Cute Animal Video: It's the doggy DJ.

True Blood News: Chris Meloni left Law & Order:SVU and put on some fangs. Yep, Meloni will star as a vampire in Season 5 of the HBO series True Blood. Watch the teaser trailer .

Manning on Manning: On Saturday Night Live, another Manning brother took on hosting duties. This time it was Eli. And he was pretty darn funny in this Little Brothers PSA segment.

Speaking of SNL...: The tanning mom, Patricia Krentcil, says she thinks the SNL skit featuring Kristen Wiig was hysterical. Krentcil pleaded not guilty to child endangerment after be was accused of taking her 6 year old daughter into a tanning bed with here.

Super Hero Movie Trailer:When I was one of the many people who crowded into a movie theater to see The Avengers on Friday night, I saw the latest trailer from the upcoming film 'The Amazing Spiderman.'

The Animal Planet Election: David Gregory of the Today Show asked Comedy Central host Steven Colbert what the election comes down to between Obama and Romney -

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Ashton's Ad: Ashton Kutcher made an ad for PopChips, but it was pulled after someone criticized him for appearing in brownface as Raj the Bollywood producer.



Daily Cute Animal Video: An Oregon Zoo lioness was intrigued by 13-month old Jack Baltzor. Why? Because Jack was wearing a zebra-striped hoodie and she wanted a taste. Luckily, there was a big glass window separating the two.

New Dating Show: Mix The Bachelor, some celebrities and The Voice and you've got the new dating reality show The Choice. Look for that on Fox on June 9. The Hollywood Reporter has the story.

This Weekend's Movies: Aside from The Avengers, which earned and 8.5/10 from the Phoenix Film Critics Society and a B+ from Entertainment Weekly , The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opens this weekend too. It stars some pretty heavyweight British talent - Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel (from Slumdog Millionaire). It's about retirees who outsource their retirement to India...because it's cheaper. Watch the trailer here.

More Dukes: The guy behind the HBO show Eastbound and Down may be doing a reboot of the Dukes of Hazzard for the big screen.

See The First...: Cinemark will host a special showing of the first film to get an Academy Award for best picture. That's right. You can see Wings on May 16 at the Cinemark 16 in Mesa. You can catch a 2p or 7p show. The film has been meticulously restored, so if you have the day off, you might want to check it out. And tell your friends in Oro Valley, they can see it at the Cinemark there on the same date.

Cute Animal Video: Did you know that cats like corn? I actually found a cat that actually likes corn...on the cob.

West Wing Reunion: The folks at Funny or Die got some of the cast members from The West Wing together for a renunion. In "Walk & Talk" they're trying to get people to walk in connection with the everybodywalk.org campaign.

Upcoming Movies: First, It's the franchise that just won't stop. They're making Fast and Furious 6 folks. I can't really complain if they have Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in it. And they're rebooting the 2004 Hugh Jackman-Kate Beckinsale film "Van Helsing." But according to Cinemablend, Tom Cruise will star. Guaranteed a little more dough will be spent on the script.

Hollytot News: Jessica Simpson is now a mommy. She and her fiancee Eric Johnson welcomed baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson on Monday.

Fringe Finale: Fox has put out a Fringe finale trailer, sort of...

Music News: You a Pearl Jam fan? Good news. They're working on a new album to be released next year.

Cute Animal Video: Well, cute is in the eye of the beholder in this video. An octopus caught in a shrimp trap in Alaska was allowed to escape from a boat on its own. Apparently it crawled through a 3 inch opening and terrorized their catch of prawns and unscrewed a bait jar lid to try and feast on shrimp pellets. They let it go because they "respected it's genius."

Star Trek 2 Movie Details: Some details are being revealed on the next Star Trek movie. Benedict Cumberbatch (who plays Sherlock on PBS) has already been revealed as the villain. But Collider also has some other spoilers about what exactly that role will be. I will NOT tell you here because some of you will get mad and email me saying, "Why did you tell????" I mean, just yesterday, I got an email from someone saying they were a little disappointed by the new Prometheus because it actually showed what the aliens look like. But if you really want to know the details, click here.

New Movie Trailer: It's trailer #3 from The Dark Knight Rises. I don't need to tell you how good it looks.

Movie Award Nominations: What's topping the nomination list of the MTV Movie Awards ? The Hunger Games and Bridesmaids. Both got 8 nominations a piece.

Trekkie News: Attention trekkies, Star Trek: TNG season 1 is coming out on Blu-ray on July 24, according to EW.

House of Horror: If you're a fan of horror films, then you'll want to head to Vegas to check out Eli Roth's Goretorium. It's set to open on September 27, according to Deadline. The creator, Eli Roth who brought us Hostel says this isn't for little kids.

Attention Duranies: Duran Duran is set to perform at the Olympic Games opening concert in London. That's right Duran Duran. I think a Duranie just fainted at hearing the news.

Daily Cute Animal Video: A porcupet or a baby porcupine eats a banana. It's as cute as can be. Listen to the squeaks. They're darn cute.

