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We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have details on the livestream of the official Fright Night stage play, the full Fantaspoa lineup, details on Alamo on Demand's Fulci collection and Ari Aster picks, and an exclusive Q&a with actor Eric Fellows:

The Rage of the Stage Players Present: A Dramatized Livestream Reading of the Official “Fright Night” Stage Play: "The Rage of the Stage Players, Pittsburgh's longest-running dark/fringe theatre company (now our 19th season), are thrilled to announce that, with the permission of horror icon Tom Holland, we will be presenting a visceral dramatized livestream performance, that will welcome audiences to Fright Night…For Real.

Come join us on Sunday, August 2, 2020, for a historic, not-to-be-missed, “Fan-niversary” event, to celebrate the original film’s release, 35 years to the day! It will include an introduction by the film’s creator, Tom Holland, and...

At least three people died and many more were injured Monday morning when an Amtrak passenger train derailed and caused several cars to dangle over a busy highway, according to officials and news reports.

The train derailed in Pierce County, Washington — near Olympia — throwing multiple cars off an Interstate 5 overpass, Washington state Department of Transportation officials and Pierce County Sheriff’s Office announced on Twitter.

At least three people who were on the train have died and some motorists were injured but not killed, Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told the media, according to The Seattle Times and other outlets.

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Question: I feel like we know a lot about The Originals’ fifth season… except for the Big Bad. Who is the Mikaelsons’ final enemy? —Karen

Ausiello: Well, that and a premiere date, am I right? Anyway, executive producer Julie Plec explains that while last season’s baddie — remember the Hollow? — will remain a present force in Season 5, the real enemy is far more complicated. “The Big Bad this year is launched from an ideology more so than one singular person’s nefarious desire,...

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A group of children at a fire evacuation shelter in California got the surprise of a lifetime on Tuesday, when Santa Claus showed up to offer hugs and support to the families affected by the wildfires sweeping across the region, reports say.

Greg Lindfors said he wanted to...

This March, Hulk writer Greg Pak and artist Carlo Barberi (All New X-Men) will unleash a totally new chapter in Incredible Hulk #714 with World War Hulk II, bringing Amadeus Cho back to earth. But Amadeus has changed during his time on Sakaar – since his face-to-face meeting with Bruce Banner in Generations, Amadeus has had to wrestle with the true nature of his alter ego’s brutality and what it means for the world.

Now, unchained and unbridled, the former Totally Awesome Hulk is ready to take matters into his own hands. And as characters such as Black Panther and members of the Champions and Alpha Flight will learn, no one is prepared for what he will unleash on the Marvel Universe!

“What follows Planet Hulk II?” asks Executive Editor and Svp Tom Brevoort. “World War Hulk II, of course! To survive on the savage world of Sakaar, Amadeus Cho was...

Alison Brie received quite the surprise on her first day filming The Disaster Artist — a naked director.

Making matters even more bizarre: Her director was James Franco, her brother-in-law who also stars in the film. On that particular day he happened to be filming (and directing) a nude scene.

“I was there for a fitting and James was totally nude filming a scene,” Brie recalls with a laugh to People TV. “ this long black wig, crazy facial prosthetics and a sock on his penis. I was like, ‘Ok this is going to be an interesting project.'”

Brie says that...

Tommy Wiseau came to Hollywood with dreams of movie stardom and ended up creating a cult classic phenomenon later deemed “the Citizen Kane of bad movies” with 2003’s The Room. He’s now the subject of James Franco’s latest movie, The Disaster Artist.

Wiseau spent $6 million of his own money on The Room, blowing most of it on follies like buying film equipment instead of renting and insisting on shooting both digitally and on film. With his unintelligible script, zany acting techniques and inscrutable accent, everyone involved in the production was certain it would fail.

Yet the film’s...

An Alabama family is mourning after a missing mother-of-three was found dead in the trunk of a car in Selma earlier this week while her ex-husband’s body was discovered in Birmingham, in what authorities are calling an apparent murder-suicide.

On Monday, 35-year-old hairstylist Mary Elizabeth Timmons Scott was reported missing by her family after she went to pick up her two young daughters from the home of Greg Scott, their father and her ex-husband, according to Al.com

The girls had spent the weekend with Greg, 63, who may have told Mary that one of them was sick in order...

