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| Adrian Grenier uses 'Entourage' language in drug documentary Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:23 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor-director Adrian Grenier is best known as the charismatic lead star of HBO's film industry satire "Entourage," but behind the camera, the actor has found an edgier way to explore real-life issues, including producing a mock tutorial-style documentary on the war on drugs. "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," out in theaters this week, is billed as a 10-step guide to entering the drug trade from the ground up to the level of the cartels. ... Full Story | Top |
| TV drama 'Ray Donovan' delivers flawed man as Hollywood's 'fixer' Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:42 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Broken arms, baseball bat beat-downs, bugged hotel rooms, and a drag queen prostitute blackmailing the star of an upcoming blockbuster action film. That is a typical week for Ray Donovan, a Hollywood "fixer" and latest anti-hero persona to land on U.S. cable television in Showtime drama "Ray Donovan" that debuts on Sunday after the final season premiere of popular serial killer drama "Dexter. ... Full Story | Top |
| Discovery's 'Shark Week' Tops Itself: 11 New Episodes, Adds Late-Night Talk Show Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:46 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Discovery's annual "Shark Week" begins Sunday, August 4 and boasts its most new premiere hours this summer over its 26 year run. This year, the cable network adds a late night show to the mix: "Shark After Dark." The show will air each evening of "Shark Week" with highlights from the days' programming and guests, including shark experts and shark attack survivors. A highly watched event for Discovery, last year brought in 21.4 million viewers for the week and made it the No. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Dexter' review: take out part of Your Brain and Enjoy Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:42 PM PDT By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The premiere of the final season of "Dexter" finds our favorite serial killer looking for a psychopath who surgically removes parts of his victim's brains. For the last two seasons, "Dexter" has invited us to remove some of our minds, too. There's plenty of room for shows that don't ask us to think, but "Dexter" wasn't always one of them. Its fourth season was pulp at its best, a Swiss timepiece of a construction that put Dexter up against a brilliantly worthy enemy (John Lithgow) and more than delivered on its sense of menace. ... Full Story | Top |
| O.J. Simpson Movie 'An American Mystery' to Star Charlotte Kirk as Nicole Brown Simpson (Exclusive) Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:37 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - British filmmaker Joshua Newton has cast rising British actress Charlotte Kirk ("Non-Stop") to play Nicole Brown Simpson in "An American Mystery," a $65 million thriller that will take a fair and balanced look at the O.J. Simpson saga. It could be ready for release next summer, in time for the 20-year anniversary of the infamous 1994 crime. A representative for Kirk told TheWrap that she is attached to the sure-to-be controversial project, which Newton will write and direct. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reader's Digest publisher expects to emerge from bankruptcy by end: July Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:35 PM PDT (Reuters) - The publisher of the Reader's Digest magazine said it expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of July after the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York approved its reorganization plan. The Reader's Digest Association Inc and its affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than four years in February, citing a greater-than-expected decline in the media industry. ... Full Story | Top |
| Logan Marshall-Green, Wyatt Russell to play Boston Bruins in 'Turk' Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:34 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Prometheus" star Logan Marshall-Green and hockey-loving actor Wyatt Russell are finalizing deals to play former Boston Bruins Derek Sanderson and Bobby Orr in Doug Atchison's indie movie "Turk," which counts Ed Burns among its producing team. Atchison ("Akeelah and the Bee") is writing and directing the film, which Shep Harmon is producing via his Tenth Green Productions banner along with Burns and Aaron Lubin of Marlboro Road Gang. Chris Pappas wrote an earlier draft of the script. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Graceland' actor Pedro Pascal cast as 'Game of Thrones' Oberyn Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:16 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - HBO will be bringing on a new character from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels to its fantasy series' fourth season. Pedro Pascal will join as Prince Oberyn Nymeros Martell AKA The Red Viper. He first appears in the third book of the series, "A Storm of Swords." "This was a tough one," showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss told Entertainment Weekly about the casting. "The Red Viper is sexy and charming, yet believably dangerous; intensely likable, yet driven by hate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rolling Stones aim to give crowd satisfaction at Glastonbury Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:13 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith PILTON, England (Reuters) - It might only be rock'n'roll but, 50 years on, Mick Jagger still likes it - and insists he will keep going as long as fans want to see the Rolling Stones, set to headline the Glastonbury festival on Saturday. Jagger, who turns 70 next month, said the once-controversial band still had comment to make on what was going on in the world, even if its voice seemed tamer than it once did. