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I Think Therefore I Slam; Thanks, But No Pranks Season 2 Episode 7 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Hamster & Gretel,” titled “I Think Therefore I Slam; Thanks, But No Pranks,” promises to be an exciting adventure. In this episode, Gretel is eager to fit in with the cool kids at school. She finds herself in a tricky situation when she discovers that the group is in danger from a disgraced mascot. Gretel must step up to protect her new friends, showcasing her bravery and quick thinking.

Meanwhile, Kevin and Anthony are caught up in their own dilemma. Their desire to be featured on a prank show leads them down a path that could threaten their friendship. The episode explores the fun and challenges of friendship, as the two boys navigate their ambitions while trying to maintain their bond.

Viewers can expect a...

All evening, the Oscar ceremony appeared on course for a Scarface reunion of Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer to introduce the final award for Best Picture.

Instead, Pacino walked out by himself to present the category, with the announcer portraying this as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of one of Pacino’s signature movies, The Godfather.

Related: The Oscars: Best Looks From The Red Carpet

While the Scarface reunion was never formally announced, it was fully expected, and Pacino and Pfeiffer were both confirmed as presenters, so Pacino going solo was a surprise.

According to sources, Pfeiffer was not able to attend the ceremony for personal family reasons and was on the East Coast Sunday night.

Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy

As he walked on stage, Pacino was greeted...

Oscars 2024: John Cena Appears On Stage N*de Just With An Envelope Covering His Asset ( Photo Credit – Flickr )

Oscars 2024: It is the biggest award night ever, and all were decked up in their most glam avatar. But John Cena took things up a notch by going n*de on stage! Yes, you read that right! The former WWE star and now a notable Hollywood actor walked across the stage wearing nothing. But why? Keep scrolling for more.

Yargos Lanthimos directed Poor Things, which took home multiple Academy Awards, including Best Hair & Makeup and Set Production. Emma Stone was one of the frontrunners for the Best Actress in a Leading Role. Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo lost the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar to his Marvel co-star Robert Downey Jr.

Mark Ruffalo and Emma Stone’s movie Poor Things was also nominated for Best Costume, and to announce the winner,...

Burna Boy has officially launched his I Told Them… Tour and we have the set list from the first show!

The 32-year-old Nigerian singer kicked off the tour with his first-ever Los Angeles stadium performance on Friday (November 3) at Bmo Stadium.

Burna Boy performed his hits from his most recent album I Told Them…, such as “Sittin On Top of the World” and “City Boys,” in addition to other hits such as “Last Last.”

The tour continues with a handful of dates through November 2023 and then he’ll be back on the road in February and March 2024.

Head inside to check out the set list…

Keep scrolling to check out the full set list…

**This set list is representative of the first show and might not be completely accurate for every show.

1. I Told Them

2. Gbona

3. Dey Play

4. Location

5. Pull Up

6. Secret

7. Level Up

8. For My Hand

9. Sittin’ on Top...

Spoiler Alert! This story contains details from James Corden’s primetime special and final installment of The Late Late Show on CBS.

So long, James Corden. The affable Brit who took over for Craig Ferguson in 2015 ended his eight-year run as host of CBS’ The Late Late Show on Thursday.

To help say goodbye to its late-night star, CBS set aside an hour in primetime for a pre-taped special that included video montages and candy-coated skits so Corden could show off his singing chops. First up: a musical number with Corden, who stood on top of the old Television City building to sing a rendition of Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” — but in this case, it was changed to “Last Show.”

That was followed by a playful bit with Tom Cruise, who agreed to perform with Corden in a Hollywood staging of The Lion King. With Cruise as the warthog and Corden as the meerkat,...

Though their circumstances, carnal endurance and cheekbones suggest otherwise, Outlander‘s Jamie and Claire are, in fact, only human. Isn’t it nice to see, as we do in this week’s episode, that a bit of stress and a lack of sleep make them as susceptible to the same everyday bitchery as the rest of us?

Perhaps my current situation makes me a little sensitive to this kind of thing: Having a 1-year-old daughter offers me many gifts, but an overabundance of patience is not one of them, and my by-all-measures-amazing husband sometimes becomes the unintended target of my exhaustion.

