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It's time to rE!wind with Leonardo DiCaprio.  Time sure does fly, because everyone's favorite Hollywood heartthrob celebrates his 43rd birthday. It feels just like yesterday Leo was an aspiring A-lister onset of the short-lived series Parenthood, where E! News sat down with the 15-year-old to talk about his breakout TV role.  "I like to act," DiCaprio dished, flashing his signature smile. "I think it will get me ahead in life. I like the attention I must admit." When asked if he ever gets nervous in front of the bright lights of a sound stage, Leonardo answered matter of factly, "Not really. You just got to practice a lot and make sure you know what's going...

Mayim Bialik shared a behind the scenes look of the iconic 1988 film Beaches — and revealed her mother had to light her “herbal” cigarettes.

The Big Bang Theory star, 41, shared the #tbt photo on Thursday of herself and costar Marcie Leeds while at Coney Island.

“Beaches #Tbt! Ready for another take under the boardwalk, the cigarettes were herbal and my mom had to light them for me lol,” Bialik wrote. “We filmed at Coney Island but made it look like Atlantic City!”

The two reunited in 2016 after nearly 20 years apart to recreate their iconic opening scene. Bialik and Leeds played the...

When Hulu’s screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian “The Handmaid’s Tale” hit screens this spring, its bleak imagined future where women are enslaved as vessels for procreation under the government’s watchful eye seemed a lot more believable in Donald Trump’s America. Though the novel is from 1985, when Atwood was responding to Reagan-era threats to reproductive rights, the story took on a heightened significance at a time when many Americans are distressed about having a president who bragged openly about sexual assault.

Read More: Hillary Clinton Cites ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in Planned Parenthood Gala Speech

Funny or Die’s recent mash-up makes the connections abundantly clear, in a harrowing parody that may have been aiming for laughs, but comes much closer to chilling political commentary. Overlapping clips of Trump and the First Lady with key moments from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” it’s easy to...

Zack Snyder is stepping down from directing “Justice League.” The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, which comes for a very unfortunate reason: Snyder’s daughter committed suicide in March and he’s bowing out to deal with the loss. Joss Whedon is coming aboard to finish the film, which is still expected to hit its planned release date of November 17.

Read More: Zack Snyder Mashes Up ‘Batman v Superman’ and ‘Star Wars’ Into Fan Trailer

Autumn Snyder was 20 at the time of her passing. Deborah Snyder, a producer on “Jusice League,” is likewise taking a step back from the superhero team-up film, which stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller. “In my mind, I thought it was a cathartic thing to go back to work, to just bury myself and see if that was way through it,” Snyder told THR alongside his wife.

“The demands of this job are pretty intense.

This is the right way to do Emmy campaigning. In a historic move, CBS’ “Mom” is foregoing an Emmy campaign this year and is instead donating it’s $250,000 to Planned Parenthood. Let’s hope other shows follow suit as the organization needs support now more than ever. (Hollywood Reporter) Joss Whedon continues his tour of wokeness. Speaking of Planned Parenthood, the director teamed up with the organization to produce a short film about what happens when Pp is shut down. You would think that with all the high-profile pro-Planned Parenthood campaigning taking place, the current administration would take a hint and realize what a huge mistake defunding it would be. (EW) Kirsten Dunst on Hollywood: 'It's always harder for women.'In conversation with director Sophia Coppola to promote their new film “The Beguiled,” the actress got candid about how the industry changes as women age and her difficulty finding funding for “The Bell Jar,...

.@MomCBS spearheads effort to support and stand with Planned Parenthood @Ppfa: https://t.co/SgmiLlBgwx #StandwithPP pic.twitter.com/LWAYOcadT9 - Warner Bros. TV (@warnerbrostv) May 18, 2017 CBS's hit show Mom just did something you rarely ever see in Hollywood: it donated its entire award show campaign budget to charity. The show's cocreator Chuck Lorre and its star Allison Janney announced on CBS This Morning on Thursday that instead of using their $250,000 award show budget to campaign for an Emmy win, they're giving it all to Planned Parenthood. The two are also encouraging the show's fans to donate to the organization on their own. Their amazing generosity comes on the heels of the devastating and enraging news that the Senate is considering passing the American Health Care Act, which would block low-income patients from being able to use Planned Parenthood for things like cancer screenings and birth control. "In Los Angeles County alone,...

