Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd has returned to her butt-kicking ways, but this time she's going to do it every week on TV. When ABC's new drama Missing premieres Thursday (8/7c), viewers will encounter the actress in a role that will seem familiar to fans of her big-screen thrillers, including Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, High Crimes and Twisted. In a sense, they helped pave the way for Judd to play Missing's Becca Winstone, a florist and former CIA agent whose teenage son Michael (Nick Eversman) goes missing in Italy. (OK, so it also borrows a lot from Liam Neeson's Taken.)
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Ricky Gervais
If nothing else, Ricky Gervais is a master at upending our expectations. Last year, he drew blood as host-turned-heckler at the Golden Globes, redeeming his lackluster performance of the year before. Returning to the scene of his crime ...
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Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
Our roundup of the most memorable moments of the Golden Globes:
17. Best Dose of Irreverence: Prankster Tina Fey can't resist photo-bombing good friend/competition Amy Poehler as her name is read among the nominees for Best Comedy/Musical TV Actress.
16. Most Endearing Acceptance Speech: Ludovic Bource, who wins Best Film Score for The Artist, begins his speech by apologizing for being French. His charming English acceptance speech, though, loses nothing in the translation. "I'm better with music than words," he says tentatively. "Right now if I were to write a song, it would be a tap-dance number." He seals the speech with a big sweet kiss for his family.
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Katy Perry
Katy Perry was absent from the People's Choice Awards (don't worry — she gave fans a heads up via Twitter) but still ended up the big winner.
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Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 didn't just beat its two predecessors in its debut weekend — it beat every other horror movie in history to become the best horror movie opening ever, Box Office Mojo reports.
The film scared up an estimated $54 million in its opening weekend, also topping last year's Jackass 3D as the highest...
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Footloose
In its second week, Real Steel still packed a punch and narrowly beat the Footloose remake, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Hugh Jackman-starring film grossed an estimated $16.3 million. The new Footloose was hot on Jackman's steps, taking in $16.1 million in its first weekend. Another remake...
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Real Steel
Real Steel beat up the weekend competition at the box office, grossing an estimated $27.3 million in its debut, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Hugh Jackman-starring family film was followed by the weekend's other major new release, George Clooney's latest directorial effort, The Ides of March. The political film, headlined by Ryan Gosling, drew...
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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine will receive the 40th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Film Institute announced Sunday.
The 77-year-old actress, who won a Best Actress Oscar for 1983's Terms of Endearment, will be presented the award at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on June 7. TV Land will broadcast the ceremony later that month.
"Shirley MacLaine is a powerhouse of personality that has illuminated screens large and small across six decades," Howard Stringer, chairman of the institute's board of trustees, said in a statement. "From...
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Dolphin Tale
Dolphin Tale ousted The Lion King as the top-grossing film at the box office over the weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Rita Moreno
Morgan Freeman's induction as the 39th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award on June 9 brought out such big-name stars as Sidney Poitier, Clint Eastwood, Tim Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Don Cheadle, Garth Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Helen Mirren, and Samuel L. Jackson. But the most poignant moment of the evening was Rita Moreno's heartfelt tribute that took the audience (myself included) back to the early '70s when she and Morgan taught many ...
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