Macaulay Culkin and The Pizza Underground Release First Music Video
The Pizza Underground, former child star Macauley Culkin’s Velvet Underground cover band that only sings about delicious cheese pizza, has released their first music video. It features the black-clad...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg, Javier Bardem Eye Epic Drama About Montezuma, Hernan Cortes
Steven Spielberg is planning to direct an epic drama about the relationship between Aztec emperor Montezuma and Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes that has Javier Bardem circling the latter role, an...
View ArticleGlenn Beck Defends MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘I Don’t Think She Said...
Melissa Harris-Perry has already given a tear-filled apology for joking about Mitt Romney’s black grandchild on her MSNBC program in December, but conservative radio host Glenn Beck doesn’t know why...
View ArticleMeet Sasheer Zamata: New ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Member Is Really, Really...
New “Saturday Night Live” cast member Sasheer Zamata brings a fresh face to the late-night sketch show, and she has the funny bone-a fides to back it up. Also read: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Finds Its...
View Article‘The Shield’ Creator Shawn Ryan Renews With Sony Pictures Television
Shawn Ryan is sticking with Sony. The creator of groundbreaking drama “The Shield” has re-upped with Sony Pictures Television with a new three-year overall deal. Also read: 15 Show Runners Worth...
View ArticleLate Night Ratings: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Scores Most-Watched Quarter Ever;...
As Jay Leno prepares to pass the “Tonight Show” baton to Jimmy Fallon, the two NBC late night hosts both finished out 2013 on solid ratings notes. ABC competitor “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” also scored its...
View ArticleRep. Henry Waxman Suggests Tribune Is Looting LA Times Before Proposed...
Democratic California Rep. Henry Waxman has sent a second letter to Tribune Co. President and CEO Peter Liguori about its proposed spinoff of the L.A. Times and other newspapers it now owns, expressing...
View Article‘Twin Peaks’ Casting Call Suggests New Footage to Be Shot
“Twin Peaks” fans are all aflutter with the news that David Lynch is shooting some sort of new footage for the 1990s franchise, beginning Tuesday. It started earlier this week when a casting call for a...
View Article‘Nebraska’ Cinematographer Explains Why Bruce Dern’s Face Is Better in Black...
This story first appeared in OscarWrap: Nominations Preview. Director Alexander Payne and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael always saw “Nebraska” in black and white, although the studio didn’t...
View Article‘Safe Haven’ Actor Noah Lomax to Play Andrew Garfield’s Son in ’99 Homes’
After playing Gerard Butler’s son in “Playing For Keeps” and Josh Duhamel’s son in “Safe Haven,” Noah Lomax is getting a new Movie Dad — Andrew Garfield. The 12-year-old actor has been cast as...
View ArticleWilliam Hurt to Play Gregg Allman in Biopic ‘Midnight Rider’
Oscar winner William Hurt has been cast as Gregg Allman in the biopic “Midnight Rider,” which is being produced by Randall Miller and Jody Savin of Unclaimed Freight Productions. All-American Rejects...
View ArticleGoDigital Hires Former Focus Features Exec Kent Sanderson On Eve of Sundance
GoDigital has hired former Focus Features executive Kent Sanderson to run its distribution and merchandising divisions, the company said Monday. Sanderson will soon head to the Sundance Film Festival...
View ArticleRun Run Shaw, Pioneering Chinese Media Mogul, Dead at 106
Run Run Shaw, one of the pioneers of the 20th century Chinese film industry and a producer on “Blade Runner,” has died at age 106. The death of Shaw, who was born in 1907, was reported by multiple...
View ArticleWhy Studios Prefer YouTube for Their Biggest Trailer Debuts
When Sony finished trailers for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ and “22 Jump Street” last month, it posted them on YouTube. That may not seem novel since everything is on YouTube — including this video of a...
View ArticleJane Campion To Head Cannes Film Festival Jury
Director Jane Campion will head the jury of the next Cannes Film Festival, from May 14 to 25, the festival announced. “Since I first went to Cannes with my short films in 1986 I have had the...
View ArticleWWII Vet Makes Tearful Plea for National Unity at TCA
A World War II veteran made a tearful plea for national unity at the start of the Television Critics Association winter press tour Thursday. The press tour is a place for networks to trot out their new...
View ArticleTCA: Investigation Discovery Announces ’50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,’‘Secret...
Investigation Discovery will help viewers to celebrate the art of the breakup this year with a new special, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” which will be hosted by Wendy Williams, the network announced...
View ArticleCBS Strikes Deal to Air Hollywood Film Awards
CBS and dick clark productions have entered a multiyear deal to broadcast the Hollywood Film Awards, starting in 2014. The Hollywood Film Awards, which was founded by Carlos de Abreu, honors excellence...
View ArticleWriters Guild’s Videogame Nominees Include ‘Assassin’s Creed,’‘Batman: Arkham...
“Assassin’s Creed IV” and “Batman: Arkham Origins” are among the videogame scripts nominated by the Writers Guild of America, the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Thursday. The other nominees: “God...
View ArticleAubrey Plaza, Oliver Platt, Jeff Goldblum Join Johnny Depp in ‘Mortdecai’
Aubrey Plaza, Oliver Platt and Jeff Goldblum have joined the cast of “Mortdecai,” the action comedy starring Johnny Depp. Based on Kyril Bonfiglioli’s series of novels, the film has already wrapped...
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