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Ben Kingsley on the art of "under-acting" in "Hugo"
Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:08 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sir Ben Kingsley plays silent film pioneer Georges Melies in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo." The film has proven to be a tricky sell commercially, and it's unlikely to be a moneymaker -- but the film is a marvelous and magical journey that fully justifies Scorsese's decision to adapt Brian Selznick's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," and to shoot it in 3D. And Kingsley is sly, sad and commanding as a man desperate to bury his glorious past. Were you familiar with the book, or with Georges Melies' work? Neither. Neither the book nor Georges' work. ...
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Box office: "M:I:4" set to lead slow New Year's weekend
Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:06 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2011 box office will officially close its books this weekend, with no new movies debuting in wide release. Christmas holiday holdovers "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Thrones" are expected to lead what is typically a weak New Year's weekend frame. ... Full Story | Top |
Box office: "M:I:4" set to lead slow New Year's weekend
Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:06 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2011 box office will officially close its books this weekend, with no new movies debuting in wide release. Christmas holiday holdovers "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Thrones" are expected to lead what is typically a weak New Year's weekend frame. ... Full Story | Top |
Movie-camera maker accuses rival of corporate espionage
Thu,29 Dec 2011 05:09 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shots are being fired in the world of the digital camera. California-based Red Digital Cinema alleges that a former executive at Delaware-based Arri engaged in corporate espionage when he hacked into the email server of a third camera company, according to a complaint Red filed December 21 in U.S. District Court in California. According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by TheWrap, Red alleges Arri used the hacked emails to give its Alexa camera a competitive advantage over Red's Epic camera. ... Full Story | Top |
Court upholds rapper C-Murder's 2009 murder conviction
Thu,29 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - A Louisiana appeals court this week upheld the 2009 murder conviction of Corey Miller, the rap artist who recorded and performed under the name C-Murder. Miller was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison two years ago for the 2002 killing of a 16-year-old fan at a nightclub in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Miller appealed the verdict, saying he had been denied a fair trial because the judge had allowed prosecutors to share "prejudicial and unsubstantiated" testimony with the jurors, including claims that Miller had threatened witnesses in the case. ... Full Story | Top |
Summit purchase won't happen until 2012
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Summit Entertainment is likely to remain its own company for the rest of the year. The studio, which had hoped to merge with another company before 2012, has not come to an agreement with potential purchaser, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. According to the Times, Summit had hoped to close a purchase deal before the end of the year in order to take advantage of tax and other financial incentives. But with two days left in the year, that's not going to happen. Summit is in talks with Lionsgate Entertainment and with Miramax co-owner Colony Capital. ... Full Story | Top |
Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher
Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Meryl Streep looks set for an unprecedented 17th Oscar nomination after earning glowing reviews for her performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher in the movie "The Iron Lady". "Virtuoso", "translucent", and "compelling" were among the words used by U.S. movie critics this week to describe Streep's turn as Britain's polarizing, and only female, prime minister. "Is there anything that Meryl Streep can't do as an actress? One can only marvel at her virtuoso performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher," said Rolling Stone reviewer Peter Travers. ...
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David Letterman's blackmailer gets gig on Paula Zahn show
Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:44 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Robert "Joe" Halderman, the former CBS News producer who went to jail for trying to blackmail David Letterman, has secured a job at "On the Case with Paula Zahn," a weekly news magazine on the Investigation Discovery Channel. TheWrap confirmed that Halderman has already started working with "On the Case," which investigates crime mysteries. Scott Weinberger, a former deputy sheriff and investigative reporter, is the show's creator alongside Scott Sternberg. ... Full Story | Top |
Sinead O'Connor: crack cocaine ended 16-day marriage
Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:43 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Move over, Whitney and Bobby. Sinead O'Connor is wasting no time elaborating on the reasons why she broke up with her husband after 16 days of marriage. One of them? Crack cocaine. The Irish songstress previously revealed she and fourth husband Barry Herridge went on a search for marijuana on the night of their wedding in Las Vegas. It seems the singer's decision to bring her new husband, a drug-abuse counselor, along for a marijuana search in a seedy portion of Las Vegas on the night of their wedding wasn't such a great call. ...
