News Corp Income and Revenue Drop but Beat Estimates
News Corp. reported a 4 percent decline in fiscal 2014 second quarter revenue on Thursday, though the media giant topped estimates in the measurement, as well as net income and earnings per share. The...
View ArticleStarz’s ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Pulls From Mythology for Season 2 Poster, Teaser...
Starz invokes images of Greek Mythology’s fallen Icarus in its new key art for the upcoming second season of “Da Vinci’s Demons,” which debuts Friday, March 22. In both the poster and teaser, Leonardo...
View Article‘Two and a Half Men’ Casts ‘According to Jim’ Alum Kimberly Williams-Paisley
While former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen spars with current “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher, the show has made an addition to the cast. “According to Jim” alum Kimberly...
View ArticleOprah Winfrey in Talks to Make Her Broadway Debut in ‘Night, Mother’
Fresh off a well-reviewed turn in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” Oprah Winfrey is in talks to make her Broadway debut in a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “’Night, Mother,” the New York Times...
View ArticleChanning Tatum Announces Winners of ‘Team Oscar’ College Search on ‘Ellen’...
Channing Tatum returned to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday to announce the winners of the “Team Oscar” college search he announced with this year’s Oscar host in November. Zaineb Abdul-Nabi...
View ArticleMichael J. Fox Returning to ‘The Good Wife’
Michael J. Fox’s NBC vehicle might have come to an abrupt halt — but he’s not done with television yet. Fox has booked a returning gig on CBS’s “The Good Wife,” reprising his role as attorney Louis...
View Article‘Young and the Restless’ Michael Muhney Exit Week Helps Push CBS Daytime to...
The departures of “The Young and the Restless” cast members Michael Muhney and Billy Miller — and showdown between their characters Billy Abbott and Adam Newman — helped drive the soap to its best...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Wake Draws Family, Hollywood Friends of the Late...
Friends and family of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman gathered Thursday evening at the “Capote” actor’s wake on the Upper East Side. Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly and longtime friend...
View Article‘Sex Sent Me to the ER’ Gets a Butt-Load More Episodes From TLC
Get ready for a lot more dangerous nookie on your television. TLC has ordered an additional 35 episodes of its new series “Sex Sent Me to the ER,” whose title pretty much explains its premise. See...
View ArticleFormer Tribune Co. Owner Sam Zell: ‘The 1 Percent Work Harder’ (Video)
Former Tribune Company owner Sam Zell appeared on Bloomberg Television and stood up for controversial venture capitalist Tom Perkins, saying he agreed with a controversial op-ed he wrote in the Wall...
View Article‘Top Chef’ Finale Cooks Up Season’s Highest Ratings (Video)
Bravo’s “Top Chef” ended Season 11 with a heated tie-breaker among the judges and its highest rated episode of the season. Wednesday’s finale, which was shot in Maui, attracted 1.7 million total...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Addiction Interview to Re-Air on ’60 Minutes’
CBS newsmagazine show “60 Minutes” will re-air its interview with deceased “Capote” star Philip Seymour Hoffman on Sunday. The interview, which was conducted by Steve Croft in 2006, will be re-edited...
View ArticleBill Murray-Shia LeBeouf Comedy ‘Rock the Kasbah’ Goes to Open Road
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Bill Murray-Shia LaBeouf comedy “Rock the Kasbah.” The announcement was made jointly Thursday by Tom Ortenberg, chief executive of OpenRoad...
View ArticleLifetime Orders Scripted Take on Reality Shows From Marti Noxon
Lifetime has ordered a scripted series from Marti Noxon (“Mad Men,” “Fright Night”) and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (“Sequin Raze”) called “Un-Real.” Currently, it has ordered 10 episodes of the dark...
View ArticleDylan Farrow Responds to Backlash – and Brother’s ‘Evil’ Betrayal – Over...
Less than a week after the New York Times published Dylan Farrow’s essay detailing sexual abuse at the hands of adoptive father Woody Allen, a heartbroken Farrow is responding to her critics —...
View ArticleESPN to Commemorate 50th Beatles Anniversary With Special ‘SportsCenter’...
ESPN’s “SportsCenter” on Sunday will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in the United States with a special piece noting how sports played a role in the band’s American...
View ArticleRussell Brand, Sasha Pieterse, Austin Abrams Circling Werner Herzog’s ‘Vernon...
Russell Brand, Sasha Pieterse (“Pretty Little Liars”) and 17 year-old Austin Abrams (“The InBetweeners”) are in talks to star in Werner Herzog’s next movie “Vernon God Little,” which chronicles the...
View ArticleOscar Song Scandal Not the First for Bruce Broughton and the Academy (Guest...
Bruce Broughton may be up in arms that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences disqualified his song “Alone Not Yet Alone” from Oscar consideration for illicit campaigning, but this is hardly...
View ArticleAOL CEO Tim Armstrong Under Fire For ‘Distressed Babies’ Comment During...
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong came under fire by outraged employees after he singled out the sick babies of two women at the company for increasing the cost of health benefits. Armstrong explained that the...
View ArticleGarrett Hedlund, Amy Adams Drama ‘Lullaby’ Acquired by ARC Entertainment
ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the heartwarming and life affirming drama ”Lullaby,” which stars Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams, the company announced Thursday. Written and...
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