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- Recap of 'Pretty Little Liars' Season 6, Episode 3: Imaginary Friend
- Quiz: Which 'Pitch Perfect' Character Are You?
- There's a New Kid in Town in the New 'Peanuts Movie' Trailer
- Watch Your Childhood Get Torn Apart in the 'Toy Story' Honest Trailer
- Chris Pratt Makes the Sweetest Demands in His Contract
- 'Inside Out' Unscripted: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, & Mindy Kaling Crack Up
- Marvel Congratulates New Box Office King 'Jurassic World'
- 10 Times 'The Simpsons' Predicted the Future
- Anna Kendrick & Rebel Wilson Returning for 'Pitch Perfect 3'
- First Look at Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in HBO's 'Confirmation'
- 'Maleficent' Sequel in the Works, But Will Angelina Jolie Return?
- Will Damian Lewis Be the Next James Bond?
- Batman's 12 Worst Decisions: From Tim Burton's 'Batman' to 'Batman & Robin'
- Best of Late Night TV: Conan's Clueless Gamer Team Edition, Worst First Textual Experience
- 'Psycho': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Hitchcock's Classic
| Recap of 'Pretty Little Liars' Season 6, Episode 3: Imaginary Friend Posted: This week on "Pretty Little Liars," everyone's favorite teen sleuths were determined to find out whether Aria Montgomery's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Campbell, is also Charles DiLaurentis. If it sounds confusing, don't stress: it is. Everything's basically a huge mess in Rosewood, and we can trust no one -- especially Mr. Fitz, a man who, lest you forget, stalked Aria and her friends via camera to "research" his "book" a few years back. Nope, we will never let that go. Charles DiLaurentis' Identity Is Revealed, Things Get Weird Speaking of stalkers, Ezra is super worried about Aria post-kidnapping, so he decides to help a home girl out and encourages her to ditch school so she can research Andrew (you'd think as a former teacher he'd care more about her grades, but whatever). Thanks to Ezra's #StalkerSkills, he easily finds out that Andrew was adopted -- which mean he could be a DiLaurentis in disguise! Meanwhile, Spencer is convinced that Jason knows who Charles is, and she's totally right -- kinda. Sure, Jason knew a "Charlie" when he was little, but Charlie happened to be Jason's "imaginary friend" who mysteriously disappeared one day.... Alison Finds God, and Maybe A Boyfriend Remember how Alison's found God and whatnot (try not to eye-roll)? Well, now she's making BFFs with her church buddies, including Lorenzo, Rosewood's newest hilariously young cop. This dude (who will probably turn out to be a serial killer, as most men in Rosewood are) wants Ali to organize a girls soccer program for the church, but Toby is totally harshing their flirtation buzz because he doesn't want Ali corrupting his partner. It's like, stop mainsplaining to this entire town, Kindergarten Cop. Leave #Alenzo alone -- poor Ali needs something good in her life! Papa DiLaurentis Comes Clean About Charles In case you've forgotten, A also kidnapped a girl named Sara two years ago, and there's definitely something up with her. Sure, Sara has a bad home life and lived in a bunker for two years, but her propensity toward lurking in shadows and being generally strange is iffy to say the least. Watch out for this one, she has "might be crazy" written all over her! In other news, Andrew is released from jail because there's basically no case against him, and when Aria tries to apologize, he claims he was devoted to finding her for three solid weeks while she was kidnapped. Well, this is awkward. The silver-lining is that Aria finds evidence of Charles' existence hidden in the DiLaurentis' button jar, and when Ali and Jason confront their dad we see him mouth "your brother" through the window. This would be cause for celebration, if Spencer didn't go home and immediately down a few pills. Looks like this goodie-two-shoes is addicted again! 1. If Charles is Ali and Jason's long-lost brother, what happened to him? Was he given up for adoption, or did he die only to come back to life as a zombie stalker> 2. Andrew Campbell is out of jail, but we're not entirely convinced he's innocent -- despite the fact that he has a few alibis up his sleeve. Why was Andrew tapping phones and tailing the liars? 3. What role will Sara play this season? She was living with A for a long time -- is it possible that she's working for him? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Quiz: Which 'Pitch Perfect' Character Are You? Posted: Love "Pitch Perfect"? Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this right now. And, for that reason, we can assume you've daydreamed about being a part of the Barden Bellas or maybe nabbing a walk-on role in the upcoming "Pitch Perfect 3." Dare to dream! Well, because the likelihood of either of those things happening is pretty much zero, why not take this quiz to determine which "Pitch Perfect" character you would be in real life? It's better than nothing, right?  