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The Masked Singer is a singing competition that premiered on Fox in 2019 and just finished its eighth season. There are a lot of singing competitions out there, but The Masked Singer is unique in that the contestants are all well-known celebrities in elaborate masks and costumes, performing each week while a panel of judges tries to guess who they are until a winner is eventually unmasked. There are a lot of elements to The Masked Singer that are pretty cringeworthy, but it’s hard to deny the incredible production value the show has....

Ahead of the premiere of Black Adam, star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is looking ahead to seeing who else he could have his anti-hero meet in the DCEU. Lately, Johnson has been teasing an eventual meeting between Black Adam and Henry Cavill’s Superman, but this isn’t the only character The Rock hopes to see. He’s also looking to get Kevin Hart to join him in the DCEU as a superhero or supervillain....

The Simpsons might just be the most influential television series of all time. Not only did it forever change the face of animation by proving the medium can work for adult audiences as well, but the show is generally looked up to as one of the best comedies of all time. Screenwriter John Swartzwelder, who wrote 59 episodes of the show, a record among The Simpsons writers, recently gave his first media interview ever, in which he explained why the early seasons of the series were particularly strong....

Directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly may have finally found their last Stooge for The Three Stooges, with Chris Diamantopoulos now the front runner to play Moe. It isn’t known if a formal offer has been made to Chris Diamantopoulos yet, although it seems the directors have made their choice after looking at thousands of actors for the Moe part. Actors such as Hank Azaria and Johnny Knoxville have previously been mentioned in connection with the Moe role....

AMC’s The Walking Dead continues an action packed season eight with Monsters. Our heroes are still shooting it out with the Saviors while searching for the M2 machine guns. This time the bravado hits a brick wall. Casualties start mounting. The ethical dilemma of what to do with Savior prisoners starts a conflict within the group. Monsters opens with King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) and Carol (Melissa McBride) listening to a Savior radio....

The mockumentary film is not an easy skill to master, but these five films do it well. The mockumentary style of filmmaking can often be confused with simple parody. However, parody films often entail that there is a previous movie or style to be parodied (i.e. Vampires Suck, which is a parody of the Twilight series). While mockumentaries are films made in a documentary style used to “mock” a societal commonality, a common media trope, or simply the human condition itself....

In the film industry, an auteur is essentially an “author” of a movie. If one is deemed an auteur, they likely write their own scripts while hammering into each corner of production a vision of fresh artistic values. While powerhouse directors like John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Steven Spielberg for the most part stuck to directing alone, some of the most famous directors are also screenwriters. Whether they’re writing their own scripts, which is usually the case, or penning one for another director, the following filmmakers are masters at both crafts....

Spoiler Warning: Three Pines Season One The latest episodes of Three Pines titled bring Inspector Armand Gamache (Alfred Molina) back to the rural Canadian village to investigate yet another death. A body is discovered hanging in the woods just outside Three Pines by a search party for Blue Two Rivers and Tommy Kis. Originally, it is believed the stranger committed suicide, but as usual, things are not as they seem and Inspector Gamache discovers there is much more to the story....

Tony Gilroy, who has previously written The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, will direct the fourth Jason Bourne movie, The Bourne Legacy. Deadline New York has the news, although it is still unclear if franchise star Matt Damon will return as Jason Bourne. We reported last November that director Paul Greengrass would not be returning to direct The Bourne Legacy. Matt Damon has previously stated that he will not return to the franchise unless Paul Greengrass is directing....

Tron: Legacy won’t be hitting theaters until December 17 but Marvel has just announced a way to step into this futuristic universe before then. Marvel.com has announced that they will release a comic book prequel series to Tron: Legacy, entitled Tron: Betrayal this October. This two-issue prequel comic book will bridge the gap between the 1982 classic film Tron and Tron: Legacy film. Marvel has released the first image from this comic book which you can see below, and take a look below the image for a plot description of this new comic book....

Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langley announced some breaking news about a popular Hasbro brand today. Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga) will play the title character in the upcoming 3D superhero adventure Stretch Armstrong, to be released in 2012. Stretch Armstrong is moving to 2012 to allot time to shape the project into a 3D superhero adventure and to accommodate Lautner’s existing commitments. “In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office....

