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| Draper's dark descent in 'Mad Men' finale draws 2.7 million viewers Monday, Jun 24, 2013 06:16 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The sixth season finale of the Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men" was watched by 2.7 million viewers, matching last season's record high, as the AMC period-advertising series wrapped up a season of change for lead ad man Don Draper. U.S. cable channel AMC said on Monday that the finale to the 13-episode season was the network's highest rated, citing a 5 percent growth in its share of television viewers this year. While the overall viewership was stable, there was a drop in viewers within the 25-54 age demographic coveted by advertisers, with 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Family Ties' creator Gary David Goldberg dies at age 68 Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:33 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gary David Goldberg, whose hit 1980s television sitcom "Family Ties" gave a warm portrayal of generational conflict and launched the acting career of Michael J. Fox, has died at age 68, his son-in-law said on Monday. Goldberg died of a brain tumor on Saturday at his home in Montecito, California, said his son-in-law Rob Dubbin. "Family Ties" aired between 1982 and 1989 on network NBC and ranked second only to "The Cosby Show" in viewership between 1985 and 1987. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kristen Stewart's 'Camp X-Ray' casts leading man (Exclusive) Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:32 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Peyman Moaadi, who starred in the Oscar-winning foreign film "A Separation," is set to star opposite Kristen Stewart in writer-director Peter Sattler's politically-charged indie drama "Camp X-Ray," TheWrap has learned. Stewart stars as Cole, a young soldier who escapes her suffocating small town by joining the military, only to find that she's been stationed at Guantanamo rather than Iraq, as she had hoped. ... Full Story | Top |
| Science fiction author Richard Matheson dead at 87 Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:21 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. science-fiction and horror author Richard Matheson, whose novels and stories, including "I Am Legend" and "The Shrinking Man," were adapted for the big screen and television, has died, the Writers Guild of America said on Monday. He was 87. The Writer's Guild, of which Matheson was a member, did not announce where or when the author died nor a cause of death. Matheson, who was born in Allendale, New Jersey, in 1926 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, first began publishing science-fiction and horror stories in the 1950s. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Man of Steel' latest box-office champ to lose altitude under tough competition Monday, Jun 24, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Man of Steel" became the latest box-office champ to stumble its second week in theaters, mustering $41 million for third place behind "Monsters University" and "World War Z." That represents a heftier than usual drop of 65 percent from the superhero movie's $116 million opening at the domestic box office. A 50 percent drop is typically considered the benchmark for a strong hold. But this isn't a typical summer; the precipitous tumble by "Man of Steel" says more about the market than the movie. The Warner Bros. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper 'Fat Joe' sentenced to prison on tax charges Monday, Jun 24, 2013 04:05 PM PDT  By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Hip hop artist Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena was sentenced on Monday to four months in federal prison and fined $15,000 for failure to file tax returns on more than $3.3 million in income. The 42-year-old rapper faced the possibility of up to two years in prison after pleading guilty in December to two counts of failing to file with the Internal Revenue Service. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor gave the Bronx-born rapper credit for paying $718,000 in back taxes prior to his sentencing and for his charitable work. ... Full Story | Top |
| Draper's dark descent in 'Mad Men' finale draws 2.7 mln viewers Monday, Jun 24, 2013 04:00 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The sixth season finale of the Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men" was watched by 2.7 million viewers, matching last season's record high, as the AMC period-advertising series wrapped up a season of change for lead ad man Don Draper. U.S. cable channel AMC said on Monday that the finale to the 13-episode season was the network's highest rated, citing a 5 percent growth in its share of television viewers this year. While the overall viewership was stable, there was a drop in viewers within the 25-54 age demographic coveted by advertisers, with 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Kick-Ass' creator baffled by Carrey's rebuke of film's violence Monday, Jun 24, 2013 03:34 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creator of the "Kick-Ass" action film franchise said on Monday that he was "baffled" over why its star Jim Carrey has publically objected to violence in the movie since Carrey's character takes an anti-gun stance and refuses to fire a weapon. Comedic actor Carrey, 51, said on Twitter that the December shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, had changed his mind about the violent superhero film that is due to open in theaters in August. ... Full Story | Top |
