Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s HITRECORD Gets Season 2; Meghan McCain Joins ‘Take...
Meghan McCain is joining the new Pivot network’s nightly news and discussion series, ‘Take Part Live,” and Joseph Gordon -Levitt’s variety show is getting a second season, before it even premieres....
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new “HITRECORD” is a variety show made up partly of clips posted online — but don’t call it crowd-sourced. Crowd-sourcing, he says, reminds him of marketing gimmicks where...
View ArticleSundance’s ‘The Red Road’ Aims to Stay Authentic With a Pretend Indian Tribe,...
Sundance Channel’s upcoming scripted drama “The Red Road,” which centers on a sheriff who strikes an uneasy alliance with a Native American after tragedy strikes, is based on an actual Indian tribe...
View Article#ICYMI on TheWrap: 10 of the Week’s Top Showbiz Stories (Video)
The Naked Truth About Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and TheWrap’s Tim Molloy Why does a question about female nudity from a male reporter spark charges of misogyny? Roger Ailes Biography: 5 Explosive...
View ArticlePivot Ending ‘Raising McCain,’‘Jersey Strong’ (Exclusive)
The new Pivot network is ending two shows, Meghan McCain’s “Raising McCain” and the acclaimed docu-series “Jersey Strong.” The cancellations are the first for Participant Media’s network, which debuted...
View ArticleSpirit Awards Give Out $75,000 in Filmmaker Grants
Shaka King, Jason Osder, Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston were awarded with a total of $75,000 in Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grants during Film Independent’s annual Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch at...
View ArticleESPN Sets World Cup Spin-Off Film Series ’30 for 30: Soccer Stories’
ESPN will debut a film series spin-off, “30 for 30: Soccer Stories,” in anticipation of its 2014 FIFA World Cup coverage. The new series, which will include a mix of standalone feature-length...
View Article‘Outlander’ Boss Ronald D. Moore Underestimated the Casting for Claire: ‘It...
“Outlander” executive producer Ronald D. Moore underestimated the difficulty of casting the central character for the Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s popular novel of the same name. “Initially, I...
View ArticleDrunken Globes: One Minute of Boozy ‘Golden’ Moments (Video)
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View ArticleBBC America Announces Premiere Dates, John Simm Casting for ‘Intruders’
BBC America announced a host of premiere dates at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Saturday, including for “The Game,” “24 Hours on Earth,” and others. The network also said...
View Article‘Fleming’ Director on the ‘Quite Misogynistic’ 007 Creator and His ‘S&M’...
BBC America’s upcoming miniseries “Fleming” opens with the James Bond creator joking about killing his new wife with a speargun. So those who delight in deconstructing 007′s relationships with women...
View ArticleCNN’s Jake Tapper Battles Back on Twitter After Tense ‘Lone Survivor’...
CNN’s Jake Tapper appeared to upset Marcus Luttrell, the real-life Navy SEAL who Mark Wahlberg plays in “Lone Survivor,” during an interview that aired Friday and Saturday. “The Lead” host began...
View Article‘Orphan Black’ Stars Talk Season 2: Things Will ‘Come to a Head’
Tatiana Maslany and Jordan Gavaris, the stars of BBC America’s “Orphan Black,” appeared with series co-creator Graeme Manson at the Television Critics Association in Pasadena on Saturday, revealing...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino’s Next Film Titled ‘The Hateful Eight’
Quentin Tarantino is following up his Oscar-winning Western “Django Unchained” with another Western he wrote called “The Hateful Eight,” according to multiple media reports. While there are rumors that...
View ArticleStarz Releases First ‘Outlander’ Trailer: Claire Has ‘Fallen Through Time’...
Starz has released the first trailer for “Outlander,” its much-anticipated drama adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s popular novel of the same name. The trailer was first viewed at a live event in Los...
View Article‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Creator Says ‘We’re Not Backing Away’ From Leonardo’s...
One of the most popular (and certainly the most controversial) episodes from the first season of Starz’s “Da Vinci’s Demons” was the one on which Leonardo (Tom Riley) went on trial for sodomy and it...
View ArticleLittle Jimmy Fallon Calls the President a ‘Poopy Head’ in ‘Tonight Show’...
Jimmy Fallon has been training for his new “Tonight Show” gig his entire life, jokes a promo for the revamped NBC late night program. The 35-second spot flashes back to an early elementary school-aged...
View ArticleInside Golden Globes Weekend’s Biggest Pre-Parties (Photos)
Gravity Shift If the ballroom of the Four Seasons were a ship, it would have capsized when Sandra Bullock walked in to the BAFTA Awards Tea around 3:45 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. She could barely get...
View Article‘Lone Survivor’: Box Office Mission Accomplished With Stunning $38M
“Lone Survivor,” a gritty tale of courage and honor among American fighting men, broke out with a stunning $38.5 million triumph at the U.S. box office this weekend. The Afghan war drama starring Mark...
View Article‘Ten Commandments’ Series Directed by Michael Cera, Gus Van Sant and Others...
Michael Cera and Gus Van Sant are about to go biblical on us. Cera and Van Sant are two of a number of filmmakers who have committed to directing episodes of the 10-part scripted series “Ten...
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