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"Sherlock Holmes" surpasses $100 million domestically
Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:03 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The world's most famous detective is uncovering money at the box office. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" quietly surpassed the $100 million mark domestically Wednesday. Its total is $106,674,000 in North America, and $49 million internationally. The PG-13 adventure sequel from Warner Bros. is the first film of the holiday season to hit $100 million domestically and continues to be the highest-grossing domestic movie of December. Paramount/Skydance's "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" had grossed about $86.2 domestically million as of Tuesday. ...
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CNN launching new morning shows a week ahead of CBS
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - CNN will launch two new morning shows Monday, a week ahead of CBS's revamped morning show. "Early Start" with Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin will air weekdays from 5-7 a.m., followed by "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien, which will air from 7-9 a.m. CNN and CBS are both seeking a hard news niche against morning shows like NBC's "Today," ABC's "Good Morning America," Fox's "Fox and Friends" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe," all of which mix news and light entertainment. CBS trails its network competition, and CNN the other morning cable news shows. ... Full Story | Top |
Meryl Streep is "brilliant" in "Iron Lady"
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:47 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In interviews, star Meryl Streep and director Phyllida Lloyd ("Mamma Mia!") have joked that "The Iron Lady," their film about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is the girl version of "King Lear." It's not a bad comparison. Not that anyone will confuse "Iron Lady," essentially a TV movie blessed with a brilliant and deeply felt performance by Streep, with "Lear. ...
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Kings of Leon frontman Caleb expecting first child
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:43 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill and his wife, Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge, said on Thursday they are expecting their first child, ending a rollercoaster year for the rock band. "We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first child together. We can't wait to meet the new addition to our family," Followill and Aldridge said in a statement. Followill, 29, and Aldridge, 26, married in May in California after dating for two years. This will be the first child for both. ...
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"Game of Thrones" author posts excerpt from new book
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:02 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fans of novelist George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series are melting. The "Game of Thrones" author just released a previously unpublished sample chapter from the upcoming sixth installment, "The Winds of Winter," on his Website. At 6,100 words in length, the excerpt is substantial. "The chronology, as usual, is tricky," Martin said on his LiveJournal page. ... Full Story | Top |
Amazon says Kindle products had best holiday season ever
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:41 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Amazon's Kindle products had their best holiday season ever, according to a statement released by the company on Thursday. More than a million Kindles flew off the shelves each week during the month December. Amazon historically has been loathe to release specific sales data for its hardware, so this was a minor step forward as the company released figures -- albeit imprecise ones. It also announced that three Kindle products occupied the top three spots on its bestseller charts. ...
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CBS wins on an all-rerun night
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:28 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - CBS won in the ratings Wednesday on a night when the Big 4 networks ran nothing but reruns, according to preliminary numbers. The top-rated show was a "Criminal Minds" repeat that aired at 9 p.m., scoring a 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6 share. With 10.5 million total viewers, it was also the most-watched show of the night. CBS averaged a 2.1 rating over the night. Univision, which won in the ratings Monday and tied CBS Tuesday due to rerun-heavy slates on the English-language broadcasters, landed in second place Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
U2 has the edge: Band had 2011's highest-grossing tour
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:27 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - U2 is No. 1 when it comes to touring. The band had the highest-grossing tour both in North America and worldwide in 2011. Bono, the Edge and company grossed $156 million in North America on the strength of 1.7 million tickets sold, according to Pollstar, which covers the concert industry. They grossed $231.9 million worldwide off 2.39 million tickets. Rounding out the top five highest-grossing touring acts in North America were Taylor Swift ($97.7 million), Kenny Chesney ($84.6 million), Lady Gaga ($63.7 million) and Bon Jovi ($57.1 million). ...
