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"Melancholia", Dunst, Pitt win film critics awards
Sat,7 Jan 2012 02:44 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The apocalyptic psychological drama "Melancholia" was named the year's best film on Saturday by the National Society of Film Critics, which chose its star Kirsten Dunst as best actress and Brad Pitt as best actor for the baseball drama "Moneyball" as well as "The Tree of Life." Lars von Trier lost out on the best director award for his work on "Melancholia" to Terrence Malick for "The Tree of Life," a mystical period piece which also won the best cinematography prize. ...
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TV broadcasters enjoy spoils of political wars
Sat,7 Jan 2012 05:07 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One winner in 2012's political races already has been decided: local television stations. Spending on TV advertising likely will mount to historic levels as candidates again blanket airwaves with commercials pitching their virtues or bashing their opponents. The hard-fought, and expensive, battles will provide a welcome windfall for TV stations, particularly in the most tightly contested states that will decide if President Barack Obama wins re-election or loses to his yet-to-be-decided Republican opponent. ...
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Sony says executive changes not yet determined
Fri,6 Jan 2012 10:17 PM PST
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said on Saturday that nothing had been determined about executive officer changes, after media reported consumer business chief Kazuo Hirai would take over the role of president from Howard Stringer as early as April. Sony will elevate Hirai, 51, to his new role while Stringer, 69, was expected to remain chairman and CEO, Japanese media reported. "Sony Corporation has made no announcement in this regard and nothing has been determined at this time," the company said in a statement responding to the reports. ... Full Story | Top |
"The Voice" amps up the star power for Season 2
Fri,6 Jan 2012 08:13 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The stars of television singing contest "The Voice" on Friday promised more celebrity and top talent in their upcoming season as they compete fiercely with rival "American Idol," the most-viewed program on TV. "It is a very tired format," Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, one of the program's star mentors, said about singing contests, "but in a way, this is a very fresh way of doing it. ...
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"Downton Abbey:" what the fuss is all about
Fri,6 Jan 2012 08:11 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - When "Downton Abbey" was announced as the winner of all those awards -- six, out of 11 nominations -- at last year's Emmy ceremony, most viewers were probably wondering a) what "Downton Abbey" was and b) if someone had left an extra "w" out of the title. But as the "Upstairs, Downstairs"-ish British drama prepares to debut its second season on PBS Sunday (check local listings for time and channel), plenty of TV fans have taken the time to catch up with the seven-episode first season on DVD and Netflix. ... Full Story | Top |
Angelina Jolie-starring film "Maleficent" finds director
Fri,6 Jan 2012 06:35 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Disney has tapped production designer Robert Stromberg ("Avatar," "Alice in Wonderland") to direct the live-action movie about Snow White's evil queen "Maleficent," The Wrap has confirmed. The fantasy movie is told from the viewpoint of Beauty's apple-bearing fairy godmother, played by Angelina Jolie. It is being touted as a post-modern take on the classic fairy tale. It will mark Stromberg's directing debut. "Maleficent" is written by Linda Woolverton, who also wrote the script for Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and co-wrote the script for "The Lion King. ... Full Story | Top |
"Jersey Shore" season 5 premiere drops from season 4
Fri,6 Jan 2012 06:35 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Is the public -- gasp! -- growing weary of Snooki, the Situation and the rest of the orange-hued "Jersey Shore" gang? The numbers are in for Thursday's Season 5 premiere of MTV's hit reality show, and while they're nothing to sneeze at, they're nothing to fist-pump about, either -- at least compared to the Season 4 premiere. Thursday's show at 10 p.m. drew in 7.6 million total viewers, with a 7.2 rating in the show's target persons 18-34 demographic. By comparison, Season 4 kicked off in August with 8.8 million total viewers and an 8.2 rating in the target demo. ... Full Story | Top |
Disney movie inspired by theme-park ride finds director
Fri,6 Jan 2012 06:34 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Brian Beletic, a director of music videos and commercials, will direct a Disney mountain-climbing movie inspired by its Matterhorn theme-park ride, TheWrap has confirmed. Referred to now only as "Untitled Explorers Project," it will mark the directorial feature-film debut for Beletic, who has made videos for Cee-Lo and Fatboy Slim, and commercials for Converse and Nike. It's also the third movie to be named after a Disneyland ride, following "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Eddie Murphy's mostly forgettable "Haunted Mansion. ... Full Story | Top |
