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Character Actor Taylor Negron, 'That Guy' from 'Fast Times at Ridegmont High' and TV Fame, Dies at 57

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Taylor Negron, a chameleonic character actor known for roles in dozens of films and television shows, has died. He was 57.

Negron had parts in movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "The Last Boy Scout," "Better Off Dead," and "Angels in the Outfield," and had a prolific TV career, with stints on series including "Friends," "ER," "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Falcon Crest," "The Hughleys," "Nash Bridges," and "Wizards of Waverly Place." He was also an accomplished stand-up comedian and painter.

Negron famously described himself as "that guy," referencing his prolific career and the numerous times he'd be recognized from one of his many projects by fans. (The A.V. Club has a more in-depth look at Negron's expansive career here.)

His cousin, Chuck Negron, of the band Three Dog Night, announced his death in a YouTube video posted on Saturday. Chuck wrote that Taylor was "a wonderful man," and that he died surrounded by family. He had been battling cancer for some time.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter, The A.V. Club]

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Steven R. McQueen Is Leaving 'The Vampire Diaries'

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The show may be getting another season, but the road has ended for "The Vampire Diaries" star Steven R. McQueen.

McQueen, who has played Jeremy Gilbert on the CW series since its 2009 debut, is set to leave the show after the current season's 14th episode. There's a very specific plan for and logic behind his exit, according to "Vampire Diaries" executive producer Julie Plec.

"His final episode will be episode 614, and the episode leading up [to it] will be him grappling with whether or not it's time for him to say goodbye to Mystic Falls," Plec told The Hollywood Reporter. "Every year we look at which characters we feel like are ready to move on, whether to better things in life or to the Great Beyond. This year, we realized that Jeremy has truly grown into a man, and as the victim of so much pain at the hands of the supernatural universe, we felt like it was time for him to go out on his own and start a fresh new life - with a twist."

Plec also told THR that the door was open for McQueen to return to "TVD" at some point down the road, since his character would be leaving the show alive.

"He'll always be welcome to join us for important events - unless [McQueen] finally gets his wish to play a superhero and he's unavailable," Plec said.

No word from McQueen on his thoughts on being written off. There's no confirmed air date yet for his final episode.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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A 'Gone Girl' Sequel Could Happen 'At Some Point,' Says Gillian Flynn (VIDEO)

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"Gone Girl" has a somewhat ambiguous ending, but is it really ripe for a sequel? Maybe, according to author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn.

In an interview with the New York Daily News, Flynn revealed that there was a possibility of sequel sometime in the future, though she has a few requirements to make it happen -- namely, that leads Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, and director David Fincher, all need to return. The writer even has a general plot outline in mind.

"Never say never. There could be a sequel at some point, if everyone is game to get the gang back together. It could be really fun a few years from now," Flynn told the News. "We could pick it up and see what those crazy Dunnes are up to a few years down the road and if they're getting along - not well, I don't think."

For our money, we don't particularly think "Gone Girl" needs a follow-up, though since it was Flynn's book and screenplay, we suppose it's her prerogative if she wants another crack at those characters. But thankfully, as Vanity Fair points out, Flynn has a lot on her plate right now, writing and producing a host of other projects, so perhaps this sequel idea will fade into obscurity.

[via: New York Daily News, h/t Vanity Fair]

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​Oscars 2015: It's All About the Little Things

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oscars statuettesMuch will be made of the victories at Sunday night's Golden Globes and the impact they'll have on the Oscar race, but the truth is, they'll barely have any. For Academy members, voting on the Oscar nominations ended three days before the Globe ceremony (the results of that vote will be announced this Thursday, Jan. 15), and voting on which of those nominees deserve prizes doesn't begin until February 6, far enough in the future for many voters to forget who won Globes on Jan. 11.

What, then, does matter at this stage of the game? Here's a hint: it's not lofty, thoughtful deliberations, based on a year of observant moviegoing, of which films and performers displayed the most aesthetic merit. Rather, it's the little things.

For instance, did President Lyndon B. Johnson actually order FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to extort Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into submission, or did Hoover simply try to blackmail King on his own initiative? Maybe to you, this seems like a minor historical detail, but it's at the crux of the controversy over Oscar-contender "Selma," one that has refused to die down in recent weeks. As this column noted last week, historians, witnesses, and other LBJ defenders have come out of the woodwork to criticize "Selma"'s portrayal of LBJ as unduly antagonistic toward King's goal of legislating voting rights protections for African-Americans when, in fact, the two leaders shared the goal but differed only on timing and tactics.