Call of Duty: Zombies has arrived in trade paperback form, and it kicks off today's Comics Corner. We also have a look at John Wick #3 from Dynamite, Bprd: The Devil You Know #4, Spawn #280 "Dark Horror" Part 5, Vampirella #8, Dark Ark #3, Black Magick #9, Graveland #3, and Sacred Creatures #5.

Call of Duty: Zombies Trade Paperback: "Join Stuhlinger, Misty, Russman, and Marlton as they fight for survival against the undead horde. The Tranzit crew, last seen in the "Buried" map, are trapped on a deeply unstable and fractured future Earth. The Call of Duty®: Zombies miniseries delves into these characters' backstories, providing a crucial piece of the Zombies puzzle. See what happens between the maps as the Tranzit crew fights to escape Maxis' apocalyptic wasteland.

Writer Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode) joins Jason Blundell and Craig Houston to expand the Zombies story, and artist Jonathan Wayshak (Devolution), with Dan Jackson, brings...

The Disaster Artist's James Franco on taking us behind the camera on the biggest cult movie everThe Disaster Artist's James Franco on taking us behind the camera on the biggest cult movie everIngrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine11/29/2017 10:34:00 Am

James Franco likes to make films, lots and lots of films.

The writer/actor/director had 18 films and TV shows in production or scheduled for release just this year — it’s taken George Clooney 10 years to make that many. However, many of Franco’s projects are indie pics that either get limited releases or sit on shelves waiting for distribution.

But he’s too good an actor and too interesting a director to have his work relegated to Hollywood’s bargain bin. Franco was looking for a breakout hit, and the delicious irony is that he’s directed the best movie of his career about the worst movie ever made.

Here at Et, we’re obsessed with a lot of things -- and here is what we’re most excited about this week:

Why We’re Obsessed With ‘The Wine Show’

Pour another glass because our favorite import -- Matthew Goode -- is back with a second season of The Wine Show, Sky Vision’s food and travel magazine series, which moves the action from Italy to the South of France. Available on in the U.S. on Hulu, the show became a favorite among viewers thanks to the bromance between Goode and co-host Matthew Rhys and their journey through the heart of Italy in search of tasty wine and lasting memories. Joining Goode (who also stars on The Crown season two) is James Purefoy, an equally English and handsome actor, who steps in for Rhys. This season, two hosts are tasked with finding a case of wine to match a six-course French lunch cooked by Stephane...

For much of the 2017 Gotham Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, it seemed like nothing could topple “Get Out.” Then came “Call Me By Your Name,” which landed Best Feature after “Get Out” triumphed in three major categories, proving that not only are both movies serious contenders for the best movies of the year, but we also have an unpredictable awards race.

That said: Anyone who uses the Gothams as a crystal ball for predicting the Oscar race is looking in the wrong place. Hosted by Ifp, the swanky New York shindig celebrates movies and television made with an “economy of means,” with a series of small committees to select the nominees and winners for each category. That’s a world away from the Oscar voting process, which involves thousands of members, multiple branches, and no limits on budgets.

Read More:Gotham Awards 2017: Complete Winners List

Nevertheless, in recent years the...

NeNe Leakes ended Sunday’s Real Housewives of Atlanta in tears — and it had nothing to do with any drama among the women.

The 49-year-old reality star found herself in a rare vulnerable moment when her husband, Gregg Leakes, landed in the hospital for a “dangerously low” heart rate, his doctors taking him for a minor surgery test to see if he had a blockage.

“I heard his voice on the phone and I knew that he was afraid,” NeNe said as she raced to be by Gregg’s side. “Like, ‘If this is the last time that I’m going to see anybody,...

Move over Moore Manor and Chateau Sheree — “Casa Leakes” is ready for its close-up!

Real Housewives of Atlanta’s NeNe Leakes is opening the doors to her elaborate Georgia mansion andgiving a personal tour of the sleek spaces.

“I want everything white and clean,” she explains in the video above.

Related: Rhoc‘s Shannon Beador Gives a Tour of Her Corona Del Mar Home: See Which Room ‘Good Friend’ Jeff Lewis Designed in Just One Day!

Her desired aesthetic is immediately obvious. Her formal living room is dressed up in all-white furniture, paint and décor, with a few wrought-iron elements for an elegant touch.

With Justice League having finally arrived in cinemas, it’s only understandable that the folks at DC Entertainment experience team-up fever. Sure, they may publish an ongoing comic of the same title featuring that very squad of superheroes, but that doesn’t mean they can’t pare it down in other books by more intimately exploring the relationships between certain characters.

