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Watch: Lil Wayne's video for 'On Fire'
1 hour ago
When Lil Wayne’s rock-influenced album “Rebirth” will actually hit streets is anyone’s guess. A number of retailers are no longer offering the oft-delayed album as available on its scheduled Feb. 2 release date and word is it has been pushed to June. However, Lil Wayne’s rep told Billboard that the album’s still a go for Feb. 2. In the meantime, the video for album track, “On Fire” premiered on MTV today. The song is built around “She’s On Fire,” from the movie “Scarface,” a favorite among many rappers, and it sounds about as dated as the movie. In fact, it’s amazingly »
Watch: Jay Leno addresses his future in primetime
5 hours ago
Thursday (Jan. 7) was a whirlwind of news for Jay Leno. First, there were website reports that he'd been canned. NBC said those reports weren't true. Then there were reports that he was returning to 11:35. NBC didn't exactly say those reports weren't true, but the network swears it still loves Conan O'Brien. Here's what Jay Leno said on Thursday night's episode of "The Jay Leno Show"... »
- HitFix Staff
The Brits get their first say at Oscar with BAFTA long list
6 hours ago
The prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts has one of the more unusual protocols in how they determine the nominees for their annual Orange British Film Awards. The influential organization has a substantial crossover with Academy membership so their choices are always curious when looking at potential Oscar nominees or winners. But, unlike other voting groups, BAFTA makes their initial "long list" of potential nominees (round one of voting) public. That occured today. The second round is the traditional nominees and the third round are obviously the winners. Also unlike the Academy Awards, BAFTA members nominate on every category, not »
Report: NBC may move Jay Leno back to 11:30
7 hours ago
Earlier on Thursday (Jan. 7), NBC denied that Jay Leno was losing his job, but might the comic be moving back to late-night? According to TMZ.com -- always right about celebrity deaths, occasionally wrong about other things -- NBC may be ready to yank "The Jay Leno Show" from its five-days-a-week berth at 10 p.m., moving the host back to his former home at 11:30 p.m. The website reports that "The Jay Leno Show" will go on hiatus on Feb. 1 and that Jay Leno will return after the Olympics in the late-night home he occupied for years as the host »
- HitFix Staff
CBS sets 'Miami Medical,' 'Rules of Engagement' premieres
7 hours ago
CBS has settled some of the more mysterious pieces of its midseason schedule, announcing a home for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced "Miami Medical" and a return for the comedy "Rules of Engagement." "Miami Medical," the network's lone midseason scripted drama, will premiere on Friday, April 2 at 10 p.m. The series, which predictably focuses on trauma surgeons (it was formerly "Miami Trauma") in Miami, will take over the "Numb3rs" slot after that long-running procedural completes its season order. Jeremy Northam, Lana Parrilla, Mike Vogel, Elisabeth Harnois and Omar Gooding lead the "Miami Medical" ensemble cast. "Rules of Engagement" will »
- Daniel Fienberg
Fox bumps 'Our Little Genius' premiere
8 hours ago
Fox has pulled the Mark Burnett-produced game show "Our Little Genius" from its schedule less than a week before its January 13 premiere date. "I recently discovered that there was an issue with how some information was relayed to contestants during the pre-production of 'Our Little Genius,'" Burnett says in Fox's cryptic statement. "As a result, I am not comfortable delivering the episodes without re-shooting them. I believe my series must always be beyond reproach, so I have requested that Fox not air these episodes." That suggests that "Our Little Genius" has not been cancelled, just pushed for reshooting »
- Daniel Fienberg
3D TV is coming soon, and Sony, IMAX, and Discovery want you to be part of it
9 hours ago
It's interesting... the studios made such a big deal at first about how 3D was going to be the thing that drove people back to the theaters, and based on the performance of "Avatar," they could make that case quite successfully right now. And yet all I'm hearing right now is about the push to get 3D into the home, and with the Consumer Electronics Show in full-swing in Vegas right now, there's tons of breaking news about the format and what we can expect from it every day. Sony made a splash this morning with the following news: Culver City, CA »
2009 music sales continue downward slide
11 hours ago
What’s the music industry going to do now? Not only did CD sales continue their inexorable slide toward extinction in 2009, digital growth—once hailed as the savior of music sales—slowed in 2009. The good news, if there is any, is that music “transactions” increased in 2009, despite the slow down. Overall transactions—sales of tracks and albums in both physical and digital forms—amounted to 1.55 billion units in the U.S., up 2.1 % over 2008, according to Billboard. But the rate of growth trickled to 2.1%, down from 11% in 2008. Continuing to look on the “bright side,” album sales »
Who's the top seller of 2009? Swift, Boyle or Jackson?
