News

The year-round attraction Universal Horror Unleashed will open its doors August 14 in Las Vegas, featuring four immersive houses including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

A new video from the team this morning previews the Texas Chain Saw Massacre attraction, which invites you inside the iconic house from Tobe Hooper’s original horror classic.

Can you survive Leatherface? What will be left of you?

Based on the 1974 masterpiece, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre haunted house will bring to life the original film for the first time in a linear sequence, placing guests in the footsteps of the victims as they face horrifying iconic scenes and characters. Their journey starts in a Texan cemetery – the first fateful stop – followed by an encounter with the Old Man at the dusty gas station featured in the chilling barbecue scene. As they enter the infamous dilapidated home, guests will come face-to-face with Leatherface and every member...

If you've been hungry for more crime drama reboots since Dexter: New Blood ended, we have great news for you. On April 29, Showtime announced the premiere date and teaser for the debut season of Dexter: Resurrection. This season will serve as a continuation of New Blood's dangling plot threads and elongate Dexter's questionable set of morals that much further.

The teaser is only 20 seconds, featuring a newspaper headline "Dexter Morgan is Dead," pulling back to reveal Dexter himself reading that same paper. July 11 fades in. The series will debut with two episodes on Friday, July 11 for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers and will air on Sunday, July 13 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Showtime. You can watch the teaser here!

The new series will pick up with Dexter Morgan awakening after taking a bullet to the chest, aimed and fired by his own son. Dexter leaves for New...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers suggest that Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) is stuck between a rock and a hard place right now, so could he strike up a deal with Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard)?

During the Monday, March 17 episode, the mob boss caught Valentin in the middle of his home at night.

Valentin returned to grab some documents and fake passports he had hidden, as this was his old house, just as Sonny pulled out a gun to stop him. What will Valentin do to get out of this tight spot?

Valentin Offers Up Intel

During the Tuesday, March 18 show, Valentin will offer up some intel. Looks like he’ll exchange some information for his freedom.

Still, considering Valentin was behind Sonny’s bipolar medication switch last summer, the Cassadine will need to provide something solid for the vengeful mob boss to let him go.

As much as Sonny wants...

“I feel like this will all close in on me and I’ll disappear, which wouldn’t be such a bad fate, actually,” said “Emilia Pérez” writer/director Jacques Audiard as he surveyed the contents of the Criterion Closet.

The French filmmaker has been on a hot streak lately with his gonzo crime musical sweeping the European Film Awards last month and this month earning Outstanding Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes, as well as Outstanding Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Outstanding Original Song for “El Mal.” To celebrate these wins and potential Oscar fortune, Audiard took a brief trip off the red carpet to Criterion’s offices in New York City, where he selected a bagful of cinema’s finest, including Fritz Lang’s expressionistic serial-killer thriller starring Peter Lorre, “M.”

“For me, Lang is synonymous with silent films, even...

As Billy Joel prepares to go back on tour in 2025, The Billy Joel Channel returns to SiriusXM for a limited time, featuring stories from the Piano Man himself about his music and life.

The Billy Joel ChannelAvailable January 4–February 2Listen on the App

Listen on the App

Hear celebrity Guest DJ shows hosted by Don Henley, Garth Brooks, Alexa Ray Joel, Billy’s band members, and more. Billy hosts shows playing some of his favorite recordings by other artists as well as deep dives into the writing and meaning of his own songs. Plus, enjoy encore airings of Billy’s final show that concluded his residency at Madison Square Garden.

From January 4 through February 2, listen to The Billy Joel Channel on satellite channel 79 and streaming on the SiriusXM app.

Exclusive Shows on The Billy Joel Channel Track-By-Track Billy walks us through each song on one of his albums with stories about their origin and more.

On Monday December 2 2024, Outd broadcasts Rough Cuts with Steven Rinella!

Mexico Coues Deer Season 1 Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Rough Cuts with Steven Rinella” titled “Mexico Coues Deer” promises to be an exciting adventure for fans of the show. In this episode, Steven Rinella and his friend Janis take a trip to Old Mexico to share their favorite hunt of the year. The focus will be on the elusive Coues deer, a small and challenging game animal known for its keen senses and quick movements.

Viewers can expect to see stunning landscapes as Steve and Janis navigate the Mexican terrain in search of these unique deer. The episode will highlight not only the thrill of the hunt but also the bond between the two friends as they share stories and experiences from their time in the field. Their enthusiasm for the outdoors and hunting will surely resonate with...

