To speak of the latest milestone by “The Simpsons” seems to restate the obvious.
On Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on Fox, “The Simpsons” is airing its 450th episode. “Once Upon a Time in Springfield” will be followed by an hourlong documentary from Morgan Spurlock (”30 Days,” “Super Size Me”), fancifully titled “The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice.
Daniel Day-Lewis has not appeared on a live theaters stage in decades, but he takes on a uniquely theatrical role for new movie musical, “Nine,” which begins its broad U.S. release Christmas day.
But for “Nine,” he shook off all that drama and tuned up his voice to play Italian film director Guido Contini, who is struggling to find his creativity.
Billy Ray Cyrus has been preparing his whole life for the role of Daniel Burton in the Hallmark Channel movie “Christmas in Canaan.”
Cyrus even cut his hair to look like his dad.
“I started digging through like old boxes of stuff and finding old Polaroids of my dad from 1964,” the 48-year-old country singer said.
Mary J. Blige, who is known as the “queen of hip-hop soul,” says she’s kept her lofty title because she stays in tune with what younger audiences want to hear.
“You just have to be open enough to learn from another generation. … That’s being a smart person and that’s why I’m always able to be just right there - not doing what they do, but what I do.
Director Bryan Singer some shockwaves through the geek community last week when he revealed he was returning to Foxs “X-Men” franchise, five years after he angered the studio by opting to make “Superman Returns” at Warner Bros.
He got on the phone to share his thoughts on “First Class,” his other projects, and worldwide box office champ “Avatar.
Robin Thicke’s new CD is called “Sex Therapy,” but the sensual singer says guys have to think beyond the bedroom if they want to keep a woman happy.
“Some women can buy their own shoes, some women don’t want to go to lunch, some women like to cook, but they all need sex therapy,” he said with a laugh in a recent interview.
The tune selection might be different, but otherwise its the same old song with “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” which Fox opens on Wednesday.
That obviously shouldnt deter families looking for a little harmless holiday distraction, but it would have been nice if more of an effort had been made for their hard-earned money.
Actress Annie Potts, now starring in God of Carnage, trained in the stage arts, but she never got much chance to use it. A little thing called episodic television got in the way.
Playbill.com: This is your Broadway debut, right?Annie Potts: It is.
Following film successes in “Ghostbusters” and “Pretty in Pink,” she took a job as one of the original stars of the long-running “Designing Women.
When six A-list directors — Kathryn Bigelow (”The Hurt Locker”); James Cameron (”Avatar”); Lee Daniels (”Precious”); Peter Jackson (”The Lovely Bones”); Jason Reitman (”Up in the Air”); and Quentin Tarantino (”Inglourious Basterds”) — gathered recently for a candid discussion of filmmaking, hilarity ensued immediately as they swapped war stories.
At 29, Nick Cannon has been a standup comedian, movie star, TV show host, comedy show star, producer and rapper - he may have Diddy beat for the title of mogul with the most hats.
In an interview this week, Cannon talked about the TeenNick Halo Awards, what it’s like to be a network chairman, and trading ideas with his wife, Mariah Carey.