Hey there entertainment fans!  Since I’m tapping this out just before the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards show (and am I watching the pre-game show to see the dresses?  Doees Tim Gunn make it work?) this will be super-quick.  But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of cool stuff that you may have missed last week….

* You wish the folks that YOU like would win an Emmy?  Me too!  And we’re not alone; EW has coome up with the EWwy’s, a salute to the people and shows folks wish would get a what-what from the Emmy voters.

* Joan Rivers dead?  Oh hell no.  But Betty White, Joan sees you baby…. Sleep with one eye open, she’s on to you.

* An absolutely fantastic article from The Guardian about Cameron Crowe’s look at Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Twenty, and his huge amount of Pearl Jam tsotchke.  Nice!

* Yeah, so the Muppets have now spoofed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.   Hilarious, as always.  But you know what’s really cool?  This poster of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, with Daniel Craig half-hidden by Rooney Mara.  Beautifully done!

* I have no problem admitting that American Horror Story is intriguing me, and I can’t wait to see it (though a few early peeks have been say it’s so-so, my hope springs eternal).  If you’re right there with me, check out a sneak peek of the American Horror Story house and some of it’s secrets.

* Trailer?  You bet — I’ve been looking forward to taking a peek at We BoughtA Zoo.  So here it is!

Survived Hurricane Irene with dry basements and dvd’s?  Well, here’s a look at what you might have missed while heading out to buy bread, milk & toilet paper….

* If you like Team America: World Police and you don’t live in NYC?  You’re gonna wish you did; there’s a “Sing & Swear-Along” slated for the 17th of September in Tribeca.  Yeah, you wanna go.

* Zombies from World War Z!

* It’s on.  It’s off.  It’s on?  Don’t trifle with me; The Dark Tower, does it stand or fall?  Here’s the latest.

* No questions here: Ghostbusters 3 is definitely shooting next year.  What’s not definite is if Bill Murray will be a part of the team.  No Venkman?  Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! (C’mon.  I had to use it. Because I couldn’t finagle a way to use “It’s in the hole!” Unless there’s a Caddyshack sequel coming…. *shudder*)

More trailers:

* Fireflies in the Garden, starring Ryan Reynolds & Julia Roberts. It was shot back in ‘07 and is finally getting some theater play.  Hope it was woth waiting for…but then again I’ll watch Roberts & Reynolds in just about anything.

* A Hellraiser without Doug Bradley as Pinhead?  Um…  Well, judge for yourself.

* The Red Band trailer for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (be prepared to verify your age, you young’uns)

* The trailer of Disney/Pixar’s Brave (that debuted at D23):

* Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster tear it up in Carnage.  A hilarious Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  Bring it.  And I wipe my ass with your human rights!

Too busy to catch up on movie news and assorted genre goodness last week? Well, here’s a peek at some of the coolest stuff you may have missed!

* Weekend Box Office Roll-Call: Rise of the Planet of the Apes comes out on top,  The Smurfs hold at #2, Cowboys & Aliens in third from the top slot last weekend, The Change-Up opening at #4 and Captain America: The First Avenger dropping two slots to #5.

* Rhianna’s in Battleship! Don’t believe me? Check it.

* More behind-the-scenes pics from World War Z, which totally helps my The Walking Dead jones right now.  And Bryan Cranston will have a “small but flashy” part to play… I’m hoping he’ll be  Redeker.

* Super Hero Updates:
- Idris Elba says he is up for Hemidall in Thor 2  (glad to see the crackpots that protested his casting in Thor got the respect they deserved), and chats about Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
- Meanwhile, va-va-va-vroom goes Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Looks good so far, all apologies to Halle Berry and her S&M kitten suit.
- And The Tudors‘  Henry Cavill has always looked good in tights, so check him as Superman.
- Oh, and Green Lantern 2 will be “darker”. Yeah, there’s a sequel. Like they’d trot out Sinestro with the yellow ring and not do one? I just hope it won’t suck as bad as the first one. Oh who am I kidding? I’d watch it on mute just to see Ryan Reynolds in tights.
- Why does Spidey have web-shooters? Uh, because he’s supposed to. That’s why.

