The A.V. Club Newswire

Newswire: Miller to make Buck Rogers pic

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:13:55 -0400

Comic book guy Frank Miller has become quite the filmmaker since Robert Rodriguez fought to give him screen credit on Sin City. Miller is...

Newswire: Vaughn off Thor

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:04:25 -0400

Marvel’s new in-house production company is riding high with the success of Iron Man—and if the film’s post-credits sequence (as well as...

Newswire: The Gong Show to return

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:02:00 -0400

Who saw this coming? The Gong Show will return to television by way of Comedy Central beginning July 17th. The title has changed slightly:...

Newswire: RIP Eddy Arnold

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:39:15 -0400

Eddy Arnold, the Nashville fixture whose hits were fixtures on the 1960s country charts, has died at the age of 89. Best known for "Make The World Go...

Newswire: The ever-shrinking film world: Indie labels, bloggers disappear

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:13:56 -0400

When Warner Brothers absorbed the 40-year-old (sorta, kinda, at times) independent label New Line Cinema back in late February, it was certain...

Newswire: New Beck album "this summer"

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:39:18 -0400

In deference to that leak-crazy Web. 2.0 we all keep hearing about, Beck is keeping his cards close to the vest about

Newswire: Zappa bust for Baltimore

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:48:29 -0400

A bronze bust of Frank Zappa has been a tourist attraction for years in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius—and now

Newswire: Anchorman 2 in the works?

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:26:12 -0400

You should probably take this with a big ol' grain of blog salt, but during a recent press conference to promote the awesome new The Foot Fist...

Newswire: Who wants to hear Mrs. Vanilla Ice's 911 call?

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:48:06 -0400

TMZ has released an MP3 of a 911 call made by Vanilla Ice's wife during...

Newswire: The Police's (second) final show

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:45:49 -0400

The Police will play its (second) final show ever in New York City later this year. According to...

Newswire: MBV confirms tour

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:39 -0400

Keeping dreams of that rumored new album alive, My Bloody Valentine—the band my mom once described as “a bunch of vacuum cleaners”—has...

Newswire: Reunited: Bay and Bruckheimer, Cruise and Redstone

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:39:55 -0400

Hollywood's dream team--if your dreams involve gratuitous explosions, clumsy expository dialogue, and Aerosmith power ballads--Michael Bay and Jerry...

Newswire: MacFarlane's not going anywhere, is a rich bastard

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:47:06 -0400

Despite getting axed by FOX not once but twice, Family Guy is now the network’s top-rated comedy (yes, even over The Simpsons,...

Newswire: New music Tuesday: Neil Diamond, No Age, Matmos

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:35:51 -0400

Even in an age when most records are available online for weeks before their official release dates, Tuesday still is a magical day for music fans...

Newswire: Minority Report inspires new, evil robots

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:46:50 -0400

Following in the footsteps of the Los Angeles real estate mogul who based...

Newswire: Marvel announces 5 more movies

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:43:10 -0400

Talk about striking while the iron is hot: Just after Iron Man led the box office...

Newswire: Clash of the titans: Boll vs. Zane!

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:41:05 -0400

Video game adaptation, um, auteur Uwe Boll has filed a lawsuit against his Bloodrayne star Billy Zane, according to

Newswire: Weekend Box Office: Iron Man, duh

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:36:35 -0400

Iron Man treated the competition to a hearty spanking this weekend, kicking off the summer blockbuster season with $100.75 million, nearly...

Newswire: New, free NIN out right now!

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:48:06 -0400

Fans of Nine Inch Nails have had a ton of new, free music to chew on lately, with the recent release of the instrumental Ghost I-IV and now,...

Newswire: Friday Buzzkills: Knowing when to quit, and when to never start in the first place

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:02:24 -0400

I’m back, and as much as I (and no doubt some of you) enjoyed my vacation from doling out the dour, all good things must come to their inevitably...