Joss Whedon has released his latest PSA, which is titled “Unlocked.” The video is in support of Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care and sex education to people in United States.

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The video depicts what life would be like if attempts to shut down Planned Parenthood succeed. The clip features three different women through critical moments in their lives: one lays on her deathbed as a result of missing her pap smear, a young woman misses out on a full scholarship after getting pregnant because she didn’t use an adequate contraceptive, and a teen does not know how to advise her friend on safe sex.

Read More: Hillary Clinton Cites ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in Planned Parenthood Gala Speech

The “Avengers” director has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump,...

“Avengers” filmmaker Joss Whedon has directed a short for Planned Parenthood in which he exposes what life would be like without the women’s health organization. In the short, titled “Unlocked,” three women go through different experiences in their lives. One woman faces a loved one’s death from cancer; a teenager deals with an unexpected pregnancy; and another teenager deals with her friend’s exposure to an Std. The short then shows how their lives could’ve been different in a time when Planned Parenthood was free to offer these women the help they needed. Also Read: 'Avengers' Director...

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Crazyhead forgets its most promising strands while it takes its characters on a classic horror outing to a cabin in the woods…

This review contains spoilers.

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1.3 Shave The Cat

The joy of last week’s Crazyhead was Raquel’s emergence as the show’s super-powered focus and her developing friendship with Amy. It’s disappointing then, for Shave The Cat to more or less shrug off what happened at the ice-rink and split the girls up with a scattershot episode that goes off in all directions.

Raquel’s new-found powers are ignored and Sawyer’s demise is given only a cursory nod in an episode about Amy’s best friend returning from the dead.

After nearly 20 years apart, Mayim Bialik has reunited with her childhood costar from Beaches - and it turns out the two still have a lot in common. Bialik and Marcie Leeds played the 11-year-old versions of Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey's characters, respectively, in the 1988 classic. Reuniting for the first time since the film, the now grownup ladies decided to reenact their iconic opening scene. Shortly after Beaches, Leeds decided to leave show business and is now a practicing surgeon (with a very interesting former patient). And while Bialik continued her acting career - appearing in numerous movies and...

After nearly 20 years apart, Mayim Bialik has reunited with her childhood costar from Beaches - and it turns out the two still have a lot in common. Bialik and Marcie Leeds played the 11-year-old versions of Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey's characters, respectively, in the 1988 classic. Reuniting for the first time since the film, the now grownup ladies decided to reenact their iconic opening scene. Shortly after Beaches, Leeds decided to leave show business and is now a practicing surgeon (with a very interesting former patient). And while Bialik continued her acting career - appearing in numerous movies and...

The Exorcist! Lethal Weapon! MacGyver! Taken! Just when you thought we'd reached peak TV remake and reboots development season strikes again. Yes, even more remakes of your favorite movies are coming down the pike with The Departed, Snatch and Get Shorty all in the works. As the kids say, this trend can't be tamed. In the last few days, several beloved films were announced as either in development as a new series or already casting leads. It's important to remember, for every Parenthood, there's, well, a Parenthood. Yes the NBC series based on the 1989, but before there was this fan-favorite modern adaptation, TV took a stab at it in 1990 with Leonardo DiCaprio and David Arquette. It didn't...

Where life had no value, death had its price."

So begins Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More, the film's opening title card succinctly setting the scene for the carnage to come. And yet, for all of its ominous portent, the preface betrays a certain shortsightedness: Just because the film is set in the past doesn't mean that it should speak in the past tense. More than 40 years have elapsed since that spaghetti Western first hit theaters — and more than 100 since the twilight of the late 19th Century frontier that it depicts.