Funny "Attack" Ad: The White House Correspondent's Dinner was on Saturday night. I didn't get to watch it yet, but I did watch this clip in which President Obama jokes about an "attack" ad from the Romney campaign that goes to far by accusing the president of dog socialism.

New Trailer for 'The Newsroom': There's a new trailer for the new Aaron Sorkin's TV show 'The Newsroom' starring Jeff Daniels. It premieres June 24.

New Prometheus Trailer: I don't know about you, but I'm getting excited about Prometheus from director Ridley Scott. Here's the new international trailer for the film.

The Not So Cute Animal Video: This video has had 15 million hits on the internet. Two guys go fishing and one fella hooked a big one . . . a big octopus that is. I just can't believe it's real. But it's pretty interesting.

Movie Trailer of the Day: Disney has a new movie coming out called The Odd Life of Timothy Green. It's about a childless couple that decides to make a wish list of all the things that describe the kid they'd like to have and bury those wishes in the garden. But unlike Pet Cemetary, something . . . or someone sweet digs his way out of the garden. This film is by Peter Hedges (one of my favorite all-time Hollywood interviews) who wrote and/or directed What's Eating Gilbert Grape? , About A Boy, Dan in Real Life, and my personal favorite and most underappreciated in his collection Pieces of April.

Remake Alert: I'm so excited I can't stand it. I've loved this movie ever since I was a little kid and I've been hoping that a remake would happen. Well, it is. What movie is it? Uptown Saturday Night. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier starred in the original. Well, according to Cinemablend, Will Smith has been wanting a remake as well and he's attached to star along with Denzel Washington.

Bad Star Advice: So, what actress told plus-sized actress Gabourey Sidibe she should quit show business because it was too image-conscious. None other than Joan Cusack. I love Joan Cusack, but I'm glad Gabby didn't listen to that junk advice. Gabby earned an Oscar nomination for Precious after getting that advice and is still working in Hollywood.

Cute Viral Video: Bet your ride to school was never this fun. Dad and three kids had the camera running while they sang some Queen during the ride. Check it out.

The Avengers Making Some Dough: The Avengers hasn't even opened in the United States yet, but it's already made $12.5M. According to THR , it opened overseas and has already brought in some cash. It's opens domestically on May 4.

Movie Trailer of the Day: This one features The Rock and Bruce Willis. It's for a sequel (I know, big surprise) "G.I. Joe Retaliation.

Baseball Grinches: So the one of the Texas Rangers threw a ball to a kid. But some fans intercepted it and refused to give the ball the the small child and he started crying and it was caught on video. Later someone with the Rangers threw the kid another ball.

James Bond News: We are getting more of a franchise that I am happy about. The next James Bond movie is called Skyfall and the trailer is coming out next month. But Den of Geek is reporting, Bond 24 (that's the 24th film in the franchise) is coming out in 2014. The website says Daniel Craig was signed to do the role 3 times, with an option for first refusal for a forth. I hope he signs up.

Octomom's Issues: TMZ has been on the trail of the Octomom Nadya Suleman and I'm surprised this train didn't wreck a long time ago. They've obtained pictures from inside her house and all I can say is - this is just sad. OC Children and Family services were called in a complaint and what they found were kids using potties out of doors, one toilet in the house is operational and the kids were in the backyard dirty, barefoot and pantless. TMZ also had a check from Suleman that reportedly shows she spent $520 on a Brazilian Blowout.

Slow Jam, Fallon and Obama: I love when Jimmy Fallon slow jams the news with Brian Williams. But last night, he had the "Preezie of the United Steezzie" do it with him during a a visit to a college:



Daily Cute Animal Video: It's a raccoon and a cat, cuddling together. Yes, major cuteness.

Klum in Paint: Heidi Klum is the latest TV personality to pose exclusively in body paint. It was done for a promotion for Astor Cosmetics.

Reporter vs. Judge: This one takes the cake as to who gives the best performance - the Detroit reporter doing a story on a judge accused of sexting his bailiff's wife or the judge himself. You make the call. Watch the story here .

MTV Awards Going Legit: Say it ain't so. The MTV movie awards are getting serious. According to The Hollywood Reporter, MTV will get rid of multiple award categories and will now have actors, producers and other industry insiders vote on the nominees. Apparently they want to lend credibility to the event. But isn't that what made it fun is that is WASN'T like the Oscars.

Anchorman 2 Details: Even though Will Ferrell says he only has 5 page of notes so far, according to the HuffPo, those notes tell us is this: the sequel will tackle the advent of the 24 hour news cycle (cable network news) and increasing diversity with Latinos and Blacks migrating into the newsroom. FYI, most of the original cast is set to return as well.

Tebow Temptation: I'm almost embarrassed to tell this news story, but it goes to show how far some in sunk in our society. The cheating website AshleyMadison is offering $1 million to any woman who can prove she's "been with" Tim Tebow, a devout Christian, according to CNBC. Honestly. That's just disgusting and also just another form of prostitution. I hope everyone starts praying for Tim now. This is utterly ridiculous.

