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This week, the gods of the interwebs granted us a look at two dichotomous trailers for a pair of blockbuster comic book films soon to be hitting the mega-multi-plexes. Spider-Man: Homecoming and Justice League gave us somewhere around four-minutes total of titillating three-dimensional text, brief respites of prose, and the best action snippets CG could render. But beyond those stark generalities comes two massive worlds apart.

This should come as no surprise to any of us. Spider-Man is packed with wit, charm, and street-level action amidst the hints at bigger set pieces. Justice League is a dark and sordid affair – not without its own charm and wit, but punctuated with the Synder-trademarked sepia-hued gravitas and angst. At this point, would it be enough to say I was ear-to-ear smiles at one trailer… and terribly nervous about the other?

Two guesses which is which. Then again, if I give you two...

The newly discovered screenplay suggests the then 51-year-old film-maker reacting to the sexual liberation of the 1960s in characteristic fashion

Related: Previously unknown Ingmar Bergman script to be filmed by former antagonist

Ingmar Bergman’s work was often erotic, even, or especially, when sex was not the ostensible subject matter. There is a stark sensuality and fascination in some of the bleakest situations; an eros to go with the thanatos. But the recently discovered screenplay Sixty-Four Minutes With Rebecka – which Bergman evidently intended to retitle The White Wall and make as an English-language movie, forming his part of a tripartite collaboration with Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa – really is notably sexy, even if the sexiness is coloured by his distinctive anxiety, self-inspection, self-reproach, and intimate marital anguish. For Bergman, like Socrates, the unexamined sexual life was not worth living.

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1969 screenplay for Sixty-Four Minutes With Rebecka was intended as a collaboration with fellow auteurs Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa

•Peter Bradshaw: Ingmar Bergman’s Sixty-Four Minutes With Rebecka – intriguing, sexy and intense

A previously unknown script by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, intended to be part of a collaboration with Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, is to be turned into a film to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Sixty-Four Minutes With Rebecka, written in 1969, is about a teacher of deaf children who falls pregnant. The film follows her over the course of a few days, during which she gets into a car accident, visits a sex club and goes to dress fittings.

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The late Ingmar Bergman is best known for films such as “Fanny and Alexander,” “Smiles Of A Summer Night” and “Wild Strawberries,” among many others. With a career spanning over 60 years, he’s recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential auteurs of all time.

Many cinephiles know about his work and films, but there’s one in particular that was unknown to many, until now.

According to Reuters, a previously unknown script written by Bergman for a collaboration with Akira Kurosawa and Federico Fellini, titled “Sixty-Four Minutes With Rebecka,” will be turned into a movie by Swedish director Suzanne Osten.

Read More: The Essentials: The 15 Greatest Ingmar Bergman Films

The screenplay, written in 1969, was shelved after the project fell through and later found in the early 2000s when Bergman donated his collections to set up what would be the Ingmar Bergman Foundation. The “highly intense” story revolves...

With fans counting the seconds to the premiere of AMC‘s new small-screen adaption of DC/Vertigo comics’ Preacher, the network has released the first four minutes of the first episode. Have a look: Preacher hits the airwaves this Sunday, May 22nd at 9pm. It stars Dominic Cooper as the grizzled, supernatural anti-hero wandering a surreal horror/western…

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Social media is dark and full of terrors spoilers. To avoid spoiling the fun for fans on the west coast and those who have to wait to beg, borrow, or steal an HBO Go password, this season I’m confining my stream-of-consciousness thoughts to this liveblog. Follow along or flee in fear. Here there be spoilers! ******************** [8:49Pm Edt] - We've got approximately 10 minutes. Get your snacks, use the bathroom, grab your loved ones and/or stuffed animals and let's get ready to go back to Westeros! Fellow Book Club fans, we're off the map. Hold me, I'm scared! [9:01Pm Edt] - It Is Now One Minute Past. Where Is Our Show, HBO? No one cares about your other shows, Gawd! [9:06 Pm Edt] - Previously on "Game of Thrones," Reek was finally useful, Melisandre made a terrible mistake, Stannis probably died, the Stone Men got more screen time than they ever did in the books, Dany done...

Doctor Who fans, the suspense is over: The new companion has been unmasked!