Yesterday was a head-spinning day when it came to '90s nostalgia. In the morning, Showtime announced that "Twin Peaks" would be returning in 2016 with a nine-episode miniseries, and there was much rejoicing across social media. In the evening, meanwhile, Deadline reported that NBC was developing a sequel series to "Say Anything," set 10 years after the events of the film, and there was much anger and skepticism on social media — and no one sounded unhappier than "Say Anything" writer/director Cameron Crowe, whose tweet about the project may have already killed it. Regarding the announcement of a "Say Anything" tv show... @JohnCusack, @IoneSkye1 and I have no involvement... except in trying to stop it. — Cameron Crowe (@CameronCrowe) October 7, 2014 Six hours after the initial report by Nellie Andreeva — and only a few hours after that tweet — she followed up with a new story suggesting that NBC and 20th TV would likely...

The Honeymooners actress Sheila MacRae has died. The 93-year-old UK-born MacRae passed away March 6 , at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, NJ. She is best known to American audiences for her 4-year stint as Alice Kramden in the mid-’60s revival of The Honeymooners within The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS. In addition to her 1966-70 run as Ralph Kramden’s wife, MacRae was on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 with her then husband, singer Gordon MacRae, the night the Beatles debuted in America. The actress appeared on General Hospital in the 1960s and on NBC’s Parenthood TV series for the 1990-91 season. MacRae had a career on the stage as well in Guys and Dolls, Absurd Person Singular and other productions. One of her last acting appearance was in the one-women show An Evening With Sheila MacRae.

#relatedCeleb{display:none;} The people have spoken. The 2014 People's Choice Awards kicks off Wednesday night with the red carpet show at 8 p.m. Et (5 p.m. Pt) streaming live on People.com. Fandango Chief Correspondent Dave Karger will co-host with Entertainment News Correspondent SuChin Pak and fashion guru Tim Gunn from outside the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. They'll hand out the first awards of the night before the official start of the ceremony at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt) on CBS. Also follow @PeopleMag on Twitter for an exclusive 360-degree Vine fashion cam and later backstage Twitter mirror photos. Nominees include Channing Tatum,...

One of this fall TV season’s most burning questions — “How will Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere?” — has been answered.

Poll | Is S.H.I.E.L.D. the Hero Series That TV Deserves, Or the One It Needs Right Now?

ABC’s follow-up to the Marvel movies by way of Joss Whedon on Tuesday night opened to (updated) 12.1 million total viewers while scoring a 4.7 rating in the coveted 18-49 demo, per finals — aka this fall’s highest-rated drama debut to date, if not the most watched. It also stands as all of TV’s best drama launch in four years (since ABC’s own V).

In the demo,...

I write an article at Movies.com called Film Face-off, where I take two things, and they battle it out. The things could be actors, movies, characters, just about anything. Give it some love, comments, tweets, Facebook affection.

Film Face-off: Leonardo DiCaprio vs. Tobey Maguire

The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel. Now that director Baz Luhrmann has breathed new life into the story with another big-screen adaptation, kids everywhere are flocking to their local five and dimes to get a hand on the original. Ok, that might not be true, but it is true that on-screen stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire have been friends for years after first meeting at the casting of the TV show Parenthood (1990 version).

Ah, but now friends will become enemies. That’s right, when Maguire and DiCaprio sit down to read this (because you know they will), it will likely mean the end of their friendship.

Leonardo DiCaprio is a quadruple threat: Actor, producer, game show contestant and person who doesn't win things. The latter skill sets go as far back as 1990, as evident in this clip uploaded by VideoSurferYNX and surfaced by Buzzfeed. The then-15-year-old actor, at the time best know for his role on Parenthood but having also played "Kid Fighting Scout" in The Outsiders and "Darlene's Classmate" on Roseanne (his best work to date, playing Luke Brower on Growing Pains, was just around the corner), appeared on Fox's game show Fun House. The show was no Legends of the Hidden Temple, but did involve Leo dressing as Godzilla, getting hit with "schmutz bombs,"...

