The biggest trend at the movies so far in 2013 are tales of the American excess gone awry. Films like "Spring Breakers," "Pain & Gain," "The Great Gatsby" and "The Bling Ring" focus on various kinds of regular folk finding increasingly illegal ways to game the system in their favor,...

Warning: Major spoilers ahead about the ending of "This Is The End."

By the time Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Craig Robinson make it to heaven at the end of "This Is The End," one thing is clear: even after the apocalypse, The Backstreet Boys will always come back.

"When...

If this is truly a time of peak Leonardo DiCaprio, then let's take a moment to honor one of the 38-year-old star's go-to screen moves: the raising of a glass.

DiCaprio, who also yells a lot during his movies (when he isn't making one...

Kanye West's "Yeezus" hasn't even had its official release yet (that's set for June 18), but one of the new album's tracks already accompanies the images of an upcoming movie: "Black Skinhead," meet Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio in...

Based on their social media personas, Katie Chang and Israel Broussard are just like most other 18 year olds. They post photos of food, offer shout-outs to friends and express professions of love toward Daft Punk. They are, of course, not like most other...

In the last 10 years, Hans Zimmer has written music for some 40 film and television projects, including Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise and the recent smash-hit History Channel miniseries "The Bible."

"I haven't had a day off for I don't know...

"This Is The End" features major stars like Seth Rogen, James Franco, Emma Watson, Jason Segel and Rihanna but it's Jay Baruchel who plays the film's protagonist, a Canadian actor visiting Los Angeles named Jay Baruchel. Baruchel's prominence in the apocalypse comedy is something even the...

There is no kneeling before Zod in "Man of Steel." Zack Snyder's Superman reboot casts Michael Shannon as the villainous general, but leaves behind the catchphrase that Terrence Stamp made famous in "Superman II," when he played the same role. That's not the only difference: Shannon's...

From the files of hilarious real talk, here's Seth Rogen discussing "The Guilt Trip" during an appearance on Doug Benson's podcast, "Doug Loves Movies":

We shot that movie in the format that plays on airplanes only [laughs]. They were like, 'Talk loud because the engine will...

Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 67th annual Tony Awards on Sunday night, and despite some ridiculous, ginned-up debate about whether or not he said the n-word during the broadcast's opening number (he didn't), Harris did an outstanding job. If that sounds familiar, it's because Harris always...

Neil Patrick Harris was host at 67th annual Tony Awards on Sunday night, marking the fourth time Harris has acted as ringmaster for the prestigious celebration of Broadway. That veteran status wasn't lost on him: "Stick with me, your emcee's a seasoned pro," Harris sang during...

Let's have a toast for Kanye West. Without him, Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids" probably wouldn't playing over the closing credits of Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring."

"Early on, we had got in touch with Kanye, and his response was, 'You've got to get this song 'Super Rich Kids' by...

If you thought the trailers for "Getaway" and "Paranoia" were throwbacks, take a look at the new "Runner Runner" trailer, a.k.a., what if we made a movie where Ben Affleck's "Boiler Room" character became an online gambling king who feeds people to crocodiles.

Directed...

WARNING: Possible major spoilers about "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" discussed ahead.

New photos have emerged from the New York set of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and with the pics comes a new round of speculation regarding the fate of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in the 2014 sequel.

In the original...

It looks like Carey Mulligan got that 3 a.m. phone call. According to THR, Mulligan has become the front-runner to play Hillary Rodham Clinton in "Rodham." Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Seyfried were among those actresses initially rumored as possibilities for...

Ricky Gervais would host the 2014 Oscars, but only if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would agree to his conditions.

"I doubt the job offer would come without some strings attached," Gervais told GoldDerby.com editor Tom O'Neil when asked about the prestigious Oscars host gig....

"Superbad" pals Jonah Hill and Michael Cera reunite onscreen in "This Is The End," but the duo almost got back together prior to the apocalypse comedy. Sort of.

According to "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz, there was thought that Hill could play Cera's character, George Michael Bluth, in the "Arrested...

From the files of the notoriously unreliable British entertainment press: Penelope Cruz is maybe possibly definitely going to co-star opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond film. Should this casting actually happen, Cruz, now 39, would become the oldest Bond girl ever once the film was released,...

Warning: "Now You See Me" spoilers ahead.

Mark Ruffalo and director Louis Leterrier have more in common than just the new film "Now You See Me," which scored a surprise second-place finish at the box office over the weekend. The pair almost worked together in 2008, when Leterrier was directing...

There's another way to look at the disappointing $27 million that "After Earth" earned during its opening weekend: What would this film have grossed without Will Smith on the poster?

From the seeming last-minute press push (the high profile New York magazine cover story featuring Smith and...