We could make a bunch of predictions about who will win what during this Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, but we made a drinking game instead. So grab a 12-pack and tune into NBC at 8 p.m. Hope you don’t have an early class Monday.
With a new year comes a new beginning to the independent film scene in Gainesville. This week, the Avenue caught up with Jason McNeal, a film lover and movie buff who has been on the hunt for great, contemporary indie films to show in the area. “$5 Films,” as he calls it, will take place at the Wooly in the heart of downtown, located next to the Top.
If the public’s relationship with “Doctor Who” were a marriage, right now, we would be searching all of time and space for the perfect gold token to signify our upcoming 50th anniversary.
“Workaholics” and “Pitch Perfect” star Adam Devine said comedy has always come naturally.
My dream ended in seventh grade.
“Escape from Tomorrow,” a psychosexual fantasy film set in Disney World, opens at 9 p.m. Friday at the Hippodrome.
The latest season in the disturbing anthology “American Horror Story” has all the elements of a successful Disney Channel original movie or cult CW series. “Coven” has young adults, an evocative boarding school, magic and a sense of danger. Except, unlike the attractively cast whim-indulgent shows of teenage TV, “Coven” does not portray a fantasy you want to vicariously live through. Rather, it is your worst nightmare.
An MTV cast member who breaks down “Guy Code” and “Girl Code” on the network’s popular shows will now be laying out dating code.
Creeping from our worst nightmares, a “Big Ass Spider!” will be released in a theater near you, crushing buildings with its hairy legs, spitting skin-melting acid and making people laugh.
Over the past five years, the vampire craze in American media hit its peak and slowly started to back off into the shadows.
He might win gold medals, but Ryan Lochte can’t win viewers.
Is it just me or were the Emmys just … OK? Don’t get me wrong, I love the bits of comedy thrown in there (I love you, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler), but the big, expected showstopping number from host Neil Patrick Harris didn’t even happen until 90 minutes in. Sure, we got some awkwardly awesome walk-dancing from “Castle” star Nathan Fillion, but … the pizzazz just didn’t seem to be there. Here are some highlights anyway:
Last week I lived every ‘90s girl’s (and some boys’) dream when I got to interview Justin Timberlake and Anthony Mackie about upcoming movie “Runner Runner.”
Nearly seven years ago, the world was introduced to Dexter Morgan, a blood splatter analyst with a Dark Passenger alter ego set on ridding the world of killers, one cheek slice at a time.
Season 15 of “Big Brother” has been particularly spectacular with the MVP twist, the creation and decimation of the Moving Company, the unprecedented return of an evicted HouseGuest, the numerous shattered showmances and the racial controversy.
I’m ba-aaaack. Although awards season won’t kick off until the winter, there are a few star-studded stragglers to tide us over. The MTV Video Music Awards was no exception — and boy, did we have a show in store. Here are just some of the highlights from last Sunday’s big night:
James Franco joined the likes of Donald Trump, Flavor Flav and Pamela Anderson as the guest of honor at one of Comedy Central’s 90-minute celebrity roasts, which will air this weekend.
Those looking to buy nail polish remover at CVS no longer have to worry about bringing their IDs.
Kevin Bradshaw was supposed to be a basketball legend.
The movie industry would be nothing without young adult films targeted at preteens and young moviegoers.
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