Comic-Con co-founder Richard Alf dies at 59
Fri,6 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Richard Alf, one of the founders of Comic-Con, died Wednesday from pancreatic cancer. He was 59. The comic-book lover served as the chairman of the first Comic-Con at San Diego's U.S. Grant Hotel in 1970. Alf also helped front the money to get the gathering up and running, co-founder Mike Towry told U-T San Diego. The three-day annual gathering has become a phenomenon, drawing a heavy Hollywood presence in recent years as the movie business has put an increasing emphasis on superhero films such as "Batman" and "Spider-Man. ... Full Story | Top |
"J. Edgar" snafu: Warners sends wrong script to voters
Fri,6 Jan 2012 05:56 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warner Bros. totally flipped the script on the Writers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- but it was all an innocent mistake. Warners had an "oops" moment when it sent the wrong version of the "J. Edgar" script to some members of the branch, which prompted the studio to issue a retraction -- and a new batch of scripts. An individual with knowledge of the situation confirms to TheWrap that Warner Bros. sent out a continuity draft of the Dustin Lance Black-penned biopic, rather than the final shooting script. ... Full Story | Top |
Review: "Norwegian Wood" gorgeous and heartbreaking
Fri,6 Jan 2012 05:54 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Longing plays a key role in Tran Anh Hung's new film "Norwegian Wood," and it's an emotion with which fans of the Vietnamese-born director have some familiarity. The filmmaker behind such beautifully crafted and emotionally powerful films as "The Scent of Green Papaya," "Vertical Ray of the Sun" and "Cyclo" has made only five films since 1993, leaving his many admirers constantly wanting for more. (Especially those of us in the United States, where his fourth film, "I Come with the Rain" didn't even get a release. ... Full Story | Top |
Chelsea Handler doesn't have time to play herself
Fri,6 Jan 2012 04:49 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Why isn't Chelsea Handler playing a character based on herself on NBC's upcoming "Are You There, Chelsea?" Taking questions from reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour Friday, she brushed off an inquiry into whether NBC wanted someone younger to play the twentysomething Chelsea of the show. (Handler is 36.) "I have a job, every single day," said the host of E!'s "Chelsea Lately" and author of multiple memoirs. "And then I have another job. And then I have another job. I don't have time to star on my own TV show. If I did, I would. ... Full Story | Top |
Metallica planning a 3D film for 2013 release
Fri,6 Jan 2012 04:49 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Metallica is fueling up for a 3D film, the heavy-metal band confirmed Friday following months of speculation. The movie is being targeted for a theatrical release in 2013. "There is indeed a 3D project in the very early stages of production!" the band said in a statement on Metallica.com. It's unclear if the project is a concert film, a documentary or something else altogether. "We wish we could tell you more right now, but we don't have all the finer points nailed down just yet," the statement continued. ... Full Story | Top |
James Franco in talks for starring role in "The Game"
Fri,6 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Franco is in early talks for a starring role in "The Game," the MGM movie based on Neil Strauss' New York Times bestseller about picking up women, TheWrap has confirmed. Strauss documented his experiences in "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists," which was released by Regan Books in 2005. Franco's role would be as Mystery, who taught Strauss how to become a pick-up artist. "The Game" is directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, both of whom worked on the screenplay. Writers D.B. ... Full Story | Top |
"Harry Potter", "Hangover 2" among Warner hits in 2011
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:48 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Thanks to the final Harry Potter film and the raunchy comedy "The Hangover Part II," Warner Bros. racked up $4.7 billion worldwide in 2011, the studio announced on Friday. That's a lordly sum, but Warner Bros. did have to surrender its box-office crown to rival Paramount, which grossed $5.17 billion this year. It also falls short of the $4.8 billion the studio generated in the previous year. However, in a release touting the announcement, Warner's notes that 2011's gross makes it the first studio to ever exceed $4 billion globally for three consecutive years. ... Full Story | Top |
Sony to name Hirai president this year: report
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:32 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp will promote its consumer business chief Kazuo Hirai to the role of president as early as April, taking the title away from Howard Stringer, who is expected to remain chairman and CEO, the Nikkei newspaper reported Such a move would give Hirai, 51, who made his name in Sony's PlayStation video game division, more influence over the whole company and its wide range of technology and entertainment businesses, likely cementing expectations he would succeed the 69-year-old Stringer eventually. A Sony spokesman in the United States had no immediate comment on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
