Viola Davis
The Help continued to dominate the box office over Labor Day weekend, taking in another $19 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
Staying at No. 1 for the third week in a row, the film starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis has earned a total of...
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Bachelor Pad
Our top moments of the week:
15. Most Cringe-Worthy: During his The Tonight Show with Jay Leno visit, the host asks Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino about adapting his well-documented pick-up skills for Italian ladies on Jersey Shore's Season 4 abroad. To really get into the moment, Sitch calls upon a confused and slightly ...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes trumped The Change-Up at the weekend box office, Box Office Mojo reports.
The prequel to the 1969 film, starring James Franco, grossed an estimated $54 million in its first weekend of release.
Cowboys & Aliens ties with The Smurfs for top spot at the box office
The Smurfs, last weekend's No. 1 film after final figures were in, drew $21 million in its second week. Cowboys & Aliens lassoed $15.7 million to come in....
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James Franco
At this point it's safe to say that James Franco really does love General Hospital! A rep for the ABC soap tells TV Guide Magazine that the Oscar-nominated actor and ...
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Anthony Geary
Daytime's most controversial — and, now, precarious — soap is ABC's General Hospital and it has a new head writer. His name is Garin Wolf and he's been on the GH team since 1997. This isn't his first time as chief scribe — Wolf helmed the soap during the Writers Guild strike of 2007-08 — but this is certainly his most critical stint. (You'll see his work begin to air the week of July 25.) Can Wolf save GH from being swallowed whole by Katie Couric? Can he redeem child-killer Luke Spencer? Will he cut back on the mobsters? TV Guide Magazine spoke with Wolf to get a preview of things to come.
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James Franco
Renaissance man James Franco can add another hyphen to the string of titles preceding his name: musician...
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Brian J. Smith and Robert Patrick
Red Faction: Origins (Saturday, 9/8c, Syfy)
Not a cheesy sharktopus in sight, as Syfy's Saturday-night movie franchise turns to the world of video games for inspiration. Intended as a narrative bridge between the Red Factions: Guerilla game and the Armageddon sequel to be released Tuesday, Origins stars Stargate Universe's Brian J. Smith as Jake Mason, the last surviving son of the rebel hero (Robert Patrick) who led the Martian colonies to freedom. Jake's mission: to seek justice against the enemies that killed his...
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Susan Lucci, Farmville
Soap opera fans — and Hoover — can go ahead and blame ABC's head of daytime Brian Frons for the death of All My Children and One Life to Live. Two weeks ago, he pulled the trigger, ending 40 years worth of storytelling, and further enraging fans by announcing in the same breath that both series would be replaced by cheaper-to-produce talk shows.
Susan Lucci on All My Children's cancellation: "I was completely blindsided"
It's true that soaps don't make as much money as they used to, but why? Are there culprits to blame beyond network executives needing to cut costs? We point a finger at several other guilty parties in the death of the serial:
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Academy Award statue
The 84th Academy Awards will be held Sunday, Feb. 26, Academy President Tom Sherak announced Tuesday.
The announcement ends speculation that the show might move to an earlier date to maintain suspense in categories that sometimes seem like ...
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Bruce Weitz
Who let the dog out? Emmy winner Bruce Weitz (of Hill Street Blues fame) is back on General Hospital as hilarious mob don Anthony Zacchara. Though the character has been in prison for the last two years — supposedly with a life sentence — he gets out this week with nothing but evil (and women!) on his mind. TV Guide Magazine gabbed with Weitz to get the lowdown on Zacchara's return and what's next for the manic mad man...
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