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| Daniel Radcliffe: from boy wizard to gay beat poet Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 06:43 PM PST  PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe casts off boy wizard Harry Potter to play the voice of the 1950s Beat Generation in new movie "Kill Your Darlings" - a seductive tale of friendship, gay love and murder. Radcliffe, 23, plays poet Allen Ginsberg aged 17 - a young, naive and closeted teen who struggles to find his place in the world years before the sexual and cultural liberation of the 1960s. As Ginsberg enters Columbia University in New York, his encounters with fellow mavericks Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), William S. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" musical sets world premiere with new director Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:23 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A musical adaptation of "Sleepless in Seattle" has set its world premiere for May 24 at the Pasadena Playhouse with a new director in place. Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps will take over directing chores from Lonny Price, who was originally supposed to stage the show. Price was dropped because of "creative differences" with members of the creative team as well as other commitments, an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap. "Sometimes it seems that life in the theatre is all about change," Epps said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Hansel and Gretel" is Grimm news for weekend box-office rivals Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:21 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Hansel and Gretel," a Grimm's fairy tale on special effects and 3D steroids, is ready to wreak some box-office havoc this weekend on its way to the number one spot. Paramount has exerted considerable marketing muscle behind the R-rated action fantasy, and it seems to be connecting. "Hansel and Gretel" will take in more than $25 million over the three days, industry analysts say. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fox orders comedy pilots from "Cougar Town" executive producer Kevin Biegel, Michelle Morgan Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:16 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Cougar Town" executive producer Kevin Biegel and Michelle Morgan landed comedy pilots with Fox. Biegel's effort, "Enlisted," which is based on his relationships with his siblings, follows three very different brothers as they work together in the Army in a small base in California. Biegel (pictured) is writing and executive-producing the single-camera project, which is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television. Mike Royce ("1600 Penn," "Men of a Certain Age") is working with Biegel on the pilot. ... Full Story | Top |
| It's a "Mini-Buble" for singer Michael Bublé and wife Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:15 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian jazz singer Michael Bublé and his Argentinian actress wife, Luisana Lopilato, are expecting their first baby together, Lopilato said in a video posted to YouTube on Thursday. The video shows what appears to be an ultrasound of a fetus with the words "Mini Buble !!!" attached to the image. https://www.youtube. ... Full Story | Top |
| Louis C.K. named funniest U.S. showbiz person: Rolling Stone Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:13 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stand-up comedian-turned U.S. cable television star Louis C.K. was named the funniest person currently working in show business, according to a list released by Rolling Stone magazine on Thursday. The Emmy-winning comedian, whose given name is Louis Szekely, is the star, writer and executive producer of the comedy-drama "Louie" on cable network FX. C.K, 45, cut his comedic teeth writing for late-night talk shows on U.S. television. C.K. ... Full Story | Top |
| "John Dies at the End" review: Hipster Ghostbusters vs. Flying Mustaches Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:11 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A shaggy-dog story with restless leg syndrome, "John Dies at the End" may not amount to much, but there's no denying its sheer entertainment value. Mixing slacker laughs with inter-dimensional creepy-crawlies, it's a zing-packed horror comedy that coasts by on sheer bravado, twisted wit and endless adrenaline. ... Full Story | Top |
| Charlotte Rampling, Sean Patrick Flanery cast in "Dexter" season 8 Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:11 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Charlotte Rampling and Sean Patrick Flanery have just lined up a couple of killer new roles. "The Night Porter" star Rampling and "The Young and the Restless" alum Flanery have been cast in recurring roles in the upcoming eighth season of Showtime's "Dexter," a spokeswoman for the network told TheWrap. In a rare television role, British actress Rampling will play a neuro-psychiatrist who works with young psychopaths and uses unorthodox methods in profiling criminals. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reese Witherspoon in talks to star in Lost Boys of Sudan film Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:10 PM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in "The Good Lie," a movie about the Lost Boys of Sudan that Molly Smith's Black Label Media and Imagine are producing. Philippe Falardeau will direct the film from a screenplay by "Warm Springs" scribe Margarent Nagle. Nagle developed the screenplay in the Imagine Writer's Lab, reviving a project that had stalled at Paramount years ago. The story follows four boys who fled Sudan as violence tore the country apart. ... Full Story | Top |
| J.J. Abrams set to direct next "Star Wars" film Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:09 PM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - J.J. Abrams will direct the next "Star Wars" film for Disney, taking stewardship of one of Hollywood's most iconic and lucrative film franchises, an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap. "Argo" director Ben Affleck was also in contention, another individual with knowledge of the talks told TheWrap. Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm last year and announced it would make new "Star Wars" films, fans, members of the media and industry executives have speculated about which director would take the job. ... Full Story | Top |
| Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs reunited for "Best Man" sequel Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:06 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs, Nia Long and the rest of the cast of "The Best Man" will reunite for a sequel to the 1999 comedy, Universal Pictures said Thursday. The follow-up will hits theaters on November 15, 2013, and will follow the gang of college pals as the reunite over the Christmas holidays. The first film centered on the a group of young professionals, and examined their rivalries and romances as they gathered together at one friend's wedding. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Killing Lincoln," based on Bill O'Reilly book, gets air date from Nat Geo Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:05 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Killing Lincoln," the National Geographic Channel drama based on Bill O'Reilly's bestseller, will premiere February 17 at 8 p.m., the network said Thursday. Perhaps not coincidentally, the debut, falls on Presidents Day weekend. The film - which, according to the network, "thrillingly chronicles the final days of President Lincoln and the treasonous plot by one the most notorious, yet complex villains of all time" - stars Billy Campbell ("The Killing") as Lincoln and newcomer Jesse Johnson as his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dustin Hoffman: what "The Graduate" taught me about directing Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:04 PM PST (Strong language in paragraph 22) NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Three decades after Dustin Hoffman fired himself from his first directing job, the Oscar winner has finally made his first movie, an intimate tale of four retired musicians in a home filled with wise-cracking septuagenarians. "Quartet," which stars revered British actors Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon, is an ode to both exuberance and old age, to pursuing your passion no matter your physical or mental state. One moment you see Maggie Smith struggling to stand up, the next moment you hear jokes about Apricot Jam and "rumpy fumpy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Robin Roberts back on "Good Morning America" set Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:02 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Robin Roberts visited the "Good Morning America" set Thursday for the first time since the anchor underwent a bone marrow transplant in September. Cameras did not roll as she eased back into the swing of things, however, nor is Roberts expected to resume her on-air work until February. Instead she returned to the Times Square studio where the ABC morning program is shot for a behind-the-scenes test run this morning. A spokeswoman for the network reports that she was at the studio at 5 a.m. after waking up at 3:45 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| CBS orders pilots for "Bad Teacher," Bruno Heller drama Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A pilot based on the 2011 Cameron Diaz film "Bad Teacher" and a drama from "The Mentalist' creator Bruno Heller have been ordered by CBS, an individual with knowledge of the orders told TheWrap on Wednesday. "Bad Teacher" will be written and executive-produced by "My Name Is Earl" and "Community" veteran Hilary Winston, with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who were behind the film, executive-producing as well. ... Full Story | Top |
| From "Skyfall" to "The Avengers," how the foreign box office is trouncing domestic Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:59 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Foreign audiences are buying what Hollywood is selling, pushing the industry to a record-breaking year at the worldwide box office. Last year, blockbusters like "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Skyfall" deftly navigated cultural barriers everywhere from Toluca, Mexico, to Hyderabad, India, demonstrating how the film business' future hinges on a global cultural and commercial exchange. Internationally, ticket sales grew by 3 percent to $23.1 billion compared to $22. ... Full Story | Top |
| Legendary Japanese filmmakers to be honored by Hollywood Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:55 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and three of his compatriots will be honored by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) next month for their lifetime of work on movies that organizers said have "given us all a taste of the sublime." The WGA's West branch, which represents the U.S. West Coast writers of TV, films, radio and Internet programming, said that the late Kurosawa and his collaborators Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni and Shinobu Hashimoto, will receive the Guild's 2013 Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement on February 17 in Los Angeles. ... Full Story | Top |
| Netflix wins back Wall Street, shares jump 42 percent Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:46 PM PST  LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Netflix Inc impressed Wall Street with a surprisingly strong holiday quarter that eased near-term concerns about its costly international expansion and its movie and TV bill, sending its shares skyrocketing 42 percent. The jump represented the largest single-day gain from Netflix, though shares were still trading at just under half their record of more than $300 in July 2011, when the company was celebrated on Wall Street for pioneering a video service that rocked the traditional media industry and Hollywood. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arhoolie Records set highlights 50 years of roots-music Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:21 PM PST  BOSTON (Reuters) - Chris Strachwitz discovered the first performer for his Arhoolie Records label by quizzing roadside field hands, a prosperous cotton farmer named Mr. Tom Moore, and a man called Peg Leg at a railroad station in Navasota, Texas. As Strachwitz tells it, Peg Leg identified a highway worker and former tenant farmer who entertained local folks: Mance Lipscomb. "Mance Lipscomb, Texas Sharecropper and Songster," was recorded in 1960 in the musician's shotgun house, and it launched Lipscomb into the surging U.S. folk-music revival. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Black Swan" choreographer named dance director of Paris ballet Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:01 PM PST  (Reuters) - French dancer Benjamin Millepied, who was the choreographer of the film "Black Swan," was on Thursday named director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious dance companies. Millepied, 35, who last year married the Oscar-winning star of "Black Swan," Natalie Portman, with whom he has a son, will take up his new role in October 2014. