews, but got lost as an out of competition premiere in Park City. Eight months later, however, it became one of the first true direct to VOD success stories and earned Chandor his first Oscar nomination in the best original screenplay category. Now, he returns with a much different film, "All Is Lost," which debuted today at the 66th Cannes »
- Gregory Ellwood
'Twilight' dominates Teen Choice Awards nominations
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"The Twilight Saga" isn't over just quite yet. The teen fantasy-romance fantasy franchise once again dominates the nominations for the upcoming Teen Choice Awards, with seven mentions. The Awards will honor everything under the pop culture sun, from movies, TV, music, sports and "hotties/" Other movies with multiple nominations includes "The Dark Knight Rises," "Iron Man 3," and "The Great Gatsby." On the TV side, "Gossip Girl," "Revenge" and "The Vampire Diaries" are among the most mentioned, while the music categories were ruled by the likes of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez (nominated for Choice Female Artist, best fashion and best smile). The winners will »
- Dave Lewis
TV Ratings: 'Dancing with the Stars' finale, 'The Voice' lead Tuesday
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Tuesday night's conclusion of the latest "Dancing with the Stars" season helped ABC win primetime overall, but the theoretically thrilling results couldn't lift the network past "Voice"-aided NBC among young viewers. Not surprisingly, it was the lowest rated finale in "Dancing with the Stars" history, while it was also the lowest rated Tuesday of this cycle of "The Voice." For the night, NBC averaged a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49, beating ABC's 2.1 rating in the key demographic. Fox was a close third with a 1.9 key demo rating, followed »
- Daniel Fienberg
Exclusive: Watch a preview of the robot challenge on 'Big Brain Theory'
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Who knew science -- not scifi, but actual science -- could be this cool? Probably scientists. And anyone who paid attention in science class. Never mind. Whether or not you loved science as a subject (and whether or not you are crushed that one of the few women on the show got eliminated last week, sniff), "The Big Brain Theory: Real Genius" is all about building cool stuff to rigorous standards, then trying to blow it up, set it on fire or destroy it in some other way. Who doesn't love blowing stuff up? Don't answer that. In this exclusive clip »
- Liane Bonin Starr
Lionsgate acquires Guillaume Canet's 'Blood Ties' starring Clive Owen and Billy Crudup
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Lionsgate has announced that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film "Blood Ties." Lionsgate's sister company, Roadside Attractions, will be handling the release here in the States. Premiering this year at Cannes, "Blood Ties" is a period piece taking place in 1974. The story revolves around two middle-aged brothers and their father. One brother, Chris, is newly released from prison while the other, Frank, is a police officer. Naturally, the two clash as Chris finds himself inexorably pulled towards his old life. Directed by Guillaume Canet, the movie stars Clive Owen as Chris and Billy Crudup as Frank. Also »
- Josh Lasser
Review: In NBC's 'Save Me,' Anne Heche talks to God
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Bob Greenblatt was hired as NBC's latest would-be savior because of the success he had at Showtime, which went from HBO's ignored rival to a buzz and awards magnet under his leadership, which yielded "Dexter," "Nurse Jackie" and other success stories. Other than a brief window back in the fall, his tenure at NBC hasn't been any more successful than the last bunch of entertainment presidents — and in some ways has been worse — but what's interesting is how little connection his programming taste has had between his old job and his new one. Showtime is a niche pay cable »
- Alan Sepinwall
Cannes Review: 'Only God Forgives' is a sleek, virtually non-narrative blood ballet
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Cannes - If nothing else -- and like many Cannes folk who entered this morning's screening bleary-eyed, and left it black-eyed, I'm still working out just how much else it is -- "Only God Forgives" may be the single reddest film to grace our screens since "Moulin Rouge!." Just about the only scenes in which blood isn't virtually seeping from the walls in Nicolas Winding Refn's sleek, stunted, undeniably startling revenge thriller are those in which it's quite literally splashing them. Those who tagged "Drive" with the "ultra-violent" label would be well advised to give "Only God Forgives" a wide berth; »
- Guy Lodge
The Wolfpack gets together one last time to talk about working on 'The Hangover Part III'
13 hours ago