A few weeks back, we heard a rumor that the Dark Knight and Amazon Warrior would be co-headlining a new six-issue series soon enough, which has now been confirmed to be Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman. As you may recall, the “Brave and the Bold” brand carries some considerable weight. Not only is it a decades old comic book series known for its typical and atypical team-ups, but it was also the name of a fantastic animated series in which the Caped Crusader would join forces...

Some pretty big casting news has arrived for the fourth season of “Fear the Walking Dead” and its upcoming crossover with “The Walking Dead.” Jenna Elfman (“Dharma & Greg,” “Damages”) confirmed via her Instagram account that she’s going to be a part of the cast when “worlds collide.” In addition, per Deadline, Garret Dillahunt (“Terminator: […]

The post Jenna Elfman Joins The Walking Dead / Fear the Walking Dead Crossover; Garret Dillahunt Also Added to Fear Season 4 appeared first on Dread Central.

Jenna Elfman, the actress known for the late '90s sitcom Dharma & Greg, has joined the cast of Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead's even grimmer spin-off, The Wrap reports.

AMC announced that Elfman will be a series regular in Season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead, but didn't release any details

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In the 1980s, Roy Moore had a reputation for allegedly “badgering teenage girls” and “cruising for high-school dates” at an Alabama mall, according to The New Yorker.

More than a dozen people who worked or spent time at the Gadsden Mall during that time told The New Yorker‘s Charles Bethea of widespread rumors that Moore, now the Gop Alabama Senate candidate, was on a list of people banned from the mall.

A former manager who worked at the mall in the late ’80s confirmed the existence of a ban list to The New Yorker, but said he did not...

After turning down multiple offers from his big brother, James Franco, to work together, Dave Franco finally said “Yes,” and now the duo is opening up to Et about what led them to collaborate.

The pair star in the new flick, The Disaster Artist, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Room, with James also directing the film.

“He has turned me down a couple of times, yes,” James confirmed while talking to Et’s Carly Steel at the film’s press day on Monday. “Brothers should stick together!”

“I knew from the beginning as I read the book that Greg [Sestero] had written with Tom Bissell that I wanted to tell this story -- that it was an amazing story about dreamers and outsiders, but with this surface level that was so bizarre,” he added. “But I also knew that I wanted to play Tommy and that I wanted Dave to play Greg -- that we would...

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A Texas emergency medical technician was responding to a shooting when she quickly realized she was en route to her family’s church, the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.

Wilson County first responder Torie McCallum recalled the gut-wrenching moment she learned her loved ones were inside the same sanctuary where a gunman killed at least 25 people and one unborn child during a Sunday morning service.

“I turn on my E-Dispatch on my phone to listen to the page and realized it was the church in Sutherland Springs and my heart immediately sank,” McCallum, 30, told local news outlet Ksat-tv. “I...

Twenty-five people and an unborn child were killed during a Sunday morning service at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, when a gunman walked into the sanctuary and opened fire.

Among the dead are the church pastor’s 14-year-old daughter, a mother of young children and a 16-year-old aspiring Nicu nurse.

The Texas shooter, identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, a disgraced former Air Force member, was dressed in all-black tactical gear when he began firing with an assault rifle from outside of the church around 11:20 a.m. local time.

The shooter was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot...

Crystal Holcombe, a devoted mother who was reportedly eight months pregnant with her sixth child, had high hopes for her family’s future when she went to church on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Widowed and left with five children in 2011, Crystal, 36, had met John Holcombe at the church, where he taught Sunday school and managed the audio system. They married in 2012.

United in their faith and love of family, they forged a happy new life together. It was about to become even richer because they were expecting their first child together next month.

All that ended on Sunday,...

Rosanne Solis is recounting the harrowing moments she and a group of worshipers cowered in silence on Sunday as 26-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire on the rural Texas church.

Solis told ABC News that the churchgoers began screaming when Kelley began unloading a hail of gunfire, but fell silent as the gunman made his way through the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs while reloading his gun.

“I played dead and I made sure that I hid myself good under bench,” she told the site. “You could hear a pin drop in there, silence. Real quiet … I knew if I...

For most, Halloween is more of a state of mind than a holiday, but for those too shy to celebrate, a fun way to feel the thrill of Oct. 31 might be through TV’s favorite characters. What is Halloween without Ted Mosby’s Slutty Pumpkin or trick-or-treating with the Belchers?