There's now a counter-backlash of "Selma" defenders, dismissing the pro-Johnson pundits as miffed because, for once, a civil rights movie is being told from the point of view of the black organizers and participants, rather than the white-savior protagonist that Hollywood treatments of the struggle typically shoehorn into the forefront. (See "Mississippi Burning," "Ghosts of Mississippi" and "The Help" for examples.) What's more, the "Selma" defenders say, the movie is being held to an impractically high standard for historical accuracy, earning much more condemnation than this year's other fact-based dramas that also have fudged true-life details.

Indeed, the controversy over "Foxcatcher" stems from one scene that its real-life subject, wrestler Mark Schultz, doesn't like. Complaints about "Unbroken" stem from its final moments, which seem to gloss over POW Louis Zamperini's post-traumatic stress disorder and the role his faith played in helping him heal from it. "The Imitation Game" seems to get plenty wrong about Alan Turing, but aside from Christian Caryl's epic takedown of the film's inaccuracies, there's been little grumbling about the film's inaccuracies.

Audiences may not care about such angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin arguments -- indeed, they've given "Selma" a rare A+ grade at CinemaScore -- but Oscar voters have been known to take notice of such things. After all, the reported inaccuracies of "Foxcatcher," "Unbroken," "The Imitation Game," and others seem par for the course in a standard historical biopic, but "Selma" is not a standard historical biopic. It offers a view of history that does not center on the deeds of great white leaders or even great black leaders, but rather of hundreds of anonymous rank-and-file people doing the grunt work of advancing their cause. That's the kind of subtlety that can trip up both partisan historians and Academy voters.

Of course, there are even more mundane and petty things that can make a difference at this stage of the competition. For instance, the availability of awards-season screeners, the studio-supplied DVDs that awards-group voters have come to rely on in order to catch up with movies that either came out early in the year and have since left theaters or haven't been widely released in theaters yet. Last week's announcement of the Producers Guild Award nominees -- usually a strong barometer for Oscar's Best Picture category -- failed to include "Selma," and the culprit, at least according to Variety, was the failure to send screeners to voters for the various guild prizes in time. (The Screen Actors Guild also failed to nominate "Selma.") After all, Variety noted, "American Sniper" was also released in just a handful of theaters at the very end of 2014, but its screeners went out in time, and it did earn a PGA nod. Both groups had to pick their nominees before the LBJ brouhaha broke, so the absence of screeners really could have been a major factor. Academy voters did get the discs, but they may be influenced by the failure of the actors and producers to recognize the film.

Then there was the "Whiplash" complication. For months, critics and distributor Sony Pictures Classics have been touting the drama as a possible Best Original Screenplay contender, but the Academy chose to classify it as an adapted screenplay. The reason? Filmmaker Damian Chazelle first shot a small portion of the script in order to attract the financing needed to shoot the rest of it. That short played at Sundance, so the Academy considered the completed feature-length film to be based on previously released material. So a lot of Academy voters may have failed to vote for "Whiplash," since it didn't appear on the ballot where they expected to find it. What's more, the Adapted Screenplay category is more competitive, since it includes such noteworthy adaptations as "Gone Girl," "The Imitation Game," "Inherent Vice," "The Theory of Everything," "Unbroken," and "Wild."

Chazelle did get an Original Screenplay nomination this weekend from the BAFTAs, the British Academy Awards. Overall, the BAFTA slate looks almost exactly like the predicted Oscar slate that will be announced on Thursday, with the same actors and films that have been frontrunners on this side of the Atlantic. The biggest BAFTA surprise was how much love there was for "The Grand Budapest Hotel," which earned the most nominations of any film (12). It could be that the Brits like the Wes Anderson film's international flavor and its British leading man (Ralph Fiennes) in particular. But the BAFTA list, too, counts as a little thing, as Hollywood rarely pays any attention to what happens overseas except for box office counts. Still, the Academy is awfully Anglophilic -- think of the victory of "The King's Speech" over "The Social Network" four years ago, or the domination of this year's likely Best Actor slate by such British performers as Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game"), David Oyelowo ("Selma"), Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory of Everything"), and Timothy Spall ("Mr. Turner"). It certainly doesn't hurt "Budapest," then, that the Brits really, really like it.

One little thing that won't have any impact at all: the vote by the National Society of Film Critics this week that named Jean-Luc Godard's "Goodbye to Language" as Best Picture. That was quite a shock -- yes, Godard is still alive (he's 84) and active, the last lonely survivor of the wave of European art-house directors who revolutionized world cinema half a century ago. No, the real shock was that the NSFC didn't succumb to critical groupthink and pick "Boyhood" or "Birdman" or "Selma" but actually chose to honor the movie they found most artistically satisfying, regardless of whether or not it was on anyone's Oscar radar or whether or not anyone had been campaigning for it. A foreign-language film that's barely enjoyed a theatrical release in America, an experimental attempt to harness 3D for art-film purposes, and a highbrow personal essay that's so different from every other 2014 release that it doesn't even seem to belong to the same medium, "Goodbye to Language" hasn't been a part of the awards-season conversation at all, and the endorsement of the NSFC won't change that. Why? Because Oscar season isn't about merit -- or at least not merit alone. It's about merit and a thousand other little considerations.

