Because of Leak, Playboy Posts Lindsay Lohan's Pics Online Early

Because of Leak, Playboy Posts Lindsay Lohan's Pics Online Early

Just days after Lindsay Lohan's Playboy shoot leaked online, the publication has decided to post it on its website, at www.playboy.com/lohan.

TMZ.com reported early Friday that Playboy was concerned that the leak will hurt sales of what they expect to be the best-selling issue of the year. Late Friday, Playboy boss Hugh Hefner tweeted: "Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early." The magazine will still hit newsstands on Friday, Dec. 16.

Uncensored photos of Lohan's shoot, which evokes Marilyn Monroe's December 1953 pictorial for the magazine, appeared online Friday, including on PerezHilton.com.

The actress is slated to appear on Ellen on Thursday, Dec. 15. DeGeneres snagged the only interview Lohan has agreed to do during the on-sale period of the issue.

Gene Simmons Criticizes Madonna's Selection to Perform at the Super Bowl

Gene Simmons Criticizes Madonna's Selection to Perform at the Super Bowl

Madonna is not the right choice for the Super Bowl halftime show, says KISS' Gene Simmons.

"I love all karaoke singers," Simmons snarked to TMZ.com, when asked how he feels about her selection. "I like all the girl singers who get up and sing with tapes. Shame on you... I don't think it's appropriate." He added, "Madonna is terrific... I hate the tapes."

The 53-year-old Material Girl, who has a movie, W.E., coming out two days before the big game and is recording an album for spring release, follows in the footsteps of the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and The Who, all of whom has gotten the gig. (For what it's worth, KISS participated in 1999's headliner-free halftime show, which also included Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder.)

Madonna has not responded to Simmons' comments.

TV Worth Watching This Sunday

TV Worth Watching This Sunday

On TV this Sunday: Storybrooke feels sadness, the Race comes to an end, A&E opens a Bag of Bones, HBO closes the Boardwalk Empire and then shares a bit of Luck, and more. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Once Upon a Time (ABC) | Fall finale: One of the town’s residents begins to remember their past; Storybrooke mourns the loss of one of their own; in the fairytale world, the Evil Queen attempts to find a heartless assassin to murder Snow White.

8 pm The Amazing Race (CBS) | Season finale: The final three teams race to Atlanta, Ga., where a smooth landing evades one team as their competition soars.

8 pm The Simpsons (Fox) | Flashing forward 30 years to a futuristic Springfield, Bart and Lisa have children of their own and decide to spend the holidays as one big family at Homer and Marge’s house.

8:30 pm The Cleveland Show (Fox) | To help pass time while posing in a nativity scene, Cleveland tells his family his own version of one of his favorite holiday stories: Die Hard. And… cue full-on parody.

9 pm Stephen King’s Bag of Bones (A&E) | In this two-night miniseries, widowed novelist Mike Noonan (Pierce Brosnan) is inspired to return to his and his late wife’s old lakeside retreat in Maine. There, he Mike befriends a young widow (Melissa George), is plagued by ghostly visitations from a blues singer (Anika Noni Rose) and comes to realize that his Mrs. (Annabeth Gish) still has something to tell him.

9 pm The Good Wife (CBS) | As Alicia looks for a way to have a judgment thrown out following a shocking guilty verdict, she also begins to feel the consequences of decisions in her personal life.

9 pm Boardwalk Empire (HBO) | Season finale: With Nucky’s trial looming, Jimmy looks to make amends.  After weighing an offer from Esther Randolph, Margaret makes a decision that will change the course of her future – and Nucky’s.

9 pm Dexter (Showtime) | Dexter finds that in order to catch the Doomsday Killers, he must create a macabre tableau of his own; Debra’s therapist makes an unnerving suggestion.

10 pm Luck (HBO) | Series sneak preview: From director Michael Mann and Deadwood creator David Milch comes this provocative look at the world of horse racing and all its colorful (and sometimes criminal) players.  The cast features Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, Jason Gedrick, Jill Hennessy, Tom Payne and Nick Nolte.

10 pm Hell on Wheels (AMC) | Durant attempts to end ongoing negotiations with the Cheyenne by challenging them to a competition; Cullen and Elam scramble to prevent bloodshed in town.

10 pm Homeland (Showtime) | Saul looks after recently hospitalized Carrie when he finds her postulating a mile a minute about Abu Nazir. But by applying his sense of order to her chaotic theories, he unearths what appears to be the heart of the terrorist mastermind’s plot. Meanwhile, Brody takes his family to Gettysburg to spend one last weekend with them before his congressional campaign begins — and before his deadly mission is to take place.

Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams: Oscar music consultants

Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams: Oscar music consultants

The Oscars will go in a new direction musically in 2012, with producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer choosing composer Hans Zimmer and songwriter/producer Pharrell Williams to be music consultants for the 84th Academy Awards.

Neither man has ever worked on the Oscar show before, though Zimmer won an Academy Award for "The Lion King" and has been nominated eight additional times.

The Grammy-winning Williams has written songs for a number of films, including "Bringing Down the House," 50 First Dates," "Knocked Up," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Rush Hour 2" (from the show's former producer, Brett Ratner) and last year's "Despicable Me." He has yet to receive an Oscar nomination.

"Hans is one of the most accomplished and creative film composers of our time, and Pharrell is a phenomenal songwriter with an amazing list of credits," said Grazer and Mischer in an AMPAS statement. "This is an exciting and prestigious collaboration that promises to take the audience on a musical journey."

When he spoke to TheWrap two years ago, Zimmer criticized the Oscar music category for being a few years behind the times. "he Oscars are important to give us artistic courage," he said. "But I also think the Academy has a responsibility to keep relevant."

The 84th Academy Awards will take place on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland Center.

A TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Under The Dome is in the works

A TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Under The Dome is in the works

Stephen King’s colossal 2009 novel, Under The Dome, is set for a TV adaptation, with the assistance of Steven Spielberg…

In 2009, Stephen King published Under The Dome, a sci-fi novel that, at more than a thousand pages long, stands as his magnum opus. Taking in a lengthy and eclectic cast of characters, the novel tells the story of a small US town (in Maine, naturally), that is one day encased under an invisible yet impassable barrier.

Dealing with themes such as human cruelty, mortality, politics and environmental destruction in its voluminous stack of pages, Under The Dome would have to be savagely abridged to fit into the format of even the lengthiest Hollywood movie.

It’s the perfect subject matter for a television series, though. And two years on from the book's US publication, it’s being reported that a TV adaptation is under way, with Stephen King and Steven Spielberg acting as developers.

At this early stage, it’s not yet clear who’ll adapt the script, or who will appear in front of the camera, but we know that, when it’s eventually finished, it’ll premier on the US channel, Showtime.

Zombieland TV series in the works

Zombieland TV series in the works

Zombieland was originally conceived as a television series. And it might just be heading to the small screen after all...

Hot on the heels of the announcement that the season 2 premiere of The Walking Dead smashed cable viewing records, it has been announced that a TV version of Zombieland is currently in development at Fox.

This news comes two years after Zombieland won over audiences and critics, and went on to be a hit at the box office. It had a mighty fine cameo in it, too.

The film was one of my favourites of that year, and I’ve been following the news of a potential movie sequel with interest. But ultimately. it doesn’t look as though that will happen. I hope we're proved wrong.

Still, Zombieland was originally pitched as a TV show and was developed into a film when it failed to get picked up. So it makes sense for it to return to its roots, and see how it fares as a half hour comedy. There are hints of the original plans for the project in the film itself, with things such as ‘Zombie Kill of The Week’, which would no doubt be a major feature should this make its way onto our screens at some point in the future.

I can’t imagine that any of the original cast would return, but introducing new characters to the world established won’t be a difficult task. Maybe we'll get some more cameos, too.

Handled in the right manner I think this could be great, particularly as original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are involved. But Fox has a record of handling shows poorly, and cancelling them before they have time to develop (although Fringe has been an obvious exception). This is concerning, as if the show does get made and turns out to be good, audiences will still live in fear of it getting axed. I guess that's the nature of the beast.

Transformers: Prime

Transformers: Prime

'The Complete 1st Season' on 4-Disc DVD and Limited Edition Blu-ray

Prepare to experience the world of TRANSFORMERS PRIME like never before with perfect picture visuals and the purest digital sound available when the entire first season of the award-winning CGI animated series TRANSFORMERS PRIME arrives in stores everywhere in North America on March 6, 2012 in a deluxe 4-DVD set and a Limited Edition 4-Disc Blu-ray collection from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios.

Both the DVD and Blu-ray collections of TRANSFORMERS PRIME: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON boast all 26 action-packed episodes (including the 5-part miniseries Darkness Rising) and special bonus content. For a limited time only, TRANSFORMERS PRIME: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Limited Edition 4-Disc Blu-ray contains a 96-page IDW graphic novel based on this hit series.