NinjaVideo co-founded sentenced to 22 months for piracy
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:31 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hana Amal Beshara, the co-founder and public face of pirate website NinjaVideo.net, has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced Friday morning. The sentence was handed down by a U.S. District Court judge in Virginia. Beshara must serve two years of supervised release and finish 500 hours of community service. ... Full Story | Top |
Former NBC co-chairman readies "Fashion Star" for network
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:23 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former NBC entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman says he has faith in Bob Greenblatt, the man who holds his former job. Silverman spoke to the Television Critics Association winter press tour Friday shortly after Greenblatt took the stage to acknowledge that NBC "had a really bad fall." Silverman, who co-chaired NBC Entertainment with Marc Graboff from 2007-09, attended the event to promote his new NBC show, "Fashion Star." He said he was happy to bring the show to NBC, where it will share Tuesday nights with "The Biggest Loser," another show he executive ... Full Story | Top |
Koontz moves into top spot of best-sellers list
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:19 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dean Koontz' novel "77 Shadow Street" has moved into the top spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list. The list is compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide and was released on Thursday. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "77 Shadow Street" by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $28) 2. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James (Knopf, $25.95) 4 3. "11/22/63" by Stephen King (Scribner, $35) 1 4. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney (Putnam, $28.95) 5 5. ... Full Story | Top |
SAG-AFTRA merger team readies for 9 days of talks
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:18 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Arts and Sciences merger committee will meet in Los Angeles for nine days beginning Saturday to iron out details of how to combine the unions. The committee will release a statement at the end of the meetings, but spokespeople for the two unions declined to discuss specifics. The unions have said that they hope to have detailed proposals for each board to review this month. The unions need approval from their members before they can merge. ... Full Story | Top |
Nick Cannon expected home soon after kidney illness
Fri,6 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mariah Carey said on Friday her husband Nick Cannon was expected to go home this weekend after being hospitalized with kidney problems. Cannon, 31, host of TV show "America's Got Talent" fell ill with what Carey called "mild kidney failure" while the couple were in Aspen, Colorado over the New Year. Carey had asked fans for prayers earlier this week. But on Friday she posted a Twitter message saying; "Nick is in stable condition with a good prognosis, hopefully he'll be discharged within 2 days. As always he's laughing and in good spirits. ...
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"Devil Inside" nets $2 million in midnight showings
Fri,6 Jan 2012 02:38 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Devil Inside" is off to a scary-good start at the box office. Paramount's R-rated horror film grossed $2 million at 1,400 locations at midnight showings Thursday night. With that take, "The Devil Inside" has already doubled its production budget of $1 million -- and is now in good position to claim the #1 spot at the weekend box office. The results are even more impressive when compared with last month's opening-night performance of "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows." The Warner Bros. movie, which had a production budget of $125 million, opened with $1. ... Full Story | Top |
IMDB "Jane Doe" plaintiff reveals her real name
Fri,6 Jan 2012 02:13 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The actress who had anonymously sued IMDB.com and its owner, Amazon.com, for posting her age has revealed her name in an amended complaint against the companies. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, identifies the actress as Huong Hoang -- though the complaint notes, "Prior to and throughout her acting career, Plaintiff has only and always presented herself to the public by her American stage name, Junie Hoang. ... Full Story | Top |
NBC TV chief says fall season "worse than I hoped for"
Fri,6 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt admitted on Friday that the struggling TV network got off to a "really bad" start last fall, after low ratings and cancellations of several high-profile new shows. But Greenblatt said he had high hopes for upcoming new shows including musical drama series "Smash" and the return of surprise 2011 summer talent show "The Voice." "We've had a really bad fall, worse than what I hoped for, but about what I expected," Greenblatt told reporters at the Television Critics Association. ...
