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| US-FILM Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:40 PM PDT How an extreme movie makeover saved 'Fast & Furious' from going direct to DVD By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Fast & Furious 6" has become a road race to riches without a finish line in sight. Paddy Considine and Fares Fares join Tom Hardy thriller 'Child 44' By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paddy Considine and Fares Fares ("Zero Dark Thirty") are in negotiations to join the international ensemble of Summit Entertainment's Soviet-era thriller "Child 44," TheWrap has learned. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Before Midnight' review: Joy and pain, long after happily ever after Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:39 PM PDT  By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - As a rule, we like our love stories to end with a big kiss between the boy and the girl (or other combinations thereof) who have overcome obstacles and issues before setting off together on a life of perfect, eternal romance, unsullied by imperfection or boredom or change or unhappiness. ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:25 PM PDT Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 million euros for charity CANNES (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, DiCaprio emerged as the mystery guest to accompany the winner on a Virgin Galactic flight into space. DiCaprio stars in the film "The Great Gatsby," which opened the 66th Cannes film festival. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 million euros for charity Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:25 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, DiCaprio emerged as the mystery guest to accompany the winner on a Virgin Galactic flight into space. DiCaprio stars in the film "The Great Gatsby," which opened the 66th Cannes film festival. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Before Midnight's' director, stars Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke celebrate 'the lowest-grossing trilogy ever' Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:21 PM PDT  By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Hangover Part III" may be the biggest three-quel to hit movie screens this Memorial Day weekend, but in indie circles that tale of Vegas debauchery will have to take a decided back seat to a man and a woman who'll spend an hour and a half having conversations. "Before Midnight" is the third installment in an unlikely trilogy that began with "Before Sunrise" in 1995 and continued with "Before Sunset" in 2004. ... Full Story | Top |
| Paddy Considine and Fares Fares join Tom Hardy thriller 'Child 44' Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:11 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paddy Considine and Fares Fares ("Zero Dark Thirty") are in negotiations to join the international ensemble of Summit Entertainment's Soviet-era thriller "Child 44," TheWrap has learned. The duo will be joining Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman in the movie, which Daniel Espinosa ("Safe House") is directing from a script by Richard Price, who adapted the bestselling novel by Tom Rob Smith. "The Killing" star Joel Kinnaman was previously reported to be in negotiations as well. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-TELEVISION Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:06 PM PDT Studios drool over sci-fi drama but will Spielberg take it to TV? By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Mickey Fisher, an unknown and unsigned writer until recently, has film studios drooling over his script "Extant" for weeks. There's just one twist: it's not a film script. Steven Soderbergh is looking to direct Clive Owen in Cinemax series By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - So much for taking it easy after directing "Behind the Candelabra" for HBO. FX sets premiere date for 'The Bridge' By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap. ... Full Story | Top |
| Steven Soderbergh is looking to direct Clive Owen in Cinemax series Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:06 PM PDT  By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - So much for taking it easy after directing "Behind the Candelabra" for HBO. Stephen Soderbergh is in talks to team up with Clive Owen on a 10-episode period medical drama for Cinemax, an HBO spokeswoman told TheWrap. "The Knick" is set in downtown New York at the beginning of the 20th century and focuses on the groundbreaking medical staff at Knickerbocker Hospital, where the boundaries of medicine are being pushed in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. ... Full Story | Top |
