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Sure, Christmas is just behind us but we’re willing to bet we already know one present horror fans are aching to unwrap this Halloween. Like a sinister version of The Little Engine That Could, our favorite Good Guy doll – still very much possessed by voice actor Brad Dourif – is about to be let out of the box once more. Pre-production rumors have been steadily building over the past few months, and earlier today Entertainment Weekly was first to report that principal photography on Cult of Chucky will start on January 9. Series creator Don Mancini will once again take the reins on this seventh consecutive film in the Child’s Play franchise. The synopsis provided through EW sounds quite ambitious insofar as the seventh...

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Yes! Bones is coming back.

Precisely at 9/8c on Tuesday, January 3.

In true testament to the staying power of Bones, the show will have aired in six different time slots on five different nights by the time all is said and done. Assuming Bones Season 12 finishes where it starts!

It will be airing directly following two comedies. The time slot debut of New Girl and premiere of The Mick.

Bones is replacing a new reality series called Kicking & Screaming, which has been held back for sometime in midseason. I have no idea what that one is about, but it sounds unpleasant.

“From the very first season, Bones was called ‘The Little Engine That Could,’ so we could not be prouder of ending up as Fox’s longest-running scripted drama,” said creator and executive producer Hart Hanson.

“And we got there because of an insanely loyal, loud, lovely, lively audience.”

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Call it “The Beginning in the End.”

Fox has set a premiere date — Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at 9/8c — for the 12th and final season of Bones.

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The farewell run promises to “celebrate the inventive series and bring the storylines of Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel), Booth (David Boreanaz) and the Jeffersonian-fbi team to a close, allowing the show’s loyal fans to say goodbye to these indelible characters.”

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Fox’s press release...

The final season of “Bones” has been set for a Tuesday, January 3 premiere at 9 o’clock on Fox. Over the closing 12-episode run, producers plan to bring back “fan-favorite guest stars and squinterns, as well as an old flame from one of the team’s past,” Fox said Thursday in a media release. And of course, what final season would be complete without a(nother) wedding? There will also be a serial killer storyline, we’re promised. Also Read: 'Bones' Star Michaela Conlin Teases Big Shift for Angela and Hodgins (Video) “From the very first season, ‘Bones’ was...

Rest assured, Andy Cohen is just getting started.

The Watch What Happens Live host celebrated 1,000 episodes on air Wednesday night with two of his favorite "ride-or-die chicks" Chrissy Teigen and Kristin Chenoweth. And if all the tea spilled on the landmark episode (not to mention its after show) is any indication, Cohen and his Clubhouse crew have at least 1,000 more episodes in them.

Somewhere between between playing tic-tac-toe with Real Housewives taglines and offering up his signature shot-ski (just water for pregnant Teigen, of course), Cohen managed to mine plenty of gossip gems out of his famous superfans and to...

Rest assured, Andy Cohen is just getting started. The Watch What Happens Live host celebrated 1,000 episodes on air Wednesday night with two of his favorite "ride-or-die chicks" Chrissy Teigen and Kristin Chenoweth. And if all the tea spilled on the landmark episode (not to mention its after show) is any indication, Cohen and his Clubhouse crew have at least 1,000 more episodes in them. Somewhere between between playing tic-tac-toe with Real Housewives taglines and offering up his signature shot-ski (just water for pregnant Teigen, of course), Cohen managed to mine plenty of gossip gems out of his famous superfans and to...

With each new month comes the same old lesson about catching all your favorite movies before they leave Netflix. If you haven’t watched The Naked Gun yet, you should do that is what I’m saying. But what do you get in return? A lot actually! We get the original series Fuller House and Judd Apatow’s Love. They’re also adding the final season of Mad Men, the first season of Better Call Saul, and one of the most popular teen movies of all time, Cruel Intentions.

On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!

All Title Dates are Subject to Change

Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only

Available 2/1/16

A Picture of You (2014)

Armageddon (1998)

Better Call Saul: Season 1

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

Collateral Damage (2002)

Cruel Intentions (1999)

A Faster Horse...