Netflixs latest sci-fi horror film Time Cut has entered the streaming service's Global Top 10. Directed by Hannah MacPherson, the sci-fi slasher stars Outer Banks Madison Bailey alongside Antonia Gentry and Griffin Gluck. The story follows Lucy (Bailey), a young woman who travels back to 2003, where she attempts to save her older sister from a masked killer, the Sweetly Slasher.

Netflix recently released their weekly Global Top 10, with Time Cut sitting amply at number 2, just under Don't Move and above Hijack '93. Despite a low Rotten Tomatoes score of 19%, the film has gained significant viewership across multiple countries, demonstrating the strong draw of the horror genre on the platform. The slasher movie accumulated 35,100,000 hours viewed in under one week since its streaming release.

What Time Cuts Success As Netflixs Top 2 Means Time Cut's Popularity Highlights The Horror Genres Streaming Appeal

Time Cuts strong debut in Netflixs Top 10 illustrates the unique dynamics of streaming platforms,...

Dexter: Original Sin will explore Dexter's earliest kills before the original series, but another Dexter show already depicted some of them. Dexter Early Cuts followed Dexter's kills as a young adult before the original show began, but Original Sin likely won't maintain its continuity. Original Sin could still borrow some of the best features from Early Cuts, like its answers to questions like how Dexter started taking blood slides.

Dexter Morgan's life as a young adult and his earliest kills are set to be depicted in the upcoming prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, but the serial killer's first victims were already shown on-screen back in 2009. Dexter killed hundreds of people, and his list of victims will only increase. Two new Dexter shows have been announced: a prequel series titled Dexter: Original Sin and a sequel titled Dexter: Resurrection. While Resurrection is set to explore Dexter's life after...

Anybody who has watched even one Zack Snyder film will tell you that the director approaches his work in a very particular and, to put it mildly, unusual way. Snyder leaves his viewers with polarized feelings – some see him as a visionary, while others see him as a failure – but never without a reaction. Although he has directed some of the most famous comic book films ever, he has also produced a number of egregious missteps.

Snyder has a certain approach as a director. His movies are dark and gritty, but they can also be campy and exaggerated, which is difficult to achieve because dark and gritty don’t usually go well with campy. And while he’s had a certain reputation until recently, his most recent project – Rebel Moon – was a complete disaster and it seems that the director is starting to feel the consequences.

As you probably know,...

Over three years since his overstuffed but artistically coherent re-edit of Justice League hit a pandemic-starved market, Netflix has made it clear that they still consider the booming, bullish buzz surrounding Zack Snyder’s triumph over studio interference a lucrative distribution strategy—so much so that they’re willing to...

Underway now through July 16, Severin Films‘ annual summer sale is the most ambitious in the company’s history. The Dario Argento’s Opera five-disc box set — which you can preview in an exclusive clip below — is the headliner, but there are nine more releases in addition to exclusive merchandise and big savings on past inventory.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Severin Summer Sale…

Opera

In my eyes — held open with needles, of course — Opera is Argento’s last true masterpiece. While the Italian maestro attained fleeting moments of greatness later in his oeuvre, Opera is the last of his efforts that can hold its own alongside his earlier, career-defining work like Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebrae, and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

Co-written by Argento and frequent collaborator Franco Ferrini, the giallo stars Cristina Marsillach as Betty, a young opera singer whose big break...

Publisher tinyBuild and developer Scythe Dev Team, the masterminds behind Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, are teaming up once again for horror gamers. Their latest work is the film-inspired horror VR venture “set in the interconnected Scythe universe” in Deep Cuts.

Deep Cuts centres around filmmaker Elise Weber and best friend/creative partner Malcolm Micheaux, who are enjoying an illustrious career until their villainous cartoon creations went mad. As Elise, players will explore the Lights Camera Faction studio premises in hopes of saving Malcolm, exploring a series of blockbuster worlds based on the duo’s extensive film catalog. Luckily, for Elise, she will have Bowie, the only sane cartoon character left, along for the ride.

Each blockbuster world, from the 80s horror-inspired “Forsaken Festival” to the 70s space thriller “Origin Drill”, contains numerous interactable objects for players to use. Grab a boom mic for an improvised weapon, or fire off a prop machine gun.

