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News Corp board approves company split: source
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The board of News Corp approved in principle splitting the $60 billion media conglomerate into separate publishing and entertainment businesses, a person familiar with the situation said on Thursday. News Corp's board, overseen by 81-year-old chairman Rupert Murdoch, met on Wednesday and an announcement was expected later on Thursday on the decision to create two publicly traded companies, the source said, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal. ...
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News Corp board expected to approve split
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:41 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch will oversee one of the most important board meetings of his more than 40-year career on Wednesday afternoon as News Corp directors vote on whether to divide the $60 billion media conglomerate into two separate publicly traded companies. Most of the board members will meet at News Corp's Sixth Avenue headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, but several will have to phone in to the hastily arranged meeting. ...
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Alec Baldwin to make return to Broadway
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:22 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Alec Baldwin is taking a break from (allegedly) hitting intrusive paparazzi to hit the floorboards instead in the Broadway production of Lyle Kessler's "Orphans." The show, the first Broadway production of the play, will be directed by Daniel Sullivan ("Good People"), with Frederick Zollo and Robert Cole producing. The play revolves around two orphans, Treat and Phillip, living in a decrepit North Philadelphia row house. "The Rock of Ages" star will play Harold, a rich older man who's kidnapped by Treat and becomes the boys' father figure. ...
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Allred scores tentative win in John Doe lawsuit
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:19 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In the ongoing legal saga over John Travolta's alleged inappropriate behavior during massage sessions, attorney Gloria Allred landed a victory in court on Wednesday, as Judge Michael P. Linfield of the Los Angeles Superior Court tentatively granted Allred's motion to strike a suit brought against her by the original lawyer for two of Travolta's accusers. ... Full Story | Top |
"Ted" review: That's one funny, filthy talking bear
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:17 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Grown-up boys and their childhood toys have been a recurring feature of American comedies lately, from Steve Carrell finally unloading his vintage action figures in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" to Jerry Ferrara's enforced separation from his Voltron collection in "Think Like a Man." Making his big-screen debut as co-writer (with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild) and director, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane takes the idea to an insanely logical extreme in "Ted," a movie about what happens 30 years or so after a kid gets his wish for a talking, living teddy bear. ...
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NBC sees profit in future Olympics
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:13 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - NBC may not turn a profit this year from the London Olympics but expects to make money on the four future Olympic games it also purchased broadcast rights to, the top executive at NBCUniversal said on Wednesday. About a year ago, NBCUniversal, a unit of Comcast Corp, spent $4.38 billion for the U.S. broadcasting rights to four upcoming Olympics games until 2020. The new contract is more favorable than a previous $2.2 billion deal for the London and Vancouver games that saw NBC lose more than $200 million. ... Full Story | Top |
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek home from hospital after heart attack
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television host Alex Trebek was released from a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday after suffering a mild heart attack this past weekend, according to a spokeswoman for his "Jeopardy!" game show. "I am happy to report that Alex has been released from the hospital and is back at his home," Paula Askanas from Sony Pictures Television said in a statement. Trebek, 71, was admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday. He is expected to recover in time to begin filming the next season of "Jeopardy!" in July. ... Full Story | Top |
YouTube's Big Frame unveils slate of new shows
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:18 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Big Frame, a YouTube talent management company, will use its newly announced $3 million in outside investment to significantly expand its production and marketing efforts, CEO Steve Raymond told TheWrap. On Tuesday night, Raymond and the Big Frame team will announce a series of new shows that will debut between July and the fall. Many of them cater to the audience for its special effects-focused channel BAMMO, which Big Frame launched in April as part of YouTube's premium content initiative. ... Full Story | Top |
Shark Week 25th anniversary plans revealed
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:16 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Amazingly, it's been nearly 25 years since Shark Week first sank its teeth into the public's imagination, and Discovery Channel plans to duly commemorate the occasion this summer with a packed schedule of predator-related programming. This year's festivities kick off on August 12 at 9 p.m. with "Air Jaws Apocalypse," which picks up where last year's "Ultimate Air Jaws" left off. On the new installment, shark expert Chris Fallos and natural history producer Jeff Kurr travel to Seal Island, South Africa, to explore the great white sharks there. ... Full Story | Top |
"Walking Dead" showrunner reveals how it doesn't end
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:15 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - (Spoiler alert: Don't read this if you don't want to know anything about what's coming up on "The Walking Dead.") "Walking Dead" showrunner Glen Mazzara doesn't want to reveal too much about the upcoming third season of the show - but he will say, emphatically, how the entire series won't end. The Wrap talked with Mazzara during a crucial day of filming of the third season - which is set largely in a prison and features a vicious new villain called the Governor. We noted during the interview that there are generally three types of endings for zombie stories. ... Full Story | Top |
NBC says jury still out on London Olympic profits
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A top NBC executive said on Wednesday it was too early to say whether the network would make money televising the Summer Olympics in London next month, but that advertising sales were currently "very strong" for the TV broadcasts. NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus also told reporters on a conference call that the network expects to turn a profit on the record $4.38 billion it paid for U.S. TV rights for upcoming winter and summer games after London, through 2020. ... Full Story | Top |
Kenny Chesney finds meaning in his "Fishbowl"
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Country star Kenny Chesney says that making his new album "Welcome to the Fishbowl" was a personal journey that helped him to better understand himself by being more sure of his place in the world. "I can tell you this album was unlike any other just for the emotional journey I went on to make it," Chesney said in an interview. "The songs are very personal. Once I heard them all together I realized the thread of searching was there. This is the most vulnerable I've ever been as an artist on a record. ...
