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Heroes to Kill Major Character

Nick McMaster — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:30:49 CDT

A central character will die on Heroes this season. The only hints we get are that the character is male and part of the original cast. E! Online columnist Kristin Dos Santos knows but "can't come right out and name any names." But she adds that "I have to say...

10 Most Addictive Shows Ever

Matt Cantor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:19:50 CDT

Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly pulls...

Hollywood Acts That Could Use a Bailout

Harry Kimball — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:27:01 CST

Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout. MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl . Law and Order...

NBC Axes 'Heroes' Writers

Peter Fearon — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:46:45 CST

The top writer-producers of the struggling NBC drama series "Heroes" have been axed. Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb were fired because NBC executives were frustrated by falling ratings and increasing budget overruns, reports Variety . The program, costing some $4 million an episode, has struggled to hold viewers' attention in its...

How to Make Heroes Super Again

Neal Colgrass — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:36:01 CDT

The "zeitgeist-tapping, blockbuster event" that was Heroes has fallen in both ratings and creative zeal, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly . Here's his five-point plan to fix it: Hang up some tights: Telepathic policeman Matt Parkman, last seen wandering the African desert, must go. So too Suresh and his turn...

Heroes Star's Dad Charged With Hitting Wife

Elizabeth Wolff — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:54:51 CDT

Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA County sheriff's...

New Season Turns Heroes Into Victims

Harry Kimball — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:52:01 CDT

Beginning their third season tonight, the scrappy band of young world-savers of NBC’s Heroes is just in time, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times . The dangers they have to face, from a sinister conglomerate started by their parents to deadly viruses, make a convenient parallel to the complaints...

Panettiere's Dad Accused of Hitting Wife

Elizabeth Wolff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:37:00 CDT

Teen actress Hayden Panettiere's father posted $50,000 bail yesterday after he was arrested on felony domestic violence charges following a fight with his wife at their daughter’s charity event, People reports. Alan Panettiere and the Heroes star's mom, Lesley Vogel, “were doing a good amount of yelling” outside the...

Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

Laurel Jorgensen — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:28:15 CST

Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs: Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star" Akon, "I Wanna Luv U" Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" Movies: Resident Evil: Extinction Pirates...