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Man dies of wounds suffered in Hollywood shooting spree
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:04 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A music-industry executive died on Monday of wounds he suffered last week when a gunman opened fire on motorists in a famed Hollywood intersection, a hospital spokeswoman said. John Atterberry, 40, was critically injured during the shooting spree at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street on Friday, a bizarre incident that some witnesses said they initially mistook for a movie. ... Full Story | Top |
Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich 1$ to drop out
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:26 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Some conservatives don't believe in Newt-mentum. Popular right-wing talk-radio host Michael Savage has offered Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination because he doesn't believe the former Speaker of the House can beat President Barack Obama. "While it's true that (Mitt) Romney is not a strong a conservative as many would like him to be, the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama. And that is something Newt Gingrich cannot do," the nationally syndicated Savage said on his blog. ... Full Story | Top |
IFC acquires Mary Harron's 'The Moth Diaries'
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:24 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to "The Moth Diaries," Mary Harron's adaptation of Rachel Klein's novel, the company announced Monday. The movie, which IFC calls a "sensual gothic film," played at this year's Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals. It stars Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger and Scott Speedman. Harron, who wrote and directed the 2000 adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis' novel "American Psycho," handled both tasks on "The Moth Diaries," as well. ... Full Story | Top |
Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:49 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Some conservatives don't believe in Newt-mentum. Popular right-wing talk-radio host Michael Savage has offered Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination because he doesn't believe the former Speaker of the House can beat President Barack Obama. "While it's true that (Mitt) Romney is not a strong a conservative as many would like him to be, the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama. And that is something Newt Gingrich cannot do," the nationally syndicated Savage said on his blog. ...
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Will Alec Baldwin get "30 Rock" thrown off airline?
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:03 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Could Alec Baldwin manage to get Liz Lemon, Tracy Jordan and Kenneth the Page tossed off of American Airlines' flights, too? Flight attendants at American have inquired about having Baldwin's "30 Rock" removed from the company's in-flight entertainment, following the actor's on-board hissy-fit and subsequent digs at the airline, its employees and modern-day air travel in general, a spokesperson for the airlines has confirmed to TheWrap. Sadly for the aggrieved attendants, it doesn't appear that Jack Donaghy will be removed as easily as was the actor who plays him. ...
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Martin Scorsese receives Santa Barbara festival honor
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:48 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has landed a big one on the awards circuit: director Martin Scorsese, who will receive the festival's American Riviera Award on Monday, January 30. Scorsese's 3D film "Hugo" was named the year's best film by the National Board of Review, and it and the director have figured heavily in the critics' awards handed out so far. "Honoring Scorsese has been a dream of SBIFF's for many years," said SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling in a press release announcing the award. ...
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Police unsure of tabloid role in key UK hacking case
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:34 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Monday there was no evidence that journalists from Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had deleted a murdered schoolgirl's mobile phone messages, a claim that led to public revulsion and the closure of the paper. It was a report last July that the paper's journalists had deleted voicemails on the phone of Milly Dowler in 2002, giving her parents false hope she was still alive, that lit a fire under a simmering scandal over phone hacking. ... Full Story | Top |
Angelina Jolie/Luc Besson project goes to Universal
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Universal Pictures has acquired 80 percent of all worldwide distribution rights for an untitled thriller starring Angelina Jolie, the studio announced Monday. Luc Besson, who wrote and directed "The Fifth Element," wrote the script and is producing and directing. Universal declined to provide any details on the plot, except to say that the movie is a thriller. Production is scheduled to begin in April 2012 at Les studio de Paris, the EuropaCorp's new production facility in France. Virginia Besson Silla is overseeing the project for Europa. ... Full Story | Top |
Fox News' Roger Ailes could be writing a tell-all
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Is Fox News honcho Roger Ailes working on a tell-all? New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman reported on Monday that Ailes is negotiating with HarperCollins for an advance between $3 and $4 million for his autobiography. Who owns HarperCollins? News Corp., which as you probably know, also owns Fox. How did Fox respond to the report? Bemused mockery. From a Fox spokesperson: "There is one source with direct knowledge of Roger's plans…and that's Roger himself. ... Full Story | Top |
Lindsay Lohan says has learned from mistakes
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:53 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan, in her first interview since being sent to jail last month for a probation violation, tells Playboy that she has learned to be accountable for her mistakes. The "Mean Girls" star told the magazine in an interview accompanying her 10-page nude pictorial that during the past five years she's come to understand "that ultimately we are responsible for ourselves and our own actions. ...