The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel. Now that director Baz Luhrmann has breathed new life into the story with another big-screen adaptation, kids everywhere are flocking to their local five and dimes to get a hand on the original. Ok, that might not be true, but it is true that on-screen stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire have been friends for years after first meeting at the casting of the TV show Parenthood (1990 version). Ah, but now friends will become enemies. That's right, when Maguire and DiCaprio sit down to read this (because you know they will), it will likely mean the end of their friendship. I just wish I could say "It's not my fault," but clearly it is. They will both hate me for destroying their friendship, and I'll have to live...

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Leonardo DiCaprio's been breaking hearts and taking names since his days as young Garry Buckman on the old "Parenthood" TV series. Since then, he's become an international superstar, breaking box office records with mega-hits like "Titanic" and bedding supermodels like Gisele Bundchen and Bar Refaeli. Hey, it's a living — and Leo knows how to live it.

Check out our gallery of the star of "The Great Gatsby" looking hot in movies, at events and on the red carpet.

Prepare for another rung of the rumor mill concerning the character of T’Challa, better known as Black Panther. Following a now deleted Twitter post, the internet was abuzz that perhaps Chestnut had been hired as Black Panther, and that he’d be involved in Joss Whedon’s Avengers 2.

Obviously, not so fast. Earlier, actor Morris Chestnut (Kick-ass 2, V, American Horror Story) posted the following on his Twitter:

“It’s time to get familiar with the Black Panther character!”

This was removed, and now Chestnut posted this update:

“Not final, #BlackPanther may be in #avengers2 first. Rt @jamaal91604133: @Morris_Chestnut Can’t wait to see this movie. #BlackPanther

What does this mean? Nothing, for now. But the idea that Black Panther may make his debut in Avengers 2 just got a little bit more likely. As for Morris Chestnut? It’d be a massive boon for the actor, but...

This week's gonzo teen nightmare Spring Breakers is trumpeting the fact that two of its leads - Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez - traditionally play "good girls". But the whole "teen idol gone bad" strategy is a longstanding Hollywood tradition aimed to help transition pigeonholed teen stars into "serious" actors.

Here are a few fellas who tried the tactic, to varying degrees of success.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Speedway Junky

The squeaky-clean kid from Home Improvement took a step toward tarnishing his image by playing an evil, bisexual hooker in this gritty drama, giving a whole new meaning to "Tool Time"!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin

Jgl also went the hustler route for his breakout from small-screen teen stardom - only the 3rd Rock star went "the full gay" in this unsettling and excellent indie drama.

Lukas Haas in Johns

Yet another teen heartthrob caught a case of gay hustleritis...

The CW hopes Cult won't just be a cult hit.

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Thomas Lennon has joined the cast of Sean Hayes' comedy pilot. He'll play Hayes' temperamental boss. The script is written by Victor Fresco, who created Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Better Off Ted, so this only raises my high hopes for this one.

Joss Whedon says we should expect S.H.I.E.L.D. to be a "hopeful" show, telling TVLine, " It’s about people who are trying to help each other, and that’s one of the things I loved about comic books. They had costumes and the villains were cool [but] they stood for something, and I like doing a show that does that." If he can avoid the cynicism of today's superhero comics, I'll be interested.

The Following has gotten a lot of attention for its violent content, but is it really that different from other shows? The Av...

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We here at ScottFeinberg.com recently discussed the phenomena of TV shows becoming movies as well as TV series spinning off into other series, but we have yet to approach TV shows that spawned from movies — until now.

MTV’s new series Catfish: The TV Show, based on the 2010 documentary Catfish, follows people who form romantic relationships solely through online communication as they meet their significant others for the first time.

The most recent ratings for Catfish: The TV Show prove it’s clicking with audiences beyond the big screen: Among Monday night cable programs, the series came in third place, following Espn’s Monday Night Football and SportsCenter. Specifically, 2.743 million viewers tuned in to last week’s episode, resulting in a 1.7 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic.

