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Though Dan Brown's book Angels and Demons is a prequel to his bestseller The Da Vinci Code, the film adaptation was developed as a sequel. In the movie, which opens this Friday, Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who "discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati" whose most despised enemy is the Catholic Church. Read more
In the Motherhood and Samantha Who? will end a week earlier than planned, meaning Ugly Betty will be back on April 30. — TV Week Columbus Short has joined the cast of The Losers, a thriller based on a DC Comics series which follows a Special Forces black-ops group. — Zap2It Record Store Day traffic and sales were up from last year. — Billboard Ellen DeGeneres, Desperate Housewives, and Read more
We got a taste of Ron Howard's followup to his 2006 film The DaVinci Code a few months ago, and a longer peek aired during the Super Bowl. Now, a full-length trailer for Angels and Demons, in all its dramatic mysteriousness, has hit the web. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time working to "solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican." Read more
Tom Hanks is a persona non grata in all of the churches of the Vatican and Rome. The Vatican has banned the filming of Angels and Demons, Dan Brown's sequel to The Da Vinci Code because it is "an offense against God." The head of the Vatican's Prefecture For Economic Affairs said: [The stories] turned the Gospels upside down to poison the faith. It would be unacceptable to transform churches into Read more
E! Online reports that Ron Howard is directing an adaptation of Angels & Demons, which will be written for the screen as a sequel to The DaVinci Code. ABC has asked for more Dirty Sexy Money scripts, writes the Hollywood Reporter. ComingSoon reports that John Travolta will join Denzel Washington in the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. The Los Angeles Times talks to Brooke Smith about Read more
For the second year in a row, the Recording Academy has given a hip-hop artist the most Grammy nominations. Last year, it was rapper Eminem with eight, and this year, Kanye West leads the nominees with seven chances at the golden gramophone, including a song of the year nod for "All of the Lights." West is also nominated twice in the rap album of the year category for his collaboration with Jay-Z Read more
With Fall TV fast approaching, the networks have been releasing sneak peeks of the season premieres of a lot of shows. This week, glimpses at the CW's Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries got you guys buzzing about what you might expect from the new seasons, and venting about how much you've missed certain characters. The end of Fall also means the end of Summer shows like True Blood, which is Read more
The best of the best of the nation's food world glitterati are in New York this weekend for the industry's Oscars, the James Beard Awards. Although the main ceremony doesn't take place until later this evening, the events kicked off on Friday with the announcement of the book, broadcast, and journalism awards. A huge congratulations is in order for our friends at the San Francisco Chronicle; Read more
Emma Watson joined her Harry Potter costars yesterday for an afternoon press conference in NYC. She's in the US after attending the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and Emma had lots more to share about her experiences with the franchise over the last decade. Emma revealed what she has in store this Summer and next Fall as far as college is concerned, and she also Read more
