ABC Orders Drama Pilots From ’666 Park’ Producer, ‘Love and Other Drugs’ Writer
ABC has just given pilot orders to drama projects, “Forever” and “Exposed.” “Forever” will be executive-produced and written by Matt Miller (“Chuck,” “666 Park”). Lin Pictures’ Dan Lin and Jennifer...
View ArticleLee Daniels, Danny Strong Hip-Hop Drama Scores Pilot Order at Fox
Fox has ordered a hip-hop drama pilot — working title “Empire” — from director, writer and executive producer Lee Daniels. The project is a family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire that will...
View ArticleBruce Rosenblum Appoints 2014 Television Academy Executive Committee
Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, Bruce Rosenblum, has appointed the Academy’s 2014 executive committee. The six newly appointed executives represent some of the wide-ranging media companies...
View ArticleSlamdance Names ‘Copenhagen,’‘Rezeta’ 2014 Festival Winners
The Slamdance Film Festival on Thursday awarded the its jury prize to “Rezeta,” the love story of a Kosovo model in Mexico City, and its audience award to “Copenhagen,” about a young man travelling to...
View Article‘I, Frankenstein’ Review: Aaron Eckhart Lumbers Through Stitched-Together...
Mary Shelley gets an acknowledgment in the closing credits of “I, Frankenstein,” and one imagines the legendary author putting down her cup of tea to say, “Yes, well, thank you, but I’d rather you...
View ArticleShowtime Counterprogramming Super Bowl Sunday With New Episodes
While most networks defer to the ratings juggernaut of the Super Bowl, Showtime plans a night of counter-programming with new episodes of “Shameless,” “House of Lies” and “Episodes.” The network...
View ArticleMichelle Obama to Guest on Debut Week of ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’...
First Lady Michelle Obama will be a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Feb. 20, the last show of his first week behind the big boy desk. Obama and Fallon have a fun — albeit brief —...
View Article‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Will Not Get a Super Bowl Spot After All, Director...
Marvel fans hoping to get a first glimpse of this summer’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie during the Super Bowl are going to be pretty krutacking disappointed in this news: It’s not happening. Though...
View ArticleMadonna Locked in for Grammy Performance; Phil Everly Tribute Planned
The onetime Material Girl will, indeed, perform at the Grammys this year. Confirming reports that surfaced earlier this month, CBS — which will air the Grammys on Jan. 26 — announced Friday that...
View Article‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Nabs ‘Torchwood’s’ Paul James for Recurring Role
“Grey’s Anatomy” has landed a handsome new researcher with Paul James. James joins the ABC drama in a recurring role starting with an episode airing in mid-March, a network representative told TheWrap....
View ArticleSharon Stone to Play Veep on TNT Drama Pilot ‘Agent X’
Sharon Stone has been tapped as America’s first female vice president on TNT’s pilot, “Agent X.” Her character is named Natalie Maccabee. She’s described as a woman with brains, beauty, and a cool...
View ArticleMitt Romney Defends Olympics Security on ‘Today’: Former Salt Lake City Chief...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyFormer Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — who you’ll recall was also CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee —...
View ArticleWhy Freddie Wong’s Indiegogo Campaign Is Just a Small Glimpse Into His Future
Freddie Wong’s crowdfunding campaign for the final season of “Video Game High School,” one of the most watched web series in history, is cause for celebration among his fans. But the real test for Wong...
View ArticleFX Gives Series Orders to ‘Married,’‘You’re the Worst’
FX has given series orders to the Andrew Gurland comedy “Married,” starring Judy Greer and Nat Faxon, as well as the comedy “You’re the Worst,” with both series receiving 10-episode orders. “Married”...
View ArticleFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Book ‘Lean In’ Gets Movie Deal
Sony Pictures has made a preemptive deal to acquire feature film rights to Sheryl Sandberg’s bestselling book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” an individual familiar with the project has...
View ArticleSundance Video: Wrap Industry Panel Tells Filmmakers to Be Personal, Have a...
TheWrap brought together a panel of indie film experts to talk about how to make your movie stand out in the digital age, at the Sundance FIlm Festival 2014. Participants included Jay Cohen of the...
View Article‘Stranger by the Lake’ Review: Summer Lovin’ with a Murderer
Prior to “Stranger by the Lake,” writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s films have been little seen in the United States, but he’s poised to make a very big splash with his sixth theatrical feature. Winner...
View Article‘Today’s’ Savannah Guthrie Was ‘Really Surprised’ by Awkward Gosselin Twins...
A week ago, “Today” show viewers were treated to a very awkward moment with Kate Gosselin and her teen twins, Mady and Cara. “I was really surprised,” Guthrie said of the twins clamming up on Bravo’s...
View ArticleConservative Documentarian Dinesh D’Souza Pleads Not Guilty to Campaign...
Dinesh D’Souza, the director of the controversial hit documentary “2016: Obama’s America,” pleaded not guilty to charges of campaign finance violations at a federal court in New York on Friday, TheWrap...
View ArticleLouis C.K., Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet to Voice Pets in Animated Movie From...
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced that Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart will voice the lead characters in “The Untitled Pets Project,” which marks the...
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