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Meet the World's Longest Cat, Stewie!

5 hours ago

It took Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness a few years to realize their cat, Stewie, was longer than most - and now they can say he's the longest cat in the world. Last week, Stewie, a 5-year-old Maine Coon cat who lives with his family in Reno, Nev., was certified by Guinness World Records as the world's longest domestic cat. "We realized that Stewie was exceptionally long about three years ago," Hendrickson told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "Everyone says, 'Wow what a long cat!' "Stewie measures 48 ½-inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail, and See more »

- Sara Hammel

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Top 9 Worst Movie Sequel Titles—Not Counting Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon

2 hours ago

There's an art to great movie sequel titles. Some get right to the point (The Godfather: Part II), some don't sound like sequels at all (The Dark Knight), and some have the word Bourne in them. But when a sequel name goes horribly wrong, we end up with a monstrosity that's both dumb and self-important—like the just-announced Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. But don't worry, young Shia Labeouf! There have been worse titles. (And to be fair to you, we're not even touching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.) Check out the list of offenders, See more »

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Vampire Diaries' Taylor Kinney on the Moon Stone: "It's More Powerful Than You'd Think"

2 hours ago

When Mason Lockwood strolled into Mystic Falls at the start of Season 2, the Salvatore Brothers were on alert. As if learning he's a werewolf wasn't threatening enough, the last episode of The Vampire Diaries' revealed he's in cahoots with Katherine — everyone's vampire enemy. Taylor Kinney, who plays Mason on the CW series (Thurs, 8/7c), insists that he returned in large part to mentor his nephew Tyler (Michael Trevino). The actor talks about whether he believes his character has fallen under Katherine's spell, and what that moon stone really does.

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- Robyn Ross

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Is Pixar Sexist? Anger as Studio Replaces Female Director on ‘Brave’

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Pixar reaped a heap of anger Wednesday as the blogosphere accused Disney’s animation house of sexism -- and worse, being formulaic -- for firing Brenda Chapman, the first female director in its history, from “Brave,” a film she had written and nurtured through the development process.

For one thing, the animation industry is not known as a warm and fuzzy place for women.

And Hollywood overall? Women remain a fraction of the industry’s directors, just 7 percent according to the latest study --  the same ratio as a decade ago. See more »

See full article at The Wrap »

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'This is not criticism in a vacuum'

7 hours ago

From demolishing Alice in Wonderland to deciphering Macbeth, our young readers bowled over the judges with their wit

Fresh bands, young directors, hot new actors and artists straight out of college are the lifeblood of the arts. And, to ensure that criticism doesn't get stale, it's essential that their generation is represented in our reviewers. The Guardian's annual young critics competition is designed to ensure that arts criticism can reflect the voices of a younger arts audience. That said, youth alone is not enough. These days, it's easier than ever to find a platform on which to voice your opinions See more »

- Alex Needham

See full article at The Guardian - Film News »

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Cars 2 Teaser Arrives

7 hours ago

Long regarded as the redheaded step child (or should that be red-hooded?) of the Pixar family, Cars was nevertheless a massive success with merchandise-craving kids, and enjoyed the usual healthy life at the box office. So while the gang at Emeryville are getting into sequels in a bigger way See more »

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Mad Men's Surprising Yet Logical Finale: Don Draper Goes All Cali in 'Tomorrowland'

3 hours ago

Turns out that it's all Glen Bishop's fault. Oh, and the negative ions. It's the terrific if perplexing Season 4 finale of Mad Men, and as always there be spoilers ahead. No, I didn't see it coming beforehand. But as it unfolded in the season finale, very tellingly entitled "Tomorrowland," See more »

- William Bradley

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New 'Tron: Legacy' Poster Pays Homage To Original 'Tron' Poster

6 hours ago

By Kristen Shalbinski

Calling all TRONerds! Yesterday, Walt Disney Pictures released a new poster for "Tron: Legacy," the sequel to the 1928 sci-fi classic "Tron," on Yahoo! yesterday... and it's giving us a little spat of déjà vu: You see, it not-so-subtly pays homage to its '82 predecessor.

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- MTV Movies Team

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With Ke$ha, Gaga, and Taylor Swift, It’s All About the Art of the Tease

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Last week, RCA Records announced the release of a new record from Ke$ha, the tangle-haired, brown liquor-loving singer whose blippy “TiK ToK” was inescapable for most of the first half of this year. But Cannibal—coming to a music retailer near you on November 22, the same day as new releases See more »

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Toronto International Film Festival: Windfall

10 September 2010 9:18 AM, PDT

After reading a few small articles on wind energy in the Delaware County Times, the New York City-based video and commercials editor Laura Israel, who retreats to a 16’ by 16’ cabin outside the town of Meredith in said county, thought she might do something for the green movement See more »

- Howard Feinstein

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