While you were working...
January 12th, 2012
06:00 PM ET

While you were working...

Today's news you might've missed:

  • No hard feelings here. Kylie Minogue wished her ex and his fiancee well via Twitter on Wednesday: "Congrats to Olivier Martinez and Halle Berry!!" [Twitter]
  • "The Cabin in the Woods" will open the 2012 SXSW Film Festival on March 9 in Austin, Texas. The Joss Whedon flick won't hit theaters until April 13. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • According to him, George Lucas' Tuskegee Airmen action film, "Red Tails," might never have come to pass. The "Star Wars" creator told Jon Stewart Hollywood shies away from putting money into black films. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Steve Carell looked please to don a bedazzled velvet suit on the set of "Burt Wonderstone" in Las Vegas. Can you blame him? His wardrobe on "The Office" was just so blasé. [US Weekly]
  • Showtime's "Weeds" might not live to see another season. Its eighth season could be its last, Showtime Entertainment president David Nevins said at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour. [The Hollywood Reporter]

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The Throwback: 'Beauty and the Beast' returns to the big screen
January 12th, 2012
05:42 PM ET

The Throwback: 'Beauty and the Beast' returns to the big screen

On the heels of its 1989 box office success with "The Little Mermaid," Walt Disney Pictures released another musical animated adaptation of a fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast," in 1991. The animated classic became the third highest grossing movie that year.

It became the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. The character Belle, especially, is a mainstay for Disney. She's part of their "Disney Princesses" franchise.

Friday, Disney will re-release the movie in theaters... in 3-D.

“I knew it was going to be a great Disney film but I didn’t realize until I went to New York for the film festival when [the movie] was 70% completed," Paige O'Hara, who voiced the role of Belle, told CNN.

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Debi Mazar, Cory Hardrict join 'Lovelace'?
January 12th, 2012
05:22 PM ET

Debi Mazar, Cory Hardrict join 'Lovelace'?

Debi Mazar might be stripping down for a role.

The “Entourage” actress has reportedly been pegged to play adult film actress Dolly Sharp in “Lovelace,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Amanda Seyfried will play the title role in the film, which is based on the life of pornographic actress Linda Lovelace - famous for the 1972 porn flick "Deep Throat.” (Kate Hudson was previously attached to the biopic before she became pregnant last year.)

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Filed under: movies
Restaurant Wars on 'Top Chef: Texas'
January 12th, 2012
04:10 PM ET

Restaurant Wars on 'Top Chef: Texas'

It’s finally here: Restaurant Wars on “Top Chef: Texas.”

If your favorite thing about the perennial challenge is watching the judges feign offense and dismantle each restaurant while waiting for tables and/or food, then this episode hit your sweet spot.

Plus it was a battle of the sexes, and even in these post-gender times who doesn’t like that? The rules: six dishes, three courses, 100 guests, and no “I had the front of the house” cop outs this time.

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The egg and 'Modern Family'
January 12th, 2012
03:31 PM ET

The egg and 'Modern Family'

When Jay and Claire agreed – then almost immediately broke that agreement – not to work on their kids' egg project for school, what followed was another great argument for Emmy nominations for Ed O'Neill and Julie Bowen.

This was one of the best episodes the actors have had, playing off of each other with Jay confronted Claire about her hyper-competitiveness: "You came out of the womb like that. I'm not entirely sure there wasn't a twin in there that you bumped off."

Claire pointed out that, she learned from watching him. And Alex, who basically accomplished the egg project by herself, is heading down the same path as Claire. (The assignment was to build a vessel that would protect an egg from a one-story drop.)

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What's the verdict: Kaley Cuoco hosts the People's Choice Awards
January 12th, 2012
03:12 PM ET

What's the verdict: Kaley Cuoco hosts the People's Choice Awards

After hosting the People’s Choice Awards for five years in a row, Queen Latifah passed the proverbial baton on Wednesday night to “Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco.

Cuoco immediately garnered laughs as her “BBT” character Penny in a pre-recorded sketch. She later took the stage, using special effects, self-deprecating humor and costume changes to wow viewers. But did she succeed?

The envelope says… yes.

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Filed under: Awards Season • Big Bang Theory
'One Life to Live' characters find new life on 'General Hospital'
January 12th, 2012
01:06 PM ET

'One Life to Live' characters find new life on 'General Hospital'

When “One Life to Live” ends its 43-year run on Friday, some of the series’ beloved characters will find a new home on “General Hospital.”

New York Daily News reports that actors Kassie DePaiva, Roger Howarth, Michael Easton and Kristen Alderson will resume their roles on the still-standing ABC soap opera.

“We have a very exciting story planned for the citizens of Port Charles, with Sonny Corinthos at the center of it," "General Hospital’s” executive producer Frank Valentini said in a statement to the New York Daily News. "I am confident viewers and fans alike will be exited by the arrival of John (Easton), Starr (Alderson), Blair (DePaiva) and Todd (Howarth). Incorporating characters from ‘One Life to Live’ will continue the legacy of the show as we weave them into ‘General Hospital.’” FULL POST


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January 12th, 2012
11:31 AM ET

Gallery: Fashion at the People's Choice Awards

Kelly Osbourne might have taken Coco Chanel's fashion advice too literally when getting ready for the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night.

The fashion designer, who famously suggested to take one accessory off before leaving the house, probably didn't have Osbourne's cast in mind.

"I know it's really superficial, but I took my cast off and left in the car," Kelly told CNN. I just couldn't bear to walk down a red carpet with it in the brace. It really hurts!”

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Khloe Kardashian, mom respond to paternity rumors
January 12th, 2012
10:13 AM ET

Khloe Kardashian, mom respond to paternity rumors

There’s a long-running joke in the Kardashian family that Khloe - with her taller stature and lighter hair - might be the milkman’s baby.

The reality star even played into the rumor when she bought a paternity test on a 2009 episode of “Keeping up with the Kardashians.”

But, as far as the famous family is concerned, the joke is over. Radar Online reports that Robert Kardashian’s second and third wives told tabloids that the late Kardashian patriarch was unsure if Khloe was his child.

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What's the verdict on Chelsea Handler's 'Are You There, Chelsea?'
January 12th, 2012
09:36 AM ET

What's the verdict on Chelsea Handler's 'Are You There, Chelsea?'

The answer to the implied question in the title of NBC's new series, "Are You There, Chelsea?," would be a yes.

Chelsea Handler's certainly there - it's just that she's distractingly styled as a brunette so she can portray her conservative sister, Sloane, and executive producing a series that thus far isn't trading in on her successful brand of humor.

"Are You There, Chelsea?" is based on Handler's popular books (with the title riffing off of "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea"), and "That '70s Show's" Laura Prepon in the lead as a 20-something, unknown version of the now famous E! personality.

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Filed under: television • TV recaps
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