American Idol, the No. 1 TV show, returns this January 2009 for its 8th season premiere. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the hit series empowers viewers to discover America's next solo singing superstar by voting for their favorites to win the coveted American Idol title.
Every year, thousands of hopefuls from across the nation audition for a shot at stardom and a chance to be the next American Idol. The show's judges - Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson - winnow down the competitors to a select group of semifinalists who sing their hearts out each week for the studio audience and the television viewers. The judges have their say after every performance, but it's the viewing public that determines who will advance to the next round of the competition and who will go home. Voting via telephone and text messaging begins immediately after each performance show, and the results are announced during the following night's broadcast. source: americanidol.com Past Winners are: Season 1: Kelly Clarkson Season 2: Ruben studdard Season 3: Fantasia Barino Season 4: Carrie Underwood Season 5: Taylor Hicks Season 6: Jordin Sparks and the latest was Season 7: David Cook Season 8:???
And by the way, the thousand hopefuls who want to be an American Idol Season 8th grand winner will also be judge/criticize byKara DioGuardi. Kara is an award-winning songwriter and producer. Over the last four years, she has been awarded 10 BMI Pop Awards for having written the most performed songs on radio. From her catalog of several hundred songs, over 264 have been released on major labels worldwide; and over 165 have appeared on multi-platinum selling albums. DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, where she develops and mentors fellow hit writers, producers and artists. Courtesy to PAOPER, reminding me about Kara. Here's a Teaser Trailer of American Idol Season 8th Promoclip:
Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman) lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabretooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program. Here's a sneak peak for the upcoming film on May 1, 2009, the X - MEN Origins: WOLVERINE and tell me how'd you find it.
To the Twilight fanatics out there, according to ET, there will be a major change to the production of the upcoming Twilight sequel, "New Moon".
The Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and Summit Entertainment announced to ET that the next installment of the very popular Twilight franchise will not be under the direction of Hardwicke anymore.
Saying, "I am sorry that due to timing I will not have the opportunity to direct 'New Moon,'" Hardwicke said. "Directing 'Twilight' has been one of the great experiences of my life, and I am grateful to the fans for their passionate support of the film. I wish everyone at Summit the best with the sequel -- it is a great story.""Catherine did an incredible job in helping us to launch the 'Twilight' franchise and we thank her for all of her efforts and we very much hope to work with her on future Summit projects," said Erik Feig, Summit's President of Production.
"We as a studio have a mandate to bring the next installment in the franchise to the big screen in a timely fashion so that fans can get more of Edward, Bella and all of the characters that Stephanie Meyer has created. We are able to pursue an aggressive time frame as we have the luxury of only adapting the novels into screenplays as opposed to having to create a storyline from scratch."
The Tentative date for the release of Twilight's NEW MOON is set at the end of 2009 or early 2010.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an upcoming 2009 film to be fully produced in 3-D computer animated film and latest installment of the Ice Age film series. It was announced and approved by Fox president Hutch Parker on January 30, 2007 and is slated for a July 1, 2009 release. The film is being produced by Academy Award-winning Blue Sky Studios and will be distributed by 20th Century Fox. The plot will pick up where the previous Ice Age film left off in Ice Age: The Meldown.
They are back on an incredible adventure for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut. Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth - Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he’s growing too soft hanging with his pals and Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna, run amuck - and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.
A romantic comedy based on the bestselling book of the same title written by former Sex and the City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo. It is about modern day relationships and how men and women often misconstrue the intentions of the opposite sex.
He’s Just Not That Into You is directed by Ken Kwapis with an all-star cast including: Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Justin Long, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Connelly and Ginnifer Goodwin. He’s Just Not That Into You opens February 6, 2009 according to Just Jared. And I'm 100% pretty sure that I'll be seeing it on February - can't wait for the time of Romance and Love.
Family Guyis an animated tv series caters the adventures of the Griffin family. Peter and Lois have three kids - the youngest is a brilliant, sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and world domination. Chris, like his father, is obese, has a low IQ and no common sense. Meg desperately tries to be part of the popular crowd, and is coldly rebuffed. Their talking dog Brian keeps baby Stewie in check while sipping martinis and sorting out his own life issues.
