Daniel Radcliffe, Jude Law and Judi Dench Sign on for Michael...
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, Jude Law and Judi Dench are taking to the boards in a series of plays to be directed by Michael Grandage in the 2013-2014 season. The plays will be presented at...
View ArticlePotential Buyers Circling Dick Clark Productions, Likely Price of Close to...
More than 40 potential bidders have expressed interest in buying Dick Clark Productions with a sale price expected to be between $350 million to $400 million, TheWrap has learned. The company is...
View ArticleBox Office: 'Madagascar 3' Critters Devour Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler
Tom Cruise in "Rock of Ages" and Adam Sandler as a bad dad in "That's My Boy" are proving no match for the wise-cracking critters of "Madagascar 3" or "Prometheus" at the weekend box office....
View ArticleCinedigm's Chris McGurk at LAFF: Never Mind the Slump, We're In for an Indie...
Cinedigm CEO Chris McGurk said nay to the Hollywood naysayers at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday, using his keynote speech to say that the movie-business prophets of doom are wrong, and that...
View ArticleRodney King Dies at 47
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by four LAPD officers sparked the events that led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has died at 47, police said. King, who recently appeared on VH1's "Celebrity...
View Article'Madagascar 3' KOs Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler with $35.5M Box-Office Weekend
The wise-cracking critters of "Madagascar 3" rolled up another $35.5 million and stayed at No. 1 this weekend, knocking out box office heavyweights Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler in the process. The...
View ArticleIndie Box Office: Double-Dip Weekend for Mark Duplass
It was a big weekend for Mark Duplass at the specialty box office. "Your Sister's Sister," in which he stars with Emily Blunt and Rosemarie Dewitt, opened on 13 screens and took in $117,000, a $9,000...
View Article'Rock of Ages' Recalls My Rod Stewart Connection
"Rock of Ages" nails it! Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx is high octane sex on guitar. Malin Akerman (Constance Sack) as a reporter from Rolling Stone matches Cruise with the passion that only can come...
View ArticleOn Father's Day: 15 Movies to Watch With Dad
It's Father's Day. Filet mignon and scotch at his favorite steakhouse? Delicious. A chic tie and slick leather shoes? Done. A plan for after? A movie, of course. Thinking fondly of our fathers,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Health Care Law Decision: Sarah Palin, Albert Brooks, Alec...
The Supreme Court largely upheld President Barack Obama's health care law Thursday and within minutes of the historic decision celebrities and media personalities used Twitter to voice their joy or...
View ArticleYahoo, Clear Channel Strike Multi-Year Digital Radio Deal
Yahoo and Clear Channel have agreed to a multi-year cross-platform partnership that makes Clear Channel's iHeartRadio Yahoo's premiere digital radio service. It is both cross-platform and...
View ArticleVivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy to Step Down (Report)
Jean-Bernard Levy, the chief executive officer of Vivendi, will step down from the French media conglomerate, with an announcement possibly coming from Vivendi on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal...
View Article'People Like Us' Review: Good People Aren't Enough to Save This Maudlin Tale
In the same way that one can support the troops but hate the war, or love the player but hate the game, one can appreciate actors even while disliking the movie in which they're working their tails...
View Article'Walking Dead' Is Coming to Life in Magazine Form
The hit zombie drama "The Walking Dead" is shuffling its way toward newsstands this fall. Titan Magazines and the Image Comics imprint Skybound will publish "The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine,"...
View ArticleBlip Launches Production Studio, Seeks to Expand
Blip, a startup that distributes and monetizes online video, has decided to expand into production, announcing the launch of Blip Studios on Thursday. Steve Woolf, previously vice president of...
View ArticleRatings: 'So You Think You Can Dance' Down; NBC Tops With 'America's Got Talent'
Fox's reality competition "So You Think You Can Dance" stumbled in the ratings Wednesday night, while NBC took an overall win on the strength of the U.S. Olympic trials and "America's Got Talent,"...
View ArticleChina to Launch Netflix-Like Streaming Service
The government-run China Movie Channel will launch an online service like Netflix in China this year, promising a big new revenue source for Hollywood from streaming its films and TV shows to...
View ArticleRussell Brand's 'Brand X' Needs More Heat to Make Its Mark
Something seemed to get lost in translation -- or, rather, Russell Brand's thick British accent -- in the funnyman's new FX show, "Brand X With Russell Brand." The series, which premieres Thursday...
View ArticleLouis C.K. Rakes in $4.5M in Ticket-Sale Experiment
Louis C.K.'s do-it-yourself approach continues to pay off. The comedian -- who raked in $1 million late last year by cutting out networks and distributing his comedy special "Live at the Beacon...
View ArticleCW Releases Fall Premiere Schedule: 'Vampire Diaries,' 'Gossip Girl,' 'Arrow"...
The CW will kick off its fall 2012 premiere slate on Oct. 2 with the Season Two premiere of the Rachel Bilson drama "Hart of Dixie," while the overprivileged scandal-mongers of "Gossip Girl" will...
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