Seth MacFarlane will not return to host the 2014 Oscars, the filmmaker and hit TV writer/producer announced on Monday. MacFarlane said that his schedule did not permit him to return.

"Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep," MacFarlane tweeted.

MacFarlane's turn as emcee of the 2013 Oscars divided the community. Some found him funny and eager to experiment while many found him crass and unoriginal, citing a long gag about breasts.

MacFarlane, one of the most successful writers and showrunners in television, finds his schedule even busier because of his now-bustling film career. He is writing, directing and starring in "A Million Ways to Die in the West" and, eventually, should make a sequel to "Ted."

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Cinipix, a new Hollywood studio run by Todd Slater, will send a ship into space to shoot footage for its upcoming film “Newcomers.” This marks the first Hollywood involvement in a private space mission.

Former NASA astronaut Richard A. Searfoss will pilot the craft. Cinipix will partnered with Centerboro Productions on the voyage.

The movie is about a former astronaut who saves Earth from an alien invasion. Patricia A. Beninati and Michael K Anderson adapted the screenplay from a script by Beninati.

Production is set to begin early next year.

The trip into space serves as both an...

From superstars getting booed by the audience to singers falling on audience members' heads to Nicki Minaj’s naughty lap dance and awkward backstage smooches, there was plenty of sin at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here are 5 of the most talked-about moments from last night's show.

1. Justin Bieber Booed: While accepting the Milestone Award (a new fan-voted award given to an artist who shows the most musical ingenuity and innovation), Justin Bieber came off a little too cocky for the audience's taste, and his speech – in which the teen superstar praised his own career and said he "should be taken seriously" – illicited loud boos from the crowd. Billboard Music Awards host Tracy Morgan – who himself knows a thing or two (or three!) about being booed, tried to negate the situation, saying, "Don...

Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart -- one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while the other is best known for his pioneering fart jokes.

The two men will share the same stage, however, on June 6, when Scorsese will present Brooks with the American Film Institute’s 41st Life Achievement Award. The award is one of the highest honors for a career in film and has been handed out in the past to such notable directors and actors as Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro and Scorsese himself.

Brooks is being honored for a career that has spanned television, film and the Broadway stage. He is the creative force behind such comedy classics as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein"...