Zack Snyder’s two-part sci-fi epic Rebel Moon is now streaming in full on Netflix, with last year’s Part One: A Child of Fire followed by this year’s Part Two: The Scargiver.

But the Rebel Moon saga is far from over, because Zack Snyder’s Director’s Cuts of both movies are coming to Netflix. And they’re said to each be around One Hour Longer.

Of particular note, the Rebel Moon Director’s Cuts will be rated “R,” promising the bloody violence that wasn’t found in the PG-13 versions of the two movies currently on Netflix.

For starters, Rebel Moon – Part One: Director’s Cut has been rated “R” for…

“Brutal bloody violence and gore, sexual content, graphic nudity and language.”

We don’t yet have a release date for these Director’s Cuts. Stay tuned.

From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel,...

Alternate cuts of the Rebel Moon movies will be dropping on Netflix in the summer, and the rating has been given to the first of the two Snyder Cuts. It also seems pretty clear that Snyder has earned the R rating with why the MPAA has labeled the movie as such.

Officially, Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire's director's cut has been rated R. This is for "brutal bloody violence and gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language." This implies much harder content than seen in the previously released version, which was rated PG-13 for "strong violence, sexual assault, bloody images, language, sexual material and partial nudity." The Snyder Cut version of The Scargiver hasn't been officially rated just yet, but is also expected to be given a hard R rating.

Related Zack Snyder Clarifies Comments About Rebel Moon Drawing More Viewers Than Barbie Zack Snyder addresses...

The judges had their work cut out for them on Sunday’s American Idol, which kicked off Hollywood Week with the introduction of the “Idol Arena,” and ended with the biggest round of cuts in the franchise’s 22-season history.

Also referred to as the “gladiator’s pit” by Lionel Richie, the Idol Arena was essentially an enormous stage where each singer would perform at random, surrounded on all sides by their competitive peers. 143 singers have made it to Hollywood this season, but only 56 would remain at the end of the two-hour broadcast. For the mathematically challenged, that meant 87 hopefuls would have to be cut.

As we continue to explore the best in 2023, today we’re taking a look at the articles that you, our dear readers, enjoyed the most throughout the past twelve months. Spanning reviews, interviews, features, podcasts, news, and trailers, check out the highlights below and return for more year-end coverage as well as a glimpse into 2024.

Most-Read Reviews

1. Body Parts

2. The Exorcist: Believer

3. Barbie

4. Beau Is Afraid

5. Priscilla

6. Suzume

7. Hypnotic

8. No Hard Feelings

9. The Zone of Interest

10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Most-Read Interviews

1. Claire Simon on Capturing the Female Body and What Sets Her Apart From Frederick Wiseman

2. “I Don’t Think Directors Should Be Amenable”: Erik Messerschmidt on Shooting The Killer and David Fincher’s Simple Process

3. Richard Kelly on Creative Heartbreak, Political Cinema, and Future Projects

4. Christopher Blauvelt on May December, Formatting for Netflix and 35mm, and Life Lessons from Harris Savides

5. Brandon Cronenberg on Infinity Pool,...

Actor Gulshan Devaiah has had a terrific run this year in the movies and in streaming shows with projects like ‘Duranga 2’, ‘8 A.M. Metro’, ‘Dahaad’ and ‘Guns & Gulaabs’, playing the audience favourite ‘4 Cut Atmaram’ in the latter.

Recently, the makers announced the second season of ‘Guns & Gulaabs’, sending the fans of the series in a frenzy. The anticipation for the return of ‘4 Cut Atmaram’ in the second season and his face-off with Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Paana Tipu’ is highly awaited.

As 2023 draws to a close, the actor spoke to entertainment portal and reflected on his learnings, the effect on his decision-making and how he modelled his character on Anton Chigurh from the cult classic ‘No Country for Old Men’.

Talking about his process of approaching ‘4 Cut Atmaram’, Gulshan told Ians, “I initially based ‘4 Cut Atmaram’ on Anton Chigurh played by Javier Bardem in ‘No Country for Old Men’. They’re...

It was a good day for female filmmakers – and documentaries – at Locarno Pro, with “Mother Vera” by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson winning the Creativity Media First Look Award on Sunday at Locarno’s pix-in-post competition, dedicated this year to the U.K.

Dedicated to a young Orthodox nun, “Mother Vera” shows her turbulent past and fragile future as she faces inner conflict after 20 years as a monastic.

