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DreamWorks Pictures and Geffen Records announced today that multiple Grammy® Award-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige wrote and recorded an original song for the soundtrack of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s The Help, a film based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, opening in theaters August 12, 2011. “The Help” soundtrack - music from the Motion picture, will feature the original song from Mary J. Blige, “The Living Proof....

Sony Pictures Television today announced that the Emmy Award-winning comedy The Larry Sanders Show will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) beginning today. The new offering on iTunes, Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show, includes twenty-three of the show’s classic episodes. Individual episodes will be priced at $1.99 and the entire collection is available for $34.99. “I am thrilled that The Larry Sanders Show will be available on iTunes because it will make it easier for me to watch episodes of my own show from wherever I am, and hopefully easier for everyone else, too,” said Garry Shandling....

New details have been released about the upcoming prequel to Disney’s remake of The Lion King. It was previously announced in 2020 that the new version of The Lion King that hit theaters in 2019 would be getting a prequel focusing on younger versions of Mufasa and Scar. On Friday, it was revealed at the D23 Expo that the upcoming film has officially been titled as Mufasa: The Lion King and it will be coming to theaters sometime in 2024....

The Witch director Robert Eggers will soon cast his ominous eye over the Vikings in the upcoming historical epic, The Northman, which has officially been given an R rating. The MPA (confirmed via FilmRatings.com) has now revealed that The Northman will be rated R for “strong bloody violence, some sexual content, and nudity.” Everything you could want in a Viking revenge epic. Set at the turn of the 10th century in Iceland, The Northman centers on a Viking named Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård), who witnesses the murder of his father, King Aurvandil, at the hands of his uncle, Fjolnir....

The Good David Chase really seems to be trying to close out this show on his own terms. The Bad Not a complete season. Pricey. The Sopranos: Season Six, Part 1 continues the exploits of probably the most famous, fictional Mob family to ever hail from New Jersey. Turning the 12 episodes into character studies and contemplative moments, most likely was a death knell for Sopranos fans that wanted the laughs and usual business that this show had primarily given them for the 5 seasons prior....

We may be seeing The Walking Dead season 10 finale soon. This, according to Robert Kirkman who has revealed that AMC has set a new air date for the episode, which was originally scheduled to debut in April but was delayed following the widespread production shutdown that hit the industry in mid-March. Unfortunately, for the time being, Kirkman isn’t ready to say exactly when that will be. Robert Kirkman, who created the Image Comics series and serves as a producer on the show, was recently a guest on the Cartoonist Kayfabe podcast....

Ricky Gervais is the first actor to come aboard Ray Griggs’ big screen adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame story The Wind in the Willows. Gervais will play the lead character Mole in what will be a live-action/animatronic independently produced version of the children’s tale. Radar Pictures’ Ted Field has recently come aboard The Wind in the Willows as a producer, locking the project in for a 2011 start date in New Zealand....

Don Cheadle will serve as the narrator for ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years. Deadline reports that Cheadle has been tapped to play the adult Dean Williams, the older version of the reboot’s lead character played by Elisha “EJ” Williams. Cheadle’s role is similar to Daniel Stern voicing the adult Kevin Arnold as the narrator of the original version of The Wonder Years. Fred Savage, who played Kevin Arnold in the original series, will direct The Wonder Years reboot, which is written by Saladin Patterson....

Legendary Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi was gifted with the way of the Force. Otherwise known as Ben, Obi-Wan was an acting member of the Jedi High Council as the Republic Era drew to a close. He was respected for his Jedi status, though served as a general during the Clone Wars, where he valiantly fought against the Separatist Droid Army. Obi-Wan was additionally viewed as a mentor figure to Anakin Skywalker in the Prequel Trilogy and his son, Luke, who was guided by him throughout the Original Trilogy....

Though tragic and emotionally devastating movies can be hard for audiences to witness, they nonetheless offer poignant insight and touch the heartstrings of many. These harrowing stories that are stirring and render us emotionally uncomfortable are impressive cinematic triumphs, as the characters and their adverse circumstances stay in the minds of viewers indefinitely. Such films can usually only be watched once, as witnessing their distressing tales multiple times is more than most can handle....