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Country singer Wynonna Judd goes for marriage No. 3
Thu,29 Dec 2011 10:57 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music star Wynonna Judd received an early Christmas gift when her boyfriend, Cactus Moser, proposed on Christmas Eve, the singer's spokesman said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Judd is currently touring with Moser, the drummer of country music band Highway 101, as Wynonna and The Big Noise. This will be the third trip down the aisle for the singer, who married first husband Arch Kelley III in 1996 and with whom she has two children. The couple divorced in 1998, and the singer married her former bodyguard D.R. ...
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"11/22/63 " retains spot at top of best-sellers list
Thu,29 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen King's "11/22/63" retained its perch at the top spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "11/22/63" by Stephen King (Scribner, $35) 1 2. "The Litigators" by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95) 3 3. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $28.99) 4 4. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95) 5 5. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney (Putnam, $28.95) 2 6. ... Full Story | Top |
Beverly Hillbilly actress settles lawsuit over doll
Thu,29 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The actress who played tomboy Elly May Clampett on 1960s television show "The Beverly Hillbillies" has settled her lawsuit against Mattel over a Barbie doll based on her character. Actress Donna Douglas, now 78, sued the toy company in May as well as the consumer products division of CBS Corp. seeking a minimum of $75,000 in damages. Her complaint said Mattel was "engaging in the unauthorized use" of her name, likeness and image to promote and sell the "Elly May" Barbie. Attorneys in the case filed court papers on Tuesday in Louisiana indicating the lawsuit had been settled. ...
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News Int'l has 100 million pound hacking legal fund: report
Thu,29 Dec 2011 09:47 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of News Corp has increased the legal fund it will use to settle civil litigation cases brought by victims of phone hacking to 100 million pounds ($155 million) from 20 million, the Independent newspaper reported Thursday. Rupert Murdoch's News International has earmarked the money to settle several high-profile cases, with some settlements expected to be well over 1 million pounds apiece, said the newspaper, citing sources close to the situation. A News International spokeswoman called the 100 million pound figure "purely speculative. ... Full Story | Top |
Pop singer Kelly Clarkson endorses Ron Paul
Thu,29 Dec 2011 08:25 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson wandered into presidential politics with an endorsement of Ron Paul, then defended her candidate against accusations of racism. "I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last Republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't," Clarkson tweeted late Wednesday. She said of her political views: "I am a Republican but I actually voted Democrat last election. ...
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News International has 100 mln pound hacking legal fund: report
Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:56 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of News Corp has increased the legal fund it will use to settle civil litigation cases brought by victims of phone hacking to 100 million pounds ($155 million) from 20 million, the Independent newspaper reported on Thursday. Rupert Murdoch's News International has earmarked the money to settle several high-profile cases, with some settlements expected to be well over 1 million pounds apiece, said the newspaper, citing sources close to the situation. A News International spokeswoman called the 100 million pound figure "purely speculative. ... Full Story | Top |
New York Times sends email to millions by mistake
Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:04 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Some 8 million people received emails from the New York Times on Wednesday offering a special discount if they would reconsider their decision to cancel their subscriptions. The trouble is, the offer was supposed to go to only about 300 people who had decided to stop taking home delivery of the newspaper -- it was erroneously sent by a New York Times employee to more than 8 million people on an email marketing list. ... Full Story | Top |
Mitt Romney shares his views on PBS, federal funding
Wed,28 Dec 2011 03:43 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - He doesn't want to drown him in a bath tub, but Mitt Romney said Wednesday that if he's elected president, Big Bird will have to sing for his seed. "We're not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird is going to have advertisements," Romney said, while speaking at Homer's Deli in Clinton, Iowa. Like virtually every other conservative candidate, Romney has had it -- had it! -- with government expenditures like public broadcasting, and he wants to save taxpayers money by cutting federal funding to programs like PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts. ... Full Story | Top |
