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One more day at 95 degrees or higher likely before Denver cools off

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Colorado's eight days of above-100 temperatures broke a record for most triple-digit days in a single year for Denver, with most of the summer still ahead.

Carly Rae Jepsen Wears Short Shorts While Filming New Video 'Good Time'

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:03 AM PDT

Carly Rae Jepsen
We spotted Carly Rae Jepsen in New York City on Tuesday filming a music video for her new single "Good Time." The singer wore short tie-dyed shorts and a blue button-down shirt tied at the waist.

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The Men: Alien Films, Woodstock '94 and Eating Sandwiches Onstage (VIDEO)

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT

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Brooklyn, NY rockers The Men have been riding the buzz train in part because their discography is littered with limit-release (and therefore ultra-coveted) cassette and vinyl items.

Now that they've released their Open Your Heart album the rest of the world has finally been able to get in on The Men's psych thrash metal.

Our friends at AUX TV talked to the band about Woodstock '94, and the movies Alien and Gimme Shelter when they were in Toronto for NXNE and it was all caught on video.

Body recovered by dive team at Chatfield Reservoir

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:47 AM PDT

 A dive team recovered a body in the Chatfield Reservoir in an area where a man was reported missing on Saturday, authorities say.

The 15 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT

With Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes heading into a multi-million dollar divorce, "Extra" takes a look at the most costly star divorces.

Steven Helmkamp Takes 'Leap of Faith' in Fuel's 'Clean Break'

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Steven Helmkamp
Steven Helmkamp's story is one we can all identify with: his aspirations were all too often sublimated by that pesky thing we call "the real world." But rather than dwell on that, Steven saw an opp...

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The Amazing Spider-Man Takes in a Record $35 Million on Tuesday

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:52 AM PDT

The Amazing Spider-Man takes in a record-breaking $35 million on Tuesday

The Amazing Spider-Man got off to a solid start at the box office yesterday, breaking the Tuesday single day record with an estimated $35 million. That tally includes the $7.5 million this superhero origin story rang up during midnight screenings.

The opening day total surpasses the $27.9 million earned by Transformers on the same Tuesday in 2007. Transformers went on to make a whopping $155.4 million over its opening six-day frame five years ago, which included $8.8 million from midnight shows. The $35 million opening day includes $4 million from nearly 300 IMAX theaters.

We won't know for sure until Sunday, but varying estimates put The Amazing Spider-Man's six-day haul between $120 million and $140 million. The superhero reboot will also have to contend with the 3D concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me opening tomorrow, and the Oliver Stone crime drama Savages opening on Friday.

The Amazing Spider-Man was released July 3rd, 2012 and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott. The film is directed by Marc Webb.

Oz: The Great and Powerful Poster

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Walt Disney Pictures has released a teaser poster for Oz: The Great and Powerful, director Sam Raimi's latest directorial effort that explains how the title character in The Wizard of Oz came to be. Take a look at this one-sheet that seems to clarify how James Franco's Oscar Diggs wound up in Oz: The combination of a tornado and a hot air balloon.

OZ Poster

Disney's fantastical adventure Oz: The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, The Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Oz: The Great and Powerful comes to theaters March 8th, 2013 and stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Abigail Spencer, Zach Braff, Joey King. The film is directed by Sam Raimi.

EXCLUSIVE: Casper Van Dien Talks The Pact

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:57 AM PDT

Casper Van Dien talks The Pact

Actor Casper Van Dien discusses his role in The Pact, arriving in theaters July 6

Casper Van Dien is best known for playing the brash Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers and the 2008 follow-up Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. When he's not busy killing bugs and saving the Federation, he's tackling many other roles in different genres, with his latest offering being The Pact, which is currently available on VOD and arrives in theaters July 6 from IFC Films. I recently had the chance to speak with the actor over the phone about playing Creek, a small-town sheriff who investigates the paranormal claims of a young woman (Caity Lotz) in this thriller. Take a look at what he had to say.

You've been starring in a number of different kinds of films throughout the years. Can you talk a bit about what you really look for in a project, and what really piqued your interest about The Pact?