Lance Guest plays a teen obsessed with an arcade game named “Starfighter” that turns out to be an intergalactic training vehicle. Thanks to his high scores, he’s whisked away by avuncular alien Robert Preston to join other warriors in protecting his home planet. Director Nick Castle (best known for portraying Michael Meyers in Halloween) was one of the first directors to make extensive use of CGI and that, combined with its Archie Andrews in Space storyline, helped make the film a modest hit that would gain a substantial afterlife due to its ubiquitous presence on early cable broadcasts.

A photo posted by @coelmaness on Sep 6, 2015 at 10:10pm Pdt Erika Christensen is officially off the market! The Parenthood actress married her longtime love, Cole Maness, in Palm Springs on Saturday night, her rep confirmed to People. Cole took to Instagram on Sunday to share a beautiful photo and him and his new wife looking off into the distance. In the snapshot, Erika looks stunning in a sleeveless wedding gown and a flower crown, while Cole looks dapper in a blue suit. The couple, who first started dating in 2012, became engaged last November. Erika took to Instagram not long after Cole, a cyclist, popped the question. "Thanks for all the well-wishes! It's official," she wrote alongside a photo of the pair kissing in front of snowy mountains. "We're engaged." Congratulations to the newlyweds! A photo posted by @erikachristensen on Nov 17, 2014 at 7:58pm Pst...

The summer weddings aren't over just yet! Parenthood star Erika Christensen married her fiancé Cole Maness Saturday night, her rep confirmed to E! News. While the couple has been known to keep their relationship private, E! News also confirmed back in November that the actress and Maness got engaged and were planning a special day. "Thanks for all the well-wishes," Christensen wrote on Instagram while kissing her man. "It's official. We're engaged." But speaking of social media, one look at the pair's respective Instagrams and you may just get a glimpse inside their special romance. Whether supporting each other at red carpets or cycling events, both...

This Braverman is hitched! Erika Christensen married her cyclist boyfriend, Cole Maness, in a ranch ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 5, Us Weekly can confirm. The Parenthood actress, 33, and Maness got engaged in November 2014. “Thanks for all the well-wishes!” Christensen captioned an Instagram pic of the couple kissing at the time. “It's official. We're engaged.” Christensen - a member of the Church of Scientology - has been relatively quiet about the relationship, but does document their adventures together via Instagram. When not on set, the star loves [...]...

This Braverman is hitched! Erika Christensen married her cyclist boyfriend, Cole Maness, in a ranch ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 5, Us Weekly can confirm. The Parenthood actress, 33, and Maness got engaged in November 2014. “Thanks for all the well-wishes!” Christensen captioned an Instagram pic of the couple kissing at the time. “It's official. We're engaged.” Christensen - a member of the Church of Scientology - has been relatively quiet about the relationship, but does document their adventures together via Instagram. When not on set, the star loves [...]...

Thanks to RedBand.Ca, Sneak Peek the restricted 'red band' trailer from the Los Angeles-shot comedy horror feature "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse", directed by Christopher B. Landon and co-written with Carrie Evans, Emi Mochizuki and Lona Williams:

Cast includes Tye Sheridan, David Koechner, Logan Miller, Halston Sage, Joey Morgan, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Cloris Leachman, opening October 30, 2015:

"...three 'Boy Scouts', on the eve of their last camp out, discover the true meaning of friendship...

"...when they attempt to save their town from a 'zombie' outbreak..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse"...

Six seasons are done - now it's time for a movie, right? Or is it season 7? We've compiled some quotes from Team Community...

Another season of Community has drawn to a close. It's not the first time the show has offered a sense of finality, so Emotional Consequences Of Broadcast Television may not be the end of the line, after all. Indeed, Community, generally, refuses to die. So, what's being planned? Does the show have a future, still?

The show's creator Dan Harmon was quick to shut down any rumours, telling Twitter "I'm gonna delete my Twitter app and take a couple weeks off the internet and no interviews and I love you."

Yahoo, who saved the show and funded season 6, were a bit more keen to chat, and released this statement: “With the season six finale of Community airing today, we’re continually excited by how much fans are engaging with the series.

Some five years after production and its subsequent release into the rest of the world, Veronika Decides To Die will finally land on U.S. shores. The Paolo Coehlo adaptation lensed back in 2008, and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as a young woman – Veronika – who decides to end her life. Didn’t really have to spell that one out for you; it’s in the title. After swallowing a bunch of pills, she wakes up in a mental hospital and discovers she’s only got a few weeks left to live.

