‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Available On-Demand Same Day as Theatrical Release
In the spirit of its crowd-funded roots, the “Veronica Mars” movie will be released via video on demand worldwide on March 14, the same day it will hit movie theaters. Creator Rob Thomas broke the news...
View Article#ICYMI on TheWrap: 10 of the Week’s Top Showbiz Stories (Video)
DreamWorks Animation Can Still Make Money From Movies That Don’t Investors will still be high on DreamWorks Animation if “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” fails at the box office The Most and Least Liked...
View ArticleCharlotte Dawson, Former ‘Australia’s Top Model’ Judge, Dead at 47
Australian TV personality and former model, Charlotte Dawson, was found dead of apparent suicide in her Sydney apartment on Saturday. She was 47-years-old. Dawson’s body was found at around 11:20 a.m....
View ArticleOscars Countdown: The Ultimate Guide to Historic Hollywood
When Hollywood was its own little town at the start of the 20th century, it banned movie theatres and liquor, except for medicinal purposes (wink, wink). That ended quickly when movie studios arrived...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Isn’t Welcome in Atlanta Community, Neighborhood Group Plans...
Justin Bieber will face some very angry neighbors if he decides to move to an affluent Atlanta-area community. As word spreads that the legally-challenged pop star may be shopping for mansions in...
View ArticleMaria Von Trapp, Whose Family Inspired ‘Sound of Music,’ Dead at 99
Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp, whose family inspired the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music,” died on Saturday. She was 99 years old. The last survivor of the von...
View ArticleNBC Rebooting ‘Heroes’ With Miniseries (Video)
NBC is bringing back supernatural series, “Heroes,” as a miniseries set to premiere in 2015. Original creator and executive producer Tim Kring is back to executive produce 13 episodes under the title...
View ArticleNAACP Image Awards: The Winners List
The 45th Annual NAACP Image Award winners were announced live during a two-hour special on Saturday evening on TV One. Hosted by Anthony Anderson, the night’s presenters included Kevin Hart, Lupita...
View Article‘Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Reveals Favorite Episode, Gives Justin...
Norman Reedus’ favorite episode of “The Walking Dead” is the very first, the actor told TheWrap in the latest episode of “Drinking with the Stars.” “The first episode’s my favorite. I think it really...
View Article’12 Years a Slave,’‘Blue Jasmine,’‘Hunger Games’ Win Costume Design Awards
“12 Years a Slave,” “Blue Jasmine” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” were honored as the films with the top costume designs of 2013 by the Costume Designers Guild on Saturday night. “Blue Jasmine”...
View Article‘Gravity’ Sounds Best to Cinema Audio Society
“Gravity” won the feature-film award for sound mixing at the 50th annual CAS Awards, which were handed out by the Cinema Audio Society on Saturday night. “Frozen” won the award for sound mixing in an...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Kissed Katy Perry – And She Liked It – During Bangerz Tour...
Hey Madonna and Britney, your 2003 MTV VMAs kiss that shook the world may have just got upstaged — figuratively and literally. Miley Cyrus set the social mediasphere abuzz Saturday when she planted a...
View Article‘Lego Movie’ Blows Away Kevin Costner, ‘Pompeii’ at Box Office With $31 Million
Everything’s still awesome at the box office. “The Lego Movie” was No. 1 for the third straight weekend with $31.4 million. The animated hit comedy based on the plastic toy building blocks is still in...
View ArticleJoin TheWrap’s Oscars Roundtable Live Google+ Hangout Tuesday (Video)
TheWrap’s editorial team gets down to brass tacks over who will, who should and who could win at the Oscars next Sunday night. A panel of editors and reporters who have covered the awards race nonstop...
View ArticleNetflix Antes Up for Direct Access to Comcast Broadband
Netflix has cut a deal with Comcast for direct broadband access, the two companies said Sunday. Comcast had previously denied Netflix’s request to connect to its broadband network free of charge, which...
View Article‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Blazes Into Top 10 on All-Time Box-Office List
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” this weekend became the 10th highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office, passing “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Lionsgate’s Jennifer...
View Article‘Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug’ Opens With Huge $32 Million in China
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” rolled out with a smashing $32.7 million No. 1 opening in China this weekend, distributor Warner Bros. reported Sunday. It’s the biggest three-day opening for a...
View ArticleJason Collins Signs With Nets, Become NBA’s First Openly Gay Player (Updated)
The Brooklyn Nets on Sunday signed Jason Collins to a 10-day contract, making him the first openly gay player in NBA history. “The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision,” Nets general...
View Article‘True Detective’: HBO’s Hit Series Just Gets Better and Better (Guest Blog)
“True Detective” is so good it almost makes going to the movies an exercise in futility. To avoid the latest animation craze, one can sit home and watch HBO’s finest miniseries as of yet and not have...
View ArticleBill Maher Rips Facebook, Calls Glenn Beck, Matt Drudge and Fox ‘Cracker...
Bill Maher is no friend of Facebook. “Hey, if one of the richest companies in America can get richer by making you a little stupider every time you look at your phone, small price to pay,” the famously...
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