BBC One announced Saturday that up-and-coming British thesp Pearl Mackie is joining the Season 10 cast as “Bill,” Peter Capaldi new onscreen sidekick. She succeeds Jenna Coleman, whose Clara Oswald made her final appearance in the Season 9 finale (last seen fleeing via Tardis with Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams.)

RelatedDoctor Who Spinoff Cast Revealed: Katherine Kelly to Teach Coal Hill Class

Mackie, who is currently starring in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time in London’s West End, said in a lengthy statement:...

If only the crazy, bifurcated penis-loving Neolutionists were Clone Club’s sole problem on BBC America’s Orphan Black.

While Sarah is on the run from the group, there’s plenty of trouble back at home — and abroad — for her sestras.

RelatedOrphan Black Bosses on Beth’s Origin Story, Art’s Feelings and the New Clone

From a suburban reckoning (those dead bodies add up!) to a twisted new family (with a male clone!), we got the scoop on what’s in store for Cosima, Alison, Helena and more in Season 4 (airing Thursdays at 10/9c) from co-creators John Fawcett and Graeme Manson.

Warning: The following contains spoilers from Thursday’s Orphan Black

Orphan Black didn’t just channel its pilot during Thursday’s Season 4 premiere. It turned the clocks way back to tell the tale of how Beth spiraled so badly that she would eventually take her own life.

RelatedOrphan Black Adds Talking Dead-Style Season 4 After-Show

In an unexpected move that had me scratching my head and then squealing in delight, the episode kicked off with a phone call not to Sarah, but Beth, as she slept in bed with Paul (former cast member Dylan Bruce). And those two weren...

The sixth season of The Walking Dead returns this Sunday! It’s the beginning of the end for everything that we know about the series because the introduction of Negan is going to turn everything on its head.

AMC has released the first four minutes of the midseason premiere for you to watch to help build your excitement for what is to come. Of course, after watching the video, I was just bummed out that I couldn’t watch the entire first episode! Four minutes is a heavy tease that just leaves you wanting more.

The Walking Dead return on February 14th. A Valentine's Day weekend with Deadpool and The Walking Dead!? How much more romance could you ask for?! I’ve also included a few images from the series thanks to EW.

“Hand over your weapons.”...

Can't wait until Sunday to see The Walking Dead Mid-Season 6 premiere? AMC has released the first four minutes of the new episode for viewers to enjoy right now.

The Walking Dead Season 6 mid-season premiere, "No Way Out", airs on Sunday, February 14th at 9:00pm Est. The upcoming episode is directed by Greg Nicotero and written by Seth Hoffman. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more coverage on the second half of the season, and you can watch the first four minutes of the episode below.

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To help make the wait a bit more bearable for fans who are counting down the minutes until The Walking Dead returns on Sunday, AMC will release the first four minutes of the mid-season six premiere Wednesday morning on their mobile app.

From AMC: "Can’t wait another second to devour Sunday’s Mid-Season Premiere? Now you can see the first four minutes of the episode, before it airs, with the AMC Mobile App for iOS, Android and Windows. Simply download the app and open it this Wednesday at 10Am to watch the opening scene. Click here to download the app."

The Walking Dead Season 6 mid-season premiere, "No Way Out", debuts on February 14th, 2016 at 9:00pm Est. The upcoming episode is directed by Greg Nicotero and written by Seth Hoffman. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more coverage on the second half of the season.

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The first WWE Raw of 2016 looked set to be a bumper edition.

First of all, we were set for another few hours of Vince McMahon. Who doesn’t want that, right?

The Chairman of the Board returned last week to call out Roman Reigns, but ended up getting himself arrested after putting his hands on an officer. Then we saw some terrible acting from Stephanie McMahon that I haven’t yet recovered from, before the Vin man secured his bail from jail.

He returned to the arena at the end of the night to announce that Sheamus would be challenging for Reigns’ WWE World Heavyweight Championship on this week’s episode – with McMahon himself stepping in as guest referee.

I’m praying he turns up in sleeveless Attitude Era referee McMahon used to…

On top of that we had the threat of another United States Championship match between...

