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U.S. "Genius" visa attracts entrepreneurs and Playmates
Thu,28 Jun 2012 10:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shera Bechard, the Canadian-born former girlfriend of Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner, would not be an obvious candidate for the special visas that the U.S. government reserves for "individuals with extraordinary ability." Playboy magazine named Bechard Miss November in 2010, and she also started an online photo-sharing craze called "Frisky Friday." Neither seems quite on the level of an "internationally recognized award, such as a Nobel Prize," which the government cites as a possible qualification. ...
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France's Strauss-Kahn and wife have separated: source
Thu,28 Jun 2012 07:10 PM PDT
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing a probe into his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring in France, and his wife have separated, a source said. Anne Sinclair, a wealthy heiress who recently relaunched her media career as a news editor at the Huffington Post's French edition, and Strauss-Kahn separated about a month ago and they are living in separate residences in Paris, said the source, who is close to Strauss-Kahn. ...
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Entire "Community" cast returning next season
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Community" creator Dan Harmon might have been shown the door, but rest assured - when the doors open at Greendale Community College once again, the on-air talent will all be aboard. Yes, and that includes Chevy Chase - who famously criticized the direction in which Harmon had led the series with a well-publicized, sharp-tongued phone message. The entire "Community" cast has been secured for the fourth season of the NBC sitcom, which will surely bring a sigh of relief to fans who weren't even sure if there would be a fourth season a couple of months ago. ... Full Story | Top |
"Think Like a Man" sequel in the works
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:20 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Screen Gems is moving ahead with a sequel to last spring's surprise box office hit "Think Like a Man," the company said Thursday. The follow-up to the relationship comedy will be written by Keith Merryman and David A. Newman, the team behind the first film. "Think Like a Man" chronicled the romantic travails of four couples and boasted an ensemble cast that included Taraji P. Henson ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Jerry Ferrara ("Entourage") and talk show host Wendy Williams. ... Full Story | Top |
"Ted" versus "Magic Mike" in battle of the sexes
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:36 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - There could be a lot of couples splitting up and then meeting back in the lobby after the movie this weekend. Both Warner Bros.' "Magic Mike" and Universal's "Ted" are tracking very strongly - with one gender. Channing Tatum's male strippers appear to have the female market locked, though current box office champ "Brave" could factor in. And Seth MacFarlane's potty-mouthed teddy bear looks very big with men. Whether either will be able to dislodge "Brave" from its perch remains to be seen. ... Full Story | Top |
"Magic Mike" never quite takes (it) off
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike" brings to mind the old joke about non-dairy creamer - we know what it isn't, but what is it? If you're expecting a sexy and voyeuristic peek into the world of muscular dancers taking off their clothes for roomfuls of rowdy women (i.e., the movie that the ads and trailers are selling), you'll be disappointed at how lackluster and, ultimately, repetitive the stripping sequences are. ...
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France's Strauss-Kahn, wife have separated: media
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife have separated, as his legal battles run on over a New York sex assault case and his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring, weekly magazine Closer reported on Thursday. Anne Sinclair, a wealthy heiress who recently relaunched her media career as a news editor at the Huffington Post's French edition, threw Strauss-Kahn out of their home in central Paris a month ago and the two are living separately, the magazine said. The magazine did not cite any sources for the story that appeared in its online edition. ...
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More songwriters among Oscar rule changes
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Academy's Board of Governors made several minor changes to Oscar rules in its annual review of those rules this week, but it left intact the controversial system that produces a variable number of Best Picture nominations. The board's changes include the Original Song category, in which the Music Branch Executive Committee can now recommend that a fourth songwriter be credited for a nominated song. For the past six years, the number of nominees for any song had been limited to two, or in special circumstances to three. ... Full Story | Top |
Cee Lo Green snags role in "Can a Song Save Your Life?"
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Cee Lo Green will share the big screen with Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Stanfied and Catherine Keener in the upcoming John Carney film "Can a Song Save Your Life?" The film's cast also includes Green's fellow "The Voice" coach, Adam Levine. Production stars Monday in New York on the Exclusive Media project. Green will play Troublegum, a "very successful hip hop star," Exclusive Media said. "Can a Song Save Your Life?" stars Knightley and Levine as a couple that moves to New York to pursue their passion for music. ...