Catfish: The TV Show is only a part of a recent string of shows adapted...

On TV this Tuesday: The New Normal says yes to the (tiny) dress, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog tunes up for its TV debut, a Breaking Bad guy takes a chance on Vegas and Parenthood cues up a guaranteed weeper. Here are 10 programs to look for tonight.

Preview | Ben and Kate‘s Nat Faxon on More Maddie Fun, Love for His Man-Child and a Geoff Stults Treat

8 pm NCIS (CBS) | Bored while on medical leave, Ducky digs up an old friend — meaning, he orders the exhumation of a Navy commander’s body from a case closed 12 years ago.

8 pm Hart of Dixie...

It’s been a long road for Buffy and the Scoobies. Creator Joss Whedon isn’t known for pulling punches. The titular heroine has faced all manner of trials, tribulations, and horrors. She’s lost friends, lovers, even herself in the long fought battle against the forces of evil. But with this week’s issue of Buffy Season 9, Whedon has a new obstacle for the Slayer.

Buffy is getting an abortion. Yep.

Last month’s issue ended with the massive revelation that Buffy had a little slayer in the oven. In this month’s issue Buffy is seeking advice from the one person who know’s all about being the child of a Slayer: Robin Wood.

Shelf Life sat down with creator Joss Whedon to talk about the controversial turn in the series. Whedon stated that he felt very strongly about teen pregnancy, or unprepared pregnancy in general. As far as he is concerned,...

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Question: Why are you so amazing? Seriously, why? Moving on… Do you know anything about where Dan and Blair go in the next episode of Gossip Girl? —Julia

Ausiello: You know what flattery will get you, Julia? An answer to your question and an exclusive first look at Monday’s Dair-tastic episode! So here’s the deal: Dan whisks Blair off to the airport, where, as you can see, he offers her both...

George Clooney's favored to win at next month's Oscars, but Brad Pitt's already won. Here's a post-Oscars nominations look at who's up, who's down, what the Academy's picks mean—and whether they were mean to Mary J. Blige: Hotter 1. Pitt: Once upon a time, Pitt envied Leonardo DiCaprio, who commanded Oscar-nominated biopics (The Aviator) and social dramas (Blood Diamond), while he, Pitt, handled movie-star movies like Troy. "'I want to play more of a man,'" Pitt once complained. Later, he said he realized he had to "live like a man." And so he did. Parenthood followed, as did a different kind of movie. On Tuesday, he was the face of...

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Washington, Oct 31: Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, who have been best buddies since childhood, are making their first major movie together, a remake of 'The Great Gatsby'.

Maguire plays Nick Carraway and DiCaprio has taken on the role of mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby in the new version being directed by Baz Lehrmann in Sydney, Australia, Radaronline.com reported.

Sam Waterston and Robert Redford played the same roles in the 1974 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic 1925 novel.

The duo - who met while auditioning for the sitcom 'Parenthood' in 1990 - haven't starred together in a movie since 1995 when.

The Perky Overachiever

Rachel Berry vs. Annie Edison ("Community")

The Quarterback

Finn Hudson vs. Vince Howard ("Friday Night Lights")

The Cleavagey Slut Bomb*

Santan Lopez vs. Faith Lehane ("Buffy: The Vampire Slayer")

The Smooth Criminal

Noah "Puck" Puckerman vs. Eli "Weevil" Navarro ("Veronica Mars")

The Dim Bulb

Brittany Pierce vs. Haley Dunphy ("Modern Family")

The Geek

Artie Abrams vs. Bill Haverchuck ("Freaks and Geeks")

The Gay Kid

Kurt Hummel vs. Rickie Vasquez ("My So-Called Life")

The Homecoming Queen

Quinn Fabray (not yet, but soon) vs. Summer Roberts ("The O.C.")

The Bleeding Heart Teacher

Will "Mr. Schue" Schuester vs. Roland "Mr. Prezbo" Pryzbylewski ("The Wire")

The Outsider

Tina Cohen-Chang vs. Amber Braverman ("Parenthood")

Added bonus? Amber Braverman has no f*cking need for auto-tuning.

