Michael Clarke Duncan Dead at 54

Michael Clarke Duncan Dead at 54
TV Line

Oscar-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan passed away on Monday, seven weeks after suffering a heart attack, his fiancée Omarosa Manigault said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 54.

Duncan was admitted to the hospital in mid-July after suffering a myocardial infarction, from which he never recovered; three weeks later, he was moved out of ICU but remained hospitalized.

Well, that’s a bummer. The Finder wasn’t my favorite TV show ever, but it was enjoyable and Michael’s Leo Knox was defintely a great character.

 

‘Bones’ Spoilers

‘Bones’ Spoilers
TV Line

Bones exec producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan — a.k.a. Team Hathan — took time away from plotting their next grisly death to chat with reporters about the show’s upcoming eighth season (premiering Monday, Sept. 17 at 8/7c).

Herewith are the 10 scoopiest highlights from the call.

Don’t click through if you don’t want spoilers for this new season of Bones. That said, they aren’t earth shattering or big, revealing spoilers, just small ones.

Also, here’s one. Again, this is a spoiler.

This season’s landmark 150th episode is a “weird episode,” said Hanson. “It’s going to be an…

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‘Fringe’ Observer Warning Teaser

‘Fringe’ Observer Warning Teaser
TV Line

Fringe‘s latest Observer-centric teaser comes with a haunting message for anyone planning to rise against the fedora’d future-dwellers: “Heed. Obey. Serve.” — else be subject to a full cerebral scan, or (gulp) worse.

Press PLAY below for a first look at the PSA of sorts from the Fox drama’s fifth and final season (bowing Sept. 28 at 9/8c), and then hit the comments with your snappy judgements!

 

J.J. Abrams To Produce Futuristic Cop Drama

J.J. Abrams To Produce Futuristic Cop Drama
Deadline

With Fringe heading into its final season, the series’ JJ Abrams and J.H. Wyman have set up a new futuristic drama at Fox.

In a competitive situation, the network has nabbed the untitled Warner Bros. TV/Bad Robot-produced project with a pilot production commitment. It is described as an action-packed buddy cop show, set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. Wyman is writing and will executive produce with Bad Robot’s Abrams and Bryan Burk. Kathy Lingg is co-exec producing.

Umm, okay… this will either be really good or really…

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Hollywood Stars Support Obama

Hollywood Stars Support Obama
Movie Line

More from my “politics in Hollywood” series, here’s three stars speaking at the DNC.

Oscar-winner George Clooney lent his voice to President Obama’s campaign for a video introduction Thursday night to close out the Democratic National Convention, but it was a trio of leading ladies — Kerry Washington, Scarlett Johansson, and Eva Longoria — who gave the DNC a rousing jolt of star power in Charlotte, NC.

Washington, who manages political crises on ABC’s Scandal, introduced herself as “not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of immigrants who came…

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New HBO Film Reveals Hitchcock’s Dark Side

New HBO Film Reveals Hitchcock’s Dark Side
Movieline

Many movie enthusiasts grew up on reruns of Alfred’s Alfred Hitchcock Presents television show. Call it ‘a twisted treat’ of mine that whenever I have need to take a few sick days off work I have a self-enforced Alfred Hitchcock Presents watching marathon. It’s one of the few programs that’s guaranteed to keep my mind off my dismal condition, and it helps that characters in his stories are going through worse problems.

Alfred Hitchcock was a remarkable filmmaker in his day, and for his craft he is one of my all-time favorite directors. Suspense is a tricky genre, and Alfred hit the mark…

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Apple’s Negotiations with Content Providers Stall

Apple’s Negotiations with Content Providers Stall
MacRumors

Negotiations between Apple and the media companies have reportedly stumbled over the software interface for any new television product from Apple, with cable companies wanting to have control over the software. The two sides are also at loggerheads over whether Apple would sell a new set-top box directly to consumers or if the device would be distributed by the cable companies.

Because the software coming out of the industry has been so stellar… OH WAIT! Seriously, that’s the stupidest thing I have ever heard. What would be the point of an Apple TV if these stupid companies were allowed…

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‘Monsters Inc.’ in 3D

‘Monsters Inc.’ in 3D
Movie Line

I’ll leave the jokes about how Monsters, Inc 3D has a new eye-popping look to Billy Crystal and, instead, ask if you remember where your head was at in November 2001 when this Pixar classic was released. If you lived in New York City and had a young child (as I did), you were probably extremely grateful  for Monsters, Inc. because, even if your kid was too young to grasp what had happened at Ground Zero, you were not.Sitting in the cool dark of a movie theater  with my four-year-old and watching this funny film was a brief, welcome respite from the daily barrage of news reports about…

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‘Dark Knight Rises’ Extended Cut?

‘Dark Knight Rises’ Extended Cut?
Slash Film

This much we know to be true. Christopher Nolan cut things out of The Dark Knight Rises to reach its final 165-minute running time. We also know Nolan is something of a perfectionist. So, with that knowledge, we present a rumor currently circling the Internet. One website reports that when The Dark Knight Rises hits Blu-ray later this year, it’ll feature a “director’s cut” which will include not only Bane’s origin (something costume designer Lindy Hemming confirmed was shot) but other deleted scenes edited back into the film, including some with Ra’s Al Ghul.

I really hope not. I would…

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‘Thor 2’ Set Photos

‘Thor 2’ Set Photos
ComicBookMovie.com

Filming for the eighth installment to the ever-expanding Marvel cinematic universe, Thor: The Dark World, will officially start tomorrow. Although, action won’t take place until next week at the “fictional village,” where a battle between two kingdoms will ensue, built for the production in Bourne Wood, England. And showcasing set preparations at the location being near-complete, photos via Wayne Howes and various others have surfaced.

The first four photos below were taken earlier this week, while the others that follow were taken just yesterday.

Click through for the set photos if…

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