After being canceled in 2002, having an outstanding performance in DVD sales and syndication ratings that beat late-night talk shows, its cult status reached great heights. As a result, the series was added back to the FOX Summer 2005 line-up. Family Guy returned to the small screen with new episodes on Sunday, May 1st, 2005. A DVD Movie was released in September of 2005.(source:TV.com)
Here's baby Stewie my favorite character beating up Brian asking about where his money.
Take a look at the New Underworld: Rise of the Lycans film. It is the third installment in the Underworld series. It is prequel set prior to Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, covering the origins of some characters.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.
Take a look at the video to get the first glimpse of the highly anticipated thriller 'Angels and Demons' starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon a Harvard scholar trying to solve a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization ever to walk and unravel a plot to blow up the Vatican.
Based on the novel'Angels & Demons,' produced by Oscar winner Brian Grazer and directed by fellow Academy Award recipient Ron Howard, hits theaters May 15, 2009.
An adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 comic book limited series Watchmen. The film stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Stephen McHattie and Carla Gugino. Set in 1985, the film follows a group of former vigilantes as war begins to break out between the United States and the Soviet Union. The film began shooting in Vancouver in September 2007 for release on March 6, 2009. Like his previous film 300, Director Zack Snyder closely modeled his storyboards on the comic, but unlike 300, he chose not to shoot all of Watchmen using chroma key. Trailer:
The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach is investigating the murder of a former hero, the Comedian, and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes. Rorschach discovers a far wider-ranging conspiracy involving his colleagues' past which could completely change the course of history.
Meet the winner of the Big Brother 10 - Dan Gheesling, a 25-year-school Catholic school teacher from Michigan, outlasted the competition to win "Big Brother 10"and won a total of $ 500,000.00 grand prize.
"You have to out-think 12 other people, and coming into this house I didn't think I could do it," Gheesling admits to ET. "There's so many huge personalities, manipulators. For me to come out on top, I surprised myself."
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo.Chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the foodiesand wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated each week. Produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway.
On it's 4th season of American reality television series Top Chef was filmed in Chicago in the second half of 2007 and first aired on March 12, 2008 on BravoEach episode includes two challenges.
The Quickfire Challenge is a short, simple challenge with a varying reward each week; in the initial episodes of the season, it usually guarantees the winner immunity from being sent home that week. The Elimination Challenge is a more complex challenge that determines who goes home. One or more guest judges join the show each week to evaluate both the Quickfire and Elimination challenges. Each week's elimination is announced in a segment called "Judges' Table."
The fourth season of Prison Break premiered on September 1, 2008 will see the return of Sara Tancredi. The plot continues three weeks from the third season finale, where Michael drives off into the horizon to avenge the apparent death of Sara.
It also got a new character and it was already announced. One character will work with Michael and Lincoln while the other will work against them. Soon after, it was announced the Michael Rappaport will be joining the show as a series regular. Recently, the show announced the addition of a third character. E! Online dished out the details, saying, "The new season of Prison Break is back Aug. 25, and they're introducing a new nerdy hacker character named Roland Glenn to join the boys for at least six episodes to help them fight the Company. He's a talker, this one, and his big fat mouth is going to get him into trouble."
A young man named Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan with Fox (Angelina Jolie) to follow in his dad's footsteps.
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9. The Incredible Hulk - $134.4 million
Depicting the events after the Gamma Bomb. 'The Incredible Hulk' tells the story of Dr Bruce Banner, who seeks a cure to his unique condition, which causes him to turn into a giant green monster under emotional stress. Whilst on the run from military which seeks his capture, Banner comes close to a cure. But all is lost when a new creature emerges; The Abomination.by Graham Kroon.
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8. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian- $141.5 million
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). The four Pevensie children return to Narnia to aid Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) in his struggle for the throne against his corrupt uncle, King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto). The film was released on May 16, 2008 in the United States, in Australia on June 5, 2008, and on June 26, 2008 in the United Kingdom.
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7. The Sex and City - $152.3 million
The 2008 romantic comedy feature-film adaptation of the HBO comedy series of the same name - Sex and the City (based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell) about four female friends living in New York City. The series often portrayed frank discussions about romance and sexuality. Starred by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and many more.
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6. Kung Fu Panda - $212.6 million
Po (Jack Black) is a panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong), who hopes that Po will one day take over the restaurant. Po is a kung fu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the discipline. However, his weight and clumsiness make his goal difficult to attain.