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Barry Manilow has hip repair surgery
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:26 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Copacabana" singer Barry Manilow underwent hip repair surgery on Monday, the day after completing a seven-year run of shows in Las Vegas, his representatives said. The 68-year-old Manilow had the surgery at a Los Angeles hospital, said spokeswoman Annie Jeeves. "That's what you get when you jump around to 'Copacabana' for 30 years!" Manilow said in a statement. The surgery was to repair torn abductor muscles and remove fluid-filled sacs in his hips, his representatives said. ...
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Playboy advances Lohan issue due to leaked photos
Mon,12 Dec 2011 12:29 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy magazine is advancing the newsstand date for its upcoming issue with nude pictures of actress Lindsay Lohan in part due to photos that were leaked online in advance, Hugh Hefner said on Friday. The Playboy founder tweeted that the issue will now go on sale late next week, which roughly coincides with the December 15 airdate for Lohan's planned interview on Ellen DeGeneres' TV talk show. "Because of the interest & the internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early," Hefner posted on Twitter. ...
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Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" Oscar returns to auction
Mon,12 Dec 2011 11:44 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Orson Welles' Oscar for writing "Citizen Kane" -- regarded as one of the best films ever made -- is going up for auction again later this month in a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia. Los Angeles auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Monday it was selling the best screenplay Academy Award statuette won by Welles in 1942. Although tarnished by age, the Oscar will carry a reserve price of between $600,000 and $1 million when it goes under the hammer on December 20, auction house spokesman Sam Heller said. ...
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Sky's the limit for Elizabeth Taylor gem sales
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:27 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wealthy jewelry collectors, movie fans and the just plain curious are training their eyes on this week's auctions of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor's collection of jewelry, haute couture and memorabilia. And if the monumental exhibition at Christie's, which was more elaborately staged than many a museum show, is any indication, interest will be sky high. The 10-day sale preview sold out, with 25,000 tickets fetching $30 apiece. ...
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"Imitation Game" tops 2011 Black List
Mon,12 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Imitation Game," Graham Moore's story of a British World War II cryptographer who poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being gay, tops this year's Hollywood Black List of best unproduced scripts of 2011. On Friday, that script topped The Hit List, Trackingboard.com's annual list of best unproduced spec scripts. Franklin Leonard, a former Universal Pictures executive who now works with Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment, has been compiling the Black List for seven years. ... Full Story | Top |
"Sunday Night Football" gives NBC big ratings win
Mon,12 Dec 2011 10:42 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBC's "Sunday Night Football" received a considerable boost over last week's performance to further solidify its dominance on Sunday night, according to preliminary numbers. NBC, which typically wins the night with "Sunday Night Football," increased its lead over the competition last night thanks to a greatly increased performance of "SNF." Following three consecutive episodes of "Football Night in America" from 7 to 8:30, which drew a 2.5/7 and 7.8 million total viewers, a 4.3/11 and 11.8 million, and a 6.2/15 in the demographic and 16. ...
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Judge grants stay in Justice Department, AT&T fight
Mon,12 Dec 2011 10:30 AM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Judge Ellen Huvelle, who is hearing the Justice Department's challenge of AT&T's buy of T-Mobile USA, granted the parties' joint motion for a stay. The parties had asked for the next hearing to be in January. Full Story | Top |
Time Warner offers 1 billion euros cash for Endemol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:19 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Time Warner has offered 1 billion euros ($1.34 billion) in cash to buy television production company Endemol, maker of "Big Brother", which is trying to restructure about 2 billion euros of debt, an Endemol spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman said Endemol believed it had a future as an independent company and was no more likely to accept the latest offer than it was Time Warner's previous debt-and-equity offer last month. "From the company's perspective, this doesn't change anything. We're focused on getting a restructuring with lenders complete," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
Amazon's Kindle Fire will fail, says one expert
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:16 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Predictions for the Kindle Fire have ranged from it being the iPad killer to its less expensive equal, but one thing the New York Times' David Streitfeld writes almost everyone can agree on -- it has some kinks to work out. Consumer complaints, such as the lack of external volume control and a slow touch screen, were recently validated by a post from "usability expert" Jakob Nielsen. Nielsen wrote last week that the device would be a failure because of how poor the user experience is. Part of the problem is its size. ...
