#ICYMI on TheWrap: 10 Top Showbiz Stories – Anne Sweeney Bombshell, Marvel...
Anne Sweeney's Move to Directing: A Top TV Director on Her Odds of Success and The State of Her Disney Empire: By the Numbers plus 16 of Sweeney's Disney-ABC Hits and Misses (Photos) and WaxWord: Why...
View ArticleSXSW Audience Award Winners: Oscar Winner Shawn Christensen's ‘Before I...
Shawn Christensen has conquered South by Southwest just one year after he won an Oscar. Christensen's “Before I Disappear,” a feature length film based on his Oscar-winning short “Curfew,” won the...
View ArticleJames Franco, Jimmy Fallon Compare Publishing Credentials on ‘The Tonight...
James Franco visited Jimmy Fallon Friday on “The Tonight Show” to talk about Broadway debut in “Of Mice and Men” and his first book of poems, prompting Franco and Fallon to compare their publishing...
View Article‘Banshee's’ Odette Annable, ‘Good Wife's’ Melissa George Join ABC Drama Projects
Odette Annable and Melissa George have joined ABC projects, representatives for the actresses told TheWrap. Annable will co-star on “Astronaut Wives Club” from “Gossip Girl” executive producers...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times Fires Reporter After Errors, ‘Inappropriate Relationship’...
The Los Angeles Times has fired award-winning investigative reporter Jason Felch after he admitted to an “inappropriate relationship with a confidential source” for a series of stories about Occidental...
View Article‘Orange Is the New Black’ Cast Dishes on Prison Sex, Women Calling the Shots,...
Netflix's hit women's prison dramedy “Orange Is the New Black” returns for its second season on June 6, and the stars and creator of the groundbreaking series took the stage at PaleyFest Friday night...
View ArticleJosh Brolin Reveals Past Heroin Use
Josh Brolin belonged to a surfer gang called the Cito Rats and dabbled in hard drugs when he was a teenager, he said in a recent interview with The Guardian. Brolin opened up about his childhood,...
View ArticleDavid Brenner, Comedian and Johnny Carson Favorite, Dead at 78
David Brenner, a prominent stand-up comedian and regular guest of Johnny Carson's on “The Tonight Show,” died of cancer Saturday afternoon in his New York City home surrounded by his family, according...
View ArticleThe Origins of SXSW's Favorite Movie: An Oscar, The Killers and Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman saw a glimpse of his future in Shawn Christensen's “Curfew,” an award-winning short the former musician wrote, starred in and directed. “The short had me from the first frame all the way to...
View Article‘How I Met Your Mother’ Creators Talk (Sort of) About the Finale at PaleyFest...
Looking for clues about what's going to happen when “How I Met Your Mother” wraps its run on March 31? The answers weren't forthcoming at the show's PaleyFest Panel on Saturday in Hollywood. Also read:...
View Article‘Law & Order: SVU’ Sneak Peek: Alec Baldwin Butters Up Mariska Hargitay's...
Alec Baldwin has gotten into his fair share of scuffles with the media and now he gets to play one on Wednesday's episode of NBC's “Law & Order: SVU.” The “30 Rock” actor guest stars as Jimmy...
View ArticleMadonna Channels ‘Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen for Jewish Holiday...
Madonna celebrated Jewish traditions and the upcoming season of “Game of Thrones” all at once on Sunday. The iconic pop singer dressed as the HBO show's Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen (who's...
View Article‘Mr. Peabody’ Blows Past ‘Need for Speed’ in Box-Office Upset
Animation trumped action at the weekend box office, as the family comedy “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” surged past “Need for Speed” and two other testosterone-fueled movies to pull off an upset with a...
View Article‘Divergent’ Review: A Little ‘Hunger Games,’ a Little ‘Harry Potter,’ a Lot...
The history of pop culture is the history of people appropriating previous ideas to new effect. “West Side Story” didn't just usurp “Romeo and Juliet,” “Romeo and Juliet” borrowed heavily from “Pyramus...
View Article‘Seinfeld’ Actor Wayne Knight Is Not Dead, Wayne Knight Confirms
Actor Wayne Knight is not dead — but he is the target of a nasty hoax. Knight, who starred in the TV sitcoms “Seinfeld,” “3rd Rock From the Sun”and is currently appearing in TV Land's “The Exes,” was...
View Article‘Need for Speed’ Edges '300' Sequel Overseas With $21 Million China Opening
“Need for Speed” and “300: Rise of an Empire” went head-to-head at the foreign box office this weekend, and the hot car action film won this round. The video-game adaptation starring Aaron Paul of TV's...
View Article‘Single Moms Club’ Bomb Is Tyler Perry's Worst as Director
Maybe Madea would have helped? “Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club,” the mogul's swan song with distributor Lionsgate Entertainment, hit a sour note at the box office this weekend. The $8.3 million it...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson Calls Criticism Over Woody Allen Sex Abuse Allegations...
Scarlett Johansson has spoken out about the accusations of sexual abuse aimed at Woody Allen, and said that criticism of her and others by Dylan Farrow is “irresponsible.” The “Captain America: Winter...
View Article‘Pretty Little Liars’ Producers and Cast Talk Finale, Season 5 and Caleb's...
The “Pretty Little Liars” crew took the stage for PaleyFest at Hollywood's Dolby Theater on Sunday to loud screams from the audience. They discussed the upcoming season finale, Season 5 and which actor...
View ArticleIggy Pop Drummer Scott Asheton Dead at 64
Scott Asheton, a founding member and the drummer in the seminal punk rock band the Stooges has died, singer Iggy Pop said on his Facebook page Sunday. “My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last...
View Article