Casper Van Dien: Well, The Pact is a really well-written horror genre film. I was reading it and I was really creeped out by it. I saw the writer-director's short, and I could see he was somebody who really respected the art form. It was awesome to say. That was very attractive to me. Then, with this character, he was somebody who had been through a lot. He had his fair share of troubles, and you could see that he had some struggles in his life. I felt like I could relate to him, through life experience.

I don't believe that Creek is in (writer-director) Nicholas McCarthy's short, is he?

Casper Van Dien: No, he's not, but the short was good itself. What's cool about the director is he used most of the same people he shot the short with, in his actual feature. He's a really cool guy.

Can you talk a bit about working with this cast? Caity (Lotz) has been an up and coming actress lately, and I loved her performance in this. Can you talk a bit about sharing the screen with her?

Casper Van Dien: Well, Caity is a phenomenal young actress, who is dedicated to her characters and her roles. You can see the commitment in her delivery and her thought process. It's exciting to watch a young actress like this. She's so good, and so natural. She was just fantastic, and she's also someone who's so physically capable. She did all these stunts and wire work. I was looking at her, and she's as good as any stunt man or woman that I've worked with. If this acting thing hadn't worked out for her, I could totally see her doing that too, but she's a phenomenal actress. It was so great to feed off her and watch her. She made my job a lot easier, as an actor, and I really enjoyed working with her.

There is one scene that is particularly shocking that I don't want to spoil. Can you talk about reading that scene for the first time, and the makeup effects?

Casper Van Dien: It was a cool moment to read that. It was a lot of fun to shoot that. I love anything that shocks people, and that's the really cool thing about this movie, there are a lot of really cool shocks. Watching this with a live audience at Sundance, I got to see the shock factor and the whole audience scream and jump. That was awesome. I'm glad to be an integral part of that. I enjoyed that scene.

I think one of the biggest reasons why that was so shocking, and a lot of other moments in the movie too, is the choice to not use music. Music is such a huge cue, like 'You're going to be scared now.' When you watched the film, was it surprising to see that lack of a musical cue?

Casper Van Dien: He is a director who really loves the genre, and really respects the audience that sees these horror films. He does it in a more intelligent way, and he treats the audience with more respect, in my opinion. You see he's a true fan of the genre, and that he treats it like the true art form that it is. Unfortunately, some directors or producers don't understand it as well as this particular director did. He really got the genre. Reading the script, I could see he got it, then watching him shoot it, wow. Everything really seemed to flow well. It's got aspects of fantasy and horror, things we might imagine, and the real things that do happen. The combination of him putting them together the way he did, with lack of music in some places, and good music in other places, seemed to really flow well. I liked that. Watching it at Sundance, the shock was phenomenal. People were literally screaming, which was great.

I was wondering if there is anything you can say about Starship Troopers: Invasion? Is there anything you can say about where the timeline fits into the overall universe?

Casper Van Dien: I think it's lighter, and its definitely our sequel to the first Starship Troopers, with aspects from 2 and 3 in it as well. It's closer to the book, which is interesting. What's phenomenal about it to me, I just saw it, I look at these suits these guys get to wear in the anime, and I would have loved to have had them. Some of the aspects are really cool. I love Starship. I loved the book when I read it as a kid, and I loved being a part of these films with Paul Verhoeven and Edward Neumeier. I loved being a part of this. When they asked me to be an executive producer, I was thrilled. It's really good. I know that they're rebooting Starship Troopers as well, and I'm excited to see what they do with that.

Is there anything else you're working on that you can talk about?

Casper Van Dien: I have a comedy coming out called Noobz, where I play that guy from Starship Troopers. I get to play me as a complete asshole. That was fun to do too.

What would you like to say to anyone who's curious about The Pact about why they should check it out in theaters July 6?

Casper Van Dien: I hope they enjoy it. It was a lot of fun to do. Caity was amazing, the director was amazing. It's a good date movie, because whoever you bring with you will probably jump on top of you (Laughs).

Great. Thanks so much, Casper. It was great talking to you.

Casper Van Dien: Thanks man.

You can watch Casper Van Dien in The Pact, currently on VOD formats before arriving in theaters July 6.

The Pact comes to theaters July 6th, 2012 and stars Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner, Mark Steger, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Samuel Ball, Anjini Taneja Azhar. The film is directed by Nicholas McCarthy.

