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If you've ever envisioned a Family Guy/Friday The 13th mash-up (and, really, who hasn't?), you're in luck. This Sunday, all five of Fox's animated comedies — The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and American Dad — will air special blockbuster-themed episodes.
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Breaking In, Odette Annable
What do you get when you mix Goonies fandom, a Xena: Warrior Princess costume, Avatar blue paint and 130,000 plus comic book convention attendees together?
"The geekiest episode so far" of Breaking In, star Odette Annable tells TVGuide.com.
On Wednesday's episode, airing at 9:30/8:30c on Fox, the Contra Security team travels to...
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Raising Hope
When people see Martha Plimpton, they often think, "Oh, that girl," as in the gawky teen who climbed into the caverns with Mouth, Chunk and the kid with all the cool gadgets in The Goonies. "I turned 14 on that movie," she says. "We had no idea there would be reunions and T-shirts and fan sites 25 years later!"
But while her peers hit rehab and the reality-TV circuit, the daughter of actors Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton became a rare thing for child stars — a character and stage actress. She filled her
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Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
Corey Haim's tragic death exposed widespread confusion about him and his frequent collaborator Corey Feldman, as many confessed via Twitter that they don't know which Corey is which. The two shared much in common, besides the name Corey: early roles in Stephen King projects, joint film appearances, eventual struggles with drugs, and a dual comeback attempt on the A&E show The Two Coreys. For those of us who grew up with the Coreys, there's no getting them confused. But for anyone unfamiliar with their work, here is our quick guide to the Coreys' respective careers:
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Question: I was watching The Breakfast Club on AMC and noticed scenes that aren't on my commercial tape of the movie. Were these lost scenes that were added in, or were they specially made for television? I've had a similar experience with Billy Madison and always wondered what the deal was.
Answer: The deal is that movies are often aired on broadcast and basic cable television in versions that differ to some degree from the theatrical versions. The two big reasons are standards and practices, and length. Because television programming goes into so many households for free or for a minimal basic-cable fee, the programming assumption is that it has to be held to a different standard than material that people have to actively seek out. You have to buy a ticket and go to a theater or pay a steep monthly fee to subscribe to a premium cable channel like HBO or pay to buy a movie on video or DVD, so the assumption is that befo
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Question: I was watching The Goonies on TV the other night with my roommate, and we saw an unfamiliar part with an octopus near the end. There's a piece of dialogue in the normal release in which the Data character refers to an octopus, but we'd never seen it before. We've asked everyone we know if they've ever seen this different version, and they all say no. We're beginning to think we're crazy or something; can you assure us that we're not?
Answer: Consider yourself assured. The scene in which a giant octopus attacks Martha Plimpton was cut from the theatrical release of The Goonies (1985), which is also the version that's on tape. But the scene has been put back in for TV, presumably to increase the running time; although I haven't seen the PG-rated Goonies since it was new, it seems unlikel
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