Monday 7 November 2011

Chuck, Hawaii Five-0, The X Files, and Twin Peaks Faves Do Battle in 'Lawmen Crushes' Tourney!


November keeps getting hotter, thanks to the chiseled combatants of our Ultimate Law-Enforcement Crushes Bracket Tournament. Round 2, Day 7 is highlighted by a battle between a couple of quirky classic characters, and a showdown involving a geeky superspy and a hunky island dweller.

No matter your preference, it’s time to sit down and vote in the polls below, then alert your friends and fellow TV junkies to do the same! As part of our single-elimination competition, only one from each bout will advance to our Round of 16.

‘Cop-Crushes’ Tourney Continues: Criminal Minds vs. NCIS, Plus Law & Order Face-Off!

Every afternoon over the next few weeks, »

Rufus Sewell joins 'Paradise Lost'

Rufus Sewell has been cast to join the high-profile 3-D adaptation of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Sewell (The TouristThe Holiday) will play Sammael, the seductive, destructive angel of death and chief supporter of Lucifer (Bradley Cooper). The film also stars Camilla Belle as Eve, Diego Boneta as Adam, and Benjamin WalkerCasey AffleckDominic PurcellDjimon HounsouSam Reid, and Callan McAuliffe as the warring angels. Alex Proyas, who directed Sewell in Dark City, is helming the epic, which is shooting for 2012 release.

Jury Reaches Verdict in Michael Jackson Manslaughter Trial!

A decision has been made, Conrad Murray's fate all but sealed. True to its word, the Los Angeles Superior Court has sounded the two-hour warning, alerting the media that the jury in the involuntary manslaugher trial of Michael Jackson has reached a verdict and we're live at the courthouse awaiting the decision, which will be read at 1 p.m. Pt. "Verdict is Finally In!!! I'm on my way! I'm shaking uncontrollably!" La Toya Jackson tweeted just moments ago. Not that it took long. The seven-man, five-woman jury only began their deliberations on Friday morning, the day after prosecutor David Walgren and Murray's defense team finally—after six weeks, 49 witnesses and countless »

VH1 Airs 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' -- Why You Should Watch

At the center of the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial is the planned concert series the late Michael Jackson was working on in hopes of mounting a major career comeback. VH1 is giving the documentary film that revolves around Jackson's concert preparations -- "Michael Jackson's This Is It" -- a very timely broadcast premiere Monday night. Read more: Conrad Murray Jury Reaches Verdict Released into theaters four months after Jackson's June 25, 2009 death, "This Is It" earned more than $260 million worldwide, as fans of the King of Pop flocked to catch »

'Community' scoop: Yvette Nicole Brown says Christmas episode will be 'musical'


Community’s stop-motion episode last season was one of the series’ finest, but this year, the comedy is taking a more musical approach to their holiday episode.
“We really go all out,” says Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley on the show. “We all sing, but I don’t know if it’s a musical. But there’s music. It’s not lines of dialogue that are sung, but we sing.”
EW caught up with Brown this weekend at the Reel Stories, Real Lives event in Los Angeles this weekend, which celebrated the Motion Picture & Television Fund.
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'Hannibal' TV series from 'Pushing Daisies' creator bought by NBC


Can bringing the Silence of the Lambs franchise to TV help rescue NBC?

Sources confirm the network has just made a deal with Pushing Daisies creator and former Heroes writer Bryan Fuller to create a broadcast series take on Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The deal calls for a straight-to-series order (no pilot) if NBC likes the script.

But can the extremely dark franchise based on Thomas Harris series of bestselling novels really work in primetime? Perhaps. While there’s no details about the adaptation yet, we’re presumably looking a police procedural here that’s not entirely unlike a twisted version »

Justin Bieber to Take DNA Test Over Fan's Paternity Claim

Justin Bieber is set to take the next step - a DNA test - to prove he isn't the father of Mariah Yeater's baby. Bieber, 17, has already vigorously denied the 20-year-old fan's claim that he got her pregnant, saying he never even met her. He will take the test once he returns to the U.S. from Europe next week, a source tells People. The pop superstar is also likely to sue Yeater and the people representing her to show there are consequences to making false accusations. "It's disappointing that people would stoop so low, but somebody needs to stand up to them, »