It’s only been 23 years since Army of Darkness debuted in 1992, but when we are reunited with Bruce Campbell on Ash vs Evil Dead on Starz this Halloween, within the confines of the narrative, 30 years will have passed since our chainsaw-handed hero took any responsibility as the monster hunter meat to stop the […]

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Every so often, and in increasingly rare numbers, a big budget Hollywood extravaganza comes along and negates the crushing conditioned cynicism built into our cinematic receptors. Walking into a franchise reboot of a series that hasn’t received fresh blood in nearly three decades, following a trilogy of films having starred an infamously fallen matinee idol, forecasts were dubious at best for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Premiering out of competition at Cannes just prior to receiving its worldwide premiere, the seventy year old originator of the iconic series defied all expectations to create a beautiful and intense action film, standing as one of the best sequels to arrive in well over a decade. Stuffed with innovative visuals, bloody violence, insanely choreographed car chases and serving a rudimentary feminist allegory coursing through the usual arid bromide of commonly testosterone laced genre, the film is unforgettable testament to the...

Who needs Amazon and Netflix when you’ve got the big screen?

Recently axed NBC drama Hannibal is “looking at the possibility of a feature [film],” executive producer Bryan Fuller revealed at the show’s Comic-Con panel on Saturday. “[Stars] Hugh [Dancy] and Mads [Mikkelsen] are committed to this show.” Following a break after the close of Season 3, the Ep hopes that “we’ll find a way to bring Hugh and Mads back to you.”

RelatedHannibal Cancellation Update: Ep Bryan Fuller Touts ‘Cool’ Season 4 Plan — ‘I Would Love To Do It’

Dancy echoed the sentiment, saying that he would definitely like to continue telling Will Graham’s story.

NBC may not be hungry for more Hannibal, but Bryan Fuller sure is.

Related2015 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?

On Monday, the Peacock net cancelled the acclaimed drama, announcing that the show’s current third season would be its last. But Fuller — Hannibal‘s showrunner and chief architect — is game to keep the series going should producer Gaumont find it a new home.

In fact, the auteur already has Season 4 mapped out in his head.

“My idea for Season 4 was perhaps one of the coolest yet,” he tells TVLine. “So...

The first thing you notice in German actress Hannah Herzsprung is her stunning dark blue green eyes. They are like calm yet mysterious twin lakes. During the whole interview, I couldn't help losing myself in them. I've become a huge Herzsprung fan, ever since I saw her brave performance as a deeply troubled young piano prodigy in prison in her feature debut Vier Minuten (Four Minutes) some years ago. I was really thrilled when I found out that she would be available for an interview for her new film Who Am I: No System is Safe, a stylistic cyber thriller, playing at Kino! Festival, here in New York. I tried very hard not to be a fanboy during the interview and it was very hard....

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The vintage nastiness of the exploitative cult classic Mark of the Devil gets a pristine revamp from Arrow Video, a favored title from a golden era of new wave British horror that hasn’t had held quite the same reverence as some of the more notable titles of the era, such as Ken Russell’s The Devils, Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man or Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General. The project was inspired by Reeves’ film, who died of an accidental overdose at the age of 25. In hindsight, perhaps, as directed by Michael Armstrong (the film’s screenwriter who often wrote under the pseudonym Sergio Casstner), the title is a bit too familiar in to Reeves, and often feels like the slutty little cousin to the sleazy themes touched upon in the earlier film. Bizarre performances and an unnaturally evocative ambience help overcome the film’s desperate aim to shock with...

Mark Kermode on modern film criticism, critics of his own work, Michael Bay, Jason Statham and male oil wrestling.

The last time we spoke to Mark Kermode, he'd just launched his book about the state of movie criticism, Hatchet Job. Since then, he's embarked on a nationwide tour with the book, and undertaken dozens of Q&As with audiences about it.

And that, as Hatchet Job continues to thrive in paperback, is where we started...

I spoke to you just as you launched Hatchet Job, and in your words, since then you've "toured the arse off it". You've done Q&As with the people who've read your book, and who you wrote it for.

So what have you learned about what audiences feel regarding film critics, and where they sit in the world?

I think the most important thing was when I started writing it, I was, as you know,...

Receiving a Us release in August 2014, Salvo arrives with an equally subdued DVD release this month. An experimentally inclined gangster piece, any brooding tension established by an immersive theatrical experience tends to be compromised in a smaller format. Traction due to the film’s generous critical reception doesn’t explain the underwhelming DVD presentation, but perhaps it will reach the audience that neglected it during a limited theatrical run.