Back in October 2014, Showtime announced that the beloved cult classic series Twin Peaks will return on the pay cable network, with a 2016 debut initially slated. The 2016 date was significant for longtime fans, since, in the series finale way back in 1991, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) told Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) that she would see him again in 25 years. Unfortunately, the show hit a few stumbling blocks along the way, with series creator David Lynch even backing out of the show at one point, only to return....

Universal has inked a deal to develop a live-action film based on Sid and Marty Krofft’s ’70s kidshow Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. According to Variety, the deal comes after Universal and Mosaic completed production on the Will Ferrell starrer Land of the Lost, another property that originated as a Saturday morning Krofft kidshow creation. Land of the Lost is set for release in June. The script for “Sigmund” will be penned by Dana Gould, a writer-producer on The Simpsons....

Scooby-Doo-inspired spin-off Velma has certainly made a name for itself as one of the worst-rated animated TV shows of all time across multiple review platforms. Having already free-fallen down the audience approval ladder on Rotten Tomatoes to a current 6% score, the same thing has been happening on IMDb, where the Mindy Kaling-led series has hit a new low and spectacularly taken its place as the lowest-rated piece of entertainment ever after scoring lower than Dragonball Evolution, which has held the unappealing title for over a decade....

Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced The Dark Knight, Get Cookin’ and CrossPix are the latest Glu games available to Verizon Wireless customers. In The Dark Knight, the only game available on any platform based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ blockbuster film and DC Comics’ world renowned characters, a reign of chaos has swept over Gotham City, organized by a criminal mastermind known to terrified citizens only as the Joker....

In anticipation of the two and a half hour Lost series’ finale Episode 6.17: “The End”, which airs this Sunday May 23rd, a series of fourteen Lost cast audition videotapes have been uncovered. Each tape features one of our favorite Lost actors auditioning for the part that made them famous, with some actors audition for roles they didn’t get. In the video clips below, you will see Harold Perrineau auditioning as Michael, Dominic Monaghan auditioning as Sawyer, Jorge Garcia auditioning as Sawyer, Maggie Grace auditioning as Shannon, Michael Emerson auditioning as Hurley, Matthew Fox auditioning as Sawyer, Josh Holloway auditioning as Sawyer, Ian Somerhalder auditioning as Boone, Evangeline Lilly auditioning as Kate, Yunjin Kim auditioning as Kate, Daniel Dae Kim auditioning as Jin Kwon, Naveen Andrews auditioning as Sayid, Emilie de Ravin auditioning as Claire, and Malcolm David Kelley auditioning as Walt....

Industrial Light and Magic has been a leader in the visual effects industry since its inception in the 1970s. The visual effects company, founded by Star Wars creator and director George Lucas, has pioneered advancements in visual effects from the very beginning, whether it be with their intensive model work on Star Wars or with their embracing of digital effects in the 1980s and ‘90s. In late July, Disney+ quietly released a new six-part documentary series called Light & Magic, which chronicles the adventures of ILM starting from the very beginning and continuing all the way up into the modern day....

In just a few short weeks, the Arrowverse will return to The CW in full force with a week chocked full of mid-season premieres, and today we have a brand new trailer to celebrate the return of these beloved DC Heroes. Unlike the previous trailer from last week, which showed all of these heroes struggling in their own ways, this is a much lighter trailer, showcasing the humorous side of the Arrowverse....

Sony has made the final trailer for Ryan Murphy’s (co-creator of Glee) Eat, Pray, Love starring Julia Roberts available. Watch it below and see what happens when Roberts’ character Liz Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone. Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life....

Adult Swim will deliver laughs all September long with a marathon of the bizarre and relentless comedy series The Heart, She Holler. Starting on Monday, September 2 at 12:30 a.m. (ET/PT) new and returning fans can relive the exciting events of season one and meet the crazy cast of characters living in the Heartshe Holler with episodes every weeknight. Then, once you are a part of the family, the new season of The Heart, She Holler arrives on Tuesday, September 10 at 12:30 a....