*Joanna Robinson wants you to know that "Cleavagey Slut Bomb" is a Joss Whedon phrase and in no way reflects her desire to wade into any "slut-shaming" debate.

The scheduling madness has begun. San Diego Comic Con announced the entire programming schedule for Preview Night Wednesday July 21 and Thursday, July 22. As usual, the movie highlights are in Hall H where the line up is as follows: Megamind, Tron: Legacy, Battle: Los Angeles, Salt, Red, The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Plus, can you say J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon together?

But there is so much going on outside of Hall H too. DC Comics is celebrating their 75th anniversary with a panel, the cast of Dexter will be in the house, Bruce Campbell will talk Burn Notice not to mention the infamous Masters of the Web panel which is surely of interest to anyone who reads sites like ours and the world premiere of The Lost Boys: The Thirst. Hit the jump for what I think is worth your time on Thursday, July 22nd at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

Round and round we go on the rumor wheel. After a really scary report this morning citing all kinds of trouble on the production of Scream 4, a bit more light has been shed on the whole Ehren Kruger replacing Kevin Williamson as writer aspect of things.

Shock Till You Drop nailed down a few more details from their sources:

"Yes, Ehren Kruger has been brought in to do a bit of polishing. But no, Williamson isn't "out" by any means. As you know, he's also working hard on the second season of Vampire Diaries for the CW. While he's away fulfilling his commitments on that show, the production called upon Kruger to assist on the script. Some chatter about Lauren Graham's departure has made it sound like she wasn't thrilled with the sequel, however, it was another case of production scheduling and she's off to work on Parenthood.

Scream 4 has just killed off a major player. Zap2It reports that “significant script changes have created some tension on the set” and that screenwriter/series co-creator Kevin Williamson has left the project. This follows the news that Lauren Graham dropped out after her role was reduced to almost nothing and Hayden Panettiere’s is “beyond frustrated” that her part was “dumbed down significantly.” In an attempt to stop the bleeding, screenwriter Ehren Kruger has come on board to handle the script. Kruger penned the screenplay for Scream 3 and most recently wrote the script for Transformers 3 (he was also a co-writer on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).

Williamson is reportedly out of the project entirely so I wouldn’t count on his continued participation for Scream 5 and Scream 6, which he was working on according to Wes Craven. Hit the jump for a list of people still involved with Scream 4,...

Miley Cyrus has collected more nominations for 2010 Teen Choice Awards. After being announced to be up for three noms back in mid-June, the Disney songstress was unraveled to be the young celeb grabbing the most nominations by landing eight more counts as the second wave of nominees was unveiled on Monday, June 28.

The 17-year-old landed three additional nods for her movie work, two more for her music, two others for her fashion style and one for her fans. In movie field, she pocketed Choice Movie: Hissy Fit, Choice Liplock and Choice Chemistry noms for romantic drama "The Last Song". She shared the last two counts with co-star and boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.

The daughter of country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus also got a chance to win Choice Single and Choice Love Song. Landing the Single nod for "Can't Be Tamed", she is up against B.o.B, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.

The 2010 Teen Choice Awards just released another wave of nominations, in addition to the first batch announced earlier this month. Unsurprisingly, "Twilight" and "Glee" are still leading the pack.

Only the TCAs could have categories like "Choice Twit" and "Choice Hissy Fit." We're psyched to see Ian Somerhalder in the running for Choice Male Hottie, and we love Dianna Agron as the Female Breakout Star.

The two-hour event airs Monday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. on Fox. Starting Monday, June 14, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Already on the list to attend? David Archuleta, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Miranda Cosgrove, Zac Efron, Victoria Justice, Jim Parsons and Shailene Woodley.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Choice Movie: Liplock

Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, "Get Him to the Greek"

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, "The Proposal" 

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, "The Last Song"

Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift,...