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The 'Entourage' Movie Shot Footage on the Golden Globes Red Carpet

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A trailer has already premiered for the "Entourage" movie, but apparently, the film still needs some more work: The cast was on the Golden Globes red carpet Sunday night shooting last-minute footage for the flick.

According to Variety, a reporter ran into star Jeremy Piven doing red carpet interviews, and heard him tell Al Roker that the production was filming some scenes for the big screen adaptation of the HBO series, which is due out in June. No other details were provided.

The entire core "Entourage" cast was there Sunday, including Piven, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, and Jerry Ferrara. Series regular Emmanuelle Chriqui was also spotted with the group.

As the "Entourage" trailer revealed, Vince is directing and starring in a new flick about a futuristic DJ; could it be that film that earns him accolades and a trip to the Globes in the movie? We'll have to wait until this summer to find out -- that is, if director Doug Ellin has enough time to edit Sunday's footage into the film.

"Entourage" is due in theaters on June 5.

[via: Variety, h/t Uproxx]

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We Need a Drink: Final 'Mad Men' Episodes to Premiere in April

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"Mad Men" has been on hiatus since last April, and now, fans know when the show will return for its final batch of episodes before the series finale.

AMC announced this weekend that the second part of the show's seventh season will premiere on April 5. Seven episodes will air before "Mad Men" signs off for good.

"What an incredible journey this has been," said series creator Matthew Weiner in a statement. "I take great pride in what the entire 'Mad Men' team was able to create episode after episode, season after season. We sincerely thank the fans for joining us on this ride and hope it has meant as much to them as it has to us."

Like "Breaking Bad" before it, the final season of "Mad Men" was split in two by AMC in an effort to boost ratings. But we didn't need a gimmick to remind us to tune in for the final adventures of Don, Peggy, Roger, Joan, Betty, Pete, Megan, and Sally. We just wish it didn't have to go; as the show's official Twitter page noted, it's the end of an era.

The final season of "Mad Men" begins its end on April 5 at 10 p.m.

[via: Vanity Fair]

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Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombed Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes, Continuing Hilarious Tradition (PHOTO, VIDEO)

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Benedict Cumberbatch has never met a photobomb opportunity he didn't like: After sneaking into a photo of U2 at the 2014 Oscars, Cumberbatch was at it again Sunday night during the Golden Globes.

The actor's antics were a bit more high-profile this time around, since he snuck into a shot with Meryl Streep during the telecast. Streep was gamely participating in a bit with Margaret Cho, who was there posing as a North Korean member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and Michael Keaton was asked to snap a picture of the pair.

As Keaton pulled out his phone, Cumberbatch saw his opportunity, and leaped into the air behind Streep and Cho, striking a similar pose to his Bono photobomb. Alas, we don't think Keaton got the actor in the frame, though the audience at home got a great look at Cumberbatch's antics.

Check out a screengrab from Entertainment Weekly and a Vine from Yahoo! Movies capturing the moment below, and prepare to be delighted. We can't wait to see what shenanigans Cumberbatch gets into at the next awards show.
[via: Cinema Blend]

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Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' Scores September Premiere Date

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The premiere date for Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show" has finally been revealed: Colbert will take over the show starting September 8.

CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler made the announcement Monday during a panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, nine months after Colbert was selected as the successor to the retiring David Letterman.

"The production office is open, the premiere date is set, and we're incredibly excited to welcome the creative and comedic genius of Stephen Colbert to CBS late night this fall," Tassler said Monday.

There's been plenty of speculation about the format of Colbert's "Late Show," and whether it will change any of the structure of classic late night programming. Colbert has already said that he's ditching the faux conservative character he played for a decade on his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report"; what else can viewers expect?

"There will be parts that are traditional in some context, and then there's things he's going to try to do differently," Tassler said. "Part of the opportunity of being in business with a brilliant talent like Stephen Colbert is really letting him do what he wants to do. We're sitting back and waiting for him to come to us to say what he has in mind. He's a real student of the media and knows the format more than anybody else."

"I have nine months to make a show, just like a baby," Colbert added. "So first, I should find out how you make a baby."

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" premieres Tuesday, September 8 on CBS.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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The 10 Drunkest Moments From the 2015 Golden Globes

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There's one thing that sets the Golden Globes apart from most awards shows, and it's not the glamour or the location or the glitz or the fact that they niftily separate nominees between drama and comedy categories. No. It's the booze. Everyone at the Golden Globes has the opportunity, should they so desire, to get stinking drunk. And many of them indulge in this opportunity.