When you go to Vegas to talk about "The Hangover Part III," of course part of your trip has to be a sit-down conversation with The Wolfpack. Already, I am getting hammered with letters and comments from people who seem genuinely angry with me over my review for the film, and one guy suggested that I go easy on films where I interview the talent. Let me explain once again the way this works. When I sit down with people to discuss their movie, that is their opportunity to tell me what movie they think they've made. When I write the »
- Drew McWeeny
Video: Best and Worst of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival's first week
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Cannes - Straight from the Palais, HitFix's Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge of In Contention break down a few of the most-talked about films from the first half of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, including "A Separation" director Asghar Farhadi's "The Past," the Coen Bros.' "Inside Llewyn Davis" starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake, and the WIlliam Faulkner adaptation "As I Lay Dying" starring and directed by ubiquitous multi-hyphenate James Franco. Check out all their thoughts on these films and more in the video above. »
- Gregory Ellwood, Guy Lodge
Watch: Zod takes center stage in 'Man of Steel's' exhilarating new trailer
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Consider this humanity's final warning. "My name is General Zod. I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. Your world has sheltered one of my citizens. He will look like you, but he is not one of you. To those of you who know his location, the fate of your planet rests in your hands. To Kal-El, I say this: surrender in 24 hours, or watch this world suffer the consequences." So goes the ominous transmission from Michael Shannon's villainous Kryptonian in the exhilarating new trailer for "Man of Steel," by far the most action-packed yet and one »
- Chris Eggertsen
Zac Efron turns 'Narc' for frat-kid biopic
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Zac Efron is going from "Paperboy" to "snitch" for his latest project. The "Lucky One" star is attached to play a fratboy-turned-police informant in "Narc," based on the true story of an all-star college student and fraternity president who became a canary for the local police force after being busted for drugs. According to Deadline, life rights to the unnamed individual have been acquired by 20th Century Fox, which will oversee production. The studio is planning to hire an individual from their writers program to pen the film's screenplay. Efron was most recently seen in indie flick "At Any Price" opposite »
- HitFix Staff
'Endless Love' remake starring Alex Pettyfer to get Valentine's Day release
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Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde are set to embark on an "Endless Love" next Valentine's Day. The upcoming rom-dram remake has been slated for release by Universal on February 14, 2014, nearly 33 years after the original film starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt hit theaters. Directed by Shana Feste ("Country Strong") and also starring Robert Patrick, Bruce Greenwood, Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okeniyi, Emma Rigby and Joely Richardson, "Endless Love" centers on the white-hot romance that develops between a "privileged girl" and a "charismatic boy" whose parents' attempts to keep them apart drive them to ever more reckless behavior. The 1981 original »
- Chris Eggertsen
Guillermo Del Toro and the 'Pacific Rim' cast explain 'the Drift'
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One of the things I've heard a few people bring up several times when discussing Guillermo Del Toro's new film "Pacific Rim" is the idea that you need to pilots to make the Jaegers work. I've heard people who readily accepted the premise of giant monsters versus giant robots hesitate suddenly when it comes to the notion of a neural link between the pilots in these things. There's a new featurette online today that explains a bit more about what they're calling "The Drift," which was one of the big ideas present from the very start when Travis Beacham first pitched »
- Drew McWeeny
Portia de Rossi and David Cross get their Funke on again for the return of 'Arrested Development'
20 hours ago
The relationship between Lindsay Bluth Funke and her husband Tobias Funke is one of the strangest parts of "Arrested Development," and rewatching the series again right now, I'm struck once again by how gloriously dysfunctional they are. I think the world of David Cross. "Mr. Show" is a tremendous showcase for his comedy brain, and I think he's a fascinating actor. His work as Tobias is endlessly interesting to me because of the way he finds reality in the person who is by far the broadest persona on the show. Tobias is such a buffoon at times that it would be »
- Drew McWeeny
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