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"Deadliest Catch" star charged with assault
Fri,6 Jan 2012 01:31 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Feleti "Freddy" Maugatai might want to limit his battles to the ocean. The "Deadliest Catch" star has been charged with misdemeanor assault following an alleged fight in a hotel bathroom last month, TMZ reports. The alleged melee occurred on December 16 at Alaska's Grand Aleutian Hotel, when Maugatai supposedly got into an argument with a man that eventually moved to the hotel's bathroom. ... Full Story | Top |
Review: In "Devil Inside" Beelzebub is the new cooties
Fri,6 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - February brings stale candy on sale the day after Valentine's Day, July offers PSAs featuring fireworks and missing fingers, and January means dopey movies about demonic possession. And if "The Devil Inside," 2012's entry in this ever-enervating genre, isn't the stupidest of the lot, it still maintains the tradition of the year's first month offering some of its very worst movies. Mind you, this silly film cost a million bucks to make, and earned twice that in the Thursday midnight screenings alone, so we have only ourselves to blame. Unless the devil made us do it. ... Full Story | Top |
Kelly Clarkson among 8 new "The Voice" guest-mentors
Fri,6 Jan 2012 12:51 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Country star Miranda Lambert, Lionel Richie, Kelly Clarkson and five other big-name musical artists have signed on as guest mentors for the second season of NBC's "The Voice," the network said Friday. Jewel, Alanis Morissette, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Robin Thicke and Ne-Yo have also agreed to provide their expertise on the series, which returns with a special premiere following Super Bowl XLVI on February 5. (The season will begin in its regular time slot on Monday, February 6 from 8 to 10 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
"Blair Witch" actress details how life went to pot
Fri,6 Jan 2012 12:43 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Heather Donahue is best known for 1999 horror film "The Blair Witch Project" that showed her hyperventilating and weeping in the forest as she and her friends were terrorized by unseen evil. The low-budget horror movie became a blockbuster hit, but did little to help Donahue's fledgling career as an actress. The 37-year-old is back in the media spotlight with another weird tale from the hinterlands. This time she is out talking about a memoir she wrote called "Growgirl" that tells of a year she spent growing medical marijuana in Northern California. ...
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Warner Bros. planning 56-day release window delays
Fri,6 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - For the past year, studios have been flirting with stretching out the delays on when Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster can rent new releases, but it looks like Warner Bros. is going to be the first to take the plunge. The studio plans to make the home entertainment companies wait 56 days from when new releases go on sale to offer DVDs and Blu-rays, according to a report from AllThingsD. ... Full Story | Top |
Syrian actress treads new stage in Syrian protests
Fri,6 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST
Reuters -  AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian actress Fadwa Suleiman says she was drawn to a life in drama because of its promise of freedom. Disillusioned at the level of state control even in theatre and film, she joined protests last year against President Bashar al-Assad and now takes the stage at demonstrations in the city of Homs, center of resistance to his family's four-decade rule. Cutting her hair short like a boy and moving from house to house to evade capture, Suleiman has become one of the most recognized faces of the 10-month uprising against Assad. ...
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Management consultants get bashed in "House of Lies"
Fri,6 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big business took a bashing in 2011 from Occupy Wall Street protesters and others, but it's management consultants -- the highly-paid fixers hired by companies in trouble -- who get a drubbing in new TV series "House of Lies." The dark comedy making its debut on cable channel Showtime on Sunday, January 8, portrays management consultants as sleazy, money-grubbing executives who are as ethically challenged as the corporate clients signing their paychecks. ...
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Drew Barrymore shows off engagement ring
Fri,6 Jan 2012 11:53 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Drew Barrymore and her new fiance Will Kopelman on Friday released a photo of the couple showing off her engagement ring, confirming reports they joined a long list of stars who got engaged over the holidays. Other celebrities who now plan to marry include Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel, according to media outlets citing unnamed sources. Representatives for both have not responded to Reuters' requests for comment. ...
