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China TV cop says no to family conflict, historical hijinks
Thu,2 Aug 2012 10:09 PM PDT
Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese television may get more boring after the country's top broadcasting regulator issued six new guidelines banning remakes of foreign shows and demanding serials cut back on excessive family conflict and jokes in historical dramas. China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued the new guidelines recently and they were put into effect over the past few days, the state-run Beijing News reported. ... Full Story | Top |
Schwarzenegger twins movies, global policy after governor stint
Thu,2 Aug 2012 08:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is to get a global policy institute in his name as he relaunches his action movie career following a seven-year stint at California Governor. The University of Southern California on Thursday announced the establishment of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy at its Los Angeles campus. USC and Schwarzenegger said in a statement that the new institute would focus on "the responsibility of leaders to transcend partisanship to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve. ...
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Analysis: NBC offers peek of future Olympics biz model, coverage
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC briefly tore down the digital wall protecting its Olympics coverage on Thursday and permitted consumers without a pay TV subscription to watch live online a much-anticipated race starring American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. The move was aimed at appeasing critics of NBC's strategy of delaying broadcasts of major Olympics events for prime time or requiring a cable subscription for online streaming - and could foreshadow how the Comcast Corp-owned network might handle its coverage of future Games. ...
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Jackson's mom cut off from world in mystery Arizona stay
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Katherine Jackson was unaware she had been reported missing or that her pop star son's three children were trying to contact her during a stay in Arizona last month in which she was unable to communicate with the outside world. The Jackson family matriarch, who on Thursday was reinstated as guardian of the "Thriller" singer's children, said in a court document that she was told the kids were fine. Her 10-day absence at a luxury resort in Arizona came as a power struggle erupted within the large Jackson clan over control of the pop star's multi-million dollar estate. ...
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Americans drop pay-TV; business matures in weak economy
Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stubbornly high U.S. unemployment, a weak housing market combined with a mature business prone to regular programming blackouts has seen more than 400,000 American homes drop their cable or satellite TV service since the start of the year. DirecTV Group, the No.1 U.S. satellite TV provider, revealed its first-ever, quarterly customer losses on Thursday, with some 52,000 homes dropping the service in the second quarter. That was more than analysts expected from a company long seen as the best run video provider in the industry. ...
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Media magnate Lebedev may sell Russian assets
Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Banker and media magnate Alexander Lebedev said on Thursday he could sell his business assets in Russia after coming under pressure from the Kremlin, adding he feared he might be jailed in a criminal case he regards as politically motivated. Lebedev also said Russia could face a wave of political repression following a series of moves since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency on May 7 that opposition leaders have described as a crackdown on dissent. ...
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Tiesto leads Forbes highest-paid DJs list with $22 million
Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electronic dance music DJ Tiesto was named the world's highest paid DJ on Thursday, in a year when EDM has became a staple sound in mainstream pop music. Dutch DJ Tiesto, 43, real name Tijs Verwest, earned $22 million in the past year, fueled by headlining sets at this year's Coachella music festival and an exclusive residency at the Wynn Las Vegas, according to Forbes.com, which compiled the ranking. ...
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NBC defends Olympics coverage while acknowledging mistakes
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus gave an impassioned defense of the network's Olympics coverage on a conference call Thursday, but conceded some of the criticism leveled at the network has been "fair." Lazarus, along with NBC Research President Alan Wurtzel, addressed gripes about tape-delaying events to air in prime-time by noting that NBC's stable of TV networks has so far aired two-thirds of the events from London live, about 158.5 live hours out of 274 total hours. ...
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"Friends Forever" tops U.S. bestseller list
Thu,2 Aug 2012 10:01 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Friends Forever" jumped 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. "Friends Forever" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $28.00) - 2. "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's, $27.99) - 3. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25.00) 3 4. "Black List: A Thriller" by Brad Thor (Atria, $27.99) - 5. "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva (Harper, $27.99) 1 6. ... Full Story | Top |
Actor Bryan Cranston tackles evil role in "Total Recall"
Thu,2 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bryan Cranston's role as a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who manufactures methamphetamine on television's "Breaking Bad" has earned him three Emmy Awards and a massive cult following. Before the show he was best-known as the father on the comedy series "Malcolm in the Middle," but his role as a sympathetic bad guy has made Hollywood take notice. Now the 56-year-old actor is sought for feature films, having starred in "John Carter," "Red Tails," "Rock of Ages" and "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. ...
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Tippi Hedren on Hitchcock: "genius and evil and deviant"
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:45 AM 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
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:40 AM 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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Aaron Sorkin denies "Newsroom" firings, sexism
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:38 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Aaron Sorkin denied during a panel for "The Newsroom" that he has fired the show's writing staff, and denied that the women on his show are less intellectually formidable than the men. Also, he says, he is not dating anyone on his staff and never has. Sorkin faced a roomful of TV critics at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, many of whom have criticized his new HBO series. He quickly found himself responding to complaints that the women on the show, especially Emily Mortimer's Mackenzie MacHale, come off as ditzy compared to the men. ...
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Scripps Networks profit tops estimates
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:59 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive Inc reported a quarterly profit above analysts' estimates as advertising revenue rose. Net income attributable to Scripps rose to $142 million, or 93 cents per share, for the second quarter from $77.4 million, or 78 cents per share, a year earlier. Scripps, which owns the Food Network and Home and Garden Television, said revenue rose 12.5 percent to $601 million. Advertising revenue rose 12 percent to $417 million. Analysts had expected a profit of 87 cents per share on revenue of $592.78 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. ... Full Story | Top |
Time Warner Cable 2nd-qtr beats on higher internet revenue
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:25 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc, the second largest U.S. cable operator, posted a better-than-expected second quarter as higher sales of pricier residential broadband plans offset declines in video subscriptions. The New York-based company added 59,000 Internet and 45,000 phone residential customers in the segment in the quarter. Broadband services revenue grew 7.2 percent organically. Including additions from its Insight Communications acquisition, Internet revenue grew 13.5 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
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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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. ...
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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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