Though its initial setup holds considerable promise, due mostly to subdued visual cues that take on greater meaning as the plot unfolds, Fabio Grassianda and Antonio Piazza’s directorial debut, ends up casting a rather empty spell. Its brooding ambience traipsing into a shallow narrative coma, there’s much to be desired as concerns this mafia tinged love story of unexplained events and feelings. Obscurity is certainly not a cause for automatic dismissal, but there’s a failure to maintain any...

With the multitude of angles being provided by NBC during Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards telecast, you might find it hard to believe there’s anything they didn’t pick up. And, boy, would you be wrong.

Not only did TheWrap cover the public face of the 2015 Golden Globe Awards, we were behind the scenes, where there was a whole other Golden Globe Awards going on. Here are the funniest, most charming, most bizarre moments behind the scenes.

See photos: Golden Globes: Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)

7:43 p.m.: Bill Hader is happy his well received presentation is in the rearview.

Oliver Hirschbiegel’s "13 Minutes" (aka “Georg Elser”) was among the top sellers at this year’s Afm with a wide range of deals closed for all continents. The latest film by the Academy Award-nominated director secured an all-rights-agreement from Beta Cinema for UK and Ireland, Studiocanal also locked the rights for Australia and New Zealand. Furthermore Beta Cinema sold the emotional portrait of the resistance fighter who tried to assassinate Hitler to Japan (Gaga Communications), France (Sophie Dulac Distribution), Scandinavia (Svensk Filmindustri), Benelux (September Film Rights), Brazil (Mares Filmes), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), and Colombia (Cine Colombia).

Beta Cinema’s Afm promo reel raised also strong interest from distributors in the Us, amongst others.

"13 Minutes" relates the background of the failed attack on Hitler on November 8th 1939 in the Munich Bürgerbräukeller, where Hitler left the scene only 13 minutes before the explosion – leaving Elser to fail catastrophically. Painting a suspenseful, emotional portrait of "Georgie", how he was called in his hometown, the story takes us from Georg Elser’s early years in the Swabian Alps - when National Socialism arose - to his last days at the Dachau concentration camp, where he was killed shortly before the end of the war.

Hirschbiegel (“Downfall”) is supported by high-ranking talents before and behind the camera: Christian Friedel ("The White Ribbon"), Katharina Schüttler (“Generation War”) and Burghart Klaußner ("The White Ribbon") take the leads; among the crew members are author Fred Breinersdorfer ("Sophie Scholl"), Dop Judith Kaufmann ("Four Minutes") and the set-designer duo Benedikt Herforth ("Rommel") and Thomas Stammer (“Generation War”). The Oliver Hirschbiegel film is a production of Lucky Bird Pictures in coproduction with Swr, Ard Degeto, Br, Wdr, Arte, Delphi Medien, Philipp filmproduction and Broth Film. Producers are Oliver Schündler, Boris Ausserer ("Lucky Bird") and Fred Breinersdorfer ("Delphi"). Nfp ("The Lunchbox", " Hannah Arendt") will release the feature next April in Germany.

Feel like you need to get up and go? This video might be all the push you need. Photographer Alan Dyer recorded this beautiful time-lapse footage at the Banff, Jasper and Waterton Lakes National Parks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains during the summer of 2014. Though the odd person or two appears in Dyer's shots, he told Storyful that by night, these sites are "quiet and deserted, unlike by day when often hundreds of people throng these viewpoints. Recording with just a Dslr (digital single lens reflex) camera, Dyer called his time in the range "a magical, if at times eerie experience.

Feel like you need to get up and go? This video might be all the push you need. Photographer Alan Dyer recorded this beautiful time-lapse footage at the Banff, Jasper and Waterton Lakes National Parks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains during the summer of 2014. Though the odd person or two appears in Dyer's shots, he told Storyful that by night, these sites are "quiet and deserted, unlike by day when often hundreds of people throng these viewpoints. Recording with just a Dslr (digital single lens reflex) camera, Dyer called his time in the range "a magical, if at times eerie experience.