* R.I.P. Cha-Cha (a.k.a. Annette Charles/Cardona in “real life”). Grease would not have been quite as amazing without you and your toreador pants.  And Bubba Smith, the same goes for you and Police Academy.  You will both be missed.

* Bruce Cambell + Steve Raimi = drool-tastic, any way you slice it. Oz The Great And Powerful? Can’t wait to see ya.

* Stephen Soderbergh will be second unit director for The Hunger Games. Who cares? You should.

* PETA gives Rise of the Planet of the Apes it’s seal of approval. Like a film that decries the use of animals in science wouldn’t?

* And speaking of animals, here’s a peek at Shark Night 3D. Because last week was shark week, that’s why.

* I love fan art. Don’t you? You will, when you see these minimalist posters for The Avengers. Bravo, Marko Manev. And ZOMG, send me a Hawkeye?  What?  (BTW, peep the whole super shebang at his Web site.  Seriously. you really wanna.)

* When I heard that Russell Brand was gonna be in Diablo Cody’s Lamb of God, I squeed; hooray for someone making a movie based on Christopher Moore’s hilarious book! But it’s not Moore…more’s the pity. (Sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’m a bit tired so I’m easily amused.) But with Cody and Brand, I’m hoping it’ll be good anyhow.

* I have absolutely no idea what Mila Kunis is saying, but she’s speaking Russian (hey, she’s from Ukraine, remember?) and defending Justin Timberlake.  Just watch it all on YouTube and wish that our school system insisted on a foreign language requirement..

* Now I’m off to eat some Ben & Jerry’s Boba Fett Carbonite Crunch. Or I wish I could.  Pleeeeease let this be the next Chubby Hubby (er, I mean Hubby Hubby…mmm, delicious, wonderful marriage equality.  Hooray!)

* Oh, a trailer? You got it. This is one to watch after the young’uns go to bed. Mash up Bad Teacher and Adventures in Babysitting and get…The Sitter. I’m on the fence with this one. It could be hilarious, it could be a re-hash of all the other potty-humor movies from this year. But it’s buzz is off the charts. So for now, it’s just glorious, happy, filthy promise.

Since I was behind the 8-ball on getting SDCC image access, please enjoy this pic of the Avengers teaser poster!

Too busy with Real Life to check out the latest movie news…or any of the cool tidbits from Comic-Con?  Never fear, I’ll catch you up on the hottest stuff you might have missed!

* I love it when actors roll up their sleeves and get in it with the fans.  Hugh Jackman brought along stacks of Real Steel posters (and they’re gorgeous, lookit!)  Meanwhile, the Twilight folks served their fans breakfast.  Seriously.  Now that’s giving back, with blueberries.

* Treats and teasers were all over the place, including a first look at the Breaking Dawn honeymoon, badass heroine shots from Snow White and the Huntsman (and hey, it’ll be a trilogy!), pic of the other Snow White, alien-invasion flick The Darkest Hour, and artwork for The Avengers.  Loving Hawkeye’s look in this concept piece.

* News?  Yeah, they dropped some.  Quite a lot, actually.  The most interesting?  Peter Jackson says he may return to horror!  The Beard himself (aka Stephen Spielberg) says Jurassic Park 4 could be in a few years!

* Hugh Jackman says the Silver Samurai will be Wolverine’s new villain.  And Robert Rodriguez grabs up the rights for a Heavy Metal re-do.  With his work on Grindhouse, this should be a bit of awesome.

* “The Lizard” Rhys Ifans.  Arrested at Comic-Con.  No?  Yes.  He doesn’t want to come back to the US?  Fine by me.  Douche.

* SWEEEET — movie-making tips from Guillermo del Toro!!!  He gave a bunch of cool quotes at his panel with Jon Favreau too.

* If you’re like me, it’s allll about the swag.  Am I right?  Yeah, baby!  Though it may give you a twinge of “missed it” pain here and there, behold some of the mighty SDCC swag!  (And Gods Bless the San Diego Comic Con Guide for their list o’ goodness!)

