EW caught up with Steve Carell on the set of the Bruce Almighty sequel, Evan Almighty, to chat about his overcaffeinated role as the voice of Hammy the squirrel in the upcoming animated film Over the Hedge (in theaters May 19). He spoke about his vocal inspirations, his Shakespearean dreams, and why God (in the form of Morgan Freeman) wants him to build a gigantic, Noah-style ark. So where did the voice of Hammy come from?

A small crowd of about 12 is sitting at tables in a tiny piano bar, singing in unison as the pianist in the center of the room plays a jubilant number from the Broadway musical Pippin. When Josh Groban—the internationally acclaimed four-time multiplatinum artist—strolls in, heads turn. Celebrity visits are not unheard of at Marie’s Crisis Cafe, this Manhattan haunt dedicated to group-sing. (Everyone from Darren Criss to Jimmy Fallon has stopped by, and there’s YouTube proof.

Dish Network’s contract with The Weather Channel was supposed to expire at midnight, based on reports. But it’s still on the air! Dish had planned to replace TWC with an alternative service called Weather Cast. “There are no movies, no wake-up shows and no stories about storms,” Dish said in a news release. “Further, because its program schedule is all forecasting, it means that the Weather Cast has more time to focus on local weather.

CYBERFILM SCHOOL (www.cyberfilmschool.com) Fancy yourself the next Scorsese or Spielberg? Can’t come up with film-school tuition? There’s always Cyberfilm School. Billed as the Ultimate Filmmaking Website, it offers instruction in the fundamentals of screenwriting, production, cinematography, sound, and editing by combining original tutorials, published articles, and links to newsgroups and related websites. The school’s strong virtual community showcases scripts, features daily posts on bulletin boards, and includes an ever-changing directory of the latest film sites.

In Jenna Ortega's fantasy world, Wednesday Addams is dance, dance, dancing (with her hands, hands, hands above her head) next to Lady Gaga in season 2 of her hit Netflix series. Speaking on the 2023 Golden Globes red carpet, the Wednesday star revealed her thoughts on how Gaga could fit into a potential season 2 plot, after TikTok users re-popularized the pop star's 2011 song "Bloody Mary" by editing it over a dance sequence the Addams Family adaptation.

Divine Miss M. I would just like to thank Entertainment Weekly for the wonderful article on Marilyn Monroe ( 130, Aug. 7). Since I am only 16 years of age, I was not around in Monroe’s time. I hardly knew anything about her mysterious death, or anything about her movies. Thanks again for exposing a young ‘un to the world of Marilyn Monroe. —Amber Taylor; Bedford, Wyo. Just when I thought I’d seen every photograph ever taken of Marilyn Monroe, your magazine has one of her throwing out the first baseball at a Hollywood game.

Thanks to the ongoing “Weezer Wednesday” series, Weezer has been teasing out portions of its new album Everything Will Be Alright In The End, which will be landing on store shelves on September 30. But so far, only one song has been heard in its entirety, and that’s “Back to the Shack.” The band premiered the song on its own cruise a few months back, and thanks to some well-circulated fan-shot videos, the song has become the first full taste of the new album.

James "Tim" Norman, who starred in the OWN series Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, was found guilty of killing his nephew and former costar Andre Montgomery Jr. after staging a murder-for-hire plot. The soul food restaurateur, 43, was convicted Friday of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in relation to the fatal shooting of his 21-year-old nephew in March 2016, per a press release from the U.

With last night’s shocking series finale, Big Love left some of its fans praising the heavens and others cursing the writers for ending the Henricksons’ saga on a note of tragedy. If you haven’t seen the finale yet, stop reading now. Otherwise, join me after the jump for the debate… As I said yesterday, the one thing I really wanted out of the Big Love finale was for Barb, Nicki, and Margene to break free of Bill and discover who they are without him.

No cold opening this week on Westworld, we jump right into the main titles. This chapter, "Generation Loss," directed by Paul Cameron, and written by Kevin Lau and Suzanne Wrubel, has a lot of (desert) ground to cover. As Caleb (Aaron Paul) struggles against the parasite invading his brain, flashbacks to the events of the lighthouse are seen, which were alluded to in episode 2. Maeleb prepares to destroy "the last of Rehoboam,"