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Watch 10 minutes of Cougar Town's season premiere — Zap2It 10 shows you might like if you watch Criminal Minds — BuddyTV See who will be learning how to pick up chicks with James Franco in The Game — NextMovie Watch the latest trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation — Rotten Tomatoes Rapper M.I.A.'s most controversial moments — The Daily Beast Check out photos from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Read more
James Franco is in final negotiations to play a pick-up artist in The Game — The Hollywood Reporter 15 breakout stars to watch in 2012 — NextMovie How long will Alec Baldwin stay on 30 Rock? —Zap2it See which movies were nominated for Writers Guild Awards — Rotten Tomatoes Kelly Clarkson and more artists join The Voice — HuffPost TV The best quotes from this week's episode of The Read more
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I'm embarrassed to admit that I read The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, written by a grown man who calls himself Styles. But I am proud to say that I did walk away with new vocabulary, including: "peacocking" (dressing for attention) and "neg" (a light insult wrapped in the package of a compliment). Something else I discovered? I would never pay thousands of dollars to Read more
There's an interesting story brewing over at the CW, where the executive producer of the comedy The Game is re-pitching her show as an hour-long drama (or, technically, dramedy). The CW's basically getting out of the comedy business at the end of this TV season, but The Game's producers think reimagining it as a drama could be a way to keep it alive. The Hollywood Reporter points out that TV Read more
Scarlett Johansson is auctioning two tickets to the red carpet premiere of He's Just Not That Into You on eBay to benefit Oxfam. — eBay Despite taking in only $15.3 million, Semi-Pro scored the top spot at the weekend box office, followed by Vantage Point and The Spiderwick Chronicles. — BuzzSugar Rapper The Game has begun serving his 60-day jail sentence for weapons possession, although Read more
Hip-hop music videos — with their standard-issue video vixens and cool cars — are ripe for a send-up, and that's precisely why I'm loving this tongue-in-cheek new music video for The Game's "Wouldn't Get Far." The song, which features Kanye West and appears on the 2006 album Doctor's Advocate, already rules. But it's only helped by this homage to VH1's Pop-Up Video, where the Game and West Read more
Watch out, girls of Southern California. If these craigslist ads are any indication, you are about to get Gamed. Gamed as in The Game, Neil Strauss' tale of transforming from dateless chump to serious stud after going undercover with a secret society of "pick-up artists." The most revered pick-up artist (or "PUA" as they're known), named "Mystery," pitched a pilot to VH1 a while back, and now, Read more
We don't just have the epic battle of Katniss Everdeen fighting for her life in The Hunger Games movie to look forward to — it sounds like we're also going to be treated to a pretty epic soundtrack. The full tracklist has just been released, and though there's a big presence of country/pop star Taylor Swift, there's plenty of indie cred too, in the form of artists like Arcade Fire, The Read more
To celebrate the most anticipated movie release of the season, we're so excited to introduce DistrictSugar, your destination for all things Hunger Games. We've lined up interviews with the cast, exclusive looks at the amazing fashion and beauty from the film, and tons of behind-the-scenes details of the making of The Hunger Games. Check out a preview of the specials to come starting Feb. 20, and Read more
