‘Wahlburgers’ Finale Scores 2 Million-Plus Viewers
A&E's “Wahlburgers” cooked up decent ratings with its season finale on Wednesday night, drawing 2.3 million total viewers. In the advertiser-cherished 18-49 demographic, the episode drew 1.4...
View ArticleDiscovery Founder and Chairman John Hendricks to Retire in May
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks will retire as chairman of the company's board of directors on May 16. His retirement date coincides with the network's annual shareholders meeting....
View ArticleMark Wahlberg's A&E Show ‘Breaking Boston’ Yanked After 1 Episode
Mark Wahlberg's relationship with A&E had its ups and downs this week. “Breaking Boston,” the docudrama executive produced by the actor, has been pulled from the network after just one episode....
View Article‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Actor Victor Rasuk Cast in Kevin Williamson's CBS...
Kevin Williamson's as-yet-untitled drama pilot for CBS has added Victor Rasuk to its cast. The one-hour drama, which Williamson is writing and directing, is a psychological thriller centered on...
View Article‘How I Met Your Mother’ Spinoff Switches Directors
The spinoff pilot for the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” has had a switch-up. Pam Fryman, who directed the majority of “HIMYM” episodes and was slated to direct the “How I Met Your Dad” spinoff...
View ArticleHead-Scratcher: Deadline's Plea for Mel Gibson Omits TV Show Tie Between...
Many may be surprised to learn that an impassioned plea by freelance journalist Allison Hope Weiner for Hollywood to embrace Mel Gibson last week failed to disclose an additional relationship between...
View ArticleJim Carrey Reveals First Poster for ‘Dumb & Dumber To’ (Photo)
The new poster for “Dumb and Dumber To” calls back to a fan-favorite gag from the first film. Jim Carrey tweeted Thursday the infamous, sorbet-orange tuxedo his character Lloyd Christmas rocked in the...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt to Guest Star on ‘Marvel's’ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
Nerd alert! Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's comic book drama “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Oswalt will play Agent Eric Koenig, a character that...
View Article‘Greek’ Star Jake McDorman, Real Navy SEALs Join Bradley Cooper's ‘American...
Jake McDorman, who starred on “Greek” and can currently be seen on “Shameless,” is in talks to join Bradley Cooper and Cory Hardrict on the battlefield in Clint Eastwood's “American Sniper,” an...
View ArticleNetflix Slams Comcast for Not Supporting Net Neutrality
Netflix has fired another salvo in the war over net neutrality. The company slammed internet service providers Thursday for trying to turn the web into a tiered system, where richer companies get...
View ArticleSamsung, Fox Team Up to Bring Content to Ultra HD TVs
Samsung and 20th Century Fox are teaming up to bring more ultra high definition film and television programming to the technology giants’ line of 4K televisions. The agreement is part of what the...
View ArticleWhy ‘Divergent’ Is Conquering the U.S. Box Office Before Overseas
Unlike most of today's would-be blockbusters, “Divergent” is opening in the U.S. first and then looking to conquer the worldwide box office. Lionsgate Entertainment is counting on momentum from a U.S....
View Article‘Scandal’ Live Blog: Join TheWrap's Conversation
On Thursday's new episode of ABC's “Scandal,” we find out who got shot — was it David Rosen (Josh Malina) or Cyrus Beene's (Jeff Perry) hubby, James Novak (Dan Bucatinsky)? Join TheWrap's live chat...
View Article‘Aladdin’ Theater Review: Disney's Animation Team Got It Right the First Time
Back in the twentieth century, Walt Disney Pictures got it just right with its animated feature “Aladdin.” Its producers used only a few songs from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (with help from...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch to Play Hamlet on Stage
Benedict Cumberbatch will put his own spin on William Shakespeare's iconic “to be or not to be” soliloquy in a new revival of “Hamlet.” The “Sherlock” star will tread the boards as the melancholy and...
View ArticleMedia General to Buy LIN Media for $1.6 Billion to Form Massive U.S. TV...
Media General announced Friday it would buy LIN Media for $1.6 billion. The move will make the combined company the second largest pure-play broadcast business in the United States. The two companies...
View Article‘Jurassic World’ Casts Omar Sy of ‘The Intouchables’
Omar Sy, the French star who turned heads with his work as a sympathetic caretaker in “The Intouchables,” has landed a role in “Jurassic World.” Also read: ‘Frozen’ Surpasses ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Star...
View ArticleObama to O'Reilly: Yes, Lincoln Would Have Done ‘Between Two Ferns’
President Obama takes issue with Bill O'Reilly's claim that President Lincoln would never have done the “Funny or Die” segment “Between Two Ferns.” “First of all, if you read back on Lincoln, he loved...
View Article‘Scandal’ President Fitzgerald Grant Tells Jimmy Kimmel He's a Terrible...
Immediately following the shocking shooting on “Scandal” Thursday, the actor who plays President Fitzgerald Grant appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and admitted another shocker: His character is a...
View ArticleRyan Guzman, Briana Evigan Dance, Kiss and Dance in ‘Step Up: All In’ Teaser...
What happens in Vegas, is a lot of really good dancing. The crew is back for Summit Entertainmen's “Step Up: All In,” though there is some dissension in its ranks. In the below teaser trailer, Sean...
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