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A covers compilation benefitting the relief fund of singer-songwriter Jesse Malin, who suffered a spinal stroke last year, is set for release on September 20th. The latest single to be released from the effort is Billie Joe Armstrong’s cover of Malin’s “Black Haired Girl.”

The full 27-song tracklist for Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin was also unveiled and features many of Malin’s friends and colleagues covering the D Generation frontman’s songs, including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Bleachers, and many more.

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s take on Malin’s “Black Haired Girl” finds the Green Day frontman is fine form, with the cheerful power-pop tune falling right in his wheelhouse.

“Jesse is a dear friend to me,” commented Armstrong in a press release. “I love his songwriting. He is all heart… His passion is endless. We send...

Everyone wants a piece of the horror pie right now, so it’s no surprise that major studios and big name players are dipping their toes into these red waters. On that note, Deadline reports today that “The Sopranos” creator David Chase is directing a horror movie!

David Chase is reteaming with “The Sopranos” producer Terence Winter on the untitled project, which is set up at New Line as part of Chase’s “first look deal at Warner Bros.”

Deadline’s report explains, “Chase plans to direct the film, in what is Chase and Winter’s first theatrical film screenplay and feature producing collaboration.”

The project has no title and no synopsis at this time. Stay tuned.

Producers are Chase and Nicole Lambert (The Many Saints of Newark) for Riverain Pictures. Executive Producers are Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) through her Tangerine Pictures banner, and Terence Winter through his Cold Front Productions.

This article originally appeared on EW.com.

In his 90 years, Chuck Berry — who died Saturday in Missouri — recorded hundreds of songs, including 13 top 10 R&B hits and seven pop smashes. Regardless of chart success, his work went on to inspire multiple generations of artists, many of whom paid tribute to the rock architect with covers.

Berry’s final tracks will appear on the upcoming album, Chuck, his first new release since 1979. Announced on his 90th birthday last October, the album features his children, Charles Berry Jr. and Ingrid, on guitar and harmonica, and is dedicated to his wife of 68 years,...

To watch Mike Mills‘ two most recent features, Beginners and 20th Century Women, are such warm and open-hearted experiences that I was led, in my review of the latter, to wonder if he’s ever been unsympathetic to anybody. Actually sitting down with the writer-director does nothing to make me think otherwise, though he could’ve been a total bastard and I’d still want to pick his brain about his new film. It’s too rich and satisfying a work for me not to have many questions.

Also of little surprise is how quickly the discussion can turn towards a personal place, but one doesn’t follow-up a film about the last days of their gay father with a film reflecting on their relationship with their mother and not tip their hand a bit more than the average subject. Don’t think it’s too heavy, though: what follows...

Last night's Grey's Anatomy, "Almost Grown," featured the surgeons we love competing for a seven-figure grant as well as battling the odds in the Or. Click here for a full review.

Below is a list of Grey's Anatomy music from what was another solid episode ...

Mat Kearney - "Head on Your Heart" The Bamboos - "On The Sly" Wait Think Fast - "Look Alive" Kyle Andrews - "You Always Make Me Smile"...

At which point during last night's new Grey's Anatomy episode, "Almost Grown," did you uncork that bottle of extra strength Tylenol, apply a cold compress to your head and pillage your Mad Men tribute bar? Was it when a 13-year-old male with a B-cup asked Karev for a breast reduction surgery, explaining that his peers called him "Booby" at school? Was it when Callie told the Chief how she will never be the lesbian Arizona is during a pitch meeting? Or was it when Mrs. Blankenship herself (real name: Randee Heller) appeared on-screen as a crotchety old lesbian giving McDreamy the business about her partner's brain cancer surgery? See how close your pain readings were to Movieline's below.

Last night on Grey's Anatomy, Cristina showed flashes of her old self (see our review of "Almost Grown"). But will being forced to revisit the shooting help or hinder her recovery?

We'll see find out next week, when a documentary film crew visits the hospital to profile the doctors six months after May's season-ending tragedy. How will the doctors respond?

Follow this link for a photo gallery from "These Arms of Mine," then take your first look at the episode in the promo below. Get ready for Seattle Grace: The Documentary ...

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I may get a bunch of comments that disagree, but this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy really didn’t do it for me. I found myself losing more interest as each minute passed.

Don’t get me wrong, it was awesome watching my favorite residents become attendings in “Almost Grown.” But even the dark navy scrubs couldn’t make me love the episode.

I did find it odd that the Chief would ask each of the head surgeons what they would do to make the hospital more inspirational with the $1 million grant. Where did he get the money?

Who do you think the donor could be? Dare I say it’s Izzie?

Where did the Chief even get a million dollars, Bailey wondered?

The doctors all had inspirational ideas for what he/she would do with the money, but Bailey had the best point. If you look at...

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We’ve watched Cristina Yang go from being the most successful resident at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital to becoming practically mute — and Finally, we saw a glimmer of her old self in the Oct. 21 episode!