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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston found dead
Fri,6 Jan 2012 10:36 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston has died at the age of 64 in London. Weston's official website said on Friday he was found dead at his home in north London by police on Tuesday after friends became concerned that they had not heard from him for several days. "Cause of death has been attributed to a gastrointestinal hemorrhage," said a message posted by the website's webmaster and Weston friend Steve Fairhead. London police confirmed Weston's death, and said they were not treating it as suspicious. ... Full Story | Top |
Liz Cheney joining Fox News
Fri,6 Jan 2012 10:19 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - So it isn't just NBC making a run on political daughters. Fox News has hired Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, as a contributor for the 2012 election cycle. Cheney is a former State Department official under the Bush Administration and former foreign-policy adviser to Mitt Romney. She will fill multiple roles for the network during the upcoming GOP primaries. She will be an analyst for several Fox News shows, appear regularly on "Hannity" and "Fox News Sunday," guest host for some shows and contribute to the network's website, FoxNews.com. ... Full Story | Top |
ABC wins ratings on a repeat-heavy night
Fri,6 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - ABC swept the board and took an overall win Thursday night, according to preliminary numbers -- though the victory was mitigated by the competition's complete lack original programming. With Fox, CBS and NBC all running repeats throughout the evening, ABC took the top three slots with its primetime slate, scoring the highest ratings average of the night with a 33 rating/9 share in the adults 18-49 demographic and the largest viewership of the evening, with an average 9.4 million total viewers. Despite the win, ABC's night began with a bit of grim news. ... Full Story | Top |
Gervais promises jokes told "my way" at Globes
Fri,6 Jan 2012 09:44 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - British comedian Ricky Gervais, who upset some Hollywood stars and others with his biting wit as host of last year's Golden Globe Awards, has promised his emcee gig this year would not be toned down. Gervais told NBC's "Today" morning news show that his third time hosting the Hollywood awards, which take place on January 15, would not be dull or censored despite criticism that his jokes last year were mean-spirited and fell flat with the audience of stars such as Robert Downey, Jr. and Angelina Jolie. "I do it my way. ...
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2012: The year Microsoft finally battles back
Fri,6 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In the constant game of thrones that is the Silicon Valley tech giants' battle for dominance, 2012 could be the year that Microsoft comes back from exile. Having lost its beat about a decade ago, the software giant has more recently been plotting an aggressive grab for territory. And it's getting back in the game with actual innovation. Flush with capital from its steady core businesses of software and servers, the company has been quietly busy with research and development in recent months and years. The results are showing. ... Full Story | Top |
Gawker fires blogger over Kanye West post
Fri,6 Jan 2012 07:59 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Gawker fired blogger Seth Abramovitch Thursday for a post about Kanye West in which he used a certain unpalatable racial slur, TheWrap has confirmed. Abramovitch wrote a post about West's marathon Twitter rant late Wednesday night, in which he used the "n word" to explain what DONDA stood for. DONDA, as it happens, is the name of West's late mother. The New York Observer picked up on it, prompting an "editorial pow wow" and an apology, according to new Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio. "I thought it was a half-assed apology," Daulerio told TheWrap. ... Full Story | Top |
Edgerton set, Chastain in talks for Bigelow's bin Laden film
Fri,6 Jan 2012 07:49 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is loading up on stars. Joel Edgerton has been locked for a starring role in the film, TheWrap has confirmed. Also, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and Edgar Ramirez are in talks to join, TheWrap has also confirmed. The actors would join previously confirmed castmembers including Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Chris Pratt and Guy Pearce. The still-untitled film is due December 19, shortly after the presidential election. ... Full Story | Top |
MUSIC: Can punk or rock push divas off the top?
Fri,6 Jan 2012 05:35 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Never heard of Milk Music? That may be about to change after the unsigned punk rockers from Olympia, Washington appeared on a leading music magazine's acts-to-watch list. Rising stars like Lana Del Rey, A$AP Rocky and Howler are also tipped to make it big this year and beyond as pop pickers and record labels search the airwaves for hitmakers of tomorrow. With guitar bands and solo male artists featuring so prominently in a series of new music polls published at the start of the year, chart-topping divas like Lady Gaga, Adele and Beyonce could see their crowns slip. ...
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