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Book reveals softer side of Aaron Burr
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:04 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Aaron Burr, a lawyer and politician in the early years of the United States, has long had a reputation as a villain, mainly due to his famous killing of political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. But in his book, "The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr," author Henry Brands paints a vastly different picture of a modern, progressive man who believed that women were the intellectual equals of men, and who was devoted to his only daughter, Theodosia. "I knew the story of Aaron Burr as a public figure. ... Full Story | Top |
HBO documentary will celebrate 50 years of The Rolling Stones
Wed,1 Aug 2012 08:17 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable channel HBO will air a new documentary about The Rolling Stones this fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the British rock band. HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told journalists on Wednesday that the documentary, which has no title yet, was being directed by Brett Morgan. "This is all done as part of the band's 50th anniversary. This documentary has the full involvement of the four current band members, Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ron, as well as the former band members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor. ...
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Kennedys open up for TV documentary on RFK's widow
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Kennedys may be America's most famous political dynasty, but it took one of their own to get them to open up about their private lives and their place in U.S. history. Filmmaker Rory Kennedy, 43, the youngest of the 11 children of slain U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and his wife, Ethel, persuaded her mother to give her first extended interview in more than 20 years for an upcoming HBO documentary that is also the first film about the Kennedys to come from within the family. Even so, it wasn't easy. ...
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Tippi Hedren on Hitchcock: "genius and evil and deviant"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:17 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Tippi Hedren spoke Wednesday about rampant sexual harassment by Alfred Hitchcock nearly half a century ago, during the making of "The Birds" and "Marnie." "I think he was an extremely sad character," she said during a panel discussion of HBO's upcoming "The Girl," which recounts her troubled relationship with the director. "We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting." She was one of those people, she said. ...
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MGM settles lawsuit over "Raging Bull" sequel
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The battle between MGM and the makers of a sequel to the 1980 film "Raging Bull" has ended in a split decision. The studio has settled its lawsuit against boxer Jake LaMotta, the inspiration for the film, and RB II Production over a big-screen adaptation of LaMotta's 1986 book "Raging Bull II." Under the agreement, the new movie has been given the working title "The Bronx Bull," LaMotta's boxing nickname. ...
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Clint Eastwood's "Trouble With the Curve" bumps up release date
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:11 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Clint Eastwood film "Trouble With the Curve" will be winding up in theaters earlier than expected. Warner Bros. has moved the release date for the film up a week, from its original September 28 premiere date to September 21. The film stars Eastwood as an aging baseball scout who takes his daughter (Amy Adams) along for one last trip to check out a prospect. John Goodman and Justin Timberlake also star. Robert Lorenz, Eastwood's partner at Malpaso Productions, directed the film. No reason for the scheduling shift was given. ...
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Sean Hayes to guest on "Up All Night"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:08 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes has been cast on the upcoming second season of the NBC comedy "Up All Night." The show's Facebook page has posted that Hayes will star in a multi-episode arc and will portray the "former accompanist" of talk-show host Ava Alexander, played by Maya Rudolph. No airdate for Hayes' debut on the series has been announced. Hayes recently starred as Larry Fine in the Farrelly Brothers' "The Three Stooges." The second season of "Up All Night" premieres September 20 at 8:30 p.m.
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Hitchcock's "Vertigo" ends 50-year reign of "Citizen Kane"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:07 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Alfred Hitchcock has dethroned Orson Welles. Welles' "Citizen Kane" has ruled as the greatest film ever made, according to critics' polls by the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound magazine. Every 10 years since 1962, when the magazine asked critics to name their top 10, "Kane" reigned. Until now. But the 2012 poll results announced Tuesday place Hitchcock's psychological drama "Vertigo" first. "Citizen Kane" slid to second place. "Vertigo" follows a private eye, played by James Stewart, in San Francisco who is hired to track a man's wife. ... Full Story | Top |
Ashton Kutcher bringing "Punk'd"-like series to web
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The guys who brought the world "Punk'd" are bringing their hidden cameras to the internet. Katalyst Network, the television and film production company founded in 2000 by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, has partnered with virtual media company Machinima to produce a new show, "Prank Lab," the companies said Wednesday. The first 40 episodes of the show will air on Machinima Prime, a new premium content channel that officially launched on August 1. "'Prank Lab' is a celebration of sophomoric humor," Anthony Batt, president of Katalyst, told TheWrap. ...
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HBO announces Larry David movie
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - HBO plans a movie written by and starring Larry David that will find him playing a character other than himself. "He is not playing the Larry David from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,'" said HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo, who added that "Arrested Development" and "Newsroom" veteran Greg Mottola will direct. David will work on the show before he moves forward on another season of "Curb." The network believes David plans another season of the show, but he wants to complete the film first, HBO co-president Richard Plepler said. ...