| Billie Jean King film replays tennis battle for women's equality Monday, Jun 24, 2013 02:49 PM PDT  By Ian MacKenzie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - As Wimbledon gets under way, former U.S. tennis champion Billie Jean King is telling the tale of how she struck one of the most famous blows for female equality in a new documentary film. "The Battle of the Sexes" recounts King's journey from an amateur player to a feminist sports idol whose 1973 defeat of self-confessed "chauvinist pig" Bobby Riggs set women's rights and tennis on the road to a modern game where Serena Williams can enjoy equal status and prize money with Novak Djokovic. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney sets release dates for 'Cinderella,' New Marvel Movies Monday, Jun 24, 2013 02:47 PM PDT By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Disney moved early to claim release dates for its "Cinderella" film and an untitled Marvel project, slating the films for March 13, 2015 and July 8, 2016, respectively. Disney has already scheduled two Marvel movies for the summer of 2016, but has not conveyed any details about either one. It will release a sequel to "Thor" later this year and to "Captain America" next year, so the next installment would fit the bill. Other projects in the pipeline include "Guardians of the Galaxy," "The Avengers 2" and "Ant-Man. ... Full Story | Top |
| The CW Sets Fall Premieres: 'Tomorrow People,' 'The Originals' Monday, Jun 24, 2013 02:14 PM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The CW's new sci-fi drama "The Tomorrow People" will premiere October 9 at 9 p.m., following the the Season 2 premiere of the network's superhero hit "Arrow." Meanwhile, the historical drama "Reign" will make its debut on October 10, after the season premiere of "The Vampire Diaries," and the "Vampire Diaries" spinoff "The Originals" will sink its teeth into the CW schedule on October 15, prior to the season premiere of "Supernatural. ... Full Story | Top |
| Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster join 'American Heist' Monday, Jun 24, 2013 01:34 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner Adrien Brody, "Fast and Furious" star Jordana Brewster and rapper Akon will join Hayden Christensen in the action-thriller "American Heist." "American Heist" is the first feature from Christensen's newly-formed production company Glacier Films, which has financing in place and plans to produce 11 movies over the next three years. Sarik Andreasyan will direct "American Heist," which is a remake of the 1959 Steve McQueen movie "St. Louis Bank Robbery. ... Full Story | Top |
| Paula Deen to appear on TV's 'Today,' dropped by Smithfield Monday, Jun 24, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  (Reuters) - American celebrity chef Paula Deen, who was dropped by TV's Food Network after she admitted in a lawsuit that she used a racial slur in the past, will appear on NBC-TV's "Today" show on Wednesday after canceling a scheduled interview last week. The program's anchor, Matt Lauer, said on Monday's show that Deen "told us she will be here this time." Deen, who withdrew from an interview on June 21, tweeted, "See you Wednesday, I am so glad Matt, Al and my friends at @TodayShow are bringing me back." The program did not say if Deen would address the controversy. ... Full Story | Top |
| IFC books U.S. rights on Michael Winterbottom's 'The Trip to Italy' Monday, Jun 24, 2013 12:18 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to "The Trip to Italy." The film is Michael Winterbottom's follow-up to his 2010 road-trip comedy "The Trip," which IFC also released. The latest sight-seeing jaunt will reunite Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and is in production in Italy. The sequel finds Brydon commissioned by a newspaper to go on a driving tour of Italy to follow in the footsteps of seminal Romantic poets. Coogan becomes his wing-man for the journey. Hopefully they will rekindle their battling Michael Caine impressions - a highlight of the first film. ... Full Story | Top |
| Box Office: 3D hits new low domestically with 'World War Z,' 'Monsters University' Monday, Jun 24, 2013 12:06 PM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It was a very good weekend for the domestic box office, but a very bad one for 3D. Cracks are showing again in the rose-tinted glasses as stateside moviegoers largely passed on the opportunity to see "World War Z" and "Monsters University" in extra dimensions. The 3D box office breakdown for Pixar's "Monster University" was the lowest percentage for any animated title in modern history, while Paramount's "World War Z" represented the weakest 3D showing for an action film, according to a report by B Riley analyst Eric Wold. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Under the Dome' review: captivating Monday, Jun 24, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Under the Dome" feels like summer, in the best possible way. Not in the withered way so much television feels like summer, as if the heat has blanched and sapped away any motivation or creativity, but like summer used to feel at the movies: With school out of session, and even the grown-ups taking a couple weeks off, it was finally time to let your daydreams run wild. Summer was the season of "Jaws," "E.T.," and Indiana Jones. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Mad Men' season finale: Don Draper's Nine Circles of Hell Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:56 AM PDT  By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Mad Men" began its sixth and possibly best season with Don Draper reading "Dante's Inferno" - and ended Sunday with him trying to stop some of the sins that lead to its nine circles. The inferno punishes according to the degree of a person's sin - and Don's sins this season would easily land him in the ninth. But in the season finale, he began to pull back from the life he's created, and to admit to the hellish one he was born into. ... Full Story | Top |
| Warner Bros. names new leaders for film studio Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:32 AM PDT  By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros. studio appointed four executives to leadership positions in its film division, the company said on Monday, replacing outgoing Warner Bros. Picture Group president Jeff Robinov. Robinov's departure continues the remaking of Warner Bros. in the wake of parent company Time Warner's March 1 elevation of home entertainment chief Kevin Tsujihara as the studio's chief executive. Bruce Rosenblum, chief executive of the studio's Warner Bros. Television Group, left the company in May. ... Full Story | Top |
