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Link Time - Hailee Steinfeld Might Be the New Carrie

BuzzSugar — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:30:53 PDT

Hailee Steinfeld is rumored for the lead in the Carrie remake - /Film
The five biggest differences between X-Men: First Class and the comics - Moviefone
64 pop stars turned actors - Rotten Tomatoes
Find out which cable show has booked Gavin Rossdale as a guest star - AOL TV
Watch the first eight minutes of Teen Wolf - Zap2It
Josh Lucas will star in NBC's The Firm - Vulture
Martin Scorsese might make a film about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - Movieline
Stop what you're doing and listen to Bradley Cooper speak French - TresSugar
Michael Cera will lend his voice to The Simpsons - Inside TV

Emmy Breakdown: Supporting Actress in a Drama

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:30:22 PDT

We've already worked our way through the supporting actors up for Emmys in the drama and comedy categories, but it's time to let the ladies have their turn. There are definitely a few frontrunners for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama - as for a clear winner? It's hard to tell. Here's what you had to say about the contenders with a bit of my own thoughts thrown in!

Link Time - Alcide Is Sticking Around True Blood

BuzzSugar — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:30:00 PDT

Joe Manganiello has been promoted to series regular on True Blood - Zap2it
Jerry Garcia is getting a biopic - Cinematical
Jamie Oliver is getting another new cooking show - YumSugar
It's official: Joss Whedon will direct The Avengers - Moviefone
A teaser for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 from Comic-Con - Coming Soon
Listen to a preview of Daft Punk's soundtrack for Tron: Legacy - Vulture
Rachelle Lefevre joins Shonda Rhimes's Off the Map - TV Squad
USA is planning a Burn Notice movie prequel - HitFix

Buzz Readers' 5 Favorite Basic Cable Shows

BuzzSugar — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT

When TNT's new series Rizzoli & Isles premiered this past week, I asked you if you had love for any other basic cable shows. Once a home for reruns and educational programming, these channels are now a haven for quality original series. Here are the five most talked about shows from you guys.

Buzz-Worthy Video: SNL Wants to Know What Burn Notice Is

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:30:00 PST

Saturday Night Live's recent game show skits haven't killed me the way the old Jeopardy ones with Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek did - until this weekend, when Ashton Kutcher hosted. The game is called "What Is Burn Notice?" and based entirely on the notion that despite the USA show's popularity, no one really knows what Burn Notice is about.

SNL gets a lot of mileage out of the somewhat vague posters, promos and titles of the show, which I hadn't really pinpointed before (but now that they have, how many other shows fall into this category? I can think of a few). Guesses from the stumped contestants include premises like "a sexy doctor who can start fires with his mind," and "the detective team Michael Burn and Chet Notice."

Even if you do, in fact, know what Burn Notice is, you'll definitely get a kick out of the skit when you

Buzz News Roundup, 7/29

BuzzSugar — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:30:25 PDT

Bryce Dallas Howard will be replacing Rachelle Lefevre in the role of Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. - ComingSoon
FX has officially ordered the drama series Lawman starring Timothy Olyphant. - The Futon Critic
Charlize Theron will produce and star in an adaptation of Christopher Buckley's satirical novel Florence of Arabia. - Variety
USA has renewed Royal Pains and Burn Notice. - TV.com
Due to its underperformance in some major international audiences, Monsters vs. Aliens may not get a sequel. - The Hollywood Reporter
ABC Family has ordered 10 additional episodes of Make It or Break It. - Variety
Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan, Kelli Gellar, Rob Riggle, and Jason Sudeikis round out the cast of the romantic comedy Going the Distance, starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. - ComingSoon
Corbin Bleu and Elle Macpherson have been promoted to series regulars on The Beautiful Life. - The Hollywood Reporter

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:30:19 PDT

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can also add Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, Everwood: Season Two, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Two to your queue.

Friday the 13th
The Friday the 13th remake was a smash hit at the box office when it debuted in theaters a little while back. The duo who brought you the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, Michael Bay and Marcus Nispel, bring the creepy story of Crystal Lake back to the big screen (which you can now play on your small screen).

Here's how Netflix describes the plot: "Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake - on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears), a masked, homicidal maniac."

