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| 'White House Down' first lady Garcelle Beauvais signs on to Indie film 'Loose' (Exclusive) Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 12:34 PM PDT  By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Garcelle Beauvais is getting "Loose" for her next role, TheWrap has learned exclusively. The actress has signed on to independent film, "Loose," from executive producer Dan Garcia with "Deception" star Meagan Good and Datari Turner attached as producers. "Loose" is a coming of age story that follows Grace, a young girl from a small town trying to figure out her purpose in life. Beauvais plays Grace's single mother, Lisa, an alcoholic who repeatedly finds herself in abusive relationships and making them the priority over her daughter. ... Full Story | Top |
| Julianne Moore circling 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 12:32 PM PDT  By Brent Lang and Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Julianne Moore is in early talks to join the cast of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. The Oscar nominee would play President Alma Coin - the leader of the autocratic society behind the gladiatorial games - in the two-part finale. Moore joins a cast that will include heavyweights Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jennifer Lawrence and heartthrobs Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson. She previously co-starred with Hutcherson in the Oscar-nominated 2010 film "The Kids Are All Right. ... Full Story | Top |
| CORRECTED-In search for effective ads, U.S. TV operators mine viewer data Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:57 AM PDT By Liana B. Baker and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - U.S. cable companies and satellite TV providers, locked in battle with broadcasters and online sites for advertising, are taking a page from Google by using data on their subscribers' tastes to serve up tailored commercials. In Los Angeles, a 35-year-old female DirecTV subscriber with a cat might get a spot promoting cat food while the satellite provider would beam a car advertisement to her next door neighbor, a bachelor watching the same channel. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' to Air on OWN Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:49 AM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Oprah Winfrey Network is getting all soaped up this summer. The recently revived soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" will air for a 10-week engagement on OWN this summer, starting July 15. The network will air the first 40 episodes of the series, Monday through Thursday, with "All My Children" airing at 1 p.m, and "One Life to Live" airing at 3 p.m. "These shows have proven to be very popular with a significant, loyal fan base, not to mention Oprah herself is a big fan," OWN president Erik Logan said of the run. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Sopranos' star Gandolfini mourned as a great craftsman Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:47 AM PDT  By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fellow actors mourned James Gandolfini as a great craftsman and a warm and generous man at a his funeral on Thursday, a week after the 51-year-old star of the HBO television show "The Sopranos" died of a heart attack while visiting Rome. "Sopranos" creator David Chase and the actor's wife Deborah Lin Gandolfini were among four speakers at a packed ceremony for the actor whose performance as a cigar-chomping New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano made him a household name. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bullock, McCarthy challenge male buddy comedies in 'The Heat' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:43 AM PDT  By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actresses Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are mounting a challenge to this summer's male-dominated comedies with their buddy cop comedy "The Heat" opening at movie theaters on Friday. The R-rated comedic offerings at the summer box office have so far included three guys heading to Las Vegas to hunt down a gangster in "The Hangover 3," two middle-aged men interning at Google in "The Internship" and a group of male celebrities preparing for the apocalypse in "This is the End. ... Full Story | Top |
| Marc Rich, 'King of Oil', laid to rest in quiet Israel ceremony Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:38 AM PDT  By Steven Scheer KIBBUTZ EINAT, Israel (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, the pioneering oil trader who was also a fugitive from U.S. justice for tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, was laid to rest in a quiet funeral outside Tel Aviv on Thursday. About 100 people, mostly family and old business associates, attended the Jewish religious funeral in the pastoral grounds of Kibbutz Einat, where those who spoke described Rich as loving, kind and generous and not as his public image might suggest. ... Full Story | Top |
| Malone gauges options for Charter, Time Warner Cable deal: report Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  (Reuters) - John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, is sounding out options for cable operator Charter Communications to acquire larger rival Time Warner Cable, according to a media report. Liberty Media, which holds a 27-percent stake in Charter Communications, is working on how to structure an offer with enough cash to win over Time Warner Cable investors, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the discussions. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Franklin & Bash's' Jane Seymour on Heather Locklear liplock; hookers vs sex surrogates Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:45 AM PDT  By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jane Seymour continues her limited story arc on TNT's "Franklin & Bash" Wednesday night, where she needs the title characters to get her acquitted of a prostitution charge. Seymour plays Coleen Bash, the mother of Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), who happens to be a sex surrogate. TheWrap spoke with the one-time "Bond" girl about her unique career as an actress and designer, how closely she keeps up with the "Bond" films and what it's like kissing Heather Locklear. Yes, that happens in Wednesday's episode. ... Full Story | Top |
