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The tech world continues rolling along. In a story from Video Business it looks like, “LG Electronics will launch one of the first Blu-ray Disc players boasting picture-in-picture functionality this month.” In addition to this, “LG’s second-generation dual-format model will handle HD-DVD advanced interactivity, as well as comply with ‘full profile specifications’ for Blu-ray players.” This report came from LG Electronics’ “Tim Alessi at the HDTV DisplaySearch Conference here on Thursday....

Premiering on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Sunday, March 9 at 10 PM ET/PT, the highly-anticipated eight-part documentary series Lindsay, directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Amy Rice (By The People: The Election of Barack Obama), follows movie star and media sensation Lindsay Lohan on her journey through recovery following a very public period of crisis. Lindsay is one of the most talented young actresses of her generation, boasting an impressive list of credits (The Parent Trap, Mean Girls, A Prairie Home Companion)....

Did you ever wonder how the CIA got all of those hostages out of Tehran? Well, wonder no more. According to Variety, George Clooney and Grant Heslov, the men behind Good Night, And Good Luck., are developing a script tentatively titled Escape From Tehran. It will chronicle the CIA’s plan to use a fake movie production as a means to free a handful of captive Americans during the 1979 hostage crisis....

Last week, we reported that Glee star Grant Gustin has landed the coveted role of Dr. Barry Allen a.k.a. The Flash on Season 2 of Arrow. The actor recently spoke about the audition process, acknowledging that he actually may be too young for the role. In addition, we have the latest TV spot from this upcoming season. Take a look at the latest footage, then read on to see what the actor had to say about playing The Flash....

Hulu has finally given The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 a premiere date. However, it may be coming a little later than fans of the show were hoping for. The previous two seasons of the Emmy-winning drama premiered in April 2017 and 2018, respectively. But for reasons that officially have nothing to do with the fact that HBO is debut the final season of Game of Thrones in April, Hulu has opted to debut their marquee series a bit later this year....

The cheerleader and the time-tripper talk about the fourth season of NBC’s popular series Heroes is set to return to NBC for its fourth season on September 21st. This brand new chapter, titled Volume 5: Redemption, finds our Heroes each putting their lives back together. Claire (Hayden Panettiere) is finding that her biggest challenges are forgetting her old life and starting college. How does someone who has led such an extraordinary life assimilate back into everyday college life?...

Universal Studios Consumer Products has announced the first licensing partners tapped to create merchandise based on NBC’s new hit series Heroes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. DC Comics, Random House, Mezco Toyz and Topps are among the licensees who will develop trading cards, apparel, stationery/social expression products and action figures based on the show. Initial Heroes merchandise will begin to appear on shore shelves in time for the series’ new season launch on Sept....

Hey everyone! It’s been four months since NBC’s first season of Heroes concluded with a bang (literally). Now we pick up with the premiere of season two, aptly named “Four Months Later.” We’re dropped right back into the middle of the storyline with Mohinder Suresh giving a lecture in Cairo, Egypt. He’s giving a presentation about man’s next leap forward - the next stage of evolution. He cites various superhuman abilities (flight, teleportation and cell regeneration perhaps?...

Murmurs of first test screenings are making their way around town about New Line Cinema’s latest entry in The Evil Dead franchise, Evil Dead Rise, and it sounds like the film is absolutely terrifying. Functioning more as a follow-up to the 2013 grizzly horror fest directed by Fede Álvarez, the new film will once again be a gore-drenched demonic possession nightmare with endless buckets of blood on hand. While the studio has been successful in keeping a pretty tight lid on things, here’s why expanding the franchise is working and how it may continue....

If you are plugged into the virtual meeting and movie worlds, you may have seen the announcement that AMC Theaters and Zoom Video Communications, an online video meeting platform, are establishing a partnership, as announced by Variety. Now, you may be thinking that this is a cool deal. Maybe it will let you watch new releases with friends across the country or allow for more live release parties with cast and crew....

