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Worst (and Best) Super Bowl Halftime Shows

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:40:20 CST

Whether or not you're excited about the Who's Super Bowl halftime show, you know it will surely be better than some stinkers from years gone by. View some of the worst—and, for good measure, a couple of the best—in the gallery, or take a look at Peter Hartlaub's...

The '00s' Most Disappointing Movies

John Johnson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:00:00 CST

The decade had lots of lousy movies, but 11Points rounds up the most disappointing —those that didn't live up to their promise: Tropic Thunder (2008): Amazing cast, great premise. Slam dunk, right? Not when "your go-to bit is a retarded joke." Such a lazy waste. Bruno (2009): Sacha Baron Cohen's...

Top-Earning Celebs Over 50

Nick McMaster — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:13:14 CDT

Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year: Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable. George Lucas, 65, $170 million. The...

Batman or Spidey? McCain, Obama Weigh In

Jess Kilby — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:20:34 CDT

Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly , revealing their pop-culture preferences: Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA

Movies That Don't Need Another Sequel

Michael Foreman — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:57:48 CDT

Movie sequels strive to be bigger and badder with each installment. Entertainment Weekly singles out 14 film franchises that should wrap up production—for good: The Mummy : Eight long years is enough. American Pie : Straight-to-DVD spinoffs drained the raunchy teen comedy of its fun. Bring It On : How many movies...

Will 'Nuked the Fridge' Unseat 'Jumped the Shark'?

Kevin Spak — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:01 CDT

Did Indiana Jones set the new standard in ridiculous? Many movie geeks think Dr. Jones’ ability to survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was so outrageous that “nuking the fridge” should replace “jumping the shark” in pop-culture parlance, Noam Cohen writes...

What's With all the Skulls?

Clay Dillow — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:53:58 CDT

Heavy metal and Halloween, make room for haute couture. “What used to be a symbol for borderline-sociopathic tough guys with weird design fetishes—Hells Angels, pirates, Nazis—has become a trope de luxe,” writes Stephen Marche in Esquire . The skull, a symbol of death with deep religious significance, “has suddenly...

Murphy In for Beverly Hills Cop 4

Harry Kimball — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:59:22 CDT

Fans of the old Eddie Murphy (you know, before the fat suits and prostheses), rejoice: A third sequel to 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop will start production next year, Variety reports. Murphy approached Paramount about the project, and the studio eagerly agreed after successfully disinterring Indiana Jones. Murphy is attached, Brett...

Indiana Jones Whips Up $311M

Peter Fearon — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:00:49 CDT

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has struck it rich, racking up the most lucrative international opening of all time and the second highest US weekend box office take ever in a blockbuster weekend for the Steven Spielberg epic. The film grossed $151 million domestically and $160...