Kirk and Anne Douglas Donate $20M to Motion Picture Television Fund
Film legend Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne, will donate $20 million to the Motion Picture and Television Fund's capital campaign, the Hollywood non-profit said Monday. The gift will come from the...
View ArticleRoseanne Barr Roast Adds Sharon Stone, Carrie Fisher and Others
Roseanne Barr's Comedy Central roast has just picked up a few more people to hurl insults at the "Roseanne" funny-lady. "Basic Instinct" star Sharon Stone and "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher will be...
View ArticleGeorge Clooney Putting $125,000 Tesla on the Auction Block for Sudan's Cause
George Clooney is putting his car where his mouth is. The actor is auctioning off hs 2008 Tesla "Signature 100" Roadster, to aid victims of the crisis in the Sudan. Valued at $100,000-$125,000, the...
View Article'Boardwalk Empire' Season 3 Trailer: Nucky Thompson Goes Great Guns
Looks like the third season of "Boardwalk Empire" will start off with a bang. At least, if the new trailer for the upcoming season of the HBO historical drama is any indication. In the new snippet...
View ArticleJonah Lehrer Publisher Pulls Bestseller 'Imagine'
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it will pull Jonah Lehrer's bestseller "Imagine: How Creativity Works" from the market after the disgraced former New Yorker writer admitted Monday that he had...
View ArticleCopyright, Trademark Claims Lurk Where Filmmakers Least Expect Them
Moviegoers may not have been surprised by the storyline in "The Hangover, Part II," but Warner Bros. was certainly caught off guard by two lawsuits filed in its wake. The first considered whether the...
View ArticleShowtime Ending 'Big C' With Shortened Season 4
Showtime will end "The Big C" with four one-hour episodes, the network announced. The abbreviated season will be the fourth for the Laura Linney cancer dramedy. The network also announced plans for a...
View Article'Real Housewives' Star Adrienne Maloof and Husband Split
"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof might not be a housewife much longer. Maloof's husband, plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif, filed for separation from the reality TV...
View ArticleNigel Lythgoe on Danny Boyle's Big Olympic Show: 'We all lovvved that'
On Saturday night, "So You Think You Can Dance" producer Nigel Lythgoe appeared to give a sarcastic review of compatriot Danny Boyle's mixed-bag London Olympics opening ceremony: "We all lovvvved...
View Article'Skyfall' Teaser Trailer: Shoot James Bond From the Train (Video)
Rail travel has become increasingly less convenient in recent decades. Especially for James Bond. A teaser-trailer for the 23rd James Bond film "Skyfall" has been released a day ahead of the full...
View ArticleRoss Levinsohn Leaves Yahoo After Marissa Mayer CEO Hire
Yahoo executive Ross Levinsohn is leaving the company after being passed over for the CEO job a second time, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Levinsohn served as...
View ArticleRobin McGraw, Wife of 'Dr. Phil,' Signs With WME
Robin McGraw, author, TV personality and wife of Dr. Phil McGraw, has signed with WME. McGraw has written a pair of New York Times best-sellers, "Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and...
View ArticleMary-Louise Parker Seeking New Show After 'Weeds'
Mary-Louise Parker wants to return to television after the finale of "Weeds," an episode so "beautiful" that she wept upon reading it. Parker says she will appear in an as-yet-untitled movie that...
View Article'The Master' Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," a prestige September release that had been conspicuously missing from the announced lineups of the Toronto and Venice film festivals, will indeed make its North...
View ArticleIndie Film Financiers Emmett/Furla, Envision Entertainment Add $275M to Fund
Independent film financiers Emmett/Furla Films and Envision Entertainment have added $275 million to their film fund, the companies announced on Monday. The two companies, one led by Randall Emmett...
View Article'Dexter' Answers Criticism That Last Season Was Its Worst (Video)
Television Critics Association panels often feel like softball games, where actors and producers swing at softly lobbed questions along the lines of, "How do you balance so many great projects?"...
View ArticleFred Willard's Comedy Series Canceled by ABC
Fred Willard has a lot more time to enjoy the theater now. ABC has canceled Willard's improv comedy series "Trust Us With Your Life," less than two weeks after Willard was arrested for allegedly...
View ArticleWhen Does Obama Have Time to Watch 'Homeland'? Its Star Explains
President Obama has called "Homeland" one of his favorite shows, and the show's male lead, Damian Lewis, got to ask the commander in chief exactly when he finds time to watch. Lewis was invited to the...
View ArticleNielsen Slapped With Massive Lawsuit Over Allegedly Cooked Ratings Data
For all of its number-crunching, the Nielsen Company probably didn't count on this. Television ratings analyst Nielsen has been hit with a huge lawsuit by an Indian television company claiming that...
View ArticleJonah Lehrer Compared to Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair by Journalism Professors
For some journalists, "Imagine: How Creativity Works" author and journalist Jonah Lehrer's ethical breaches have earned him a place among journalism's most ignominous former practitioners. The...
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