•  The Hunger Games mockingjay pin.  I.  Want.  This.  So bad I can taste it.  It tastes like metal.  And awesome.
• Nick Fury eyepatches and Captain America iPhone covers.
• Aw lordy — a sweet Pan Am bag from Warner Brothers, as if Mad Men‘s new season needed advertising.
• Supernatural salt shakers.  Because who knows when you’ll need to draw a circle?  This’ll be the item I’ll hit eBay up for.  Trust.
•  They also had Vampire Diaries “Blood Bag” water bottles at the WB booth.  Nice.
• South Park Cheesy Poofs!  They’re not just for breakfast, or Cartman, anymore.  WalMart may end up carrying ‘em, but SDCC’ers got their first taste for free.  First one’s always free, folks.
• And, the comic-geek’s must have item; Justice League #1.  With the new re-numbering of many of DC Comics’ most popular titles, the “New 52″ is sure to have lots of surprises (that will no doubt be seen in celluloid form before you know it).

Since I was behind the 8-ball on getting SDCC image access, please enjoy this pic of the Tucker & Dale vs. Evil poster!

Why do so many people love Comic-Con?  It’s the peeks at genre movies that will be hitting theaters soon.  So what hit at this year’s San Diego lovefest?

In Time: coming this October, this story about how the world has “cured” people from aging…for a price stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.  The idea of the human race charging for the ability to live forever…sounds about spot-on.  Can’t wait to see how the story plays out.

Drive: coming in September, Ryan Gosling plays a guy that gets to put his stunt-driver job to good use.    (WARNING: this is a Red-Band trailer, which means it shows R-rated bits.)  Tons of positive buzz on this movie!

 Paranormal Activity 3: I loved the first two in this series, so this trailer, that takes a look at how all this supernatural throwdown got it’s start, got me psyched.  And it opens right before Halloween? Badass.

Knights of Badassdom: speaking of badass, this is a movie that (replays my first year of undergrad with uncanny accuracy) looks to be what Your Highness wishes it could have been, a whole lot of LARP-ing goodness.  They had me at the title, they made it un-missable by casting Peter Dinklage and Ryan Kwanten.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil: I love Firefly.  LOVE.  I love horror.  DITTO.  So when I heard that Alan Tudyk was starring in this spoof?  Let’s just say I’m counting the seconds ’til this opens in September.

 The Hobbit:  psyche!  No trailer, but a great video clip from PJ, released for the Con.  Nice!

 Fright Night: again, not a new trailer, but a fan-tastic clip of David Tennant “preten(ding) to be Russell Brand”.  Behold, for it is awesome.  (But if you don’t want to be spoiled when you see the film next month, I understand.)

Supernatural: yeah yeah yeah, I know.  “Supernatural isn’t a movie, it’s a tv show, idiot.”  Gotcha.  But I Don’t Care.  Supernatural is one of the best genre shows out there right now, so how can I resist popping up this clip of Cass losing his shit?  That’s right, I can’t.

Speaking of can’t resist, who’s with me for storming the gates at Baltimore Comic-Con?  Yeaaaaaah!

Too busy last week to go through all the movie news?  Here’s a look at what you missed!

* Box office?  No surprise that Transformers took the top spot again this weekend, with Horrible Bosses in second and (egads) Zookeeper in 3rd.  Cars 2 skidded in at 4th this past weekend, and Bad Teacher is still holding strong in 5th.

* So, Kevin James = Chris Farley? That could explain Zookeeper…. But let’s keep that shirt on Kev, huh?

* It’s hot outside.  Why not stay in and watch one of those fancy-pants movies you have on your bucket list? Total Film’s article on why you should give a few of those slow-paced movies your attention hits the nail on the head. The Seventh Seal?  Seriously, check it out.

* Sequel-mania! Pirates 5 has been written, but Johnny wants to hit pause (and rightly so),  Thor 2 has a writer , “Iron Man 3 will actually be about Iron Man” (best news I’ve had all week), plus, A Star Is Born may also get a new spin, thanks to Leo & Beyoncé . And the best thing this week?  Spike Lee may do an Oldboy remake!  What?  A ghetto spin on this movie could really work.  But it looks like there’ll be no sequel for Zombieland.  Which is probably a good thing.

