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'Ugly Americans' Premieres Tonight - Watch Clips Now

Today 3:32 PM PDT , by Alyse Wax
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Don’t forget to tune in tonight for the premiere of Ugly Americans on Comedy Central.  This animated horror-comedy promises to be deliciously inappropriate, with characters that range from a woman with a dozen breasts and a face on her crotch to an unemployed zombie to a giant squidman to... Stephen Hawking? Check out our initial reactions here and 2 clips and the first 10 minutes below.

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SXSW 2010: We Talk with the ‘Red White & Blue' Stars

Today 1:45 PM PDT , by Todd Gilchrist
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On Sunday night, director Simon Rumley premiered his new film Red White & Blue at Austin's premier film festival, South By Southwest. Costarring Noah Taylor (Almost Famous) and Marc Senter (Cabin Fever 2), the film follows a troubled girl named Erica (played by Amanda Fuller) who seems determined to sleep her way through the entire male population of Austin, TX – that is, until she meets Nate (Taylor), an Iraq War veteran who sees right through her callused detachment. The two begin a tender romance, but when Frankie (Senter), one of Erica's former conquests, returns to her life with some troubling news, circumstances rapidly devolve into a series of devastating and irreparable acts of brutality.

FEARnet's inestimable Scott Weinberg already reviewed the film, but we were lucky enough to catch up with Rumley, Senter, Fuller and Taylor in Austin for an exclusive chat about the tough challenges they faced bringing this terrifying story to life. Check out what they had to say after the jump.

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Rock Out with Edgar Allan Poe

Today 1:15 PM PDT , by Joseph McCabe
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Sure he could write, but did you know he could also rock? A 2003 musical retelling of the life of Edgar Allan Poe that debuted in the UK may soon make its way to US shores, depending on the success of a CD and DVD release next month, More deets after the jump. 

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Syfy Channel Announces Fall Pickups

Today 12:32 PM PDT , by Alyse Wax
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Syfy Channel may want to consider yet another name change.  Their recent upfronts (held at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Tim Burton exhibit) focused on distinctly ghostly fare for their fall season.

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Sigourney Weaver Bears Her Fangs

Today 12:00 PM PDT , by Joseph McCabe
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Whether or not Ghostbusters 3 happens, Sigourney Weaver just can't seem to stay out of our favorite genre. And we wouldn't have it any other way. The genre queen (who once battled an alien queen) will play a vampire queen in her next movie. Details after the jump.

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Stephen King & John Mellencamp in the 'Darkland'

Today 11:30 AM PDT , by Lawrence P. Raffel
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If you were one of the many waiting for a musical collaboration by Stephen King and John Mellencamp about a small haunted Mississippi town, you may or may not be in luck. Hit the jump for the latest word on The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.

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