Greg Mottola

The Directors Guild of America on Wednesday announced nominees in the television categories of the annual DGA Awards, recognizing the behind-the-scenes talent of shows including "Mad Men" and "Homeland" as well as familiar faces such as Lena Dunham, Louis...

It is probably not accurate and certainly not provable to say Phil Wenz willed Santa's Village back into being. But it's not a crazy thing to believe either. After the northwest suburban amusement park closed in May 2006, Wenz helped organize the auction...

The L.A. Film Festival is dabbling in television this year, showcasing two programs: AMC's "Breaking Bad" and HBO's "The Newsroom."...

The animated extraterrestrial here isn't too family-friendly ... thanks to writers and co-stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, whose edgy satires also include "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." They play a couple of British visitors to America who cross...

Sucker Punch Director Zack Snyder (“Watchmen,” “300”) returns with another action-heavy fantasy - this one a lot more estrogen-friendly than his previous work. Five young women (Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish (above center),...

You know that move you do with your hand when you're unimpressed with something?  The one where you stick your palm down, you either lay it flat or cup it slightly, and you tilt it from side to side? Perhaps no film has ever made me want to do that move...

Paul What if the lovable E.T. had been a fun-loving, potty-mouthed party animal? That is the central premise of this comedy about two British nerds (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost of “Shaun of the Dead”) who befriend an extra-terrestrial near...

In corporate America, it's no longer a surprise to see a woman running a giant company like EBay or Hewlett-Packard. But in Hollywood, where actresses have far shorter careers than actors do, and it's accepted practice to pay male stars......

Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jason Bateman hit the "Paul" premiere in Hollywood on Monday. Seth Rogen voices the alien Paul in an extraterrestrial-on-a-road-trip story written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost....

Those “Hot Fuzz” Brits Simon Pegg and Nick Frost make their Hollywood debut with “Paul,” a sometimes amusing meet-the-alien farce that aims to be every fanboy's wet dream. But it's sort of their shot at a foul-mouthed pot-sex-...

Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper or ... an alien? Each will carry a new film at the box office this weekend, but moviegoers may have a difficult time choosing between the two handsome leading men and a decidedly less attractive protagonist.......

Neil Patrick Harris zings Eric Braeden: Don't cross NPH! The "How I Met Your Mother" actor fired off some legendary tweets (including the term "D-bag") after soap opera star Eric Braeden allegedly pulled out of a guest spot on the comedy at the last...