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NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI)–Chris Hardwick will host the TV specials Doctor Who: Live Pre-Show and Doctor Who: After Who Live, BBC America announced. Hardwick is best known as the host of the Walking Dead-themed talk show The Talking Dead.

Get ready for August’s biggest opener ever. Sensei’s weekend predictions and revenue results are as follows: 1. Guardians of the Galaxy ($85 Million)– Reviews are strong, and Marvel has a golden opportunity here to lead the box office frame. Sensei

Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” has its moments. An early prison escape is cleverly staged and creates some real tension and wows. The overall story is a bit of a mess — something about an orb with an infinity stone

(AF) Whimsical TV disaster movie “Sharknado 2” reeled in 3.9 million viewers, the Syfy specialty channel said Thursday, one day after the sequel’s broadcast. The followup to last year’s instant cult classic about a freak weather system that rains a

Javier Bardem, like wife Penelope Cruz, is having second thoughts about calling the Israeli actions against Hamas genocide. The power couple signed a statement earlier this week that decried Israel’s military actions against Hamas, equating the efforts to genocide. Cruz

Woody Allen has heard it before. Critic after critic, while admiring his body of work, wonder why the auteur doesn’t hire more actors of color for his films. Allen knows the line of questioning. He just refuses to do anything

NEW YORK (AP) — Dick Smith, the Oscar-winning “Godfather of Makeup” who amused and fascinated moviegoers by devising unforgettable transformations of Marlon Brando in “The Godfather” and Linda Blair in “The Exorcist,” among others, has died. He was 92. Smith,

The current Israeli/Hamas fighting is dividing Hollywood. Some, like Howard Stern and Joan Rivers, are speaking up in favor of Israeli’s right to self defense. Others, like Penelope Cruz and Brian Eno, are calling Israeli actions against Hamas “ethnic cleansing”

Music lovers may not know the name Brian Eno, but they know his music. The veteran producer has helped some of the biggest acts in modern music, thanks to his collaborations with U2, Coldplay and David Byrne. The producer posted

In 1988 I did a film called Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami. It was the brain child of George Englund who produced and directed The Ugly American. He was a wonderfully brilliant fellow who ran both Marlon

Penelope Cruz is worried her recent comments on the Israeli/Hamas conflict might be “misunderstood.”  So the Oscar winner issued an updated statement, according to Deadline.com, further explaining why she thought the Israeli government was committing “genocide” against the Palestinians. The

NEW YORK (AP) — Production on a new season of “The Big Bang Theory” is being delayed because of a contract dispute with its top actors. The Warner Brothers Television studio, which makes television’s most popular comedy, said that Wednesday’s

IBIZA, Spain, July 30 (UPI)–Orlando Bloom was not happy to run into Justin Bieber at Ibiza’s Cipriani restaurant on Wednesday. In a video unveiled by TMZ, the Pirates of The Caribbean actor can be seen walking up to the Canadian

Most political observers are giving Secretary of State John Kerry poor marks for his unsuccessful attempt to hammer out a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Singer John Legend is criticizing Kerry, too, but not for any political miscalculation. The ardent

Thanks to a CNN op-ed, former Congresswoman and America’s number one gun-grabber Gabrielle Giffords is in the news again. Here’s Giffords’ opener: This month, just outside of Houston, a man police say had a history of abusing and threatening women

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has picked its Peter Pan: high-flying “Girls” star Allison Williams. The network announced Wednesday that Williams will play the boy who refused to grow up in NBC’s new staging of “Peter Pan Live!” The live

Jimmy Fallon unveiled a sketch Tuesday that mocked Vice President Joe Biden’s intelligence. Did The Tonight Show host just set the comedy template for Biden’s 2016 presidential push? Late night comics pummeled President George W. Bush’s intelligence for eight years,

When the first Sharknado film aired last summer on Syfy, it wound up in the eye of Twitterstorm. Folks who don’t normally come together on anything, let alone a popcorn action thriller about a shark-laden tornado decimating L.A., sang its

Some social media users said something stronger than “cowabunga” after they saw a new poster for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. An Australian poster for the film, opening next month in the U.S., features the four heroes bounding off

On the July 29 airing of The View, three of the four people on a panel agreed women need a gun in the house to protect themselves and their children. The panelists were Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy, Fox News’ Juliet

LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI)–Kiefer Sutherland has responded to Freddie Prinze Jr.’s criticism. Prinze Jr. recently declared he had a “terrible” time with Sutherland on 24, and called the star “the most unprofessional dude in the world.” Prinze Jr. portrayed

Pick a political topic, and chances are the women of The View will favor the liberal side of the debate. And if a Democratic politician appears on the show, the fawning can be insufferable. Today, three women on The View

The just-wrapped San Diego Comic-Con, a Mecca for all things geek, featured the standard supply of provocatively dressed women on and off the stages. Think costumes inspired by Princess Leia’s metallic bikini from Return of the Jedi as a typical

Married movie star couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz joined director Pedro Almodovar to denounce Israel’s campaign of self defense in Gaza. THR reports that in an open letter published in a Spanish newspaper, the trio denounced Israel’s Gaza campaign

No whips. No chains. No problem. Hollywood is betting that the release of 50 Shades of Grey, the film adaptation of the sexually tawdry book of the same name, will be a hit with movie-going couples on Valentine’s Day weekend.