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Sorkin stands by "Newsroom", denies firing writing staff
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin on Wednesday vigorously defended his controversial show set in a fictional cable TV newsroom, and refuted reports that he fired his writing staff. Sorkin said that "Newsroom," which mixes real news stories with fictional characters in a workplace drama, was not intended to thumb its nose at the way established television channels have covered big news events. ...
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Due diligence on Dylan: writer found fraud in first chapter
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Moynihan did not have to read past the first chapter of writer Jonah Lehrer's best-selling book "Imagine: How Creativity Works" to realize the high-profile writer had fabricated some of its material, namely quotes from Bob Dylan. Yet even after Moynihan exposed Lehrer's misquotations, causing the 31-year-old Rhodes scholar, neuroscientist, columnist, and nonfiction writer to resign from a staff position at The New Yorker magazine and issue an apology this week, he is still mystified by Lehrer's reckless behavior. ...
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Tony Sly, No Use for a Name frontman, dead at 41
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tony Sly, guitarist and singer for the pop-punk band No Use for a Name, has died, his record label said Wednesday. He was 41. No cause of death was given. "It is with great sorrow that we must say goodbye to Tony Sly of No Use For A Name," the group's label, Fat Wreck Chords, said on its web site. "We received a call earlier today of his passing, and are devastated. We have lost an incredible talent, friend, and father - one of the true greats. ... Full Story | Top |
TV One plans rebranding: "Where black life unfolds"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - TV One plans an August 20 rebranding that will include the new tagline, "Where Black Life Unfolds." The network, which caters to African-American viewers 25 and older, unveiled the rebranding at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, where it also highlighted three shows in its upcoming slate. They include "The Ricky Smiley Show," featuring the radio show host and Ray J; "Save My Son," which features black families trying to help their sons; and the reality series "R&B Divas. ...
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Margo Martindale joins cast of "August: Osage County"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Margo Martindale has joined the cast of "August: Osage County," a spokeswoman at the Gersh Agency told TheWrap. The actress will play the sister of Meryl Streep's character Violet Weston in the feature adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which premiered in Chicago in June 2007. In the dark comedy clan story, Martindale stars as the incessantly blasé Mattie Fae Aiken, wife of Chris Cooper's character Charles Aiken, who antagonizes her child and husband and eventually reveals that another man fathered her son. ...
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Chellomedia buys MGM Networks, stake in Latin American operations
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Chellomedia has acquired MGM Networks, the companies said Wednesday. In addition, Chellomedia has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in MGM Latin America, which has operated as a joint venture since 1998, as well as the balance of the companies' joint venture in Central Europe. The move comes as MGM is flirting with filing for an initial public offering. The studio only recently emerged from bankruptcy and has new corporate leadership in the form of Spyglass chiefs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. ... Full Story | Top |
John Fugelsang will take on religious right on new TV show
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "I want to do a show that takes on Chick-Fil-A and the Westboro Baptist Church using the bible," Current TV's new primetime host John Fugelsang told TheWrap on Wednesday. Comedian Fugelsang will take on the religious right in a new primetime show the network announced earlier on Wednesday. In addition to being a comedian, Fugelsang is a frequent guest on cable news programming and over the past few months has filled in for Current hosts Eliot Spitzer and Jennifer Granholm. "As Gov. Granholm focuses on democratic politics and Gov. ... Full Story | Top |
Chuck Lorre selling $100 book of vanity cards
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Would you pay $100 to read the musings of the man who co-created "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory"? What if it were for charity? Chuck Lorre, arch-nemesis of Charlie Sheen, will release a new coffee table book called "What Doesn't Kill Us, Makes Us Bitter" in October. The proceeds will go to the Dharma-Grace Foundation, established by Lorre in 1999 to further his support of the Venice Family Clinic, which provides free medical care. The book will feature the title cards Lorre includes at the end of his shows. ...
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New AMPAS president Hawk Koch exits as PGA co-president
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hawk Koch, who was elected president of the Motion Picture Academy on Tuesday night, announced on Wednesday morning that he is temporarily stepping down from his position as co-president of the Producers Guild of America. A PGA release said that Koch will take a temporary leave of absence from his position with the guild, and that co-president Mark Gordon will serve as sole president. His term as Academy president will be up on August 1, 2013. At that point, he will rejoin Gordon as co-president of the PGA for the remaining 10 months of their two-year term. ...
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"American Horror Story" gets a new title for season 2
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - When FX's hit spooky drama "American Horror Story" returns to the air for its second season, it will have more than a few new faces. It will also have a new title. "American Horror Story" creator Ryan Murphy revealed Tuesday that the second season of the series will be dubbed "American Horror Story: Asylum." The season will be set in 1964. ...