While watching last night we couldn't help but take stock of the most drunken moments of this year's Golden Globes. Please be sure to tell us whether or not you think these were actual drunken moments and what drunken shenanigans we missed while trying to compose clever tweets.

1. Everyone Sweating
Was it a weird trick of the uniformly awful lighting or was everyone sweating? It didn't matter if you were a fresh-faced ingénue or a old-school superstar, everyone got on that stage and looked like they had just participated in a charity dunk booth at a county fair. Either there was something in the desert spread that Lena Dunham had laid out in front of here, or people were hitting the sauce pretty hard. And no, it wasn't a lack of air conditioning.

2. That Weird Camera Angle
Okay, this was something that made us feel drunk, even though the strongest thing we consumed last night was a little cup of mini Oreos -- that camera angle that was just off the stage, that was sort of high but also akimbo. It was totally disorienting and made an already weird even infinitely weirder; this must have been what going through the wormhole looked like at the end of "Interstellar." We're in the fifth dimension now, people. Recognize.

3. Jeremy Renner Mentioning Jennifer Lopez's Breasts
Jeremy Renner is one of those actors who seems almost unnaturally polite (and, if certain rumors are true, wholly uninterested in the fairer sex), which made his mention of Jennifer Lopez's breasts during their joint award presentation even more unnerving. Clearly, Mr. Renner had been indulging in some firewater back stage, unafraid of what the repercussions would be on stage. Also, Lopez looked great and her breasts were so out there that they really didn't need mentioning. She's just Jenny from the block, in case you don't recall.

4. Two Words: Ricky Gervais
If there's one surefire sign that somebody has been drinking, it's probably if they walk onstage holding a giant glass of beer. Gervais then seemed to delight in the unpredictability of what he was going to say, wearing the impish grin of a schoolboy who is about to play a serious prank on his substitute teacher. He lobbed a few pointed barbs at the room full of Hollywood royalty, but it was really his joyful giggle that gave away just how smashed he really was. Maybe they can still get him back for next year?

5. Amy Adams's Acceptance Speech
This is where the line between nervousness and drunkenness blurs uncomfortably: Amy Adams, who won for her performance in "Big Eyes," got on stage and started mumbling about how "ill-prepared" she was, then mentioned someone back home (presumably part of her "team") that is "nurturing twins in her womb" (not really sure what that was about). We suspect that it was a combination of nerves and drink, compacted by the fact that, after winning last year (for "American Hustle"), Adams was totally caught off guard and was, actually, really ill-prepared.

6. Kevin Hart Plugging
While on the red carpet, Kevin Hart could not shut up about "The Wedding Ringer," his comedy with Josh Gad that opens this Friday. So it's not that much of a surprise that, well into the awards show and with a few drinks under his belt, Hart would awkwardly try and talk up the film while presented with Salma Hayek. Then there was the moment, when they were actually making the announcement of who won, when Hart just talked over Hayek. It could have been a rehearsed bit but she looked pretty annoyed.

7. The Bill Hader/Kristin Wiig Shtick
One of the highlights of the entire show, undoubtedly, was the Bill Hader/Kristin Wiig bit where they did painfully bad impressions of famous movie scenes, complete with dialogue that was vaguely like the actual words but also not at all. (This reeks of something that awards show writer Seth Meyers came up with.) Anyway, the two were giggling so compulsively and were so unabashedly into this bit that they must have had some, er, lubrication beforehand. They also looked really, really red and while it might have been the aforementioned technical glitch that made everyone look like they had just emerged from a community swimming pool, we think that it was probably something else altogether.

8. Lily Tomlin Admitting She Was High on the Set of '9 to 5'
I mean...

9. Kevin Spacey Said the F-Word
Spacey is a class act, who had been nominated a bunch of times and rightfully won for his performance as a slippery Vice President in "House of Cards" and his speech was really powerful, recounting the words of a dying filmmaker and vowing, himself, to "be better." But then he also said the F-word on a live television broadcast (the slight delay clipped the profanity from the show), which suggests that in addition to being appreciative and heartfelt he was also a little sauced.

10. Matthew McConaughey Sans Jacket
That's when you know that somebody is hot and soused: they take off their tuxedo jacket. Maybe, since McConaughey lost his category for "True Detective" (to fellow good ol' boy Billy Bob Thornton) and he was looking like a slightly deranged hobo thanks to his scraggly beard and long hair (he's working on a movie set during the Civil War), he was overheated, tipsy, and kind of bummed. That must have been a long car ride home that night in one of his many Lincoln Continentals.

