At The Movies

Cop Out
Two longtime NYPD partners (Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan) on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia obsessed gangster. Jimmy the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul is his "partner against crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.

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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
In a parallel universe, the lone survivor of Earth’s Justice League, Lex Luthor, travels through other world dimensions to join forces with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and J’onn J’onzz in a desperate attempt to save his world and its people. But the villainous Crime Syndicate, controlled by Ultraman, Owlman, and Superwoman, will stop at nothing to maintain their domination. It will take wits, might, and a sacrifice to defeat these unforgiving enemies.

The Buzz...

Sarah Palin and Simon Cowell are among the first guests who have agreed to appear on The Tonight Show when Jay Leno returns on March 1. His first night back will have Jamie Foxx and Olympic Gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn on the couch, with a musical performance by Brad Paisley. But on Tuesday, Leno is sure to get the eyeballs with an appearance from Palin, who will be joined by Olympic Gold medal snowboarder Shaun White. On March 3, the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore will help with Leno's Jaywalk All-Stars segment.

Taylor Lautner will be presenting at this year's 82nd Academy Awards. However, not only will the Twilight star be appearing at the Kodak Theater, but his co-star Kristen Stewart will be on hand as well. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Lautner, Stewart, Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus would all be part of the March 7 event today. This isn't surprising as co-produce Adam Shankman has made it a priority to get younger stars to appear on the show.

Tiger Woods's longtime caddy, Steve Williams, promises it will be business as usual when Woods returns to golf - and that includes a zero tolerance policy when it comes to hecklers in the crowd. "Nothing will change," Williams tells Australia's Sun-Herald. "My job is to give him the best information I can and get him around in the fewest possible strokes."

Simon Cowell's rep, Max Clifford, tells People he cannot confirm reports that the American Idol judge is engaged to makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy. But don't be surprised if Cowell pops the question before too long.

Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson will add a further proverbial string to his acting bow with Mario Van Peebles' football drama, Things Fall Apart. Fiddy will take the lead role of a star running back "who faces a personal tragedy as well as his own mortality while in his senior year in college.

Director Kevin Smith has confirmed that Seann William Scott will be taking the lead in his hockey flavoured comedy, Hit Somebody. Talking with NHL.com, the funnyman said that Scott, formerly and most famously Stifler in the American Pie series, will play the role of Buddy. The film is based on the song of the same name by Warren Zevon, and follows the exploits of a hockey goon whose dream is to score a single goal.

Katee Sackhoff has been a real workhouse on TV shows. She's had a recurring role on many of the big shows of the past five years: Battlestar Galactica, Nip/Tuck, Bionic Woman, and had a rather big guest role on Big Bang Theory. She's currently co-starring on 24 but who knows what's going to happen to her character since she has just signed to headline her own show. Sackhoff will star in a new pilot for ABC, a crime drama about a detective who teams up with an ex-cop, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They investigate crimes and also try to figure out who drove him off the force.

Alexa Ray Joel has become the new face for Prell shampoo, nearly 25 years after her mother, Christie Brinkley, was featured in ads for the brand.

Lorne Michaels is finally in negotiations with Betty White to to appear on his sketch comedy show. Michaels is planning a Saturday Night Live: Women in Comedy Special that would feature White co-hosting with several of her contemporaries, including possibly Molly Shannon, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The special would get White inside studio 8H without depending on the octogenarian to shoulder the entire 90 minute program.

Despite record ratings, NBC has taken a barrage of critical hits over its Winter Olympics coverage, particularly the network’s decision to show many marquee events on a tape delay in primetime, rather than live. But none were as big as the one the network took on Sunday night, when it decided to show the most anticipated event of the Games so far, the United States’ thrilling, historic upset of Canada in men’s hockey, its first since 1960, live on MSNBC rather than NBC, where it chose to showcase the “sport” known as ice dancing.

A tour that fans of rock and horror have been waiting for for years is finally a reality: Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, the "gruesome twosome", are teaming for a limited run of North American dates starting April 26th at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, MB.