At The Movies

Edge Of Darkness
Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson), is a detective who has spent years working the streets of Boston. When his own daughter is killed near the door of his home, Craven realizes that her death is only one piece of an intriguing puzzle filled with corruption and conspiracy, and it falls to him to discover who is behind the crime.

On DVD

Whip It
Ellen Page stars as a rebellious teenager who pursues her passion, roller derby, and discovers the meaning of true happiness in co-star Drew Barrymore's directorial debut. Bliss Cavendar is a small town Texas teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance, conformity and beauty pageants, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough and tumble roller derby team and becomes Babe Ruthless, the hottest thing on eight wheels. One of the year's most charming films.

The Buzz...

According to Life & Style magazine, Jamie Foxx is one of the frontrunners for Simon Cowell's job at the end of this season of Idol.

Avatar is the biggest movie ever. James Cameron's unstoppable sci-fi epic has surpassed Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time. Avatar entered Monday $2 million shy of Titanic's global benchmark of $1.843 billion and passed the tally by mid-day

Taylor Lautner will throw the pigskin around in a pre-Super Bowl celebrity football game. The New Moon hottie has been confirmed for the 4th annual DIRECTV Celebrity Beach Bowl. Joining him on the field for some flag football will be Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford, Christian Slater and Entourage’s Kevin Dillon, as well as a handful of pro NFLers. The game will take place on February 6th the day before the Super Bowl.

He's won six Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a host of other accolades. Now, Justin Timberlake can add another sweet trophy to the pile: the Hasty Pudding award from Harvard University. Timberlake, 28, has been named the 2010 Man of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama club. The singer, songwriter, actor and producer was chosen for being "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers," the troupe said in a statement.

Jersey Shore star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi has reportedly been lined up as a correspondent for this weekend's Grammy Awards. According to Radar Online, the reality star is in talks to report live from the red carpet at the 52nd annual music ceremony. "It isn't 100% confirmed because we are working on the details.

Radiohead played a benefit concert to a packed house at the Henry Fonda Theatre in LA. Tickets for the sold-out show were auctioned off with all proceeds going to Oxfam America. Frontman Thom Yorke announced at the end of the night that the band raised $572,754 for relief efforts in Haiti.

After taking a bow at New York's Radio City Music Hall following a sold out four night stand, Lady Gaga hightailed it to 1 Oak in the meatpacking district to celebrate.

Weird Al Yankovic will be diving into his first feature length directing gig for the Cartoon Network, where he's already established himself as an animated presence on shows like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Brak Show, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. Yankovic broke the news earlier today on his own blog, where he preempted the inevitable media queries about his unnamed project by interviewing himself.

The distribution rights to Machete, the project that grew out of a fake trailer Robert Rodriguez included in his joint project with Quentin Tarentino, Grindhouse, has been acquired by 20th Century Fox.

You might have wondered why Howard Stern really declined to be Conan O'Brien's last few shows on The Tonight Show. Here's a possibility: Howard hates being proved right. TVTattle dug up an old Late Night interview from 2006 with the longtime radio host warning Conan, "I don't see this guy (Leno) leaving and letting you walk in and I'm concerned about you."

Jessica Simpson is reportedly hoping to send 50,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti to help the survivors of the earthquake. According to Entertainment Tonight, the singer has joined forces with friends CaCee Cobb, Ken Paves and charity Soles4Souls to help achieve the target. They are aiming to gather 50,000 pairs of shoes in 50 days.

Cbgb has revealed plans for a series of graphic novels while promoting its new radio channel. A press release announcing a partnership between Clear Channel and the legendary Manhattan club, which closed its doors in 2008 after more than 30 years, contained the news that the brand will be making a foray into comics.

Pernell Roberts, who became a small screen staple as Adam Cartwright in Bonanza and later as the title character in the M*A*S*H spinoff Trapper John, M.D., has died. He was 81.

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is nearing a deal to headline CBS' in the works spin off of Criminal Minds. Whitaker would play Cooper, the new team's fiercely loyal and intensely private leader.