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The CW Renews 8 Series, Including 'The Flash,' 'Arrow,' 'Jane the Virgin'

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Most networks mete out renewal announcements for their programming slate in small doses, comparing ratings and juggling decisions over the course of weeks or months. Then again, The CW has never really been like most networks, and it's proven its originality once again by announcing that it's renewed its entire slate of fall 2014 TV programming -- eight series in total -- for the 2015-2016 season.

The network made the announcement at the Television Critics Association winter press tour this weekend, handing out early renewals to "Arrow," "The Flash," "Jane the Virgin," "The Originals," "Reign," "Supernatural," " The Vampire Diaries," and "The 100." CW president Mark Pedowitz praised the lineup in a statement.

"Each of these series have helped define what The CW is today, a network that is home to smart, provocative, quality programming, targeting a savvy adult audience," Pedowitz said in his statement. "By picking up these shows now, our executive producers can start planning next season's storylines, and rolling these shows out throughout next season guarantees The CW will have more proven original series for our fall, midseason and summer 2016 lineups."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, CW's bold move makes sense for the perennially-in-fifth-place network, which saw its ratings climb a staggering 14 percent versus the previous season's numbers, and .9 percent in the coveted 18-49 demographic. And freshman shows like "Jane" -- starring newly-minted Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez -- and "The Flash" have also performed well, in addition to generating lots of social media buzz.

We'll have to wait to see if midseason shows like "Hart of Dixie" and "Beauty and the Beast" make the cut, but considering the network's track record, we're betting they'll be back next year, too.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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Golden Globes 2015 Photos: Stars at the After-Parties

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Once the Golden Globes are over, the party really starts.

After all the winners were announced and the 2015 ceremony promptly came to end, the stars left the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, venturing out to the most exclusive after-parties all over L.A.

From winners Eddie Redmayne and Amy Adams to beautiful nominees Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal, here are some the best photos from the Hollywood party circuit last night.

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What's New on TV, Netflix Streaming, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: January 12 - 18

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DF-04280_04333_COMP â€At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

"Gone Girl"
David Fincher's latest dark 'n' twisty drama stars Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck as a pair of beautiful people who do terrible things to each other. This adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel is worth it just for the scene in which Tyler Perry, as a high-powered lawyer who specializes in cases where men are accused of murdering their wives, throws gummy bears at Affleck's head.

"Jimi: All Is By My Side"
This Jimi Hendrix biopic got mixed reviews, but André Benjamin's performance as a young Jimi on the verge of stardom is pretty sizzling.

"Wetlands"
This German film is for those with particularly strong stomachs, but if you're up for it, this is a wild ride. Based on Charlotte Roche's controversial novel, "Wetlands" is about a young woman named Helen (Carla Juri) and her obsessive exploration of her body and all its many functions. When she lands in the hospital after a shaving accident, it gives her time to reflect on her life, flirt with her cute male nurse, and scheme to get her parents back together.

TV Worth Watching

"Kroll Show" (Tuesday, Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m. EST)
Nick Kroll, Jenny Slate, Jon Daly, and other very funny people return for one last season of this sketch comedy. PubLIZity: It's based off their names!

"Parks and Recreation" (Tuesday, NBC at 8 p.m. EST and 8:30 p.m. EST)
Wah! It's the last season of this slightly off-kilter but super lovable sitcom about Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her crew of weird coworkers in Pawnee, IN. Tonight is a two-fer, with the season premiere starting at 8 p.m. EST and a new episode right after that. Can you believe this is how Star-Lord got his start?!

"Broad City" (Wednesday, Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m. EST)
Set your DVR! The drug-addled shenanigans of Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler (Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer) return for a smoking second season.

"Justified" (Thursday, FX at 10 p.m. EST)
The sixth and finale season kicks off with what's sure to be an action-packed premiere, so grab your hat and watch Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) get down to business.

New on Netflix

"The Fall" (January 16)
The second season of this chilling British drama is now available on Netflix! Find out what serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) and DSI Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) have been up to since the end of last season. One of the not-so-secret British gems streaming on Netflix, "The Fall" is one tough customer -- disturbing but great.

"Chinatown"
Netflix added this classic neo-noir on January 2, but hey, it's still there! Lucky you. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway star in Roman Polanski's excellent L.A. mystery.

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (January 16)
This twisty thriller will please anyone who's a fan of John le Carré's spy novels. Plus, it's got a killer ensemble cast, with Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, and many more familiar British faces popping up all over the place.

New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital Only

"John Wick" (January 13, iTunes)
Everyone is all about this action flick starring Keanu Reeves as a retired assassin who loses his s**t after some baddies kill his dog. There is wall-to-wall butt-kicking, for those who enjoy it, but if you're a fan of canines, well, maybe take a rain check.

"Honeymoon" (January 13, iTunes)
This super indie horror flick stars Rose Leslie ("Game of Thrones") and Harry Treadaway ("Penny Dreadful") as newlyweds whose honeymoon goes off the rails after Bea (Leslie) spends the night sleepwalking in the woods.

