After 18 months of waiting, an average of 3.5 million people tuned in Sunday to watch “Mad Men’s” fifth-season debut. That’s a series best for the show — and about 600,000 more people than watched the fourth-season debut in July 2010. “Mad Men” had been off the air since October 2010, following the fourth-season finale, as the studio, the network and the creator wrangled over this and that — product placement within the show, adding another ad break, creator’s salary, blah, blah, blah. Read full article > >

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The TV Column: ‘Mad Men’ season five premiere draws 3.5 million viewers

When Warner Bros. released the first photograph of the new Superman, the studio clearly wanted to spark some advance fanboy and fangirl chatter. Super-advance. The picture of actor Henry Cavill , muscles rippling beneath his heroic pseudo-leotard, was unveiled online last August. But the movie in which he’ll wear that familiar ensemble, “Man of Steel,” won’t arrive in theaters until June 2013. That’s right — June 2013 . If the Mayans were even half-right about this whole doomsday thing, we’ll all be dead before then. (On the plus side, at least we’ll meet our maker knowing how Cavill looks in a cape.) Read full article > >

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“Hunger Games” and the great Hollywood hype machine

“And GO! And GO! And GO!” It’s about five minutes to showtime, and Melissa Harris-Perry, clad in a nautical-inspired dress, navy blue cardigan and matching pumps, is jumping up and down on the highly polished floor of MSNBC’s Studio 3A. Read full article > >

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Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC gives new face to cable news

Lauren Weedman wants to talk to you about rape and prison, and she wants you to laugh about it. Weedman, who has written six autobiographical plays, opens Thursday at the Studio Theatre in her one-woman comedy “Bust.” It recounts her experiences volunteering at a women’s prison while dealing with the fallout of a confessional article she wrote for Glamour magazine in 2005, “I Lied About Being Raped.” Read full article > >

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Lauren Weedman: Washington or ‘Bust’

Bad at flirting? Here’s a dress that will do the talking for you. Designers from Studio Roosegaarde, an interactive design firm in the Netherlands, has created dresses that react to the wearer’s body, as well as to those around her. One dress changes colors to the beat of the wearer’s heart, becoming more transparent based on close encounters. Read full article > >

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Wallace and Gromit makers Aardman Animations could move production from the UK to cut costs, the studio warns.

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It’s lonely at the top. Or at least it used to be. Big-name pop stars are linking arms this season, both in the studio and on the road. A-list rappers are merging like telecom corporations. Indie-rock stars are forming supergroups and micro-partnerships. A one-in-a-million country singer just joined a band. And Mick Jagger is jamming with the son of Bob Marley while Lou Reed is shredding alongside Metallica. Read full article > >

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Kanye West and Jay-Z aren’t the only pop stars collaborating in the studio, on tour

Maestro of the English language? Connoisseur of prose? Irish playwright Enda Walsh dismisses the praise, but his work has earned enough admiration for Studio Theatre to undertake an ambitious survey of “Penelope,” “The New Electric Ballroom” and “The Walworth Farce.”

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Playwright Enda Walsh, keeper of Ireland’s storytelling tradition

Maestro of the English language? Connoisseur of prose? Irish playwright Enda Walsh dismisses the praise, but his work has earned enough admiration for Studio Theatre to undertake an ambitious survey of “Penelope,” “The New Electric Ballroom” and “The Walworth Farce.”

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Playwright Enda Walsh, keeper of Ireland’s storytelling tradition

Snow in San Francisco is one thing, but snow in Los Angeles? Burbank, Glendale, and Studio City all saw snow, hail, or some sort of frozen precipitation called graupel “that certainly looked like real snow,” said a weather service specialist. Much of…

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‘Snow’ Falls in Los Angeles

As we gear up for the release of Zack Snyder’s epic CGI action-fest Sucker Punch next month, Warner Bros. continues to treat us with a new batch of posters featuring our five heronies. About a month ago, the studio released a series of highly-stylized posters. This time around, they went old school.

Five’s daily magazine show Live from Studio Five is to be replaced by a new programme based on the OK! celebrity magazine.

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The all-inclusive Shrek: The Whole Story Boxed Set comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today and it includes all four Shrek titles plus the brand-new, limited edition Donkey’s Christmas Shrektacular which features all of the beloved Shrek characters performing classic holiday songs as well as ‘Shrek’s Yule Log’ which has the Shrek characters making short, funny appearances in front of a crackling virtual fireplace. DreamWorks Animation was kind enough to treat a select few of us to experience a special event in honor of the release of the box set on the Glendale campus of the studio with a tour, a first look at the special features of the box set and opening remarks from CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Debbie Schlussel, the Michigan-based blogger and movie critic, was left to wonder whether she had offended the powers at Paramount Pictures when she learned last month that she had been cut from the studio’s screening lists.

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Former footballer Ian Wright has made his last appearance on TV show Live From Studio Five, broadcaster Five says.

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