| FX sets premiere date for 'The Bridge' Thursday, May 23, 2013 06:01 PM PDT By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - FX's border-cop drama "The Bridge" will premiere on July 10, the cable network said on Thursday. After its debut, the new 13-episode series will continue to air on Wednesdays during the 10 p.m. timeslot. Oscar-nominee Demián Bichir ("A Better Life") and Diane Kruger ("National Treasure") star as two detectives, one from each side of the U.S.-Mexican border, trying to solve serial murders. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jon Stewart casts Gael Garcia Bernal as lead in his directorial debut 'Rosewater' Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:58 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jon Stewart has tapped Gael Garcia Bernal to star in his feature directorial debut "Rosewater," TheWrap has learned. Scott Rudin is producing with Stewart and Gigi Pritzker of OddLot Entertainment, which is financing the film. Stewart is taking a 12-week hiatus from hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in order to make the movie. "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver will take over hosting duties for eight weeks during Stewart's absence. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-INDUSTRY Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:44 PM PDT Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war women's group Code Pink, began demonstrating years ago on Capitol Hill, becoming an almost routine presence at hearings where high-ranking officials of the Bush administration appeared to talk about the Iraq war. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war women's group Code Pink, began demonstrating years ago on Capitol Hill, becoming an almost routine presence at hearings where high-ranking officials of the Bush administration appeared to talk about the Iraq war. ... Full Story | Top |
| Studios drool over sci-fi drama but will Spielberg take it to TV? Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:39 PM PDT  By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Mickey Fisher, an unknown and unsigned writer until recently, has film studios drooling over his script "Extant" for weeks. There's just one twist: it's not a film script. Fisher wrote "Extant" as a TV pilot. It's a one-hour sci-fi drama about John and Molly Watts and their son, a human-like robot named Ethan. Molly, the space-traveling wife, is also pregnant with a baby that is part human and part alien. The family intrigue deepens in subsequent episodes. Multiple agencies sought to sign the writer after reading the script, and WME won out. ... Full Story | Top |
| ABC Family orders new spelling bee game show Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:37 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - ABC Family is getting into the game show business. The cable network has greenlit "Spell-Mageddon" for a summer premiere. The show basically takes the traditional spelling bee and introduces "hilarious distractions" as the contenders try to spell difficult words (while simultaneously bringing back horrible childhood memories of the spelling competition). ... Full Story | Top |
| 'American Horror Story' star Evan Peters joins 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:32 PM PDT By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Evan Peters, an actor who has portrayed a lead in both seasons of FX's "American Horror Story," has been cast as super-fast mutant Quicksilver in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." As he's done with other additions to the upcoming sequel, like the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Bryan Singer made the announcement over Twitter on Thursday. Quicksilver is gifted with superhuman speed. The character, who is the son of Magneto, first appeared in "X-Men #4" in 1964, alongside his twin sister, the Scarlet Witch. ... Full Story | Top |
| How Netflix's 'Arrested Development,' 'House of Cards' are crashing the Emmys Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:29 PM PDT By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Primetime television shows are eligible for the Primetime Emmy Awards, of course. So are programs that don't air during primetime, and commercials, and webisodes and apps, and Netflix's "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" which are not by most standard definitions a television series. Just as the face of television has morphed over the past decade, so has the face of the Emmy Awards. ... Full Story | Top |
| A&E cancels 'Intervention' Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:26 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A&E is canceling its long-running docu-series "Intervention." The cable network announced on Thursday that it will begin airing the show's Season 13 with five final episodes on Thursday, June 13 at 9 p.m./8c. "As 'Intervention' comes to an end, we're proud to have paved the way for such an original and groundbreaking series," said A&E and BIO Channel's executive vice president of programming David McKillop in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| eOne picks up Princess Diana biopic starring Naomi Watts Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:25 PM PDT  By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Entertainment One has secured domestic distribution rights to "Diana," a biopic of the late princess starring Naomi Watts, the company announced on Thursday. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") directed the film from a script by Stephen Jeffreys. The film depicts the last two years of Diana's life, in particular her relationship with Dr. Hasnat Khan. ... Full Story | Top |
| WikiLeaks doc director on Julian Assange: 'The balls of this guy - I thought, 'wow.' Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:22 PM PDT  By Sharon Waxman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seemed like an intriguing topic for prolific documentarian Alex Gibney, but little did he know the rabbit hole of secrets, lies and hypocrisy he would find as he dug into his subject. Gibney's latest work, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," about Assange and his "radical transparency," is a fascinating look at one of our era's most fascinating information rebels. WaxWord caught up with Gibney ahead of the movie's May 24 release. ... Full Story | Top |