Original series coming to Netflix in February, include Judd Apatow's "Love," starring Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs; "Fuller House;" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny," the sequel to the 2000 Oscar-winning Ang Lee movie.

You can also catch up with the first season of "Better Call Saul" and the final season of "Mad Men."

Also debuting, several 2015 films, including the well-reviewed indie "Dope" and French director Gasper Noe's controversial "Love" (not to be confused with the Apatow comedy series!)

Here's the full list of what's new on Netflix in February 2016.

Available Feb. 1, 2016

"A Picture of You" (2014)

"Armageddon" (1998)

"Better Call Saul": Season 1

"Charlie's Angels" (2000)

"Collateral Damage" (2002)

"Cruel Intentions" (1999)

"A Faster Horse" (2015)

"Full Metal Jacket" (1987)

"Game Face" (2015)

"Jennifer 8" (1992)

"Johnny English" (2003)

"The Little Engine That Could (2011)

"The Lizzie Borden Chronicles": Season 1

"Losing Isaiah (1995)

"Masha's Tales": Season 1

"My Side of the Mountain" (1969)

"Para Elisa" (2012)

"Pokémon: Xy":...

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2015 was such a tumultuous year for WWE, to say the least. Ratings were in freefall, fan interest was reducing back to early mid-90s levels, many pay-per-views were deemed critical failures and an unprecedented number of top stars suffered injuries that put them on the sidelines for significant amounts of time.

But amidst all that, the developmental promotion (is it even fair to still call it that anymore?) known as Nxt chugged along as the wrestling version of The Little Engine That Could, gaining momentum until it eventually transformed into a steamroller ploughing through everything in its path.

Nxt saw an unexpected surge in popularity at the same time its parent company was wading through quicksand.

But why? What did the Triple H-led promotion do so differently that caused it to be the brand that fans chose as their example of wrestling done right, and how can WWE...

New network saves of canceled shows, that manage to still perform well, are making the world of television interesting of late, but Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt enters a new realm as an online streaming service gives it a new life before it has a chance to get canceled.

“Un-ordered” by NBC, Netflix picked up the show by Tina Fey, and the events had people scratching their heads. The details of the decision are likely rather complex, but the move seems decidedly strange if there is any chance that you have the next 30 Rock on your hands.

Now that the show has been released, you have to hope that someone has some explaining to do, because it’s easily one of the best shows in a decade. Easily.

The Office‘s Ellie Kemper stars in a role that could only be managed by her “rainbows and unicorns” appearance, and the stable of delightedly naive,...

If you thought 2015 would bring an end to horror’s found footage obsession, you’re a silly, optimistic soul who doesn’t understand what makes these films perfect studio fodder. Alien Outpost isn’t even the first found footage film I’ve seen this January, but thankfully it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the competition – only by comparison. Writer/Director Jabbar Raisani goes about reinvigorating one of my least favorite horror genres – alien invasions – and actually makes the extraterrestrial assault more enticing than it probably should be thanks to a video-game-like intensity favoring run-and-gun shooters. Raisani might have developed his special effects skills beheading noble types throughout Game Of Thrones, but the budding talent shows an eye for visual grandeur and succinct delivery in his future-blasting directorial debut.

Raisani’s vision takes us to a post-war-torn Earth after alien forces attempted to invade. Even though the battle is fierce and costly,...

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It was a first on several levels — a first for Amazon, a first for online streaming, a first for veteran actor Jeffrey Tambor, and a first for the transgender community.

"The little engine that could," as Tambor recently described Transparent, took home a Best TV series award Sunday night, marking the first time a streaming series - drama or comedy - has earned such an honor. It also earned Tambor a Best Actor award in the Comedy or Musical category.

Backstage after the awards, a visibly moved Tambor thanked series creator Jill Soloway for the chance to play Maura Pfefferman, the transgender parent at the center of the series. “I’m 70 years old, these (roles) don’t come along.”