* New stuff?  Well, there’s Gods Behaving Badly, (not to be confused with the American Gods miniseries in development at HBO) the animated fright-fest Hotel Transylvania (which probably will be all for laughs, with Adam Sandler and Kevin James), Prometheus (which everyone on board is saying IS NOT AN ALIEN PREQUEL…though it kinda quacks like an Alien Queen) and a Rod Serling biopic!

* Captain American won’t be “Captain America”???  Say wha’???  Yep, at least in some other countries.  And it may not be shown in China at all, because of their strict limitations on the number of foreign films allowed in the country.  *That’s* a list of films I’d like to see.

* Like movies and tv shows based on comics (Iron Man, Thor, X-Men, The Walking Dead, 300, Sin City…)?  Who doesn’t?  Looking for something to do the weekend of August 20-21st?  Check out the Baltimore Comic-Con and have the one-up on all the snooty comic book fans that always seem to be a step ahead of you on what’s coming to theaters.  You could even get to see Stan Lee…  and you know who he is, don’t even lie.  We all watch for his cameo on Marvel-produced movies like they used to for Alfred Hitchcock back in the day.  More on Baltimore Comic-Con, including Twitter-feed coverage by yours truly (hint: the hashtag #atomicpopcorn will be the way to go that weekend) in the next few weeks….

* Though this documentary won’t be in a theater near you (it’s slated for the cable channel Epix…and Comic-Con.  In San Diego.  Dammit.)  I had to share this trailer.  Because it is epic.  Behold, the glory and the wonder that is but a small taste of SHATNERPALOOOZA…The Captains!

I don’t know about you, but the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 teaser trailer released shortly before the MTV Awards only left me frustrated. Beautiful scene! Gorgeous hair clip! Hey, Edward all gussied up! But just when I was settled in…the end. Well, they don’t call ‘em teasers for nothin’.

Now the entire trailer is available, and I’ve gotta say I’m even more excited. That’s a pretty neat trick, considering I’ve no love of the books. The movies have been done well, however.

But enough rambling. Check out the new Breaking Dawn — Part 1 trailer!

Too busy last week to go through all the movie news?  It’s a holiday weekend, so what better way to relax (and avoid the heat-advisory-level weather out there today ‘til the grill gets going) than to catch up on the newest movie trailers?  Enjoy, and have a fantastic Memorial Day!

* It’s way too hot outside — remember, according to many Republicans, Global Warning doesn’t exist — so why not stay cool?  Really, really cool.  Don’t know about you, but Happy Feet 2 is definitely on my must-see list.  Baby penguins singing Sexyback?  Fuggetaboutit.

* Speaking of cool, there’s a new film coming out by the folks from Sideways and About Schmidt.  It’s called The Descendants, and it features an amazing performance by George Clooney.  Check it out….

* Muppets.  A Hangover II parody.  Quotes like “The Xanadu of family entertainment.”  A cameo by Danny Trejo.  What more needs be said about the new Muppets trailer, except…where can I get a Fuzzy Pack t-shirt?

* If you’re bummed that you didn’t get to the beach this weekend, it could be worse.  You could be at the beach when a tsunami hits, trapped in a grocery store with armed killers and tiger sharks.  Okay, maybe not.  But why take the chance; just stay home and watch the new trailer for Bait 3D.

* Okay, so this isn’t a new trailer, but it is the number movie I’m dying to see this summer.  Bad Teacher has Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake and Jason Segal letting loose like nobody’s business.  Cameron’s bad teacher wants her students to do better, so she can get a bonus and pay for a boob job.  C’mon, you know you wanna see this.  (Note: this movie has a Red Band trailer that let you know exactly how adults-only this movie is gonna be.  So no bringing your kids to this one, ‘kay?)

* Need a reason to get up off the couch?  Guillermo del Toro’s remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark should get you into the sunshine. Or else.

Enjoy your Memorial Day — back at’cha with movie news next week!