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Clooney producing Smothers Brothers movie
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner George Clooney -- a current awards season favorite with "The Descendants" -- has added another project to his packed upcoming movie slate: Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov will produce a movie about the Smothers Brothers and their groundbreaking TV series. Clooney and Heslov are teaming with Sony to turn David Bianculli's 2009 book "Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'" into a film. Bianculli confirmed the project on his site, TV Worth Watching. ... Full Story | Top |
Time Warner offers 1 billion euros cash for Endemol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 07:43 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Time Warner has offered 1 billion euros ($1.34 billion) in cash to buy television production company Endemol, maker of Big Brother, which is trying to restructure about 2 billion euros of debt, an Endemol spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman said Endemol believed it had a future as an independent company and was no more likely to accept the latest offer than it was Time Warner's previous debt-and-equity offer last month. "From the company's perspective, this doesn't change anything. We're focused on getting a restructuring with lenders complete," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
ABC's GOP debate takes the ratings crown
Mon,12 Dec 2011 07:29 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Score one for ABC News in the ratings department. Saturday night's GOP debate was the most-watched of the 2012 campaign as an average of 7.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the presidential candidates take on such hot topics as unemployment and immigration. Despite a relatively late start time -- 9 p.m. on the East Coast -- 2.1 million of those viewers were in the key adults 25-54 demographic. Both of those numbers beat the previous highs, held by Fox News in total viewers (6.11 million on September 22) and MSNBC in the demographic (1.73 million on September 7). ...
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British tabloid reporter defends Beckham story
Mon,12 Dec 2011 07:23 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The former chief reporter on Britain's News of the World tabloid on Monday defended a story alleging David Beckham had an affair because the footballer and his wife had projected a fairy-tale marriage to the public in order to sell products. Neville Thurlbeck said the rise of privacy lawsuits in Britain over the past three years had all but killed the kiss-and-tell tales that used to be a staple of tabloid front pages. ...
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Documentary looks at life of Palestinian leader Arafat
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:32 AM PST
Reuters -  DUBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Associates of Yasser Arafat offer personal recollections in a documentary screened in Dubai this week on his search for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that descended into violence and failed to lead to a Palestinian state. Figures from Arafat's circle who entered into a historic peace process with Israel in 1993, including his wife Suha, as well as Israelis such as President Shimon Peres and activist Uri Avnery who knew him well, discuss controversial moments of a career that ended with Arafat's unexplained death in 2004. Arafat was depicted by his Israeli and U.S. ...
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ABC's GOP debate takes TV ratings crown
Sun,11 Dec 2011 07:56 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Score one for ABC News in the ratings department. Saturday night's GOP debate was the most-watched of the 2012 campaign as an average of 7.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the presidential candidates take on such hot topics as unemployment and immigration. Despite a relatively late start time -- 9 p.m. on the East Coast -- 2.1 million of those viewers were in the key adults 25-54 viewer group. Both of those numbers beat the previous highs, held by Fox News in total viewers (6.11 million on September 22) and MSNBC in the 25-54 demographic (1. ... Full Story | Top |
San Francisco film critics pick "Tree of Life"
Sun,11 Dec 2011 07:56 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bringing up the rear on a day already filled with critics groups announcing film awards, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle has chosen Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" as the best film of 2011. Aside from choosing Albert Brooks as Best Supporting Actor, "Rango" as Best Animated Feature and "Tree of Life" for Best Cinematography, the group went in a different direction from most of its predecessors . ... Full Story | Top |
Christmas Crush: Too many big films crowd box office
Sun,11 Dec 2011 07:55 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Moviegoers will have a lot to choose from under the big box office tree this Christmas holiday -- in fact, they might even have too many choices. Beginning next weekend with the release of "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," and sequels to "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Sherlock Holmes," an unprecedented number of big studio films will be crowding into the domestic box office at the same time. ... Full Story | Top |
Music exec still critical after Hollywood shooting
Sun,11 Dec 2011 05:40 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A former Death Row Records vice president, John Atterberry, remains in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, one of several victims caught Friday in a Hollywood street rampage conducted by a distraught 26-year-old gunman. Atterberry was driving his Mercedes coupe when Tyler Brehm started shooting at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Friday. The gunman hit Atterberry three times in the face and neck. In all, three individuals were injured during the rampage. ... Full Story | Top |
Contents of Jackson's final home reach auction
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:27 AM PST
Reuters -  BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Contents of the mansion where Michael Jackson's lifeless body was found by convicted killer Dr. Conrad Murray go under the auction hammer next week, closing one chapter on a tragic saga that started in 2009 and ended last month with his former physician behind bars. Some 500 lots of mostly paintings, furniture and ornaments are for sale from the Bel Air home Jackson rented while preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London. But only a handful of the items bear a poignant but personal connection to the singer, his three children and famous family. ...
