Jill Zarin Revisits ‘Real Housewives’ Firing: I Was Going to Quit (Exclusive...
We may never know the full truth behind Jill Zarin’s exit from Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City,” but “Oprah’s Where Are They Now?” tried. On Friday’s new episode airing at 9/8c on OWN,...
View Article‘What’s the Deal?’: Jeff Sneider on NBC’s Major Jay Leno Mistake (Video)
Was his show falling in the ratings? No. Had Leno lost a step? No. So why did NBC force him to step aside (for a second time!) and make way for younger talent? Shifting demographics may be network’s...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Gets Frisked by Miami Police After January Arrest (Video)
Embattled singer Justin Bieber can be seen getting frisked at the Miami police station where he was taken after a Jan. 23 arrest in a new surveillance video released by the police on Friday. Also read:...
View ArticleChina Accused of Failing to Fully Implement Film Agreement
China, after signing a widely publicized agreement to significantly raise its number of foreign films and drop distribution barriers, has failed to fully follow through on all its promises, the...
View Article‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Star Eloise Mumford Lands Lead on ABC’s ‘Warriors’ Pilot
Executive producer Chris Keyser has found the female lead for his ABC drama pilot, “Warriors.” Eloise Mumford will play the lead role of Stacey in the military medical drama. “Eloise is really...
View ArticleAMC Greenlights Kiss’s Arena Football Team Reality Show
AMC has greenlit a reality series focusing on the inaugural season of the L.A. Kiss arena football league team. The untitled show will follow the players and coaches attempting to turn Los Angeles’...
View Article‘Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Discusses Season 4, Dying, and Saving a...
One of the best things about AMC’s hit zombie drama is that viewers never know which character will die — a prospect Norman Reedus revealed is just as nerve-wracking for the actors playing them as you...
View ArticleDear ‘Walking Dead’ Zombies in NYC: Please Stop, It’s Icy Out There (Video)
Dear AMC, Just saw your clever and elaborate prank, where people dressed as “Walking Dead” zombies claw through a grate to scare unwitting Manhattanites. Can you not do that anymore, please? I live in...
View ArticleCNN Pulls Anderson Cooper’s Late-Night Show From Schedule
CNN has pulled “AC360 Later” from its primetime schedule, a spokesperson for the network told TheWrap on Friday. The Anderson Cooper-lead show, which debuted in September at 10 p.m., had been an...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher Fires Back After Charlie Sheen Threat
Subtly (and well) played, Ashton Kutcher. “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher has fired back at his predecessor Charlie Sheen, after Sheen threatened to put Kutcher on “a hospital food diet for a...
View ArticleWill Smith Not Returning for ‘Independence Day’ Sequel
Will Smith will not return for the “Independence Day” sequel that 20th Century Fox will release in 2016, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. A representative for Smith did not...
View ArticleHollywood Torrent: A Safe Choice to Run YouTube; Can You Launch a...
YouTube has a new boss, but don’t expect much change. Susan Wojcicki has been at Google since the beginning, even hosting the company in her garage early on. She’s a talented and respected executive,...
View Article‘X Factor’ Canceled by Fox After Three Seasons
Fox and producers Syco and FremantleMedia North America have decided it won’t renew its struggling talent competition, “The X Factor.” The decision was made after UK’s ITV announced on Friday that...
View ArticleThomas Bezucha to Direct ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’ for Universal
Thomas Bezucha will direct “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” a film adaptation of the best-selling novel about a professional racecar driver and his family as told from the perspective of the family...
View ArticleMartin Henderson, Emily Watson, Thomas Wright Climb Aboard ‘Everest’ (Exclusive)
Martin Henderson (“The Ring”), Emily Watson (“Punch-Drunk Love”) and Thomas Wright (“The Bridge”) have joined the cast of Baltasar Kormákur’s epic adventure movie “Everest,” TheWrap has learned....
View Article‘Vampire Academy’ Review: A YA Adaptation With More Hormones Than Brain Cells
If you thought that “Twilight” needed more of a “Juno”-esque sensibility and a location reminiscent of Hogwarts in the “Harry Potter” movies, then you’re the target audience for “Vampire Academy.” The...
View ArticleDylan Farrow Fires Back at Woody Allen Defense: ‘Legalese, Distortions,...
Woody Allen responded on Friday to daughter Dylan Farrow’s accusations of childhood sexual abuse in a New York Times op-ed — the same publication in which Farrow made the claim a week ago. “Of course,...
View Article‘Captain Phillips,’‘American Hustle’ Win Top Honors From Cinema Editors
“Captain Phillips” and “American Hustle” have been named the best edited films of 2013 by the American Cinema Editors, who gave out their 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on...
View ArticleEarly Ratings: Fallon Sets Record; Sochi Opening Ceremony Down From...
The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Sochi was down slightly from the 2010 ceremony in Vancouver, but up from the last opening that wasn’t aired live in the U.S. Jimmy Fallon’s final “Late Night”...
View Article‘The Lego Movie’ Making Major Mischief at Box Office
The 3D family comedy “The Lego Movie” launched with a spectacular $17.1 million Friday, putting itself on course for an eye-popping $61 million first weekend and Warner Bros. back in the movie...
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