Gmail and Other Google Services Suffer Crash
Gmail, Google+ and Google Hangouts suffered a widespread service disruption Friday morning for as long as an hour, but the problem has been resolved, the tech company reported. Google’s App Status...
View ArticleSundance: Outlier Acquires Film, TV Rights to Matt K. Turner’s Sci-Fi Novella...
Outlier has acquired film and TV rights to the futuristic sci-fi action novella “Genesis” by Matt K. Turner, who also wrote the Matthew Modine-Kristin Chenoweth movie “Family Weekend,” TheWrap has...
View Article‘Community’ Says Goodbye to Donald Glover: Look Back on Troy’s Funniest...
Donald Glover resisted the call of solo fame for four seasons and five episodes of NBC’s “Community” before he couldn’t resist it any longer. Thursday’s episode, titled “Geothermal Escapism,” was...
View ArticleGrammys Viewers Guide: What to Expect on Music’s Biggest Night
The stars will be out in spades — hopefully in perfect harmony — on Sunday for the 56th annual Grammy Awards. Hosted for a third straight time by LL Cool J, “Music’s Business Night” will raise its...
View ArticleOlympics: Sochi Terrorist Threats and Anti-Gay Protests Will Be Covered as...
“Today” host Matt Lauer said the NBC team is aware that terrorists could make good on their threats against the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and the network is prepared to cover such an event and any...
View ArticleLesley Ann Warren to Star in Indie Movies ‘Babysitter,’‘Sphere and the...
Lesley Ann Warren has signed on to star in two independent films — “Babysitter” and “The Sphere and the Labyrinth,” which the Oscar-nominated actress will shoot back-to-back, TheWrap has learned....
View ArticleViacom CEO Philippe Dauman’s Compensation Jumped 11% in 2013
Philippe Dauman rang out 2013 on a high note. The Viacom chief executive officer got an 11 percent hike to his total compensation package last year, earning $37.2 million in salary, stock and other...
View ArticleSundance: Magnolia Closes Deal for Michael Fassbender Movie ‘Frank’
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to the offbeat Sundance comedy “Frank,” which stars Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gylenhaal, Scoot McNairy and Michael Fassbender as the title character,...
View Article21st Century Fox to Acquire Majority Stake in YES Network
Attention New York Yankees fans: 21st Century Fox has an agreement in place to acquire a majority stake in the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network — commonly known as the YES Network. The company...
View ArticleTCA Takeaways: Fox’s Pass on Pilot Season Lets Network Have It Both Ways
The biggest industry news to come out of the Television Critics Association winter press tour was Fox’s announcement that it is skipping pilot season. Accompanied by an image of a tombstone reading...
View Article‘True Detective’ Creator Nic Pizzolatto Re-Ups With HBO for 2 More Years
“True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto has extended his partnership with HBO. The writer-producer just signed a new two-year overall deal with the network, a network representative told TheWrap. The...
View ArticleHow Does ‘Divergent’ Stack Up Against ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’?
If book sales count for anything, “Divergent” won’t touch “The Hunger Games” at the box office – but it’ll do a hell of a lot better than “Ender’s Game.” That’s the takeaway from Stifel Nicolaus...
View ArticleJay Leno and Jimmy Fallon to Give Joint ‘Today’ Interview
Brace yourselves: Jay Leno, current host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” and Jimmy Fallon, future host of “Tonight Show,” will give their first joint interview on … wait for it … NBC’s “Today” show. Leno...
View Article‘Hunger Games’ Star Josh Hutcherson Exits ICM Partners (Exclusive)
“The Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson has parted ways with ICM Partners and his longtime agent Carter Cohn, TheWrap has learned. Hutcherson exited the agency amicably this week and plans to take...
View ArticleTLC’s ‘My Strange Addiction’: This Guy Spent $100K to Look Like Justin Bieber...
Toby probably doesn’t care that Justin Bieber’s latest exploits has sullied his role model status. The 33-year-old has spent more than $100,000 to look like the pop star. On Wednesday’s season finale...
View Article‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Teaser Offers Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It Superhero...
A new teaser for the upcoming superhero flick “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is burning up the internet this week. So what’s it about? Well, it’s about six seconds long. And that’s about all we can...
View Article‘Like Father, Like Son’ Asks Serious Question: ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’
It may have been bypassed by Japan’s selection committee for the Oscar foreign-language race in favor of a film that didn’t make the shortlist, but Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Like Father, Like Son” won the...
View Article‘Money Pit’ Adaptation, Mark Gordon Friends Comedy Ordered to Pilot by NBC
NBC has ordered two new comedy pilots: One is an adaptation of the Dreamworks movie, “The Money Pit,” the other called “Fifth Wheel” is a friendship comedy from Mark Gordon. From Universal Television...
View Article‘Gossip Girl’ Producer, Mark Gordon Dramas Among New ABC Pilots
ABC has piled on four more drama pilots to its growing pile. They include ”Agatha” from Mark Gordon and “Astronaut Wives Club” from “Gossip Girl” producer Stephanie Savage. “Agatha” is a...
View ArticleAMC’s ‘Turn’ Casts Ian Kahn as George Washington
AMC’s “Turn” has found its George Washington. Ian Kahn (“Suits,” “Parenthood”) has been cast Kahn in a guest role as the father of our country in AMC’s upcoming historical drama. See video: AMC’s...
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