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 animated film about a bungling panda who aspires to be a kung fu warrior. Kung Fu Panda is directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb. Although the concept of a kung fu panda has been around since at least 1993, the idea for the film was conceived by Michael Lachance, a DreamWorks Animation executive. Work on the film did not begin until 2004 with the film premiering at the 61st Cannes Film Festival in May 2008 and seeing general distribution in the summer.
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5. Wall - E - $216.2 million
2008 computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a polluted Earth. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure.
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4. Hancock -$226.3 million It tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock (Smith), from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey (Bateman), makes it his mission to change Hancock's public image for the better.
Hancock is a 2008 superhero film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. The story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years and had various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino before going into production in 2007. Hancock was filmed in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million.
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3. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull - $315.3 million
A 2008 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and executive produced and co-written by George Lucas. The film pits Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against agents of the Soviet Union, led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), in the search for a crystal skull. Indy is aided by his former lover Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), the greaser Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), and fellow adventurer George "Mac" McHale (Ray Winstone). John Hurt and Jim Broadbent also play fellow academics.
The film was in development since the 1989 release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, because Spielberg and Ford disagreed over Lucas' original concept. Screenwriters Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, Frank Darabont and Jeff Nathanson wrote drafts, before David Koepp's script satisfied all three men. Shooting began on June 18, 2007, and took place in New Mexico; New Haven, Connecticut; Hawaii; Fresno, California; and soundstages in Los Angeles. To keep aesthetic continuity with the previous films, the crew relied on traditional stunt work instead of computer-generated stunt doubles, and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński studied Douglas Slocombe's style from the previous films.
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2. Iron Man - $317.5 million
Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and an engineering genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack.Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.Back in the U.S. he announces his company will cease making weapons and he begins work on an updated armored suit only to find that Obadiah Stane, his second in command at Stark industries has been selling Stark weapons to the insurgents. He uses his new suit to return to Afghanistan to destroy the arms and then to stop Stane from misusing his research.
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1. The Dark Knight - $489.4 million
Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good.The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker (Heath Ledger),who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
Bad news to all the Harry Potter fans because the next sequel of it - Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince was moved on 2009. It was supposed to hit the theater this year, on November. What can you say about it guys?? Please feel free to leave a comments.
An Emmy award-winning American animated television series that aired for three seasons on the Nickelodeon television network and on Nicktoons Network – The Avatar: The Last Airbender also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang. The show is set in an Asian-influenced world of martial arts and elemental manipulation; the series follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, who try to save the world from war with the Fire Nation.
The show's protagonist Aang is trapped in an iceberg when he is found by two members of the Southern Water Tribe, Katara and Sokka. After being freed from the iceberg, Katara and Sokka join Aang on a long journey across the globe; their ultimate goal is to help Aang acquire the skills to defeat the Fire Lord and end the war. In the series' terminology, each episode is referred to as a "chapter", and each season as a "book."
Here's another much awaited film - Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince - the 6th installment based from the book of J.K. Rowling Harry Potter series. The film is scheduled for a UK and US release on November 21,2008 on South Africa, December 5, 2008 and an Australian release on December 11, 2008.
The official plot summary of the film was released by Warner Bros. last December 14, 2007.
"Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again." Here's a Movie Trailer:
As I was browsing movie trailers on youtube, I saw director Sam Raimi talking about the 4th installment of Spider Man. Here take a look at it.
Again, I'm really looking forward for this 4th one and who would be the villains of Spider Man?? For me, I would like to have Carnage or the Lizard Man as the Villains...
Based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an American live-action television series, created for the American market.The show and its related merchandise both saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months. The series ran from 1993 to 1996 and layed a feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
The 2nd and 3rd seasons drew on footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger respectively, though the Zyuranger costumes were still used extensively; the main five Dairanger suits were never used at all, only the Kiba Ranger (White Power Ranger) suit was used, while the five Kakuranger suits were used in the mini series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.
In 1996, the Mighty Morphin label was retired as the series would follow in the footsteps of its Sentai source material, changing its name, cast and plot every year; thus the Power Rangers franchise was born. Power Rangers still runs in this format to this day, though actually the majority of post-MMPR series are not spin-offs in the conventional sense. The series was produced by MMPR Productions and distributed by Saban Entertainment, and aired on Fox Kids.
