Cougar Town Enlists Edwin Hodge As Laurie's New Boyfriend

Busy Phillips, Edwin Hodge Ten-hut! Cougar Town has enlisted a new man to win Laurie's heart. The ABC comedy has cast Edwin Hodge to play Wade opposite Busy Philipps' Laurie, TVLine reports. Wade is a soldier stationed in the Middle East, so expect Travis (Dan Byrd) to get involved to teach the long-distance lovers how to Skype. From Homer Simpson to Luke Dunphy: TV's biggest dopes Hodge's TV credits include playing Jack's pal Marcus on Jack & Bobby, Jamaal Crenshaw on Boston Public and guest appearances on Bones, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill and The Mentalist, among others. ABC recently cut back Cougar Town's Season 3 episode order from 22 to 15. The series will return sometime in March.

Warner Brothers and sisters mark twelve several weeks for the Hobbit with official synopsis release

It's exactly twelve several weeks towards yesterday the Hobbit involves Uk cinemas, also to commemorate this milestone, Warner have released the film's first official synopsis.The studio has confirmed the 2 films will probably be referred to as Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey as well as the Hobbit: There And Again, and you'll be released on 14 December 2012 and 13 December 2013 correspondingly."Both films are occur Middle-earth six decades before Tolkien's The Master In The Rings," begins the condition news release, "which Jackson and also the filmmaking team introduced for the silver screen inside the blockbuster trilogy that culminated while using Oscar®-winning The Master In The Rings: The Return In The King." "The knowledge in the Hobbit follows the right path of title character Bilbo Baggins, who's taken right into a legendary pursuit to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor within the fearsome dragon Smaug."Nothing we would never know already then, but a welcome indication from the products we've arrived at anticipate this time around around next season. The festive season has not really felt the identical since the trilogy ended, which we can not wait to own another Christmas event movie to acquire our teeth into.Start counting in the days then, since the Hobbit draws ever nearer. Possibly a 365 door advent calendar is famous for? Or even just re-watch the Digital video disks, whatever works.

Clooney Developing Smothers Siblings Pic

60s comics obtain the film treatmentGeorge Clooney is really a large fan of motion picture nostalgia, specially when it calls for television. We have seen it in the career before with the kind of Confessions Of The Harmful Mind and Night, And Best Of Luck. Now it seems he's channelling yesteryear again, creating a film in line with the lives of '60s comics Tom and Dicky Smothers.If you have never heard about them, we sympathise, and provide this brief info-blast. The Smothers Siblings show went between 1967 and 1969, pushing limitations as American culture exploded in change around them. When they started as simple gagmen, they soon developed into counterculture troublemakers. Too assisting to introduce musical functions like the Who, Jefferson Plane and also the Doorways, their writing staff boasted the talents of Steve Martin and Take advantage of Reiner, amongst others. Such was the modification within their material with time they wound up fired by US network CBS as well as on Richard Nixon's listing of opponents. High praise, surely!Clooney and regular creating partner Grant Heslov have purchased the privileges to David Bianculli's book Precariously Funny: The Uncensored Story From The Smothers Siblings Comedy Hour, with authors John Hecker and Craig Sherman designated to operate on the script. It's beginning for that project, with no word based on Deadline on whether Clooney will really become involved as either director or actor.

Controversial Video Shows Superstar Recording Artists Singing the Glories of File-Sharing (Video)

Lifetime"Against the Wall" Lifetime has decided not to order a second season of Against the Wall.our editor recommendsAgainst the Wall: TV Review Cast member Brandon Quinn tweeted the news late Friday evening, writing, "I'd like to thank @lifetimetv, the #AgainsttheWallwriters and the Amazing fans of Against The Wall but unfortunately we've been canceled :(." The writers addressed the news shortly thereafter, writing on their Twitter account, "guessing many of you saw @BrandonJQuinn's tweet -- just found out we won't be coming back for a second season." Starring Rachael Carpani as a Chicago cop who joins the internal affairs division, the procedural debuted in July to underwhelming numbers, drawing 1.8 million total viewers to its premiere episode following Drop Dead Diva. THR's television critic Tim Goodman gave a positive review of the hourlong series: "Breakout star Rachael Carpani and ambitious creators could vault this procedural above the pack." The Universal Cable Prods. series was created by Annie Brummer and co-stars Quinn, Andrew Walker, Marisa Ramirez, Kathy Baker, Treat Williams and Chris Johnson. The decision comes at a time when Lifetime is investing in remakes with core audiences like Steel Magnolias and The Blue Lagoon, with high-profile names attached. The female-skewing cable net has also given pilot orders to Modern Love by Jenny Bicks and American Housewife with Melanie Griffith, and has picked up The Client List with Jennifer Love Hewitt to series. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Summer TV Preview 2011: 'Teen Wolf,' 'The Glee Project' and more Lifetime

'Prometheus' Trailer Leak: 'Heartbreakingly Unfair' States Fox Mind Tom Rothman

Fox Shot Entertainment mind Tom Rothman is calling the leaked footage of Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' "heartbreakingly unfair." Talking with MTV News in the Gotham Honours on Monday evening, Rothman stated that Scott's vision for that film is "spectacular," but that that which was leaked only agreed to be an "early, early, half-assed test." Rothman guaranteed that after the ultimate film is launched in three dimensional "it'll deliver." Younger crowd strongly refused the film is definitely an 'Alien' prequel, contradicting what star Michael Fassbender lately told EW. Begin to see the entire interview following the jump. Movie Trailers - Movies Blog [via MTV] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Colony Capital searching for Summit

Yearly after buying Miramax, Colony Capital has converted into a potential second bidder for Summit Entertainment along with Lionsgate.Reps for Summit and Colony Capital declined to comment but people familiar with the issue mentioned that Colony and Summit will be in talks about a possible offer recent days. News in the Lionsgate discussions with Summit emerged this year's week -- although neither company has formally confirmed -- with Lionsgate getting engaged JP Morgan becoming an agent.Both deals would bolster Summit's capacity to use just like a minimajor because both Lionsgate and Miramax possess significant libraries. Colony completed a $663 million buyout of Miramax from Disney in December 2010. Ever since then, Miramax professionals have combed through hundreds of boxes in the warehouse in La that consists of the particulars around 650 projects developed beneath the previous regime and showed up in an offer with Lionsgate and StudioCanal on worldwide distribution rights to greater than 550 library game game titles.Lionsgate remains active in exploring purchases while worrying it won't pay an excessive amount of. It's had discussions with Summit about joining together coming back to date as november 2008, before the bow in the first "Twilight" pic combined with on-again, off-again talks about a merger with MGM too.Independently possessed Summit introduced Tuesday that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" had hit $508 million in worldwide box office within the first 12 days. The best "Twilight" film will open November. 16. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com