We’ve waited all summer and now the time is nigh for “The Walking Dead”! The premiere of the fifth season is only about an hour away at the moment of this typing, and if you just can’t wait 60 more minutes to see some of the action, then check out this clip below the post. The clip is something that is something that will spoil quite a bit, so if you really don’t want to be spoiled, then please don’t watch it. This clip features the first four minutes of the premiere (eerily called “No Sanctuary”), including some info on some of the folks in Terminus. With a title like [ Read More ]

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For its sixth month in a row, Felix Kjellberg's PewDiePie channel is at the top of the charts. But what's more impressive is the destination for Let's Play videos, charitable campaigns, and the sporadic look into Kjellberg's life keeps scoring more views than it did the month before. PewDiePie amassed over 449.2 million views in the 31 days of August, a 2% uptick over the month prior. Long-time chart topper DisneyCollectorBR is up next in second place. The online video channel that features adults showcasing children's toys (and was recently discovered by the New York Times) witnessed a 21% month-over-month increase in views to net out at more than 324.4 million. In the #3 spot is Katy Perry. The pop star's online video release of "This Is How We Do" helped push Perry's channel up 29% to more than 226.1 million views on the month. StampyLongHead is next in the #4 spot. The UK-based online video gamer with...

Syfy has renewed two of its summertime series — dystopian Defiance and supernatural Dominion — for third and second seasons, respectively, our sister site Deadline reports.

Both pick-ups are for 13 episodes, to air in 2015.

Related Defiance Season 2 Finale Recap: Raiders of the Lost Ark-Brain

Defiance opened Season 2 with 2 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (per the fine folks at TVByTheNumbers), slipping to 1.5 mil/0.4 come finale time.

Video Pay Your First Visit to Syfy’s Town of the Living Dead

Dominion debuted in June to 2 mil/0.6, drawing 1.5 mil/0.5 with its Aug. 8 finale.

Related storiesSyfy Orders to Series Alien Hunter Adaptation From...

Syfy has ordered straight to series Hunters, an adaptation of Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Alien Hunter, to be executive-produced by The Walking Dead vet Gale Anne Hurd.

Video Pay Your First Visit to Syfy’s Town of the Living Dead

Adapted by Natalie Chaidez (Heroes), who is also en Ep, the 13-episode series will follow a Philadelphia cop’s search for his vanished wife — an odyssey that will lead him to a clandestine government organization that hunts a sect of ruthless, possibly extraterrestrial terrorists.

“We were so impressed by the pilot script from this outstanding and accomplished creative team...

Syfy invites you to hang with the fine folk (and occasional zombie) of Jasper, Ala. aka the titular Town of the Living Dead in its new unscripted series — and TVLine has an exclusive look at the new trailer.

Related | Cable Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?

Coming alive Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 10/9c (as part of the cabler’s annual 31 Days of Halloween event), Town of the Living Dead follows the “colorful” residents of Jasper as they battle every imaginable obstacle to complete production on a zombie movie, Thr33 Days Dead, that thus far has been six years in the making.

The United States national soccer team beat Ghana in their first game in the group round of the 2014 World Cup Monday night.

USA Beats Ghana At World Cup

U.S. came out onto the field in Brazil Monday determined not to let Ghana, who has knocked them out of the last two World Cups, get another win off of them. With less than a minute into the game, star forward Clint Dempsey dribbled through the left side of the penalty box and slid the ball inside the far post of the net for his squad’s first goal of the tournament.

With the one goal lead, the U.S. was able to settle into a possession game as Ghana fought to regain momentum. Eventually, the Ghanaians had their first legitimate chance to score, but were denied by American keeper Tim Howard, who sprinted off his line to make the save.

It’s Friday the 13th and a full moon tonight so we let the crazies loose and are bring back one of our favorite staff posts, The Thirteen! If you aren’t familiar with The Thirteen, it was initially conceived to be a Top 13 list of films about a certain topic. Sadly, we started it last September and it fell by the wayside. Read our past two posts:

13 Songs Used in Films That Take On a Haunting Feeling

13 Female Villains & Anti-Heroes in Film

Xtro

contribution by Jeremy Jones

A young boy sees his dad abducted by some unseen force. Three years later a meteor hits in the middle of the woods and brings something icky. Written, directed and scored by Harry Bromley Davenport, Xtro is a demented labor of love. The first twenty minutes are the most chunk blowing worthy moments. Including perhaps the grossest thing ever, walking in on your parents having sex.

