'Toy Story 3' and 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' among summer's top-grossign films

For movie fans, Labor Day is a time to do a cinematic postmortem on what worked and what didn’t on the silver screen during the summer season.
Some titles soared (“Toy Story 3-D” topped $400 million) and others bored (“Jonah Hex” fizzled with just $10.5


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Daily guide to television and radio

Courthouse 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Inside the Boston Municipal Court, and how justice is made in real life.
Classical Music With Cathy Fuller 9 a.m. All Classical (99.5) On the day of his 65th birthday, recordings by Israeli-American violinist and


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Exclusive: Shaq to Cameo in Sandler Comedy 'Jack and Jill'

Famed New York Knicks fan Adam Sandler has drafted a division rival for his upcoming movie "Jack and Jill," as newly-acquired Boston Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal will appear as himself in the Columbia comedy, an individual familiar with the project


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 11 Cast Lineup

The cast lineup for Season 11 has been announced. The new season of Dancing with the Stars will have a two-hour premiere on Monday, September 20 at 8pm on ABC.
All 12 couples will dance for the first time live on Monday, September 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m.,


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David Hasselhoff to compete on Dancing With the Stars on ABC


ABC announced the fall lineup of Dancing with the Stars on the August 30, 2010 episode of Bachelor Pad. There had been scadsof speculation upon who would be on the show for the fall season and David Hasselhoff was one of the much mentioned names. David


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DC teases new 'Adventure Comics' star

DC Comics has announced a new star for Adventure Comics.
Speaking at the DC Universe panel at Fan Expo in Toronto, Canada, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio revealed that a new character would headline the title from next summer, reports CBR.
The unconfirmed


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Justin Bieber reveals dream of Grease remake

Justin Bieber has revealed he wants to team up with Miley Cyrus for a remake of hit 1978 film Grease.
The 16-year-old told The Sun newspaper he is desperate for a film company to resurrect the musical, with him replacing John Travolta as Danny and


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It's a cruel, cruel summer

Here's a hint: There were more losers than winners.



Back at the beginning of May we surveyed a bunch of movies going into the summer season with something to prove -- in most cases, where their stars were concerned.
With the Labour Day finish line


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Nicolas Cage 'for Bollywood gangster film'

Nicolas Cage has reportedly been confirmed to play one of the main parts in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's next project Broken Horses.
Chopra is presently in Los Angeles casting for the Bollywood gangster film, which begins shooting in early 2011, the Hindustan


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True Blood Episode 11: How many great characters have to die before the season is over?

I don't buy it, not for one second. No way Eric is dead.
Please don't tell me about what's in the books or about your conspiracy theory involving the conspicuous absence of Alexander SkarsgÄrd from the nuptials of Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. I don't


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In the spirit of terrifying horror

WHO said the devil just gets the best tunes? The evidence of super-scary feature The Last Exorcism adds substance to the suspicion that he also gets the best movies.
Mimicking the mockumentary format Ricky Gervais used brilliantly in The Office, and


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Television movies for the week of Aug. 29

MOVIE RATINGS
= Poor
= Fair
= Good
= Excellent
G = General audiences
PG = Parental Guidance
PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens
R = Restricted audience
CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired
ALPHABETICAL


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Summer movie winners & losers

HOLLYWOOD -- Back at the beginning of May we surveyed a bunch of movies going into the summer season with something to prove -- in most cases, where their stars were concerned.
With the Labour Day finish line just around the corner, it's time to find


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Adam Sandler talks Grown Ups

Adam Sandler's comedy friends did not take too much persuading to co-star in his latest film Grown Ups, about a group of school friends who reunite 30 years on to spend the weekend together.
Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade had


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Freshman year: Empty nest is still full of memories

How do you let go?
No, I'm not going to be a helicopter parent — or a "Sikorsky," as those hovering folks are called by armchair psychologists these days (Google it if you don't understand).
But how do you let go of it all? How do you just let go of


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Lang confirms supernatural in 'Conan'

Actor Stephen Lang has confirmed that the upcoming Conan movie will feature supernatural elements.
Speaking to MTV, Lang said that the upcoming adventure film would incorporate magic and supernatural characters and situations, mirroring Robert E. Howard'


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Bello, Dorff sign for 'Carjacked'

Maria Bello and Stephen Dorff have signed to co-star in upcoming indie thriller Carjacked.
According to Variety, the movie follows a single mother who is carjacked by a vicious bank robber.
Peter Medak is directing the picture from a script by Sherry


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Paramount launching 'School of Horrors'

Paramount is reportedly developing a feature titled School of Horrors.
The movie has been billed as "Home Alone in Hogwarts", reports Deadline.
She's Out Of My League writer and director George Kay and Jim Field Smith respectively are behind the project,


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Katie Holmes Plus Adam Sandler?


According to iamROGUE. Katie Holmes, who is perhaps more famous for being married to Tom Cruise and for letting her daughter Suri wear heels when she is not even five years old yet, is in talks to star opposite Adam Sandler and Al Pacino in Jack and


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