Top three monsters of all time in Mark A. Molina’s book?

Healthy green shakes were in, pizza was out -- no matter how much everyone around him seemed to savor its gooey goodness every day.

Top three monsters of all time in Mark A. Molina’s book?

The first movie Selena Gomez remembers seeing in the theater: "Seed of Chucky."

Despite the proven talents of first-time feature director Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory”), writers Peter Baynham (“Arthur Christmas”) and “SNL” vet Robert Smigel, and a voice cast headed by Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud.

Despite the proven talents of first-time feature director Genndy Tartakovsky ("Dexter's Laboratory"), writers Peter Baynham ("Arthur Christmas") and "SNL" vet Robert Smigel, and a voice cast headed by Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud.

Frank Langella has shared stages, screens and beds with an illustrious array of actors, intimately essayed in his memoirs, "Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them."

The B-list rules Hollywood’s fall and holiday movie season: Bond, Bella and Bilbo.

So Russell Pearce filled out some paperwork that suggests he might (or rather, could) run for a state Senate seat from a newly and differently configured Mesa district.

This has been a nostalgic year for Walt Disney Pictures, producing a new "Winnie the Pooh" movie and rereleasing "The Lion King" in 3-D. Now Disney brings back the Muppets, which the studio officially acquired the rights to in 2004 after years of collaborations like "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Muppet Treasure Island." The Muppets' latest film outing, which was pitched by Jason Segel and Nick Stoller, is a winner in just about every respect imaginable. It is crystal clear that all the people involved with the picture share nothing less than complete admiration for the Muppet legacy. The end result is a warm, delightfully corny, refreshing, and funny gem that will appeal to nostalgic adults just as much as it will to kids being introduced to the Muppets for the first time.

This has been a nostalgic year for Walt Disney Pictures, producing a new "Winnie the Pooh" movie and rereleasing "The Lion King" in 3-D. Now Disney brings back the Muppets, which the studio officially acquired the rights to in 2004 after years of collaborations like "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Muppet Treasure Island." The Muppets' latest film outing, which was pitched by Jason Segel and Nick Stoller, is a winner in just about every respect imaginable. It is crystal clear that all the people involved with the picture share nothing less than complete admiration for the Muppet legacy. The end result is a warm, delightfully corny, refreshing, and funny gem that will appeal to nostalgic adults just as much as it will to kids being introduced to the Muppets for the first time.

"The Expendables" is an exercise in nostalgia for the bygone era of muscly, macho action films. It's willfully out of date, like an aging hair band that can't pack away the spandex.

In 2006, the last best chance to pass a reasonable immigration reform bill failed in the Senate because of mostly Republican opposition. It was a moderate proposal compared to the draconian bill passed in the House that year.

Frightful programming will haunt most network schedules a full week before Halloween.

Goth and glitter. Bones and ornaments dusted with lime, ebony, orange or purple sparkle. Startling images on dishware and textiles. These are just some of the ways retailers and designers are playing up Halloween’s theatrical vibe this year.

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Growing up in The Most Haunted Town in Kansas, I've heard my share of ghost stories. Whether it's the tale of the drowned woman who calls to men from her watery grave in the Missouri River or Molly, who lets out blood-curdling screams in the park at midnight, the spooks that call Atchison home are legendary. And they scare the socks off me! But even though I am the world's biggest chicken, I can't resist the fun of throwing a Halloween soiree at my historic home, dressing it up so it looks like a haunted Victorian mansion.

One simply cannot survive the holidays on a steady diet of feel-good Frank Capra flicks and holly-jolly Burl Ives tunes — it would result in the pop culture equivalent of type II diabetes.