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes Save Yourself first details, a new clip from The Well, a look at the first four minutes from Discopath, the teaser trailer for Bestseller, and much more:

New Clip from The Well and Screening Details: “At the edge of an expansive barren valley, all that remains of The Wallace Farm for Wayward Youth is a few hollowed-out husks of buildings. Seventeen-year-old Kendal (Haley Lu Richardson) can barely recall when the Oregon valley was still lush. It’s been a decade since the last rainfall, and society at large has dried up and blown away. Kendal and the few others that remain barely scrape by, while dreaming of escape. When a greedy water baron lays claim to what little of the precious resource remains underground, Kendal must decide whether...

London, April 24: Madonna has been slammed by her fans after she used 'gay' as an insult for leafy vegetable kale in a word association game.

One of the avid equal rights campaigner's fans said that saying kale is 'gay' is meant to convey that she doesn't like it, so it is an insult and everybody is so tired of people using 'gay' in a negative context, the Mirror reported.

Another asserted that the 'Four Minutes' hit maker is as culturally sensitive as a bull in a china shop and puts her foot in her mouth constantly.

Earlier in 2014, the 55-year-old singer had to apologise after calling her son Rocco a 'n***er' on Instagram. (Ani)...

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Ezequiel Lavezzi was the difference in the first-leg of the Champions League quarter-final as the Argentine scored one and made one to give his side a slender advantage of Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea.

Lavezzi gave the hosts the lead after just four minutes when he volleyed home after an error from John Terry but Eden Hazard levelled from the penalty spot before half-time. In the second period, an inch-perfect delivery from Lavezzi resulted in David Luiz putting the ball into his own net. Late on, Javier Pastore scored a superb solo effort to extend the Parisian’s advantage.

Chelsea started the game in the worst possible fashion as they fell behind after just four minutes. John Terry, fresh from scoring the decisive own-goal against Crystal Palace at the weekend, saw his weak header picked up by Ezequiel Lavezzi, who volleyed home from 10-yards.

The...

If you're not watching Syfy's new series "Helix," you're missing some seriously spooky Arctic shenanigans. Want to see what the fuss is about? You can catch up on the previously aired episodes Tonight!

Embrace the Polar Vortex, bundle up, and enjoy this week’s catch-up marathon of Syfy’s infectious new series "Helix" beginning Thursday, February 6th, at 6:00 Pm.

Marathon Schedule:

6:00 Pm - Episode 1.01 – “Pilot”

7:00 Pm - Episode 1.02 – “Vector”

8:00 Pm - Episode 1.03 – “274”

9:00 Pm - Episode 1.04 – “Single Strand”

10:00 Pm - Episode 1.05 – “The White Room”

The next night, Friday, February 7th, at 10:00 Pm, an all-new episode of "Helix" airs during the series’ regular timeslot. In the episode, #1.06, entitled “Antiqatiga,” Dr. Farragut (Billy Campbell) and Dr. Jordan (Jordan Hayes) make headway in decoding the virus while Dr. Hatake (Hiroyuki Sanada) secretly attempts to "cure" Dr. Walker (Kyra Zagorsky) before the Illaria Corporation’s reinforcements arrive at the base.

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The only goal came on just before the half hour, Oscar bending a free kick from 22 yards out into the far left corner after a foul on Samuel Eto’o by Erik Pieters, as Chelsea beat Stoke by a single goal at Stamford Bridge.

The first half started at a fast tempo, and both sides had a good chance to open the score. Inside the first six minutes Samuel Eto’o received the ball with his back to goal inside of the box, turned and fired inches wide of the far post, then peter Crouch headed wide from four yards after Simon Walters cross was deflected.

The game began to settle as both sides struggled for momentum, but that changed when Oscar showed his dead ball prowess. In the final five minutes of the half the game really opened, Frank Lampard coming so close to tapping...

Two of the stars of Syfy's "Helix" spent some time speaking with journalists recently, and we have the highlights here, including how they've developed their characters, whether they've been creeped out while filming, and lots more.

The series, which airs Friday nights at 10/9c, is the latest brainchild of Ron Moore, creator of “Battlestar Galactica," and if you've been watching, you'll know Mark Ghanimé as Major Sergio Balleseros and Catherine (Cat) Lemieux as veterinarian Doreen Boyle.

Things kicked off with a bit of discussion about their characters.

Q: Mark, are we going to learn more of your character's back story?

Mark Ghanimé: I really hope you do… you just have to wait and find out as far as when the episodes get released. But there's definitely going to be some interesting stuff developing with my character. He's got a lot of… he's multi-faceted let's just say. So we're going to see some surprises…...

