Jonah Lehrer: My Lies, Plagiarism 'Caused Deep Pain'
Jonah Lehrer addressed his plagiarism scandal in a speech at a Knight Foundation seminar on Tuesday, blaming his journalistic transgressions on personal arrogance and hunger for attention.Lehrer was...
View ArticleJenni Rivera Reality Show 'I Love Jenni' to Return in April
"I Love Jenni," the reality show revolving around now deceased singing star Jenni Rivera and her family, will return to the air for a third season April 24 at 9 p.m., mun2 said Tuesday. The season will...
View ArticleSony CEO Michael Lynton: Facebook and Twitter Can 'Help Kill A Movie...Or...
Movie studios can no longer use marketing to turn bad movies into financial successes, Sony CEO Michael Lynton said on Tuesday, explaining that social media has robbed them of that tool.Speaking at...
View ArticleAt Rhythm & Hues All-Staff Meeting: Blunt Talk About Layoffs, Foreign Subsidies
The 1,400 employees at Rhythm & Hues have been bracing for the worst ever since TheWrap broke the news last week that the Oscar-winning visual-effects shop was mired in financial difficulties and...
View Article'Beautiful Creatures' Review: Casting Spells with Tongue in Cheek
Southern gothic meets superpowers in the knowingly silly "Beautiful Creatures," like some crazy cross-breeding of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and the "X-Men." No doubt designed to follow in the...
View ArticleAnonymous Hacker Group to Target State of the Union Address?
Anonymous, the loosely-knit group of hacker activists, plans to take down Internet streams of President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday, according to a message that appears to be from the...
View ArticleStyle Rebooting 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'; Developing Charlize...
Style Media is tapping into America's obsession with wealth, celebrity and power to bring viewers another dose of "Life Styles of the Rich and the Famous" in 2013, while actively developing a glamor...
View ArticleComcast to Buy Remaining 49 Percent of NBCUniversal
Comcast will acquire the remaining 49 percent of NBCUniversal from General Electric for about $16.7 billion, the company announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes roughly two years and two weeks...
View ArticleChris Brown Probation Scandal: Virginia Police Chief Steps Down
The Richmond, Va., police chief who supervised singer Chris Brown's community labor has resigned, following allegations that "I Can Transform Ya" singer Brown's community labor hours had been...
View ArticleNicolas Cage Going After Daughter's Kidnappers in 'Tokarev'
Nicolas Cage will play a former criminal out for revenge in "Tokarev," the film's producer Hannibal Classics said Tuesday. In the action-thriller, Cage is forced to return to his law-bending ways after...
View Article'Invisible War' Filmmakers: Military Has 'a Long Way to Go' on Rape
In "The Invisible War," director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering took on the incendiary topic of rape in the American military, interviewing dozens of victims and putting many of them on camera to...
View ArticleChristopher Dorner: KCBS Pranked by Caller Posing as Fish and Game Official...
A Los Angeles television station reporting live on the manhunt for Christopher Dorner was pranked by a man claiming to be a U.S. Fish and Game Commission official.The man, who called the television...
View ArticleWhy Netflix Has 'No Motivation' to Release Ratings for 'House of Cards'
Netflix has 'no motivation' to disclose viewership numbers for its original shows regardless of their success, chief creative officer Ted Sarandos said on Tuesday. Speaking at AllThingsD's conference...
View ArticleSarah Palin Jabs Washington Post Over Fake Al Jazeera Story
Sarah Palin, ever-eager to skewer the "lamestream media," took Washington Post blogger Suzi Parker to task Tuesday after the writer mistakenly claimed the former Alaska governor was hired by the TV...
View ArticlePeter Sarsgaard Booked for 'The Killing' Season 3
Now that "The Killing" has landed a new season, the AMC drama has also added a notable new cast member."Kinsey" star Peter Sarsgaard has joined the series in a recurring role, a spokeswoman for the...
View ArticleSeth MacFarlane's 'Dads' Series Casts 'Mindy Project' Actor
Tommy Dewey has been cast in the Fox comedy "Dads," from "Ted" team Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.Dewey, who's appeared in a handful of episodes of Fox's "The Mindy Project," will...
View ArticleUniversal Dates Mystery Illumination Movie for 2015
Universal Pictures announced Tuesday that it will release a new movie from "Despicable Me" producer Illumination Entertainment July 4 weekend in 2015. The studio would not disclose anything else about...
View ArticleMusic Kingpin Jimmy Iovine: 'Most Tech Companies Are Culturally Inept'
Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will launch a new paid subscription music service this summer branded under the successful Beats headphone brand, Iovine said on Tuesday.Speaking at AllThingsD's conference in...
View ArticleOscar's Oldest Nominee, Emmanuelle Riva, on 'Amour': It's a Gift In the Last...
The life of an artist is full of surprises, and none has been bigger for French actress Emanuelle Riva than the one that has come late in life. The response has been overwhelming to her performance in...
View ArticleState of the Union vs. Christopher Dorner: National News Sticks to Obama,...
Television news networks and cable channels' coverage of the standoff with suspected cop-killer Christopher Dorner generally gave way to the President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night....
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