Looking for a movie to see this weekend? How about “Avatar?” It’s back in 3-D with nine minutes of new footage. Pack a lunch. Now it’s almost three hours long. Apparently there was a clamor to bring “Avatar” back to the big screen. Producer James Cameron, who is planning “Avatar” sequels, said there are “hundreds of [...]

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Guillermo del Toro, the director behind Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, is partnering with Avatar director James Cameron for the project  At the Mountains of Madness.  The horror novella, originally written by H.P. Lovecraft, surrounds an Antarctic expedition that uncovers ancient fossils.  The movie is being produced by Cameron and directed by Del Toro, who was [...]

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“Avatar” cleaned up Thursday at the Saturn Awards, picking up 10 trophies, including best science fiction film and best actor and actress honors for Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. James Cameron earned two more awards as best writer and director during the ceremony, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. ”Lost” was named [...]

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“The Hangover” led the MTV Awards nominations with six, one more than both “Avatar” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Twilight stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are all contenders in the new global superstar category. Betty White was nominated in the Best WTF Moment. The show airs June 6.
(voting stays live throughout [...]

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Avatar sold 6.7 million copies in just four days, making it the best-selling DVD/Blu-Ray of the year.
Glee won the Future Classic Award at the TV Land Awards.
Praise for Sean Hayes in the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises.
The Daytime Emmy Awards (June 27) will be held in Las Vegas and aired on CBS.
Green Hornet, which stars [...]

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Sunday’s feel-good Super Bowl, won by the New Orleans Saints, set a TV viewing record of 106.5 million viewers, surpassing the 1983 “M*A*S*H final.
The hilarious Betty White Snickers ad was voted the best Super Bowl ad by USA Today readers.
Jennifer Aniston is on the cover of…. Architectural Digest. She’s showing off her new home, which [...]

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Forest Whitaker will star in CBS’ “Criminal Minds” spinoff.
Jay Leno visits Oprah on Thursday (Jan. 28); Massachusetts’ new senator Scott Brown visits Leno (via satellite) that night.
Taylor Swift’s new Valentine’s song “Today Was A Fairy Tale” is No. 1 on iTunes.
“Avatar” ($551.7M), No. 1 at the box office for the sixth straight week, passed “The [...]

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