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Ray Donovan' review: a fixer who needs fixing Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:08 PM PDT By Tim Molloy LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - I don't think I like "Ray Donovan," but I keep watching it, so it must be doing something right. The new Showtime drama, debuting Sunday after "Dexter" follows a Hollywood fixer who helps clients out of jams. Wake up with a dead girl? Call Ray. Pick up a transsexual hooker? Call Ray. Have a delicate situation demanding subtlety and discretion? Call Saul from "Breaking Bad." Ray's job is breaking arms. I expected to love "Ray Donovan" completely. So maybe my expectations were too high. ... Full Story | Top |
| TheGrill: Was 'Iron Man 3' a Movie or a Treaty With China? Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:06 PM PDT  By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Iron Man 3" has made more money in China than any other U.S. production this year, grossing more than $125 million at the box office to-date. That's almost double what "Man of Steel," which opened to $117 million in the U.S., is on track to make. So what was the secret? Chris Fenton, president of the movie's co-financier and co-producer DMG Entertainment, credited pressing the right levers with the Chinese film commission. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Glee' Cast Shakeup: 5 Original Cast Members Out Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:00 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fox's "Glee" is saying goodbye to several fan favorites. Original cast members Dianna Agron, Heather Morris, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Harry Shum, Jr. won't be returning as series regulars next season, though they may make guest appearances, individuals close to the production confirmed to TheWrap. A representative for show producers, 20th Century Fox Television, declined to comment. All five actors started with the musical series back in 2009. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michael Peña and Djimon Hounsou Set to Star in Exorcism Thriller 'The Vatican Tapes' Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:59 PM PDT By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Michael Peña and Djimon Hounsou will attempt their first exorcism when Lionsgate's "The Vatican Tapes" starts filming next month. Dougray Scott ("My Week With Marilyn"), Kathleen Robertson ("Boss"), Peter Andersson ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), Olivia Dudley ("CSI: Miami"), John Patrick Amedon ("The Last Stand") and Russian actor Alex Sparrow have also joined the ensemble cast for the upcoming thriller, which begins principle photography in July, Lionsgate and partner Lakeshore Entertainment announced on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arctic Monkeys boost upbeat crowd as Glastonbury mud dries Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:25 PM PDT  By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys cranked up the volume to end the first day of the Glastonbury festival on Friday when the sun emerged after 18 hours of rain to brighten up the mood. The band from Sheffield in northern England began by blasting their new single "Do I Wanna Know?" to about 100,000 high-spirited revelers from the main Pyramid stage at the world's largest greenfield music festival in southwest England. "We're going to play all night long Glastonbury. ... Full Story | Top |
| Publisher scraps Paula Deen's top-selling cookbook before release Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:43 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An upcoming book of recipes by disgraced celebrity chef Paula Deen that shot to the top of online bookseller Amazon's best-sellers list has been canceled, the publisher said on Friday, adding to the fallout from Deen's use of a racial slur. "After careful consideration, Ballantine Books has made the difficult decision to cancel the publication, 'Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up,'" the publisher said in a statement. Ballantine declined to elaborate on its decision to scrap the book by Deen, considered the queen of Southern cooking. ... Full Story | Top |
| BET kicks off live music festival with Beyonce ahead of awards Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:36 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Beyonce will kick off the first BET three-day music festival on Friday, ahead of the BET awards this weekend, as the network hopes to attract more fans to music and comedy by black artists. The annual BET awards, now in its 13th year, celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes across a variety of categories spanning music, film and sport. It is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. ... Full Story | Top |
