TV News: Vote For Totally 4 Teens to Become a New Adult Swim Show (A /Film Fave!)

Almost a year ago, we pined over the freakishly original, disorienting and bizarre trailer for Totally 4 Teens, a proposed series for [adult swim] that appropriated the zany format of a vintage Nickelodeon kid's show and then aspired to melt viewers

All Jason wants for Festivus

I am knee deep in the holiday spirit and drunk on power. Only I can reach the top of the tree, so what goes up there is up to me ... so long as my wife approves. With television mostly in reruns, I find myself with extra time in my head, and when I s

First Look: Hesher - I Love Sarah Jane director Spencer Susser’s Feature Debut

Last year, we featured a beautiful zombie short film titled I Love Sarah Jane. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out right now. It was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and many regional film festivals around the world. And aside from b

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Director To Make Feature Film Debut

Keith Arem, director of Activision Blizzard's popular video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, will make his feature directorial debut on Frost Road, an action thriller that Cary Brokaw (Closer) will produce along with Steven L'Heureux. The film w

Lady Gaga’s Official Video for “Bad Romance”

The official music video for Lady Gaga’s latest single “Bad Romance” is out, and it’s every bit the masterpiece you’d expect it to be. Think “Nip/Tuck sound stage” meets “The Fifth Element costume department” meets “Lewis Carroll

Wrestling icon Captain Lou Albano passes away

For the most part, TV Squad doesn't cover professional wrestling, despite pro-wrestling and television being synonymous since the 1950's. It could be because wrestling is a world unto itself and there are certainly enough blogs out there that cover t

How I Met Your Mother: The Sexless Innkeeper

(S05E04) Let's get this notion out of the way right here: Couples "dating" other couples isn't exactly a new idea in the sitcom world. Countless comedies have had the episode where the lead couple is blown off by another couple they really like, and

Quickies: Beast with Two Backs

A preview of Tyra Banks on Gossip Girl. (Hollywood PQ) Rachel Stevens’ 2010 calendar is unbelievably hot. (Egotastic) Lady Gaga has wings… and a camel toe. (Hollywood Rag) The Sugababes shoot a hot new music video. With trannies, apparently.

VOTD: The Black Hole

Here is a short film that I missed this past May when it was part of the Cannes Short Film Corner. Philip Sansom & Olly Williams aka Diamond Dogs have shot music videos and a couple commercials. The Black Hole is a two and a half minute short film a

Music Video Director Spotlight: Colin Hardy

British music video director Corin Hardy just signed on to direct a supernatural horror film titled Refuge for Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Drag Me To Hell). I thought now would be a good time to learn more about Hardy and explore some of his music v

Sam Raimi to Produce Supernatural Horror Film Refuge

Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Drag Me To Hell) has signed on to produce a supernatural horror film titled Refuge. British screenwriter Tom De Ville will write the script based on a pitch from up-and-coming British director Corin Hardy. At the very le

RIP Punk Poet Jim Carroll

Punk poet and author of The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll passed away September 11th at the age of 60. His autobiography, which detailed his transformation from prep school basketball player to an increasingly desperate drug addict, was adapted for

Love It/Hate It: The Action-Packed 'New Moon' VMA Trailer

Let's be honest. Some of you watched the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. (OMG, did you see what Kanye did to poor Taylor Swift?? That rascal!) Although technically the VMAs are supposed to celebrate achievement in music videos - you know, tho

Cameron Crowe Directed Pearl Jam Music Video “The Fixer”

We haven't heard much from writer/director Cameron Crowe's (Fast Times at Rigemont High, Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire) since production on his next film, the Hawaiian adventure romantic comedy Deep Tiki, got postponed until 2010. Crowe decided to als

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years

The Museum of Modern Art has announced the first-ever exhibition to focus on Spike Jonze, "celebrating his work as a director, producer, cinematographer, writer, actor, choreographer, and sometime stuntman." I love the title of the exhibition, Spike