More importantly, he added, he was grateful “not for the reviews or for awards…just to get it right. I’m just honored.”...

The giant worms known as Graboids are back to snack on unlucky surface dwellers in Tremors 5, but standing in their way as always is the indomitable Burt Gummer (Michael Gross). Filming on the latest installment in Universal’s horror franchise that began in 1990 is now underway in South Africa, with Jamie “Randy Meeks” Kennedy starring opposite Gross and Don Michael Paul in the director’s chair:

Written by Tremors 3: Back to Perfection scribe John Whelpley, Tremors 5 will come out on home media in 2016. We have the official press release with full details:

“Universal City, Calif., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The fifth heart-pounding installment in the action-packed sci-fi comedy-adventure franchise, Tremors 5 began principal photography in South Africa on September 22, 2014. With even more deadly creatures on the loose, Tremors 5 continues the films’ hallmark combination of adrenaline-laced suspense, explosive action and tongue-in-cheek humor. Michael Gross returns for his fifth appearance in the Tremors films alongside new cast member,...

Exclusive: Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, has signed a first-look deal with Threshold Animation Studios for CG-animated family features adapted from recognizable family-oriented brands. Universal will distribute films spawned from the deal. The companies first teamed on straight-to-dvd titles Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers and Bionicle: The Legend Reborn. The pact gives Universal 1440 a stream of potential CG fare for its library of home video releases geared toward family audiences including the feature-length The Little Engine That Could film, the Emmy-winning PBS series Curious George, and the Barbie DVD film franchise.

In addition to the children’s titles, Universal 1440 has bolstered its home video offerings with non-theatrical franchise spinoffs including Death Race 3: Inferno, Curse Of Chucky, and the upcoming Scorpion King 4: Quest For Power. These VOD, DVD, and Blu-ray releases have built a burgeoning business for Universal’s home video development and production banner.

The little engine that could known as The Sing-Off is back for a fourth season, and after revealing the 10 new groups competing on the show’s official Twitter, my a cappella senses are tingling!

The Sing-Off was never officially canceled, but it was a pleasant surprise when NBC picked it up for a fourth season in March, after going off the air in November 2011. After the huge success of a-cappella-pixie-dream-film Pitch Perfect (for which The Sing-Off producer Deke Sharon arranged the music), and an estimated 40 bajillion YouTube views for season 3 winner Penatonix, bringing back this cult favorite was a no-brainer.

Five things we learned about the Us box office this weekend, including why franchises rule and the Spanish-language film that knocked Pan's Labyrinth off its perch

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Never bet against a number higher than one

You'll be familiar with the popular Hollywood adage, "Nobody knows anything", which begs the question: why would an investor go anywhere near the movie business? Be that as it may, we wish it to be known that this column reserves the right to contradict itself next week (or even next point) by saying the exact opposite of what it is about to state as a cast-iron rule of thumb. While it is true that as the numeral after a franchise title goes up, the movie's quality diminishes, it is still likely that box office returns will rise.

From day one, Parenthood has been TV's go-to-source for cathartic crying. But after three seasons of happy and sad tears, NBC's family drama reached an emotional zenith in season four when Kristina Braverman was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed was the single best portrayal of the physical, mental, spiritual and communal toll cancer takes on the afflicted and their kin.

And while much of the credit must go to Parenthood's bravely cliche-allergic writers, the true success of the arc lies in the ovation-worthy, ugly-cry-extracting, raw-nerve performance Monica Potter delivered in every single episode. Those are three reasons (on a innumerable list) why she is poised to follow her Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama with a matching Emmy! 

I caught up with the uncontested best crier on television to talk about performance pressure, the welcomed burden of bringing to life a(nother) real-world disease and decompressing from delivering the best work...

Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman, visited a children's store in NYC yesterday. The newlyweds, who tied the knot in California in September, browsed for stuffed animals and books during their shopping stop. Anne picked up a copy of The Little Engine That Could before leaving the boutique with her purchases in hand. Anne enjoyed a brief break from the spotlight after her wedding, but she is gearing up for a hectic holiday season. Les Misérables hits theaters on Christmas Day, and to help kick off her promotions for the movie, Anne hosted SNL last weekend. The actress poked fun at the movie in her monologue, but in a recent interview, she revealed that playing the destitute Fantine in the Broadway adaptation took a serious toll. Anne told Vogue magazine that after dropping weight and delving into her character's dark story, she was in "such a state of deprivation...

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach"They're so busy trying to get their own tribe members out right now. We're like, 'Okay, do what you gotta do, and we'll come in later.' " - Taj George, Survivor: TocantinsSurvivor wears you down. It's day 11, and the contestants are totally spent. Their fat reserves are gone; they're listless and starving; they're beset by horrifying flies from beyond the gates of Hell. And the worst part is, the game's not even one third over.

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up onSurvivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach

"They're so busy trying to get their own tribe members out right now. We're like, 'Okay, do what you gotta do, and we'll come in later.' "

– Taj George, Survivor: Tocantins

Survivor wears you down. It's day 11, and the contestants are totally spent. Their fat reserves are gone; they're listless and starving; they're beset by horrifying flies from beyond the gates of Hell. And the worst part is, the game's not even one third over.

Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Now add a billionaire benefactor--PayPal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel--bankrolling you and under pressure to prove that entrepreneurship can rival Harvard as a path to success. The inaugural class of Thiel Fellows is blogging about their experiences for Fast Company. Dale Stephens continues his story--by putting it on the written page.

I'm writing a book. Not only am I writing a book, someone is going to publish it. That someone is Perigee/Penguin, which means people might actually read what I write.

That reality hasn't sunk in.

I was in a pub in London last week having cider with friends and two women sat down at our table. After exchanging niceties, one revealed that she worked in publishing--she's an editor at Pearsons. Since I had just gone through the editor...

Sarah Michelle Gellar’s return to series television for the first time since Buffy the Vampire Slayer creates extra-high expectations for Ringer, a noir thriller that will debut on The CW on Sept. 13. But that’s okay with her costar Nestor Carbonell. “They should be,” says the actor, who knows a little something about successful serialized dramas thanks to his role as Lost‘s Richard Alpert.

Ringer @ Comic-Con: Sarah Michelle Gellar Slays Us, Plus a Hot New Promo!

Carbonell and his costars Kristoffer Polaha (Life Unexpected) and Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) sat down with TVLine’s Michael Ausiello at our...

Universal City, California, February 24, 2011.A young woman takes the journey of a lifetime along the jaw-dropping beaches of South Africa in the all-new surfing adventure Blue Crush 2, coming exclusively to Blu-rayTM and DVD June 7, 2011. From Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment . the filmmakers behind the original Blue Crush . Blue Crush 2 follows a high-spirited California surfer girl as she treks across the magnificent beaches of South Africa, making new friends, finding romance and riding epic waves. Filmed along one of the most exotic and dangerous shorelines in the world, Blue Crush 2 is available for a limited time only as a Blu-ray. Combo Pack featuring Blu-ray., DVD and downloadable digital copy.

Blue Crush 2 .Surf Montage. Film Clip

Blue Crush 2 is directed and produced by Mike Elliott (Beethoven.s Big Break). The film is an official South African/German Co-Production, produced in South Africa by Universal Pictures...

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Like mother, like daughter.

Although Sarah Michelle Gellar Prinze‘s daughter Charlotte Grace is only 19 months old, she’s already fallen in love with books, the actress told People Tuesday at The Nestle Share the Joy of Reading Program event in Los Angeles.

“We read every morning [and] every night and sometimes throughout the day,” Gellar Prinze, 34, shared.

“My husband [Freddie Prinze Jr.] reads to her and my mother reads to her. We do voices and she loves it.”

An avid reader herself, Gellar Prinze collects classic children’s literature books.

“I’m working right now on a...

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2145.

