NSA Leaker Edward Snowden to Speak at South by Southwest
Edward Snowden, who has been in self-imposed exile since leaking government secrets last year, will speak at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival on Monday, the festival said Tuesday. Snowden...
View Article‘Bates Motel’ Season 2 Premiere Hits Series High in Viewers
A&E’s “Psycho”-inspired “Bates Motel” scored with its Season 2 premiere on Monday, hitting a series high in total viewership. The series, starring Freddie Highmore as a young Norman Bates, grabbed...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio Exits Travis McGee Movie ‘The Deep Blue Good-by’
Leonardo DiCaprio is saying ‘goodbye’ to 20th Century Fox’s Travis McGee movie “The Deep Blue Good-by,” which James Mangold is now in negotiations to direct. The project had been developed as a...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Promotes Jon Berg, Courtenay Valenti to Run Development, Production
Warner Bros. has promoted Jon Berg and Courtenay Valenti to exec VP of development and production, giving them greater oversight of all development at the film studio, Warner Bros. said Tuesday. The...
View Article‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Stars Teresa and Joe Giudice Accept Plea...
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe have accepted plea deals stemming from their 41-count federal fraud indictment last year, according to signed plea documents...
View Article‘Divergent’ Star Theo James Does All His Own Fighting in New...
If Theo James becomes a Hollywood action star after “Divergent” hits theaters this month, he deserves a lot of the credit, according to the film’s stunt coordinator. “Theo did all the fighting himself....
View ArticleAwesomenessTV Hires Disney Exec T.J. Marchetti to Run Marketing
AwesomenessTV has hired T.J. Marchetti as chief marketing officer, the company said Tuesday. Marchetti will oversee all marketing and branding for the company, which operates a large network of YouTube...
View ArticleMila Kunis to Guest on Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Two and a Half Men’
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are hooking up on the small screen again. Kunis, Kutcher’s former “That ’70s Show” co-star — and, according to reports, current fiancee — has been booked to guest star on...
View ArticleNPR’s Carl Kasell Retiring From ‘Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!’
Carl Kasell, the voice of the popular NPR news quiz radio show “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” is retiring after a 50-year broadcasting career and will record his final appearance on the show in the spring....
View ArticleResolution Becomes First Hollywood Agency to Take Chinese Investment
Bison Capital Holdings, a Beijing-based financial company, has invested in Resolution, Jeff Berg’s talent and literary agency, the companies said Tuesday. Resolution did not disclose the size of the...
View Article‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Shatters Ratings Record With Post-Oscars Episode
Ellen DeGeneres is having a big week. Not only did DeGeneres host the Oscars on Sunday night, but her daytime talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” handily broke its own ratings record with Monday’s...
View ArticleSunny Hostin, Mark Geragos Will Co-Host New CNN Legal Show
CNN has greenlit a new legal talk show “Making the Case” for it’s 10:30 p.m. ET slot, co-hosted by legal contributors Sunny Hostin and Mark Geragos. The test program, set to premiere March 10, will be...
View Article‘True Blood’s’ Jamie Gray Hyder Joins USA’s ‘Graceland’
USA Network’s “Graceland” has nabbed itself a feisty new character for its second season. Jamie Gray Hyder has been cast in a recurring guest role on the USA drama, TheWrap has learned. She will play...
View ArticleJeff Goldblum on ‘Occupy Jeff Goldblum’ and How to Be Like Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum isn’t on Facebook, but he knows what you crazy internet kids were up to last month. In another round of the endless internet war between pretension and ironic nihilism, Facebook users in...
View ArticleOscars Propel ABC to Most-Watched Week in 4 Years
With nearly 44 million viewers tuning in to ABC on Sunday for the 86th Academy Awards, the network enjoyed its most-watched week in four years. ABC topped its nearest competition in total viewers, CBS,...
View ArticleLes Moonves: New CBS Comedies ‘Appear to Be Working’
CBS CEO Les Moonves says the network’s new comedies “appear to be working,” predicting that the network will most likely renew most of its slate for next year. Moonves spoke Tuesday at a Morgan Stanley...
View Article‘Godzilla’ Lawsuit: Court Rejects Legendary’s Latest Move
A California state appellate court rejected Legendary’s latest motion in an ongoing lawsuit with producers Roy Lee and Dan Lin, affirming a lower court ruling that the case would not be settled in...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Acting Oscar Winners Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew...
As expected, Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey took home Oscars in the lead acting categories on Sunday, while Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o were honored by the Academy for supporting roles. So...
View Article‘Will & Grace’ Creators Land New TBS Comedy Pilot
“Will & Grace” creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick have received a pilot order for an untitled comedy from TBS. The ensemble comedy revolves around a group of kids from high school, who ran in...
View ArticleTLC’s ‘Little Couple’: A Crash Course in Indian Life and Daughter Zoey...
TLC’s “The Little Couple” returns on Tuesday to continue its sixth season. On Tuesday’s one-hour premiere episode, Bill Klein, Jennifer Arnold and their adopted son Will arrive in India to pick up the...
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