Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Headline USA Network Anti-Discrimination PSA
Grammy Award winners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will lend their hit song “Same Love” to a PSA kicking off USA Network’s month-long “Characters Unite” campaign against hate and discrimination. “We...
View ArticleLee Stobby Joins Silent R Management, Bringing Clients Such as ‘Room 237′...
Lee Stobby has joined Silent R Management as a literary manager, TheWrap has learned. Stobby, who was previously a manager at Caliber Media, began his career at Industry Entertainment after working at...
View ArticleLeveraging NYC’s Super Bowl Weekend in NYC: The Paramount Hotel’s Plan...
Where are you staying? That’s the number one question I get every time I am heading to New York, and it’s not just my prep school and college friends taking a defensive posture to ensure I’m not about...
View ArticleOscar’s Animated Shorts: It’s Mickey Mouse vs. Toaster Dog
One of the most iconic characters in animation history has the chance to win another Oscar in this year’s Best Animated Feature race, which finds the new Mickey Mouse cartoon “Get a Horse!” squaring...
View ArticleHenry Waxman’s Retirement: Though He Never ‘Went Hollywood,’ the Industry...
Rep. Henry Waxman’s pending retirement from Congress will not only leave Hollywood without its steady liberal lion in Washington, but also removes a strong proponent on a range of issues that affect...
View Article15 Revealing Stills From ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4: Peter Dinklage, Emilia...
Spring is coming — and that means that the Season 4 premiere of HBO’s dragons-and-swords epic “Game of Thrones” is fast approaching. (April 6, to be exact.) Also read: ‘Game of Thrones’ Tops ‘Breaking...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld Says ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion Arriving ‘Very, Very Soon’
What’s the deal with Jerry Seinfeld’s secret project? Early in January, as part of a Reddit AMA, Seinfeld eluded to a secret project that he was working on with “Seinfeld” creator Larry David. A photo...
View ArticleDavid O. Russell Courting Jennifer Lawrence for Joy Mangano Movie at Fox 2000
After working together on “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle,” David O. Russell may be reteaming with Oscar-winning starlet Jennifer Lawrence on an untitled movie about single...
View ArticleWriters Guild Negotiators Say Producers Want $60 Million in Rollbacks
Four days before the Writers Guild is to begin negotiations with Hollywood’s movie studios and TV networks, the co-chairs of of the guild negotiating team say the producers are seeking $60 million in...
View ArticlePresident of Celeb Social Marketer theAudience Exits (Exclusive)
Kate McLean, president of the Los Angeles-based social media start-up theAudience, has left the company, CEO Oliver Luckett told TheWrap on Thursday. McLean has been at theAudience since its founding...
View ArticleRepublican Chairman Says MSNBC Is ‘On Probation’ After ‘Offensive’ Biracial...
MSNBC is “on probation” after apologizing for a tweet that suggested conservatives hate biracial families, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night, and he vowed...
View ArticlePresident Obama: ‘I Believe Sochi Is Safe’
President Obama said in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that he believes the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics is safe. Many have expressed concerns about terrorist attacks in Sochi,...
View ArticleBBC’s Elli Hakami Is MTV’s New EVP Current Series & Programming
Elli Hakami is joining MTV as its new executive vice president of current series and programming. In the role, she will head reality series creation and development on the East Coast alongside MTV’s...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus’ First TV Appearance, Creepy Willie Nelson Doll and Hidden Talent...
Miley Cyrus started in show business when she was young. Really young. The recent MTV “Unplugged” performer was a guest on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, where host Jay Leno shared a clip of her very...
View ArticleZac Efron Tells Jimmy Kimmel Seth Rogen ‘Wanted to Hate’ Him (Video)
Zac Efron and Seth Rogen play two guys who hate each other in upcoming comedy “Neighbors,” and Efron told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday that if he had not introduced himself to Rogen early on his career,...
View Article‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Teaser: Rhino, Electro and a Scary Skyscraper Landing...
Now even the teasers have teasers. Sony Pictures is releasing 40 critical seconds of web-spinning action in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl commercial for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Also read: Super...
View ArticleDr. Phil’s Advice for Justin Bieber: ‘Get a Part-Time Job or Something’ (Video)
Like the rest of the country, Dr. Phil is really worried about our current national crisis: Justin Bieber’s legal trouble. The psychologist and TV personality appeared on “The Late Show with David...
View Article‘Captain America 2′ Super Bowl Teaser: Chris Evans vs. the Winter Soldier...
Marvel is teasing its Super Bowl preview of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” with a shorter preview. The 15-second teaser is packed with explosions, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Richard Sherman’s a Thug, But Justin Bieber and Rob Ford Aren’t?...
Jon Stewart wonders why the news media seems to treat two Canadians accused of violence as naughty scamps, while dismissing a Stanford-educated athlete as a “thug.” It couldn’t have anything to do with...
View ArticleRatings: ‘SNL’ Sports Rerun Scores as CBS Wins Night
CBS topped Thursday night despite an across-the-board drop in its comedies’ ratings, as NBC’s “SNL: Sports Spectacular” rerun easily out-rated the network’s new sitcom episodes. The “Saturday Night...
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