"American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks' first album is due in November, the Associated Press reports; her first single, "Tattoo," will be released Aug. 27. Variety has news of Djimon Houndsou and Dakota Fanning signing on to star together in a thriller titled Push. ABC has set dates for two relatively high-profile TV movies, the latest Oprah movie and an adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, Zap2it Read more

Here's the story of this TV season in a nutshell: Networks put on new shows. Networks cancel new shows. Networks promise to bring back the canceled shows so dedicated fans can get some bit of closure. Well, now we can add a new step to the process: Networks cancel the canceled shows again, further frustrating fans who had waited months for the supposed resolution and now are unlikely to get it at Read more

One of the shows I most looked forward to last fall was "The Nine," ABC's serial drama about what happened to nine people who were held hostage during a bank robbery. The show premiered to positive reviews, and I was absolutely sucked in by the tension-filled pilot. But viewers didn't stick around to watch the mystery unravel — even I found myself letting unwatched episodes pile up on my TiVo Read more

ABC's canceled serial thriller "The Nine" will air six more episodes starting in August, says the Futon Critic. The makers of Indiana Jones 4 are insisting on not using any CG effects in order to maintain the style of the older Indiana Jones movies, reports the New Haven Register. The Los Angeles Times says fans of "The Black Donnellys" are sending crackers to HBO, hoping the channel will pick Read more

Now that Babel is up for a Golden Globe, everyone suddenly wants to see it — Variety Giant media networks could be close to creating a YouTube rival — New York Times "Desperate Housewives" is mulling a special male-centric episode narrated by Bree's dead husband — TV Guide Happyness helps Sony Pictures break the annual domestic box-office record — Zap2It Avril Lavigne will release a new Read more

What Happened In There? Tonight we will finally begin to find out as The Nine premieres at 10/9c on ABC. The show is based on the lives of nine complete strangers who are survivors of a bank robbery gone bad. Held hostage for 52 hours, only they know what went on inside the bank, but we will find out a little more each week. All we know is that each person's life has dramatically changed by the Read more