Chasing Mavericks 

Chasing Mavericks is the inspirational true story of real life surfing phenom Jay Moriarity (played by newcomer Jonny Weston).  When 15 year old Jay discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, is not only real, but exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson (played by Gerard Butler) to train him to survive it.  As Jay and Frosty embark on their quest to accomplish the impossible, they form a unique friendship that transforms both their lives, and their quest to tame Mavericks becomes about far more than surfing. Chasing Mavericks was made with the help of some of the biggest names in the surfing world, and features some of the most mind-blowing real wave footage ever captured on film.

By Jamie Ruby

History's new drama, Vikings, premieres March 3rd. The series follows Ragnar Lothbrok, played by Travis Fimmel (The Bay Town Outlaws, The Beast), a real figure from history, and his adventures as he resolves to sail to the west to find undiscovered riches and rises to become King of the Viking Tribes. The series not only focuses on the Vikings as warriors, but also as humans, as it shows how they live as a people.

The star recently talked to the digital media about the new series, which airs March 3rd on History.

By Jamie Ruby

March 3rd the new drama Vikings premieres on History. The series follows Ragnar Lothrok (Travis Fimmel) and other Vikings from history, in not only battle and other adventures, but also in their day to day lives. Ragnar's is determined to sail to the west to find untold riches, against the wishes of the earl. Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne) and his wife Siggy, played by Jessalyn Gilsig, have one daughter and are devastated by the loss of their two sons. Siggy is encouraging to the earl in his attempts to best Ragnar, but she may not be completely loyal to her husband.

Gilsig recently talked to the media about her role in the upcoming History series, which premieres March 3rd.

By Jamie Ruby

American Idol recently returned for its twelfth season with not only new contestants, but new judges as well. The new panel consists of veteran judge Randy Jackson, country singer Keith Urban, and recording artists Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.

As this is the first year Idol has a country music star as a judge, Urban, who recently talked to the media, brings a new flavor to the show. He helps balance the panel out as "the nice guy" as he doesn't think it's helpful to put down the contestants, especially if it's not constructive criticism. "I think every person handles critiquing differently. I'm trying to sort of get a feel for what I think the artist is comfortable hearing, what they're not going to be comfortable hearing. In most of the cases I'm just trying to think if it's something I can say that isn't—something that's just straight soul crushing and not helpful for them, I just don't see any worth in it.

"I'm trying to give specific direction, if it's something they can work on. And again, it's just my opinion. It's not to say it's a fact. They can take it. They can leave it. But I try to deliver it in a way in which I'd like people to deliver it to me."

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By Karen Moul

It seems one Dreamgirl isn’t enough for NBC’s Smash. Jennifer Hudson, who won a slew of awards for the 2006 film, joined the cast earlier this season as Veronica Moore. Next week iconic star Sheryl Lee Ralph, a 1982 Tony nominee for her work in the original Broadway hit, joins Smash as Hudson’s powerful mother/manager, Cynthia.

“I love this character,” Ralph said in a recent interview. “This is a woman who is so comfortable in her well-earned Manolo Blahniks that it is a joy just to get to play her.

“She's so grounded in the church but at the same time she knows how to handle the world. You can tell that she's been under the leadership of a strong bishop or two, you know? And I love that about her.”

By Jamie Ruby

End of the World, Syfy's newest original disaster movie, premieres tomorrow night. The film is somewhat different from the usual fair. Many of the Syfy Saturday originals are campy, whether they are meant to be or not, but this one is different. It's the ultimate disaster movie to end all disaster movies, almost a spoof of the genre, if you will. And it's really funny, paying homage to science fiction and disaster movie fans everywhere.

The film revolves around two such fan boys, played by Neil Grayston and Greg Grunberg, who work at a video store. Their world is turned upside down when their small town becomes a disaster of its own, with plasma rain that causes power surges and reduces people to ash.

By Jamie Ruby

The Celebrity Apprentice returns for a six season, with an All-Star edition, beginning Sunday, March 3rd on NBC. In preparation, Donald Trump, as well as celebrity contestants La Toya Jackson and Bret Michaels, talked to the press earlier in the week about the new season, the charities they are playing for, and some of whom and what we can expect.

According to Trump, the series is doing extremely well in the ratings, "It's the number one show at 10:00 on Sundays..it has been doing very, very well in the ratings and so I would anticipate that it would continue onward.

"... This is our 10th year, it's our 13th season. So it has been a great success and it continues to do very well in the ratings."

By Jamie Ruby

End of the World, the newest Syfy original movie, premieres tomorrow night. The movie follows two video store employees (Eureka's Neil Grayston and Heroes' Greg Grunberg) as they must use their disaster movie knowledge to save the world from destruction. They also get help from a mental patient, played by Brad Dourif, who's known to most as the voice of Chucky from the Child's Play franchise.

The three actors, along with executive producer Lisa Hansen, talked to the digital media recently to discuss the film, which airs tomorrow night on Syfy.

Grayston told SciFi Vision that his favorite part had to do with the actual process. "Sort of my favorite part was the whole filming process, because it was a really sort of open and free and it almost felt a little bit like gorilla film making at certain times because we were just sort of fighting for the light all day.

"But we also just got to play around especially a lot of the scenes involved just me and Greg just sort of bantering back and forth and we got to kind of explore that a lot and very quickly. So it was a really fun shoot just in general and it kind of all blurs together now that I think of it because it was so open and free, but it was definitely one of my favorite experiences filming something."