Helix is off to an amazing start, and it just keeps getting better. Part 4 premieres this Friday at 10, and I expect you all to be watching. Get a head start, though, by watching the intriguing first four minutes of the episode, right here, right now.

Yes, the first Four. What is the deal with networks saying it’s the first five minutes of an episode when it rarely is actually five minutes? Anyway, here it is, and it’s excellent:

Clip: Helix – 104 First Four Minutes

What?! What Happens Next?! Argh I hate waiting. And oh how I love that music, it makes me laugh out loud, every single time. Come On, Friday Night!

In other Helix news, stars Billy Campbell (The 4400, The Rocketeer), who plays Alan Farragut, and Jordan Hayes, who plays Sarah Jordan, spoke with the press about the conditions on the set, how they feel about sci-fi,...

If you thought Beyonce’s video for ‘Blue’ couldn’t get any cuter than the teaser clip of the mama-daughter duo walking down the beach, you’ll be holding back tears when you see the full length video, complete with an up-close shot of Blue’s face as she waves and even talks!

It is the first time we’ve ever heard little miss Blue Ivy Carter speak, and she makes her big debut on the final few moments on mom Beyonce‘s tribute song, “Blue.” The 1-year-old giggles sweetly, calls out for “mommy!” and even joins into the lyrics “hold on to me!” The video will simply melt your heart.

Blue Ivy Talking: Hear Beyonce’s Daughter Speak In New Video For Song ‘Blue’

While Beyonce’s entire song and video “Blue” is a direct nod to her little girl, she continues to tease fans with only small glimpses...

Will Ferrell (in character as Ron Burgundy) and Robin Thicke offer a novel approach to the duet format in their cover of Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the Wind" for the Anchorman 2 soundtrack. While Thicke handles most of the vocal work (aside from Burgundy's echo, heavy on the vibrato, of the refrain "such a long way to goooo"), the news anchor serves as a sort of inept hype-man, with exclamations such as "It's a hot wind!" and "Feel that draft up your skirt ladies? That's me."

Ron Burgundy Uncensored:...

The Eighth Doctor

Portrayed by: Paul McGann

Companion(s): Grace Holloway, plus many others in the audio dramas, comics, and novels

Tenure: 1 story, Doctor Who, also called “The Enemy Within” (May, 1996) and 1 minisode, “The Night of the Doctor” (Nov, 2013)

Signature look: The Eighth Doctor has two distinct looks, one for each of his stories. In his first, he wears a white shirt, gray cravat, embroidered waistcoat, and a dark green velvet frock coat. In his second, he wears a dirty, more relaxed white shirt, loose bandana or cloth tie, battered waistcoat, leather belt, dark grey or black frock coat, and high leather lace-up boots

Catchphrase: The Eighth Doctor isn’t around enough to develop a catchphrase, at least in his televised adventures

Personality: The Eighth Doctor is romantic and easy going, one of the most human of his incarnations and certainly an ardent admirer and appreciator of humanity. He...

Review Michael Noble 15 Oct 2013 - 14:00

This week's episode of Boardwalk Empire is dedicated, once again, to the lost. Here's Michael's review...

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4.6 The North Star

Four minutes and nine seconds. It’s taken half a season for Margaret to reappear, both on screen and in Nucky’s life, and when she does, it’s for precisely four minutes and nine seconds. However long it was, it closed an unprecedented gap. As of this year, she had appeared in all but one of the thirty-six episodes, recusing herself only for the penultimate instalment of season three when, as you’ll recall, everybody was rather busy.

Even then, her last, brief return in Margate Sands felt stolen, like mere aftershocks of the trauma that she’d been through in that eventful year. We shared her moment in the abortion clinic, as she readied the removal of the baby...

Olivia Wilde visited the Late Show last night complete with her wedding rock bling and a fluffy white dress, and shared details of a recent David Blaine stopover at her L.A. house. The day was just magic. Literally six and a half hours of magic tricks, including a four-minute period during which she held her breath. (Four minutes!) But the magic stopped at the Drinking Buddies' actress's refusal to drown Blaine for fifteen minutes. What a spoil sport. But a smart one: She needs David Blaine for her magic-themed wedding to Jason Sudeikis. Watch the clip below.