“From the opening moments of this film, we were immediately drawn to the strikingly photographed stark portrait of a fascinating nun in Belarus who makes a journey to France,” said jurors Ava Cahen, Gaia Furrer and Eugene Hernandez.

The award covers post production services up to the value of €50,000. Laura Shacham produces “Mother Vera” for She Makes Productions.

“About six years ago, they were working together on Alice’s photographic project documenting Christian pilgrimage sites in Eastern Europe. They saw this striking woman,...

Exclusive: Blockbuster animated feature The First Slam Dunk will open Japan Cuts, a festival of Japanese cinema in New York, which will also feature a special tribute to late Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

The festival will also present the Cut Above award for Outstanding Achievement to actor Yuya Yagira for his role in Kentaro’s Under The Turquoise Sky, which will screen as the Centerpiece Film. Yagira was the youngest ever winner of Best Actor at the Cannes film festival for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Nobody Knows in 2004. Yagira and Kentaro will both attend the festival.

The First Slam Dunk, which will be making its East Coast premiere at Japan Cuts, is the highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office so far this year and was recently acquired by Gkids for North American distribution.

The Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute involves a screening of Elizabeth Lennard’s 1985 documentary Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Fallout 76 has no shortage of creatures, monsters, and other irradiated beings including one of the more powerful enemy creatures, the Sheepsquatch. The latest entry in the Fallout series features gargantuan abominations that make Deathclaws look like child’s play. The West Virginian wasteland provides the perfect backdrop for creatures based on local folklore and new creatures alike.

The Sheepsquatch seems to have stayed unchanged during the new transition to the Steel Reign update. As the name suggests, Sheepsquatch is a large, irradiated monster that look like a cross between a sheep and a sasquatch. These ten-foot-tall behemoths are very tough, and almost always must be attacked by a group of players. Although Sheepsquatch poses an extreme threat to all players, they can be defeated with the right tactics.

Related: The Best Builds To Use In Fallout 76

Finding & Killing The Sheepsquatch

Generally, a Sheepsquatch will spawn one at a time at...

Exclusive: Orlando Bloom (Carnival Row) and Andie MacDowell (Maid) have signed on to star in Red Right Hand, an upcoming action-thriller from directors Ian and Eshom Nelms (Fatman).

The film written by Jonathan Easley centers on Cash (Bloom), who is trying to live an honest and quiet life, taking care of his niece Savannah in the Appalachian hills of Odim County. When the sadistic Queenpin Big Cat (MacDowell) who runs the town forces him back into her services, Cash learns he’s capable of anything—even killing—to protect the town and the only family he has left. As the journey gets harder, Cash is drawn into a nightmare that blurs the lines between good and evil.

Asbury Park Pictures is serving as the project’s financier and producing alongside Traction. Individual producers on board include John Wick‘s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Asbury Park Pictures’ Mike Gabrawy, Traction...

Due to the postponement of the 2022 Summer Olympics, World Taekwondo was not able to showcase in Tokyo as planned and so they tried out for “America’s Got Talent” instead. Hailing from South Korea and the United States, the large group of athletes specializes in the demonstration of the Korean martial art. Though they didn’t get to perform on the world’s biggest sports stage, World Taekwondo was able to earn themselves their own gold medal in the form of a Golden Buzzer given to them by Terry Crews who had “never, ever seen anything like this in [his] life.”

In their powerful audition on June 15, the group divided and conquered by showing a number of different “fight” sequences using the punching and kicking techniques of the martial art. In the beginning one member fought off a gang of other members by fighting his way through the wooden boards in their hands.

Chris Bonney, CEO of London-based distributor Cineflix Rights, is set to retire from the company next year.

The executive, a well-respected industry veteran who has grown Cineflix Media’s distribution operation, will step down following a period of transition, during which time the company will appoint a successor.

Bonney joined Cineflix Media in 2012 from Warner Bros. International Television Production to lead Cineflix Rights. Through his leadership, the company has grown into one of the U.K.’s largest independent television distributors, with a roster of 100 creative producer partners. The company’s 5,000-hour catalogue of scripted and factual content has been sold into more than 500 broadcasters and platforms around the world.

During Bonney’s tenure at Cineflix Rights, he increased the company’s deals with third-party partners to almost half of its overall portfolio, and ushered in innovative financing models to help producer partners, including Cineflix Productions, deliver programming.

Bonney’s...

