Former real-life couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long worked together a bit on He's Just Not That Into You but now they'll get even cozier as the lead onscreen couple in the romantic comedy Going the Distance. The feature will be directed by Nanette Burstein, who last directed the documentary American Teen, and is described as an "observational comedy" about long distance relationships. Drew and Read more

The Big Bang Theory has been renewed for two seasons and Two and a Half Men for three. — TV.com Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will direct a film adaptation of Gayle Forman's upcoming novel, If I Stay, for Summit Entertainment. — Zap2It Elle Macpherson is returning to acting with a recurring role on CW's drama pilot Beautiful Life. — The Hollywood Reporter Universal has picked up a Read more

The mayor of a city in Turkey called Batman is suing Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from The Dark Knight, claiming the producers used the city's name without permission. — Variety ABC's probable Winter plans could include Scrubs on Wednesdays and Private Practice after Grey's Anatomy. — The Futon Critic The Twilight soundtrack is the best-selling album of the past week. Read more

When I saw the documentary American Teen at Sundance this year, I was totally wowed, and I knew I was watching something special. It's truly one of the most insightful documentaries on American life to come out in years. The film is in select theaters now, and I highly recommend you check it out. As you can imagine, it was a delight to sit down with the director of American Teen, Nanette Read more

Man, people love to push the whole "this generation's Breakfast Club" angle with the documentary American Teen (though the poster for it, ah, doesn't help). I suppose this makes sense, but only in that The Breakfast Club featured timeless high school themes and characters. Yet, The Breakfast Club was still fiction, and a documentary is always going to be more complex and more nuanced than the Read more

What is it about teenagers that fascinates us so? In the case of many TV shows — from The O.C. to My Super Sweet 16 — there's an obsession with wealthy teens, kids who seem to have way too much way too young. We love seeing the spectacle these kids provide, their outrageous demands, their bratty tantrums that make us tsk-tsk even as we turn up the volume. We love affirming (in certain cases) Read more