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!

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

Welcome to the 99% Horror Issue!  Why?  Because that’s just how news went down last week.  Turn on your night light and enjoy….

* Forget the Hulk; Thor smash!  The Norse god stepped all over it’s competition, leaving Bridesmaids, well, always a bridesmaid and Fast Five in the dust.  Newcomer Priest and kiddie fave Rio round out the top five (thanks to Box Office Mojo for the stats.)

* Remember those embarrassingly stereotypic Transformers from Revenge of the Fallen?  Well, they won’t be back.  Unless they’re back.  No, wait…. Well, if they do come back, I hope it’s because the movie needs a few Redshirts.  You’d think movie makers would have learned by now; Just Say No to anything that smacks of Jar-Jar Binks.

* I really, really need this new Muppets poster.  Creepy?  Pah!  Oh, and Robert Englund’s Strippers vs. Werewolves (no, I’m not making this up) would be great too, but the poster they’re going with?  Kinda sucks. No, really sucks.

* Drafthouse Films is tapping a bushel full of amazing directors for The ABCs of Death.  And I couldn’t be more excited.  And forget Strippers vs. Werewolves; this is the poster that needs to be up in my media room!  Now, to see about catching these at the Drafthouse.  Austin road trip!

* JoBlo.com has a peek at the Fright Night remake, thanks to the brand-new trailer.  Gotta say Colin Farrell is doing a pretty good job of it.  It’s not making me forget Chris Sarandon, but I’m now a whole lot more positive about this re-do.

* Need to catch up on the Hunger Games casting?  Slashfilm has the info on the last two “tributes” to be cast,  And though I was really hoping Hugh Laurie would be Haymitch, I think Woody Harrelson may bring a fresh take to the alcoholic survivor.

* After the Thor online game, I was happy to find a Priest online game (anything to get me away from Gem Miner.  Seriously, I have a problem. I need a meeting.)  Bonus?  You can play in 3D.  Really.

* Behind-the-scenes footage from Water for Elephants claims to show that Tai, the adorable elephant that played Rosie in the film, may have been subject to abuse. I can only hope that this isn’t the case.

* Need a cult horror fix?  I’m loving the new weekly on Total Film, Sam Ashurst’s House of Horror.  Now horror fans can get a quick look at what’s new in the Best Genre Ever.

* Speaking of cult horror, you didn’t get rid of your VHS player, did you?  Good, ‘cause Mondo is releasing Sledgehammer on VHS.  Seriously.  This is probably for all you LaserDisc collectors out there.  Though I think I may have my tape of The Burning around here somewhere.

* In another type of nostalgia, the movie classic The Thin Man is getting a reboot, with Johnny Depp taking the lead as debonair detective Nick Charles.  The role of Nora (aka the brains of the operation) has yet to be cast, and I’m hoping that Frasier’s dog gets tapped as Asta!

* As a huge Sean Bean fan, I’m excited to hear that he’ll be playing Smee in the “dark version” of Peter Pan. Though honestly, I’m plain-old excited about a dark version of Peter Pan.  Speaking of Sean Bean, been watching Game of Thrones?  Yeah I  know, it’s tv and not film…but here’s a guide to who’s who in Westeros from Hauteslides that’s so beautifully done I couldn’t help myself.  (Though the character listing from Tower of the Hand is much more comprehensive, there’s a huge danger of spoilerage in that site if you’re not careful.)  We’ll just keep this little tv tidbit betwen you and me.

* Where’s the trailer this week?  Well, if you’re a psyched for Kung Fu Panda 2 as I am (and who wouldn’t be?), behold — the Dragon (Panda) Warrior in all his glory.  How does Kung Fu stop something that stops Kung Fu?  Can’t wait to find out!

Too busy last week to go through all the movie news?  Here’s a look at what you missed, so you can get a leg up on all the coffee shop gossip.

Ian McKellen’s set pics and thoughts on the start of The Hobbit.  A bald Gandalf?  Not likely.  April Fools to you to, Sir Ian!

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon may have a “more mature story”…that could work.  And a Pink Floyd tie-in?  Where do I line up?

From The Hollywood Reporter: Anna Faris may be doing a stalker comedy.  But it sounds like she’s the straight gal in this one.  Hope they’ll still have her doing the all-out physical comedy she’s so amazing at….

Bored at work?  Of course you are.  Psyched about Thor?  See last answer.  Well, here’s a cool movie tie-in game from Thor.uk that’ll have you wasting, er, spending tons of time getting to know the God of Thunder.

China doesn’t like it when movies & tv re-write history, so the Chinese government is banning time-travel plots?  Thanks, Time,com, but how does China describe how they…sorry.

