How Newsweek Made Its First Moving Cover Art
Newsweek's provocative print covers of yesteryear may be gone from newsstands, but the now all-digital magazine is tinkering with ways to attract potential subscribers. The newsweekly released its...
View Article'A Haunted House' Review: Who Needs Ghosts When You're Terrified of Women and...
It's well into "A Haunted House" before the cast of idiots finally reaches the foregone conclusion that the spirits and demons haunting the place were brought in by the hero's girlfriend — or, as...
View ArticleBritney Spears Confirms She Won't Return to 'X Factor' Next Season
Oops...another judge did it again.Britney Spears has confirmed she's not returning to "X Factor" next season, making her the second judge to jump ship since record exec L.A. Reid announced his...
View Article'Gangster Squad' Takes $650K in Midnight Showings, Battle With 'Zero Dark...
Warner Bros.' "Gangster Squad" grossed $650,000 in midnight showings Thursday night, a strong start to what should be a weekend-long fight for the box-office crown.Ruben Fleischer's tale of cops and...
View Article'Doctor Who' Audio Drama Featuring 5 Doctors Due Out in November
Good news, "Doctor Who" fans; five actors who've played the Doctor in the long-running British sci-fi series are uniting for an audio drama to be released in November, in celebration of the series'...
View Article'Jurassic Park 4' to Arrive June 2014, Steven Spielberg to Produce
'Jurassic Park 4' will arrive in theaters June 13, 2014, Universal announced on Friday. Steven Spielberg won't be directing this time around, but he is going to produce the project with Frank...
View ArticleDavid Gregory Won't Face Charges for Holding Illegal Gun Clip on 'Meet the...
David Gregory won't face prosecution for airing an illegal gun magazine on "Meet the Press," the District of Columbia's attorney general said in an open letter Friday. The NBC News host was criticized...
View Article'Outraged' Amy Pascal: 'Zero Dark Thirty' Does Not Advocate Torture
Sony Chairman Amy Pascal refuted criticism of "Zero Dark Thirty" by a member of the Oscar voting academy on Friday, saying her studio's movie "does not advocate torture.""'Zero Dark Thirty' does not...
View ArticleNBC Sports Network Will Sponsor Gun Show Despite Newtown School Shootings
The NBC Sports Network is staying on target with its sponsorship of a major gun show that will take place a little more than a month after the Newtown, Conn., school shootings that left dozens, most of...
View ArticleMike Tyson to Punch up 'Law & Order: SVU' With Guest Appearance
Mike Tyson is stepping into the ring with "Law & Order: SVU."The former boxing champ will guest-star on the NBC procedural drama next month, a spokeswoman for the network told TheWrap on...
View Article'Vampire Diaries' Spinoff Being Eyed by the CW
The CW is looking to take another bite out of the vampire genre with a spinoff of its hit series "The Vampire Diaries."The potential spinoff, which will be tested with a backdoor pilot on the April 25...
View ArticleMeredith Vieira Exits 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'
Meredith Vieira doesn't want to be a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" host anymore.Vieira has left the long-running game show, a spokeswoman for the show told TheWrap on Friday.Also read:"Oh, S---!"...
View ArticleNBC Orders Legal Drama Pilot Based on Jo Nesbo Novel
NBC has ordered a drama pilot for "I Am Victor," based on crime author Jo Nesbo's upcoming novel of the same name, the network said Friday. The series will follow Victor Port, a high-powered divorce...
View Article'Banshee' Head Greg Yaitanes: Secrets Galore, But Hold the Olives
Like many TV creators, Greg Yaitanes isn't crazy about the alternate identities people adopt online – and the Emmy-winning former "House" executive producer gets to explore anonymity and becoming...
View Article'Zero Dark Thirty' Blasts Past Controversy, 'Gangster Squad' at Box Office
"Zero Dark Thirty" roared out of the gate in its nationwide expansion Friday, taking in $9 million. That puts Sony's controversial drama on pace to easily win the weekend box office race with $25...
View ArticleCBS Wants 11th Season of 'Two and a Half Men,' Expects More 'Mother'
CBS wants an eleventh season of "Two and a Half Men," and expects to announce soon that "How I Met Your Mother" will be back for a ninth season, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler said...
View ArticleStephen King's 'Under the Dome' Gets CBS Premiere Date
CBS announced Saturday that Stephen King's "Under the Dome," a 13-part serialized drama about a small town in Maine trapped under a giant dome, will premiere Monday, June 24. CBS will give the series...
View ArticleInside the AFI Awards Power Lunch 2012 (Photos)
You couldn't take a step without bumping in to someone of worldwide fame (or famous within the studio system) at the intimate AFI Awards 2012 on the Friday afternoon before the Golden Globes. "When we...
View ArticleNina Tassler Defends 'Criminal Minds' Violence: 'I Don't Let My Kid Watch it....
Days after another network chief criticized the violence on CBS's "Criminal Minds," CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler defended the series but said she doesn't allow her 14-year-old daughter to...
View ArticleAdam Leon, Mynette Louie, Peter Nicks, Laura Colella Earn Film Independent...
Film Independent awarded Adam Leon, Mynette Louie and Peter Nicks its three Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grants at a brunch on Saturday, while Laura Colella won a fourth prize, the Jameson Find Your...
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