| Al Jazeera America network ramps up ahead of debut Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:57 PM PDT By Poornima Gupta and Liana B. Baker ASPEN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Al Jazeera America has hired hundreds of journalists and finalized parts of its programming schedule, as it moves ahead with its plan to create a mainstream U.S. cable news channel that aims to compete with dominant networks like CNN and Fox. The network, with headquarters in New York City, has already hired about 650 employees in the United States as it gears up for a late-August launch, said Ehab Al Shihabi, the executive director of international operations. The network will focus on regional and local U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Good News, Hitler lookalikes - History Channel needs you Friday, Jun 28, 2013 01:37 PM PDT By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Finally, an upside to looking like Adolf Hitler: The History Channel is casting an upcoming miniseries and needs actors who resemble young and old versions of one of the most evil men who ever lived. A Craigslist ad found by the New York Daily News says that Stephen David Entertainment is looking for actors to play various WWI and WWII world leaders for a History Channel miniseries set to begin shooting in September. The project is looking for actors to play Hitler (aged 25-56), Winston Churchill (aged 35-65) and Franklin Roosevelt (aged 30-60). ... Full Story | Top |
| Netflix Renews 'Orange Is the New Black' Ahead of Its Premiere Friday, Jun 28, 2013 01:28 PM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Orange Is the New Black" has already earned a second season, before its first season has begun. Netflix has given a second season to the dramedy from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan, which will premiere next year, , and will begin production later this summer.. The first season of the series, meanwhile, will premiere on July 11. Produced by Lionsgate Television, "Orange Is the New Black" is based on the Piper Kerman memoir of the same name. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Zero Dark Thirty' star Jennifer Ehle joins Kevin Costner in 'Black and White' (Exclusive) Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:39 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Zero Dark Thirty" star Jennifer Ehle is set to play Kevin Costner's late wife in writer-director Mike Binder's drama "Black and White," TheWrap has learned. Costner's Treehouse Productions and Binder's Sunlight Productions are co-producing the project, which IM Global was selling to foreign buyers at Cannes. Executive producer Cassian Elwes is handling domestic rights. Story follows a widowed attorney (Costner) and his bi-racial granddaughter (Jillian Estell) whose mother (the daughter of Costner's character) died while giving birth. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer Carla Bruni to tour France, U.S. to promote new album Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:57 AM PDT  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, France's former first lady, says she doesn't miss political life, isn't afraid of getting old and is looking forward to touring in France and the United States to promote her latest album, "Little French Songs." It's the fourth album by the Italian-born former model who began her musical career in 1997. Her first, "Quelqu'un m'a dit" (Someone Told Me), was released in 2002 and sold 2 million copies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fiat to double stake in RCS to 20.1 pct after cap hike Friday, Jun 28, 2013 09:48 AM PDT MILAN (Reuters) - Italian carmaker Fiat said on Friday it will almost double its stake in RCS Mediagroup, the publisher of influential Italian daily Corriere della Sera, to 20.1 percent after a capital increase that ends next week. After the stake increase, Fiat - which already controls Turin newspaper La Stampa - will likely become the biggest shareholder in RCS as other investors have been selling their rights and will therefore have their stakes diluted by the cash call. Fiat said in a statement the stake increase assumes the 400-million euro capital increase is fully subscribed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Murdoch editors lose bid to have UK hacking charges dropped Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:16 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Two former editors of a British tabloid newspaper shut down by owner Rupert Murdoch over a phone-hacking scandal lost a legal battle on Friday to have criminal charges against them dropped. Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former News of the World editors and close associates of Prime Minister David Cameron, have pleaded not guilty to charges that they conspired to intercept people's voicemail messages in pursuit of stories. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russian prosecutors drop jail threat against tycoon Lebedev Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:35 AM PDT  By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors dropped a jail threat against media magnate Alexander Lebedev over a televised brawl on Friday, a move he said showed the absurdity of a trial he portrays as President Vladimir Putin's revenge for criticizing the government. State prosecutor Nadezhda Ignatova told a Moscow court at Lebedev's trial that the backer of two British newspapers, The Independent and London Evening Standard, should be convicted of political hatred but not a separate charge of hooliganism. ... Full Story | Top |
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