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| There's a New Kid in Town in the New 'Peanuts Movie' Trailer Posted:  There's a new kid in town in the new trailer for "The Peanuts Movie," and no, it's not Snoopy's alter ego Joe Cool (though the sunglasses and turtleneck-sporting beagle does make an appearance).The kid in question is none other than the Little Red-Haired Girl, the unseen source of Charlie Brown's pining throughout Charles Schulz's long-running comic series. Here, she's just moved into Chuck's neighborhood (her face is obscured from the audience for now), and he's desperate to make a good first impression. "This time, things will be different," he declares, before promptly knocking over a pile of moving boxes, and a fence for good measure. Good grief, indeed. Fans of Schulz's series worried that it wouldn't translate well to the 3D, CGI format, but those fears appear to be unfounded, as the lighthearted humor and smile-inducing spirit of the original comics (and their cartoon TV movie brethren) appear to be intact. As Charlie Brown confides his insecurities to Lucy, she urges him to "Show them you're a winner." So far, it appears "The Peanuts Movie" is doing just that. "The Peanuts Movie" is due in theaters on November 6. Photo credit: Blue Sky Studios This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch Your Childhood Get Torn Apart in the 'Toy Story' Honest Trailer Posted:  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chris Pratt Makes the Sweetest Demands in His Contract Posted:  When celebrities become huge names, they sometimes get a little out of control with their contract demands, but "Jurassic World" star Chris Pratt keeps his requests to a minimum and the ones he makes are all about his family. Our hearts can't take it.This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Inside Out' Unscripted: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, & Mindy Kaling Crack Up Posted:  "Inside Out" is getting the full Unscripted treatment! Stars Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, and Mindy Kaling sit down with us to answer fan questions and some of their own in our signature series. And in usual fashion, things get a little crazy -- Amy sings, Bill creates his own emoji, and Mindy reveals who she'd torch a mall with. You know how it goes.Watch the full "Inside Out" Unscripted above, and catch Pixar's latest in theaters Friday, June 19th. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Marvel Congratulates New Box Office King 'Jurassic World' Posted:  They may have been beaten at the box office by a bunch of dinosaurs (and fellow MCU member Chris Pratt), but the suits at Marvel know how to be super gracious when it counts.Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige proved just that Tuesday in a post on Twitter, where he congratulated "Jurassic World"'s coronation as the "new opening weekend king." Feige gave specific shout-outs to producer (and original "Jurassic Park" director) Steven Spielberg, studio Universal and distributor Legendary, producer Frank Marshall, director Colin Trevorrow, and Pratt (star of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise), and accompanied the tweet with a hilarious illustration of Pratt riding a T-rex, while members of the "Avengers" crew look on in confusion and wonder. "Jurassic World" broke all kinds of records at the box office this weekend, including shattering those for biggest international opening of all time ($524 million, making it the first flick to cross the half-billion mark in one weekend) as well as the biggest domestic opening ever ($208.8 million), usurping previous champ, 2012's "The Avengers." Not even hotly-anticipated "Avengers" sequel "Age of Ultron" could do that, despite cocky industry projections. ("Jurassic," meanwhile, was only expected to earn somewhere in the $100 million ballpark before blowing that number out of the water; the question mark and disappointed-looking Hulk in Feige's illustration may be a projection of that.) It remains to be seen if any other film in 2015 can match "Jurassic"'s jaw-dropping haul, though that's doubtful. Marvel's next flick, "Ant-Man," seems an unlikely successor. Perhaps the third installment of the "Captain America" franchise, 2016's "Civil War," can topple Pratt and his dinos and return Marvel to the top of the box office record charts? While Feige and co. are no doubt plotting their next moves to make that happen, it's nice to see them acknowledge the feat that "Jurassic" just accomplished -- even if it's now another hurdle for Marvel's superheroes to scale. [via: Kevin Feige] Photo credit: Kevin Feige This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Times 'The Simpsons' Predicted the Future Posted:  "The Simpsons" has been around since 1989, so it's probably just a coincidence that some of the storylines on the show happened to come true. Or is it? These are the 10 times "The Simpsons" seemingly predicted the future. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Anna Kendrick & Rebel Wilson Returning for 'Pitch Perfect 3' Posted: Studio Universal announced this week that Kendrick and Wilson would indeed don their Barden Bellas uniforms once more for "Pitch Perfect 3," which currently has a release date of July 21, 2017. Writer Kay Cannon, who also penned the first two flicks, is in talks to write the third. It's still unclear whether or not Elizabeth Banks, who made her feature directorial debut on "PP2," will return to that role for the threequel, though she will produce the new flick. The status of costars Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld is also unknown for now. "Pitch Perfect 2" shocked the world when it snagged a staggering $69 million on its opening weekend earlier this year. It's now far surpassed the original's receipts, earning $259.7 million at the