We may never see Friday 4, aka Last Friday, ever come to be, but that hasn’t been for a lack of interest from series star and co-creator Ice Cube. Back in 1995, Cube co-wrote and starred in the original Friday, a cult classic considered by many to be one of the best comedies of its era. Cube would go on to write and star in both sequels, 2000’s Next Friday and 2002’s Friday After Next....

At the end of last week’s Into the Badlands episode, we saw Gaius Chau (Lewis Tan) get stabbed while he was in a battle with Castor (Dean-Charles Chapman) and was thought to be left for dead. But instead, he somehow was able to sneak off from everyone and stow away in the trunk of the Widow’s (Emily Beecham) car. When they arrive at the gates of her base and discover him, she is unaware of who he is until he calls her by her regular name of Minerva....

“It’s true, I’m directing Magic Kingdom, not Iron Man 3. I’ve had a great run with Marvel and wish them the best.” Vulture reports that Iron Man and Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau will not direct Iron Man 3. It seems that Favreau became frustrated with Marvel’s intentions for the sequel, where they want to add more of their own superheroes into the third Tony Stark movie. In fact, we reported just last week on Iron Man 3 and it seemed that the director was unclear with how the story will unfold at this point:...

All good things must come to an end, at some point. For the heralded NBC comedy series 30 Rock, the end is near, with Season 7 closing out the show with a 13-episode run starting with the aptly-titled “The Beginning of the End” Thursday, October 4 at 8 PM ET on NBC. Series star Jack McBrayer (Kenneth Parcell) and executive producer Robert Carlock recently held a conference call to discuss the final season....

The last few weeks have been a trying time for fans of the DCU with Henry Cavill and Black Adam both seeming to be out of the picture and a potential new, younger wave of Justice League characters on the horizon. It seems that James Gunn and Peter Safran have also been feeling pressure following the recent announcements. Gunn has now explained that the noise being made by a “minority of people” will not have any impact on the decisions that have to be made to get the franchise on a new track....

Jamie Foxx, who’s especially skilled as a celebrity impersonator given his success as a biopic actor, is generating a lot of attention with his latest impression. Recently, Foxx appeared on the Rap Radar podcast (via Deadline), primarily in promotion for his new Netflix movie Day Shift. During the conversation, Foxx went fully into character as former U.S. president Donald J. Trump, and footage of the impression has gone viral on Twitter....

TVGuide.com’s Michael Ausiello reports that even though the character of Sara Sidle survived her run-in with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ’s Miniature Killer in Thursday night’s season premiere, her time on the show has nonetheless come to an end. Multiple sources to the site confirm that Jorja Fox – whose contract expired at the end of last season – will depart the hit procedural this November after failing to come to terms on a new long-term deal....

Following a series of delays, highly anticipated sequel Jurassic World: Dominion slowly lumbers closer and closer towards the big screen, with the MPA now confirming that the movie has been officially rated PG-13. Much like all other entries in the franchise, the latest installment in the Jurassic Park-slash-Jurassic World franchise has been given the PG-13 rating thanks to “intense sequences of action, some violence, and language.” This should come as great news to fans of the Jurassic franchise, with the latest outing clearly determined to continue the same kind of dinosaur-related action that has made the series so popular....

Kate Bosworth is close to a deal to star in Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s supernatural thriller After.Life, according to Production Weekly. Vosloo, will direct from her own script which chronicles a young woman in a transitional state between life and death who fights to avoid being buried alive by the funeral director who holds her fate in his hands. Two-time Oscar nominee John Mathieson (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven) has signed on as cinematographer, with production is scheduled to begin later this year....

Machinima, the first global many2many programming service focusing on fandom and gamer culture, announced today that it has partnered with YOMYOMF, Justin Lin and NBCUniversal Brand Development to produce a digital reboot of the 80’s NBC television series Knight Rider. YOMYOMF and Lin will produce the new digital series that is in active development for a potential 2017 launch date. This deal is another example of Machinima working with elite talent inside and outside of its network to deliver high-profile, live-action series to its extensive worldwide audience....