Everyone loves a good rom-com, but these films, in particular, are by women, for women. Sometimes films within the romantic comedy space aren’t made by women and thus don’t always work for the audience they’re written for; the love life of a woman presented through the lens of a male writer/director is very different from the kind of understanding or empathy a female writer/director could give to the same story. Since these films are directed by women, they hold a special place in the rom-com lineage, and many have become classics (cult or otherwise) over the years....

Not long after the advent of televised entertainment did the concept of a “talk show” make the jump from radio to TV, a more formal but realistic style of programming meant to cover a topic (or series of topics) presented by the talk show host, often with a guest. Beginning in 1962, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the undisputed king of late night television for three decades. While it was hardly the first, it introduced different talk show staples which remain used to this day– the opening monologue, the host sitting behind a desk, the agreeable sidekick, and the hour-long structure have all become structure scripture for any of the budding talk shows to follow....

Of all the questions around Netflix’s new Addams Family series Wednesday, the one that really should be answered is how it has taken so long for Tim Burton to get involved with the ooky kooky characters as there seems to be no better fit. For Burton himself though, the perfect pairing seems to be actress Jenna Ortega and her titular role as Wednesday Addams, the dour daughter of Morticia and Gomez....

The Miss America Organization announced a multi year agreement with TLC, its new network home, which will telecast the distinguished Miss America Pageant on Saturday January 26, 2008. The announcement was made jointly today by Chairman of the Board for The Miss America Organization, Sam Haskell, III and TLC president and general manager Angela Shapiro-Mathes. TLC will retain telecast rights through 2010. “We’re thrilled to partner with the Miss America Organization and to broadcast the next generation of the Miss America Pageant,” said Shapiro- Mathes....

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with filmmaker Tom Holland, who makes a rare appearance in front of the camera as Uncle Bob in Hatchet II. While I spoke with him for Hatchet II’s Blu-ray and DVD release on February 1, I had to ask him about one of my favorite movies as a youngster, Cloak & Dagger. Tom Holland wrote the screenplay for Cloak & Dagger, and with the seemingly never-ending string of remakes and reboots, I asked if a remake of Cloak & Dagger is in the works at all....

If you recently missed an episode of your favorite show, don’t sweat it. TV Daily has you covered. Everyday, we will be updating you with the funniest, most exciting series out there. Finally, you can catch all of these water cooler conversation starters in one convenient place. Today, we have brand new episodes of Catsle, 24, Saturday Night Live, Fugitive Chronicles, InuYasha, Ugly Betty, and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. To get started, click on one of the boxes below:...

I love football. It’s odd that with as much as I love football, I never once attended a high school football game in my youth. Of course, I didn’t grow up in Texas, where small town life apparently revolves exclusively around God and football. Based on the book and the film of the same name, Friday Night Lights (premieres Tuesday October 3rd, 8/7c) digs deeper into the lives of those who play on the field and those around them....

On August 6th, Tyler Perry will preview his passion project A Jazzman’s Blues at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Fest and will include a series of clips and a conversation presentation. The project is written and directed by Perry, who recently commented about it and his partnership with Netflix: Set in the post-World War II South, A Jazzman’s Blues follows a young Black jazz singer as he leaves his rural hometown searching for fame....

For a long time, it was uncertain whether Val Kilmer would be back for Top Gun: Maverick, but as revealed in the recent trailer and confirmed in interview with the director and main star of the movie Tom Cruise, Kilmer will reprise his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the summer blockbuster. In a new interview, Kilmer himself has discussed what it was like coming back to the role after so long, and now it felt like being reacquainted with a good friend....

We have three new video clips from the new Smallville episode Sleeper that will air on the CW Network on Thursday, April 24 at 8 PM ET. Click below to get a glimpse of this new episode before it hits the tube. Clark (Tom Welling) desperately searches for Kara (Laura Vandervoort) and Brainiac (guest star James Marsters, as Brainiac is the only one who can reverse Lana’s (Kristin Kreuk) condition. Clark asks Chloe (Allison Mack) to check any large power surges in the area, so she breaks into several government computers, setting off alarms....