worldwide box office (compared to "Pitch Perfect"'s $115.4 million). Could a third installment in the mega-popular franchise reach -- or supersede -- those heights? With Kendrick and Wilson onboard, it's certainly a possibility. Stay tuned. [via: The Hollywood Reporter] Photo credit: Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| First Look at Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in HBO's 'Confirmation' Posted:  Looks like Kerry Washington's Anita Hill could use a little help from Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope.On "Scandal," Washington plays a master fixer who can elect senators, clear innocent prisoners' names, and bring a president to his knees (literally). If only Anita Hill could call on her in the upcoming HBO movie "Confirmation." HBO released the first image of Washington as the lawyer who testified in 1991 that she had been sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. The movie follows the confirmation hearings that took place before Thomas ascended to his seat on the highest court in the land. Wendell Pierce ("The Wire") plays Thomas, and he and Washington are joined by a star-studded cast including Greg Kinnear as Joe Biden, Jennifer Hudson as witness Angela Wright, and Jeffrey Wright as Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree. HBO has yet to set an airdate for "Confirmation." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Maleficent' Sequel in the Works, But Will Angelina Jolie Return? Posted:  Disney hopes that one fairy tale sequel will come true.Deadline reports that things are moving ahead for a follow-up to 2014's blockbuster "Maleficent," which starred Angelina Jolie as the titular enchantress. Disney has hired Linda Woolverton to write the script, and is "keeping Jolie in the loop and that the sequel will be written for her to reprise." "Maleficent" was a massive success, raking in over $758 million at the box office, and it set off a flurry of live-action reboots of Disney's animated classics. "Cinderella" was a hit this spring, and the studio is working on "Beauty and the Beast" starring Emma Watson. The biggest question mark, of course, is whether Jolie would reprise her role. As Deadline notes, Jolie isn't high on making sequels; she turned down follow-ups to "Salt" and "Wanted." And as she USA Today of making a possible sequel, "I just feel like we did this one thoroughly and I don't think there'd be another." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Will Damian Lewis Be the Next James Bond? Posted:  Are our dreams of Idris Elba as the next James Bond shattered?Maybe so, according to British bookmaker William Hill, which dramatically pushed up former "Homeland" star Damian Lewis on the list of potential new Bonds. As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Lewis's odds are at 3-1, close to favorite Elba's 5-2. That puts the "Band of Brothers" actor ahead of Tom Hardy (4-1), Henry Cavill (5-1), and Michael Fassbender (7-1). The change in odds for Lewis comes out of nowhere, but then again, speculating on the next Bond is one of British movie fans' favorite pastimes. Elba's name has been in the mix for years - despite the fact that Daniel Craig is signed on for one more movie after this year's "Spectre." If Lewis did win the role, he'd be the first ginger Bond in the franchise, which the actor joked about a couple of years ago, saying that the Scottish heritage outlined in "Skyfall" paved the way perfectly for a red-headed Bond." Still, we're years out from needing a new Bond, and it seems counterintuitive that the producers would replace Craig, 47, with someone nearly his own age (Lewis is 44, Elba is 42). After Craig's run, wouldn't it be a better move to freshen up the franchise with a younger face? Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Batman's 12 Worst Decisions: From Tim Burton's 'Batman' to 'Batman & Robin' Posted: Fans know Batman is the coolest hero. But even the Dark Knight can make some really bad calls - especially throughout his movie career. Twenty years ago today, "Batman Forever" unleashed its neon everything on audiences and made (cringe) nipples on the batsuit a reality. In honor of a movie we can't believe we loved so much then, let's look back at 12 of the Caped Crusader's biggest face palms -- from "Batman" to "Batman & Robin."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Best of Late Night TV: Conan's Clueless Gamer Team Edition, Worst First Textual Experience Posted:  If you're like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don't worry; we've got you covered. Here's the best of what happened last night on late night. Conan O'Brien was back with another round of Clueless Gamer -- but wait! It was the first-ever team multi-player edition of Clueless Gamer. "That's history, kids." Team Coco took on Team Silicon Valley, featuring Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, & Zach Woods of the HBO show "Silicon Valley," and they played "Halo 5: Guardians." Prepare for 9 minutes of hilarity. "I don't see anybody! I'm like my father at night looking for Fig Newtons. I'm just wandering around." Poor Conan. This will make you LOL too. Aziz Ansari was on "The Tonight Show" to promote his book, "Modern Romance: An Investigation," and he and Jimmy Fallon chatted about embarrassing first text messages between guys and girls. Aziz said most dudes just send stupid things, and they shared proof