Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel Will Cross-Guest Shows to Plug Oscar Gigs
Hopefully Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Kimmel have a lot to talk about. On Wednesday, they will each guest on each other’s talk show to help promote their respective Oscar Sunday gigs. First, Kimmel will...
View ArticleNational Enquirer to Issue Apology in NYT Over False Philip Seymour Hoffman...
The National Enquirer and its publisher, American Media Incorporated have reached a settlement with playwright David Bar Katz, who they falsely named as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s gay lover. The tabloid...
View Article‘The Help’s’ Viola Davis to Star in Shonda Rhimes Pilot ‘How to Get Away With...
Viola Davis may be coming to television if ABC orders the Shonda Rhimes project “How to Get Away With Murder” to series. Davis will play the starring role of Professor Annalise Dewitt in the legal...
View ArticleComcast Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Racial Discrimination
Comcast has been slapped with a lawsuit by a man who claims to have been subjected to racial discrimination while employed at the company. In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Pennsylvania...
View ArticleStacey Snider From DreamWorks to Fox? ‘The Ball’s in Her Court’
DreamWorks co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider is being eyed for a top position at 20th Century Fox Studios, though no negotiations can take place unless she’s able to get out of her current contract,...
View ArticlePaul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’ Gets Oscar-Friendly Release Date
Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s dark crime comedy “Inherent Vice” will open on Dec. 12, distributor Warner Bros. said Tuesday. Based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, “Inherent Vice” stars...
View Article‘GMA’ Scores Historic Ratings Win Over ‘Today’ Show Following the Olympics
“Good Morning America” topped the “Today” show in total viewers on Monday, the day after the Olympics concluded. This is historic, if you ask ABC. As a matter of fact, under these circumstances, this...
View ArticleJudge Denies Similarity Claim in ‘Trouble With the Curve’ Lawsuit (Updated)
The “Trouble With the Curve” copyright infringement lawsuit is having a hard time getting on base. Warner Bros. won summary judgment Tuesday against a former college ballplayer who claimed the Clint...
View ArticleLiam Neeson Joins ‘Entourage’ Movie in Midst of ‘Non Stop’ Promotional Tour
Liam Neeson has taken time out of his promotional tour for “Non-Stop” to film a small role in the “Entourage” movie. The actor was photographed on set filming a scene with Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold and...
View ArticleOscarWrap Behind-the-Scenes Guide From Rehearsal to Backstage
This story originally appeared in OscarWrap: Down to the Wire The Statuettes 1. Oscar statuettes are shipped in styrofoam containers. 2. Once the statuettes are removed from the containers, the...
View ArticleOscarWrap: Behind the Scenes With Jennifer Lawrence and Adele (Photos)
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View ArticleJosh Boone Nearing Deal to Write, Direct Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ (Exclusive)
With buzz building around his adaptation of “The Fault in Our Stars,” Josh Boone is nearing a deal to write and direct an adaptation of Stephen King’s acclaimed novel “The Stand” for Warner Bros. and...
View ArticleRetro ‘Her’ Imagines Love in a Windows 95 World (Video)
Oscar Best Picture nominee “Her” tells the unconventional love story between a man and his operating system in the not too distant future. But what if that story took place in the not too distant past?...
View ArticleCelebrating Documentaries in the Season of Pomp and Backslapping (Guest Blog)
It’s taken me a long time to get onboard the documentary bandwagon, mostly based on a childhood belief that all documentaries were paced slowly and voiced by the same sonorous British man who...
View ArticleRonan Farrow, Joy Reid, Maria Bartiromo’s New Shows Debut Soft
Ronan Farrow’s long awaited MSNBC debut pulled in soft ratings for the network on a day that saw three major cable news premieres and one big time slot shift. “Ronan Farrow Daily” drew 216,000 total...
View Article‘How I Met Your Mother’ Spinoff Casts Drew Tarver
The “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff “How I Met Your Dad” has cast Drew Tarver, who was discovered at the CBS Diversity Showcase in January. Tarver will play Todd, Sally’s best friend and college...
View ArticleYouTube Documentary ‘Life After Pi’ Chronicles Collapse of Rhythm & Hues (Video)
It has been almost a year since Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects studio behind “Life of Pi,” succumbed to millions in debt and filed for bankruptcy. Its collapse rattled the...
View ArticleWomen on Broadway: New Study Reveals Grim Statistics (Exclusive)
As it turns out, the Great White Way isn’t so great for females. A new study compiled from Internet Broadway Database reveals troubling statistics for women when it comes to leadership roles on...
View Article‘The Americans’: 5 Things to Know About the Return of FX’s Spy Drama
“The Americans” — starring Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell as a pair of Reagan-era Soviet spies masquerading as suburban parents in the U.S. — returns for its second season on Wednesday. at 10 p.m. Rhys...
View Article‘American Idol’ to Launch Google Voting and Facebook Live Stats This Week...
Fox’s “American Idol” is giving fans a whole new level of access with Google voting and live Facebook voting trends starting on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. “Idol’s” first-of-its-kind...
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