If you thought things took a turn (or a few turns) last week, just wait til you see tonight’s season finale of Defiance. The turns will make your head spin. You’ll want to watch live, so you don’t get spoiled, but you’ll also want to record it, so you can watch some parts again. Trust me. You’ll also want to watch these videos, so you’re fully prepared for the episode, with everything fresh in your mind.

We have, for the last time until the show returns in 2014, the standard three: recap, TV spot preview, and first four minutes of the new episode – actually almost exactly four minutes! We also have a “Shooting the Shtako” featurette with showrunner Kevin Murphy chattin’ with Grant Bowler and Tony Curran about last week’s episode. It’s still a hoot to listen to Tony Curran‘s Scottish brogue...

Things are getting ‘all types of cray!’ The ‘We Can’t Stop’ singer allegedly posted a tweet on June 24, giving Billy Ray Cyrus an hour to tell the truth about something we have yet to discover, but the message was quickly deleted. Strangely, Miley attached a photo of an unidentified woman with her. What do you think the tweet meant?

Miley Cyrus has been having trouble getting a hold of her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, since her mom, Tish Cyrus, filed for divorce on June 13. On June 24, the singer allegedly took to Twitter to call her dad out (again!) on his failure to answer his texts. In the process, she may have dropped a huge bombshell, regarding her parents’ split.

Miley Cyrus Tweets Billy Ray Cyrus — Evidence Of Affair With Twitter Pic?

“@billyraycyrus since you won’t reply to my texts I’m giving you an hour to tell the...

During a recent performance of ‘Dirty Laundry,’ the former Destiny’s Child singer became emotional and quite literally broke down as she sang about her jealousy over Beyonce’s very successful career. Watch the video.

Kelly Rowland took the Fillmore Silver Spring stage in Washington D.C. on May 26 to give her audience a taste of her new music, but just minutes into the ballad “Dirty Laundry,” the singer was forced to stop mid-performance when her emotions took over.

Kelly Rowland Cries On Stage — Emotional During Song About Beyonce

Kelly’s latest song, which was released on her SoundCloud page just a few weeks ago, tackles the singer’s own dirty laundry: an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend and of course, living in the shadow of her former bandmate Beyonce. In the tune, she sings of Bey’s success, “When my sister was on stage/Killing it like a...

Tonight’s new episode of Defiance looks promising. Some of the premises may be familiar but what I like best about the show is the specifics about the various races, and the interaction, and the character development, and the look. If the clips below are any indication, I’ll be a happy viewer tonight.

First, Alak Tarr is back with his recap of the goings-on in his home town. Look quick and you’ll see his radio station, and here’s a head’s up: it’s located inside the arch.

Featurette: Defiance – Recap 104

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Featurette: Defiance – Shooting the Shtako: Episode 104

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Clip: Defiance – Episode 105: First Four Minutes

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Okay, looks like an interesting setup for town and for the coach. So some of what you’ll see in this TV...

Wasn’t last week’s episode of Defiance great?! I’m a big fan of the Spirit Riders so of course I loved it. Today we have a “Shooting the Shtako” featurette with executive producer/showrunner Kevin Murphy interviewing Stephanie Leonidas (“Irisa”) about the episode, followed by a TV spot, the first four minutes, and another clip of tonight’s terrific episode. Jaime Murray is a standout tonight, you’ll see.

Featurette: Defiance – Shooting the Shtako: Episode103

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TV Spot: Defiance – Next Episode: A Well Respected Man

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Clip: Defiance – Episode 104: First Four Minutes

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Clip: Defiance – Sneak Peek: A Well Respected Man

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Defiance, starring Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, and Graham Greene, airs Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy.

Southampton kicked things off at a sunny White Hart Lane in what was a crucial game in Spurs’ hunt for Champions League football, as a 1-0 victory put them above Arsenal – albeit potentially temporarily – who kicked off later.

A tentative start from both teams saw a series of long balls being played back and forth to no immediate avail, culminating in Adam Lallana sending an early free kick floating disappointingly over Hugo Lloris’ bar in the third minute.

On the five minute mark, a good run in to the box from Jermain Defoe ended with the England man shooting viciously in to Artur Boruc’s side netting from eight yards.

For the next few minutes, Spurs really dominated possession – particularly in the midfield area – without really threatening, but it was Southampton who almost took the lead in the eleventh minute. Rickie Lambert took advantage of Tottenham’s high defensive line,...