To reignite interest in the movie, Yahoo! has dropped a new trailer, and it definitely serves to point out the gap between production and release. Five years on the shelf and its cast, which also includes David Thewlis, Melissa Leo and Parenthood duo Erika Christensen and Jonathan Tucker, look significantly younger than they do now. That’s the passage of time for you.

Community, the show that will never die, is returning next spring for its sixth season (bringing it that much closer to fulfilling its campaign promise of #SixSeasonsAndAMovie), but the premiere will find the acclaimed comedy in different shape than we last left it.

For one, the Dan Harmon-created series has jumped from NBC, which axed it last summer, to a new home on Yahoo Screen. For another, series regular Yvette Nicole Brown, who played Shirley Bennett, opted not to return for the sixth season, leaving a considerable void. As such, it makes sense that the first images from season 6 want to show us one way in which Community lovers can expect to see a new kind of show.

There’s not much context in the two released shots, which introduce new series regulars played by Keith David and Paget Brewster. David, a thematic replacement for departed star Chevy Chase...

In Late Phases, versatile actor Nick Damici (Stake Land, Cold in July) portrays a blind Vietnam vet who has recently moved into a senior living community that’s harboring a deadly secret- werewolves- and he must find a way to put an end to the beastly killings before it’s too late for everyone.

Daily Dead recently chatted with Damici about his experiences collaborating on Late Phases with director Bogliano and his co-stars as well as what initially drew him to the project and the challenges of playing a visually-impaired character. Damici also discussed his next project which has him re-teaming with Jim Mickle for a new television series on the Sundance Channel.

Written by Eric Stolze (Under the Bed) and helmed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat, Here Comes the Devil), Late Phases also stars Ethan Embry (Cheap Thrills), Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, Manhunter), Erin Cummings...

Casting continues to heat up on Yahoo’s sixth season of the acclaimed college comedy Community, formerly of NBC. Last week, it was reported that Keith David and Paget Brewster had joined the cast in major roles, playing new characters designed to fill a void left by the departure of former series regulars Yvette Nicole Brown, Jonathan Banks and John Oliver. And now, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Community is set to introduce Britta’s (Gillian Jacobs) parents – Martin Mull will play George Perry, and Lesley Ann Warren will play his wife Deb.

Both actors will appear in the currently untitled second episode of Community‘s upcoming 13-episode sixth season. This won’t be the first time that the pair have shared the screen – Mull and Warren previously portrayed Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet, respectively, in Clue. More recently, Mull played another dad on Fox’s short-lived, critically reviled sitcom Dads,...

As Netflix continues to assert itself as a major television company with such acclaimed series as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Amazon Studios is racing to catch up by ordering series it hopes will be equally well-received. So far, Amazon has scored one big hit in the form of Jeffrey Tambor-led dramedy Transparent, and it hopes to find some more in the new lineup of pilots, which will be made available for viewing as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015.

Enclosed are descriptions of all seven pilots, courtesy of Deadline. The talented involved on all of them is impressive, to say the least. Mad Dogs comes from Cris Cole (The Bill) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), while The Man In The High Castle hails from Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files). Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) are behind Point Of Honor,...

School is almost back in session, Community fans! Ahead of a November 17 production start date for the sixth season of the beloved cult comedy, which was once housed at NBC but is now at Yahoo, it’s been announced that Paget Brewster and Keith David are joining the cast in regular roles.

Brewster, known for her part on Criminal Minds, will portray Francesca “Frankie” Dart, a consultant brought in to help shape up Greendale after its conditions slip below state requirements. Sharp-eyed fans of Community might recognize Brewster – she previously had a role in the season two episode “Analysis of Cork-Based Networking” as Debra Chambers, a member of Greendale’s It department – but she’s playing a new character for her role in this season.

Meanwhile, David, known both for his voice-over work on various Ken Burns documentaries and for his roles in such films as Platoon and Crash, will play Elroy Patashnik,...

When cancelled NBC sitcom Community was picked up by Yahoo! Screen in a rather remarkable eleventh-hour resuscitation, loyal fans of the beloved series likely breathed a deep sigh of relief and assumed that, finally, everything was going to be okay for the Greendale gang. Sadly, that’s not the case today, as series regular Yvette Nicole Brown has confirmed that she will not be reprising the role of Shirley Bennett in Community‘s upcoming sixth season.