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Here's tonight's lineup of new shows and events (all times Eastern). Check your local TV listings for additional information.

Tonight's Premieres

National Geographic Wild: 'My Dog Ate What?' -- 10:00 start

We: 'Women Behind Bars' -- 10:00 start

Tonight's Finales:

Oxygen: 'Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too' -- 10:00 start

The rest of the schedule, and the late night talk shows, after the jump.

8:00 to 9:00

ABC: 'Dancing With the Stars' -- Results show

CBS: 'NCIS'

The CW: '90210'

Fox: 'American Idol'

NBC: 'The Biggest Loser' -- Two hours

PBS: 'Nova' -- a look at Mt. St. Helens

History: 'Ancient Aliens'

Showtime: '3 Non Juans' -- Three comics talk about life in the Hispanic culture

9:00 to 10:00

ABC: 'Lost'

CBS: 'NCIS: Los Angeles...

The rights for the Terminator franchise are headed for an auction as the Halcyon Company who owns them files for Chapter 11.

I hinted this would happen last month, but now Halcyon is serious about unloading its largest asset by January 2010. The company purchased the rights in 2007 for $25-30 million before churning out a sequel that made $380 million worldwide. An exec with Fti Capital Advisers claims the property is worth $60-70 million now. Maybe those suits didn’t see Terminator Salvation.

Sony is definitely interested, especially considering their two biggest franchises are Men in Black and Spider-Man, both of which are already headed for a third and fourth. Summit Entertainment is also considering it, what with all the Twilight money they have to throw around these days. Plus the rest of the major studios considering the potential.

The winner would get the whole Terminator bundle: future movies, the “Sarah Connor Chronicles...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Joss Whedon wants the Terminator franchise and he's willing to pay his hard earned cash right now for the franchise. Does $10,000 sound like too much?

Whedon wrote a tongue-in-cheek post on the Whedonesque forum detailing his vision for Terminator. Are you ready?

"I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie) (or the new series) (or the one where 'hood' was capitalized 'cause it was a pun), and myriad other legendary tales. I have heard through the 'grapevine' that the Terminator franchise is for sale, and I am prepared to make a pre-emptive bid Right Now to wrap this dealio up. This is not a joke, this is not a scam, this is not available on TV. I will write a check Today for $10,000, and viola! Terminator off your hands.

"No, you didn't miscount. That's four -- Four! -- zeroes after that one.

Amidst reports about the rights of the "Terminator" franchise being up for auction surfaced, TV series creator Joss Whedon penned an open letter to the franchise owners, offering $10,000 for the rights. While some deemed his letter hilarious, the man behind "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dollhouse" told Entertainment Weekly he is not just being funny.

"Here's the thing: It's not a slam on The Terminator. I love The Terminator. That part's totally true," the 45-year-old explained his grounds. "I was thinking to myself, 'Not since they auctioned off frames from The Little Mermaid have I wished I had more money this much. So you know what, never hurts to ask.' I loved the movies, even the later movies."

"I loved the mythology. I loved the TV show [Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles] - like, really loved. Not for pretend. And not just because of [star] Summer [Glau]," he went on. "But mostly, it's just me being a dumb-ass,...

In case you haven't heard, the rights to the Terminator franchise are once again going to be up for grabs [1] when they are auctioned off later this month, and a number of studios are said to be interested including Sony, Summit Entertainment and Media Rights Capital. It's unclear what this will mean for the future of the franchise, but apparently big media corporations aren't the only ones hoping to get a chance to repackage and resell the robot apocalypse. Believe it or not, there are a few other interested parties out there, including one... Joss Whedon? In a somewhat humourous and irreverent open letter posted on Whedonesque [2] and Deadline Hollywood [3], the man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse offers up a tidy sum of $10,000 for the franchise, and proceeds to give some of his ideas about what to do with it. As expected, there is at least one...

That Joss Whedon is a funny guy and one heck of a writer. His shows, including Firefly, Buffy, Angel and Dollhouse, are among the most favored by fans and, of course, we love his work here at The Flickcast. Now, with the Terminator franchise apparently up for sale (again) Whedon has made a modest proposal of his own to buy the entire thing in an open letter to those selling the franchise.