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Kings of Leon drummer and wife expecting baby
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:05 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill and wife, singer Jessie Baylin, are expecting their first child, the drummer said on Twitter on Wednesday. "I can proudly announce that me & the lovely @JessieBaylin are expecting our first child. I'm beyond excited/anxious. Life is beautiful," Followill posted. Followill, 33, and Baylin, 28, married in 2009. Grammy-winning rock band Kings of Leon was formed in Nashville, Tennessee, by Followill brothers Nathan, Caleb and Jared and their cousin Matthew, gaining success with songs such as "Use Somebody" and "Sex On Fire. ... Full Story | Top |
Bone marrow registration spikes after TV anchor announcement
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two weeks after "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts announced she was being treated for a rare blood and bone marrow disease, the number of people offering to donate bone marrow has jumped, according to officials. More than 12,000 people joined the donation registry Be The Match in the two weeks after the ABC morning show co-host announced she has MDS, a disease requiring a bone marrow transplant, on June 11, registry officials said on Tuesday. Previously, the monthly average was 9,000, they said. ... Full Story | Top |
"Game of Thrones" season 3 to shoot in Morocco
Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Morocco is about to get a lot bloodier. And there will probably be a few more dragons wandering around the countryside. "Game of Thrones" will begin production on its third season in early July, HBO said Wednesday, with Morocco being added as a location for the series' carnage-happy shenanigans. The HBO fantasy drama's production will continue to be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with shooting taking place in that city and other locales in Northern Ireland. The series also will return to Croatia and Iceland for additional production. ... Full Story | Top |
Nathan Lane lands recurring role on "The Good Wife"
Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Add Nathan Lane to the growing list of guest stars who will swell the cast on the upcoming season of "The Good Wife." "The Producers" star has been cast in a recurring role on the CBS drama, playing a manager who's imposed on the law firm Lockhart & Gardner by the bank in order to cut costs and restore the firm's fiscal viability. Over the course of his run on the show, Lane's bottom line-obsessed character will find himself locking horns with the firm's staff. Lane joins a growing number of actors with recurring roles on the series, which includes "E.R. ...
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Britain's queen shakes hands with ex-IRA chief
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:50 AM PDT
Reuters -  BELFAST (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth shook the hand of former IRA guerrilla commander Martin McGuinness for the first time on Wednesday, drawing a line under a conflict that cost the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, including that of her cousin. The meeting with McGuinness, who is now the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, comes 14 years after the Irish Republican Army ended its war against British rule in the province, and is one of the last big milestones in a peace process whose success has been studied around the world. ...
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Indie film "Beasts" a fearless success
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the first day newcomer director Benh Zeitlin began shooting his mythical, apocalyptic low-budget film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild," he had a real life disaster to deal with - the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The sense of impending danger only served to heighten the rugged, mystical tension Zeitlin was aiming for in his acclaimed indie film that stars non-actors as a father and daughter facing environmental threats on the impoverished watery fringes of southern Louisiana. ...
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"Magic Mike" pre-sales are taking off on Fandango
Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Magic Mike," the Channing Tatum movie about guys taking it off, is doing some taking off of its own. Warner Bros.' male stripper movie is the top-selling film at online ticketing site Fandango, social media mentions are surging and box office analysts are revising their tracking upwards. Pre-sales for "Magic Mike" represented 36 percent of all movie ticket sales at Fandango on Tuesday, outstripping, ahem, those of reigning box-office champ "Brave," which was at 31 percent. ...
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Quincy Jones dings P. Diddy at Spotify launch
Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:38 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Spotify brought producer Quincy Jones to launch their new app featuring artist-curated playlists on Tuesday, but the music legend couldn't resist dinging P. Diddy for being musically illiterate while touting the music technology. "P. Diddy wouldn't know a B-flat" if it hit him, said Jones in a conversation with musician Bruno Mars to mark the occasion of the app launch. "P. Diddy has a doctorate in marketing…. He's got clothes companies and Ciroc vodka." The comment came after Jones responded to an audience question with an admonition to "learn your craft. ...