| Paula Deen re-commits to 'Today' Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:05 AM PDT  By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Paula Deen has agreed to do the "Today" show Wednesday, Matt Lauer said Monday morning, three days after she backed out of an appearance and was subsequently dropped from the Food Network following her admission to using the N-word. "She has told us she will be here this time," Lauer said on the air Monday. Deen's representatives cited "exhaustion" as she backed out at the last minute Friday from addressing her admission in a deposition last month that she has used the N-word in the past. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actor Paul Giamatti joins 'Downton Abbey' as playboy brother Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:04 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - American actor Paul Giamatti is joining the cast of the British award-winning stately home drama "Downton Abbey", starting with the Christmas episode, the show's producers said on Monday. Carnival Films, a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal, and British television channel ITV said Giamatti would play Cora Crawley's maverick, playboy brother Harold in the Christmas episode. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gary David Goldberg, 'Family Ties' creator, dead at 68 Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:02 AM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Gary David Goldberg, creator of the 1980s NBC sitcom "Family Ties," died Sunday following a battle with brain cancer, according to media reports. He was 68. Born in Brooklyn, Goldberg began writing his career as a writer working for "The Bob Newhart Show," moving on to "The Tony Randall Show" and "Lou Grant," serving as writer and producer on both series. ... Full Story | Top |
| Paul Giamatti joins 'Downton Abbey' season 4 Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:01 AM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paul Giamatti has joined the cast of "Downton Abbey" as the playboy brother of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), Masterpiece said Monday. Giamatti joins the fourth season of the acclaimed period piece, which will air on PBS beginning January 5, 2014. The show is a snapshot of a very English way of life, but along with Shirley MacLaine, Giamatti will represent the ugly American relatives of the gentry at the heart of the show. ... Full Story | Top |
| Has Hollywood ignited an intern uprising? Examining the brewing revolution Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:32 AM PDT By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hey Hollywood: Be careful who you ask to get your latte. Lawsuits by unpaid or underpaid interns against entertainment and media companies have accelerated to an epidemic pace in recent weeks following the success of interns who first sued Fox Searchlight two years ago. In June alone, suits have been filed against Gawker, Warner Music Group and Conde Nast. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prize-winning pianist caught between anger and ecstasy Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:28 AM PDT By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Competitions are for horses, not for artists was the verdict of the great Hungarian composer and pianist Bela Bartok. And there is a part of Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg, declared winner on June 1 of one of the world's most prestigious and grueling music contests, that agrees. He won Belgium's Queen Elisabeth Competition in spite of a memory lapse that froze him as he performed Mozart in the semi-finals. His mother and grandmother, both pianists, left the room where they were listening, convinced it was all over, as was Giltburg. ... Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie urges U.N. Security Council to act on war zone rape Monday, Jun 24, 2013 09:59 AM PDT  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Actress Angelina Jolie urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to make dealing with war zone rape a top priority as she shared stories of survivors she has met, including a Congolese mother whose 5-year-old daughter was raped outside a police station. Oscar-winner Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. Refugee Agency, told the council that it must shoulder its responsibility and provide leadership "for these crimes happen not because they are inherent to war, but because the global climate allows it. ... Full Story | Top |
| James Gandolfini funeral set for Thursday in New York Monday, Jun 24, 2013 07:28 AM PDT  By Sharon Waxman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Gandolfini will be buried on Thursday at the famed Saint John the Divine cathedral in Manhattan, HBO announced on Sunday. "We can confirm, on behalf of the Gandolfini Family, that the funeral service for James Gandolfini will be held Thursday, June 27th. The service will be held at 10:00 AM at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan," the statement said. The sudden death of the iconic actor at 51 on Wednesday, who was on vacation with his family at the time, shocked Hollywood and his legions of fans. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kenny Rogers may quit overseas tours after Glastonbury Monday, Jun 24, 2013 07:04 AM PDT  By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran country singer Kenny Rogers says it may be time to call it quits on overseas tours - but not before a stint at Britain's famed Glastonbury festival and a world music gig alongside Berber musicians in Morocco. Rogers, 74, reckons the time he spends overseas may be too much for his family. "I have identical twin boys that are nine years old (and) I don't like being that far away from them," five-time married Rogers told Reuters in a telephone interview. ... Full Story | Top |
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