"Justified" (January 13, Amazon Prime)
The fifth season is now available! Sure, the sixth season has already started, but maybe you can DVR the sixth season while you catch up on last season? So much TV, so little time.

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Watch Live! Charlie Day Talks the New Season of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

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Believe it or not, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" returns for its astonishing 10th season this Wednesday. The show's star Charlie Day drops by today to talk with AOL BUILD about the series and what to expect from the latest season of the hilarious hit sitcom. Watch the live stream below (it'll be available soon, we promise).

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is back on FXX Wednesday, January 14 at 10 p.m. ET.


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Golden Globes 2015: The Top 5 Amy and Tina Moments

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It was widely reported that this year's Golden Globes show would be the swan song for amazing co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, news that put us through the five stages of grief pretty quickly (followed by lots of heavy milkshake-drinking). The duo have hosted the glittery awards show for the past three years, exposing the inherently sexist, silly nature of Hollywood but doing with such good-natured aplomb that it never came across as acid or mean-spirited (like the infamous previous host Ricky Gervais).

What was kind of upsetting about last night, though, was how little Tina and Amy were actually given to do. It felt like last night the dynamic duo had the least amount of screen time out of any of their gigs. After a terrific monologue (more on that in a minute), they were largely sidelined, interjecting where they could but mostly silent (or hidden backstage somewhere or in the maze of underground tunnels I'm fairly sure exists underneath the Beverly Hilton). Still -- when they were on stage, they were genuinely incredible. And if this really is their final job hosting, they went out on top. Obviously.

1. The Monologue
A lot has already been written about their razor-sharp monologue (you can watch it below), but it needs to be reiterated that it was really, really, ridiculously funny. They took aim at the ridiculousness of the evening and its participants (Tina: "You bunch of despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats"), the brouhaha surrounding the release of "The Interview" ("All the movies North Korea was okay with"), the current nominees ("We Anderson arrived on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts") and, most damningly, Bill Cosby. (What? You thought two outspoken, brilliant feminist comedians wouldn't joke about the defamed comedy legend, currently staring down more than two dozen sexual assault allegations?) Maybe the most delightful element of their monologue was when they went around the room talking about who they'd rather or not sleep with. Our favorite bit? Weighing who would be better in the sack -- "Boyhood" director Richard Linklater ("Once a year for five minutes") or "Birdman" filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Two hours, one take"). All in all: they killed it. Now what can we do to bring them back for year 4?


2. Introducing Margaret Cho
Fairly early in the show, Tina and Amy decided to introduce the newest member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- Cho Yun Ja, a North Korean contributor to Movies Wow played by none other than cult comedienne Margaret Cho. She was totally in character, straight-faced and wearing nearly kabuki-style make-up, gripping an issue of her magazine ("Kim: Break the Internet"), taking a selfie photo with Meryl Streep that was photographed by Michael Keaton and photo-bombed by none other than Benedict Cumberbatch. It was pretty great, orchestrated with gleeful anarchy by Fey and Poehler.

3. Cho Yun Ja Returns
Thankfully, Margaret Cho's introduction was not her last appearance -- she would pop up periodically throughout the night, even saying the final words of the telecast. But it was her first appearance back after her introduction that was the funniest. Particularly for her final zinger: "Also I think 'Orange is the New Black' should be in the drama category. It's funny but not ha-ha funny." And then everyone was hacked again.

4. Tina's Awesome Glittery Tux
We just have to take a moment and give it up for Tina's awesome glittery tux, which she wore during the middle section of the show. This might be the only glittery tux to be more awesome than David Oyelowo's glittery tux (undoubtedly part of the Daft Punk evening wear collection). Fey's outfit had her bow tie all askew and was just looking really, really cool. It was a wonderfully gender-defiant piece of fashion that was also elegant and smart and witty.

5. The Matthew McConaughey Joke
Amy's Matthew McConaughey joke was brief but totally amazing. "When your producers tell you you're running long, there's only one thing to do... here's Matthew McConaughey." Alright alright alright alright, this was a pretty great joy. Yes it was, yes it was. (By the way, how stoked was McConaughey when his best bud Richard Linklater took home the big prizes last night?) And yes, this was better than the Oprah intro. By a fairly considerable margin.

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Golden Globes 2015: The 15 Best and Worst Moments

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Was there a certain zip and verve missing from the Golden Globes this year?

