Very groovy news coming through the entertainment pipeline this morning as we find out who will host the Oscars: Seth MacFarlane! The Family Guy and American Dad creator, who just… Read the rest of the article: Seth MacFarlane tapped for the Oscars

In Stuff We Knew Would Probably Happen, the director of this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb, has officially been confirmed to helm the sequel. And it's a good thing,… Read the rest of the article: Predictable, but reassuring news: Marc Webb signs on to direct The Amazing Spider-Man sequel

As they did for the season premiere of Breaking Bad this summer, AMC will be streaming the third season premiere of The Walking Dead online for all those frustrated Dish… Read the rest of the article: AMC will stream the season premiere of The Walking Dead for Dish customers

This was destined to happen, and it's all in Klingon. What better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the internet, all at the… Read the rest of the article: The Star Trek-Psy parody you know you wanted: Klingon Style

Good news for everyone who loves watching hit movies get mercilessly mocked! The RiffTrax crew — Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett — have emerged from their secret… Read the rest of the article: RiffTrax takes on The Hunger Games, in blatant defiance of President Snow

Bradford Evans at Splitsider has delved into the aborted attempt at an American Idol-style competition show in which the ultimate prize was becoming an actual featured player on Saturday Night… Read the rest of the article: The Saturday Night Live reality show that (thankfully) wasn't

Monday Night Debacle-ball apparently was the last straw: Late last night, the NFL and the union representing the striking referees finally came to a tentative agreement, and the professional referees… Read the rest of the article: The NFL ref strike is over, but The Daily Show still got to make jokes about it with Patrick Stewart

Last night, I was watching the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married, about a time-traveling Kathleen Turner who goes 25 years into her own past, when she was in a… Read the rest of the article: A Gumby moment, brought to you by Nicolas Cage

Good news! AMC has all but confirmed a fourth season of The Walking Dead — by nonchalantly mentioning it while talking about something else entirely! In an announcement for not… Read the rest of the article: AMC casually confirms a fourth season of The Walking Dead

Storytime: Last night, during Monday Night Football's presentation of the Seattle Seahawks versus the Green Bay Packers, an insane thing happened that illustrated exactly why the NFL's referee strike is… Read the rest of the article: And now, the ballad of the the NFL ref strike, as performed by the replacement refs at the Seahawks-Packers game

That moment that MMA fighter-turned-action star Gina Carano is having? It's going to continue. The breakout star of last year's Haywire has just signed on for an upcoming action ensemble… Read the rest of the article: Awesome action alert: Gina Carano signs on for lady-filled action ensemble flick

I'll include just a tease here, but Universal has released a new poster for its epic-looking Les Misérables — and it's a new take on an old image. Head to… Read the rest of the article: The new poster for Les Misérables looks familiar

The last time Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted Saturday Night Live, he turned out to be a great host — genuinely funny, happy to be there, ready to do anything that was… Read the rest of the article: Saturday Night Live recap: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Mumford & Sons

You might be a cynic when it comes to movies adapted from Broadway musicals, and that's fine. They're not for everyone. But no matter what you might think of Les… Read the rest of the article: In case you need to be impressed today, here is the cast of Les Misérables performing all their musical numbers live

Helen Mirren will play all the queens, all the time! The only actress to ever play both Queen Elizabeths on screen will play the younger version once again for The… Read the rest of the article: Helen Mirren will continue in her role as "backup Queen" in The Audience

Boing Boing is covering the Primetime Emmys this year! This Sunday night, starting at 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM Pacific), I will be taking over the Boing Boing Twitter account… Read the rest of the article: The Emmys are this Sunday night, get ready for a live-Tweeting extravaganza!

I want to applaud the efforts of BuzzFeed's Ben Rosen for taking the time and doing the research for this very special and important thing: all 32 quarterbacks in the… Read the rest of the article: Every NFL quarterback as a Muppet

Looney Tunes is slowly making a comeback, having debuted their reboot on Cartoon Network last year and earned themselves an Emmy nomination this year, and now, Warner Bros. is going… Read the rest of the article: Jenny Slate is writing an adorably wacky Looney Tunes movie for us

While I don't officially endorse Bridget Mary McCormack, who is running for a seat on the Michigan State Supreme Court, I do endorse the viewing of the campaign ad she's… Read the rest of the article: The cast of The West Wing reunites for a wistfully hilarious (and actual) campaign spot

Today in News I'm a Little Ashamed I Didn't Know About Already: Disney is making the first movie that features Walt Disney as a character, and he will be portrayed… Read the rest of the article: Saving Mr. Banks starts shooting, marks the first time Walt Disney is portrayed on film