Whether it’s seeking some pop culture costume inspiration or seeing your faves partake in particularly spooky behavior, here are the must-watch Halloween episodes available for streaming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

“30 Rock”

“Stone Mountain,” Season 4 Episode 3

What it’s about: Liz and Jack go to Stone Mountain, Georgia, to search for new talent in “middle America.” Meanwhile, Jenna is trying to suck up to the writers so they take care of her when the new cast member comes, and the writers are focused on throwing their annual Halloween party.

Why it’s the best: Even with all of that going on,...

When it came time to build a third standalone “Thor” feature, Marvel brass had a few different elements that they felt were necessary for inclusion, all the better to bolster the superhero’s solo power after the relative disappointment of “Thor: The Dark World.” Mostly, there needed to be more humor, the kind that could capitalize on star Chris Hemsworth’s growing acclaim as a comedian, but not feel out of place in the McU as a whole. And perhaps the big guy needed a buddy, too, a fellow superhero also capable of teasing out both humor and pathos.

As Marvel president Kevin Feige explains, the franchise found an unlikely connection between those aims and a favorite piece of comic book lore. First up, though, “Thor: Ragnarok” needed to be its own thing, and get away from a predecessor that didn’t quite tap into what makes the Asgardian god...

No matter your age, anyone who has delved into comic book collecting has no doubt heard the name of Jack “The King” Kirby. Aside from having worked on Marvel properties such as Captain America, the Fantastic Four and the Avengers in their earliest of days, the legendary writer/artist also made some valuable contributions to DC by creating Darkseid and the New Gods. Fortunately for us, another one of his brainchildren most beloved by readers was recently revived in the form of The Kamandi Challenge.

For those unfamiliar, Kamandi, “The Last Boy on Earth,” pretty much functioned as DC’s answer to Planet of the Apes when it originally arrived on the scene decades ago. But instead of having only talking apes ruling the Earth, other animals evolved physically and intellectually as well, most notably tigers. And in the time since, Kamandi has experienced some exposure in other media, more specifically in the animated series,...

A few days ago, I shared with you my, and mostly everyone else's, suspicion that Abraham Ford from The Walking Dead might be crossing over into Fear the Walking Dead. Well, guess what? Greg Nicotero, Executive Producer for both series and Director of the upcoming 100th episode, also thinks this is a swell idea. As he explains to ComicBook.com:

I love the Abraham theory. I think it's super smart. {The crossover has} been in the works for a little while. To be really honest, I'm so deep into The Walking Dead, I haven't read any of the outlines for Fear yet. That'll probably have to wait until I'm out from underneath all this stuff.

Ok, so he didn't confirm or deny it. As a matter of fact, based on this chat with him, it seems they may not even have decided themselves who may be crossing over. Some careful planning?...

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Stars: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Ryan Simpkins, Alexa Demie, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Claire Danes, Chance Crimin, Beck Bennett, Andy Samberg | Written by Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney | Directed by Dave McCary

Saturday Night Live alumnus Dave McCary makes his directorial debut with Brigsby Bear, an engaging and smartly judged indie comedy-drama that mixes elements from several different movies but still manages to feel entirely original.

SNL’s Kyle Mooney (who co-wrote the script with Kevin Costello) plays twenty-five year-old James, who grows up in an underground desert bunker with his “parents” Ted (Mark Hamil) and April (Jane Adams). Kyle’s only entertainment is Brigsby Bear, a children’s fantasy TV show about a talking bear who protects the universe and dispenses weekly life lessons like “curiosity is an unnatural emotion” and “trust only the family unit”.

When the FBI raid the bunker,...

Last October, The Walking Dead's seventh season debuted with one of the most-watched episodes of the entire series. Long-time fans – and even a handful of haters – tuned in to see the resolution to the "Who did Negan bludgeon?" cliffhanger, in one of those rare 21st century TV moments shared by over 15 million people at once.

After the premiere, however, the show's usually noisy buzz quieted down to something like a faint hum – which grew even softer as the winter's batch of episodes gave way to spring's bounty. That's too bad: Yes,...

From Silicon Valley to Studio 8H! Kumail Nanjiani, co-writer and star of this summer’s indie breakout film The Big Sick, made his Saturday Night Live hosting debut this weekend.

