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Michael Moorcock Set to Write Dr. Who Novel

By Gage Henry on 12:30 PM on November 23, 2009

Influential fantasy novelist Michael Moorcock told the world via his online forum that he will pen the next Dr. Who novel, which will continue the book series that began in the mid-1960s.... read more

Björk Contributes Song to Children's Film

By Christina Lee on 12:00 PM on November 23, 2009

Details of Björk’s latest project may strike as oddly familiar, with a children’s tale serving as inspiration. But instead of Wild Things, the Icelandic songstress will be singing with hippo-like trolls and donkey-like tails in mind, as she lends songs to the theatrical production of Moomins and the Comet Chase.... read more

HBO, The Wire Producers to Adapt Rolling Stone Writer's Appetite for Self-Destruction

By Christina Lee on 11:30 AM on November 23, 2009

Producers of The Wire will soon focus on the downfalls and digital downloads characterizing today’s music industry.... read more

Best of What's Next: Carrie Preston: Blood, Sweat and Twang

By Josh Jackson on 10:30 AM on November 23, 2009

Hometown: Macon, Ga. Film/Show: That Evening Sun, True Blood For Fans Of: Amy Adams, William Gay, vampires Hollywood is littered with young starlets who come out of nowhere, land a big role and suddenly get their images splayed across gossip pages and men’s magazines. But Carrie Preston’s ascent has been slow and steady. The 42-year-old has made the most of every role—first bit parts in films like Transamerica and The Stepford Wives, then guest spots on TV shows like Arrested Development and Sex and the City and, more recently, as Arlene Fowler on HBO’s vampire drama True Blood.... read more

Meet the New Simpsons Character, Ricardo Bombo

By Gage Henry on 10:00 AM on November 23, 2009

If you’ve been following The Simpsons’ create-a-character contest that ensued last month, you’ll be interested to know the wait is finally over. The show has selected a winner whose cartoon creation will be featured in the series’ 20th Anniversary episode.... read more

Judd Apatow Hints at Pineapple Express Sequel

By Christina Lee on 9:30 AM on November 23, 2009

The man who brought M.I.A. to the masses with the awesome trailer usage of “Paper Planes” is now considering a sequel to his stoner bromance flick.... read more

Tori Amos: Midwinter Graces

By Matt Fink on 9:00 AM on November 23, 2009

Famously idiosyncratic songwriter continues mid-career slump with album of holiday songs Given that holiday-themed releases are just a step above albums of pop standards on the continuum slumping toward creative irrelevancy, Midwinter Graces presents a career crossroads for Tori Amos. Having long wandered between pagan and Christian themes, here Amos attempts to combine the familiar spirit of well-known Christmas carols with Winter Solstice mysticism but eventually sinks into the same sentimentality and overproduction that often mars her more conventional projects. Struggling to stick to the script, her rendition of “Star of Wonder” starts off shrouded in a haze of pattering... read more

Listen Up: Mending A Heart With What Broke It (Or, I Love The Everybodyfields, Vol. 392)

By Rachael Maddux on 8:00 AM on November 23, 2009

It's been six months since the split... read more

Best of What's Next: Shelley Short

By Gray Chapman on 6:00 AM on November 23, 2009

Shelley Short grew up in Oregon, in an home that always stayed warm... read more

The Oprah Winfrey Show to End in Sept. 2011

By Christina Lee on 5:00 PM on November 20, 2009

Daytime television authority Oprah Winfrey announced today that her talk show will end after 25 years of running, marking Sept. 9, 2011 the final episode date.... read more

Roland Emmerich Unveils Independence Day Sequels

By Gage Henry on 4:00 PM on November 20, 2009

There’s just something about the idea of the world being ripped to pieces that gets the box-office bees buzzing, no matter how exhausted the story arcs may be. Roland Emmerich doesn’t give cinema anything new with his latest disaster flick, 2012, and he plans to keep that trend alive as he looks to make a couple more sequels to his 1996 blockbuster, Independence Day.... read more

What Will James Franco's General Hospital Experiment, Which Begins Today, Mean for His Career?

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 2:30 PM on November 20, 2009

James Franco’s stint on General Hospital begins today. The marketing fanfare has been pretty epic, but the show’s core audience is not likely to expand despite the A-list presence, a fact that has led to the inevitable barbs “Well, at least no one will see him trying to ruin his career.”... read more

Pixies Play Fallon, Fans Pick Second Song on Twitter

By Justin Jacobs on 2:00 PM on November 20, 2009

Aside from his penchant for starring in bad Queen Latifah movies, Jimmy Fallon’s usually got the public’s interest in mind. A man of the people, if you will. With his affable persona and regular-dude smile, he emits a charming you-went-to-high-school-with-me vibe. Further proving this, when indie-rock icons the Pixies stop by his show on Nov. 24, viewers have the chance to vote on which song the band will play in addition to the classic “Debaser.”... read more

New Dead Weather Album Coming in 2010

By Christina Lee on 1:30 PM on November 20, 2009

Jack White supergroup the Dead Weather is already planning a 2010 sophomore record release, even though their debut, Horehound, has been out for less than a year.... read more

Jason Bitner (Ed.): Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves

By Helen Matatov on 1:00 PM on November 20, 2009

Reminiscing the mix tape Blame it on Twitter, reality television, or the daily sprouting of self-chronicling blogs, but it’s undeniable that we’re living in a voyeuristic culture. Catching glimpses into other’s slice-of-life moments is what we crave; a need that Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves strives to fill.... read more

30 Rock Review: "Sun Tea" (episode 4.6)

By Sean Gandert on 12:15 PM on November 20, 2009

The most tiresome thing about this season of 30 Rock has been the entire Dealbreakers plotline. There’s a lot of other gripes people have had, some well-founded, some not so much, but for my money the Dealbreakers thing has generally slowed things down and turned a somewhat funny joke into a running gag that lost its steam some time ago. It’s sadly a bit like what SNL will do by taking whatever success it accidentally stumbles upon and reusing it again and again until even hearing about it makes you cringe. Dealbreakers had become like that for me, and the... read more

Precious' Lee Daniels and Slumdog's Christian Colson Go to Selma

By Emily Riemer on 12:00 PM on November 20, 2009

Lee Daniels’ new movie, Precious, has garnered riotous praise and deafening Oscar buzz. Now, it’s time for Daniels to try his hand at another buzz-worthy, socially conscious project.... read more

Watch the Trailer for The Decemberists Video Album, Here Comes the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized

By Christina Lee on 11:30 AM on November 20, 2009

The Decemberists has set a date for the online premiere of its “full-length video album,” titled Here Comes the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized.... read more

Community Review: "Environmental Science" (Episode 1.10)

By Sean Gandert on 11:08 AM on November 20, 2009

It seems like Community is becoming simultaneously less and more formulaic as the series goes on, which is an interesting phenomenon. If anything, it seems like episodes are ripping through sit-com clichés at a faster than believable pace, each episode more reliant than the last upon tired old stories that we’ve been watching on TV since we were born. The episode’s structures are impeccably fitted to a traditional three-act structure and it’s hard not to predict where the entire episode is headed after merely what appears in its cold open.... read more