Billy Joel Taking Up Residency at Madison Square Garden – Arena’s First Music...
Billy Joel will become the first-ever music franchise of Madison Square Garden, taking up an indefinite residency in the venue for one show per month — as long as there’s demand. Joel will kick off his...
View ArticleNY Film Critics Give Top Honor to ‘American Hustle’
David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” has been named the best film of 2013 by the New York Film Critics Circle, the first major critics group to announce its awards for the year. The award reinforces...
View Article‘Dish Nation’ Renewed For Season 3
“Dish Nation,” the syndicated celebrity series, has been renewed for a third season on Fox Television Stations, Twentieth Television said Tuesday. The show, which features radio personalities riffing...
View ArticleHBO’s ‘True Detective’ Trailers Tease Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson...
HBO has released three new teasers for its upcoming dramatic series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, “True Detective.” Two out of the three videos focus exclusively on one of the two...
View Article‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Season 9 Tackles Kris Jenner, Khloe, Kimye...
E! isn’t wasting anytime in getting “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” back on-air with the flurry of personal news surrounding them currently. The cable channel announced on Tuesday that the series...
View ArticleHotfile Ordered to Pay $80M for Copyright Infringement
Hotfile must pay $80 million in damages for copyright infringement and cease operations, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled on Tuesday. The Motion Picture Association of...
View ArticleGuillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ Gets Ratty With New Teaser Clip (Video)
Sure, you’ve heard of vampire bats. How about vampire rats? A new hoping-to-be-viral clip for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming FX vampire drama “The Strain” has emerged. Also read: Guillermo del Toro’s...
View Article‘Blacklist’ Renewed for Season 2 by NBC
NBC has renewed freshman series “The Blacklist” for a second season. Following its highly-watched midseason finale, the network has given it a full 22-episode order. With the help of its “Voice”...
View ArticleMedia Executives Feeling a Lot More Jolly About Economy Than They Were a Year...
Despite major disruptions in how consumers access entertainment, media leaders are feeling more optimistic about their businesses than they were a year ago. Sixty-eight percent of media and...
View Article‘Anchorman 2′ Superticket Details Revealed
“Anchorman” fans can get a whole lot more of pompous newscaster Ron Burgundy thanks to a new $33 superticket. The more expensive tickets lets moviegoers see “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” two days...
View ArticleTheWrap Screening Series: ‘The Rocket’ Director Kim Mordaunt on Dodging Bombs...
Filmmakers often describe the moviemaking process as working a minefield, but in Australian writer-director Kim Mordaunt’s case, the comparison is remarkably literal. Describing the origins of his...
View Article‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Casts Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the upcoming adaptation of E.L. James’ best-selling novel. Harden will play Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey, the adoptive mother of Christian...
View ArticlePaul Walker Death: Autopsy Complete, Details Still Pending
“Fast & Furious 7″ star Paul Walker’s autopsy has been completed — but details on the examination are still pending. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s department told TheWrap on...
View ArticleAl Jazeera America to Launch on Time Warner Cable This Week
Time Warner Cable will start airing Al Jazeera America as early as Friday, the cable company confirmed to The Wrap. The launch will occur in Los Angeles and New York with a rollout in Dallas and other...
View ArticleUniversal to Donate Percentage of ‘Fast & Furious 6′ Home Entertainment...
Universal will donate a portion of the proceeds from the home entertainment sales of “Fast & Furious 6” to Paul Walker’s charity Reach Out WorldWide, which connects a network of skilled...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese Backs Library of Congress’ Silent Film Study, Research...
The most comprehensive study to date documenting the status of America’s silent feature films produced from the 1912 to 1929, says 70 percent are missing or gone and far more action needs to be taken...
View Article‘Anchorman’ Ron Burgundy Asks Peyton Manning How He Plays Quarterback Without...
In “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” Ron Burgundy heads to New York in to take its first 24-hour news channel by storm. In “real life,” the Will Ferrell character treks to Briston, Conn. Friday to...
View ArticleOscar Isaac and Elizabeth Olsen Ring the Love Triangle for ‘In Secret’...
Elizabeth Olsen and Oscar Isaac steam up the screen in this latest look at Roadside Attractions’ Emile Zola adaptation, “In Secret.” The film, previously titled “Therese Raquin” after its source...
View ArticleOscar’s Foreign Language Chair Promises Big Changes After This Year’s Awards
A version of this story first appeared in OscarWrap: The Race Begins As the Academy’s foreign-language screening process heads into its final three weeks and 21 screenings, the man who leads the...
View Article10 Dark Horses That Could Shake Up the Oscar Foreign-Language Race
This year’s race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar doesn’t have a clear favorite likely to dominate the race the way “Amour” or “A Separation” did the last couple of years, but it does have a...
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