Tom Hanks to Make Broadway Debut in New Nora Ephron Play
Tom Hanks will make his Broadway debut in a new play by the late Nora Ephron. "Lucky Guy," directed by George C. Wolfe, will play a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre, with previews...
View ArticlePlum TV Goes National With Titan Broadcast Partnership
Plum TV, home of "Yoga With a View" and "Keeping Up With Ramona" in affluent areas like the Hamptons and Martha's Vineyard, has relaunched as a national lifestyle network, after striking an agreement...
View Article'Here Comes the Boom' Review: Kevin James Puts Up a Fight, but Lame Comedy...
Way back when (in 1978, to be specific), when Hollywood thought that Henry Winkler might be able to ride his popularity as the Fonz on TV's "Happy Days" to leading-man status on the big screen, he...
View ArticleParty Photos: "The Sessions" L.A. Premiere
Mikey Glazer's tour through the best of this week's after-hours scenes: Awards hopeful "The Sessions" premiered in L.A. on Wednesday night; "Argo" complemented its star-studded L.A. premiere with an...
View ArticleDavid Letterman's Production Company Snags 'The Revised Fundamentals of...
David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants has snagged the feature film rights to Jonathan Evison's "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving." Worldwide Pants President and CEO Rob Burnett...
View ArticleJoel Silver Champions Edward Biberman Mural Restoration
Edward Biberman's 1941 mural "Story of Venice" is in the process of being restored as part of producer Joel Silver's transformation of the historic Venice Post Office into a state-of-the-art film...
View ArticleElton John Not Libeled by Times of London, British High Court Rules
Elton John was not libeled by the Times of London in two articles about tax evasion, the British High Court ruled Thursday. The singer had filed suit earlier this year after the News Corp.-owned...
View ArticleEddie Murphy Salute Draws Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Tracy Morgan,...
Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Tracy Morgan, Arsenio Hall, Brett Ratner, Charlie Murphy, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Martin Lawrence have signed on to "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only" a salute to the...
View ArticleDisney's Children's Books: Now Safe for the Rainforest!
Disney fans, breathe easy; you can now buy a copy of "The Jungle Book" and know that the rainforest is safe. Entertainment giant Disney has adopted a new paper policy after consulting with the...
View Article'Argo,' 'Sinister' Will Take Box-Office Bullet From 'Taken 2'
Vengeance, and the top spot at the U.S. box office, will continue to be Liam Neeson's this weekend, with reigning champ "Taken 2' expected to hold off four wide openers. "Argo," the political thriller...
View Article'Milk' Cinematographer Harris Savides Dies at 55
Prolific cinematographer Harris Savides, who worked with some of Hollywood top directors, died Thursday. He was 55. The Skouras Agency confirmed his death, but offered no further details. Also read:...
View Article'X Factor' Housing Crisis: Show Admits Home Visits 'Not Necessarily' As They...
The phrase "Mi casa es su casa" may not mean much to "The X Factor" judges. Representatives for the show admitted Thursday that the residences presented as the homes of "X Factor" judges Simon Cowell...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Launches Ebook Initiative - but L.A. Times Opts Out
Tribune Company has kicked off an ebook initiative in partnership with Agate Publishing, collecting stories and photos from the Chicago Tribune and two other newspapers and selling them as digital...
View ArticleJodie Foster Directing Hostage Drama 'Money Monster'
Jodie Foster is set to direct "Money Monster," IM Global said Thursday. It's a story that should send chills up the spine of the "Squawk Box" set. "Money Monster" centers on a TV personality whose bad...
View ArticleBen Affleck: For the Real Story of 'Argo,' Watch for the DVD
Ben Affleck's "Argo" established itself as one of the year's undeniable crowd-pleasers at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals – a tense, funny, adrenaline-charged reconstruction of the audacious...
View Article'Argo's' Alan Arkin Is Only in It for Fun
Alan Arkin has been acting since he was 10, which gives him 68 years in his current profession -- though to be fair, he's only been appearing in films for the last 50 of those years. First nominated...
View Article'Gayby' Review: Comedy Plays Like 'Will & Grace' Without Karen
Gayby, in case you're puzzled, is a neologism that the UrbanDictionary.com defines as a baby with one or more parents of the non-straight persuasion. In "Gayby," a slender, eager-to-please, low-budget...
View ArticleSean Penn, Kid Rock Team Up to Punch Partisan Politics in the Face (Video)
Consider this Sean Penn and Kid Rock's "can't we all just get along?" moment. The "Milk" actor and the "Amen" singer team up for a new public-service announcement for a very important cause: The...
View Article'Flight' Trailer: Watch Denzel Washington Land a Plane in Flames (Video)
Forget "Man on Fire" -- Denzel Washington is piloting a flaming plane plummeting toward a suburban neighborhood. The new trailer for "Flight," which opens Nov. 2, blinks from the dramatic free-fall to...
View Article'Zero Dark Thirty' New Trailer: Jessica Chastain Prepares to Kill Osama bin...
"Zero Dark Thirty," Kathryn Bigelow's much-anticipated entry into the "hunt for Osama bin Laden" genre, hits theaters on Dec. 19. (Just in time for Christmas!) But a new snippet from the film lets you...
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