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"The Artist," "Descendants" lead critics awards
Sun,11 Dec 2011 03:27 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Artist," a black-and-white silent film about Hollywood, drama "The Descendants," Brad Pitt, Martin Scorsese and Terrence Malick all won big on Sunday among U.S. film critics and industry groups that doled out honors for the year's best movies. The Boston Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Online all announced their choices for the best films and performances of 2011, kicking off a pivotal week in Hollywood with both the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guilds announcing nominations. ... Full Story | Top |
Girl band Little Mix wins Britain's "X Factor"
Sun,11 Dec 2011 03:08 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Girl band Little Mix became the first group to win Britain's "X Factor" television talent show on Sunday, beating hairdresser Marcus Collins in the final. The quartet, aged between 18 and 20, screamed with delight following the announcement of the outcome of a public vote, and performed a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball," which will be their debut single. Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock will enjoy a media frenzy over the coming days, and are guaranteed a recording contract. ... Full Story | Top |
"New Year's Eve" leads as movie box office fizzles
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Romantic comedy "New Year's Eve" topped the domestic movie box office during the weekend but Hollywood had little to celebrate as North American ticket sales slumped to their lowest level in three years. "New Year's Eve" led the charts with a disappointing $13.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday. The movie added $12.9 million from international markets, for a combined global debut of $26.6 million, distributor Warner Bros. said. ...
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AFTRA, networks agree on TV code deal
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:19 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Friday night that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Big Four broadcast networks on a new network TV code deal. Covering all network programming except scripted prime-time shows, AFTRA claims the new deal achieved its objective of gaining a 1 percent increase in employer contributions to its health and retirement funds, a contribution that now stands at a rate of 16.5 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
China unveils rare star power of Oscar entry
Sun,11 Dec 2011 05:31 AM PST
Reuters -  BEIJING (Reuters) - Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known directors, is banking on heartthrob Christian Bale to help boost the country's chances of winning an Oscar, with his latest film on a tragic chapter in the nation's history. "The Flowers of War," China's Academy Award entry for best foreign language film, centers around a mortician (Bale) who gets caught up in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and has to save a group of school girls from the clutches of the Japanese. On the way he becomes involved with a high-class Chinese courtesan, finding both love and personal redemption. ...
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Lindsay Lohan says has learned from mistakes
Sat,10 Dec 2011 03:36 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan, in her first interview since being sent to jail last month for a probation violation, tells Playboy that she has learned to be accountable for her mistakes. The "Mean Girls" star told the magazine in an interview accompanying her 10-page nude pictorial that during the past five years she's come to understand "that ultimately we are responsible for ourselves and our own actions. ...
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More than 800 people hacked by UK tabloid: police
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:45 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - More than 800 people have had their telephones illegally hacked by the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, British police investigating the alleged practice said on Saturday. A statement by London's Metropolitan Police said 2,037 people had been contacted during the year-long investigation, of whom 803 are alleged victims of hacking by the best-selling tabloid, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. It was the first time police provided an overall figure for alleged victims of News of the World hacking. ...
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Newcomer lands lead in Jackie Robinson biopic
Fri,9 Dec 2011 08:27 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Harrison Ford has officially signed on for the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, Legendary Pictures announced today. As reported by TheWrap on Thursday, Ford will play Branch Rickey, the Major League Baseball executive who helped break baseball's color barrier by signing Robinson to a minor league in 1945, and helped Robinson sign to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, making him the first African-American player in the MLB. In addition, Legendary has signed newcomer Chadwick Boseman in the role of Robinson. ... Full Story | Top |
U.N. gives boost to Mexico's mariachi musicians
Fri,9 Dec 2011 08:26 PM PST
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Trumpeter Domingo Ramirez is hoping that U.N. recognition of the mariachi music he has played for 60 years will give business a boost. "Before it was a decent living and today we do it because it's our profession," the 73-year-old said while waiting for business in Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, where strolling bands with violins, trumpets and guitars are a feature of the streetscape. "But there are days when you don't make anything," said Ramirez as his 16-year-old son David ran from car to car looking for paying customers. Last week, the U. ... Full Story | Top |
Kirsten Dunst gets restraining order against alleged stalker
Fri,9 Dec 2011 08:25 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Spider-Man" actress Kirsten Dunst has obtained a temporary restraining order against a Frenchman who's accused of stalking her, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap. In a declaration filed with the court, the actress' mother, Inez Dunst, says that 51-year-old Jean Christophe Prudhon of Dijon, France, showed up at the doorstep of her Toluca Lake, Calif., home on Saturday, asking to speak to Kirsten. According to the elder Dunst, Prudhon has left "dozens of letters at my home, describing his obsession with my daughter. ...
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ICM talent agency reaches deal to become partnership
Fri,9 Dec 2011 08:22 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After weeks of feverish speculation about turmoil and infighting at ICM, the agency has reached a deal in which majority shareholder Rizvi Traverse will gradually sell its shares to an agency-wide partnership, according to several individuals with knowledge of the situation. The new ownership structure championed by ICM president Chris Silbermann will operate in a partnership similar to one employed at many law firms. "The partnership is a broad-based group It's about the evolution of the business," one individual with knowledge of the situation said. ... Full Story | Top |
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