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer Barry Manilow ill, Broadway comeback delayed Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 03:07 PM PST  (Reuters) - Singer Barry Manilow on Thursday canceled the opening night and three other performances of his Broadway comeback run after coming down with bronchitis, according to Manilow's website. The cancellations threaten to upend the "Could It Be Magic" singer's return to Broadway following a more than two-decade absence. The concerts, which had been slated for Thursday through Sunday, will be made up in February and March, his website said. Manilow, 69, will try to perform on Tuesday, the next scheduled show. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Parker" review: how to turn a serviceable thriller into a bloody bore Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:04 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you've ever wanted to see the camel that's the result of that proverbial horse-building committee, check out "Parker" - and the hump, you'll pardon the expression, is the character played by Jennifer Lopez. But more on her in a moment. Jason Statham stars as Jason Statham as Parker, a master criminal who actually believes in honor among thieves. That's why he's so furious and out for revenge against the quartet of hoods (played by Michael Chiklis, Wendell Parker, Micah A. Hauptman and Clifton Collins, Jr.) who bungled their recent robbery of a state fair. ... Full Story | Top |
| Amy Poehler follows uUp Golden Globes gig with Super Bowl ad Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Amy Poehler is going from the Golden Globes to the Super Bowl. The "Parks and Recreation" star - who earlier this month co-hosted the Golden Globes with her former "Saturday Night Live" co-star Tina Fey - is following up with a gig as a Best Buy pitchwoman in a Super Bowl ad. The retail giant announced Wednesday that Poehler will star in its ad for the Big Game this year. Though details about the ad were scarce, an accompanying photo suggests that the funny lady enlists a blue-shirted Best Buy employee to get her up to speed on a new gadget. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Cloud Atlas" producers "unaware" Chinese distributor cut 30 minutes from film Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:58 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Cloud Atlas" premiered in Beijing, China on Monday night, but not before "almost 30 minutes" were cut from the film's 172-minute running time without the producers' knowledge. "We were unaware that our Chinese partners, Dreams of Dragon Pictures, had cut almost 30 minutes from the film," producers Grant Hill and Philip Lee told TheWrap in a statement on Wednesday. "We did know that, as with other countries, there were likely to be censorship trims and we trusted them to protect the integrity of the filmmaker's creativity and vision. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gilda Radner's name will remain with Cancer Support center Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:54 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Gilda Radner's name will remain in the title of a Gilda's Club Madison, the Wisconsin branch of the worldwide Cancer Support Community announced on Wednesday. "We are happy and humbled to announce that our name will continue to be Gilda's Club," the organization's executive director, Lannia Stenz, said in a statement. "Gilda Radner's iconic image will continue to help us welcome and support people affected by cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney's Bob Iger talks deal-making with Steve Jobs, importance of risk Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:47 AM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - When two entertainment industry giants sat down on the same stage Wednesday, one of the first subjects they talked about was a third: Producer Brian Grazer's opening question for Disney CEO Bob Iger led almost immediately to Iger's memories of Steve Jobs. Iger talked about his experiences with the Apple co-founder in a talk in which he also discussed his high tolerance for risk and what he said was his only real fear about Disney: That the company may one day stop innovating creatively. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Home Improvement" co-creator Matt Williams enters first-look TV deal with Lionsgate Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:41 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Matt Williams, the co-creator of the '90s sitcom "Home Improvement," has aligned with Lionsgate for a first-look television deal, Lionsgate and Williams' company, Wind Dancer Films, said Wednesday. Under the agreement, Williams and Wind Dancer Films will develop scripted comedies and dramas with Lionsgate. Williams' other television work includes the groundbreaking comedies "Roseanne" and "The Cosby Show." On the film side, he's produced the Mel Gibson-Helen Hunt comedy "What Women Want" and the Jack Black-Shirley MacLaine offering "Bernie. ... Full Story | Top |
| "A Memory of Light" holds on to top spot of U.S. bestseller list Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:50 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robert Jordan's book "A Memory of Light" retained the No. 1 spot on Publishers Weekly's bestseller list on Thursday for the second consecutive week. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "A Memory of Light" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor, $34.99) 1 2. "The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central, $27.99) - 3. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25.00) 2 4. "Tenth of December: Stories" by George Saunders (Random House, $26.00) 6 5. ... Full Story | Top |
| Veteran showman Dick Van Dyke reflects on lifetime's work Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 08:01 AM PST  (Reuters) - From "Mary Poppins" to "Night at the Museum" and his own long-running TV comedy, Dick Van Dyke has done it all during a show business career spanning seven decades. On Sunday, Van Dyke, 87, gets a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles, just a year after his 1960s "Dick Van Dyke Show" co-star Mary Tyler Moore received the same honor. Reuters spoke to Van Dyke about his career, his thoughts on today's comedies and being a newlywed in his 80s. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bolshoi chief will recover enough sight to work again: doctor Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 06:36 AM PST  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director will recover enough eyesight to return to work after a masked assailant threw acid in his face, a doctor said on Thursday. Sergei Filin, 42, one of the most talked about figures in Russia as head of the ballet for nearly two years, was attacked outside his house on his way home from the prestigious theatre on January 18. Russia's top eye doctor played down fears the talent director would be blinded and never be able to work again, assessing his condition as moderately severe. ... Full Story | Top |
