Deception (movie)

Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...

"Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known...

“Dancing With the Stars” is back, and the competition has responded with with an array of new fare. CBS will counter with new episodes of its comedies. “How I Met Your Mother,” at 8, sounds most intriguing because it will offer...

Do we really need a “Psycho” with cell phones? “Bates Motel,” arriving Monday, poses that question on a week when sports and reality are likely to generate the headlines. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament takes over the CBS...

Monday's schedule underscores how television has changed. We have the funeral for a real TV icon, J.R. Ewing, on “Dallas.” And we have another season finale for “The Bachelor,” whose characters are fun for a while but don't...

After the coffee. Before getting my own output deal with Starz. The Skinny: If I knew the pope was stepping down, I would have gotten my resume together. It's never too late for a career shift, right? Tuesday's headlines include the challenges that...

After the coffee. Before seeing who took my Grammy Award tickets. The Skinny: Hope my East Coast peeps find shelter from the snowstorm. Friday's headlines include a preview of the weekend box office, how NBC fell so fast and a look at the jockeying that...

TEHRAN — As moviegoers in the U.S. hustle to see Oscar contenders "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" before the golden statuettes go out, the films are also hitting screens in Tehran — as examples of the “cultural assault” of the West....

Here are some major changes coming to the TV schedule this week: MONDAY: “The Bachelor” starts its 17th season at 8 p.m. on ABC.  Sean Lowe, who was rejected by Emily Maynard on “The Bachelorette,” takes the title role this time....

Most talk about NBC's new nighttime soap Deception, which premieres tonight at 10, has centered on two things: the fact that its lead character is a black female  (Det. Joanna Locasto, played by Caliornication‘s Meagan Good) and the show's seeming...

A few highlights Monday night: 1. “The Following,” a much-discussed drama about a serial killer, debuts at 9 on Fox. The show is deeply disturbing, but lead actors Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy give bravura performances. For all the concern...

After the coffee. Before getting over the Redskins' loss to Seattle. The Skinny: Nice to have new episodes of "The Good Wife" back on CBS. It helped me salvage a depressing Sunday of football. Monday's headlines include a look at the dangers of...