Maybe it was the relative lack of surprises among the winners selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, or maybe it was just hard to find the right light and humorous tone to celebrate the achievements of the rich and pampered at a time when even Hollywood folk are concerned about terror threats from North Korea and France. Still, there was a lot of heartfelt emotion among the winners and a lot of sharp barbs from hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Even long after viewers forget who won and lost -- which they probably will about two weeks from now -- they may remember these moments from Sunday's 72nd annual Globes ceremony.72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show

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Watch Golden Globe Winner Kevin Spacey in the 'House of Cards' Season 3 Trailer

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Last night Kevin Spacey took home the Golden Globe for his performance as slippery political operative Frank Underwood, who we last saw ascend to the iron throne of President of the United States of America, in the hit Netflix series "House of Cards" (produced by another Golden Globes nominee, David Fincher). And, as if by magic, during the commercial break following Spacey's win, we got a lengthy, insanely moody trailer for the third season and it looks pretty tremendous.

The trailer is incredibly quick, with only the briefest flashes of action, but it looks like there are going to be serious complications, both in Underwood's ascension and in his relationship with his steely wife Claire (Robin Wright). Also, we noticed that the "Deep Web" hacker guy from last season is back, which is both topical and timely!

It's unclear whether or not this will be the final season for the all-star Netflix series, considering the British series only ran for three seasons (although the entire series ran for a total of twelve episodes), but we don't think this is going to be the season where Underwood gets his comeuppance. Man are we longing for that comeuppance!

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Revenge Season 4 Episode 12 Recap: Much Ado About Malcolm

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So, Daniel Grayson is still dead. Like you, we were hoping that he would rise zombie-like from the grave and go on a revenge spree around The Hamptons, but nope. Daniel's untimely doom has set off a chain reaction, and thanks to the fact that he got himself shot to death there's a new predator trolling around Long Island: Malcolm Black. In case you've forgotten literally everything about last week's episode, Malcolm is a Canadian arms dealer to whom David Clarke owes money, and unfortunately Jack Porter murdered his daughter. Now, Malcolm's in The Hamptons and he's dead set on taking lives...which brings us to our recap!

David Clarke Decides Not To Murder Victoria, Everyone Breathes A Collective Sigh of Relief

Remember a few weeks back when David Clarke tried to kill Victoria by poisoning her wine? Well he still wants her dead, and this week he once again decides to partake in some casual murdering. His plan? To push Victoria off a lighthouse in the hopes that the police will rule it a suicide, and then skip town with Em (presumably so they can start a lifelong father-daughter bonding session in which they wear hoodies and tattoo double infinity signs all over their bodies). Obviously, Emily's all about this plan, but for some strange reason she doesn't want David to kill Victoria.

Emily does, however, feel the need to spend an inordinate amount of time with Jack Porter's partner, Officer Ben, who's up for detective despite the fact that other than Jack, he's basically the most useless policeman of all time. Apparently, Ben's still trying to date Emily and has a new zest for their relationship, but thankfully she rejects him with the excuse that she's skipping town. Phew, talk about dodging a bullet.

Emily Plans Her Last Take-Down and Louise Ellis' True Nature Is Finally Revealed

We've heard whispers of Louise Ellis' politician brother, Lyman, for a few episodes now, and now this handsome fella is officially making his first (super unwelcome) appearance in The Hamptons. Turns out Lyman is in town to book Louise into yet another insane asylum against her will, this time as punishment for all the bad press she's been generating (and also because she's legit crazy / loves herself some attempted murder). The good news is that Nolan Ross is 100 percent Team Louise, and decides to take down Lyman with Emily's help. After all, Nolan only has an MA in revenge, while Emily has at least two PhDs.

Nolan decides the best way to exact revenge on Lyman is by hosting a dinner party (obviously), but Emily is doubtful about Louise's sanity level when she sneaks a peek at her criminal file and finds out that she was accused of assault and battery. She's even more thrown for a loop when she sees Louise with an arsenal of what appears to be Xanax.

Emily decides to let the situation play out over dinner, but when Louise starts seeing visions of her mother and slaps Nolan across his face it seems clear that she's crazy. The catch? The pills Emily found on Nolan's new southern side-kick aren't really Xanax -- her family has been tricking her into taking an anti-malarial drug that leads to paranoid delusions in order to control her inheritance! Naturally, Nolan accuses Lyman of drugging his sister, but he swears blind that he's innocent. Hah! More like lie-man, right? (You're welcome.)

David Concocts The Worst Plan In History of Plans, Jack Helps Because Of Course

At this point, you're probably wondering what Malcolm's deal is. First of all, despite being from Canada, he has a mysterious Irish accent for literally no explicable reason. Second of all, he definitely wants to kill Jack and possibly steal his baby. You know, Jack's baby? Yeah, apparently he's still a character on this show.

Malcolm's presence in town is a huge problem for Po Po Porter, so he meets David in a creepy warehouse, who quickly concocts the following terrible plan: to tell Malcolm that he's holding Kate Taylor hostage and will only give her up if he agrees to leave the country. Of course, Kate is dead in a ditch somewhere (probably Emily's back yard), so this plan isn't without its problems.