Lindsay's Got a Job: It's official, Lindsay Lohan has a job. The actress is headed to Lifetime to play Liz Taylor in Liz and Dick -which I is about her two tumultuous marriages to Richard Burton

History Lesson Lawsuit: And a former gang member is suing the History Channel's 'Gangland' show. William Austin says they put his life in danger by airing private pictures of him without his permission, according to Deadline. He alleges he's received death threats and lives in fear of his life. His images appeared in an episode about a SoCal white supremacist gang.

Another Holly-Tot is Coming: Actress Megan Fox is preggers according to E! Online . She's married to former 90210 actor Brian Austin Green.

Movie Trailer of the Day: And another fairy tale is headed to the big screen and it looks pretty good to me. I'm talking about Jack the Giant Killer. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor and Ian McShane.

Second Movie Trailer of the Day: Disney- Pixar have released a new trailer for the upcoming film Brave. You know trouble is brewing whenever any girls falls victim to a spell or wants a spell to change her destiny.

Cute Animal Video: Koalas are just like American kids. When they get hot in the summer, they drink from the water hose. Watch and see.

Cher's Big Hair: I loved Cher when she was on Sonny & Cher. And I still love her to this day. However, I don't know what's going on with her big afro here.

Book to Movie News: First it was The Hunger Games, now Ender's Game - a popular sci-fi novel is heading to the big screen. Check out an image from the set.

Politics & SNL: Entertainment Weekly ranked the politicians for their appearances on SNL. First, it's hard to fathom how many came on the show. Sarah Palin came in #13 for her appearance on the show. Barack Obama is #10, Hillary Clinton was #7, Al Gore was #4 and John McCain was #3. Remember McCain shilling on QVC during the 2008 election? Jesse Jackson was #1. His reading of Green Eggs and Ham was legendary.

Baby News: E! News correspondent Guiliana Rancic and her hubby Bill are expecting their first baby via gestational surrogate. Their struggles trying to conceive have been documented on their reality show. That baby is due late this summer. Read about it.

Daily Cute Animal Video: Who doesn't love a baby panda? How about a cute baby panda riding a pony - a toy pony that is.

Movie Trailer of the Day: Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are in an upcoming movie called The Five-Year Engagement.

What's New At the Box Office: You might want to check out Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It's the Phoenix Film Critics Pick of the Week. It's a documentary about a man who supposedly makes the greatest sushi in the world - in a subway station. Also opening, Marley, Disney Nature's Chimpanzee, Think Like a Man (which is based on comedian Steve Harvey's book "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man") and The Lucky One with Zac Efron based on the Nicholas Sparks book.

A Whitney Tune: The kids on Glee sang Whitney's Houston's popular tune "How Will I Know?" and they did a really good job.

Movie Details: And guess what ladies and fan boys, this summer production starts on 'The Wolverine.' Yes, hunky Hugh Jackman will be back in the title role. The budget: $80 million. Jackman dropped out of Avon Man to play the part of Wolverine (again). Yes, they're making a movie called Avon Man with Mark Wahlberg as the possible star. It will be about how an out of work guy who becomes an Avon salesman.

Naked Protest: So, I looked up at my TV and saw that an Oregon man had decided that a naked protest was in order for his trip to the airport. I want to thank CNN for showing that video. And because I had to see it, you must suffer with me.

Daily Cute Animal Video: This dog uses the cat as a pillow. Talk about a patient cat.

Make It So: Forget London for the Olympics. I need to go to Destination Star Trek London in October has they have achieved something akin to the greatness of the Kobayashi Maru. They will have all five Star Trek captains together for a convention. That includes William Shatner. I must now convince the boss to send me for "work."

Remembering the Most Popular 'Teenager': Dick Clark passed away at 82 yesterday. A lot of remembrances are pouring in. ABC News has a nice collection of photos and more of the TV and music icon. New Years just won't be the same. Here's Ryan Seacrest's tribute.

Want to See Avatar Again: Wanna cool off this weekend? Head up to Sedona for a $5 screening of the film co-hosted by the Sedona International Film Festival. Click here for ticket information.

New Movie Trailer: Robert Patinson, the glowing vampire from the Twilight series, is in a new movie coming out called Cosmopolis. This is a film by David Cronenberg who gave us the very solid "A History of Violence." Check out the trailer. Its about a young billionaire that loses his fortune on the way to a haircut and along the way, some not so appetizing looking folks seem to want to kill him.

More from Betty White: If you love Betty White, someone sent me her opening monologue she did to AFI's salute to Morgan Freeman. While this is a bit old, it's got some funny laughs if you missed the tribute.

Good TV News: You a fan of Arrested Development? Got some good news for you. Netflix says the new season of Arrested Development, All 10 episodes - are "going to premier all at once next year on Netflix," according to HuffPo. That means, you don't have to wait a week to see the next episode. You can see them back to back.