Inglourious Basterds' Michael Fassbender is in negotiations to play the young Magneto in X-Men: First Class — MTV.com Watch Woody and his crew in this Toy Story/The Wire mash-up — Videogum The teen crush torch gets passed: Bieber pairs up with Usher for "Somebody to Love" — Vulture Samuel L. Jackson may play MLK on Broadway — Cinematical ABC nixes Happy Town again — TV Squad A brief Read more

Have you ever been grateful to disappear into an emotional roller coaster of a movie? One that doesn't manipulate you, but genuinely makes you feel compassion and heartache? This is how I can sum up Mother and Child, a drama about the complexities of maternity from writer/director Rodrigo Garcia. Annette Bening is at the helm of the ensemble cast as Karen, a middle-aged woman who grieves daily Read more

How do you make two brilliant actresses even more compelling on screen? Make them mother and daughter. It's the case for Naomi Watts and Annette Bening in bittersweet drama Mother and Child, although it comes with a caveat: Watts plays Elizabeth, the daughter Bening's character gave up for adoption and has never met. Motherhood is the central theme of the movie — Kerry Washington also stars as Read more

Martin Scorsese to direct the family-friendly film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret — MTV Movies Blog Prince has written a fight song for the Minnesota Vikings. True fact. — Stereogum Harrison Ford's best movies (Working Girl!) — Rotten Tomatoes Slumdog's Danny Boyle to do a stage show of Frankenstein — News Briefs The New Pornographers spill about their upcoming album — Read more

Halle Berry went sexy in her cutout dress last night for Keep a Child Alive's 6th Annual Black Ball in NYC. She had her best accessory, boyfriend Gabriel, on her arm, as she walked the red carpet alongside Adrian Grenier and pregnant Padma Lakshmi. John Mayer made an appearance solo as rumors about his rekindled romance with Jennifer Aniston circulate, though you guys seem to think their giving Read more

Many celebs hit the red carpet last night at the ESPY awards in LA to honor the stars of the sports industry. Samuel L. Jackson was the evening's host, and he kept the audience laughing with his jokes about Twitter. Zachary Quinto took the stage looking dapper in his suit, while Miranda Kerr smiled for photos before the scary robbery at Orlando Bloom's house. Demi Moore was also on hand to Read more