The ever-changing cast of “Saturday Night Live” is getting two new faces, but losing a couple of current members.
‘SNL’ replaces two cast members
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Life imitates art as gunmen attack crew of Afghan war movie
When David Whitney traveled to Pakistan to shoot his film about a man forced to flee Afghanistan after falling foul of the Taliban he didn’t expect fiction to turn into reality. But that’s exactly what happened three weeks into shooting political thriller “Kandahar Break” in late 2008
File sharers hold vigil for Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay — the BitTorrent tracker revered by file sharers across the globe and reviled by some of the world’s biggest entertainment companies — is under siege like never before.
AIDS patients struggle in isolated Cambodian town
Van Thy says the government evicted her from her home in the Cambodian capital and trucked her and others out to a town an hour away where she now lives in a hot green metal shed with no running water and dim prospects. Before the move, she had a job as a dishwasher, but now the 36-year-old woman is unemployed, penniless and her health has taken a turn for the worse
Review: Streep makes ‘Julia’ worthwhile
Meryl Streep remains a wonder.
American Idol Exodus: Paula Abdul Says She’s Leaving
Bad news, American Idol fans: This year, it’s Paula Abdul who won’t be getting the chance to go to Hollywood. During the same prime-time Tuesday time slot so familiar to the show’s millions of fans, the high-drama American Idol judge updated her personal Twitter page with news that she was leaving the popular reality show.
DioGuardi back on ‘Idol’ next season
"American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi will be back on the show next season, officials announced Monday. The Grammy-nominated songwriter will return as a judge for the show’s ninth season, which is set to premiere in January 2010, according to an announcement made by Fox, 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. “American Idol” airs on Fox, and the other two companies oversee the popular talent competition
Team Kate gathers steam as ‘Jon & Kate’ returns
What a difference a few weeks can make. There was a time when fans of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” sympathized with Jon Gosselin, the seemingly beleaguered father of twins and sextuplets whose wife appeared to nag and belittle him before millions of viewers.
Review: ‘Funny People’ delivers the goods
Comedy is hard; dying is easy.
Buzz building for ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ game
Imagine taking the best characters and elements of your favorite fictional universe and weaving them into a new story that captures the imagination of fans. That’s what Emmy-winning TV writer Paul Dini did in creating “Batman: Arkham Asylum,” a video game coming out in late August