5 Ways to Write an Awards Contender
This story appeared in OscarWrap: Director/Best Picture/Screenplay/Animation. What was it that Leo Tolstoy said? “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” But...
View ArticleKhloe Kardashian Files for Divorce From Lamar Odom
Khloe Kardashian has officially filed for divorce from estranged husband Lamar Odom citing irreconcilable differences, TheWrap has confirmed. The filing follows months of erratic behavior from former...
View Article4 Lessons Learned From Golden Globe TV Nominations (Video)
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View ArticleHow Beyonce’s Album Release Bombshell Blew Up the Internet
Beyonce shocked the world Thursday night by dropping an unannounced 14-song, 17-video “visual album” exclusively on iTunes. Social media reacted with jaws-dropped open and fingers feverishly typing....
View ArticleIMG Final Bids: WME, ICM and CVC-Chernin to Vie for Sports Agency Giant
The auction of sports agency IMG has entered its final phase, with three bidders submitting offers by the end of the business day Friday: Hollywood talent agency WME, backed by private equity firm...
View Article‘Terminator’ Reboot Casts ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor
British actress Emilia Clarke, who plays Khaleesi on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” is in talks to play Sarah Connor in the new “Terminator” movie from Paramount, Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions....
View Article‘Project Runway’s’ Viktor Luna Pens Open Letter: Why I Revealed My HIV...
In an unexpected twist on Thursday’s episode of “Project Runway All Stars,” designer Viktor Luna revealed that he is HIV-positive to two of his fellow contestants on-camera. After the episode, during...
View Article‘Daily Show’s’ Tim Carvell Joins John Oliver’s HBO Series as Showrunner
Well, Jon Stewart handed John Oliver his show for the summer and what does he get in return? “Daily Show” head writer and co-producer Tim Carvell is leaving the comedic news show to become the...
View ArticleBeyonce’s Secret Album: 5 Things We Learned Since Her Unexpected Release
Beyonce somehow managed to keep her new 14-song, 17-video album a secret. Today, pretty much everyone on the planet is putting together pieces to the puzzle of how they pulled off the remarkable...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Recuts ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Trailer From Fox News’ Point of...
Megyn Kelly would probably really enjoy Jimmy Kimmel’s fictitious Fox News spin on “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which he unveiled during his monologue Thursday. The late-night comedian set up the spoof by...
View ArticleNikki Finke Hires Powerful Hollywood Lawyer to Represent Her in Penske Media...
Deadline Hollywood founder Nikki Finke has retained attorney William Briggs to represent her in an upcoming arbitration with Jay Penske’s Penske Media, TheWrap has learned. Finke has been sitting on...
View Article‘Psych’s’ James Roday Names His Musical Episode Standouts (Video)
Who better to judge the best performers on USA Network’s “Psych” musical episode than series star, James Roday? The actor has quite the theater background, and he certainly proved he’s got singing...
View Article#ICYMI: Pop Culture’s Craziest This Week- Obama Selfies, Megyn Kelly,...
The post #ICYMI: Pop Culture’s Craziest This Week- Obama Selfies, Megyn Kelly, Macaulay Culkin (Video) appeared first on TheWrap.
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Says Her ‘White Santa’ Critics Are Race-Baiting
Megyn Kelly is going with the just-kidding defense after drawing mockery for her claim that Santa Claus — and Jesus — are white. On her show Friday, she accused Scrooges who didn’t get the joke of...
View ArticleAcademy Adds 172 Oscar Voters, Tops the 6,000 Mark
Voting membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has passed the 6,000 mark, according to a December 2013 branch count obtained by TheWrap. With the relaxation of restrictions that...
View Article‘Hobbit’ Looks Huge As Bilbo Bags $31M on First Day at U.S. Box Office
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” dominated in its debut at the North American box office Friday, rolling up $31 million and putting itself on pace for a three-day total of around $75 million....
View Article‘American Hustle’ Scores Big in Limited Box Office Debut
Oscar frontrunner “American Hustle” was spectacular in its first day at the box office on Friday. David O. Russell’s comedy-drama about New Jersey con men caught up in the 1970s Abscam corruption...
View Article‘Seinfeld’ Writer Mocks Fox News Outrage Over Festivus Pole (Video)
The “Seinfeld” writer who brought Festivus to the world is baffled by Gretchen Carlson’s “outrage” over a Festivus pole going up at the Florida Capitol. “Am I to understand that some humanoid expressed...
View Article‘Interstellar’ Teaser: ‘We Are Still Pioneers,’ Say Christopher Nolan and...
The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” finds narrator Matthew McConaughey retracing our decades of space travel — and saying they aren’t over. The film follows travelers using...
View ArticleNBC’s Bob Greenblatt: ‘SNL’ Diversity Moves ‘Being Finalized’
NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt says news is coming soon about two of the biggest stories surrounding his network this season: How it will follow the huge success of the “Sound of Music,” and...
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