Daytime Ratings Milestones: ‘The Talk’ Hits Series High, ‘Days of our Lives’...
CBS’s daytime programming scored its own bragging rights last week, with the network’s talk show “The Talk” hitting a series high in weekly viewership, averaging more than 3 million viewers for the...
View ArticleNBC Orders Church Drama Pilot From ‘Six Feet Under’ Producer David Janollari
NBC has ordered a new drama pilot from David Janollari, the former MTV programming exec and “Six Feet Under” producer. From Universal Television, “Salvation” will be also be executive produced and...
View Article‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ to Hit Texas for SXSW
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” is going on a road trip: ABC’s late-night offering is heading to Austin, Texas, for a week of broadcasts from the South by Southwest Festival starting March 10. Also read: White...
View Article‘Partridge Family’ Star Dave Madden Dead at 82
Dave Madden, who played long-suffering band manager Reuben Kincaid on the ’70s sitcom “The Partridge Family,” has died, TMZ reports. He was 82. According to the site, Madden died of congestive heart...
View ArticleSundance: ‘Hellion’ Star Josh Wiggins Follows Aaron Paul’s Lead, Signs With...
Like his “Hellion” co-star Aaron Paul, 15 year-old actor Josh Wiggins has signed with UTA and Leverage Management for representation. The film, which is part of Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition...
View ArticleCNN’s Zain Asher Gets Emotional Over Brother Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Oscar Nod,...
CNN business correspondent Zain Asher revealed brother Chiwetel Ejiofor had been spared from a car accident at the age of 12 that killed everyone else aboard – including their father – in an emotional...
View ArticleSteven Soderbergh, Chloe Grace Moretz Team for School Shooting Play
Steven Soderbergh may have retired from movies, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped directing. The Oscar-winning filmmaker will make his New York theater debut directing “The Library” with Chloe Grace...
View Article10 Most Buzzed-About Sundance Actors, From Bill Hader to Maika Monroe
There are hundreds of talented actors at this year’s Sundance Film Festival but it’s impossible to give everyone their due without seeing the actual movies. With so many choices and such little time,...
View Article‘Ali G: Rezurection’ and ‘Legit’ Season 2 Get Premiere Dates From FXX
FXX has given premiere dates to the second season of “Legit,” as well as the new series “Ali G: Rezurection.” Both will premiree Feb. 26, with “Legit” airing at 10 p.m. and “Ali G” airing at 10:30....
View ArticleOscar Nominations: Women Take a Back Seat — Again
The Oscar statuette may be famously sex-less, but Thursday’s nominations were very male – again. Across 19 categories, 151 men were nominated for awards versus 31 women, according to the Women’s Media...
View ArticleA&E Developing Edgy ‘Highway to Heaven’ Reboot With Mark Wahlberg
“Highway to Heaven” could be making a return trip to the TV screen. The series, which starred Michael Landon from 1984 to 1989, is being developed as an edgier, contemporary reboot by A&E. Also...
View ArticleSundance: Will Amazon and Netflix Emerge as Major Buyers?
Buyers and sellers headed to Sundance next week want to know: Will Amazon and Netflix bid alongside Harvey Weinstein and HBO for the right to release the festival’s most popular movies? Both companies...
View ArticleDaniel Radcliffe Returning to Broadway With ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’
Daniel Radcliffe has pranced around naked and danced up a storm, but nothing may prepare theatergoers for his next acting challenge. The “Harry Potter” star will enter the dark, severely demented world...
View ArticleDaily Beast Hires Executive Editor; Promotes John Avlon to Editor-In-Chief...
The Daily Beast has hired former Wired editor Noah Shachtman as executive editor, TheWrap has learned. Shachtman will start Feb. 1. Acting interim executive editor John Avlon has been promoted to...
View Article‘Revenge’ Finds Margaux’s Father: ‘Unfaithful’s’ Olivier Martinez
Margaux is clearly becoming a major player on ABC’s “Revenge.” On the heels of the news that Karine Vanasse, who plays Margaux, will be promoted to a series regular for the show’s fourth season,...
View ArticleSports Illustrated, SI.com Name Brendan Ripp as Publisher
Brendan Ripp, former vice president of Advertising Sales at Fortune, is the new publisher of Sports Illustrated/SI.com. Prior to his Fortune tenure, Ripp, 37, was the Publisher of Money (December 2010...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Jared Leto: From ‘My So Called Life’s’ Jordan Catalano to...
The post The Evolution of Jared Leto: From ‘My So Called Life’s’ Jordan Catalano to Oscar Nominee (Photos) appeared first on TheWrap.Related stories from TheWrap:Leonardo DiCaprio Fans Are Going Crazy...
View ArticleCritics Choice Movie Awards: ’12 Years a Slave’ Wins Best Picture; Blanchett,...
“12 Years a Slave” was named the best film of 2013 on Thursday at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, a nationally televised awards show put on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association less than 12...
View ArticleABC Orders Comedy Pilot ‘Black-Ish’ From Anthony Anderson
Comedian and actor Anthony Anderson will star in and executive produce the comedy pilot, “Black-Ish,” for ABC. Kenya Barris (“The Game,” “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”) will write the half hour,...
View Article‘Wizard of Oz’s’ Last Female Munchkin Dead at 95
No doubt the flag is flying at half-mast in front of the Lollipop Guild headquaters today. Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last surviving actress to play a Munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,”...
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