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Today, Disney-ABC Domestic TV pulled the plug on At the Movies, the long-running show featuring a critical take on the week's films. Over its nearly 30 years, the program has seen several changings of the guard — Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made it popular in the '80s, Richard Roeper stepped in after Siskel's death, and most recently A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips have taken over the reins. Read more
Despite rumors to the contrary, Access Hollywood is reporting that Tom Cruise will not reprise his role as Maverick in a sequel to Top Gun. Variety has the news that Hancock director Peter Berg is developing a Hercules film based on a five-issue comic book series by Steve Moore. According to Reuters, Disney has named replacements for Ebert and Roeper: Ben Lyons from E! and Ben Mankiewicz from Read more
Variety reports that Fergie will, in fact, join the star-studded cast of Rob Marshall's movie musical Nine, which so far includes the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Judi Dench, among others. The fine for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" has been overturned, the New York Times reports. The AP has the news that Ebert and Roeper are both done with their movie review TV Read more