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The CW releases its fall premiere schedule
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:49 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The CW will kick off its fall 2012 premiere slate on October 2 with the season two premiere of the Rachel Bilson drama "Hart of Dixie," while the overprivileged scandal-mongers of "Gossip Girl" will begin their sixth and final run on October 8. Meanwhile, the network's slate of new series starts off with the series premiere of the superhero drama "Arrow" on October 10. The network revealed its fall premiere schedule Thursday, with returning favorites such as "90210" and "The Vampire Diaries" being represented alongside new offerings such as "Emily Owens, M.D. ... Full Story | Top |
Village Roadshow receives $275 million cash infusion
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has closed a $380 million recapitalization that includes a $275 million infusion of new capital, the company announced Thursday. The funding is part of a 6-year equity arrangement with Trinity Opportunities Limited, arranged in conjunction with Hong Kong-based Shikumen Capital Management. The funds will be used to boost the Australia-based company's initiatives in China and bolster its balance sheet. "This recapitalization will ... facilitate the strategic growth of our film production business both in the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
WikiLeaks' Assange defiant over UK police request
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said it was almost certain he would not leave his embassy refuge on Friday to enter a British police station as part of his extradition process to be questioned in Sweden about sex-crime allegations. Assange has been holed-up in Ecuador's embassy in London since he made a surprise application for political asylum last week. On Thursday, British police summoned Assange to a London police station, demanding he leave the embassy. ...
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Soderbergh exposes male strippers in new film
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh's new movie "Magic Mike," inspired by actor Channing Tatum's real-life experiences as a teenager, takes the wraps off the world of male stripping and humanizes it through a chain of relationships. Opening in the United States on Friday, the film features 32-year-old Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer. Tatum plays Mike, who juggles several jobs by day and dances by night at Club Xquisite. Mike falls for Brooke (Cody Horn), sister of a 19-year-old nicknamed "the Kid" (Pettyfer) whom he recruits to work at the club. ...
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Irving explores bisexuality in latest best seller
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:07 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author John Irving's latest book, "In One Person," is his most politically charged novel since his 1980s best sellers, "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany." Irving's 13th book is about a bisexual boy from rural Vermont named Billy Abbott who has crushes on the wrong people, including his town's transgender librarian. He learns to navigate his relationships in a world that consistently views him as suspect. After its release last month, "In One Person" quickly became a best seller and earned praise from Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. ... Full Story | Top |
China to launch Netflix-like movie service
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The government-run China Movie Channel will launch an online service like Netflix Inc in China this year, promising a big new revenue source for Hollywood from streaming its films and TV shows to subscribers in the world's most populous nation. The new service is set to open in the fourth quarter, according to its backers, who say they have signed their first content agreement with a major Hollywood studio, Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures. ... Full Story | Top |
News Corp split sets stage for possible Lachlan return
Thu,28 Jun 2012 02:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's decision to become chief executive of a new, separate entertainment company split off from News Corp but not to head the new publishing business sparked speculation he was setting the stage for the return of his eldest son Lachlan as an executive at the company. News Corp said on Thursday that its board had approved a plan for the $60 billion media conglomerate to be split into two publicly traded companies, publishing and entertainment, with the Murdoch family retaining control of both. ...
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Louis C.K. rakes in $4.5 million in ticket experiment
Thu,28 Jun 2012 02:05 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Louis C.K.'s do-it-yourself approach continues to pay off. The comedian - who raked in $1 million late last year by cutting out networks and distributing his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" directly online - has reaped another windfall with his upcoming comedy tour, which cuts out ticket vendors in favor of direct sales. The comedian announced via his Twitter account Wednesday that, less than two days after putting tickets for the tour on sale, he'd sold 100,000 tickets, translating to more than $4 million in sales. "well. ...
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Ann Curry mess: Did NBC learn nothing from Conan O'Brien?