| Viggo Mortensen to receive Dennis Hopper Award at AMFM Fest Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:14 PM PDT  By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Viggo Mortensen will receive the fourth annual Dennis Lee Hopper Award at this year's inaugural AMFM Fest in California's Coachella Valley, Film 4 Change announced on Thursday. Mortensen, an actor, writer, poet and visual artist, will receive the award at a ceremony in the desert town of Cathedral City on June 16, on the final day of the four-day festival that draws its name from the phrase "Art, Music, Film and More. ... Full Story | Top |
| 6 lessons Hollywood needs to learn from 'The Fast & The Furious' Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:11 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Fast & the Furious 6" is widely expected to dominate the Memorial Day box office and potentially become the highest grossing film in the lucrative franchise's history. For a franchise keep growing as it enters its second decade and sixth installment is nearly unheard of in Hollywood, where sequels tend to burn hot and fast, dying out quickly. ... Full Story | Top |
| How an extreme movie makeover saved 'Fast & Furious' from going direct to DVD Thursday, May 23, 2013 04:30 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Fast & Furious 6" has become a road race to riches without a finish line in sight. Roaring into theaters Friday, the movie is expected to generate $80 million or more over the Memorial Day weekend - astounding numbers for a franchise that is more than a decade old, and isn't "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones." Even more astonishing, Universal's "Fast" films are the rare series that seem to pick up steam with each new sequel. ... Full Story | Top |
| Zach Braff taught crowdfunding to Woody Allen - and he liked it Thursday, May 23, 2013 04:28 PM PDT  By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Reaction to Zach Braff's use of Kickstarter to fund his next indie film has been mixed, to say the least. But according to the "Scrubs" star, Woody Allen is "riveted" by it. During an interview on SiriusXM talk show "Unmasked," Braff said that the Oscar-winning "Annie Hall" director had no idea what crowdfunding was before meeting with him to discuss a project. "By the way, I'm the one who explained crowdfunding to Woody Allen," Braff said. "He's one of my heroes and I met him because we were talking about doing something together. ... Full Story | Top |
| Amanda Seyfried to star in Noah Baumbach's 'While We're Young' Thursday, May 23, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fresh off a SAG nomination for her turn as Cosette in "Les Miserables," Amanda Seyfried is in final negotiations to join Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver in Noah Baumbach's indie movie "While We're Young," TheWrap has learned. Seyfried emerged as a potential candidate for the role of Driver's love interest several weeks ago and she has now cleared room in her fall schedule for the movie, which is being produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources Thursday, May 23, 2013 04:01 PM PDT  By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service. Satellite operator DirecTV and cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc also put in bids, one of the people told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists Thursday, May 23, 2013 03:52 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. Obama has come under criticism for his administration's pursuit of journalists who have reported leaked material. In recent weeks, it emerged that the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records as part of a probe into leaks about a 2012 Yemen-based plot to bomb a U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'S.W.A.T.' actor Steve Forrest dead at age 87 Thursday, May 23, 2013 03:01 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Steve Forrest, who was best known for a leading role on the short-lived 1970s television drama "S.W.A.T.," has died at the age of 87 in Thousand Oaks, California, near Los Angeles, his wife Christine said on Thursday. Forrest appeared in 1954's "Prisoner of War," which also featured Ronald Reagan, who was later elected U.S. president. In 1960's "Flaming Star," he played alongside Elvis Presley and Barbara Eden. Forrest's older brother, Dana Andrews, was the star of 1940s films "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-REVIEW Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 02:59 PM PDT Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize LONDON (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis, a professor of creative writing at the University of Albany, is best known for work that Observer critic William Skidelsky once said "redefines the meaning of brevity". First edition of 'Great Gatsby' to be sold at auction NEW YORK (Reuters) - A first edition copy of F. ... Full Story | Top |
