An Open Letter to the People Who Hate Ronald McDonald

Dear Corporate Accountability International, First, congratulations on the awesome name for your organization. I think you might have just created a new show for CBS. 'CAI: Boston.' From the creators of CSI. A team of social do-gooders investigate co

Angelina Jolie in Talks to Play Famous Disney Villain

A live-action remake of Sleeping Beauty would be directed by Tim BurtonGet more Us! Follow us on Twi[...]

Tim Burton To Give 'The Addams Family' The Big Screen 3D Treatment

Here's more proof that Tim Burton has transitioned from creating original films to grafting his signature freaky style onto well-established franchises: Burton is directing a 3D stop-motion movie based on 'The Addams Family.' We've seen countless ite

VOTD: Tim Burton’s Weekend At Bernies

After Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton will continue his trend of re-imagining other classic films with.... Weekend At Bernies. You can watch the LandlineTV-produced faux trailer now, embedded after the jump. Featuring Nick Ross, Rob Hugel, Will S

Screenwriter John August on NOT Writing Alice in Wonderland Three Times

John August is a screenwriter I've been following for over a decade. He broke onto the scene with a spec script titled Go, which was directed for the screen by Doug Liman (a film I highly recommend). Since then August has written a bunch of adaptatio

Tim Allen is Douglas Fir in the new Disney movie Arbor Daze

Funny or Die has become one of the top destinations where TV and movie stars can go to make fun of themselves. Tim Allen spoofs himself and Disney films in general with this trailer for the fake movie Arbor Daze. From the plot to the narration, this

Peter Boyle is/was Poochinski

Peter Boyle as a police officer who gets reincarnated into a talking bulldog? And you thought Cop Rock was the worst idea for a quirky cop show. Check out this promo for Poochinski, a rejected pilot about man who presumably offends some whimsical Ea

Ellen DeGeneres, Tim Gunn Honored as PETA's People of the Year

Their message that animals must be treated kindly has reached scores of people," the organization te[...]

Susan Sarandon Nibbles Dessert with "Younger" Man Post-Breakup

The actress, who recently split from Tim Robbins after 23 years, was seen looking "quite happy" in d[...]

Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split!

After 23 years together, the two call it quitsGet more Us! Follow us on Twitter, Friend us on Facebo[...]

Jon Hamm to host SNL in January

We just finished recording our podcast where we interviewed Rich Sommer about Mad Men (what, you think we talked to him about Tiger Woods?), and when the subject came around to leading man Jon Hamm, Sommer mentioned that Hamm will be hosting Saturday

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

Review: Lie to Me - Fold Equity

(S02E09) "She's the female equivalent of roulette and you like the view." - Foster There's always a potential for screw-ups when networks start airing episodes out of the producers intended order (see NBC and their goofs with Detective Crosetti's dea

Cool Stuff: Tim Doyle’s Blade Runner-Inspired Art Print “The White Dragon”

Nakatomi has released "The White Dragon", a new print inspired by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. This print is a collaboration by artist Tim Doyle and colorist Nick Derington, the lead animator on Richard Linklater's adaptation of another Philip K. D

Frankenweenie Character and Plot Details Show Differences Between Short Film and Feature

Casting has started for the voice cast of Tim Burton's upcoming stop-motion feature Frankenweenie, being adapted from his rather winning live-action short film. From the break down of characters, and the descriptions of some of their actions, it is b