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Cox dishes up some TMI to Howard Stern

(NEWSER) - Courteney Cox and David Arquette just love to go on Howard Stern's show and seriously overshare . The latest: Cox told Stern yesterday, in a segment picked up by the Huffington Post , that she has not had sex since splitting with Arquette back in 2010. Arquette—who has remained friends with his ex—encourages her to date, Cox says, but "right now, I'm not quite ready to date. I'm getting closer ... as things become more final in my life with David." More»

Even so, you might appreciate the nostalgia: critics

(NEWSER) - Beavis and Butt-head are back—but two decades later, MTV’s pair of dimwits is no longer critiquing just music videos. They have now added reality shows, movies, and viral videos to their repertoire. But do we still need them?

• Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe : Back in the early 1990s, Beavis and Butt-head was perfect for the time. Kids were starting to become “media-savvy”—AKA, “growing cynical and ironic”—and the show “perfectly captured that punchy tone.” But nowadays, reality shows will be the first to mock their own ridiculousness, and most audience members are already laughing at them. “Plus, we still have South Park” for our necessary dose of snark. The new Beavis and Butt-head, therefore, “works just OK” and “isn’t as essential as it once was."

Critics not gushing, but they're mostly pleased with premiere

(NEWSER) - Charlie Sheen’s character “exploded like a balloon full of meat,” another character explained last night as Two and a Half Men premiered and finally killed him off. Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher also debuted as Walden Schmidt. What the critics are saying:

• Turns out Schmidt is “sweet, unsarcastic but—here we stay true to the show's gawping bawdiness—possessed of an astounding anatomical endowment that he soon puts to use,” writes Tom Gliatto in People . “The instant verdict: Kutcher was not at all bad. He was quite likable."
• “Fear not,” fans, declares Fox News . “Even without Charlie Sheen, your favorite show isn’t changing much." Like Sheen’s character, Schmidt is a womanizer—albeit an accidental one—and “the show’s producers barely changed gears. … With Kutcher loosely playing himself as a savant ladies’ man, it’s likely that Charlie Harper—or Sheen—won’t be missed."

And it's all thanks to Cox's split with Arquette, sources say

(NEWSER) - Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have been famous for being real-life friends ever since the show debuted in 1994. So why haven't they been photographed together in almost a year? Sources tell Us "there's tension" between them, and not because Courteney had dinner with Brad Pitt last month. No, it stems from Cox going out on the town with her male costars during her trial separation from hubby David Arquette. More»

Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's latest

(NEWSER) - After a decade, the Scream franchise is back—and not much has changed. What the critics are saying:

• “How long can [director Wes] Craven and [writer Kevin] Williamson milk the same shtick—mocking B movies and being one—before the audience catches on that they’re running around in circles?” asks Michael O’Sullivan in the Washington Post . “There’s a certain pleasure that comes from going through the same familiar motions. But when does a comfortable groove become a rut?”