Stars: Charles Gould, Quinn Jackson, John Anderson, Alison Fraser | Written and Directed by Nicholas Payne Santos

It’s Christmas-time. A young couple, Ashley and Sam, are on a vacation and are talking about their future and the things they want to do together. Ashley wants to have kids, start a family, get married, do the things that many people want to do in life. Sam, however, gets that cold-feet thing going on, jerks away and freaks out a bit. Things get complicated when Nolan, a handsome fellow who happens to be a friend of Sam’s from his childhood, enters the picture. He is much more the husband-type, and so this seasonal trip turns into something of a nightmare. Oh dear.

It Cuts Deep is written and directed by Nicholas Santos and manages to blend genres in a unique manner, taking psychological horror and tossing it in bed with comedy,...

Showrunner Matthew Wheeler has signed with Thruline and Apa.

Wheeler most recently served as co-showrunner and executive producer on CBS’ long-running hit series Hawaii Five-0, which as Deadline recently reported will be ending its 10-year run with a two-hour series finale tonight. He joined the writing staff in 2014 as a story editor and three years later was promoted to co-showrunner for the final two seasons. In his five seasons on the show, Wheeler received writing credit on 32 episodes.

More from DeadlineAPA Confronts Coronavirus With Salary Cuts, & Furloughs, No Layoffs'Grimm' Co-creator David Greenwalt Signs With Apa; Innovative Inks 'Sacred Lies' Actress Jordan AlexanderShowrunner Lara Olsen Inks With Apa

Wheeler also created the summer event series Salvation, which premiered on CBS in 2017 and ran for two seasons.

Wheeler began his writing career in features, where he adapted Thomas Perry’s novel The Informant for Matt Tolmach and Sony Pictures, wrote Splinter for...

Writer-producer Eunetta Boone, creator of the Upn comedy “One on One” and showrunner of Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home,” died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 63.

Boone was found dead at her home of an apparent heart attack. Boone had most recently worked as showrunner on the third season of the Disney Channel series starring Raven-Symone.

“Eunetta was a pioneer and an inspiration to everyone she met,” Raven-Symone said. “She was a masterful storyteller, an empathetic leader and a beacon of light to so many. I’m sending love and my deepest sympathies to Eunetta’s family and friends and all who knew and loved her.”

Boone was a vivacious personality who had a throaty laugh that filled a room and a rapid-fire wit. She was known as a mentor to many writers, particularly aspiring African-American scribes.

Boone got her start as a sports reporter for the Baltimore Sun,...

This is sad news for the TV writing community. Veteran comedy writer/producer and screenwriting teacher Eunetta T. Boone, who created the 2001 comedy series One on One, passed away Wednesday.

At the time of her death, Boone was working as executive producer and showrunner on the third season of Disney Channel’s hit sitcom Raven’s Home, starring and executive produced by Raven-Symoné. Boone joined the series full-time late last year after a stint as a consultant.

“Eunetta Boone was a wonderful person and a consummate storyteller and teacher, and through her leadership on many productions including Raven’s Home, she did so well what she enjoyed most — mentoring creative talent,” Disney Channel said in a statement. “Eunetta will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by everyone who knew her. All of us at Disney Channel grieve her passing and send our deepest condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.

Meghan Markle's a Jill of all trades ... at least according to an old acting resume that lists a Very wide range of talents. The British Royal-to-be's resume, obtained by TMZ, seems to be from before her days on "Suits" ... listing her TV credits on "Fringe" and "Cuts" from years before. It also lists her role as Hot Girl in the 2005 film, "A Lot Like Love." But the real interesting stuff about Prince Harry's...

Before she was a royal fiancée, before she was the star of Suits, Meghan Markle was just an actress trying to make it big in Hollywood. And that dream came with plenty of guest star stints and background parts in movies before Meghan worked her way up to leading roles in Hallmark movies, a quick role in a Jennifer Aniston film and of course, Suits, her big break.

Curious about Meghan’s cinematic life before Harry? We’ve chronicled each and every last one of her on-screen roles — and found where you can watch them, too!

1. General Hospital.

Like so many other actors,...

Meghan Markle was destined to be a royal!

The 36-year-old actress and Prince Harry announced their engagement this week, and she will soon be by his side to work together on causes dear to their hearts.

Markle may be known for her role as Rachel Zane on Suits, but the brunette beauty has also been giving back to the community and fighting for women's rights long before her ties to Prince Harry and her expected soon-to-be royal duties.