Kardashians' appeal explained by E! president
Wed,28 Dec 2011 03:23 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - E! President Suzanne Kolb owes much of her network's success this year to an extremely divisive family. Hours of Kardashian-centered programming -- especially Kim Kardashian's start of a notoriously short marriage -- fueled ratings for the network that Kolb took over the network in July after serving as president of marketing, news and online for both E! and Style. ... Full Story | Top |
Jessica Chastain takes Palm Springs fest honors
Wed,28 Dec 2011 02:27 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Palm Springs International Film Festival has now stocked its annual Awards Gala with 14 honorees, adding actress Jessica Chastain and composer Howard Shore to its previously announced lineup. Chastain will receive the festival's Spotlight Award at the January 7 gala, while Shore will get the Frederick Loewe Music Award. ... Full Story | Top |
Tour offers visitors a special screening of New Orleans
Wed,28 Dec 2011 02:11 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It's been more than 50 years since Blanche DuBois of the New Orleans-set play "A Streetcar Named Desire" wistfully declared that she had "always depended on the kindness of strangers." Now, a local tour service brings strangers close to settings where the lives of DuBois and later fictional characters, such as Benjamin Button (portrayed by Brad Pitt) and "GI Joe" Colton (Bruce Willis), played out in dramatic style. New Orleans Movie Tours owner Jonathan Ray personally escorts visitors to film locations and other movie-related spots. ...
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New York Times sends email to millions by mistake
Wed,28 Dec 2011 02:06 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Some 8 million New York Times customers received an email on Thursday offering a special discount if they would reconsider their decision to cancel their subscriptions. The trouble is, almost none of the email recipients had canceled their subscriptions in the first place. The New York Times blamed human error, saying that an email meant for 300 or 400 customers who had decided to stop taking home delivery of the paper was actually sent to around 8 million people. Initially, subscribers took to Twitter and Facebook to express concern about a security breach. ... Full Story | Top |
Incredibly close with "Extremely Loud's" Max von Sydow
Wed,28 Dec 2011 01:49 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - He speaks softly and sometimes strains to hear a question - but at the age of 82, Max von Sydow is still an imposing, even majestic figure. He's tall and upright, full of gravitas but with a twinkle in his eye; after all these years, he is still the face of the knight in "The Seventh Seal," and Jesus in "The Greatest Story Every Told" and Lassefar in "Pelle the Conqueror. ...
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CNN edges up in its battle with MSNBC
Wed,28 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Next year could be a critical one for CNN in the battle for second place, if the final 2011 cable news ratings are any indication. Now fully in for 2010, the Nielsen numbers show Fox News safely ensconced in the top spot -- a place it has now occupied for nearly 10 years -- but the gap between its two counterparts narrowing. MSNBC maintained its dominance in primetime, besting CNN during the three-hour block in the adults 25-54 demo for the third straight year (242,000 to 222,000) and in total viewers for the second straight year (775,000 to 689,000). ... Full Story | Top |
"Hunger Games" trumps "Twilight" in 2012 buzz: poll
Wed,28 Dec 2011 12:01 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Is "The Twilight Saga" beginning to lose its grip on movie fans? The latest installment of the vampire romance finished second to "Harry Potter" in a best of the year poll for MTV's Nextmovie.com, and trailed "The Hunger Games" as the most anticipated movie of 2012. ...
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Michael Buble defeats Young Jeezy's "Hustlerz Ambition"
Wed,28 Dec 2011 11:49 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Buble continued his "Christmas" reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday for the fifth consecutive week, keeping Adele and rapper Young Jeezy from the No. 1 position. Buble's "Christmas" sold 467,000 copies in the run-up to the holiday weekend according to Nielsen SoundScan figures, edging out Adele's "21," which stayed put at No. 2. The Canadian jazz singer's holiday album crossed 2.43 million sales, beaten only by Adele, who crossed 5.68 million sales of her album in the U.S. last week. ...
