An early morning chemical release at the Dow facility in Norco prompted officials to close schools and evacuate the immediate area. The cleanup, officials said, is expected to last into the night.

RJD2, Busdriver Wednesday, April 7, 2010 The IndependentBetter than: Karaoke night with R2D2 and a bus driver. Indie-rapper Busdriver called last night's bill at the In...

Anthony Mackie went to a premiere and Meryl Streep hung out at an awards gala last night in New York.

Lew Grade used to quip of his disastrous 1980 film, Raise the Titanic, which cost a fortune to make and bombed at the box office, that it would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic. The Pacific cost $230m, making it the most expensive TV production in history, and on the basis of last night's first two episodes, it's another titanic waste of money. It would have been cheaper to... Well, put ...

"The most culturally diverse tent-pole in history." Controversy has erupted over the casting in The Last Airbender and no one is more surprised that its director, M. Night Shyamalan . Despite the protestations from this small yet vocal group, Night still calls his film the most culturally diverse tent-pole movie ever made in Hollywood.

M. Night Shyamalan talks about working on an effects-driven film. Much on Night?s mind was the final push of special effects and working with ILM. ?I?ve never had to wait this long to see a finished scene,? he laments.

M. Night Shyamalan shares some new information about his upcoming film, The Last Airbender.

Check out the playlist from last night?s Metal Hammer magazine show on Rock Radio. Catch Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas on Rock Radio?s Metal Monday, every Monday from 10pm ? 1am.

# aboutlastnight Last night HBO rolled out their new mega-miniseries The Pacific , about Americans fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II . We had high hopes. Were we let down? More ?

Sandra Bullock won the Best Actress prize at last night?s Academy Awards ceremony.

I?ll be honest with you. Between watching too much late-night TV last night and deadlines for the print magazine looming today, I?m not going to write a full Chuck recap.