Walden, AFG Restructures, Elevates Frank Smith to COO
Walden Media and Anschutz Film Group has promoted general counsel Frank Smith to the position of COO as part of a broader corporate restructuring, the “Chronicles of Narnia” producer said Thursday....
View ArticleAmanda Seyfried to Star in Will Ferrell-Produced Comedy ‘He’s F-ing Perfect’
After “Les Miserables” and Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming comedy “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” Universal is sticking with Amanda Seyfried, who just closed a deal to star in “He’s F-ing Perfect,” an...
View Article‘Shahs of Sunset’s’ Gay Catfight Earns Season-High Ratings
All it took was the promise of a gay catfight and the viewers came a-running to Tuesday’s episode of Bravo’s “Shahs of Sunset.” It attracted 836,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted Adults ages 18-49...
View ArticlePaul Walker Death: Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Part of Wrecked Porsche
A Tujunga, Calif., man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a part of the Porsche that “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker died in, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday....
View ArticleOprah Winfrey Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela: ‘My Hero’ (Video)
Oprah Winfrey considered Nelson Mandela her friend, mentor and inspiration. After the former South African president and activist died on Thursday at age 95, Winfrey expressed her feelings about the...
View ArticleNBC’s ‘Sound of Music Live’: Hollywood’s Best Reactions
NBC certainly went out on a limb with its three-hour production of “Sound of Music,” which aired live on Thursday night and sparked a lot of commentary on Twitter. Led by Grammy winner Carrie Underwood...
View ArticleRichard Branson on Nelson Mandela’s Secret Attempt to Prevent the Iraq War...
Sir Richard Branson said on CNN’s “New Day” Friday that Nelson Mandela tried to prevent the Iraq war by flying to Saddam Hussein to convince him to step down, but bombing started when “the plane was...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt Reveals First Look at Variety Show ‘HitRecord on TV’...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has released a preview for his upcoming variety show on Pivot, “HitRecord on TV.” The new program that debuts in January is a collaborative effort between the “Don Jon” director’s...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Tells Female Voters to Dig the GOP ‘Sausage Fest’ (Video)
The Republican Party is suffering from some serious lady troubles, and they’re not the kind that, as Stephen Colbert put it on Thursday’s “The Colbert Report,” can “be solved with a quarantine tent.”...
View ArticleJon Stewart on Fox Commentator’s Brave Stance Against… the Pope (Video)
Never accuse Fox Business Channel’s Stuart Varney of backing down from a disagreement. As Jon Stewart noted on “The Daily Show” Thursday, the British journalist is presently at odds with none other...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Reminds Viewers Just How Sensitive Los Angeles Reporters Are To...
Jimmy Kimmel spent a good portion of his childhood in New York, so he knows cold. On Thursday, however, the late-night comedian reminded his audiences that many local Los Angeles news reporters do not....
View ArticleRatings: ‘Sound of Music’ Gives NBC’s Biggest Thursday Since ‘ER’ Finale
NBC executives are toasting this morning with tea (a drink with jam and bread): “The Sound of Music Live” gave the network its biggest non-sports Thursday since the finale of “ER” in 2009. The holiday...
View ArticleJerry Bruckheimer, Paramount Reach 3 Year, First Look Deal
Paramount Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer have reached a three-year, first-look agreement for theatrical films that will begin in April 2014, the new partners said Friday. TheWrap broke the news this...
View Article‘Nurse 3D’ Trailer Teases Erotic Thrills and Bloody Kills on Valentine’s Day...
Love is a dangerous game in the first trailer for Lionsgate’s “Nurse 3D,” in which a psychotic nurse falls for a pretty, young colleague. Paz de la Huerta (“Boardwalk Empire”) plays the obsessive...
View Article‘Little Couple’ Star Jen Arnold Battling Rare Cancer, TLC to Document Struggle
Jen Arnold, star of TLC’s “The Little Couple,” has revealed she is battling cancer and that she will share the experience with the show’s fans. “I have recently been diagnosed with a rare type of...
View Article‘Sound of Music’ Ratings: 5 Milestones It Hit for NBC
NBC’s live broadcast of “The Sound of Music” was a big gamble for the network — it was a network’s first live, televised musical in half a century — but the hills are alive with the sounds of KA-CHING....
View Article‘The Sound of Music Live’ Reviews: Critics Think Carrie Underwood’s Acting Is...
NBC aired a three-hour live performance of “The Sound of Music” on Thursday and audiences absolutely loved tuning in to talk about it, even if it wasn’t all that good — as more than a few television...
View ArticleMedia, Stop Trying to Make Michael Bay Apologize for ‘Transformers’
Scratch that apology, because Michael Bay insists he never said he had regrets about the “Transformers” series. “No I did not ‘apologize’ for any Transformers movies,” Bay wrote on his blog this week....
View ArticleStarz Adds ‘Amadeus’ Actor Simon Callow to ‘Outlander’ Cast
Starz has just landed veteran British actor Simon Callow to its growing cast for the upcoming series, “Outlander.” Callow will play the Duke of Sandringham, the network announced on Friday. He’s...
View ArticleRon Burgundy Thinks 24-Hour News Is ‘Stupid’ in ‘Anchorman 2′ Clip (Video)
Ron Burgundy thinks the idea of a 24-hour cable news network is “stupid” in a new clip from “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” but stupid is as stupid does, so of course he takes a job at one. The...
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