Thu,28 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ann Curry's messy exit suggests that despite NBC's new regime the new crew has learned nothing from the old crew and the ghost of Conan O'Brien. Once again, a prominent piece of talent - this time Curry - was left hanging out to dry, embarrassing the network, angering dedicated viewers and rewarding a loyal employee with an undignified escort to the curb. In the case of Conan O'Brien in 2010, the bungled management of his failed turn as "Tonight Show" host turned the 16-year, true-blue veteran of the network into an embittered enemy with an army of Twitter ... Full Story | Top |
Blip launches production studio, seeks to expand
Thu,28 Jun 2012 02:01 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Blip, a startup that distributes and monetizes online video, has decided to expand into production, announcing the launch of Blip Studios on Thursday. Steve Woolf, previously vice president of content, will run the studio and has been promoted to the SVP level. Blip will build a network of shows, signing partnerships with existing talent and creating its own original series across genres like comedy, sci-fi and sports. ... Full Story | Top |
"Walking Dead" is coming to life in magazine form
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:59 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The hit zombie drama "The Walking Dead" is shuffling its way toward newsstands this fall. Titan Magazines and the Image Comics imprint Skybound will publish "The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine," with the debut issue coming out on October 23. The 100-page publication will feature "all the latest news, revelations and tips" for fans of both the TV series and the Robert Kirkman graphic novels upon which the series is based (and which is also published by Skybound). ... Full Story | Top |
Celebrities tweet reactions to healthcare decision
Thu,28 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Supreme Court largely upheld President Barack Obama's health care law Thursday and within minutes of the historic decision celebrities and media personalities used Twitter to voice their joy or outrage. A few, such as Albert Brooks, took the opportunity to make a few jokes about the impact of the wide-reaching ruling, saying he planned to get ill in order to celebrate. ... Full Story | Top |
Good people aren't enough to save "People Like Us"
Thu,28 Jun 2012 12:12 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In the same way that one can support the troops but hate the war, or love the player but hate the game, one can appreciate actors even while disliking the movie in which they're working their tails off. That would be the case with "People Like Us," a maudlin comic drama about a feckless young man who discovers as an adult that his recently deceased father also secretly had a daughter with another woman. Chris Pine plays Sam, a fast-talking salesman who relies on charm and a gift for schmoozing to get by in life. ... Full Story | Top |
Vivendi CEO quits, opening door to strategy shift
Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - The reign of Vivendi Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy ended on Thursday in a strategy dispute with the French telecoms and media conglomerate's supervisory board, paving the way for possible disposals to shake up its flagging share price. Vivendi, whose shares are at nine-year lows, has been reviewing its conglomerate structure and seeking ideas on how to reverse the stock slump, while its SFR telecom business has been hammered by fresh competition in the French mobile market since January. ...
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"Land of Decoration" wins Desmond Elliott novel prize
Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:37 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Author Grace McCleen won the Desmond Elliott Prize for debut fiction published in Britain on Thursday for "The Land of Decoration," although she has already announced that her budding career as a writer is almost over. The book, published in Britain by Chatto & Windus, centers around the deeply religious 10-year-old Judith McPherson, who with her father belongs to a religious sect and who is scorned and bullied at school. ... Full Story | Top |
Emmy versus Oscar: Which honors more substantial work?
Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:34 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's become conventional wisdom that there's more vital work taking place these days on television than in movies. At some point, goes the story, a bunch of TV writers got tired of the usual small-screen fare and started stretching their creative muscles. (And strangely, lots of them were named David: David Milch did "NYPD Blue," David Chase did "The Sopranos," David Simon did "The Wire"... ... Full Story | Top |
Smashing Pumpkins rock again with "Oceania"
Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:03 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alternative rockers The Smashing Pumpkins have had huge hits - "Siamese Dream" and "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" - as well as well-publicized in-fighting and drug use that led to the Chicago band's break-up in 2000. But after some false starts, lead singer Billy Corgan recently reformed the Pumpkins with new musicians and embarked on an ambitious 44-song project titled "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope." Their new album, "Oceania," which entered the Billboard 200 charts this week at No. ...
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Vivendi CEO leaves in strategy dispute
Thu,28 Jun 2012 10:59 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy is stepping down from the French telecoms and media conglomerate in a dispute over strategy, the company said in a statement. The company named Jean-Francois Dubos, the company's general counsel, as his replacement. "Jean-Bernard Levy is stepping down as chairman of the management board following a divergence of views on the strategic development of the group," Vivendi said following a supervisory board meeting on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
Glitterati flock to Masterpiece London luxury fair
Thu,28 Jun 2012 10:46 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The Masterpiece London art and luxury fair opened on Thursday showcasing jewelry, furniture and cars to throngs of the international super-rich seemingly immune to worries over a fragile global economy. The glitterati moved along the stands at an exclusive preview event in Chelsea on Wednesday night, sipping champagne as they admired rare sculptures, porcelain, classic cars, paintings, fine jewels and silverware. "There is a tremendous amount of wealth which needs somewhere to go," Philip Hewat-Jaboor, chairman of Masterpiece, told Reuters at the fair. ... Full Story | Top |
Don Grady of "My Three Sons" dies at 68
Thu,28 Jun 2012 10:33 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Don Grady, who played Robbie Douglas on the TV show "My Three Sons" and was one of the Mickey Mouse Club's original Mouseketeers, died Wednesday. He was 68. "My dear friend and TV brother Don Grady passed away today," posted his "My Three Sons" co-star Barry Livingston. "He was an inspiration to me in so many ways." Livingston played Ernie on the show. Born Don Louis Agrati in 1944, Grady was best known for his role as one of the sons on the long-running series, which co-starred Fred MacMurray and William Demarest. ... Full Story | Top |
"Wicked Business" tops U.S. bestseller list
Thu,28 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Wicked Business" soared to the top of Publishers Weekly's bestseller list on Thursday. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich (Bantam $28) - 2. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25.00) 2 3. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham, (Doubleday, $24.95) 1 4. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler (Putnam, $27.95) 4 5. "11th Hour" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99) 8 6. ... Full Story | Top |
Ann Curry gives tearful farewell to "Today" Show
Thu,28 Jun 2012 08:01 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an emotional farewell, Ann Curry confirmed on Thursday she was leaving as co-host of NBC's "Today" show after just a year in the high-profile job and following a recent slump in the ratings of the early morning program. Choking back tears for several minutes, Curry told viewers at the end of Thursday's program she would be leaving as co-host of the show and taking up a new role reporting from around the world for NBC. "This is not as I ever expected, to leave this couch after 15 years. ...