Her humanitarian and philanthropic work began prior to her becoming an actress. It all began with her mother, Doria Ragland, who has a master's degree in social work and works as a psychotherapist. In an interview with Glamourearlier this year, Markle listed her mom as one of the women who changed her life.

"My mom's a yoga instructor, but she does social work, as well, and she works specifically with the geriatric community," she stated. "For me...

Cara Delevingne is part of the celebrity hair brigade who’s inspiring us to chop and dye our locks into platinum lobs this spring. But as it turns out, she’s not sticking to this style for long. In a new interview she revealed she’s just experimenting with the bold hue before she shaves her entire head!

During her outing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, she told USA Today that she’s actually prepping her hair for a much more dramatic hair change. “I have to shave my head for my next part, so I have to do something different,...

Starring Rain Wilson, whom you will undoubtedly recognize from his portrayal of Dwight Schrute in the critically acclaimed The Office and written by the combined forces of Hart Hanson, creator of Fox?s decades-strong crimedy Bones and Leif G. W. Persson (He Who Kills the Dragon), award-winning Swedish novelist, renowned criminologist, and psychological profiler, comes Backstrom, another promising crimedy based upon a central unique character whose exploits have already enjoyed a long history of literary acclaim. Wilson?s Everett Backstrom is an acerbic Portland detective who baffles all who cross his path with his brash manner and detestable comportment as well as his unique brilliance as a crime-solver. Joining the cast of Backstrom are Genevieve Angelson (House of Lies), Dennis Haysbert ( The Unit, 24), Kristoffer Polaha (Life Unexpected), Beatrice Rosen (Cuts), Page Kennedy ( Blue Mountain State, and Thomas Decker (The Secret Circle). Backstrom?s premiere, ?Dragon Slayer,? airs Thursday, January 22 at 9pm on Fox.

Mono No Aware continues its hardcore commitment to keeping the practice of expanded cinema alive with their 8th annual edition that will run on December 5-6 in Brooklyn, NY at LightSpace Studios.

This is two nights of creative, live cinematic performances utilizing only analog equipment and materials that will never be repeated again in the universe.

Some of the performances include returning champion Joel Schlemowitz, who will be creating a 3-D experience using overhead projectors; and the wonderful Winnipeg underground film scene is represented by Scott Fitzpatrick, who will be turning the book Victorian Frames, Borders and Cuts into a 16mm triple projection.

For all of Mono No Aware’s amazing performances, they are so unique that we are listing them copied and pasted directly from the festival’s website below. But, for even more information, such as screening venues, please visit their official website.

December 5

Starts 9:00 p.m.

A high profile casualty of the 2013 pilot season is getting a new lease on life.

Fox has given a 13-episode series order to Backstrom, the hour-long procedural starring Rainn Wilson that CBS passed on last May.

Related | Winter TV Spoiler-palooza! Your Guide to 31 Returning Favorites

Based on a Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson and adapted for TV by Bones boss Hart Hanson, the drama (which, coincidentally, is produced by Fox’s corporate sibling Twentieth Century Fox Television) centers on Wilson’s Det. Everett Backstrom, an offensive, irascible detective, as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior.

DreamWorks Animation and Fox Home Entertainment are bringing home the animated hit The Croods on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD October 1. To get fans ready for this release, we have a featurette where celebrities such as H. Jon Benjamin, Glenn Howerton, Sean Astin, Aisha Tyler, Mindy Sterling, Luis Guzm&#225n, Helio Castroneves, and Jason Gann try to imitate the monkey Belt (voiced by director Chris Sanders) and his signature catch phrase "Dun Dun Dahhh." You can also take a look at all of the special features details below.

When their cave is destroyed, The Croods set out to explore a spectacular landscape filled with fantastic creatures, strange surprises...and a whole new world of adventure!

DreamWorks Animation's The Croods Blu-ray Deluxe Edition

The Croods Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Deluxe Edition include a Belt plush toy for a limited time and more than an hour of bonus features:

Blu-ray Exclusive...

Mamie Gummer, the star of The CW's cancelled medical drama Emily Owens, MD, hasn't wasted any time finding new work.

Gummer has been cast in Backstrom, a new dramatic pilot for CBS. It's based on the book series by Leif G.W. Persson and revolves around Evert Backstrom; an overweight, offensive, irascible detective, as he tries and fails to change his self-destructive behavior.