Burlesque Rated PG-13 For sexual content including several suggestive dance routines, partial nudity, language and some thematic material. Release Date: November 24, 2010 Country Strong Rated PG-13 For thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content. Release Date: December 22, 2010 The Dogfather Rated PG For some rude humor. Dying God Rated R For strong violence and gore, sexual content, nudity, language and brief drug use. How Do You Know Rated R For some language. Release Date: December 17, 2010 Note: Intends To Appeal To The C.A.R.A. Appeals Board Jane Eyre Rated PG-13 For some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content. Release Date: March 11, 2011 Kill The Irishman Rated R For strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity. The Little Engine That Could Rated G Luke And Lucy: The Texas Rangers Rated PG For language, action and some suggestive content.

Patricia Heaton is quite content to remain caught in "The Middle."

The "Everybody Loves Raymond" alum tells Zap2it she considers her Wednesday family sitcom, now in its second season on ABC, "sort of The Little Engine That Could. When we premiered, 'Hank' (with Kelsey Grammer, Heaton's earlier 'Back to You' co-star) was our lead-in and did not do well, so we were kind of starting alone there."

Heaton recalls "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" -- also newcomers to ABC's Wednesday schedule then -- "were getting a ton of press, and we were kind of chugging along on our own. Fortunately, critics did such a great job of trumpeting our show, we were able to get a pretty decent audience even without a strong lead-in.

"This year, we're the lead-in [to the whole Wednesday lineup] -- and we've not only brought back the viewers we had last year, we gained viewers from repeats over the summer,...

It should come as no surprise that comic book creators are adept at coming up with disturbing children's book titles. Neil Gaiman, Cullen Bunn and Matt Fraction all participated in the #sadchildrensbook hashtag that's been showing up all of the Twitter Report feed recently, and you'll appreciate what they contributed.

In timely topic discussions, actor Tom Bosley's death prompted a few laments, while Apple's press event today had many a tweeter guessing about what they plan on announcing. R. Stevens even included a photo with his prediction. You can view that after the jump along with a Scott Pilgrim pumpkin and some sound industry advice.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for October 20, 2010.

@edgarwright My name is Edgar Wright and I approve this pumpkin. http://yfrog.com/1gu5rwj

-Edgar Wright, Director ("Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," "Shaun of the Dead')

@ErikJLarsen First Barbara Billingsley and then Tom Bosley?...

This past Monday, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, wife of Richard Donner, told ComicBookMovie.com that an upcoming Constantine sequel was in the works but it hit some "bumps in the road." Keanu Reeves was reportedly still involved and the film in question was definitely a sequel, not a reboot. And now it may be slowly gearing back up again, slowly but surely like The Little Engine that Could.

With all due respect: oh hell no.

This news brings out the inner angry black woman in me (yes, every white jewish nerd has one) because, well, who wants a sequel to an adaptation that was quirky and maybe even visually striking thanks to director Frances Lawrence but just flat-out stillborn? Based on the comic book character created by Alan Moore and turned into a Vertigo comic book series by writer Jamie Delano, John Constantine is a striking, even unique character and...

1. "Where The Wild Things Are" ($32.5 million)

2. "Law Abiding Citizen" ($21.3 million)

3. "Paranormal Activity" ($20.3 million)

4. "Couples Retreat" ($17.9 million)

5. "The Stepfather" ($12.3 million)

The wild rumpus was in full swing at the box office this weekend as "Where The Wild Things Are," the Spike Jonze-directed adaptation of Maurice Sendak's much-beloved children's book, decisively outgrossed the competition for a first place finish. "Wild Things" managed a $32.5 million intake by Sunday's conclusion, which wasn't quite as high as what some watchdogs thought the film might earn, but it's not a bad start towards earning back its $80 million budget.

"Law Abiding Citizen," the Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler-starring thriller, took the weekend's silver medal. The F. Gary Gray-directed film hasn't received the greatest of reviews but it clearly satisfied moviegoers enough to earn a respectable $21.3 million opening weekend. The movie only cost $50 million to make, so the team behind "Law Abiding Citizen" shouldn't...