Captain Jack Sparrow to class up the Cannes Film Festival.  Nice!  But where has all the rum gone?

Classic Regga-sploitation flick The Harder They Come is getting a 21st Century remake.  But will the soundtrack to the new film be just as good as the first?  We can only hope.

And last but not least, you need a stone-cold shot of badass to get you up and moving this Monday morning? Behold the new Cowboys & Aliens trailer.  If this doesn’t get you up and at’em?  Well, watch it again.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes will be an origin story set in modern time that shows how the apes came to be, and how they began their rise to power.  It’s directed by Rupert Wyatt and stars James Franco (127 Hours), Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings), James Lithgow (Dexter, Third Rock From the Sun) and Tom Felton (Harry Potter). I’m a sucker for Science Run Amok movies, so this origin tale has gone from a movie I’d rather skip — I’m still having horrible Ape-braham Lincoln flashbacks from the insipid Planet of the Apes rehash — to one that could be a piece of summer blockbuster heaven.

If you missed yesterday’s live chat with Weta because work or Real Life takes over, never fear.  Check out the amazing teaser trailer:

The special effects makeup/robotics are absolutely amazing. Gone are the days when “damned dirty apes” were just humans covered in greasepaint and bad wigs. The apes here are, well, apes. As much as this teaser got me to start thinking about the movie, I’m even more excited about the “making of” extras when the DVD comes out. James Franco is a believable scientist, but I really wanted to see a bit more of non-Draco Tom Felton. Guess that’s why they call it a teaser, right?

For more information, or to watch the chat highlights on Facebook, visit the Avatar Facebook movie page.

I must say this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Yes Star Wars and Princess Bride are. While to completely different genres in and of themselves, they share something in common…lightsabers!!

Check out the ingenious work below blending together the lightsabers and one of the best sword fights on film!!

Well what did you think? Do you like? Can you watch Criminal Minds any longer with thinking about him this way?

This is going to be a great little film. One I have been looking forward to since it’s inception. Below we have included a ton of clips from the film, including trailers, teasers, TV Spots and more.

Enjoy it. This will become a sleeper hit, I am sure of it!

“I want to go to there” to quote the great Liz Lemon that’s exactly how I feel after watching the trailer for Michel Gondry’s blockbuster. I don’t want to run this point through the ground but Michel Gondry (director of such art house classics as Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind) doesn’t make blockbusters and after watching this trailer you can’t help but feel like you’re seeing a bizarro Iron Man (directed by regular Jon Favreau). I hope that this film just proves how great a director Gondry really is, able to give us beautiful artsy films as well as this mainstream production, a much more difficult task than one might think. Then there’s our star Seth Rogen, who looks very comfortable in this role (which I found surprising) even delivering a very Seth Rogen line such as “I want you to take my hand. I want you to come with me on this adventure.” which could have come from any Seth Rogen film to date (Pineapple Exress, Knocked Up, Observe and Report). We don’t see enough of Christoph Waltz’ character and we probably see all we need to see of Cameron Diaz who looks like she’s impersonating Gwyneth Paltrow from the Iron Man series… oh well, you can’t have it all. Anyway, I cannot wait to see The Green Hornet when it’s released in theaters January 14, 2011! Enjoy the trailer-

I am a big fan of HBO and much of HBO’s original programming, now it looks like there will be another quality production added to the long list of HBO classics. I almost forgot to mention that this instant (fingers crossed) classic, directed by Barry Levinson, could star a great (I’m talkin’ not seen since Any Given Sunday) performance from Al Pacino, also starring Susan Sarandon, Danny Huston and John Goodman — this cannot disappoint, dare I say jinx proof. Here’s the synopsis for You Don’t Know Jack:

Kevorkian, known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 130 suicides. After willingly sending a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to “60 Minutes”, he was convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder and spent eight years in prison before getting paroled in 2007.

Loosely based on Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie’s book, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia, the HBO film follows Kevorkian’s (Pacino) rise as he builds his infamous Mercy Machine and sets out to perform assisted suicides while waging an epic legal battles defending a patient’s ‘right to die’.

John Goodman will play Nicol, a friend and co-worker of Kevorkian since 1961 and a steadfast supporter of the right to die.

Susan Sarandon will play Janet Good, an activist with the Hemlock Society who becomes one of Jack’s staunchest supporters, working side by side with him to make humane suicide available to the terminally ill and suffering.

The two teaser trailers for the film, found here and here, have the visual and audible beauty of the trailer for Sean Penn’s Milk. I can’t wait to “know Jack,” can you?