Among the items covered in this open letter are how much he offers for the franchise and what he would do with it if he got it. Its a funny and, in some cases, inspirational attempt at humor from a man who knows how to bring the funny.

Although, maybe he’s serious and thinks he would do a good job with the franchise? And, thinking about it a bit more myself, I think he would do a great job with Terminator also.

If you haven't heard yet, the rights to the Terminator franchise are going up for auction later this month. The Financial Times reports that The Halcyon Co. is selling off the entire rights to the franchise, which will "give the buyer the ability to make new Terminator films, TV programmes and other spin-offs that build on the popularity of the franchise." Sounds like a hell of a deal. It will reportedly sell for more than $60 million, which is what the Tmnt franchise sold for recently. But that's not the best part. Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood published an open letter from Joss Whedon to the owners of the rights and it's just hilarious. It's better to read the letter in its entirety on Deadline Hollywood, but I've pulled some of the best parts: Dear Sirs/Ma'ams, I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie) (or...

Earlier today we reported that this week the rights for the “Terminator” were up for auction. Now self-proclaimed movie-mogul, the mastermind behind such films as “Titan A.E.”, “Parenthood” (not the movie or the new TV series), and “Alien Resurrection” (although he really wishes you wouldn’t credit him for that), is interested in buying the “Terminator” rights for…Ten Thousand Dollars! [Whedon raises pinky to his lips]. Hit the jump to read Mr. Whedon’s open letter about why he thinks he could re-invigorate the franchise (one idea: more porn).

In an open letter sent to Deadline.com, Joss Whedon makes his case for what he would do for the “Terminator” franchise that no other studio will go because they’re too scared and too sane.

An Open Letter to the Terminator Owners. From a Very Important Hollywood Mogul

Dear Sirs/Ma’ams,

I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie...

Updates Rights To 'Terminator' Franchise For Sale An Open Letter to the Terminator Owners. From a Very Important Hollywood Mogul Dear Sirs/Ma'ams, I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie) (or the new series) (or the one where 'hood' was capitalized 'cause it was a pun), and myriad other legendary tales. I have heard through the 'grapevine' that the Terminator franchise is for sale, and I am prepared to make a pre-emptive bid Right Now to wrap this dealio up. This is not a joke, this is not a scam, this is not available on TV. I will write [...]...

Not too long after news of Terminator being up for grabs, another big name is throwing their hat in the ring. That name is Joss Whedon. While Whedon states it's not a joke, his open letter is quite hilarious. Here is his introduction and a few things he would do with the franchise: "I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie) (or the new series) (or the one where 'hood' was capitalized 'cause it was a pun), and myriad other legendary tales. I have...

Is it time for a Leonardo Dicaprio/ Tobey Maguire team up? Well, besides that time they were on the television show, Parenthood. Maybe. It's being said that the two leading men will star in a remake of the 1949 classic The Third Man. For those not familiar with the movie, here's a plot summary: After arriving in post-wwii Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who invited him, was involved in a strange car accident. Martin starts to investigate his friend's death by...

Question: Hey, do you have any Grey's Anatomy news that doesn't involve George or Izzie? -Salma Ausiello: Yes -- the entire cast will be following T.R. Knight out the door. At least series creator Shonda Rhimes is braced for them to. Eventually. She got to thinking about it both because of Knight's exit and Ellen Pompeo's impending maternity leave. “It's going to be tricky,” Rhimes acknowledges. “Ellen is incredibly optimistic and somehow thinks she'll be back and ready to rock 'n' roll. I have a child, so I know that that's not true. we have a lovely story that will take us into her maternity leave. And we have plans for some really interesting stand-alone episodes for [while she's gone]. But we're heading towards the future of the show and eventually, unless we're really lucky, everybody's going to go. That's what the end of season 5 taught me. So we're looking at, How...