Dirty Dancing
At the Oscars on Sunday (8 pm/ET, ABC), only three tunes will compete for the Best Song statuette: "Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel from WALL-E and two songs from Slumdog Millionaire, none of which you had ever heard before they were nominated. How the songs are chosen is notoriously complicated, and the results are always a little suspect. While there have been some legitimate musical masterpieces that have won (Hello, "Moon River"!), it's usually much more random (That Phil Collins dreck from the Tarzan movie over Aimee Mann and South Park? Seriously?). Here's our extremely subjective take on the match-ups through the years — who deserved to win, who pulled a fast one on the Academy and which annoying little ditties will be stuck in your head for hours to come. Take a gander at our lists of the most memorable Best Song winners and nominees — and a few that we think should have been nominated — and then tell us which movie songs are your favorites.
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Lost
Well, we now know how the Oceanic 6 got back to the island, but because this is Lost and not Two and a Half Men, what appears to be the burning question is instantly supplanted by a more complicated one: Why did they go back? While Jack and Sun were already on board with Ben's plan to return, all of a sudden Kate, Sayid and Hurley were all queuing up at the Ajira Airways gate, and we have no idea why. It opens up possibilities in the already-twisty narrative that give us much to anticipate about future episodes. Read on for more about "316"...
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Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies' final, unaired episodes are going to see the light of day — just not necessarily on television. Find out who will get first dibs on these "lost" episodes, after the jump.
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Neal McDonough and Nicollette Sheridan, Desperate Housewives
Will Desperate Housewives' mysterious and murderous Dave Williams do away with his wife, Edie, so as to escort Nicollette Sheridan off the show she has called home for five years? See what Sheridan's scene partner, Neal McDonough, has to say about Edie's possible demise, after the jump.
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James Tupper
Ex-Men in Trees star James Tupper has landed a new show — and it's not with Anne Heche this time.
The actor has been cast in NBC's new drama pilot, Mercy, about three nurses and friends at Mercy Hospital, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Tupper will play ...
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MC Hammer
Is it 1990 again? First, MC Hammer gets a coveted Super Bowl commercial, and now he has his own show.
The rapper, his wife, Stephanie, and their seven children will be featured in a new A&E reality series, the network announced. The title, of course, is Hammertime.
"MC Hammer is an iconic figure in American pop culture but ...
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Jerry Springer
Give him the old razzle dazzle: Talk-show host Jerry Springer is slated to take to the London West End stage in a production of the musical Chicago, The Associated Press reports.
Springer's six-week stint as lawyer Billy Flynn —played by Richard Gere in the Oscar-winning 2002 film version — begins in ...
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
Even Carrie Bradshaw isn't immune to the economic crisis.
The Big Apple's most famous fashionista is returning to the big screen in a Sex and the City movie sequel, but her high-end gear most likely won't be joining her given today's recessionary times.
"There is a lot that we have to think about because times are very different. So these are nice challenges, these are ...
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Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum
The show will go on for Project Runway — the Bryant Park fashion show, that is, even if it remains to be seen when any of it will be seen. Locked in a network battle between Lifetime and Bravo, Project Runway is still tied up in court, but its Season 6 contestants are scheduled to unveil their collections at New York Fashion Week on Friday, albeit with a more somber tone, host Heidi Klum says.
"What is really sad about it is that ...all the people that are in the audience don't know the designers," she tells Access Hollywood. "You know, normally you have people there that are like clapping, because ...
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Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke is mourning the loss of his best friend — his longtime pet Chihuahua, Loki. The canine passed away Monday evening at the age of 18, E! Online reports.
Loki, who's been the Oscar nominee's sidekick to various events, including the Venice Film Festival red carpet, was one of the pooches ...
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