Thursday night, Lil Wayne rocked the mic for 650 lucky fans at a re-boot of "MTV Unplugged," the network's signature series from the 1990s. Hours later, we're still trying to figure out what was "unplugged" about it.

For most of the concert, the hip-hop superstar was backed by an energetic seven-piece band that included a pair of electric guitars and an electric bass. Only two or three songs featured acoustic instruments - including "Nightmares at the Bottom," a song off his upcoming album, "Tha Carter IV."

The taping took place at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California - home of "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy." Weezy took the stage in a black sweatshirt with the word "WOW" emblazoned on the front. By the end of the set, he had peeled away not only his sweatshirt, but also a white t-shirt and tank. There was a funny bit when he discovered his jeans were unzipped.

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Things have been hopping at the Cannes Film Festival.

Variety reports that The Weinstein Company has picked up the U.S. rights to the Margaret Thatcher biopic, "The Iron Lady." The film, which stars Meryl Streep, will be the second collaboration between Streep and her "Mamma Mia!" director, Phyllida Lloyd.

The movie will also co-star Jim Broadbent as Thatcher's husband, Denis.

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Before his breakout role on the AMC crime thriller “The Killing,” Brandon Jay McLaren was perhaps best known for playing Power Ranger Jack Landors on "Power Rangers, S.P.D."

His current role is that of high school teacher Bennet Ahmed, the primary suspect du jour in the murder of teenager Rosie Larsen.

The Vancouver native, who has enjoyed recurring roles on the defunct CBS series “Harper’s Island” and the Canadian dramedy “Being Erica,” says the chance to appear on such a well-received, critically acclaimed show has been nothing short of amazing.

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Thursday night's episode of "The Big Bang Theory" seemed to exist mostly to tie up some season-long story arcs, leading into next week's finale.

Howard finally worked up the nerve to tell his mother that he's getting married to Bernadette, sending her right into the hospital ("My family is the history of heart disease," Howard said).

This led once again to Priya being questioned as to why her parents haven't been told about the "short glass of skim milk" she's dating, Leonard.

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With networks scheduled to continue announcing which shows will be renewed or canceled over the next week, fans of NBC’s “Chuck” found themselves in a familiar position: coming up with a creative way to try to keep the show on the air.

Those fans can now breathe a sigh of relief: According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC has renewed "Chuck" for a fifth season with 13 episodes,  although it looks like it'll also be the last.

This waiting game isn't new, of course. Since the end of its first season, “Chuck” has been on the proverbial bubble.

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Ashton Kutcher is coming back to TV - as Charlie Sheen's replacement on CBS’ hit “Two and a Half Men.”

Ashton even teased his army of more than six million Twitter followers with this coy message: "what’s the square root of 6.25?” The answer is 2.5, as in “Two and a Half.”

I like Ashton Kutcher a lot, and I’m guessing he’ll be a success in the new role. He’s a great comic actor and has years of experience working on a very funny sitcom (“That ‘70s Show”). Still, I don’t know if Ashton’s the greatest fit. Hugh Grant, John Stamos and Jeremy Piven were all floated as possible replacements for Sheen on “Men.”

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Back in February, "Community" star Alison Brie told CNN she sees Abed as "such a platonic member of the group" when asked if her character, Annie, would ever end up with Danny Pudi's Abed.

"I think Abed knows the dangers of what happens when the group kind of gets all, you know, mixed up. He's seen that," Pudi chimed in. "But who knows, every episode we’re always surprised at what we’re doing."

Indeed. Thursday night's season finale of "Community" saw Annie and Abed locking lips, at the end of an intense battle, which saw Greendale Community College fighting against the villainous City College, with their stormtrooper-ish paintball squad.

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George Michael is back in the limelight thanks to his upcoming tour and a new album, but the singer admits that most of the attention he's gotten in recent years hasn't necessarily been so positive.

As a result, Michael believes that his ongoing brushes with the law have been hurtful to his fans and the gay community.

"I have a serious problem with the fact that every time I made a mistake and every time I let myself down that I was letting young gay kids down," he told reporters in England, according to the Daily Mail. "'Because they would then witness the homophobia that was thrown [at] me and the language that we use in this country."

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It looks like "Wonder Woman" won't be taking flight after all. NBC has decided not to pick up the highly anticipated series about the Amazing Amazon.

Sources tell Deadline that the David E. Kelley pilot—which starred "Friday Night Lights" actress Adrianne Palicki as a crime fighter, corporate executive and modern woman—wasn't a disaster and described it as "ambitious" and "well crafted."

So what exactly was the problem (besides Wonder Woman's much-criticized, revamped costume, of course)?

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Apparently Brit bad boy Alex Pettyfer's recent interview in which he bashes Hollywood hasn't hurt his career. The "Beastly" star has just been cast as a young stripper in the upcoming movie "Magic Mike," according to Deadline.

As Marquee previously reported, the film, directed by Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven," "Traffic") will star Channing Tatum, whose real-life experience as a 19-year-old exotic dancer at a Tampa club served as inspiration for the story.

In "Magic Mike," Tatum will play a veteran dancer who teaches a newcomer (Pettyfer) how to hustle both on and off the stage. The movie promises to be packed with pecs, partying and women.

"When Channing talked to me about this, I thought it was one of the best ideas I'd ever heard for a movie," Soderbergh has said. "It's sexy, funny and shocking. We're using 'Saturday Night Fever' as our model, so hopefully we're on the right track."