The weather may be nice these days but many people still love watching a scary movie from the comfort of their own home. Plus, the DVD includes special features: deleted scenes and a featurette about exploring "the rebirth of Jason Voorhees for a new moviegoing era."

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read more. What Goes Up This little indie movie looked like it had promise but unfortunately didn't fare too well with the critics. One wrote, "Jonathan Glatzer’s directorial debut What Goes Up is a quirky-small-town dramedy that just barely avoids the 'overly cutesy' and 'self-indulgently melancholy' traps that snare so many indies." Still, I'm curious to see this movie thanks to its cast that includes Steve Coogan, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, and Hilary Duff. The story takes place in the '80s and follows a reporter (Coogan) who is sent to a small town to cover the launch of the Challenger space shuttle and gets to know some troubled high school students in the process. 8%
Burn Notice: Season Two USA's hit series Burn Notice is back on TV this Summer but for those of you who are a little behind, you can now catch up on the second season. The second season of this Miami-set spy show follows blacklisted super-spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) "as he takes on all new death-defying assignments in hopes of getting closer to his new employers, the people that were possibly responsible for his ousting." The cast also includes Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as Carla and of course Gabrielle Anwar as Michael's ex-girlfriend. Special features include audio commentaries on select episodes, deleted scenes, a gag reel and a "NIXin' It Up" featurette with series creator Matt Nix on Episode "Do No Harm."

TV Tonight: Burn Notice and Royal Pains on USA

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:52 PDT

A lot of action is going down on USA tonight, where one of the shows on my Summer TV top 10 makes its season premiere - and a brand new series debuts right after.

The first is Burn Notice, the slick, Miami-set spy show that's become a big hit for USA over the past couple of years. This season finds super-spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) breaking free of the people who burned him, trying to negotiate the world on his own terms again - and, undoubtedly, causing a little trouble along the way.

The second is Royal Pains, about Dr. Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein), a medical superstar who suddenly finds himself making house calls to the rich and famous in the Hamptons. It's the sort of premise that might have worked better when people still, y'know, had money - but hey, we're still watching Real Housewives, so why not give this a shot?

You can check out previews for both shows - plus a funny clip in which Michael Westen welcomes Hank Lawson to the USA family - if you

Buzz News Roundup, 10/10

BuzzSugar — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:12 PDT

USA has renewed Burn Notice and Psych. - Entertainment Weekly
Seth Rogen will co-write a comedy with Will Reiser titled I'm With Cancer that will tell Reiser's autobiographical tale of a 25-year-old who finds out he has the disease. - The Hollywood Reporter
This is Your Life is the latest classic TV show to be revived. - Broadcasting and Cable
A Barcelona-based production company is set to produce Fake Orgasm, a documentary about why people feign pleasure. - Variety
Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy has been given a Nov. 23 release date - which, if it happens, would mean we all get free Dr Pepper. - Billboard
It looks like Josh Brolin will go from playing George W. Bush to playing Jonah Hex in a film adaptation of the DC Comics property. - Variety
The redheaded Rebecca Mader (who plays Charlotte on Lost) will be joining George Clooney and Ewan McGregor in the movie Men Who Stare at Goats. - ComingSoon
YouTube will start streaming full episodes of some shows, starting with a handful of CBS classics and the original Beverly Hills, 90210. - The Hollywood Reporter

Photos courtesy of USA

Buzz News Roundup, 10/3

BuzzSugar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:32:35 PDT

Frasier's John Mahoney is joining the cast of Burn Notice. - Entertainment Weekly
Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt will play a couple in a troubled marriage in the upcoming drama Every Day. - Variety
David Strathairn and Catherine O'Hara are among the new additions to HBO's Temple Grandin film, which already stars Claire Danes. - Hollywood Reporter
Feist is turning her Fall tour into a charity drive. - Pitchfork
AMC is developing a TV series about a human colony on Mars. - TV Guide
Salma Hayek will reportedly guest-star on 30 Rock. - New York Post
Tyler Perry's in trouble with the Writers' Guild for firing four writers. - Variety
Live tracks from Ben Folds' tour will be available almost immediately on iTunes. - Billboard

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