For over two decades, Oprah Winfrey hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show, thus becoming one of the richest and most powerful personalities on television and in the media in general. Watched by millions of viewers for each episode, the show itself represents a stepping stone in television history – but that chapter will close in September 2011, when the next season comes to an end, as the Los Angeles Times reports. Oprah is expected to make the announcement on the upcoming episode of the show. The reason for ending the hugely popular syndicated show seems to be that Oprah has serious plans of starting her own network, which will carry another... [read more >>] “Paranormal Activity: Evidence of a Haunting,” as it was initially named, starts off just like a video either one of us could make and then upload on YouTube. However, as it becomes clear just minutes within the film, there is nothing that could make our own videos even closely similar to this faux-documentary. The prevailing sense of dread, made only worse by the fact that it’s hidden under heavy layers of normalcy and perhaps even, to some extent, ridiculousness, would be just one thing that works to make “Paranormal Activity” not only the scariest movie of the year, but also one of the best of its kind since... [read more >>] Earlier this year, Disney announced it was working on the first long feature, animated film featuring a black female character, “The Princess and the Frog,” a move received with applause by the mainstream audience. All chaos broke loose just weeks after the announcement, as the first photo from the film seemed to show the prince – meaning, the black princess’ love interest – was white, as we also reported at the time. This was when author Monroe S. Tarver thought he couldn’t go forward with his plans of coming out with a fantasy story that also featured a black female character, his publisher tells Soft... [read more >>] “Once you see death up close, then you know what the value of life is.” Jigsaw says, clearly one of the most prolific killers in the history of cinema, even after death, in the trailer for the sixth “Saw” movie that premiered just hours ago. 2009 marks, as fans know, the sixth year when the annual Halloween slot is filled with the gorefest and twisted plots that have become trademark for the franchise centered on the Jigsaw killer, the always-inventive John Kramer. Yet, 2009 also brings a surprise, as “Saw VI” has actually managed to move a step forward, as impossible as that might sound. Critics agree it... [read more >>] “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” arrives in theaters on November 20, a year after the first film based on Stephenie Meyer’s books made it out. So far, fans have had the pleasure of seeing a few teasers and trailers, including some behind-the-scene footage, so, clearly, Summit Entertainment’s decision to release another trailer came as a surprise. Yet it did, and the new trailer is now online in high quality. This recently unveiled trailer was first aired on Access Hollywood and, within minutes, it was already up on websites like YouTube, from where Summit, the movie studio behind the “Twilight” franchise, ... [read more >>] The “vampire frenzy” ignited last year with “Twilight,” starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, is not even close to coming to an end, E! Online believes. If the sense of anticipation surrounding “New Moon,” the second film in the franchise, is no indication of its success, the 2009 SCREAM Awards can function as confirmation for the above statement, as “Twilight” scooped four awards in major categories. Lautner, the young actor who plays wolf Jacob Black in the films, stood for all things Twilight during Saturday’s event. He also personally got to take home the aw... [read more >>] Jon Gosselin was fired from his own show on TLC, “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” and has been publicly slammed by his soon to be former wife for his recent statements to the media. For now, Jon has managed to block production on the show until an agreement is reached between the three parties, but he also needs to work on his public image. Consequently, a talk with Larry King to defend himself was in order. Said and done. The father of eight made a special appearance on the Larry King show, saying that not only did he wanted out of the TLC show, but he also wanted the same for his kids, as they had told him repeatedly in the past. The re... [read more >>] Following many weeks of speculation and ratings that kept going from bad to worse, TLC has made the only logical decision regarding its one-time winning reality show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8”: it cut Jon Gosselin loose. The show will now focus solely on Kate and her life as a mother of eight, while Jon will still continue to make appearances, but on a less regular basis, the New York Times informs. The change in lineup had been coming a long time, with speculation about TLC not being happy with Jon beginning to make the rounds a couple of months ago. However, the official line with the network is that the show could simply not go on... [read more >>] A little over a month ago, new addition to the “Twilight” cast Boo Boo Stewart was saying in a televised interview he knew for certain Summit Entertainment was planning on splitting the final book, “Breaking Dawn,” in two. Studio bosses later denied the rumor but, according to E! Online, this continues to be a possibility the studio is exploring – and that will come true if the cast agrees to a fifth film. According to well placed sources, Melissa Rosenberg has already agreed to pen the script for “Breaking Dawn,” the final novel in Stephenie Meyer’s series of books. The scribe herself is kee... [read more >>] The sixth season of the highly acclaimed medical drama “House M.D.” kicked off this Monday to incredibly good ratings, with an estimated 16.5 million people tuning in for the two-hour special. Despite the good start, Michael Ausiello of The Ausiello Files says fans will soon be disappointed by the turn of events, as Jennifer Morrison has just filmed her last episode for the show. Cameron will thus become the first original member of House’s team to walk, with her final episode to air sometime in November. As of now, not much is known on the sudden departure, especially since, not long ago, producers were assuring fans th... [read more >>] | 
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