Brown, who has been with Community since the start, opted to depart the show in order to care for her ailing father. Speaking with TV Guide, which broke news of the exit, she said:

“My dad needs daily care and he needs me. The idea of being away 16 hours a day for five months, I couldn’t do it. It was a difficult decision for me to make, but I had to choose my dad.

Never again, TV Academy.  Never again. I don't care if NBC has to do the Emmys in August because of football and if NBC is scared of going head-to-head with a competing award show. Doing the Emmys on Monday is just wrong. But we shall trudge on! Seth Meyers is hosting. Some fantastic TV shows and actors are nominated.  Follow along. Comment below. Join the fun. Make the fun. 8:00 p.m. Et. That was some of the worst Red Carpet pre-show I've ever watched between E! and NBC. I never thought I'd miss Ryan Seacrest, but there ya go! 8:00 p.m. Seth Meyers was just outside being interviewed by Billy Bush just two minutes ago. How will he make it inside? How?!?!? 8:00 p.m. A countdown! 20 seconds to go. 8:00 p.m. And now Seth is inside on-stage. How Is That Possible, Billy Bush?!? 8:01 p.m.

When Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor drops at the end of September, it will immerse fans of Tolkien’s world within a storyline that centres upon a resurrected ranger named Talion and his spiritual ally, Celebrimbor. Together, they will take players on a voyage through what is touted as a very interesting and well-written narrative, all the while battling Sauron’s evil forces.

It’s this relationship between the ‘living’ hero and his Wraith-like compadre that takes centre stage in the game’s most recent trailer, and by switching the focus back to their two stars, Monolith has pulled the proverbial curtain strings back and allowed disbelief to be suspended for a short period of time. The result is an interesting, but brief, interview with voice actors Troy Baker (Tyrion) and Alastair Duncan (Celebrimbor), during which they analyze and discuss their characters and the game’s general narrative.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor will mix action,...

It doesn’t look like Yahoo Screen will be binge-releasing its newly acquired comedy Community this fall – at the Comic-Con panel for the beloved show, which was picked up by Yahoo Screen for a sixth season in an eleventh-hour rescue following its cancellation on NBC, showrunner Dan Harmon revealed that the actual writing is going to kick off this fall, so episodes likely won’t begin airing until “probably some time after Christmas.” Unfortunately, that means no Halloween or Christmas specials – but that may be remedied in subsequent seasons.

At the panel, which included Harmon, writer Chris McKenna, and cast members Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, in addition to writer/actor Dino “Star Burns” Stamatopoulos, details of what to expect in season six were scarce. Harmon did offer the following insight into how he’s approaching Community‘s new home on Yahoo Screen:

“We will continue to make the show weekly,...

Who knew that Yahoo would be Greendale's saviour? Yahoo Screen rushed to snap up season six of Community and keep the comedy alive... so we're betting that this Comic-Con panel - kicking off any minute - will be a real celebration. We're expecting stars from the cast and creator Dan Harmon... and we've already seen a Human Being in the audience, so expect some fun audience questions! Let's get going...

15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!

15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.

15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!

15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...

Who knew that Yahoo would be Greendale's saviour? Yahoo Screen rushed to snap up season six of Community and keep the comedy alive... so we're betting that this Comic-Con panel - kicking off any minute - will be a real celebration. We're expecting stars from the cast and creator Dan Harmon... and we've already seen a Human Being in the audience, so expect some fun audience questions! Let's get going...

15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!

15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.

15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!

15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...

San Diego Comic-Con is fast approaching, so expect to see more and more news for the amazingly epic geek convention. Thanks to THR we have a look at the TV panels and screenings that will be taking place. This is all the information provided so far, but we'll have full panel schedules and additional information for you when the official schedule is released.

Wednesday, July 23 (Preview Night)

• Pilot screenings: The Flash (CW), Constantine (NBC), iZombie (CW)

Thursday, July 24

• Batman animated TV series (Cartoon Network) 6-7 p.m., Hall H.

• Hannibal (NBC)

• Teen Wolf (MTV) Panel includes Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, plus new cast members Shelley Hennig and Dylan Sprayberry, along with Ep Jeff Davis.

• Childrens Hospital (Adult Swim) Panel includes Rob Corddry and cast. 6-7 p.m., Room 25Abc.

• Witches of East End (Lifetime) Panel with stars Jenna Dewan Tatum, Julia Ormond, Madchen Amick, Rachel Boston,...