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Anderson Cooper talk show gets name change, format shakeup
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Anderson Cooper's syndicated talk show is undergoing big changes for its upcoming second season. Cooper's daytime gabfest, formerly known as "Anderson," has been rechristened "Anderson Live." The name change reflects a switch to a live format that will also incorporate revolving co-hosts. And in case that isn't enough of a shakeup, the show will now tape at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, moving from its previous home of Jazz at Lincoln Center's The Allen Room, which is located in New York's Time Warner Center. ...
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BBC America plans new "Musketeers" series
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - BBC America will co-produce BBC One's "The Musketeers," a new drama based on the Alexandre Dumas novel that will be penned by "My Week With Marilyn" writer Adrian Hodges. The new series will retain the 17th-century setting of Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" and will air 10 one-hour episodes in 2014. "The script bristles with vivid escapism and heroic action adventure," BBC America's general manager Perry Simon said at the channel's presentation at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Hodges' other credits include "Survivors" and "Primeval." Full Story | Top |
YOU On Demand signs VOD pact with Paramount
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - YOU On Demand has signed an agreement with Paramount Pictures to offer the studio's movies on its pay-per-view and video-on-demand platform in China. Among the films that YOU will be able to add to its stable of titles thanks to the pact are "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," "Transformers" and "Star Trek." YOU, the brainchild of Shane McMahon, son of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, went public last June. McMahon became involved in the company two years ago when it was still christened China Broadband. ... Full Story | Top |
Bieber spotlights his grown-up side in flashy new video
Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:32 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pulled out the Hollywood stops in his latest video for the single "As Long As You Love Me," making a sort of mini-film showing his grown-up side. Bieber, 18, recruited gritty actor Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs," to play the disapproving father of Bieber's love interest in the slick music video, which runs nearly six minutes. In the video, which debuted online on Wednesday, Bieber plays a star-crossed lover. ...
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Cuban opera singer challenges "jealous" bureaucrats over closed theater
Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:28 PM PDT
Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - The Cuban government has closed a privately run cultural center, causing consternation among artists and intellectuals in what is shaping up to be the latest test of President Raul Castro's loosening of controls over everyday life. A week ago government inspectors burst into the El Cabildo cultural center to the shock of patrons, artists and staff attending musical performed by its theater company, the "Opera in the Street. ... Full Story | Top |
Missing Lichtenstein painting turns up in New York
Wed,1 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Roy Lichtenstein painting missing since 1970 has surfaced at a New York City warehouse, and a judge this week ordered that it stay put until rightful ownership can be determined, according to court documents. Lichtenstein in 1961 created "Electric Cord," which depicts a coiled cord in black and white on a 28 inch by 18 inch (71 cm by 46 cm) canvas. It was purchased for $750 in the 1960s by art collector Leo Castelli, but disappeared in 1970 after the Castelli gallery sent it out for cleaning. ... Full Story | Top |
Cuba Gooding Jr. reports to police after New Orleans bar dispute
Wed,1 Aug 2012 12:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An arrest warrant issued for Cuba Gooding Jr. was lifted on Wednesday after the "Jerry Maguire" actor met with police in New Orleans regarding an incident in which he allegedly pushed a female bartender. New Orleans police spokeswoman Remi Braden told Reuters that Gooding and his lawyer met with police on Wednesday and Gooding was summoned to appear in court at a later date. "There is no warrant. Mr. ...
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Colin Farrell totally recalls unease about "Total Recall"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 12:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty-two years after the blockbuster success of the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film "Total Recall," actor Colin Farrell is stepping into the muscleman's big shoes in a reboot, but if it seems like a dream job, Farrell initially was not so gung-ho. As flattered as the 36-year-old Irish actor was to be offered the part, he admits "there was a part of me that was honestly afraid of judgment of people" who held the original film so dear to their hearts. ...
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Aerosmith's Tyler: "American Idol" job "not my cup of tea"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock singer Steven Tyler said he "loved and hated" his two-year stint as a judge on "American Idol" but admitted the TV singing contest was "not my cup of tea." Tyler, who announced in July he was quitting America's most-watched entertainment show after two years as a judge, told Rolling Stone magazine that he took the job partly to wait out an internal feud in his band, Aerosmith. "It was something to do while the storm blew by, to be honest," he said in an interview in the upcoming August 2 issue. "I loved it and hated it. It was a great job, I sat next to J. ...
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Friends, fans mourn death of author Gore Vidal
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - The death of author Gore Vidal at the age of 86 brought tributes from around the globe on Wednesday, as friends and fans mourned the passing of the man remembered as one of America's literary giants. Vidal, whose biting observations on politics, sex and American culture in novels, plays and essays made him one of the best-known authors of his generation, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday of complications from pneumonia. ...