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Following in the footsteps of fellow comedians like Dave Chappelle and Aziz Ansari, Nanjiani turned his monologue into a stand-up routine, remarking on the rise of Islamophobia (“It never went away, but it’s really having a moment right now”) and misguided racism. Unfortunately, his inspired commentary was followed by a string of mostly uninspired sketches, few...

Maybe you’ve heard a thing or two about sexual harassment in the news this week. (I don’t know, just a wild guess.) NBC’s Great News has some great timing, then, because Thursday’s episode tackled the thorny topic head-on… and managed to squeeze a few laughs out of it.

Diana St. Tropez (guest star Tina Fey, still killing it) tells Katie she’s been promoted to COO of Mmn’s parent company and gives her loyal mentee a title bump to “senior associate producer.” Katie’s thrilled, and ignores Justin when he claims that Diana cornered him...

When Crazy Ex-Girlfriend returns for season three on Friday, there will be a lot more revenge -- but also a whole lot more Scott Michael Foster.

The 32-year-old actor was bumped up to a series regular this season, which means we'll be seeing more of what makes his character, Nathaniel Plimpton III, tick and even unravel. In the season premiere, we see a softer side right out of the gate, as Nathaniel finds excuses to see more of Rebecca Bunch, who is laser-focused not on her boss, but on getting revenge against Josh Chan, who left her at the altar in last season's finale. Nathaniel's icy exterior and narcissistic tendencies aren't disappearing entirely, his life will just be getting more complicated -- and set to music.

Et spoke with Foster as filming began on season three, and he was excited about Nathaniel becoming a bigger part of the drama.

"So far, it's definitely been revenge-centered...

When Crazy Ex-Girlfriend returns for season three on Friday, there will be a lot more revenge -- but also a whole lot more Scott Michael Foster.

The 32-year-old actor was bumped up to a series regular this season, which means we'll be seeing more of what makes his character, Nathaniel Plimpton III, tick and even unravel. In the season premiere, we see a softer side right out of the gate, as Nathaniel finds excuses to see more of Rebecca Bunch, who is laser-focused not on her boss, but on getting revenge against Josh Chan, who left her at the altar in last season's finale. Nathaniel's icy exterior and narcissistic tendencies aren't disappearing entirely, his life will just be getting more complicated -- and set to music.

Et spoke with Foster as filming began on season three, and he was excited about Nathaniel becoming a bigger part of the drama.

"So far, it's definitely been revenge-centered...

Picking the best songs from “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet catered by a Michelin-star chef. Maybe some picks aren’t going to line up for your appetite, others might be too close to what you usually enjoy, and the best choices make you realize the things you never knew you liked before.

So as the series gears up for a third season in the greater reaches of West Covina, we thought it was time not to rank every song worst to best, but to pick out the musical apex for each character on the show. The bold, the silly, the poignant, all wrapped up in the best that each “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” character has to offer.

Read More:‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Co-Creator Aline Brosh McKenna on the Song From the Show That’s Stuck In Her Head Rebecca — “West Covina”

If this song doesn’t hook you from the outset of the pilot,...

Here’s one way to make us hate a character: Have them kill a dog. It’s how we meet malevolent political monsters like House Of Cards’ Frank Underwood and The Dead Zone’s Greg Stillson (in the book, at least); it’s how we know Alfie Allen’s rich brat villain has gone too far in John Wick; and it’s how we realize the…

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Oliver Queen is “smiling a lot more” in Season 6 of The CW’s Arrow. And so, in turn, is series star Stephen Amell.

Coming off what he recently ranked as his second-favorite season ever (trailing only the freshman run), Amell likes what he is seeing thus far of Season 6, which premieres Oct. 12 on a new night — Thursdays at 9/8c, leading out of Supernatural.

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Shortly after regaling the crowd at the NY/NJ Heroes & Villains Fan est (of which he is a co-founder, and where during a panel Q&A he teased another...

Most things get significantly better when you add Tina Fey to them. (See: Weekend Update; the Golden Globes; American Express ads.) So it makes sense that adding the 30 Rock alum to the Season 2 cast of NBC’s Great News — where Fey’s also an executive producer, by the way — takes an already-fun sitcom and elevates it about a bazillion notches.

After Katie and Greg have an awkward elevator run-in following their almost-kiss in the finale, Greg announces to the Breakdown staff that in light of last season’s hacking scandal, they’ll soon be getting a new network president. Chuck...