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A Minute With: Woody Allen on "Rome" and home
Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:09 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After the success of last year's "Midnight in Paris", filmmaker Woody Allen is back again with a European-set comedy, "To Rome With Love", in which he also stars. With a cast featuring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page and others, the film portrays intertwining stories including that of an young man (Jesse Eisenberg) in the love triangle of his youth, a middle-aged man (Roberto Benigni) who becomes an overnight celebrity and an undertaker whose operatic voice only comes alive in the shower. The movie opened in major U.S. ...
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Club sues NYC after Brown-Drake brawl, loses liquor license
Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:01 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Manhattan nightclub where a brawl erupted between the entourages of hip-hop artists Chris Brown and Drake has sued New York City to allow it to re-open its doors. The New York hotspot Greenhouse claims it was "unnecessary and unlawful" for the city to shut it down in the aftermath of the June 16 bottle-launching fight in its downstairs club "W.i.P." The club claims in the lawsuit filed last Friday that it loses approximately $264,000 each week it is not open. Greenhouse is suing to permit an immediate opening of its doors. ...
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Obama and Marc Anthony court voters in Miami Beach
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:58 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - President Obama hit Miami Beach on Tuesday to raise money for his last White House run, and Marc Anthony was in on the act. About 2,300 paying guests, most of whom shelled out $100 per ticket, caught Obama and Anthony on stage at the Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater. Proceeds from the event went to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fund-raising committee comprised of Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee and several state Democratic parties, according to a White House pool report. ...
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Can "Beasts of the Southern Wild" be a commercial hit?
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:56 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - First-time director Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is the biggest indie-film sensation of the 2012 festival season. It won the grand prize at Sundance after an uproarious debut screening, quickly landed a deal with Fox Searchlight, went to Cannes where it won the Camera d'Or as the festival's best first film and recently took the audience award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. ... Full Story | Top |
Travolta sued for libel as gay claims resurface
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:35 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man who wrote a book about his alleged gay encounters with John Travolta filed a libel lawsuit on Thursday against the actor and his attorney. Robert Randolph claimed that Travolta and his attorney Martin Singer spread false statements about his mental health in 2010 in a bid to dissuade the public from buying his planned book. His is seeking unspecified damages in the legal action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. ...
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Benh Zeitlin on "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:18 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is one of the most extraordinary debuts of the year - and beyond that, one of the most extraordinary, exhilarating films from anyone. A winner at Sundance, Cannes and the Los Angeles Film Festival, the film is strange, raucous, at times hysterical and in the end enormously moving, mixing bayou high spirits with a profound sense of loss and a few rampaging prehistoric creatures, aurochs, come back to life. ...
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UK band Muse composes official Games song
Wed,27 Jun 2012 08:34 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Muse's "Survival" will be the main official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the British rockers announced on Wednesday. Lead singer Matt Bellamy wrote the track "with the Olympics in mind. It's about total conviction and pure determination to win," the group said on its website. The tune will be played throughout the July 27-August 12 Games, including when athletes enter the stadium, in the lead-up to medal ceremonies and also as the theme for international television coverage. It will air in public for the first time on the publicly funded BBC Radio 1 at around 2. ...
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Acclaimed screenwriter Nora Ephron dead at 71
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for romantic comedies "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," as well as books and essays, has died in New York after battling leukemia. She was 71. Ephron, who had suffered from acute myeloid leukemia, died on Tuesday evening at New York's Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center surrounded by her family, they said in a statement. ...
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Art show riot reflects religious divide in new Tunisia
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT
Reuters -  TUNIS (Reuters) - The artist agreed to be interviewed but asked not to be named. Picking up a piece of work vandalized by Islamist zealots at a recent arts fair in a suburb of Tunis, she said: "Don't describe it or people will know who I am." Tunisian artists have gone to ground since Salafi Islamists broke into Abdeliya Palace on June 10 and destroyed a handful of works at the Printemps des Arts fair to protest against art they deemed insulting to Islam, then ran riot for days. One of the most controversial works on display was an installation depicting veiled women as punching bags. ...
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U.S. returns stolen art worth millions to Italy
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters -  ROME (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday returned stolen art works worth millions of dollars to Italy, including two 2,300-year-old ceramic vases, a Roman sculpture and a Renaissance painting. The seven works, which Italian police said were illegally smuggled into the United States by organized crime groups specializing in stolen art, will now be returned to their owners and museums. "The recovery of these works of art was thanks to professional cooperation between law enforcement in Italy and the United States," said Italian Culture Minister Lorenzo Ornaghi. ...