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Time Warner vows CNN turnaround, ads disappoint
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc is unsatisfied with CNN's low ratings and will seek to turn around the cable news network with programming that is more compelling and stays non-partisan, the media company's Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes said on Wednesday. Bewkes' comments, made after Time Warner reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, come less than a week since the president of CNN Worldwide said he would step down. The CEO said CNN was the one exception to an otherwise strong cable-network unit, which increased quarterly revenues by 4 percent to $3.6 million. ... Full Story | Top |
Robin Roberts takes "GMA" break
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:16 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts announced she would take a break from the show as she deals with her blood and bone marrow disease. Roberts, 51, said on Wednesday's show that she was "not feeling well" and would "get some vacay" before her upcoming bone-marrow transplant. She said at a Television Critics Association panel last week that she planned to take a medical leave closer to the fall for a bone-marrow transplant. ...
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Hawk Koch elected Academy's first second-generation president
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:14 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hawk Koch has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy's Board of Governors announced on Tuesday night. The election makes producer Koch the first second-generation president in the 85-year history of the Academy. His father, Howard W. Koch, served as AMPAS president from 1977 to 1979. He is certainly the first Academy president to have gotten his start as a rock 'n' roll road manager, a position he handled in the 1960s for bands like the Supremes and the Dave Clark Five. ...
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CBS pulls reality show "3"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - CBS has pulled the reality dating show "3," which had the network's lowest rating ever for a new series debut, after two episodes. The show debuted Thursday to a 0.8 rating/2 share in the key 18-49 demographic and 2.4 million total viewers. By Sunday, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler was already referring to it in the past tense at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. "It was a show we tried, we were excited about, didn't quite get traction," she said. ... Full Story | Top |
NBC Sports apologizes for Missy Franklin Olympics spoiler
Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:12 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBC Sports has admitted it screwed up by inadvertently revealing Missy Franklin's gold-medal victory in the 100-meter backstroke before the race even aired on the network, and promises that it will never happen again. NBC delivered a spoiler that deserved its own medal for biggest blooper on Monday, when it ran a promo for its "Today" show that featured Franklin clutching her gold medal for the race and meeting with her parents after her victory. ...
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"Fifty Shades..." outsells Potter on Amazon UK
Wed,1 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The magic of J.K. Rowling seems to have worn off for British readers as erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" outsold all seven Harry Potter books on Amazon.co.uk on Wednesday, making author E.L. James the website's best-selling writer ever. The novel also became the website's biggest-selling book of all time, eclipsing the sales of the previous record holder, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", by more than two books to one. "If J.K. Rowling was the literary phenomenon of the last decade then E.L. ... Full Story | Top |
Iconoclastic American author Gore Vidal dead at 86
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:05 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Writer Gore Vidal, who filled his novels and essays with acerbic observations on politics, sex and American culture while carrying on feuds with big-name literary rivals, died on Tuesday at home in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, age 86. Vidal's literary legacy includes a series of historical novels - "Burr," "1876," "Lincoln" and "The Golden Age" among them - as well as the campy transsexual comedy "Myra Breckinridge". He started writing as a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Alaska, basing "Williwaw" on his World War Two experiences. ...
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DreamWorks shares fall on weak DVD sales
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:43 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc's shares fell 8 percent on Wednesday, after its quarterly results missed analysts' estimates, prompting two brokerages to cut their price targets on the stock. DreamWorks, the studio behind the "Shrek" franchise, reported a 25 percent drop in revenue to $162.8 million, below analysts' expectations of $186.2 million. "Sales from DVD are declining at a faster than expected pace," Janney Capital Markets said in research report. ... Full Story | Top |
Then I saw her race...now she's a Belieber
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:23 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Justin Bieber only had to see her race and now he's a believer in American Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin. The 17-year-old, in turn, only had to see his 'shout-out' on Twitter for the legs that powered her to backstroke gold to go all wobbly. "heard @FranklinMissy is a fan of mine. now im a fan of hers too. CONGRATS on winning GOLD!#muchlove"," the 18-year-old Canadian singer told his 'Beliebers' on the social network Twitter. Bieber is the world's most followed man, with more than 25 million Twitter followers. ...
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Dennis Hopper's son accused of sexually battering underage girl
Wed,1 Aug 2012 04:03 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Henry Hopper, the son of deceased "Easy Rider" star Dennis Hopper, is being sued by a woman who claims that the younger Hopper sexually battered her underage daughter. The suit claims that the 21-year-old Hopper - the product of his father's marriage to his fourth wife, Katherine LaNasa - met the girl, then 15, through a mutual friend in February 2011. The pair continued to communicate via Facebook, the suit says, with Hopper repeatedly inviting the girl to his Venice, Calif. home, and plying her with drugs and alcohol. ...
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