when reading off viewer-submitted worst first texts in a new segment called "First Textual Experience." It's hard to believe that some of these are real, but Jimmy said they're all 100 percent. The "HORROR"! "Jimmy Kimmel Live" had a repeat Monday night, but on Sunday Jimmy hosted the cast of "Magic Mike XXL" on Game Night, so let's just review that magic. Jimmy reminded everyone that their porn name is their pet and the street they grew up on, so Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, and Adam Rodriguez revealed their names. Matt said his porn name, Dixie Eunice, is going to be the name of their next film, "starring Caitlyn Jenner and I." The crowd loved it -- and said they would watch that movie. Laura Prepon was on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Monday night and said they started filming "Orange Is the New Black" Season 4 that day. Woo hoo! Since Season 3 was just released, Laura caught fans up on the status of her character, Alex, up to that point and gave some Season 3 teases. Laura also shared photos of fans' tattoos, inspired by her and her character. Martha Stewart was also on Seth's show and you should listen to her talk about her stint on Justin Bieber's roast. She said she got high just sitting next to Snoop Dogg, from the secondary smoke. Melora Hardin, Amy Landecker, and Jack Antonoff were on "The Late Late Show with James Corden," and even if you have no clue who those people are, they had a good time. Amy and Melora discussed the lesbian scenes in their show "Transparent." Apparently one of them crossed the line with the other with a certain move. Jack just sat there taking it all in. This is adorable, though. James Corden and Jack Antonoff -- of the band fun. -- sat down with 11-year-old Owen Roberts, writer of the song "Magic Pancakes," for a "Behind the Music" segment. "Is it actually a song about the American election?" "No, I just really like pancakes." Then they performed the song in a big debut, along with Reggie Watts and the "Late Late Show" band. It's a pretty good jam! And now we want pancakes. Just to end on a depressing note, James tackled the concept of spoilers and discussed the death (for now) of Jon Snow on "Game of Thrones." He thinks we're all crazy to get upset. "The show's about dragons and incest. Like, who thought it was going to end well?" Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Psycho': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Hitchcock's Classic Posted:  Besides making people forever afraid of motel-room showers, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" continues to have an incalculable impact on popular culture. Though it was released 55 years ago this week (on June 16, 1960), it continues to inspire filmmakers and TV producers. In just the last three years, we've seen the 2012 film "Hitchcock" (based on Stephen Rebello's book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,'" and starring Anthony Hopkins as the director and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh) and the ongoing A&E TV prequel drama series, "Bates Motel."Still, for all of the "Psycho" trivia revealed in "Hitchcock," the biopic barely scratches the surface of how the film got made, from the men who inspired the invention of Norman Bates, to the trickery Hitchcock used to tease the press while keeping the film's convention-shredding narrative twists a secret, to the film's unlikely connection to "Leave It to Beaver." Here, then, are 25 of the secrets behind "Psycho."  1. The film is based on Robert Bloch's novel, which was inspired by Ed Gein, the 1950s Wisconsin serial killer whose case would also inspire such movie murderers as Leatherface (in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise) and Buffalo Bill (in "The Silence of the Lambs"). Bloch lived just 40 miles from where Gein's murders took place.2. Another long-rumored inspiration for Bloch's Norman Bates was Calvin Thomas Beck, the middle-aged, bespectacled publisher of the magazine Castle of Frankenstein, who was accompanied everywhere by his smothering mother. Besides the mother-son closeness, the Norman of the novel -- depicted by Bloch as 40-ish, bespectacled, and portly -- more closely resembled Beck than he did Gein or, for that matter, the young and handsome Anthony Perkins. 3. Bloch netted just $5,000 for the sale of the film rights to his novel. 4. A 1959 rumor had Hitchcock buying up all available copies of Bloch's novel in order to preserve the secrecy surrounding his forthcoming movie's plot. 5. One journalist reported the then-top secret film's title to be "Psyche," which prompted rumors that Hitchcock's film had something to do with Greek mythology. 6. To appease the press, Hitchcock claimed that the film would tell the story of "a young man whose mother is a homicidal maniac."  