| Banned China, Russia writers on Man Booker International list Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 06:33 AM PST JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Two authors who had books banned in their home countries featured prominently in the list of 10 nominees for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize, the judging panel said on Thursday. Chinese author Yan Lianke and Russia's Vladimir Sorokin stood out from a list of nominees from nine different countries in the running for the 60,000 pound ($95,000) prize for global writers whose fiction is written in or translated into English. ... Full Story | Top |
| Booker winner Mantel says play next "logical step" Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 06:16 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Double Booker prize-winning author Hilary Mantel said the characters in her historical novels about the rise of Thomas Cromwell will take the next "logical step" to a stage adaptation at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) this year. Mantel said in a video interview on the RSC website this week that she has always longed to give "solid form" to her depictions of Cromwell, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in her "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" books. "From the moment I started writing Wolf Hall the characters were fighting to be off the page," Mantel said in the video. ... Full Story | Top |
| Charlie Brown voice actor pleads not guilty to threats, stalking Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:06 AM PST  SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The former child actor who was the voice of Charlie Brown in the 1960s "Peanuts" animated television specials pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he threatened his girlfriend and a surgeon who carried out her breast enhancement surgery. Peter Robbins, 56, from Oceanside, California, pleaded not guilty in San Diego Superior Court to two counts of stalking and 10 counts of criminal threats. If convicted, he could face up to nine years in prison, Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth McClutchey said. Robbins was arrested on Sunday on outstanding warrants by U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Book Talk - Dave Barry takes on strippers, drugs, Miami society wedding Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 02:04 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A groom and his closest college friends descend on Miami for a high-society wedding but get waylaid by Haitian refugees, Russian gangsters, an angry stripper and a beautiful Cuban woman in author Dave Barry's latest book, "Insane City." Fortified with medical marijuana brownies and alcohol, the groom and his expanding tribe of societal misfits attempt to do the right thing by all concerned and still make the wedding. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Ben and Kate' Pulled From Fox Schedule Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:48 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fox has pulled its freshman comedy "Ben and Kate" from its schedule, effective immediately, the network said Wednesday. The series, which has aired 13 episodes so far and aired Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m., will return at a later date to be determined, the network added. For the time being, one-hour installments of "Raising Hope" will run Tuesdays at 8 p.m. to cover the programming hole through the February sweeps (except for February 19, when a "New Girl" repeat will air at 8:30). The season premiere of "Hell's Kitchen" will air Tuesday, March 12 at 8 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aretha Franklin Approves of Beyonce's 'Beautiful' Inaugural Lip-Syncing Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:45 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Aretha Franklin r-e-s-p-e-c-t's Beyoncé's decision to use a "beautiful" pre-recorded rendition of the national anthem during President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony on Monday. The Queen of Soul, who sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee" during Obama's inauguration in 2009, told ABC News that the cold weather warranted Beyoncé lip-syncing "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather," Franklin said after noting the news gave her a good laugh. ... Full Story | Top |
| Could a ''Jekyll & Hyde'' Movie Be the Next ''Les Miserables''? Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:43 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Jekyll and Hyde" may not have the pedigree of "Les Misérables," but the producers of a planned movie adaptation of the musical version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story argue that it commands a similar global audience. In fact. the show's worldwide appeal is one of the reasons the producers - a group that includes Phoenix Pictures CEO Mike Medavoy and former talent agent Rick Nicita - say they were interested in shepherding it to the big screen. "It transcends cultures and languages," Medavoy said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Slim's chances turn to none, for now, as court derails Mexican TV hopes: report Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 09:02 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican court decision has dealt a fresh setback to telecom tycoon Carlos Slim's campaign to obtain government approval to offer television services in the country, El Economista newspaper reported on Wednesday. The court's decision means Slim's phone giant, Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), will have to resubmit an application to change its operating license under the new administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto to include television. Officials with Telmex, the main fixed-line phone operator in Mexico, could not immediately comment on the report. ... Full Story | Top |
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