11 hours ago
In was an amazing run down the final stretch, but Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” held off an thrilling streak my late-arrival, Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream,” to remain the top-selling album of 2009. “Dream,” which stays No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the sixth week this week, sold 3.1 million since its November release. That was almost enough to knock “Fearless,” which benefitted from a full year of sales in 2009, from the top, but not quite. “Fearless” sold 3.2 million in 2009. Last year marks the first year since 2006 that more than one album has sold more than »
The M/C Review: 'The Disappearance Of Alice Creed' just plain works
12 hours ago
One of the most constant criticisms I've heard of "Avatar" is "the story isn't original." And while I understand why people want to be knocked out by something they've never seen before, I don't think the only valid form of storytelling is trying to be completely original. Not every movie is going to be "Adaptation". For me, it's not really about the story being told so much as it is about how that story is told. Case in point: "The Disappearance Of Alice Creed." I was at Toronto this year, seeing whatever I could see, taking recommendations, and since I was up »
NBC denies Jay Leno cancelation rumors
12 hours ago
Despite dismal ratings and affiliate unrest, everything is ship-shape for "The Jay Leno Show," NBC insists. Although reporters were all a-buzz on Thursday (Jan. 7) morning trying to follow up on reports, originally stemming from the website FTVLive, that NBC was about to pull the plug on "The Jay Leno Show," the network says not-so-fast. NBC states: "Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today. As we have said all along, Jay’s show has performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and »
- HitFix Staff
'Avatar's' James Cameron and 'Hurt Locker's' Kathryn Bigelow top Director's Guild nominees
13 hours ago
The Director's Guild of America announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009 today. While the nominees do not always match up to the equivalent Academy Award for Best Director, the winner usually does. In fact, only six DGA winners did not go on to win an Oscar although it should be noted two of them, Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Rob Marshall for "Chicago," took place within the last decade. The nominees and their directorial teams are: Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team: * Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark »
TV Ratings: The people choose CBS' People's Choice on Wednesday
14 hours ago
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, January 6, 2010. ABC's acclaimed comedies returned strong on Wednesday, particularly "Modern Family," but a transplant to a new night did little to help "Ugly Betty." Meanwhile, it was CBS controlling the night in most key measures thanks to the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards. Among adults 18-49, CBS averaged a 3.2 rating, beating the 2.6 rating for ABC and NBC's 2.1 rating. Fox's 1.3 rating was good for fourth, while The CW's 0.3 rating took fifth. Overall, CBS averaged just under 10 million viewers in primetime, along with a 6.3 rating/10 share. »
- Daniel Fienberg
'True Blood,' 'New Moon' and 'Vampire Diaries' dominate the People's Choice Awards
6 January 2010 9:33 PM, PST
Los Angeles (AP) — The people have chosen vampires. "The Twilight Saga," ''True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries" all sucked up trophies Wednesday at the 36th annual People's Choice Awards. "Twilight" won four trophies, including favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team for the dreamy trio of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, who also picked up the breakout male actor award. The undead HBO fable "True Blood" and the soapy supernatural CW series "The Vampire Diaries" were respectively selected as favorite TV obsession and favorite new TV drama. Other winners in categories spanning movies, TV and music included "Inglourious Basterds" »
- Derrik J. Lang (AP)
'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' cast announced
6 January 2010 6:57 PM, PST