7. He also claimed that, for the role of the mother, he considered casting a theatrical grande dame, someone like Helen Hayes or Judith Anderson (who had played the unforgettably creepy Mrs. Danvers in Hitchcock's "Rebecca.") Norma Varden, the old woman whom Robert Walker nearly chokes to death in Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," read the reports and lobbied the director for the role of Mrs. Bates.8. Still, Hitchcock refused to release a plot synopsis to the press, something that was unheard of in those days before "spoiler alert" culture. The only other director who had ever done that was Cecil B. DeMille, who refused to tell reporters the plot of "The Ten Commandments." (Did he really think no one could guess that one?) 9. Hitchcock did, however, let reporters know that a young woman would be murdered in a shower. Asked how he'd get this sequence past the censors, he told the New York Times, "Men do kill nude women, you know." 10. In another tease, Hitchcock allowed the leak of photos from the set of a director's chair emblazoned with the name "Mrs. Bates." There were individual photos of Hitchcock and every major cast member taking turns sitting in the chair -- everyone, that is, except for Perkins. 11. Hitchcock considered Dina Merrill for the role of Marion Crane, but ultimately nixed her as "attractive but too starchy. Too much forehead." Of course, Merrill also wasn't as big a name as Janet Leigh, whose star status helped keep the audience from suspecting that she'd be killed off before the movie was half over.  12. The shower murder is one of the most studied montages of film editing ever made. It contains at least 70 edits in just 45 seconds.13. The cuts are so fast that many viewers believe they've spotted Janet Leigh's nipples (they haven't, though Hitchcock did use Marti Renfro as a nude body double for Leigh in some shots). They also thought they saw multiple frames of the knife piercing her flesh (in fact, it's shown touching her flesh just once). 14. For Leigh's blood, which swirled down the shower drain, Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup. 15. Some viewers have sworn they saw red blood in the shower scene. They may be confusing their memories of "Psycho" with those of William Castle's "The Tingler," a horror film from 1959, which does have a shot of a red, blood-drenched bathtub in an otherwise black-and-white sequence. 16. An urban legend has it that Leigh's screams were prompted by Hitchcock shocking her with cold shower water. Leigh denied this in her memoir, insisting that Hitchcock kept the water warm and comfortable, as the sequence took a whole week to shoot. 17. To create the sound effect of the knife stabbing flesh, Hitchcock sent prop man Bob Bone out to fetch a variety of melons. The director then closed his eyes as Bone took turns stabbing watermelons, casabas, cantaloupes and honeydews. Hitchcock thought about it, opened his eyes to a table covered in fruit gore, and said, "Casaba."  18. The voice of "Mother" was provided by three different performers, including one man: Paul Jasmin, a character actor and friend of Anthony Perkins. The others were Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan, two frequent guest stars on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."19. Jerry Mathers, best known as the child star of the 1950s sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," claims to have had a hand in the creation of the mummified Mrs. Bates. Mathers (who had also appeared in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry") recalled in 2012 that, not only were "Psycho" and "Beaver" shot on the same lot at Universal Studios, but they also shared a makeup artist, Robert Dawn. Mathers wrote on his website that, one day, Dawn brought to the "Beaver" set the skull he would use for Mrs. Bates. He had to glue on the strands of hair one by one. Mathers asked if he could help, and Dawn let him glue a few strands. "As a young boy, I thought, what could be cooler than this?" Mathers wrote. 20. Hitchcock would later mail that skull to Henri Langlois, the famous French film curator, because the filmmaker assumed that, if he gave it to an American museum, "they'd probably sell it or lose it." Langlois, who put it on display at the Musee du Cinema at La Cinematheque in Paris, found a note from the director accompanying the package, saying simply, "I hope you received my gift." 21. The 1957 Ford sedan that Marion drives was also a prop borrowed from "Leave It to Beaver," where it had served as the Cleaver family's car. 22. The then-unknown actor playing Norman's cell guard at the end of the movie is Ted Knight, still a decade away from TV immortality on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and two decades away from "Caddyshack." 23. The black-and-white film cost just $800,000 to make, a relative bargain after the series of lavish Technicolor productions Hitchcock had filmed in the 1950s. It grossed some $40 million over the course of several theatrical releases. About $15 million of that went to the director himself, who had sold distributor Paramount on the risky project by deferring his salary in exchange for 60 percent of the net profits. 24. Hitchcock sold the film via an innovative, six-minute trailer, in which the director narrates a mordant crime-scene tour of the Bates Motel and Bates mansion, one that ends with a scene of a screaming woman in a shower that's not actually in the movie. (The woman is "Psycho" co-star Vera Miles, not Janet Leigh.) The trailer also announces the movie's famous policy, which Hitchcock mandated to theater owners, of not admitting anyone into the auditorium after the film has started.  25. "Psycho" was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Leigh), Best Black-and-White Cinematography, and Best Black-and-White Production Design. For all its technical and narrative innovations, "Psycho" didn't win a single Oscar. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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