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Development spend to cap Naspers profit
Wed,27 Jun 2012 06:47 AM PDT
Reuters - JOHANNESBURG, June 27 - Heavy spending to drive organic growth at South Africa's e-commerce and media company Naspers will keep profit flat this year, as the company steers away from the acquisition trail in the face of high valuations and restless shareholders. Chief Executive Koos Bekker sees the $22 billion company, which reported a 15 percent jump in profit for the year to the end of March, growing revenue by about 20 percent this year and spending over 7 percent of that to grow its own businesses. ... Full Story | Top |
Charlie Sheen drinking again
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:13 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Charlie Sheen says he's drinking again, a year after his alcohol and drug abuse were factors in his firing from "Two and a Half Men." The actor, who has been through several stints in rehab, talked about using alcohol in a "Good Morning America" interview with Elizabeth Vargas to promote his new FX show, "Anger Management." In Sheen's termination letter from "Two and a Half Men" last year, lawyers for Warner Bros. TV said Sheen's "drug and alcohol abuse was not only affecting his ability to work on the show, but endangering his life. ...
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IOC head floats pay TV deal for Britain
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:51 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Future Olympic Games could be screened in Britain by a pay TV operator such as BSkyB rather than incumbent the BBC, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told a newspaper. The Olympics are one of the major sports events which must be screened on free-to-air TV in Britain. However, the government plans to review those safeguards next year after completing the transition to multi-channel digital television. Rights holders such as the IOC are seeking to balance the desire to maximize value for their content with the need to ensure maximum exposure for ...
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No "Scream" but plenty of darkness at UK Munch show
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:41 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - How do you stage an Edvard Munch exhibition without featuring the work for which he is renowned the world over - "The Scream"? Four versions of the haunting, swirling image exist of which three are in museums and unlikely to travel, while the fourth just sold at Sotheby's New York for $120 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction. The Tate Modern in London believes it has the answer. In a new show dedicated to the Norwegian painter, the London gallery has chosen to focus on the whole of his career and paint a more rounded picture of the artist. ...
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Appeasing investors, Murdoch moves to split empire
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:19 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp took a major step in satisfying shareholders' concerns for a more growth-focused business with a plan to separate its publishing and entertainment assets, but an uncertain management structure for the two proposed companies raises new questions about a succession plan at the family-controlled media empire. Shareholders have been pressing News Corp to get rid of its troubled newspapers business after a phone hacking scandal tainted its British newspapers and forced the company to drop its proposed acquisition of pay-TV group BSkyB. ...
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Justin Bieber "Believe" scores year's biggest debut so far
Tue,26 Jun 2012 07:08 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian pop star Justin Bieber notched the year's biggest debut so far as his latest album, "Believe," sold 374,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan on Tuesday. "Believe" will secure the 18-year-old singer his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when the chart is officially published on Wednesday. It follows 2009's "My World," and 2011's "Never Say Never: The Remixes," and his holiday set, "Under The Mistletoe." The new album knocked off last week's chart-topper, "Looking 4 Myself," by Bieber's mentor Usher. ...
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Factbox: Key facts about filmmaker Nora Ephron
Tue,26 Jun 2012 06:15 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Writer and director Nora Ephron died on Tuesday in New York at the age of 71, succumbing to leukemia. Following are some key facts about her. * Ephron directed, produced or wrote more than 15 Hollywood movies, including romantic comedy classics "When Harry Met Sally", "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail". * She helped turn actress Meg Ryan into a worldwide star, and often worked with Meryl Streep. * Ephron was married three times and turned her second divorce - from former Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein - into the book and 1986 film "Heartburn". ... Full Story | Top |
Duplass brothers explain their early VOD release
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Unlike many filmmakers, Mark and Jay Duplass, those seemingly ubiquitous "mumblecore" mavens, are not precious about the theatrical experience. They have no problem if someone watches one of their low-budget exercises in comedic awkwardness on a smartphone or laptop. "What's important to us is that as many people see the film as possible," Jay Duplass told TheWrap. "We're not Terrence Malick making 'Days of Heaven.'" "Our films are about the faces and about the close-ups," Mark Duplass added. "Would we rather someone watch it in the theater? Yes. ...
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The Gotham Observer sheds light on "Dark Knight Rises"
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:44 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Gotham Observer's made-up headlines are making headlines. Three pages of the fictional newspaper from "The Dark Knight Rises" were released as part of the viral marketing campaign for the expected blockbuster, which Warner Bros. is releasing on July 20. Boldfaced letters sweep across page one announce the revelry planned for Harvey Dent Day, a city-wide holiday commemorating Gotham's fallen district attorney. Meanwhile, a spike in burglaries-- anyone ready to fire up the old Batman spotlight? - plague the city. ... Full Story | Top |
Magic Johnson plays for keeps in business
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sixteen years after the last jump shot of his Hall of Fame basketball career, Earvin "Magic" Johnson is playing on a new court as a media mogul. He says he's chasing the successful career of Robert Johnson, the legendary founder of Black Entertainment Television and one-time owner of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats. ...
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