National Board of Review Puts Another Win in the 'Zero Dark Thirty' Column
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" has been named the best film of 2012 by the National Board of Review, adding a second award to go with the New York Film Critics Circle honor the gripping...
View ArticleAnchor Bay Entertainment Nabs Rights to 'Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead'...
Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to "Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead" from Dead Weight Productions, the film's executive producer told TheWrap.In addition, Meyers...
View ArticleWhat ... a Rom-Com With a Breakdown Instead of a Happily-Ever-After Ending?!
When actors Rashida Jones and Will McCormack decided to write their own romantic comedy, they didn't want to fall into the romcom trap of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl and they live...
View ArticleKCRW Hires Gustavo Arellano as 'All Things Considered' Contributor
KCRW hired OC Weekly editor Gustavo Arellano as a contributor to the public radio station production of "All Things Considered." Arellano, who for the last seven years has appeared as guest on the...
View ArticleDirectors Guild to Honor Michael Apted, 3 Others With Lifetime Awards
Michael Apted, Eric Shapiro, Susan Zwerman and Dency Nelson will be honored with awards for career achievement and service to the DGA at the 65th Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday, Feb. 2,...
View ArticleCape Cod Times Reporter Fabricated Sources in 34 Stories
The Cape Cod Times' longtime staff reporter Karen Jeffrey fabricated sources in 34 stories, the paper admitted Wednesday.Jeffrey, 59, has written for the News Corporation-owned daily since 1981. In an...
View ArticleThe Who's Pete Townshend Is 'A Neocon' Who Likes the U.S. as the World's Cop...
The U.S. willingness to "police the world" has drawn some criticism over the years, but you won't hear English rocker Pete Townshend griping about U.S. foreign policy.On the contrary, the Who guitarist...
View ArticleGreg Rutkowski, Innovative AMC Executive, Dead at 64
Greg Rutkowski, a veteran exhibition executive known for innovation during his 20-year-career at AMC Theatres, died Nov. 28 in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer. He was 64.During Rutkowski's tenure, AMC...
View ArticleFacebook to Replace Infosys on Nasdaq-100
Facebook is slated to replace Infosys on the Nasdaq-100 Index next week.The more than 1 billion user social network will take the slot on the index, now held by the India-based business technology...
View ArticleUniversity Releases Emails From Alleged Aurora Theater Shooter
The University of Colorado Denver on Wednesday released thousands of emails regarding James Holmes, the man suspected of killing 12 people and wounding 58 more at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight...
View ArticleGlenn Beck, Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley Launch Reality Show
Glenn Beck is launching a reality show with Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley to find great documentary filmmakers. Vaughn is one of Hollywood's highest profile conservatives, and a recent Ron Paul...
View ArticleChris Rock Thinks Today's Comedians Aren't Bringing the Funny
Today's comedians need to step up their game, according to Chris Rock. Compared to greats like George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby, they just aren't bringing the funny. When they do, the laughs...
View ArticleABC Picks Up Paranormal Mystery Series 'Weird Desk'
Things are going to get "Weird" at ABC. The network has given a direct-to-series order to a new "X Files"-esque drama titled "Weird Desk," a network spokeswoman told TheWrap on Wednesday.Also read:ABC...
View ArticleHow 'The Clown' Auteur Turned Career Doubt Into an Oscar Contender
Three decades spent in any profession may seed some existential doubts. Especially 30 years performing as an actor. So when "The Clown" auteur Selton Mello felt pangs of uncertainty about his career,...
View ArticleNew Regency Boards Ubisoft's 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'
New Regency has signed on to produce Ubisoft's big-screen adaptation of "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell," a best-selling video game, New Regency told TheWrap on Wednesday. As part of the deal, Ubisoft, the...
View ArticleRobert De Niro on Finding 'Silver Linings' in Mental Illness - but Not in...
Robert De Niro's performance in "Silver Linings Playbook," in which he plays an obsessive-compulsive Philadelphia Eagles fan trying to reconnect with his bipolar son when he's not busy making elaborate...
View Article'Silver Lining Playbook's' Bradley Cooper Goes Mental
"Silver Linings Playbook" is a frequently hilarious, often poignant romantic comedy about two deeply damaged people. At the center of it is Bradley Cooper, who strikes notes of despair not previously...
View ArticleJust How Much Money Is Psy Making From 'Gangnam Style'?
Psy's nonsensical (and undeniably catchy) single, "Gangnam Style," has no doubt brought the South Korean singer international fame, but just how much money is it making him?The short answer is, a...
View ArticleMrs. Miller Film Being Packaged With Eye Toward Annette Bening (Exclusive)
Scott Sanders Productions is bringing the 1960s singing sensation, Mrs. Miller, to the big screen with the feature film, "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?" which is being packaged with a view to Annette...
View ArticleKristen Wiig May Join 'Anchorman: The Legend Continues' (Exclusive)
Kristen Wiig is being eyed for a role in "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" for Paramount Pictures, a person familiar with the negotiations has told TheWrap.Wiig would play opposite Steve Carell, as a...
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