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 selections below you can take home The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tale of Despereaux, and Beverly Hills, 90210: Season 7. Yes Man I'm a little baffled as to why the DVD cover for Yes Read more

There is supposedly conflict over who would accept Heath Ledger's Golden Globe award on his behalf if he wins. His father wants to do the honors, but the studio would like Michelle to accept it and represent Matilda. — Rush & Molloy The Day the Earth Stood Still debuted at the top spot at the box office this weekend, earning $31 million as Four Christmases took second place. — Read more

The Day the Earth Stood Still may not have been a critical hit but it is now officially a box office success, earning $31 million over the weekend and topping Four Christmases, which slid into second place. Twilight, Bolt, and Australia followed in third, fourth, and fifth places respectively. Meanwhile, Variety is reporting that smaller, independent films "delivered one of the best weekends Read more

The last time I chatted with my boyfriend about movies here we discussed Brendan Fraser, mummies, and Yetis and it was a lot of fun. So, I recruited him again for The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic of the same name. I had a feeling that despite a pretty neat-looking cast (Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves, Kathy Bates, Will Smith's kid Jaden, Mad Men's Jon Hamm, and Read more

The Smith family all came out to support Jaden at the big premiere of his movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. He was joined by the movie's big name stars Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves who looked like they were having a blast at the premiere...ha. Sexy Jon Hamm had his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt on his arm, though methinks Mad Men fans might be disappointed to see he's not Read more

Greetings from sunny San Diego! And I'm not kidding about the sunny: Though I'll be spending most of the weekend indoors, I at least got to bask in the rays (or, OK, sweat next to other sweaty people) while waiting in line for this morning's 20th Century Fox panels. Frankly, it's been a pretty insane trip so far. The morning's big events (panels for Max Payne and The Day the Earth Stood Still Read more

The modern remake of the 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still attempts to update the older version, shifting its themes from Cold War political tension and the threat of human violence to the imminence of environmental retaliation from an abused Earth. Keanu Reeves, who plays the protagonist in this new version, explains: The first one was borne out of the cold war and nuclear détente. Read more

The American Idol premiere was its lowest rated in four years, TV Week reports — but it still got more than 33 million viewers. Variety has more details on Apple's new iTunes movie rental service. Studios have canceled dozens of deals with producers as a result of the strike, writes The Hollywood Reporter. While the Grammys and Oscars are in question, the NAACP Image Awards will go on as Read more

It may be "news" instead of news, but nonetheless, a source tells The New York Observer that Lindsay Lohan is in talks to guest-star on Ugly Betty. It's official: PopSugar says The Eagles bested Britney Spears on the Billboard charts, thanks to a last-minute rule change that let the Eagles album be on the chart despite being sold only at Wal-Mart. ComingSoon has news that Josh Lucas will star in Read more