CNN's ‘New Day’ Eclipses MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ In Demo and Total Viewers
CNN's “New Day” had a very strong week in the ratings, sweeping “Morning Joe” in both the key demo and total viewers for most of the week. It is the first time — since the show launched last summer —...
View ArticleWill Media General-LIN Merger Lead to More Local TV Job Losses?
Media General's announcement Friday that it had agreed to buy competitor LIN Media for $1.6 billion sent shock waves through local television stations around the country. LIN currently operates 43...
View ArticleABC Family Drops ‘Alice in Arabia’ Series Amid Pressure From Muslim,...
ABC Family is pulling its recent series order for “Alice in Arabia” amid protests from Muslim and Arab-American civil rights groups. “The current conversation surrounding our pilot was not what we had...
View ArticleJames Franco and Seth Rogen Spoof Kanye and Kim Kardashian's Vogue Cover (Photo)
Well, they've done it again. Back in November, James Franco and Seth Rogen jumped aboard a motorcycle and rode against a green screen to create a shot-for-shot parody of Kanye West's jaw-dropping music...
View Article‘Mad Men's’ Jon Hamm on THAT SCENE With Don and Sally Draper: ‘Sorry About...
AMC's “Mad Men” starts its seventh and final season April 13, and lead actor Jon Hamm is making amends at PaleyFest for some of the many, many, many wrongs his philandering alcoholic character, Don...
View ArticleLarry Ellison Drops $4.5 Million at Paramount USC Cancer Gala Faster Than You...
Larry Ellison closed a gala Thursday night on the Paramount lot by asking Brad Grey a seemingly simple question from the stage. “Brad, how much did you raise here this evening?,” he asked. “Four and a...
View Article‘Divergent’ Eyes $55 Million After $22.8 Million First Day at Box Office
“Divergent” delivered in its first day at the North American box office. Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation of Veronica Roth's young-adult bestseller rolled up $22.8 million Friday and is on pace for a...
View Article‘God's Not Dead’ Stuns With Strong Limited Opening at Box Office
A faith-based film is creating a box-office stir, and it's not Mark Burnett's “Son of God” or Russell Crowe's upcoming Biblical epic “Noah” — it's the indie film “God's Not Dead.” The low-budget PG-13...
View ArticleAlfre Woodard to Play POTUS on NBC's Katherine Heigl Drama ‘State of Affairs’
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Alfre Woodard will play the President of the United States on NBC's “State of Affairs.” With the casting, Woodard (“True Blood”) joins Katherine Heigl — who makes...
View ArticleKevin Bacon Makes Epic ‘Footloose’ Entrance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring...
Kevin Bacon knows how to make an entrance. The star of Fox's “The Following” guested on Friday's “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” ironically on the same day that the NBC program banned dancing....
View ArticleCNN's Piers Morgan Guest Host Bill Weir Tops Fox News’ Megyn Kelly in Key Demo
Has “Piers Morgan Live” found its new Piers Morgan in Bill Weir? Weir, filling in for the departing Morgan in CNN's 9 p.m. hour, topped Fox News’ competition “The Kelly File” in the cable news key...
View ArticleKim Kardashian, Kanye West Vogue Cover Backlash: Anna Wintour Defends,...
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West posed for famed photographer Annie Leibovitz's April cover of Vogue, and while the soon-to-be-married couple appeared deeply in love, the internet is not deeply in love...
View Article‘Rosemary's Baby’ Screams and Cries Its Way Through First NBC Teaser (Video)
Hope you like crying babies, because that is all the 10-second promo teaser for NBC's miniseries “Rosemary's Baby” features. The ultra-brief clip opens on a view of a foggy Paris, with the Eiffel Tower...
View Article‘Da Vinci's Demons’ Creator David S. Goyer Reveals 5 Things to Expect on...
On the sophomore season of Starz series “Da Vinci's Demons,” which re-imagines Leonardo Da Vinci's younger years, the story moves beyond Italy and travels to far off places. With much less to go off of...
View Article‘Penny Dreadful’ Gets New Absolutely Creepy Literary Teaser (Video)
Showtime's psychosexual thriller “Penny Dreadful” has a creepy new teaser featuring gross imagery bubbling up through a copy of Bram Stoker's “Dracula.” The new clip opens with a Stoker quote, “There...
View ArticleNew Paul Walker Touching Picture Tribute Posted on Vin Diesel's Facebook (Photo)
Vin Diesel honored friend and co-star Paul Walker again via Facebook on Saturday, when the “Fast & Furious” cast member posted another posthumous home picture of his pal. The photo is simple...
View Article#ICYMI on TheWrap: 10 Top Showbiz Stories – Hollywood's Big Budget Film...
How ‘Divergent's’ Shailene Woodley Used a Survivalist Weekend to Become Tris Plus, if this YA adaptation is expected to be a hit, why is Lionsgate's stock sliding? Hollywood's Big Budget Film Exodus...
View ArticleEminem Smashes George Strait's 44.89 Million Mark to Become Second...
You'll have to forgive Eminem if he's “beginning to feel like a ‘Rap God.'” “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” sold an additional 13,000 copies for the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen SoundScan,...
View ArticleMadison Square Garden Company Buys 50 Percent Stake in Tribeca Enterprises
The Madison Square Garden Company has purchased a 50 percent interest in Tribeca Enterprises in a deal that valued the latter partner at $45 million. Under the terms, Tribeca Enterprises will continue...
View ArticleL'Wren Scott Funeral to Be Held in Los Angeles
L'Wren Scott, fashion designer and girlfriend to Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, will be laid to rest in Los Angeles. No date has been set for the funeral. A rep for Jagger confirmed the location...
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