We’ve rounded up the top entertainment stories to provide you enough content for those spur-of-the-moment water cooler conversations.
- The Tribeca Film Festival, which mostly hosts independent films, will premiere The Avengers on its closing night — Saturday, April 28.
- After garnering attention for its R rating by the MPAA, Bully will now be released without any rating at all. The movie will open in 5 locations in New York and Los Angeles on March 30. Kids, be forewarned, you’ll need a permission slip from mom and dad to get in.
- Jimmy Kimmel will host the Emmys for the first time this year. The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards show will air Sept. 23.
- James Cameron rolls deep! A veteran oceanologist, Cameron boarded a one-man sub on Sunday bound for a descent of 35,756 feet — more than 7 miles — to the ocean floor of the Mariana Trench, located about 200 miles southwest of Guam.
- Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis have signed on to star in You Are Here. The movie is Mad Men creator, Matthew Weiner’s, debut into feature films. Weiner will write and direct the film, which goes into production in May.
- Will Ferrell has announced that there will be a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Ferrell and Adam McKay will co-write the script.
- Julianne Moore will mentor Joseph Gordon-Levitt for his directorial debut. His film is currently untitled, but shooting is scheduled to start in April. Scarlette Johansson has also signed on to star in the film.
- Results of the vote to merge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will be announced tomorrow, Friday. A yes vote by 60% of the voters is required for passage.
- Peter Facinelli today officially filed for divorce from his wife of 11 years Jennie Garth. They have 3 children together.
- After almost 2 years of court visits, Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner has ended Lindsay Lohan’s supervised probation.
