2012 News

I'm so excited for White House Down . Roland Emmerich doesn't make smart movies, but he knows how to make damn entertaining ones.

June 17--Just six years removed from high school, Stanton County native Trent Kendrick has a summer blockbuster movie under his belt.

The trailer for what appears to be another quirky, heartfelt movie from mumblecore favorite Lynn Shelton has arrived, and it's in keeping with the director's normal understated fare.

When the city foreclosed on the Senator Theatre in 2009 and one year later took possession of it from owner Tom Kiefaber after he defaulted on one of multiple loans that had kept his movie house afloat, he lost more than the venerable, if aging Art Deco cinema that had been operated by his family since its 1939 inception.

By now, we know the revelations about U.S. government surveillance published in the Guardian and the Washington Post in the past week have the same source, Edward Snowden.

"Who could be behind this?" "Only one way to find out." Oh sh*t, time for Emmerich to blow up the White House .

If we're on Hollywood time, the season began more than a month ago with the opening of "Iron Man 3." "The Great Gatsby," "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Fast & Furious 6," "The Hangover, Part III," "After Earth" and "Now You See Me" have since hit the screen.

The hilarious and raucous "This Is the End," opening this week, thrusts us smack dab into the apocalypse, L.A.-style.

Centropolis Entertainment has acquired Nic Kelman's large scale contemporary sci-fi pitch "Emergence" which filmmaker Roland Emmerich plans to direct.

Ron Burgundy will finally be recognized for his contributions to journalism excellence when "Anchorman: The Exhibit" opens at the Newseum in November 2013.

1. The endless opportunities to bash Rahm. His recent decisions suggest that he's running for re-election as the mayor of Hell.

The casting call for Doctor Who star Matt Smith's replacement is now underway. Bosses at the BBC are pressed for time, as the twelfth Doctor will need to take part in the filming for the 2013 Christmas special, which will start next month.

Maybe that's because it's based on a true story that often feels a little too impossible to believe.

When you wish upon a star, be sure to bring your wallet. Disneyland has taken another step toward becoming the priciest place on earth.

About the Series: Fun with Friends is an SF Signal interview series in which I feature fellow SFF authors from Australia and New Zealand.

Officials said Wednesday that the woman found the pistol on the Dinosaur ride at Animal Kingdom.

Evan Peters , a star on creator Ryan Murphy 's " American Horror Story ," met his current girlfriend Emma Roberts while the two filmed " Adult World " in Syracuse, New York, which wrapped in February of 2012.

The local magazine whose management once included mortgage fraud suspect Ramara Garrett and County Councilman Josh Wagner, and whose editorial staff promised would be a brash, stylish and informative publication for the Daytona Beach area, has folded.

A Braintree Democratic official who hosted Gabriel Gomez at his home says a Democratic state lawmaker delivered a message from the Markey campaign threatening to "discipline" him for giving the GOP Senate candidate a boost.

Well, the poster is slightly new. It was actually released earlier this month, but it's been ever so slightly tweaked so that Channing Tatum isn't covering Jamie Foxx so much.