Warner Brothers Television announced its 2014 Comic-Con lineup on Wednesday (July 2) afternoon, a slate that includes a whopping 15 shows, including five new series premieres.  The Wbtv Comic-Con lineup includes the studio's regular Wednesday Preview Night pilot screenings, the previously announced Saturday night event featuring "Gotham" and "The Flash," plus a panel with Mike Tyson. Yes. Mike Tyson is coming to Comic-Con. Thanks, Wbtv! Other Wbtv odds and ends include "The Following" getting a Hall H berth on Sunday, "The Big Bang Theory" doing a second straight "writers" panel, multiple opportunities to see an "iZombie" pilot that hasn't been sent to critics and separate pilots for "Constantine" and "Arrow" from that Saturday event (but no individual "Flash" and "Gotham" panels. Expect more Comic-Con schedule announcements in the next few days, so I'll be listing these panels over and over again, but here's the full Wbtv Comic-Con 2014 schedule: Wednesday, July 23 *** Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings (6 p.

Community has been rescued from cancellation once again, this time by Yahoo, which will produce a 13-episode sixth season.

Community Officially Granted Sixth Season

Yahoo announced the exciting news Monday evening. Yahoo and Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind Community, promised fans that the sixth season would feature the return of creator Dan Harmon and cast members Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong.

“I am very pleased that Community will be returning for its predestined sixth season on Yahoo. I look forward to bringing our beloved NBC sitcom to a larger audience by moving it online. I vow to dominate our new competition. Rest easy, Big Bang Theory. Look out, BangBus!” Dan Harmon said in a statement.

McHale, who stars as former lawyer and resident cool guy, Jeff, also released a statement, saying, “’The reports of our cancellation have been greatly exaggerated’…. #SixSeasonsAndAMovie is real.

Community fans can finally breathe. Just when things were beginning to really look hopeless, Yahoo as stepped in, and is going to give us the chance to see the sixth season.

Community fans are certainly a vocal crowd, and the show has managed a sort of cult status, in addition to ratings that are, in today’s world, actually not all that bad. McHale and crew will get at least 13 more episodes of community college (because who knows what will happen if the run does well enough) in their continuing effort to never graduate from anything.

The news makes for an interesting step for Yahoo Screen, and hopefully one that marks a future trend.

Get all the info below, and make sure you keep your sights set on Community. Given the last six or seven episodes of the show, I have a feeling this could be one of those truly...

Second Update: TheWrap has a source close to the talks, who says reports that Hulu has dropped out of talks to pick up Community were false. Another, still unknown entity is also interested in the show. With the clock ticking down towards June 30th, when the cast deals expire, a deal needs to come soon or not at all.

Update: Entertainment Weekly confirms that talks with Hulu have largely stalled, but that another party is still in talks. Hulu reportedly “still wants to be part of the conversation.” Don’t give up hope yet, Community fans!

Original Post: It’s with a tremendously heavy heart that I bring you news this morning that the beloved NBC cult comedy Community will not be saved by streaming giant Hulu after all, as many of us fans had hoped. According to Michael Ausiello of TVLine, talks have broken down between Sony Pictures Television and Hulu.

Few comedians currently have the sway of Kevin Hart, who has recently delivered a string of huge hits like Think Like a Man, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Ride Along and About Last Night. And with Think Like A Man Too actually outpacing both its predecessor and surprise smash Ride Along in pre-sales going into the weekend, it’s a safe bet that Hart isn’t giving up his newly claimed throne as king of comedy quite yet. Now, we’ve got our first look at another Hart vehicle - The Wedding Ringer, in which he stars with Josh Gad.

The first trailer, though predictable, features some pretty funny jokes – “It looks like the cast of Goonies grew up and became rapists,” says Gad’s character of a group of bums that Hart’s best-man-for-hire wheels out as potential groomsmen. It looks like Hart has another hit on his hands,...

It’s sad that many gamers find it surprising when an established franchise takes a quality step into the world of video games, especially since many of these series are full of interactive potential. Luckily, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series has had many successful releases, including both movie tie-ins and original works that delve deeper into the rich mythology that millions of fans love.

Since Monolith Productions took over work on the intellectual property’s video game license, fans have been anticipating their in-development project, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, which looks to bring a grittier perspective to the archetypal fantasy landscape. As if the talent behind this entry’s plot wasn’t enough to raise some eyebrows (the story is being written by Christian Cantamessa, the mind behind Red Dead Redemption‘s epic tale), Monolith and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Wbie) have now revealed the main players...