Not even "Boston Rob" Mariano's newborn baby could stop him from returning to "Survivor." Mariano is among 20 former contestants who will compete in CBS'"Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," the reality series' 20th season, premiering Feb. 11 (8 p.m. Est). He left behind 4-week-old daughter Lucia Rose and wife, Amber Brkich, who bested Mariano to win the "All-Stars" edition in 2004 and accepted his marriage proposal during the finale. "If she was out here with me, I don't think I'd have a chance in hell at winning," the former "Survivor: Marquesas" and "All-Stars" player said of his wife. »
- Derrik J. Lang (AP)
Universal releases preview images for 'Scott Pilgrim,' 'Your Highness,' and more
6 January 2010 6:45 PM, PST
When I look at the image of Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), flaming sword in hand, with Gideon Graves (Jason Schwartzmann) looking down at him and Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in the background, it is hard for me to believe that the film really exists and that it's really coming out this year. It's even harder for me to believe that I actually stood on that set in Toronto. Yet... it's true. And if you're not yet familiar with the material, I can understand why these early images from "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" might not blow your mind. But based on how great "Shaun »
Breaking: 'Thor' jumps on 'Spider-Man 4's' release date
6 January 2010 5:42 PM, PST
After the recent news of dissent between director Sam Raimi and Sony Pictures over the direction of "Spider-Man 4," it's now somewhat official that the film won't make its original May 6, 2011 release date. Sources tell HitFix that Paramount Pictures will announce that Marvel Studios' "Thor" will move from its original May 20 debut to the premier more lucrative May 6 date. That will make "Thor" the fourth Marvel character to kick off the summer after the first "Spider-Man" (May 3, 2002), "Iron Man" (May 2, 2008) and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (May 1, 2009). As one would expect, Paramount would »
- Gregory Ellwood
Carrie Underwood learns 'How I Met Your Mother'
6 January 2010 5:36 PM, PST
"American Idol" winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood is set to show off her acting skills on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother." In a March episode of the long-running comedy, which celebrates its 100th episode next Monday, Underwood will play Tiffany, a pharmaceutical sales rep who becomes a potential love interest for Josh Radnor's Ted. Might Underwood be the "Mother" of the title? We're just going to go out on a limb and say "No," though "How I Met Your Mother" got a nice ratings bump from a guest appearance by Britney Spears, so they may be hoping »
- HitFix Staff
Tmr: Sean Penn's still a Stooge and are there really two cuts of 'The Wolf Man'?
6 January 2010 3:45 PM, PST
Welcome to The Morning Read. As I was working yesterday on some articles, I was inspired by the "10 best man-in-gorilla-suit movies" list by Mr. Beaks at AICN to throw on some Three Stooges shorts. Those guys knew the value of a good man-in-a-gorilla-suit gag, and sure enough, about two shorts into the disc I randomly picked, there was an entire bit about a mad scientist who wanted to put Curly's brain in a gorilla's body. Good stuff. And obviously there's something about the simple vulgarity of the Three Stooges that endures. As long as I've known the Farrelly Brothers, they've been interested in making »
Susan Boyle stays at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 one more week
6 January 2010 12:05 PM, PST
Can Ke$ha stop Susan Boyle? The party girl seems to be the only hope in the foreseeable future for knocking the “Britain’s Got Talent” winner out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. For the sixth consecutive row, Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” stays at the pinnacle, although her post-Christmas numbers drop dramatically to 136,000 copies. However, her six-week talent is an astonishing 3.1 million copies and that’s just in the U.S. alone. As you may have heard, her end-of-the-year surge in the U.K. propelled her past Lady Gaga’s “The Game” as the year’s top-seller. In the U.S., »
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