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'Rock Band' TV show, featuring Alice Cooper and Sebastian Bach, to jam on VH1 Classic

As if your television set doesn't get enough of the video game Rock Band, now comes Rock Band the TV show. EW.com has learned exclusively that Rock Band 2 The Stars, a spoof of VH1's celebreality competition, will air on...

Ratings: 'CSI' puts CBS on top

Goodbye, Warrick Brown. Hello, superb ratings. Twenty-three million viewers tuned in to CBS at 9 p.m. Thursday night to watch the long-awaited premiere of CSI (pictured: Marg Helgenberger as Willows), which featured a final sayonara to Gary Dourdan’s crime scene...

James Denton weighs in on the 'Desperate Housewives' time shift

Filming for this season's Desperate Housewives is eight episodes in, but cast-member James Denton, who plays Mike Delfino, says he's only recently come around to the five-year-leap–into-the-future twist, an idea creator Marc Cherry has previously said was inspired by the...

Ratings: ABC's 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Private Practice,' 'Dirty Sexy Money' take another hit

Woe is ABC. The network’s block of hourlong dramas — 8 p.m.’s Pushing Daisies, 9 p.m.’s Private Practice (pictured: Kate Walsh), and 10 p.m.’s Dirty Sexy Money — declined yet again last night from the previous week’s premiere numbers, which...

Smashing Pumpkins doc 'If All Goes Wrong' gets a big-screen debut

To commemorate their 20th anniversary, the Smashing Pumpkins aren’t just touring this fall — they’re also coming to a movie theater near you. The 105-minute documentary If All Goes Wrong chronicles the seminal alt-rock band’s unconventional 19-concert stint in Asheville,...

Kevin Nealon (and his wife) to guest-star on ''Til Death'

Kevin Nealon has said “I do” to 'Til Death — and he’s bringing his wife to the big event. The Weeds regular and his spouse, Susan Yeagley (The Sarah Silverman Program), will guest-star on an episode of the Fox comedy,...

Ratings: Second presidential debate tops first, but still short of VP audience

According to last night's preliminary ratings, the second presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama scored significantly better ratings than the first match-up between the two candidates, though still far short of the monster audience that tuned in for...

Russell Crowe jams with Great Big Sea

Fans of Canadian folk-rockers Great Big Sea got an unexpected treat during the band's performance at Los Angeles' House of Blues last week when Aussie actor Russell Crowe — himself a frontman for the somewhat inconsistent rock outfit Thirty Odd...

Russell Brand joins Helen Mirren in Julie Taymor's 'Tempest'

Perhaps it's redemption for being kicked out of the prestigious Drama Centre London a week shy of graduation. Or maybe it was just too juicy a part to turn down. Whatever the reason, this year's outrageous host of MTV's Video...

David Archuleta signs with Azoff Management

David Archuleta has signed with Azoff Management, the career-launching (and often sustaining) music powerhouse that counts The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Neil Diamond, and, most recently, Morrissey among its clients. But that doesn't mean young Archie, last season's American Idol runner-up,...