‘What’s The Deal?’ With Jeff Sneider: ‘Oldboy’ Shows Why Spike Lee Needs...
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View ArticleComedy ‘Walk of Shame’ Opening Pushed Back a Month by Focus
The release of the Steve Brill comedy “Walk of Shame” has been pushed a month, and will now open on April 25, 2014,” Focus World announced Tuesday. “Walk of Shame,” which stars Elizabeth Banks and...
View ArticleGolden Globes to Scarlett Johansson: If We Can’t See You, We Can’t Award You
Scarlett Johansson may have a chance to win some awards this season for her voice-only performance as the operating system in Spike Jonze’s “Her,” but a Golden Globe won’t be one of them. The actress’...
View ArticleAMAs are No. 1 Show in Brief History of Nielsen Twitter TV Rankings
The American Music Awards on Sunday night was not just a hit for ABC — it was a big night as well for Twitter. A total of 10.2 million people saw over 7.6 million tweets sent in the U.S. about the...
View Article28 TV Specials, Marathons and Thanksgiving–Themed Episodes
Pull on your elastic-waist jeans and plant yourself on the couch: It’s Thanksgiving week! TheWrap has scoured the week’s television listings for the most holiday-propriate of the week’s specials,...
View ArticleHollywood Is Dreaming of a Black Christmas
In 1974, when Canadian director Bob Clark’s seminal holiday slasher movie “Black Christmas” was first released in the United States, the studio changed the title to “Silent Night, Evil Night.”...
View ArticleObama’s Closed-Door Meeting With Top Hollywood Brass: Who Was There?
President Obama held a closed-door meeting with top Hollywood brass on Tuesday, a who’s-who of executives representing all six major movie studios and each of the broadcast TV networks — plus the MPAA,...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin on MSNBC Cancellation: GLAAD Spokesman and Andrew Sullivan...
Well, at least Alec Baldwin is accepting full responsibility for the demise of his MSNBC show. Oh wait, maybe not so much…. Also read: Alec Baldwin, MSNBC End His Show in Gay Slur Fallout Baldwin,...
View Article‘Anchorman 2′ Moves Up 2 Days to Get a Jump on Crowded Christmas
“Anchorman: The Legend Continues,” previously scheduled to open on Friday, Dec. 20, will open two days earlier, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, Paramount said Tuesday. The studio also said that it will open...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: OscarWrap 2013 Cover Shoot With ‘Nebraska’ Star Bruce Dern...
After an acting career that has spanned 50-plus years, Bruce Dern figured his big roles were behind him. Then he landed the leading role in Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska.” Now finds himself in the...
View Article‘The Voice’ Taps OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder as In-House Producer and Songwriter
Guest mentor and OneRepublic bandmember Ryan Tedder has joined NBC’s “The Voice” in the role of in-house producer and songwriter. In the post, he will work with the final three to prepare for the...
View Article‘Dancing With the Stars’ Picks Season 17 Champion: Amber Riley, Corbin Bleu...
It was high school all over again on the “Dancing With the Stars” finale Tuesday night. And in the end, the choir nerd won. Judges and viewers crowned Amber Riley, best known for her role as Mercedes...
View ArticleJoan Rivers Defends Alec Baldwin … With a Barrage of Slurs (Video)
One of show business’ most outspoken members is being defended by another show-biz loose cannon — in a most un-PC way. Alec Baldwin — whose MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” was terminated on...
View Article‘The Voice’ Top 8 Results: Did America Use Its Instant Save on the Right...
When it comes down to this point in the competition on NBC’s “The Voice,” anything can happen. Eight contenders became six as we go into the Thanksgiving weekend. The results of Tuesday’s elimination...
View ArticleArsenio Hall Meets Arscheerio Hall, a Pale Imitation of Himself (Video)
In a meeting sure to shatter the space-time continuum, Tuesday’s “Arsenio Hall Show” welcomed Arscheerio Hall, comedian Paul Scheer’s channeling of the 1990s Hall. Wearing an 8-Ball jacket and Hall’s...
View ArticleHow Bruce Dern Found Redemption With Alexander Payne in ‘Nebraska’
This article first appeared in OscarWrap: The Race Begins. See video of the photo shoot below. After more than 50 years as an actor — years that have included 80-plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar...
View Article‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’: Mike Tyson Talks Tiger Farts, Cocaine, and Orgy...
Boxing legend “Iron” Mike Tyson joined Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday to plug his New York Times best-selling book “Undisputed Truth.” The two talked through some of the best stories in the autobiography, filled...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino Fought a Cab Driver: ‘I Grab Him by His Afro. Boom. Boom....
Quentin Tarantino says he beat a taxi driver in a Tarantino-esque fight more than a year ago that included the driver biting his nipple. Tarantino described the fight on “The Tonight Show With Jay...
View ArticleVice Wants to Make 4 Films a Year (and the More Drugs the Better)
Vice has made documentaries about the world’s scariest drug, Russia’s deadliest drug, how to sell drugs, Mexican drug lords and the war on drugs. You can also go to Vice’s website for “Drugs 101,” an...
View Article‘Oldboy’ Reviews: Is Spike Lee’s Remake Bloody Good Fun?
As a recent New York Times profile of Spike Lee demonstrated, the “Malcolm X” director does not lack confidence, whether he’s slamming Quentin Tarantino and “The Help”s’ Tate Taylor or noting that he...
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