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Terror in Mumbai Documentary to Air on HBO

By Emily Riemer on 5:00 PM on November 23, 2009

Almost one year after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that left 170 people dead, HBO will air a provocative and deeply unsettling documentary revealing the details surrounding the violence of those days.... read more

Judy Collins and Neko Case Set to Headline RootsFest 2010

By Gage Henry on 4:00 PM on November 23, 2009

Denver’s RootsFest will celebrate its third anniversary this year with a bill of trans-genre and generation artists. Folk veteran Judy Collins and alt.country cover girl Neko Case are set to headline the roots-music merrymaking.... read more

U2 to Headline Glastonbury 2010

By Justin Jacobs on 2:45 PM on November 23, 2009

Festivals don’t get bigger than Glastonbury. And bands don’t get bigger than U2. How the two haven’t paired up before now, in retrospect, seems kinda crazy. But it’s finally happened: The Irish juggernauts will headline next year’s Glastonbury Festival, its 40th anniversary, which will go down June 25-27, 2010.... read more

RiffTrax and "Weird Al" Yankovic Mock Rudolph on the Big Screen

By Justin Jacobs on 2:30 PM on November 23, 2009

Unless you’re one of the six people who thought Jingle All the Way was a good movie, chances are, when you see hokey Christmas flicks, you crack jokes to yourself or the similarly-sarcastic folks around you. Well, this Christmas, you’ll be in good company. On Dec. 16, the wise-cracking RiffTrax crew will take on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and an assortment of other already-hilarious Christmas shorts and commercials. Best of all, they’ll broadcast the whole thing live to 480 theaters across the country.... read more

Twilight: New Moon Breaks Midnight and Opening-Weekend Records

By Emily Riemer on 2:00 PM on November 23, 2009

Twlight: New Moon became the number one midnight theatrical showing of all time. On top of the midnight records, it earned staggering box-office numbers this weekend, taking over the number three spot for the biggest opening weekend of all time.... read more

Avett Brothers Release Jody Hill-Directed Music Video, Announce Spring Tour

By Justin Jacobs on 1:30 PM on November 23, 2009

With their new video for “Slight Figure of Speech,” the Avett Brothers have tapped into one of America’s best late night activities. Infomercials! The song itself is tucked into several minutes of Andy Daly (Semi-Pro, Reno 911) playing a clueless home-shopping host before he introduces his next product: a real, live band!... read more

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

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

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