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Erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" breaks UK record
Thu,28 Jun 2012 07:30 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - E.L. James' erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey", dubbed "mummy porn" by the British media, has become the country's fastest paperback to reach one million sales, trade figures showed. The story, the first in a trilogy, took just 11 weeks to reach the milestone, 25 weeks faster than the previous record holder, Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code", according to figures from publishing tracking company Nielsen BookScan. It also beat its own seven-day record for an adult paperback, shifting 397,889 copies in a week and smashing the 205,130 copies it sold a few days earlier. ... Full Story | Top |
RCS hires IMG to sell Italian cycling to world
Thu,28 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Italian media company RCS has signed an eight-year agreement with sports marketing group IMG to try to boost broadcast revenues for its cycling events, capitalizing on growing international interest in the sport. The sports event arm of RCS, which publishes Italian newspapers Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere della Sera, is seeking a bigger worldwide audience for races it organizes, such as the three-week Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy). ... Full Story | Top |
Glasenberg's dealmaker renown at mercy of Qatar
Thu,28 Jun 2012 07:04 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - By rejecting Glencore's coveted acquisition of miner Xstrata, Qatar could also put paid to the reputation of Ivan Glasenberg, chief executive of the commodities trader, as consummate dealmaker. Those who have worked with him on takeovers - and against him defending the companies he targeted - say Glasenberg's self-belief is second to none. That, plus unbending determination, means he normally gets his way. But this time he appears to have been wrong-footed, thinking the support of major Xstrata shareholder Qatar Holdings was in the bag. ...
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Art auction features top names at thrift store prices
Thu,28 Jun 2012 06:08 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contemporary art collectors will have a chance to shore up their holdings at relatively low prices next month when Christie's sells works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman and Gerhard Richter. The Open House sale, with estimates as low as $2,000, will include works of impressive provenance, with the Museum of Modern Art and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art among institutions putting pieces from their collections on the block. ... Full Story | Top |
NBC sees profit in future Olympics
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:12 AM 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. ...
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Russell Brand returns to stand-up on TV's "Brand X"
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:02 AM PDT
Reuters -  (The story contains sexual reference in the fifth paragraph) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He's played an out-of-control rocker in Hollywood movie "Get Him to the Greek" and a drunken playboy in "Arthur," but in his first U.S. television show, Americans will see raucous British comedian Russell Brand as they haven't before - doing stand-up. Brand returns to his roots in new show "Brand X," a late-night, once-a-week program debuting on the FX network on Thursday. ...
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Welsh baritone Terfel: Working up to a great Wotan
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:57 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel got a big kick out of hobnobbing on stage last year at New York's Beacon Theater with glitterati of the pop world for Sting's 60th birthday. "I was between (Lady) Gaga and Billy Joel, rubbing shoulders with Stevie Wonder," Terfel said, his eyes still radiating the thrill more than half a year later. ...
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Bone marrow registration spikes after TV anchor announcement
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:54 AM 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. ...
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Book Talk: Former Peace Corp volunteer finds Africa changed
Thu,28 Jun 2012 02:18 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Peace Corps volunteer who views his time in Malawi in the 1960s as the highlight of his life goes back when his marriage falters, only to find the southern African country he remembers has unraveled through poverty and AIDS, or perhaps never existed. Largely set in a small isolated village in modern Malawi, "The Lower River" is the 29th work of fiction by Paul Theroux, 71. The protagonist, Ellis Hock, now 62, has led a secure middle-class life owning a menswear shop in Medford, Massachusetts, and is at first welcomed warmly by the villagers on his return to ... Full Story | Top |
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