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10 Musicians with Uncanny Celebrity Doppelgangers

Here are 10 musicians who have us seeing double.  read more

Glenn Close Cast As Susan Boyle in Biopic

Glenn Close has been cast in the Susan Boyle biopic that portrays the reality TV star, according to The Sun. The newspaper also reported that Boyle had wanted Elaine C. Smith, a Scottish actress best known for her role in a BBC sitcom, to play the part....  read more

The Dark Knight Rises to Begin Shooting in May, Possibly With Robin Williams?

Director of The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, has announced that the sequel The Dark Knight Rises will begin shooting in May, according to ComingSoon, while CinemaBlend.com is perpetuating the rumor that Robin Williams might play Dr. Hugo Strange....  read more

Slideshow: A Brief History of the Fat Suit in Film

Turns out, the chubby costume has a long and storied history...  read more

Remembering Shelley Duvall's Star-Studded Faerie Tale Theatre

Much of the world became acquainted with Matthew Broderick through his iconic role as Ferris Bueller. Robin Williams was, of course, the alien Mork. And America recognized Jean Stapleton as All In The Family‘s Edith Bunker. But I was a child of the ’80s. I’d been born too late to watch Mork and Edith on primetime TV, and Ferris Bueller was definitely taboo for a preschooler. Instead, I was introduced to Broderick, Williams, Stapleton and a slew of other Hollywood A-Listers through a different outlet: Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre....  read more

The 40 Best Sesame Street Guest Spots So Far

The 40th season of Sesame Street premiered on Nov. 10, 2009, promising guest spots from notable figures such as...  read more

Robin Williams goes on tour for first time in six years

We'll forgive Robin Williams that wacky little foray into RV gags and admit that getting back on the road to perform stand-up is pretty cool. For Williams, it's been about six years, which we hope means plenty of brand-new jokes. ...  read more

Robin Williams to play World's Greatest Dad

When not dispelling the notion of any involvement with the forthcoming Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko, Richard Kelly and Co. have been brewing new material over at Darko Entertainment HQ. Darko folks Sean McKittrick, Ted Hamm and Kelly himself are teaming up with Process Media's Tim Perrell and Howard Gertler to produce World's Greatest Dad, a dark comedy with Robin Williams signed on as the lead....  read more

Robin Williams in talks for political biopic

In his tenure as America's hairiest leading man (pre-Seth Rogen), or perhaps America's leadingest hairy man (with a notable exception), Robin Williams has embraced the medical, the anti-temporal, and the professorial. But now, "One Hour" Robin will take on a new cinematic challenge: politics. ...  read more

August Rush

Ten reasons August Rush made me want to jab glowing-hot pokers into my eyes...  read more