There have only been five episodes in the season seven of Grey’s Anatomy, but I was sick to death of watching the formerly brilliant Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) struggle in surgeries, conversations and even at basic life skills because she was still shaken up from the hospital shootings in the last season finale. Finally, at the very end of the Oct. 21 episode titled “Almost Grown,” Cristina reverts back to her old bossy, driven self — and I can’t be more pleased!

In an unprecedented move, the chief puts the residents (including Cristina, Meredith, April and Jackson) in charge for a day, while the attending surgeons fight to get funds for their special projects.

The Chandra Wilson-directed "Almost Grown" just finished airing, and was another emotional episode of the medical drama. What did you think of this week's Grey's Anatomy?

TV Fanatic will review the episode and post quotes, music and our Round Table Q&A tomorrow. Now, we want to hear from you. Share your comments with us and vote in our poll below, and expound on any topic you like in our Grey's Anatomy forum!

What did you think of this week's Grey's Anatomy?...

Enjoying an evening out together, Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery were spotted at the 2010 International Interior Designer of the Year Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night (October 18).

The “Old School” babe and her handsome hubby both looked snazzy as they strolled up to the Pacific Design Center for the big event.

And coming up Thursday at 9pm, Ellen and the rest of her “Grey’s Anatomy” cohorts return with a new episode titled “Almost Grown.”

Per the show’s official website, “As part of their training, Seattle Grace's residents are put in charge; the attending surgeons compete for a million-dollar grant.”...

The first two sneak previews of this week's Grey's Anatomy hinted at new, stressful situations for the surgeons, and the latest three clips, which we've posted below, echo that theme.

Tensions are high as Meredith and Cristina grapple with heightened levels of responsibility, while Jackson is feeling on edge and Lexie looks like she's about ready to lose it ...

Almost Grown Sneak Preview #3

Follow the jump for two more clips from "Almost Grown," in which Cristina is told to get her act together or go home (rough), and the fourth-year residents get a short-lived promotion:

Almost Grown Sneak Preview #4

Almost Grown Sneak Preview #5...

This week's Grey's Anatomy, entitled "Almost Grown," marks another trip behind the camera for cast member Chandra Wilson, who made her directorial debut last year.

In this sneak preview from the episode, Lexie melts down in a critical situation and Meredith is left in charge by Derek. Safe to say tensions are running high in Seattle:

Almost Grown Sneak Preview #1

Follow the jump for a second clip - in which Callie gets competitive over the potential windfall for her department - and two quick promos from the October 21 episode ...

Almost Grown Sneak Preview #2

Almost Grown Promo

Almost Grown Promo: Canadian...

Next week on "Grey's Anatomy", as part of their training, the Chief puts Seattle Grace's residents - including Meredith, Cristina, April and Jackson - in charge. Meanwhile, Derek, Callie, Owen and the other attending surgeons compete for a million-dollar grant. "Almost Grown" airs October 21.

A bunch of "Grey's" news has been sprouting in the last few days. First of all, Jessica Capshaw aka Arizona will be sidelined for two episodes after the October 28 episode. "We're basically playing it by ear," creator Shonda Rhimes told EW. "If she needs more [than two episodes], she'll let me know."

Meanwhile, Kevin McKidd who plays Owen in the series would go behind the camera to direct a series of six "Grey's" webisodes that airs beginning October 14 at ABC.com. "They're based around a new PR consultant's power struggle with Dr. Richard Webber [James Pickens, Jr.], who is trying to turn the image of the hospital around," McKidd told TV Guide.

"Sopranos" creator David Chase has unveiled the nature of the feature film he's written and will direct for Paramount Pictures.

Nearly two years ago, after his award-winning HBO series had run its course, Chase signed to write, direct and produce a drama for the studio. That directorial debut will be a music-driven coming-of-age story set in the 1960s.

The untitled film will be released under the Paramount Vantage banner.

Mark Johnson ("Rain Man," "The Chronicles of Narnia") will produce with the UTA-repped Chase, who also has been a writer-producer on the series "Northern Exposure," "Almost Grown" and "The Rockford Files."...

David Chase, best known for creating HBO's The Sopranos, will be honored with the WGA West's 2008 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel.

The lifetime achievement award is bestowed for outstanding work in television. Chase will be feted April 23 at the WGAW's honorary awards luncheon at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

"We had to give this award to David Chase following the remarkable run of 'The Sopranos, ' " WGAW president Patric Verrone said. "Not doing so would be to deny him the closure that ..."

The truncated quote was a good-natured jibe over the controversy that ensued after Chase ended a six-year Sopranos run with an enigmatic series-finale episode. The episode's meaning became such a hot topic of debate among fans that it was spoofed by Hillary and Bill Clinton in a campaign ad last year.

Chase's TV work includes contributions to Northern Exposure, I'll Fly Away and Almost Grown.