Mike Sampson

As was previously rumored, director Peter Jackson officially announced that ‘The Hobbit‘ would be a trilogy.

Larry David‘s upcoming mystery movie has left the confines of Fox Searchlight and found a new home at a familiar location: HBO, the home to David’s Emmy-winning series ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ But what exactly is this movie?

President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak this morning at a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Florida. Instead of speaking about his upcoming re-election campaign, he instead delivered a speech on the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

After the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting that left 12 people dead and another 50 injured, theaters across the country are addressing security concerns as sold-out crowds return to theaters for the weekend.

Naomi Watts is starring as Princess Diana in the upcoming biopic ‘Caught in Flight’ and recently stepped out for the first time in character to film a scene from the movie. Now that we see what she looks like, is she right for the role?

Reaction to ‘Prometheus‘ was mixed – some people loved it and some people hated it. Well, you can count Tyler Perry as one of the ones who hated it and he’s going to do something about it: he’s going to make his own sci-fi movie. (Yes, we’re still talking about the guy who dresses as the sassy fat old grandma in those movies.)

Ann Curry formally confirmed the swirling rumors about her future on the TODAY show this morning with a tearful announcement that she’ll be leaving the morning program, starting today, after a year as co-host.

Meet Ricky Sekhon. He’s a little known British actor, who lives quietly in London with his wife and child. Ricky just wrapped his first big Hollywood role: playing Osama bin Laden.

Henry Hill, the real life mobster who was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s classic ‘Goodfellas,’ died yesterday at the age of 69. And no, he wasn’t whacked.

‘Jackass 3D’ was (another) huge hit in the franchise, so ‘Jackass 4′ always seemed like something of an inevitability. But part of the fun of ‘Jackass 3D’ was watching the stunts catch up on the aging cast and there was some speculation, they’re retire after completing the trilogy. Not quite. ‘Jackass 4′ looks like it could be on the way after all…

Ray Bradbury, the legendary sci-fi author behind ‘Fahrenheit 451′ and host of the TV series ‘The Ray Bradbury Theater’ died this morning in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

In an attempt to breathe new life into the ‘Scream‘ franchise, Dimension Films released a fourth installment – ‘Scream 4′ in theaters last spring. It didn’t work. ‘Scream 4′ performed poorly at the box-office and wasn’t a hit with audiences or critics. But that’s not the end of the ghost face killer! Like a horror movie villain, the ‘Scream’ franchise was left for dead but is suddenly up and alive