Pierce Brosnan is being known for the action and adventure films that he did such as the role of being the agent 007 James Bond but now for the first time, I'll be seeing Pierce Brosnan dancing and singing in a movie. Unlike John Travolta, he's been dancing for years but Pierce Brosnan, I don't think so. Well, actually this is just only my perception. Mamma Mia together with Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Steven Skarsgard, Amanda Seyfried and many more. plot here
A young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father (John Hurt), involving an ancient war between humans and the mythical creatures. The tale culminates with the creation of a crown that would give its wearer control over an unstoppable clockwork army, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 film is a sequel to 2004's Hellboy. The Golden Army is written by Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola. Universal Pictures finances and distributes the film, which has a target release date for July 11, 2008. The Film is Rated PG-13 for sequences of Sci-fi action and violence and some language. The film was directed by Guillermo del Toro. I'm really looking forward to this film because this is one of my anticipated/upcoming film aside from The Dark Knight and Hancock.
Created and entirely written by British screenwriter Michael Hirst, The Tudors is a historical fiction television series loosely based upon the early reign of English monarch Henry VIII and it focuses on his life and romances . The first season takes a look at the often overlooked, early political relationships as well as Henry's trysts with such notable women as Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The second season looks at King Henry's struggle with the Pope over his divorce, and his marriage to Anne Boleyn as well as the creation of the Church of England.With the second season premiere of the ultra-steamy show"The Tudors" have been discussed to be the TV's Sexiest Series.
For me personally, this is one of the best highlights of the American Idol Season 7. I really guessed that the small David can win the title but I was shocked when I heard that it was David Cook who won the competition.
Both of them really are an awesome singers, I mean they can sing almost any type of songs specially when David Cook sung The Music of the Night and David Archuleta made a new rendition of Think of me.
At the end of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah, John, and the Terminator successfully destroy the T-1000 and the arm and computer chip from the first Terminator. The Terminator, at its own request, is then destroyed in order to eliminate any future technology that could be used to create Skynet. Sarah and John, now wanted fugitives, must also face the reality that other enemies from the future could be after them. However, they were only able to delay "Judgment Day" from 1997 to 2011.
After the sacrifices of Dr. Miles Dyson and T-800 Model 101 Terminator, the Connors find themselves once again being stalked by Skynet's agents from the future. Realizing their nightmare isn't over, they decide to stop running and focus on preventing the birth of Skynet. With the aid of Cameron Phillips, a beautiful girl who has a mysterious past also linked to the future, Derek Reese, a Tech-Com soldier from the future whose past is linked with the Connors, and FBI Agent James Ellison, who were assigned to capture the Connors but joins them after his own encounter with one of the machines, they begin a quest stop the United States military and Cyberdyne Corporation from creating the program that will bring humanity to an end.
I'm really expecting that this second installment will not be a disappointment/boring as what the first Hulk film last 2003 offered being starred by Eric Bana and it also recieved negative reviews from movie critics. But based from the movie trailer, it really looks good. This second installment is starred by Edward Norton as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Liv Tyler (from LOTR film) as Betty Ross and directed by Louis Leterrier.
Unlike other shows set in the world of medicine, this series is just as concerned with its characters' personal lives as with their medical careers, and thrives by stressing the way in which they intertwine. After all, for surgical interns who have chosen to dedicate their lives to medicine, the hospital largely becomes their home. Extremely well-written, the series mixes serious issues like mortality with funny storylines and wit. Each character is well developed and individualized, coming off as real rather than a stereotype.
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The relationships between the characters are what make the show unique, with interesting bonds developing like the one between vulnerably hardheaded Christine (Sandra Oh in an Emmy Award-winning role) and the show's main protagonist Meredith (Ellen Pompeo). Self-pitying, stubborn, selfless, and determined all at the same time, each character plays a crucial role in the show's pleasing ensemble feel. Rather than standing on its own, each medical challenge sheds some light on the doctors' personal experiences, bringing the hospital environment to a refreshingly relevant level. While the series may not be the most realistic medical drama on television, it is certainly the most compelling and entertaining, containing such juicy plotlines as love triangles, affairs between coworkers, and secret crushes and romances. A thoughtful soundtrack full of indie artists like Rilo Kiley helps give the show its youthful tone, while narration by Ellen Pompeo's character highlights each episode's themes, helping to bridge the gap between the show's lighthearted issues and more somber ones. This release contains every episode from the show's highly addictive first season.
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