EXCLUSIVE: Casper Van Dien Talks Starship Troopers: Invasion

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Executive producer Casper Van Dien talks Starship Troopers: Invasion

I recently had the chance to speak with actor Casper Van Dien for his new thriller The Pact, arriving in theaters July 6. We also spoke about his animated Starship Troopers follow-up Starship Troopers: Invasion, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD August 28. The actor serves as an executive producer on this animated adventure, revealing there are elements of the first three live-action movies in this sequel.

"I think it's lighter, and its definitely our sequel to the first Starship Troopers, with aspects from 2 and 3 in it as well. It's closer to the book, which is interesting. What's phenomenal about it to me, I just saw it, I look at these suits these guys get to wear in the anime, and I would have loved to have had them. Some of the aspects are really cool. I love Starship. I loved the book when I read it as a kid, and I loved being a part of these films with Paul Verhoeven and Edward Neumeier. I loved being a part of this. When they asked me to be an executive producer, I was thrilled. It's really good. I know that they're rebooting Starship Troopers as well, and I'm excited to see what they do with that."

clickHere to read my full interview with Casper Van Dien for The Pact.

Poster for Disney and Sam Raimi's "Oz The Great and Powerful"

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Six reasons why you’ll like the U.S. version better than the Swedish version, it’s true.

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:56 AM PDT

First Look At Matt Damon In Neill Blomkamp's ELYSIUM

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Sci-fi fans should be anticipating this one quite a bit, since it's being directed by the man responsible for the fantastic District 9. Like that movie, Elysium is expected to combine action with sociopolitical ideas. EW have debuted the first image of Matt Damon as the movie's "hero" Max.. In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy "Coordinators," people who can afford bio-genetical engineering, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, built by the Armadyne Corporation, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky ex-con Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on

Deck collapses at Littleton party, four sent to hospital

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

 A back yard deck suddenly collapsed and fell about 10 feet into a Littleton home Tuesday evening, injuring four people, officials say.

Josh Wilding Reviews: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Video Game [Playstation 3]

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Taking place a few months after the events of The Amazing Spider-Man movie, the video game tie-in sees Alistair Smythe now in charge at Oscorp as he continues Curt Connors work with cross-species genetics. Things quickly get out of hand as some of the subjects escape and an infection spreads around the city. Along the way, Spidey faces off against both them and Smythe's army of robots, although the premise as a whole is fairly weak and unoriginal. Classic villains such as the Scorpion, Rhino and, er, Iguana are all just mindless beasts, meaning they have absolutely no personalities or motivations to make them even a little bit interesting. The relationship between Peter and Connors and Peter and Gwen aren't handled anywhere near as well as they were in the film, as the video game keeps them in limbo rather than developing them. Smythe makes for a decent villain, although he's

First OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Teaser Poster Now Online

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man

Charlie Sheen Is Winning With 'Anger Management'

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

'Anger Management'
Charlie Sheen is winning, apparently. (Never mind that he would like to forget that kind of vocabulary.) His return to TV in 'Anger Management' posted 5.5 million viewers in its first episode. That...

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'Amazing Spider-Man' Pulls in $35M Opening Day

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT

"The Amazing Spider-Man" has so far spun $35 million from its web.

The $230-million reboot, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, opened in theaters Tuesday at 12:01 AM but did not surpass its predecessors. In 2002, the original "Spider-Man" grossed $39.4 million its opening day.

The highest-grossing "Spider-Man" film was the third installment, which made $890.9 million worldwide in 2007.

If all goes to plan, "The Amazing Spider-Man" will likely end up with a respectable sum of around $140 million by Sunday, reports the L.A. Times.

Rain helps firefighters at Waldo Canyon fire, now 80 percent contained

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Nearly a half inch of rain was a welcome respite Tuesday night for firefighters accustomed to triple-digit temperatures while fighting the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs.

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This Week in Music History: July 1 - 7 -- This was the End for Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Avril's Court Case, Bauhaus (Kinda)

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT

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On July 3, 1973 Laurens Hammond, the inventor of the Hammond organ, died at age 73.

Under normal circumstances this would be a pretty big deal in the world of music history. After all, the Hammond sound can be hear all over rock classics like Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," Boston's "Smokin'" and Booker T & the M.G.'s "Green Onions."

But two far bigger names in music died on that same day, so poor Hammond is destined to always play a supporting role -- kinda like his organs.
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