With Oscars on their mantlepieces for The Descendants, and summer hit The Way Way Back under their belts, writer-director duo Nat Faxon and Jim Rash have established themselves as two of Hollywood’s most exciting new filmmakers. In The Descendants, they struck an extraordinary balance between humor and heartbreak, and The Way Way Back confirmed that Faxon and Rash were as capable behind the camera as they were with pen and paper. Now, it appears that for their next project, action-comedy The Heart, the duo are aiming for a mini-Way Way Back reunion, with news that Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney have both joined the cast.

In the film, written and directed by Faxon and Rash, Kristen Wiig stars as a cash-strapped woman who agrees to begin trafficking black market organs with a mysterious stranger. Rockwell will play said stranger, which doesn’t come as too much of a surprise,...

Given its consistently low ratings, it's somewhat astounding that "Raising Hope" managed to get four often terrific seasons on Fox. It's still sad to report that "Raising Hope" will have its series finale on Friday, April 4 with an hour-long send-off. "On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and 'Raising Hope's' amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons," blurbs executive producer Mike Mariano, who took over as showrunner for Garcia this season. "We planned our Season Four finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to say goodbye to the Chances and to Natesville. Thanks again, and we’ll see you in syndication." Often aired in erratic patterns with lengthy hiatuses, doubled-up episodes and early finales, "Raising Hope" will still hit 88 episodes by its finale. During its run,...

It's time to say goodbye to the Chance family. Raising Hope has been canceled by Fox after four seasons, the network announced on Monday. The sitcom, which stars Martha Plimpton, Lucas Neff, Cloris Leachman and Garret Dillahunt, will say goodbye in a special one-hour series finale, which will air Friday, April 4. "Thanks for watching! Thanks to the writers, directors, cast mates + fans who made it possible. Goodbye, Jimmy," Neff tweeted on Monday.  "On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and Raising Hope's amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons," executive producer Mike Mariano said in a statement. "We...

Raising Hope is saying goodbye. Fox announced Monday that it will air two back-to-back new episodes to end the comedy’s four-season run on April 4.

The series finale will begin with “How I Met Your Mullet” which will guest star Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey), followed by “The Father Daughter Dance” featuring Jeffrey Tambor. It will also include a musical performance by Kenny Loggins.

Raising Hope has averaged 2.7 million viewers this season and a 1.0 rating in 18-49.

“On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and Raising Hope’s amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in...

Exclusive: It’s the end of the road for Fox‘s quirky family comedy Raising Hope, with the upcoming fourth-season finale serving as series finale. The blue-collar sitcom will bow out with an hourlong farewell on Friday, April 4, featuring back-to-back episodes from 9-10 Pm. Created by Greg Garcia, Raising Hope was the first comedy series in a while to stick at Fox. It proved a good utility player, doing well behind New Girl but also as a 8 Pm anchor of the Tuesday comedy block last season. “Getting to know and love the Chance family on Raising Hope has been a sweet, hilarious ride,” said Fox chairman Kevin Reilly and COO Joe Earley. “Thanks to the incredibly talented cast — along with Greg, Mike and the entire crew — for making us laugh for four fantastic seasons.” Raising Hope had the odds stacked against it going into Season 4. Creator Greg Garcia left the...

Fox announced on Monday that the network had decided to cancel comedy sitcom Raising Hope, which is currently in its fourth season.

'Raising Hope' Canceled

“On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and Raising Hope‘s amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons,” said executive producer Mike Mariano in a statement. “We planned our Season 4 finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to say goodbye to the Chances and to Natesville. Thanks again, and we’ll see you in syndication.”

“Getting to know and love the Chance family on Raising Hope has been a sweet, hilarious ride,” Fox chief Kevin Reilly added. “Thanks to the incredibly talented cast – along with Greg, Mike and the entire crew – for making us laugh for four fantastic seasons.

Zap2it spoke with "Psych" actress Kirsten Nelson in preparation for her directorial debut on Wednesday's (Feb. 26) episode of the USA comedy. An interview about that process and the end of "Psych" is coming later in the week, but one of the other topics we touched on was her memorable guest-starring role on "The West Wing."

In the Season 2 finale of NBC's political drama, titled "Two Cathedrals," Nelson played the younger version of Mrs. Landingham, secretary to President Bartlet who in present-day had just been killed in a car accident.

