Lady Gaga’s ‘ART-FLOP’ Suffers Biggest Second-Week Sales Drop of the Year
Following a steep Week 2 sales decline for Lady Gaga, Eminem is once again the No. 1 selling artist per Nielsen SoundScan. “ARTPOP” ( a.k.a. “ARTFLOP”) took an 82 percent dive, after selling just...
View ArticleWatch Dan Harmon’s Adult Swim Series ‘Rick and Morty’ Early (Video)
Adult Swim has released the pilot episode for “Community” creator Dan Harmon and Channel 101′s “House of Cosbys” creator Justin Roiland’s new animated series, “Rick and Morty,” online ahead of its...
View ArticleDisney Passes $4 Billion at Worldwide Box Office in 2013
Disney has crossed the $4 billion threshold at the 2013 global box office, the studio said Wednesday. With “Iron Man 3,” “Monsters University,” “Thor: The Dark World” and “Oz the Great and Powerful”...
View ArticleKanye West Breaks Week-Old Vow of Silence on Obama: He’s ‘Trying to Be Cool’...
Kanye West has broken his stony silence on President Barack Obama, to the relief of a nation that waited for a week wondering when the “Yeezus” rapper would once again offer his thoughts on the leader...
View Article‘Scandal,’‘Private Practice’ Stars Turn to Kickstarter for Movie Based on...
Ron Moore lost his entire family when his son Aaron shot his own mother and sister before turning the gun on himself. Never heard of Moore? You’re not alone. Neither had “Scandal” star Jeff Perry until...
View Article‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Angers Hindu Group With Vishnu Reference
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” might need all its power to deal with its latest foe: The Universal Society of Hinduism. Universal Society of Hinduism president Rajan Zed is calling for an apology,...
View ArticleTheWrap Screening Series: How Scott Cooper Hooked Casey Affleck With ‘Out of...
“Out of the Furnace” director Scott Cooper is a show-don’t-tell kind of guy, so much so that he’s been hinting at a deep personal connection to his brutal, violent drama this awards season without...
View Article8 of the Funniest Thanksgiving Moments from TV Sitcoms (Video)
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View Article5 Things Hollywood Should Be Thankful For
As Hollywood movers and shakers gather around the Thanksgiving table this week, they have alot to be thankful for in 2013. To be sure, there have been, forgive the pun, turkeys like “R.I.P.D.” and...
View ArticleTony Musante, ‘Oz’ Star, Dead at 77
Tony Musante, who recently starred as a mafia boss on the HBO series “Oz” but was best-known for playing a real-life Newark, N.J. detective in the “Baretta” precursor series “Toma,” died Tuesday due to...
View Article‘Frozen’ Opens With Strong $15.2M at Box Office but ‘Catching Fire’ Is Blazing
“Frozen” got off to a terrific start at the box office, but “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” was even better as the Thanksgiving weekend began Wednesday. The Disney Animation 3D family film brought in...
View ArticleTheWrap’s Book Picks for the 2013 Holiday Season: Oz, Reality-Show Sex and...
Like “The Wizard of Oz”? Politics? Six-packed reality stars having sex with repressed intellectuals? They’re all in the magical world of books this holiday season. Books are those bound collections of...
View ArticleKen Loach to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Berlin Film Festival
Ken Loach, the realist director who has dramatized the plight of people living on the fringes of society in such films as “My Name is Joe” and “Sweet Sixteen,” will be honored with the Honorary Golden...
View ArticleMuppets Holiday Special: Watch Lady Gaga and RuPaul Duet on ‘Fashion’ (Video)
What’s sometimes missing from a modern Muppets special is a sense of the 70s. One of the joys of rewatching the original “Muppet Show” is seeing shaggy-haired ’70s superstars like Mark Hamill and John...
View ArticleWhy Mario Batali Bought 200 Pairs of Crocs
New Yorkers know that they can spot celebrity chef Mario Batali by his brightly colored footwear. However, the owner of Big Apple culinary hotspots like Babbo and “Molto Mario” star recently faced his...
View Article‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Sets Thanksgiving Day Box Office Record
Americans dug into a little gladiatorial combat along with the turkey and cranberry sauce on Thursday, propelling “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” to $14.9 million at the domestic box office. That...
View ArticleJosh Romney Tweets About Saving 4 From Car Wreck, Teaches #Humblebrag Lessons
There’s humblebragging, and then there’s this: Josh Romney, the song of presidential contender Mitt Romney, tweeted Friday that he pulled four people from a car crash. “Was first on scene to big...
View ArticleRatings: NFL Big for NBC, ‘Glee’ and ‘X Factor’ Hit Lows (Update)
The Steelers-Ravens game was a Thanksgiving blessing for NBC, while “X Factor” and “Glee” hit all-time lows for Fox and Lady Gaga and the Muppets proved a mismatch with ABC viewers Thursday, according...
View ArticleWhy Oscar May Never Give Us 10 Best Picture Nominees Again
This article first appeared in OscarWrap: The Race Begins “I really hope we have 10 nominees this year” is a phrase I’ve been hearing a lot lately in conversations about the Oscar race. The underlying...
View ArticleOscar Voters, Don’t Forget About These 2013 Standouts (Photos)
ENOUGH SAID Nicole Holofcener’s poignant adult rom-com serves as a fitting coda for James Gandolfini’s brilliant career. Raw, vulnerable and likeable, he makes us forget all about Tony Soprano. —BRENT...
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