A case for keeping Eli Stone alive. — TV Squad For the Star Wars fanatic in your life: a Darth Vader toaster. Yeah, I said it. — Cinematical Whoa, Jenny Lewis did a song for the Bolt soundtrack! — Stereogum Josh Schwartz vs. a bunch of questions about Chuck. — Give Me My Remote A gentle reminder that it's really, really not worth it to rent or buy Fred Claus. — Popwatch Why is there Read more

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 picks below, you can now pick up Fred Claus starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. Hancock Will Smith's Summer blockbuster has a clever premise at the heart of it: If we genuinely look Read more

The Golden Compass opened this past weekend to the tune of $26 million, easily taking the top spot at the box office, but still disappointing New Line studio heads who'd expected more like $30-40 million. This is especially frustrating given the $180 million it took to make the film. Enchanted followed behind The Golden Compass in its third week in theaters, bringing in $10.7 million while This Read more

Vince Vaughn took his Fred Claus for a sleigh ride overseas to London last night. Guy Ritchie, Rocco and Lourdes came out to catch the new film, but Madonna sat this one out. Vince doesn't have any kids of his own, but he's been getting lots of experience with them thanks to his nieces and nephew. Beyond giving him an appreciation for Supernanny, they help get him into the Christmas spirit. He Read more

Beowulf killed more than just a couple monsters over its opening weekend, easily coming in at No. 1 at the box office with just over $28 million. The movie enjoyed the widest release for a 3-D digital film ever, and was the first 3-D movie that wasn't for children. The success of the film spells good things for the future of digital 3-D filmmaking. In second place taking home half as much was Read more

In round two of American Gangster vs. Bee Movie at the box office, the bees buzzed their way to the top. Bee Movie brought in an estimated $26 million in its second weekend, flip-flopping last week's results by edging out American Gangster's $24.3 million. None of the weekend's new releases came close to challenging those two. Fred Claus brought in about $19.2 million to finish in third place, Read more

The recipe for the perfect holiday movie requires a pinch of star power, a dash of humor, and a heaping handful of good old-fashioned family feuds. There are a slew of films that have mastered this combination, namely National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and, more recently, Elf. Not only have these films perfected the holiday formula, they have since become modern-day Read more

One of our favorite funny guys, Vince Vaughn, was on "Live with Regis and Kelly" on Thursday and Friday promoting his new movie, Fred Claus. Though Vince doesn't have any children, he talked about tips he has taken from "Supernanny" to deal with his nieces and nephew. Vince is no sideline uncle! Most of his movies aren't kid friendly so we're excited to finally see one that he can take his Read more

Vince Vaughn looked typically semi-disheveled bringing his new movie Fred Claus to his hometown of Chicago over the weekend. Though the movie must take place in the North Pole (heh, naturally), much of it was filmed in Vince's home city and at last night's screening he talked about bringing a new cast there to film. Here's more: "The city's great. The people are great. Everyone I bring here Read more

Christmas came early in LA this weekend for the premiere of Fred Claus. Vince Vaughn, Elizabeth Banks and a blonde Robert Downey Jr. put on their Christmas colors to walk the snow covered red carpet. Ludacris brought his daughter to the family friendly film while Hollywood hotties Bradley Cooper and Scott Speedman came solo. We're excited to see Vince on the big screen just in time for the Read more