The project stars Rainn Wilson (The Office) and veterans of other cancelled shows such as Dennis Haysbert (The Unit), Kristoffer Polaha (Ringer), Beatrice Rosen (Cuts), Page Kennedy (Blue Mountain State), Thomas Dekker (The Secret Circle), and Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer).

What do you think? If Backstrom gets picked up, will you be tuning in to support Gummer?

Amazon.com Widgets ...

Someone might wanna start loading up on the deer jerky.

Rainn Wilson has landed the title role in Backstrom, CBS’ drama pilot about “an overweight, offensive and irascible” police detective who tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior.

Related | Pilots 2013: Your Guide to This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers and Who’s Starring In Them

The casting news comes not 24 hours after The Office, where for nine years Wilson has played Dwight Schrute, shot its very final scene.

Related | The Office Pits Dwight Against Sopranos Vet Michael Imperioli

Based on a Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson (who...

TV’s erstwhile Joan of Arcadia, funnyman Stephen Fry and a Boss alum are among the latest actors to book pilots. Meanwhile, Tom Berenger drops out of a Gang.

Related | Pilots 2013: Your Guide to This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers and Who’s Starring In Them

Per our sister site Deadline….

* Amber Tamblyn (House, General Hospital) has landed the female lead opposite Skeet Ulrich in Anatomy Of Violence, CBS’ drama project from Homeland‘s Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and Alex Cary. It follows an FBI Criminal Psychiatrist (Ulrich) with an expertise in sociopaths who partners with a young female FBI...

I am a huge fan of short films but the problem is, there are 100 times more shorts made than features, therefor trying to figure out which are worth your time can be quite the chore. That is how the YoungCuts Film Festival can help. The event which kicks off tomorrow, showcases the very best student short films from around the world. So if you are in Montreal and are trying to find something productive to do with your rainy weekend, I highly recommend heading down to check it out. Here is all the info.

The Young Cuts Film Festival takes place at Guzzo Spheretech, 3500 Boul. Côte-Vertu. Here’s how to get there:

If you are going by Metro, get off at StationCôte-Vertu and take the 121 bus going West.

Tickets can be purchased at Guzzo Spheretech the day of the screenings or you can buy tickets or passes from our site...

Wondering what Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has been up to these days? Apparently, he's breaking up fights at the barbershop. Our favorite 90s star, Alfonso Ribeiro, was getting his hair cut at In The Cuts, an L.A. babershop, when the fight broke out between two employees. According to sources, the employees started fighting about whether they should turn up to the TV or the radio. Compelling stuff. 

read more...

Alfonso Ribeiro -- aka Carlton on " The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air " -- laid down the law this week inside an L.A. barbershop ... jumping into action Mid-haircut to break up an expletive-laced brawlfest. Sources tell TMZ, the fight broke out between two employees at " In the Cuts " in Hollywood -- after a disagreement over which should be turned up louder ... the TV or the radio. It gets physical pretty quickly -- but Alfonso doesn't miss...

The Fresh Prince Of Bel-air star Alfonso Ribeiro acted the part of the hero while getting a haircut earlier this week (begs01Aug11) after splitting up a fight between two stylists.

The actor, who played nerdy Carlton in the hit TV show, was getting a trim at In The Cuts in Los Angeles when an argument broke out between two employees.

The altercation turned nasty when the pair began to brawl, prompting Ribeiro to jump out of his seat mid-haircut and pull them apart to stop the fight, according to TMZ.com.

But a shaken Ribeiro reportedly refused to let the salon finish his cut, and hastily left the barbershop.

NBC fired over some exciting Parks and Rec news to share with you. Starting this week, several episodes of Parks and Rec will feature .Super-Sized Producer.s Cuts. that will be available exclusively online. Fans can find these on nbc.com starting at 2 Am the following Friday morning. Below, is the schedule for each episode. Super-Sized Producers Cuts Air Schedule Harvest Festival (3/17/11) . Full Extended Episode available 2 Am (3/18) (www.nbc.com) Jerry's Painting (4/28/11) . . Full Extended Episode available 2 Am (4/29) (www.nbc.com) The Fight (5/12/11) (note there are 2 episodes airing that night 9:30-10 & 10-10:30 / The Fight is the first one.) . . Full Extended Episode available 2 Am (5/13) (www.nbc.com) Li'l Sebastian (5/19) (note...