Nelson tells Zap2it that it was actually due to Kathryn Joosten, the actress who played present-day Mrs. Landingham and who passed away herself in 2012, that she auditioned for the role.

"That is still one of the roles that's closest to my heart. I knew Kathy Joosten, we worked together on a very short-lived series called 'Thanks' for CBS,...

Fans already anticipating "True Detective" Season 2 have taken over Twitter. With stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson signed for only one season, "True Detective" will need a new pairing in its next outing.

Thanks to a Twitter hashtag, #TrueDetectiveSeason2 and photo meme, there are hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of suggestions. Here are some of the funniest.

Joel McHale and Jim Rash of "Community"

So @joelmchale and @RashisTVUgly just won #TrueDetectiveSeason2 pic.twitter.com/NK30SPqvWh

-- Rob Moynihan (@robmoynihan) February 20, 2014

Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth ("Thor" co-stars)

#TrueDetectiveSeason2 Clear winners pic.twitter.com/bxd9tlAO5d

-- Giana Mucci (@RatedGiana) February 20, 2014

"The Shield"

#TrueDetectiveSeason2 I am also serious about this one @JayKarnes #TheShield http://t.co/vtXW5OhL0N

-- Mo Ryan (@moryan) February 20, 2014

"Bosom Buddies"

#TrueDetectiveSeason2 : My vote. pic.twitter.com/hnBwXxPqPF

-- Michael Schneider (@franklinavenue) February 20, 2014

"Weekend at Bernie's"

#TrueDetectiveSeason2 pic.twitter.com/grf6sEchZu

--...

Never one to rest on his laurels, acclaimed director and producer Jason Reitman has added The Possibilities to his large slate of projects, snapping up the new novel before it has even been published.

The Possibilities is the second novel from Kaui Hart Hemmings – whose 2007 debut The Descendants was adapted into an Academy Award winning screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for Payne’s 2011 movie of the same name. Indian Paintbrush Productions, along with Reitman’s Right Of Way production company, have optioned Hemmings’ follow-up and attached Reitman to direct – though it will not arrive in bookstores until May 2014.

Set in a Colorado ski-resort, the story centres on a small-town talk show host who is grieving for her adult son, recently lost in an avalanche. In her loss, she is supported by her son’s estranged father, her own, live-in father, and her best friend – although this...

Sam Rockwell’s inability to secure an Oscar nomination for a career filled with hilarious and dazzling turns in films like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Moon and The Way, Way Back has not stopped the actor from attracting a large fanbase and much love from the independent film community. In Park City to promote Lynn Shelton’s new comedy-drama Laggies, Rockwell is now starting to drum up support for The Eel, which he will star in for writer/director Roberto Bentivegna, whose script appeared on the 2012 Black List.

The Eel should be a darker turn for Rockwell, who will play an escaped convict drawn back into a life of crime when a corrupt sheriff kidnaps the heiress to an oil fortune. As Kevin Walsh, one of The Eel‘s producers, told Deadline, Rockwell’s role “of a criminal on the run… reminded us of Drive and Cool Hand Luke.

I’ll preface this by saying that compiling a list of the top 25 Community episodes so far has been the most difficult task I have ever encountered as an entertainment journalist. The cult NBC comedy, which premieres its fifth season tonight, has maintained a rabid fan following for a reason; its unique blend of character-driven humor and meta commentary puts it in a totally different class from any other half-hour comedy series currently airing on television.

Community arrived in 2010 to little fanfare, but since then, showrunner Dan Harmon and his talented writing staff have taken risks with their show that have transformed it from a standard sitcom into a heartwarming, hilarious, complex and frequently brilliant comedy that stands tall among the greats of television history. Why? Because Community embraces the opportunity to take tremendous risks in terms of storytelling and character development. What other show has the audacity to construct...

I’m not going to lie – Hell Baby is made for a specific audience. One part goofy 80s horror, one part spookily inspired mindless comedy, Reno 911! alums Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant deliver a maternal story with a sinister bite unlike any other minds could produce. We’ve all seen their fake police skits, some of which include a naked man with a birdhouse on his pecker or Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) from Community tied to a bed with a dildo on his forehead, and that’s essentially the same kind of comedy these two serious horror fans bring to their very own brand of horror/comedy. Babies sure are little devils, but Lennon and Garant prove your screaming toddlers could have turned out a lot meaner, more vicious, and a hell of a lot more demonic.

