'Morning Joe' Nabs First Interview With a Pro-Gun Rights Senator
A day after all 31 anti-gun control senators declined interviews on NBC's "Meet the Press,", Sen. Joe Manchin, a Second Amendment defender from West Virginia, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Monday that it...
View Article'Jack Reacher' Director on Canceling Premiere Post-Newtown: Nobody Should Be...
Christopher McQuarrie, director and screenwriter of "Jack Reacher," said he endorsed Paramount's decision to cancel the Pittsburgh premiere of his upcoming action movie in the wake of the school...
View ArticleNRA Deactivates Its Facebook Page After Shootings
The National Rifle Association deactivitated its Facebook account a day after the Connecticut shootings, soon after trumpeting the fact that it has hit 1.7 million fans. The group has said it will not...
View Article'Les Misérables' Review: I Dreamed a Nightmare
In the early 1990s, I accepted an invitation from a friend to go see the national touring company of "Les Misérables," even though it was being mounted at Dallas' Music Hall at Fair Park (before its...
View ArticleParticipant Media Starts Cable Network for Millenials
Participant Media, the company behind films including "Lincoln" and "The Help," is starting a new cable network targeting millenial viewers, with content from Davis Guggenheim and The Jim Henson...
View ArticleBlack List Revealed: Hollywood's Favorite Unproduced Screenplays
Franklin Leonard's Black List revealed its list of Hollywood's favorite unproduced screenplays on Monday -- opting this year to issue them one each minute on Twitter.Rajiv Jospeh and Scott Rothman's...
View ArticleRatings: 'Sunday Night Football' Grows to Give NBC a Win
On a Sunday night that was skewed by both live football and President Obama's speech about the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, NBC took a commanding ratings win with a rising "Sunday Night Football,"...
View Article'Django Unchained' Review: Blaxploitation and Spaghetti Westerns Make a...
Quentin Tarantino continues his tour of "disreputable" movie genres with "Django Unchained," a boisterous and violent appropriation of tropes from the 1960s spaghetti Western (low-budget European...
View ArticleHBO, Martin Scorsese Partner on Bill Clinton Documentary
HBO and Martin Scorsese are partnering on a documentary about Bill Clinton, with the full cooperation of the 42nd president, the network announced Monday."I am pleased that legendary director Martin...
View ArticleHulu Plus Doubles Subscribers to 3 Million
Hulu Plus more than doubled the number of subscribers who pay for access to its premium content in 2012. The streaming service now numbers 3 million paid subscribers, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced in...
View ArticleBlack List Top 10: The 10 Best Unproduced Screenplays in Hollywood
"Draft Day," a script from Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman, topped the 2012 Black List, an annual ranking of the year's "most-liked" unproduced screenplays, revealed on Monday via Twitter. Franklin...
View ArticleNew 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Trailer: Captain Kirk Gets a Dire Warning (Video)
"Star Trek Into Darkness" new trailer comes packed with more footage, less Benedict Cumberbatch and a dire warning for Captain Kirk (Chris Pine)."You think that you can't make mistakes, but there's...
View ArticleAs Online Voting Begins, Oscars Take Extra Steps Not to Leave Voters Behind
The Academy opened online voting for the first time in his history on Monday. But in the days leading up to the unprecedented move away from paper ballots, AMPAS also took measures to make sure that...
View ArticleHBO Making 'Game of Thrones'-Themed Beer
Winter is coming -- and so is a new line of beers based on HBO's fantasy drama "Game of Thrones." Presumably, all will boast a full, robust head, perhaps resting on top of a spike. HBO is teaming with...
View Article'Hobbit,' Holidays, Adult-Skewing Hits Have Hollywood on Record Box-Office Pace
The holiday box office is running 32 percent ahead of last year, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" just posted the richest December opener in history, and there is so much momentum that this...
View Article'Castle' Star Nathan Fillion to Preside Over Writers Guild Awards West Show
Pretend writer Nathan Fillion will help honor real writers on Feb. 17, when he hosts the Writers Guild Awards West Coast show, the Writers Guild of America, West said Monday. Fillion, who plays a...
View ArticleThe Fine Bros., Halo Web Series Lead Streamy Nominations
The Fine Bros.' "My Music" and a web series inspired by the "Halo" video game franchise led nominees for this year's Streamy Awards, announced on Monday. The third annual awards show, a collaboration...
View Article'Best Funeral Ever' Premiere Delayed After Newtown School Shootings
Fans of death-centric reality TV will have to wait a little longer to dig into TLC's "Best Funeral Ever." TLC has pushed back the premiere of the special to Jan. 6 at 10/9c in light of the school...
View ArticleFilm Society of Lincoln Center Fundraiser With Tom Cruise Postponed After...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is postponing a fundraiser and conversation with Tom Cruise that was scheduled to take place on Monday night, citing the shootings in Newtown, Conn. The event was...
View ArticleRicky Gervais in Negotiations for 'The Muppets' Sequel
Ricky Gervais is in negotiations to star in "The Muppets" sequel at Disney, a representative for the actor told TheWrap. Ty Burrell was cast in the film earlier this month after Christoph Waltz dropped...
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