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Las Vegas Man Arrested For Murdering Wife In City’s First 2014 Homicide

A Las Vegas man has been arrested in the city’s first homicide of the new year. Police said 40-year-old Richard Magdayo Dahan walked into the lobby of Northwest Area Command Friday around 2:49 pm, signed in, and waited about 20 minutes before being called to the counter. Dahan told a station employee that he had […]

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‘Breaking Bad’ Final Episodes Hit Netflix Next Month

Breaking Bad fans who want to binge-watch the entire series from beginning to end should clear their schedules next month. The second half of the fifth season will be available to US Netflix subscribers on February 24. Currently, the series ends with the midseason finale, “Gliding Over All,” which aired on AMC on September 2, […]

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Beats Music Prepares To Launch Streaming Service This Month

Beats Music is scheduled to launch in the US this month. Developed by Interscope/Geffen Records chairman Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, Trent Reznor, and Ian Rogers, the new service will make over 20 million songs available for streaming starting January 21. In a statement issued Saturday, the company revealed that a Beats Music subscription will cost […]

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Sam Neill Says ‘Jurassic World’ Doesn’t Need Him

Sam Neill, who starred as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, said it is unlikely he will return for the fourth installment in the franchise. In an interview with Examiner, Neill said that while he would be up for a cameo, he didn’t think the film needed him. “Look, you never […]

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Scarlett Johansson ‘Didn’t Expect’ A Golden Globe Nomination For ‘Her’

Scarlett Johansson isn’t upset about being disqualified for a Golden Globe nomination for her voiceover work in Spike Jonze’s Her. Johansson provides the voice of Samantha, an advanced operating system designed to adapt and evolve like a human being. Because she doesn’t actually appear in the film, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ruled her performance […]

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Tina Fey And Amy Poehler ‘Won’t Be Too Mean’ At Golden Globes

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are promising to be on their best behavior at the Golden Globes Sunday night. The Saturday Night Live alumnae are returning for their second year as hosts after a well-received stint at last year’s ceremony. Poehler said she and Fey weren’t going to be too mean with their jokes. “That’s […]

New ‘Friday The 13th’ Movie May Not Feature Jason Voorhees

The upcoming Friday the 13th movie may not feature Jason Voorhees, the film’s producer said. At the TCA press tour, Brad Fuller said he wasn’t sure what version of Jason — if any — the next installment would have. “I don’t know because I don’t know if we’re going to have Jason,” Fuller told Crave […]

Ariel Sharon, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Dead At 85

Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday, eight years after a stroke that left him in a coma from which he never awoke. He was 85. Sharon’s son announced his father’s death Saturday afternoon. “He has gone,” Gilad Sharon said. “He went when he decided to go.” Doctors said last week that it would […]

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David Morrissey To Star In BBC One Miniseries ‘The Driver’

David Morrissey has landed his first post-Walking Dead role. Morrissey, whose character The Governor was killed in the midseason finale of AMC’s zombie drama, will star in the BBC One miniseries The Driver. The three-part drama is written by Danny Brocklehurst (Clocking Off, Exile) and co-created by Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser. The miniseries tells the […]

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Facebook Sued For Fake ‘Like’

A Colorado man is suing Facebook for an alleged false “like.” Anthony DiTorro claims that in November 2013, the social media network misrepresented that he liked USA Today in a sponsored ad shown to at least one of his friends. “Although plaintiff has nothing negative to say about USA Today newspapers, plaintiff is not an […]

Dr. Luke

Ke$ha’s Mother Checks Into Rehab With Daughter

Ke$ha’s mother Pebe Sebert is checking into the same Chicago-are rehab center as her daughter. The “Die Young” singer checked herself into rehab last week, and said that she will spend the next 30 days learning to love herself again. She also said that she is a “crusader for being yourself and loving yourself,” but […]

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‘Better Call Saul’ Gets A Premiere Date, Will Change TV Drama, Says AMC VP

The Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul has been given a premiere date. AMC has announced that the series will premiere in November, although the network has yet to set an exact date. AMC also announced that Mad Men will return for the first half of its seventh season on Sunday, April 13. The second […]

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Jonah Hill Hates His ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Character

Jonah Hill is opening up about his dislike for his character, Donnie Azoff, in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Although he had to attend his first audition in six years to convince Scorsese that he was right for the role, with star Leonardo DiCaprio’s support, Hill told Yahoo Movies that he struggled to […]

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Tupac Auditioned To Be A Jedi In ‘Star Wars’

Tupac Shakur reportedly auditioned for a role as a Jedi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The late rapper is said to have read for the part of Jedi Master Mace Windu, but lost the role to Samuel L. Jackson. Death Row Records engineer Rick Clifford said that he and Tupac often […]

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‘The Simpsons’ Pay Tribute To Legendary Animator Hayao Miyazaki [Video]

Fans of Hayao Miyazaki are sure to be delighted with The Simpsons‘ whimsical tribute to the legendary animator. The long-running animated comedy, which was renewed for a historic 26th season last October, features Homer encountering characters from Miyazaki’s films, including the scarecrow Turnip-Head (Moe) and the castle (the Kwik-E-Mart) from Howl’s Moving Castle, the Catbus […]

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Lee Daniels In Talks To Direct Richard Pryor Biopic

The Butler director Lee Daniels is in talks to helm the long-in-development Richard Pryor biopic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniels is in negotiations to reunite with the Weinstein Company for the project, which the studio will fully finance. The Weinstein Company produced and distributed Daniels’ surprise hit about White House butler Cecil Gaines, which […]

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‘Girls’ Renewed For Fourth Season

HBO has renewed Girls for a fourth season. During its TCA winter press tour panel, the network announced that the Lena Dunham comedy-drama will resume filming this spring and premiere in 2015. The third season premieres Sunday, January 12. Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke, Adam Driver and Alex Karpovsky are all set to return […]

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John Oliver Still Thinking Of A Format For Upcoming HBO Show

John Oliver is still trying to figure out a format for his upcoming HBO series. Network president Michael Lombardo announced last November that HBO offered the British comedian his own weekly talk show after watching him take over hosting duties for The Daily Show. Oliver hosted for eight weeks over the summer while Jon Stewart […]

‘Justified’ Likely To End After Sixth Season

FX’s Emmy-nominated series Justified may be ending after its sixth season, according to network president Nick Grad. “We like having shows that rate really well, and there’s an instinct that you want it to go on forever. But it doesn’t,” Grad said at a screening for the series’ fifth season earlier this week. While there […]

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‘Breaking Bad’ Actor Jesse Plemons Eyed For ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

Breaking Bad‘s Jesse Plemons is reportedly being eyed for the lead role in Star Wars: Episode VII. According to The Wrap, Plemons, who also starred in Friday Night Lights, is scheduled to meet with director JJ Abrams next week to discuss the sequel. The 25-year-old has already taped an audition that was well-received, and is […]

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