'Disney's A Christmas Carol Sings To The Top Of The Saturday Box Office [-->full article]
Sat, 07 Nov 2009
1. "A Christmas Carol" ($8.9 million) 2. "The Fourth Kind" ($5 million) 3. "The Men Who Stare At Goats" ($4.6 million) 4. "Michael Jackson's This Is It" ($4.1 million) 5. "Paranormal Activity" ($2.8 million) The opening day for Robert Zemeckis' "A Christmas Carol" wasn't exactly worthy of a "bah humbug" reaction, though the folks at Disney might be lacking some [...]

'Twilight' Actors Without Clothes, The 'New Moon' Premiere And Dog Accounts In Today's Twitter-Wood [-->full article]
Sat, 07 Nov 2009
The Twitter-Wood feed started following its first canine today, as recent hacking victim and "Eclipse" actress Jodelle Ferland tweeted a pic referencing her dog "Genevieve Ferland." According to @gena_fur's Twitter account, Genevieve recently turned five, hates nail clippers and dressed as a princess last year for Halloween. Lack of clothing was on the minds of two [...]

Joss Whedon Can't Wait To Climb Into The 'Glee' Director's Chair [-->full article]
Sat, 07 Nov 2009
FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: Greetings Gleeks and members of the Whedonverse! We're betting that since the news broke that Joss Whedon would be heading over to McKinley High School to direct an episode of "Glee," you haven't been able to contain your sci-fi/musical excitement. Apparently, neither has the man himself. "I talked to him a bunch [...]

'New Moon' -- Stripping Away The Magic Of The Volturi Fight Scene [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
By now, you Twilighters have all seen the footage in which Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) throws down for some fisticuffs with the Volturi vampires in "New Moon." What you haven't seen -- and what we have here for you right now -- is multiple angles of behind-the-scenes footage showing how the violence came together. Check [...]

Eminem's Follow-Up To '8 Mile' Is 3-D Horror Anthology 'Shady Talez' [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
In 2002, hip hop star Eminem impressed a helluva lot of people with his work in the sort-of-biographical drama, "8 Mile." He's been relatively quiet on the Hollywood front since then, other than a few publicity stunts. All that is about to change however, as Eminem is preparing to return to the silver screen. Next up [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pattinson Audition Tapes For 'How To Be' [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
All this week over on Hollywood Crush we've been featuring exclusive footage from Robert Pattinson's audition tape for the 2008 comedy, "How To Be." I figured that since some of you might have missed it, I'd round them all up here for easy access. Isn't that nice? Here's the first of the clips: You can read [...]

Is The Verizon Droid The Droid You're Looking For... Or One Of These 'Star Wars' Droids Instead? [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
The Verizon Droid is not the droid you're looking for. Sure, it's probably a very cool phone — the folks at Wired are talking about how it legitimately gives the iPhone a run for its money, despite a handful of minor grievances — but I must insist that you hold out for other droids. I know [...]

More 'New Moon' Stills Surface As November 20 Creeps Closer [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
I envy you Twilighters, I really do. As a lifelong "Star Wars" geek, I remember well the anticipation leading up to the release of the prequel trilogy. Sure, those later episodes didn't please me as a fan in the same way that the originals did and continue to do, but the mounting excitement, the event [...]

'The Box' Director Richard Kelly Is 'Keeping An Open Mind,' Skirts Around 'Breaking Dawn' Question [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
Today, the latest effort from "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly -- recent MTV Movies Blog guest editor -- hits theaters: "The Box." It's a creepy flick, following a married couple who receive a mysterious package in the mail containing an ornate box with a big, red button set into it. They learn that pressing [...]

Kurt Loder Reviews 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' [-->full article]
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
FROM MTV.COM: What went wrong with this movie? The subject — the U.S. military's apparently actual flirtation with paranormal warfare — has rich comic promise. And the cast — George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges — couldn't be much stronger. But while the trailer for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" suggests [...]