Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams Play Spy Games in Trailer for ‘A Most...
An international trailer has made its way online for “A Most Wanted Man,” Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of the John Le Carre novel. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams star alongside Robin Wright,...
View ArticleBox Office: 2014 Will Likely Be Down, Because Not All Sequels Are Equals
Enjoy those back-to-back record-breaking box-office years while you can, Hollywood. It looks like the streak will end in 2014. Sequels drove this year’s box office — the top five films were all second...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling: Lawyer Fined for Revealing She Wrote ‘Cuckoo’s Calling’
A lawyer who blew J.K. Rowling’s cover when she wrote a detective novel under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith has been fined 1,000 pounds ($1,650) and received a written warning from a British legal...
View ArticleWarner Bros., Disney and Universal Post Best Box-Office Years Ever
Warner Bros., Disney and Universal all had their best years ever in 2013, and Warner Bros. became just the second studio ever to cross the $5 billion mark and finish No. 1. Warner Bros.’ domestic total...
View Article‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ Review: How Do You Say ‘Shaky-Cam’ in...
You have to hand it to the keepers of the “Paranormal Activity” franchise — after four movies set in anonymously upscale houses, the new chapter takes us to a working-class apartment complex in Oxnard,...
View ArticleDiscovery Communications CEO David Zaslav Extends Contract Through End of Decade
Discovery Communications has extended president and CEO David Zaslav’s contract through the end of the decade. The move keeps Zaslav running the world’s top nonfiction media company through Dec. 31,...
View Article‘Veronica Mars’ Trailer: Kristen Bell Gets Pulled Back to Neptune (Video)
Just when she thought she was out they pull her back in. TV’s favorite teen sleuth is all grown up and a New York City lawyer in the big screen version of ”Veronica Mars,” but she finds herself smack...
View ArticleClay Aiken Mulls Run for Congress (Report)
Clay Aiken may dedicate his knack for winning voters’ hearts to something besides “American Idol”: The runner-up on the show’s second-season is reportedly mulling a run for Congress in North Carolina....
View Article‘True Detective’ Trailer: Michelle Monaghan Explains the Breaking of ‘Good...
HBO has released yet another trailer as part of its promotional blitz for the “True Detective” premiere, this one told from the perspective of Martin Hart’s (Woody Harrelson) wife, Maggie (Michelle...
View ArticleThomas Roberts Named Host of MSNBC’s ‘Way Too Early’
Thomas Roberts has been named host of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early.” Roberts will also contribute regularly to “Morning Joe,” said MSNBC President Phil Griffin said Friday. “This is a very exciting...
View ArticleSnapchat CEO: If You Look Back, ‘You’re Just Gonna Kill Yourself’
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel says he thought his company had done enough to provide users’ personal information before 4.6 million phone numbers were compromised. “At the time, we thought we had done...
View ArticleNew York Times Columnist David Brooks: ‘I Smoked Weed’
David Brooks smoked weed. That bombshell forms the spine of a circuitous argument in which the New York Times columnist opposes new efforts by states such as Colorado and Washington to legalize the...
View ArticleSeaWorld Taints Orlando Business Journal’s ‘Blackfish’ Poll in Its Own Favor...
SeaWorld is trying really hard to beat the bad rap that “Blackfish” has given it, and close to 200 of the company’s employees weighed in on a local media outlet’s poll asking readers if the documentary...
View ArticleRatings: ‘Community’ Returns to Premiere Low
Even with the much-hyped return of original showrunner Dan Harmon, NBC’s “Community” slipped to its lowest season premiere yet. On Thursday, the show scored a 1.3 in the key 18-49 demographic. Last...
View Article‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ Scares Up $1.2 Million at Late Night...
“Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” braved a snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast to scare up $1.2 million in late night screenings on Thursday, according to studio estimates. It debuted across...
View ArticleNow With Weather, Here’s ‘Reliable Sources’ Host Brian Stelter (Video)
Brian Stelter isn’t one of those media pundits who never leaves the ivory tower. The new “Reliable Sources” host went out into the ivory snow early Friday to do one of the most thankless jobs in TV...
View Article’12 Years a Slave’ Featurette: Solomon Northup Descendants on Freedom...
“12 Years a Slave” is riding a wave of critical raves to a likely date with the Oscars. Now, Fox Searchlight is reminding viewers of the living legacy to the powerful tale of survival, sacrifice and...
View ArticleDreamWorks Animation to Release Its Own Tablet: The DreamTab
DreamWorks Animation has partnered with Fuhu, Inc. to create the DreamTab, a new tablet designed just for kids that will feature educational activities and games based on DreamWorks Animation films,...
View ArticleWriters Guild Nominations: ‘Her,’‘Nebraska,’‘August: Osage County’ Have the...
The Writers Guild of America has nominated “American Hustle,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” Her” and “Nebraska” as the best original screenplays of 2013, the WGA, West and WGA, East announced...
View ArticleMarvel Reclaims Publishing Rights to ‘Star Wars’ Comics in 2015
Marvel will publish new “Star Wars” comics beginning in 2015, the same year Disney and Lucasfilm will release a new “Star Wars” film, the companies said on Friday. Marvel published the first “Star...
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