Give me a film featuring Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant and you’ve got my attention,...

Psych is a warm and engaging and frequently hilarious show, and having spoken to the cast and crew at Sdcc, I can attest that they are just as much of a blast to talk to as the show is to watch. I got to sit down with James Roday, Dulé Hill, Cary Elwes, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Kirsten Nelson, Corbin Bernsen, Steve Franks, Chris Henze, and Kelly Kulchak and dish about the show. Here’s what I learned.

The Psych cast sings around the set a lot, and loved doing Psych: The Musical (which will air in December), and actually singing for the cameras.

Kirsten Nelson: “It was exciting to do! It was a whole lot of fun to go into a recording studio to record the songs and play it back for the crew, who were excited to hear us sing. They hear us singing, goofing around all the time,...

Guess what, ComicMix readers? Convention season is upon us! Hurrah!

“Aw, shucks,” you say. “I can’t make it to any conventions.”

Fear not, faithful friends! I am here to save the day by attending and reporting back for you. And I am psyched about it. Yes, I’ll probably need to hibernate my con exhaustion away afterwards, but man, I love the energy and excitement of a good con. And good thing, too, because this year, I’m planning to attend The North American Discworld Convention; San Diego Comic Con; Dragon*Con; Baltimore Comic Con; the Small Press Expo; New York Comic Con; and Capclave. Whew!

NADWCon and Sdcc are right around the corner, so I’m extra excited about those! Here’s what I’m looking forward to:

The North American Discworld Convention

The NADWCon is taking place in Baltimore, MD from July 5th to 8th, and memberships are still available!

Apparently the only movies I’m reviewing these days are extreme horror films and touching coming of age stories, with the latter being much less frequent but entirely necessary to break up the countless attacks of violence and perversion. Since I’ve recently reviewed Hatchet III and The Purge, indulging in Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s The Way, Way Back was a welcomed change of pace, especially since I was still riding the whole coming of age genre high that was The Kings Of Summer. I mean hell, how could I not be excited after Oscar winning writers/first time directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash floored audiences at Sundance with their wet and wild dramedy, striking a deal with Fox Searchlight for $9.75 million?

Our story follows a young boy named Duncan (Liam James) as he’s forced to spend his summer trapped in a beach house with his...

Chicago – Witches were always my monster of choice as a child. Their façade of maternal warmth that routinely gave way to fiendish malice was both scary and oddly funny. Actresses love playing this archetype because it allows them to break all the rules followed by photogenic starlets. The fun had by everyone in a witch’s cape—from Margaret Hamilton to Angelica Huston—is timelessly infectious.

My favorite witch in cinematic history is the one played by Cloris Leachman in Len Talan’s sublime, woefully overlooked 1987 adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, “Hansel and Gretel.” The film’s entire first half is one long, exquisite build-up to Leachman’s appearance, and it proves to be more than worth the wait. Her feigned grandmotherly kindness is hilariously kooky, as she makes a few Freudian slips about “cooking children—I mean, chicken.” But once Gretel creeps down the basement stairs to discover...

DreamWorks Animation has gone ahead and given the green light to The Croods 2, a sequel to last month’s animated film centring on a prehistoric, caveman family. The original cast, Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Catherine Keener and Cloris Leachman, are all set to return, as are Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders, who will write and direct.

The Croods has already done $144 at the domestic box office and $242 worldwide, so it’s easy to see why the studio is pushing forward a sequel. Having seen the film, I can say that it isn’t anything special but was an enjoyable one-time watch. Admittedly, the animation was pretty good and some of the scenes were entertaining but still, I can’t really see where a sequel would take us.

At this point, it seems like The Croods 2 may be more of a cash grab than anything else.

DreamWorks’ newest 3D animated release, The Croods, is a surprisingly heartfelt, yet unfortunately unfunny movie. Going into the film, I was under the impression that (considering the title) this movie would be a comedy with some mildly crude humor. Not an unreasonable assumption, right?

Instead, the very brief and infrequent moments of humor are often slapstick, like when Grug (the father of the Crood family played by Nicholas Cage) is crushed like Wile E. Coyote by a large boulder, yet is completely healthy in the very next shot. As for the other jokes, they are far too “kiddy” for a laugh, even for the room full of young children that I was in the theater with.

What this movie doesn’t have in humor and laughs though, it makes up for in animation as it’s a very pretty film to look at. It takes place in a prehistoric time...