| MTV cancels freshman comedy 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:44 AM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - One and done, MTV's "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" has been canceled. "We are huge fans of Bo Burnham and the entire creative and talented team behind 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,' an MTV said in a statement to TheWrap. "After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward with an additional season of the series. We wish Bo, the cast and the entire production crew the very best. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cameron Diaz to play Miss Hannigan in Will Smith and Jay-Z's 'Annie' remake Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:43 AM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After a successful collaboration on "Bad Teacher," Sony has turned to Cameron Diaz to play Miss Hannigan in a remake of "Annie" that the studio is producing with Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment banner, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Diaz joins the project after Sandra Bullock walked away from the role not once, but twice. Hannigan, of course, is the meanie who runs the orphanage where Annie and her friends live. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Fifty Shades of Grey' hitting theaters in August 2014 Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:42 AM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Break out the chains and whips America. "Fifty Shades of Grey" will open domestically on Friday, August 1, 2014. It will face some heavy competition in the form of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy," an adaptation of the popular comic book series of the same name. The worldwide rollout for the big screen adaptation of f E L James' best-selling sadomasochistic romance will be announced later, Focus Features said. Sam Taylor-Johnson ("Nowhere Boy") is directing the film adaptation from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel ("Saving Mr. Banks"). ... Full Story | Top |
| Champagne and celebrities hit Masterpiece London luxury fair Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:42 AM PDT By David Brough LONDON (Reuters) - Millionaires and celebrities crammed into the launch of London luxury fair Masterpiece, an annual shopping extravaganza for the rarest art, jewellery and antiques. Standout items on show on Tuesday night included a huge Roy Lichtenstein painting called "Puzzle Portrait", a large pearl that once belonged to Mary Tudor, and a 1925 first edition "Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. ... Full Story | Top |
| Megastars mingle with monks, music fans at Glastonbury Festival Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:36 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith PILTON (Reuters) - A farm in rural England turned into a mini tent city on Thursday as fans flocked to Glastonbury, the world's largest open-air music festival, where megastars like the Rolling Stones will perform alongside more eclectic acts like chanting monks. The event that started as a hippy retreat on a dairy farm in rural Somerset in 1970 has grown into a massive, five-day festival featuring about 2,000 acts on 58 stages attended by more than 135,000 people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stevie Wonder to sing for blind treaty negotiators Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 08:55 AM PDT  GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. singer Stevie Wonder will give a concert in Marrakesh on Friday, honoring his promise to perform if negotiators concluded an international treaty boosting access to books for blind and visually impaired people worldwide. The "Isn't She Lovely" star, who has been sightless since birth, lobbied hard for the pact approved on Thursday by more than 600 negotiators from 186 states, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said in a statement. "This is a legacy, a gift to future generations. ... Full Story | Top |
| DirecTV says Sky Brasil subscriber numbers were fudged Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 08:06 AM PDT By Chandni Doulatramani (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV said its Sky Brasil unit had over-reported subscriber numbers for the last two quarters because of improper practices by some employees, sending its shares down as much as 4 percent. The company, which owns about 93 percent of Sky Brasil, said on Thursday an internal investigation had found that some employees had improperly credited subscriber accounts to reduce or eliminate balances owed, artificially reducing attrition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pride and Prejudice's foray onto outdoor stage 'intelligent' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:01 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" for London's outdoor stage was "intelligent" and "pleasing" and saw the emergence of a new talent in the role of Elizabeth Bennett, local reviews said. Two hundred years after the book was published, Simon Reade's new dramatization performed among the birdsong of Regent's Park, captured the character and the humor of the original novel according to critics. ... Full Story | Top |
| BSkyB takes aim at BT with free English soccer kickoff Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:50 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB will show live soccer for free in Britain on the opening day of the English Premier League season in August, the latest tactical move in a fight with sporting rival BT. BSkyB has long been the dominant force in the British sports rights market but is facing a new challenge from former state telecoms company BT which has bought a share of the Premier League action. BSkyB is shuffling its channels to make its soccer coverage available to non-subscribers on Saturday, August 17. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce's father sues Rupert Murdoch's Sun for defamation Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:35 AM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Matthew Knowles, father and former manager of music superstar Beyonce Knowles, has filed suit against the Sun, claiming that Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid made "malicious and false statements" in an article about him. The suit claims that Knowles consented to an interview with reporter Georgina Dickinson on the condition that he would not "discuss personal family topics, only his career and the career of his artists, and music or business topics." Dickinson promised that her article would "paint a well-rounded picture of Mr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Channing Tatum: what's next for the 'White House Down' Star? Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 06:28 PM PDT  By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Channing Tatum has been enjoying a stellar rise to movie stardom over the last few years, and even if "White House Down" isn't the explosive hit he's hoping for, his career is showing no signs of flaming out any time toon. While "White House," Roland Emmerich's $150 million exercise in the art of CGI destruction, is only on track to rake in around $30 million at the domestic box office this weekend, Tatum has at least three other potential moneymakers in some level of production. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas' controversial abortion vote: where was cable news? Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 06:25 PM PDT By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - There was an amazing made-for-television moment in the Texas state senate last night. And if you were watching any of the big three cable news channels, you didn't see it. Tuesday night (and early into Wednesday morning), the Texas Senate met to vote on a bill that would restrict abortions in the state to the point that most if not all abortion clinics would be forced to close. Democrats staged a filibuster to prevent the vote, with Sen. Wendy Davis going almost 13 hours without sitting, leaning, eat, drinking, or using the bathroom. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rhys Ifans to Play Sherlock Holmes' Brother on CBS' 'Elementary' Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 05:25 PM PDT  By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Rhys Ifans is taking it to the small screen. The "Amazing Spider-Man" and "Notting Hill" actor has signed on for a recurring role on CBS' Sherlock Holmes revamp "Elementary," the network said Wednesday." Ifans will play Sherlock's older brother, Mycroft Holmes, beginning with the drama's Season 2 premiere on September 26. The premiere is being shot on location in London. In it, Sherlock (played by Jonny Lee Miller) takes up an old case in London and is forced to confront Mycroft. ... Full Story | Top |
| Emmys: 'Boardwalk Empire' Gets Those Gorgeous Costumes Bloody Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 05:10 PM PDT (Please note strong language in paragraph seven) By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Two of the stars of "Boardwalk Empire," Jack Huston and Michael K. Williams, sat recently on one of the show's exquisite nightclub sets, talking about how few scenes they have together. Which may be for the best. Huston plays Richard Harrow, a hired gun whose disturbing half-mask hides not just his war injuries but also his innate decency. Williams plays Chalky White, the head of Atlantic City's African-American rackets, who commits crimes for the betterment of his family. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'White House Down' review: impeach the movie, elect Channing Tatum Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 05:02 PM PDT  By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sometimes movie stars grow on you, with familiarity breeding fondness. It's taken time but Channing Tatum has finally won me over with his goofy, lunkish charm. Good thing, too, since he's front and center in the shameless bonfire of gunfire, explosions and macho hyperbolic heroics that is "White House Down," the latest over-the-top offering from director-producer-blockbuster specialist Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012"). Emmerich, of course, notoriously annihilated the White House and most of Washington, D.C. ... Full Story | Top |
| The Oscar race so far: let's hope the best is yet to come Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 05:00 PM PDT By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the first six months of 2013 behind us, it's safe to say that almost none of the movies that have been released so far this year are likely to be in the running for Academy Awards in the top categories at the next Oscars. In fact, despite the presence of a few indie gems like "Before Midnight," a handful of strong documentaries and some big-budget extravaganzas likely to end up in the sound and visual effects categories, it has been a pretty terrible year for awards movies so far. Of course, you can say that almost every year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Effects work on Daniel Radcliffe's 'Horns' Shipped to Contractor as Newbreed struggles (Exclusive) Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:59 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Struggling visual-effects studio Newbreed will have to ship out work on the upcoming Daniel Radcliffe horror film "Horns" to another company, TheWrap has learned. "Horns" producers Mandalay Pictures and Red Granite Pictures have yet to decide what company will be awarded the additional work. The Montreal-based Newbreed is enduring a severe cash crunch as it tries to refinance its debt, according to an individual with knowledge of the company's finances. ... Full Story | Top |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Meghan McCain series get premiere dates Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:57 PM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Raising McCain," the "genre-busting docu-talk series" starring Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, will premiere September 14 on Pivot, the new millennials-centric cable network from Participant Media, the company said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's television venture "hitRECord on TV!" - which will find the "Inception" star directing artists to create short films, live performances and other creative works, will premiere January 18, 2014. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rising Star Maika Monroe Joins 'Downton Abbey's' Dan Stevens in 'The Guest' (Exclusive) Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:50 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Up-and-coming actress Maika Monroe has booked the female lead opposite Dan Stevens in "The Guest," a psychological thriller from the filmmaking team behind Lionsgate's upcoming horror movie "You're Next." Adam Wingard will direct from a script by Simon Barrett, while Keith Calder and Jessica Wu will produce via Snoot Entertainment. Production starts this summer. Stevens ("Downton Abbey") stars as David, an ex-Marine who returns from a tour of duty a changed man and terrorizes a military family whose eldest son recently died. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michael Jackson's son testifies singer was unhappy with promoter Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:44 PM PDT  By Brandon Lowrey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's eldest son testified on Wednesday in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family against AEG Live that the late pop star was unhappy with the concert promoter in the run-up to his "This Is It" concert series in 2009. Prince Jackson, 16, said he saw his father often get upset on the phone with AEG Live Chief Executive Officer Randy Phillips, but was unable to stand up for himself in disagreements. "He would get off the phone, he would cry sometimes," Prince told jurors in a Los Angeles courtroom about his father. ... Full Story | Top |
| CNN Reviving 'Crossfire' With Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter and Van Jones Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:07 PM PDT By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - CNN is reviving "Crossfire" in the fall with conservative hosts Newt Gingrich and S.E. Cupp and liberals Stephanie Cutter and Van Jones. The show previously ran from 1982 to 2005. The four hosts will also appear on CNN's other coverage. Cupp is joining CNN from MSNBC, which she is one of the network's most prominent conservative voices as a host of "The Cycle. ... Full Story | Top |
| David Hasselhoff, Ray Liotta, Shaun Toub Join Joe Carnahan's 'Stretch' (Exclusive) Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:05 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Director Joe Carnahan continues to assemble an impressive ensemble for his action-comedy "Stretch," adding Ray Liotta, David Hasselhoff and Shaun Toub. Patrick Wilson stars in the Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions film as a down-on-his-luck limo driver named Stretch who discovered he only has one shift left to pay off a big debt to a bookie. ... Full Story | Top |
| ‘The Hunger Games' Is Coming to Comic-Con - Will Jennifer Lawrence? Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 04:01 PM PDT By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Lionsgate will bring exclusive video of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "I, Frankenstein" to Comic-Con, the studio announced on Wednesday. Lionsgate is the first film studio to reveal its plans for the fan confab in July; its panel will take place Saturday July 20. Lionsgate's decision to bring "The Hunger Games" is a no-brainer. The first film was one of the most successful films in recent years, catering to the often underserved but equally rabid female fans who swarm the San Diego Convention Center every summer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cosmo plans Obamacare focus for U.S. readers this fall Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 03:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obamacare doesn't divulge the secrets of sexual arousal and won't give you the glowing complexion of a goddess. But those shortcomings aside, President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law will still feature prominently in forthcoming issues of the Cosmopolitan - the sexy, gossipy, glamour magazine that boasts a monthly U.S. readership of more than 18 million young women. ... Full Story | Top |
| Devo drummer Alan Myers dies from cancer Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 03:27 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alan Myers, the drummer for U.S. new wave band, Devo, on their most popular songs, including the 1980 mainstream hit "Whip It," has died, the band said on its website. Myers died on Monday from cancer in Los Angeles, the band said. "I think he probably influenced a lot of drummers that are out there now because he was really great at being very precise and minimalist," Mark Mothersbaugh, the singer and founder of Devo and now a TV and film composer, told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Celebrity chef Paula Deen denies she is a racist, dropped by Walmart Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 03:16 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Paula Deen, under fire after she admitted using a racial slur, said in a tearful TV interview on Wednesday that she is not a racist, as retailer Walmart said it was cutting ties with the chef. In an interview on NBC's "Today" show, the Southern food doyenne said she never intentionally hurt anyone and that it was important for her to tell "everyone out there what I believe and how I live my life." When asked if she felt she had racist tendencies, she replied, "No. ... Full Story | Top |
| Book asks if Bruce Springsteen helped bring down the Berlin Wall Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 02:25 PM PDT  By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Almost 25 years ago, Bruce Springsteen gave communist East Germany its biggest ever rock concert in a performance that fuelled a spirit of rebellion and may have contributed to events that brought down the Berlin Wall, a new book says. In "Rocking the Wall", U.S. journalist Erik Kirschbaum says the rock star's music and his anti-Berlin Wall speech helped to inspire more than 300,000 fans at the concert in East Berlin, and millions more watching on television, to strive for freedom. ... Full Story | Top |
| Marc Rich, 'King of Oil' pardoned by Clinton, dies at 78 Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 02:04 PM PDT  By Alice Baghdjian LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented modern oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 78. Rich fled the Holocaust with his parents for America to become the most successful and controversial trader of his time and a fugitive from U.S. justice, enjoying decades of comfortable privacy at his sprawling Villa Rosa on Lake Lucerne. ... Full Story | Top |
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