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"Bambi", "Silence of the Lambs" among U.S. film treasures
Wed,28 Dec 2011 10:56 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The U.S. National Film Registry on Wednesday named 25 films to be preserved as cultural treasures ranging from the 1942 Walt Disney classic, "Bambi," to the 1991 psychological thriller "The Silence of the Lambs." The film list also includes the Academy Award-winning "Forrest Gump" starring Tom Hanks and the post-war noir film "The Big Heat," set in a fictional US town that examined domestic life in the 1950s. It includes Hollywood features, documentaries and animation, spanning the period 1912 to 1994. ...
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CBS, Univision take top spot
Wed,28 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - CBS and Univision tied for first place in the ratings Tuesday, a very slow night in which the "Kennedy Center Honors" was the only new show on the Big 4 networks. Both Univision and CBS scored a 1.4 overall rating in the 18-49 demographic. The top-rated show was an "NCIS" rerun on CBS at 8p.m. It scored a 2.1 rating in the demographic and 6 share, and 12.5 million total viewers, which also made it the most-watched show of the night. CBS aired the sole new show on the Big 4 networks, "The Kennedy Center Honors," which earned a soft 1.1 rating/3 share, as well as 8. ... Full Story | Top |
Bahrain to host Saudi prince's Rotana, news channel
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:50 AM PST
Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi billionaire prince Alwaleed bin Talal will move his Rotana entertainment company and a new Arabic television channel to Bahrain. "They are expected to serve as an anchor in the new Manama-based Media City and should be instrumental in attracting other reputable media organisations to Bahrain," a statement from Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority said on Wednesday. It said Alarab TV, a new project between Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding and Bloomberg news agency, would launch in December 2012. ... Full Story | Top |
Academy reveals new Oscar poster
Wed,28 Dec 2011 08:47 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - And the Oscar poster is.... The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the poster Wednesday for the 84th Academy Awards, featuring an Oscar statuette and images from eight films across eight decades: "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "Casablanca" (1943), "Giant" (1956), "The Sound of Music" (1965), "The Godfather" (1972), "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "Forrest Gump" (1994) and "Gladiator" (2000). All but one won the best picture Oscar, and we'll give trivia fans a few moments to guess which. Okay. ... Full Story | Top |
UK's Times newspaper names Bouazizi person of 2011
Wed,28 Dec 2011 02:56 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's The Times newspaper on Wednesday named as person of the year Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian whose self immolation inspired uprisings that toppled dictators across the Arab world and shook the region's remaining autocracies. Bouazizi set himself alight last year after officials confiscated the unemployed 26-year-old's unlicensed grocery cart, reportedly slapping and insulting him. His desperate act struck a chord with millions of Arabs living with few job prospects or avenues for change under entrenched autocracies. ...
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A Minute With: Jeremy Renner on his "Mission: Impossible"
Wed,28 Dec 2011 02:13 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jeremy Renner scuffed around Hollywood for a decade before his career took off in 2009 when he was nominated for an Oscar in his starring role in the bomb-disposal war drama "The Hurt Locker." Renner didn't win the award, although the film earned the best movie Oscar. He followed "Hurt Locker" with another Oscar-nominated role in "The Town" and did a cameo in this year's blockbuster "Thor." Now he's starring opposite Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," the "MI" franchise's fourth film that is No. 1 at box offices over the holidays. ...
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Review: Gay coming-of-age "Pariah" has come of age
Tue,27 Dec 2011 05:40 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you've ever been to a gay and lesbian film festival, you've seen the story a million times -- teen hides sexuality from closed-minded parents, sneaks into a gay bar, finds true love, moves to the big city, dances to house music under the closing credits. First-time writer-director Dee Rees avoids all the usual clichés with the powerful "Pariah," a moving story that's told with intelligence, heart and a working knowledge of the real world we live in. ... Full Story | Top |
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