As a zany workplace comedy focused on the production of a live TV show, “Great News” has always been just a few degrees removed from “30 Rock.” Creator Tracy Wigfield came up the ranks through Tina Fey’s classic NBC sitcom, so it’s only fitting that her Fey-produced debut features a few similarities to a show Wigfield produced, wrote, and even cameo-d in. (She also co-stars in “Great News,” as Beth, the rather intense meteorologist).

After a critically approved but less-than-buzzy first season, Wigfield & Co. are leaning into the likeness: Tina Fey has joined the ensemble cast for seven episodes; series lead Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan) is shifting into a mentor-mentee relationship with her new boss (played by Fey); the show is re-focusing on sharper topical storylines, and Chris Parnell, a “30 Rock” favorite as Dr. Leo Spaceman, even drops by for a guest spot in Episode 2.

Read More:‘Speechless’ Review: Season 2 Is a Lean,...

It all started on the set of a show set in 1901, and it’s all ending at a time when the 1980s have never been more popular.

“I recall us standing on the set early in Season 1 of ‘The Knick,’ and one of these stories somehow came up again,” Steven Soderbergh said, referencing how his first assistant director, Gregory Jacobs, would share memories about growing up as a tennis pro in New Jersey. “I said, ‘Dude, this is a series. You’ve got to memorialize these stories. This just sounds like a really interesting world to explore during the period you experienced it.'”

Read More:8 Times Steven Soderbergh Broke the Rules of Filmmaking and Invented New Ones

And they were off. Jacobs talked to Joe Gangemi, and the two co-created “Red Oaks,” a show loosely based on their lives. Focusing on a tennis pro named David (played by Craig Roberts...

Back when Thor: Ragnarok was still an embryonic pitch fastened to one of many whiteboards populating Marvel Studios, writer-director Taika Waititi described his spectacular threequel as a buddy-cop movie involving Hulk and the God of Thunder, two Phase One Avengers that haven’t been glimpsed on screen since Age of Ultron – end-credits scenes notwithstanding.

That all changes in November thanks to the release of Ragnarok. Now ruling over Asgard and its gilded corridors of power, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki has finally achieved his twisted dream: to usurp the throne once occupied by Odin. But as we learned last week, it is Loki’s callous ways that leave the door open for the invading Hela, and judging by those magnificent trailers, Cate Blanchett’s Goddess of Death will bring Asgard to its knees in two months’ time.

And so, with that early November release date closing in fast, Marvel Studios is...

Much digital ink has been spilled over Thor: Ragnarok and its ties to Planet Hulk.

How has Greg Pak’s beloved comic influenced the story, if at all? Does Ragnarok feature any particular character plucked from the arc? And will Bruce Banner’s time on Sakaar lay the foundations for a Hulk solo movie? Granted, it appears the answer to that question is a straight up ‘no’, but those hoping to see a whole new side of the Jade Giant are in luck.

Due to light up theaters on November 3rd, Taika Waititi’s spacefaring romp was recently named as the most-anticipated movie of the fall season – ahead of Justice League, no less – and at least according to Mark Ruffalo, it’ll present the Hulk to us like we’ve never seen him before.

Speaking to Total Film ahead of the threequel’s release, the actor noted that his character...

“We Tapped That Ass” was one of two songs that “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” submitted for the Emmys, and in the end, was the one that won the nomination. Although series creator, star, and lyricist Rachel Bloom was thrilled for the nomination, her first thought was, “Oh shit. We’re not going to win this. That’s not likely.”

Sadly, “We Tapped That Ass” did not end up winning this year — the honors went to Common’s “Letter to the Free” for Ava DuVernay’s “13th” instead — but the song is in good company among other raunchy comedy tunes that have been recognized by the Academy. Before the 1990s, the trend for Emmy-winning songs tended to be pretty standard theme songs, concert performances or variety tunes. “The Simpsons” started opening the door to more comedic fare in the 1990s, earning multiple nods and even winning two, but it was a 2007 earworm on...

Steve Miller has led many musical lives. First he was the guitar-wielding Space Cowboy who blew minds with the blues in the psychedelic San Fransisco of the late ’60s. Then he morphed into the laid-back Joker, crackin’ wise amid the slightly more self-serious singer/songwriters of the early ’70s. He graduated to full scale arena rocker in the middle of the decade with amped-up hits like “Rock ‘N Me” and “Take the Money and Run,” and by the ’80s songs like “Abracadabra” made him a video star on a nascent MTV. Now the icon is looking back on his remarkable musical journey with Ultimate Hits,...

