NAACP Awards Nominees Include Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher and Kevin Hart
TV One, which will air the NAACP Image Awards this year, unveiled the nominees for the awards ceremony on Thursday, during the network’s panel at the Television Critics Association press tour. The...
View ArticleSundance: Bryan Singer, Tracy Chapman, Leonard Maltin, ‘Prometheus’ Writer...
The Sundance Institute has announced members of the six juries awarding prizes at the 2014 festival, a list that includes film critic Leonard Maltin, “X-Men” franchise director Bryan Singer and...
View ArticleRoger Ailes Biography Release Date Pushed Up One Week
“The Loudest Voice in the Room,” Gabriel Sherman’s unauthorized biography of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, due to huge buzz surrounding the explosive allegations reported in the last few days. The book...
View ArticleKristen Wiig ‘Excited’ About New ‘SNL’ Hires
“Spoils of Babylon” star Kristen Wiig wishes new “Saturday Night Live” star Sasheer Zamata luck. Zamata was hired after “SNL” was criticized for its lack of an African-American woman in the cast. “I am...
View Article‘Flowers in the Attic’ Sequel ‘Petals in the Wind’ Planned at Lifetime
Lifetime hasn’t yet aired “Flowers in the Attic,” but is already planning the sequel “Petals in the Wind.” A week before airing its adaptation of V.C. Andrews’ novel, Lifetime announced plans Thursday...
View ArticleWoody Allen’s ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ Goes to Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to longtime partner Woody Allen’s next film, “Magic in the Moonlight,” the company said Thursday. The Jazz Age romantic comedy, about an...
View Article‘Project Runway’s’ Tim Gunn Defends Show’s Record for ‘Success’
“Project Runway” mentor Tim Gunn had to school an audience of journalists about what it meant to be successful in fashion. At Thursday’s Television Critics Association press tour, Gunn sat on a panel...
View ArticleDarren Aronofsky Signs First TV Deal With HBO; Also Inks New Regency Film Deal
Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures will produce movies for New Regency and TV shows for HBO under separate three-year first-look deals announced Thursday. The deal with HBO marks Protozoa’s first...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ Returning April 6, Followed by ‘Veep’
“Game of Thrones” will return April 6, and will be followed by the third season of “Veep” and the premiere of the new Mike Judge series “Silicon Valley.” HBO will also premiere the first trailer for...
View Article‘Boardwalk Empire’ to End With Fifth Season
The fifth season of “Boardwalk Empire” will be the last for the HBO drama, it was announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday. “It has been an incredible honor to bring this...
View ArticleYouTube, DreamWorks Animation to Produce Series of Daily Web Shows
YouTube and DreamWorks Animation will co-produce a series of daily shows called “YouTube Nation” for the world’s largest video site, according to two individuals with knowledge of the plans. The shows...
View ArticleWhy the Home Entertainment Business Is in Its Best Shape in Half a Decade
At least the numbers are moving in the right direction. For the second year in a row, the home entertainment industry grew by a blip in 2013, generating $18.3 billion in consumer spending on Blu-Rays,...
View Article‘True Detective’ Stars Talk Matthew McConaughey’s Insane Year and Woody...
“True Detective” stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson had to laugh Thursday when someone asked if they have a shorthand. “Yeah,” they said at the same time. But Harrelson said they didn’t use...
View Article10 Golden Globes Deliciously Awkward Moments (Video)
The fast-and-loose Golden Globe Awards are tailor-made for spontaneous moments — which, naturally, sometimes lead to moments of cringe-worthy awkwardness. In preparation for this weekend’s festivities,...
View Article‘Devious Maids’ Marc Cherry: ABC Passing on Show Was Blessing; Eva Longoria...
Lifetime’s “Devious Maids” will return for its second season on April 20, and with it comes some new firepower. Showrunner Marc Cherry’s Co-Executive Producer Eva Longoria will step behind the camera...
View ArticleMike Judge: ‘Silicon Valley’ Actor’s Death Won’t Affect HBO Comedy’s 1st Season
HBO’s “Silicon Valley” creator Mike Judge said that the passing of actor Christopher Evan Welch will not affect the story arc of his new comedy’s inaugural season. The HBO series got the first...
View ArticleJames Marsden in Talks to Replace Paul Walker in Nicholas Sparks’‘The Best of...
Fresh off “Anchorman 2,” James Marsden has been offered the lead in Relativity’s “The Best of Me” and is in early talks to accept the role, which was initially slated for Paul Walker before his tragic...
View Article‘Looking’ Producers of Showing a Different Side of San Francisco, and Other...
The cast and crew of the upcoming HBO series “Looking” appeared at the Television Critics Association in Pasadena on Thursday to discuss showing the varying aspects of gay life — and depicting a...
View ArticleA&E’s ‘Those Who Kill’ Executive Producers Downplay Serial Killer Aspect
Producers for A&E’s upcoming drama, “Those Who Kill,” know that plenty of shows about criminal profilers have come before theirs. But they maintain that their upcoming series, based on a Danish...
View ArticleJulia Roberts Passed on ‘Normal Heart’ Before Ryan Murphy Wore Her Down
Julia Roberts said she twice turned down her role on the upcoming HBO film “The Normal Heart,” but that Ryan Murphy refused to listen. Murphy joked at a Television Critics Association panel Thursday...
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