Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ Named Year’s Best by National Board of Review
Spike Jonze’s “Her” was named the top film of 2013 by the National Board of Review on Wednesday, giving the unconventional love story a major prize at the beginning of awards season. The selection came...
View ArticleCelebrity Chef Nigella Lawson Admits to Cocaine Use in UK Court
Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson told a court she had taken cocaine several times including when being subjected to “intimate terrorism” by her millionaire ex-husband Charles Saatchi, in the latest...
View ArticleConan O’Brien Unlocks the Secret of the Kardashians’ Krazy Christmas Card...
The Kardashian family’s annual Christmas card was more puzzling than ever this year, but Conan O’Brien figured out what the reality TV brood was really trying to say. The extravagant photo spread...
View ArticleEddie Izzard Inks Talent Deal With NBC Entertainment
British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard has signed a one-year talent holding deal with NBC Entertainment. In the deal, Izzard will receive executive producer credit if cast as the lead in a series....
View ArticlePerez Hilton Starring in ‘Gay Dads of New York’ Reality Show
Gossip blogger Perez Hilton is stepping in front of the camera to star in a new reality show. Hilton will be at the center of “Gay Dads of New York,” from “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” producer...
View ArticleR. Kelly’s Epic ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Is Getting More Chapters
As if there weren’t already enough reasons to be excited about the coming new year, 2014 will bless us all with more “Trapped in the Closet.” R. Kelly’s epic hip-hopera is being extended with new...
View ArticleMartin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC After Sarah Palin Slam
MSNBC host Martin Bashir resigned from the network Wednesday, two weeks after making the graphic suggestion that someone defecate in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s mouth. “After making an on-air...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh Must Apologize to Pope Francis, Petition Demands
Rush Limbaugh owes il Papa a mea culpa. At least, that’s what a new online petition claims. The petition, which has so far gathered more than 3,500 signatures, is demanding that the radio host...
View ArticleHBO Lands Billy Crystal’s Broadway Show ’700 Sundays’
HBO will shoot and air Billy Crystal’s broadway show, “700 Sundays,” with a premiere sometime in 2014. The premium cable network is set to tape the show on Jan. 3 and 4 at the Imperial Theatre in New...
View ArticleSundance Competition Lineup Features Films Starring Kristen Stewart, Aaron...
Kristen Stewart’s “Camp X-Ray,” Aaron Paul’s “Hellion” and Anne Hathaway’s “Song One” are among the contenders in the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition, the Sundance Institute...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable, This Is Why People Get Mad at You (Opinion)
I’m looking at a bill from Time Warner Cable to someone named Kim Molloy, who apparently lives at my address. America’s second-biggest cable company assigning me a girl’s name is just the latest joke...
View ArticleTLC Picks Up With ‘Half-Ton Killer’s’ Life Post-Murder Acquittal (Exclusive...
After telling Mayra Rosales’s story in its previous special, TLC’s cameras are following the heaviest woman alive after she was acquitted of murder. On “Half-Ton Killer: Transformed,” Rosales begins...
View Article‘Glee’ 100th Episode: Heather Morris and Others Set to Return
The 100th episode of “Glee” is shaping up to be quite the reunion. Heather Morris, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Harry Shum Jr., have signed on to return to the Fox musical series, the show’s...
View ArticleSyfy Orders ‘Dominion’ to Series
Syfy has given a series order to “Dominion,” its adaptation of the 2010 supernatural movie, “Legion,” a network representative told TheWrap. To film in Cape Town, Africa, the series will premiere in...
View Article‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Gets Release Date
The “Veronica Mars” movie, powered to the big screen by fans of the TV series in a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, has been given a release date of March 14, 2014. Distributor Warner Bros. on...
View Article‘Anchorman 2′ Character Ron Burgundy Gets School Named After Him, but...
Ron Burgundy may be kind of a big deal, but two Emerson College journalism professors say that’s not enough to merit renaming their school after the fictional anchorman on Wednesday in yet another...
View ArticleWalt Disney Co. Boosts Cash Dividend
The Walt Disney Company will increase its annual cash dividend by 15 percent after a fiscal year that once again demonstrated the continued strength of its theme park and cable holdings. The media and...
View ArticleCNN’s Zoraida Sambolin to Exit Network
Just months after returning to CNN, Zoraida Sambolin is leaving the news network. Sambolin, co-anchor of CNN’s “Early Start,” will exit the show later this month, with her last day on the job being...
View ArticleTWC-Dimension to Finance, Distribute Adaptation of Broadway Thriller...
Bob and Harvey Weinstein have signed on to executive produce, finance, and distribute a feature adaptation of author Ira Levin’s 1973 Broadway thriller “Veronica’s Room,” which will be produced by The...
View ArticleBest & Worst 2013: 11 Most Shocking TV Deaths
(Spoiler Alert: Don’t read on if you don’t want to know who died on TV this year.) This may have been the worst year ever for television deaths: Lead characters galore gave their final gasps, on shows...
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