ESPN Analyst and Former Red Sox Curt Schilling Reveals He’s Battling Cancer
ESPN baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling revealed in a statement on Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Last year, the right-hander told The Boston Globe...
View ArticleFrom Steve Allen to Jay Leno – All of ‘Tonight Show’s’ Hosts and Sidekicks...
Leno takes his final bow on Thursday; 11 days later, Fallon will become the 10th host of the legendary NBC talk show. The exiting “Late Night” host and his announcer Steve Higgins will have some...
View Article‘Cavemen’ Review: A Rom-Com That’s a Real Knuckle-Dragger
As though timed precisely to make “That Awkward Moment” look better, along comes “Cavemen,” a vapid and empty-headed rom-com about dudes in the big city that makes the Zac Efron/Miles Teller/Michael B....
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Friend Sues National Enquirer for $50 Million Over Gay...
Playwright David Bar Katz, a friend of deceased actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, has filed a lawsuit against the National Enquirer, over a claim that Bar Katz and Hoffman were gay lovers. The lawsuit,...
View ArticleWorldview to Finance John Hillcoat’s ‘Triple Nine’ After Megan Ellison’s...
Open Road Films has closed a deal to acquire domestic distribution rights to John Hillcoat’s crime thriller “Triple Nine,” which will be financed by Worldview Entertainment now that Megan Ellison’s...
View ArticleDebra Birnbaum Ousted as Editor-in-Chief of TV Guide Magazine
Longtime editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum has been fired from her post at TV Guide Magazine, TheWrap has learned. Also read: CBS Officially Acquires All of TV Guide Digital Birnbaum had been editor since...
View ArticleTyler Perry’s ‘Haves and the Have Nots’ Scores Second Highest Rated Episode...
Tyler Perry’s Tuesday night drama, “The Haves and the Have Nots,” was the most-watched episode in the OWN series’ short history, delivering 3.4 million total viewers. The episode, the fifth of the...
View ArticleJohn Cusack Wall Street Pilot, Soapy Drama From David Marshall Grant Ordered...
CBS has orered a drama pilot from John Cusack, as well as a soapy medical pilot from “Brothers & Sisters” and “Smash” producer David Marshall Grant. The Cusack project, which is currently untitled,...
View ArticleMichael Bay’s ‘Welcome to Yesterday’ Release is Postponed
Paramount has postponed the Feb. 28 release of the Michael Bay-produced sci-fi film “Welcome to Yesterday.” The studio is looking for a new date for the found-footage project about teens building a...
View ArticleHank Azaria, Sherilyn Fenn Book Roles on Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’
“The Simpsons” voice actor Hank Azaria and “Twin Peaks” alum Sherilyn Fenn are heading to the Showtime drama “Ray Donovan.” Azaria and Fenn have both booked multi-episode, guest-starring arcs on the...
View Article‘Michael J. Fox Show’ Yanked by NBC
Michael J. Fox’s return to the small screen is over. At least for now. NBC has pulled “The Michael J. Fox Show” from its Thursday night schedule. ”Hollywood Game Night” will air in place of the series,...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times Rejected Dylan Farrow’s Op-Ed Prior to Publication On...
Prior to its publication on New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s blog Saturday, the Los Angeles Times op-ed department had Dylan Farrow’s letter accusing Woody Allen of sex abuse in its...
View ArticleABC’s ‘Agatha’ Pilot Taps Veteran Director Jace Alexander
ABC’s newly ordered drama pilot, “Agatha,” has found its director. The character-driven procedural is in good hands with veteran helmer Jace Alexander, TheWrap has learned. Alexander’s extensive list...
View Article‘The Tonight Show’ Photo Booth Closes its Curtains, and Kira Soltanovich...
We are backstage at “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, where in just a few weeks the Leno era will come to an end, for the second time. Today is most likely the last appearance for comedian Kira...
View ArticlePenn Jillette to Host AXS TV Children’s Charity Concert Headlined by KISS...
AXS TV will broadcast the “MendingKids.org All-Star Concert for Children Worldwide” from the Hollywood House of Blues on Valentine’s Day. The event — and now TV special — will be headlined by 2014 Rock...
View ArticleThree Charged With Drug Possession After Raid in Philip Seymour Hoffman...
Three people, including a struggling jazz musician with industry connections, have been charged with drug possession after being detained in an investigation into the death of actor Philip Seymour...
View Article‘Entourage’ Movie Director Doug Ellin Punks Fans With Vincent Chase as...
As fans wait for their first glimpse of Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) in costume as Dracula in the “Entourage” movie, director Doug Ellin has gone ahead and had some fun with their fervor, and he even...
View ArticleCuba Gooding Jr. to Star in Action Thriller ‘Gridlocked’ for Hackybox...
Coming off a strong supporting turn in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. has signed on to star in the upcoming action-thriller “Gridlocked,” which will be financed and produced...
View ArticleWoody Allen Answers Sexual Assault Claims … in 1992 (Video)
The world awaits Woody Allen’s response to renewed allegations that he molested his adopted daughter in 1992 — but Allen has already responded, during an interview that year in which he said Mia Farrow...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher Tells Charlie Sheen to ‘Shut the F— Up’ About ‘Two and a Half...
Ashton Kutcher wishes Charlie Sheen would “shut the f–k up” about “Two and a Half Men” already. The actor who replaced Sheen on the hit CBS sitcom three years ago made a “public plea” while appearing...
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