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Taskmaster returns for a fifth series tonight on Dave, featuring Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson...

“I think I could probably fit all that lot in my trousers,” says Tim Key gesturing at the crowded kitchen worktop of a London flat in this 2008 YouTube video. He then tests the hypothesis, starting with a loaf of bread, a bunch of bananas and a silver espresso maker. Into the trouser leg they go, followed by a parade of unlikely items - a cheese grater, a bottle of orange squash, an unwieldy marble bowl. Every so often, a hand reaches out from the camera to assist. It belongs to comedian Alex Horne, seen intermittently in the back of shot drinking a coffee and checking his watch.

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As we head rapidly toward the end of Phase Three of the McU, we face the prospect of the giant franchise delivering the third installment of a beloved, core character’s trilogy. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor has been a staple of the film series since he debuted in Phase One, in 2011, under the direction of Kenneth Branagh. After teaming with the Avengers in their first movie in 2012, he then returned in Phase Two in Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World, followed by Avengers: Age Of Ultron. However, the God of Thunder was noticeably absent from Captain America: Civil War, despite almost every other McU hero being involved in the superhero extravaganza.

As it turns out, there’s actually a very good reason for Thor not being part of Cap’s trilogy closer, and that’s because he was off on an important mission. According to /Film, who recently visited the set of Ragnarok,...

As we head rapidly toward the end of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we face the prospect of the giant franchise delivering the third instalment of a beloved, core character’s trilogy. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor has been a staple of the film series since he debuted in Phase One, in 2011, under the direction of Kenneth Branagh. After teaming with the Avengers in their first movie in 2012, he then returned in Phase Two in Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World, followed by Avengers: Age Of Ultron. During these years, Iron Man and Captain America already closed out their solo trilogies, and now, it’s time for the God of Thunder to do the same with Thor: Ragnarok.

Dubbed a rip-roaring road movie that embraces the “trippy” and “cosmic” nature of the Thor comics – not to mention Greg Pak’s beloved Planet Hulk – Ragnarok will purportedly introduce us...

For the first time in the McU’s short, yet decorated history, 2017 brought about the release of three big-name films in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok. The latter Marvel tentpole is yet to hit theaters, but with only three months to go until the God of Thunder is back on our screens, today brings forth a brand new IMAX poster designed to showcase the threequel’s impressive A-list cast.

Front and center is Chris Hemsworth as the titular Asgardian, who will be sporting a cropped new hairstyle while trying to fend off Ragnarok. To do so, he’ll have to fight his way back through the Seven Realms, beginning with a Herculean brawl against Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk – much to the delight of Jeff Goldblum’s all-wise Grandmaster, who’s tucked away at the bottom of this poster alongside the returning Odin (played by...

Much digital ink has been spilled over Thor: Ragnarok and its ties to Planet Hulk.

How has Greg Pak’s beloved comic influenced the story, if at all? Does Ragnarok feature any particular character plucked from the arc? And will Bruce Banner’s time on Sakaar lay the foundations for a Hulk solo movie? Granted, it appears the answer to that question is a straight up ‘no’, but during an interview with Screen Rant, one conducted on the film’s Gold Coast set last year, producer Brad Winderbaum recalled the ways in which Planet Hulk had a bearing on Thor: Ragnarok. And it’s not what you might expect.

Rather than pitch Ragnarok as a one-to-one adaptation of Pak’s comic book line, it would seem the connective tissue between Taiki Waititi’s story and that of Planet Hulk is more incidental than intentional. Guess Ragnarok won’t be the...

If recent Thor: Ragnarok posters came under fire for allegedly ripping off Batman V Superman, then Marvel’s new slate of character posters has arrived to remind us of two very important things: Taika Waititi’s blockbuster threequel is undoubtedly one of the most stylish McU movies to date, and the Ragnarok casting department ought to be commended for assembling such a diverse group of A-listers.

Embedded below, there are eight one-sheets in total, and each one is as stylish as the next. From Thor to Valkyrie to Hela, Cate Blanchett’s unruly Goddess of Death, Thor: Ragnarok‘s principal characters are each given their time in the limelight (or should that be neon-colored smoke?) in anticipation of November 3rd. That’s little under two months away and sure enough, tickets for Marvel’s third and final film of 2017 are now on sale.

Dubbed a rip-roaring road movie that embraces...