Turns out David's actual intention is to murder Malcolm when he comes looking for Kate, which is clearly a terrible idea because David has a history of being really bad at trying to murder Malcolm. Jack is surprisingly smart enough to realize this, and goes behind David's back, stealing the flash-drive of evidence he has on Malcolm and handing it to the police. Malcolm's promptly arrested, but this is far from a happy ending: he gets released almost immediately after his arrest. Oh, Jack. Bless your heart for trying.

Margaux Faints, Emily Gets Shot with A Tranquilizer Gun (Equally Important)

Margaux LeMarchal's pregnancy hormones are officially getting the best of her, and she's taken to telling anyone who will listen that Emily killed Daniel. This week, she visits Officer Ben to plead her case, and after accusing him of corruption for dating Emily, passes out on the floor. Fortunately, Margaux's baby is fine (Daniel's spawn lives on!), but she has high blood pressure due to stress -- which is apparently why Victoria pays her a visit and tells her the truth about Daniel's death (totally relaxing conversation). Unfortunately, Ben overhears their entire conversation and finds out Emily's real identity. It's called whispering Victoria. Learn how to do it.

And now, back to David and Jack's epic failure -- because there's so much more to report. Not only does Emily find out that Victoria gave her name to Kate Taylor a few episodes back (meaning that Daniel's death was at least in part her fault), she meets up with her nemesis at the Montauk lighthouse for a casual screaming match. But these rivals barely have time to exchange insults before Malcolm Black shoots them with tranquilizers. Yep, this Canadian-Irish hybrid knows the truth about Emily, and now he finally has the leverage he needs on David Clarke!

And now, this week's burning questions:

1. Will Victoria and Emily become friends while in captivity? This could be the bonding experience they desperately need!
2. How did Malcolm escape from jail?
3. Is Lyman really responsible for Louise's pill intake?
4. Will David ever follow through with his plan to kill Victoria?
5. What will Officer Ben do with the information he knows about Emily?

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Golden Globe Awards 2015: Most Feminist Ever?

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72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards - ArrivalsJane Fonda and Lily Tomlin pretty much summed up the tone of the 2015 Golden Globe Awards when presenting the award for Best Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical. Jane quipped that it was great that men were finally getting the comedy recognition they deserved, with Lily slinging the zinger, "We can finally put to rest the negative stereotype that men aren't funny." Yep, they've come a long way, baby!

Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler set that smart-aleck tone for (cringe if you must) "feminism" and "female empowerment" from the monologue onward, as they have done in the past. But this year it felt like more presenters and winners picked up the baton, making more inspiring speeches to honor women - without making it seem like male-bashing or just empty words.

Tina and Amy joked in their monologue about the irony of George Clooney getting a lifetime achievement award as a Hollywood celebrity, when his wife Amal - a lawyer and human rights activist - has a much longer list of impressive accomplishments. (In his speech, George honored Amal, saying he was so proud to be her husband.)
72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards - ShowAlso in the monologue, Amy joked that the movie "Boyhood" "proves there are still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40." The starring woman in question, Patricia Arquette, won the supporting actress award; in her speech she thanked director Richard Linklater for "shining a light" on her character, an underappreciated single mother, "and the many women like her, and for allowing me to honor my own mother with this incredible character." In that case, it was acknowledged that a male writer took the time to spotlight a female character, since it's not about men vs. women, it's just about stories worth seeing.

Amy Adams won the best comedy or musical award for "Big Eyes," and she thanked her actress peers for being such good role models for her 4-year-old daughter, Aviana. "You speak to her so loudly," Amy said. "She watches everything and sees everything and I am so grateful for all of you women in this room who have such a lovely beautiful voice and are speaking to my daughter." Maggie Gyllenhaal, who won best actress in a miniseries or TV movie for "The Honorable Woman," also spoke out in gratitude for the influx of roles for actual women; she also gave a shout-out to her husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard, calling him "a lover of complicated women." In her best actress in a drama speech, Julianne Moore mentioned how her film "Still Alice" was shot down originally because she was told no one wanted to see a film about a middle-aged woman. But now she's basically the Oscar frontrunner for that lead role.

So it's no wonder the Internet took notice when Jeremy Renner made a joke about Jennifer Lopez's "Golden Globes":



It was a harmless joke overall, but it felt tacky and stale in the context of the overall event. (Then again, Renner is a dude and we know the stereotype about how they're not that funny.)

Did you also feel a more feminist shift in this last (supposedly) Tina and Amy show, or do you feel like Tina and Fey let feminists down with a Bill Cosby joke that some considered to be "a rape joke" at the expense of rape victims?

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