NBC Names Robert Hayes as EVP Digital Media
Robert Hayes has followed Robert Greenblatt from Showtime to NBC. Hayes, formerly the digital overseer of all things digital at Showtime, has signed on with NBC, in the newly created position of...
View ArticleDreamWorks Takes Spec Script 'Glimmer' in Bidding War
DreamWorks won a bidding war to acquire "Glimmer," shelling out mid-six figures for Carter Blanchard's sci-fi spec script. The plot involves both time travel and found footage, two subjects near and...
View ArticleASCAP Reaches Agreement on TV Licensing Fees
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has reached a settlement with the Television Music License Committee (TMLC) over licensing fees paid by local TV stations to publicly...
View ArticleDish Customers Lose Access to 14 Channels in 6 States Over Pricing, Auto Hop,...
Dish Network customers have lost access to 14 channels in six states due to a dispute with the Dallas-based media company Hoak Media over pricing and Dish's commercial-skipping Auto Hop function, the...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow Tweets 'Iron Man 3' Set Pic, Avoids Using N-Word
Gwyneth Paltrow has taken to Twitter again -- and she's managed not to hurl any racial slurs this time around. The actress, who caught heat over the weekend for her tweet from a Jay-Z/Kanye West...
View Article'Django Unchained' Trailer: A Peek at Quentin Tarantino's Latest (Video)
Christmas has come early for Quentin Tarantino fans -- the trailer for "Django Unchained" has finally hit the web. Tarantino's upcoming film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio...
View ArticleSearch for the Magic Typewriter
I love my Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. It is the only regular marketing email that I do not automatically delete. Each month "Ham Schlem" announces a new "best." It may be a specialty novelty item:...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Television Trounces Film (Slideshow)
Television is the new cash cow at major media companies
View ArticleMiss USA Scandal: Miss Pennsylvania Resigns Amid Corruption Claims, Trump...
The Miss USA pageant's grand legacy has been tainted by the whiff of scandal. Yet again. A controversy has gathered around this year's pageant, with one contestant resigning after claiming that the...
View ArticleNewly Named Salon CEO Discloses Plans for Mobile Apps (Exclusive)
Salon named Cindy Jeffers as the new CEO and CTO of the online newsmagazine Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, her first since being named to Salon's top post, Jeffers said she plans...
View ArticleJohn C. Reilly's Got Game in 'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer (Video)
John C. Reilly turns out to play a softie in "Wreck-It Ralph," though his video game character's name might suggest the opposite. Along with fellow comic actors Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer and Sarah...
View ArticlePresident Obama Rallies Hollywood's Gay Community With Help From Some Famous...
President Obama made his second campaign stop in Los Angeles in as many months on Wednesday, capitalizing on the goodwill he gained from his recent marriage-equality endorsement with two fund-raisers...
View Article'Amazing Spider-Man' Footage: Gwen Stacy Stares Down the Lizard
Gwen Stacy is one tough cookie. That's the takeaway from the latest footage from Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man," which shows the wall-crawler's main squeeze valiantly keeping some sort of science...
View ArticleJon Stewart Knocks Fox, MSNBC Over Wisconsin Recall Hyperbole
Jon Stewart says Wisconsin's recall election brought out the hyperbole on Fox News -- where pundits made perhaps too much of Gov. Scott Walker keeping his job -- and on MSNBC, where the news took a...
View ArticleWhy Television Is Trouncing Film at Major Media Companies
Movies are fast becoming the ugly stepchild for major media companies, while television continues to be the cash cow that drives profits. That's the message that emerges from an analysis conducted by...
View ArticleRatings: Fox Wins Repeat-Heavy Night With 'SYTYCD'; 'Dogs in the City' Dips
On a rerun-filled Wednesday, "So You Think You Can Dance" pushed Fox to a ratings win, while CBS' "Dogs in the City" dropped considerably from last week's series premiere, according to preliminary...
View ArticleObama, Romney Agree on CMT Awards Hosts - But What Does It All Mean? (Video)
Wednesday's CMT Music Awards began with a cameo-filled video featuring President Obama and Mitt Romney, among others, weighing in on whether Toby Keith or Kristen Bell should host the show. Oddly, the...
View ArticleMr. Rogers Remixed: Watch PBS' Hot New Autotuned Video
Yes, we realize this is the first time you've seen the phrase "PBS' hot new autotuned video." But it won't be the last. PBS has enlisted mash-up artist John D. Boswell to create "Garden of Your Mind,"...
View ArticleRobert Townsend, Ernest Hardy Among L.A. Film Festival Jurors
The jurors for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival were announced Thursday, with the list including "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" star Rachael Harris, film critic Ernest Hardy and "Hollywood Shuffle" director...
View ArticleNeon Indian, Grimes, Grace Potter Join Flaming Lips for MTV's O Music Awards
Neon Indian, Grimes and Gary Clark Jr. are three of several rising musical stars set to join the Flaming Lips on their quest to break Jay-Z's world record for "Most Live Concerts in 24 Hours (Multiple...
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