Despite her heartfelt rendition of Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day" this week, Shannon Magrane, the 16-year-old Florida native, has been cut from American Idol. This is a particularly harsh blow because this means Shannon will not be joining her fellow top contestants for the obligatory postshow Idols Tour. Following Tuesday night's semitraumatic episode in which Jermaine Jones was publicly booted Read more

The Top 11 performed on American Idol this week, and despite the contestants' best efforts, the judges were largely unimpressed. The theme "Songs From Your Birth Year," has always been all over the place, and between the judges' harsh criticism and Jermaine Jones's cringe-worthy exit sequence, it wasn't our favorite episode. This isn't to say there weren't some highlights: Phillip Phillips was Read more

Two Snow White adaptations are set to hit the big screen next year, but judging from the trailers for each, the films couldn't be any more different. Kristen Stewart's Snow White and the Huntsman takes a darker approach to the classic fairy tale, focusing on Snow White's fierce battle to escape the evil queen (Charlize Theron), who wants to hunt her down and kill her. Mirror, Mirror uses a more Read more

The Halloween spirit was in full force this week with the NBC Thursday night lineup. In past seasons, Halloween isn't always celebrated on each of these shows, but last night we lucked out with Halloween-inspired episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, and The Office. On Community, Britta realizes that someone in the group has psychopathic tendencies, and she's determined to find out who Read more

MTV airs the VMAs on Sunday, and as usual, there's another reason to tune in besides the awards themselves. MTV is debuting a sneak peek of The Hunger Games, which will be the first footage of the film shown. Katniss Everdeen herself, Jennifer Lawrence, will be presenting the clip, and you can even see the quickest snap of her in motion in the promo below. Just that little clip has me giddy, but Read more

Ben F. lost Ashley's heart in the latest season of The Bachelorette, but he's winning at the reality show game: Ben Flajnik is rumored to be the next Bachelor. The 28-year-old Californian certainly proved he was dreamy when he tried to woo Ashley, but I'm curious about how the shy but sweet winemaker will do when faced with a roomful of eligible ladies. The trend for The Bachelor and Read more

Melanie, Sasha, Marko, and Tadd will be on next week's finale of So You Think You Can Dance, while Ricky and Caitlynn were eliminated. I felt like this was expected, because Marko and Tadd have been strong dancers throughout the competition, but struggled to connect emotionally with the audience. It was sad to see Caitlynn go, because she has grown tremendously. Nigel commented, "Caitlynn dances Read more

Summer is starting to wind down, which means we've already seen most of the season's biggest movies — but that doesn't mean August will be dry of new offerings. There's comedy to be found in films like 30 Minutes or Less and The Change-Up, and though we're a few months away from Halloween, there's also a fresh crop of horror coming our way. So which August release are you most excited about? Read more

It's getting closer and closer to the finale of So You Think You Can Dance, and the top eight dancers were incredibly strong during last night's performance. However, America voted, and the bottom four dancers were Caitlynn, Jordan, Tadd, and Jess. I felt like Jess had the strongest solo with his incredible leaps and turns, so I was completely shocked when the judges decided that it was time for Read more

We were treated to sneak peek photos at the two upcoming Snow White films and its stars last week, thanks in part to Comic-Con. Relativity's Untitled Snow White Project takes a more traditional approach to the classic fairytale, presenting Lily Collins in a familiar-looking feminine princess dress, while Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman has Kristen Stewart dressed in armor and ready for Read more