We just discovered from our sources that actress and comedian Kym Whitley is about to have Two new shows, one a sitcom and the other a reality based show.

First up is a show with Malinda Williams (of Showtime’s Soul Food fame) and Erica Hubbard (of Lincoln Heights fame). This new show which is written by Jacque Edmonds-Colfer (a well known writer and producer formerly of Cuts, Moesha, Living Single, just to name a few) is also the creator and Show runner of this new show titled Let’s Stay Together. The show is scheduled to premiere on Bet sometime this year.

The other show Whitley will be starring is a reality based project from the producers of the very popular ABC show Extreme Makeover. This time those same producers tackle schools in the new show titled School Pride, which is being billed as an Extreme School Makeover.

Though 15 years have passed since "L.A. Law" (1986–94) went off the air, Corbin Bernsen says he continues to be typecast as the vacant, philandering Arnie Becker. "In fact, it's assumed that's who I am," insists the 55-year-old Los Angeles–born actor. Until fairly recently, he adds, he was viewed as such a lightweight he couldn't even get a decent agent. "I finally said 'Screw it, I'll do my own thing,' " he says.Bernsen has now turned his talents to helming and starring in his own films. Among these are the horror thriller "Dead Air" and "Donna on Demand," which he also wrote and which pokes fun at his own 1980s celebrity image. Each is a kind of morality tale, he says. More recently, he wrapped "Rust," a faith-based flick he wrote, directed, and stars in; he's looking for distribution."A part of me looks at life from a dismal perspective,...

Eunetta Boone, creator/executive producer of UPN's One on One and co-creator/executive producer of its spinoff, Cuts, has inked a two-year overall deal with Paramount Network Television, the studio that produces the comedies. Under the seven-figure deal, Boone will run both series. Additionally, through her production company, Daddy's Girl Prods., which will hire a development executive, Boone plans to nurture younger writers, overseeing their projects and shepherding them through the development process. Also on Boone's plate is the comedy project Hip-Hop 101, which she is exec producing with Queen Latifah. The show, which Boone also is writing, has a script commitment from UPN that is expected to be rolled to next season to accommodate Boone's busy schedule.

UPN is planning a big shakeup for the fall, shifting its WWE SmackDown! wrestling block to Fridays to make room for comedies on Thursdays, anchored by a new coming-of-age series produced by Chris Rock. The fall 2005 schedule unveiled Thursday morning by UPN brass in New York includes the bold move of launching a comedy block on Thursdays, anchored by newcomer Everybody Loves Chris, followed by returning comedies Eve and Cuts and capped at 9:30 p.m. by new Shannen Doherty starrer Love Inc. UPN's Monday lineup remains a comedy stronghold stocked with returning shows: One on One, All of Us (which relocates from Tuesday), Girlfriends and Half & Half.

UPN is planning a big shakeup for the fall, shifting its WWE SmackDown! wrestling block to Fridays to make room for comedies on Thursdays, anchored by a new coming-of-age series produced by Chris Rock. The fall 2005 schedule unveiled Thursday morning by UPN brass in New York includes the bold move of launching a comedy block on Thursdays, anchored by newcomer Everybody Loves Chris, followed by returning comedies Eve and Cuts and capped at 9:30 p.m. by new Shannen Doherty starrer Love Inc. UPN's Monday lineup remains a comedy stronghold stocked with returning shows: One on One, All of Us (which relocates from Tuesday), Girlfriends and Half & Half.

UPN is adding some star power to its lineup for next season, picking up two series toplined by Denise Richards and Shannen Doherty, a drama executive produced by Jennifer Lopez and starring Vanessa L. Williams and a comedy executive produced by Chris Rock. The network also stayed in the family with its series orders. While only 60% of its pilots were produced/co-produced by Viacom entities, all four of its series pickups -- the comedies Everybody Hates Chris and Love, Inc. and the dramas Sex, Lies & Secrets and South Beach -- hail from UPN's sibling studio Paramount Network Television. UPN is still finalizing its schedule, which will be unveiled to advertisers Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York, but sources indicated that comedies Girlfriends, Half & Half, One on One and its freshman spinoff Cuts are looking good to return. There also was buzz Tuesday about a possible second-season pickup for Kevin Hill, UPN's acclaimed drama starring Taye Diggs that has been on the bubble after failing to gain traction with viewers.