| First edition of 'Great Gatsby' to be sold at auction Thursday, May 23, 2013 02:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A first edition copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby," will be up for sale next month and could fetch up to $150,000, Sotheby's said on Thursday. The book, which once belonged to the critic and author Malcolm Cowley, will go under the hammer along with a group of Fitzgerald's letters and an unpublished poem in the June 11 books and manuscript sale in New York. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cannes festival hit by second suspected jewelry theft Thursday, May 23, 2013 01:16 PM PDT  CANNES (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival was hit by a second suspected jewelry heist on Thursday after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros ($2.6 million) disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweler De Grisogono. Fawaz Gruosi, the founder of the Swiss firm, said the necklace was part of the company's 20th anniversary collection paraded by 20 models at the glitzy event at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes outside Cannes on Tuesday night. Sharon Stone and Paris Hilton were among the guests. ... Full Story | Top |
| Box Office: 'Hangover Part III' Grosses $3.1M at Late Night Showings Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:07 AM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Debauchery paid off in a big way for "The Hangover Part III," as the latest installment in the black-out franchise generated $3.1 million in late night screenings on Wednesday, according to studio estimates. That's a strong number for midnight shows on a hump day, though it can't compete with the $10.4 million "The Hangover Part II" generated in late night screenings when it hit theaters two years ago. That figure stands as a record number for an R-rated release. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Fashion Police' Strike: Both Sides Dig in on Eve of Rally Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:07 AM PDT By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the strike by nine writers on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" nearly five weeks old, both sides were digging in for the long haul Wednesday. While the writers were preparing to set up an 11 a.m. picket line and rally in front of E! TV's Los Angeles headquarters Thursday morning, the network issued a series of bullet points designed to clarify its position. The writers have been on strike since April 17, after expressing a desire to organize and join the Writers Guild of America West. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Falling Skies' Star Noah Wyle on Showrunner's Departure: 'It's a Tough One' Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:06 AM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It came as a surprise to the "Falling Skies" fandom (and some within TNT) when news that the series' showrunner, Remi Aubuchon, had resigned ahead of Season 3's June 9 premiere date. Aubuchon decided to leave the show after two seasons to pursue his dream of writing a science fiction novel - something that he would be unable to do while on the very challenging show. "This is a very difficult show to work on," Aubuchon admitted to TheWrap. "And the truth is I did feel burnt out after this season. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-PEOPLE Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 09:56 AM PDT Singer and Piaf songwriter Georges Moustaki dies at 79 PARIS (Reuters) - French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 79. The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951, where he began to play guitar at nightclubs and met some of the period's best-known singers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Crisis forces Italy's La Scala to cut back on productions Thursday, May 23, 2013 09:36 AM PDT  MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's opera house La Scala will scale back on productions in the 2013-2014 season because of the economic crisis and lower state support, its general manager said on Thursday. Stephane Lissner told reporters the Milan theatre will reduce the number of operas to 10 instead of the usual 13 due to a decline in revenues. They will include three by Giuseppe Verdi to celebrate the 200th birthday of the composer, born in 1813. Verdi's "La Traviata" will open the season on December 7, conducted by Daniele Gatti. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jerry Lewis plays both straight man and clown at Cannes festival Thursday, May 23, 2013 09:24 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the clown. Lewis, 87, laughed his way through a news conference at the world's top cinema showcase with non-stop one-liners about how much he was paid for "Max Rose", his career's ups and downs and his former partner Dean Martin, who died in 1995. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dan Brown's "Inferno" tops U.S. best-sellers list Thursday, May 23, 2013 08:52 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Inferno," Dan Brown's latest book, shot to the top of the U.S. best-sellers 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. "Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95) - 2. "The 12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99) 2 3. "Dead Ever After" by Charlaine Harris (Ace, $27.95) 1 4. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam, $27.95) 3 5. "The Hit" by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $27.99) 4 6. ... Full Story | Top |
| Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing Thursday, May 23, 2013 07:58 AM PDT  By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the Cannes film festival despite explicit lesbian sex scenes that could limit the film's distribution. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" ("Blue is the Warmest Color") is a poignant tale of love and sexuality centered on 15-year-old Adele, in a breakout performance by Adele Exarchopoulos, and her lover Emma (Lea Seydoux), set to premiere on Thursday evening. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-ARTS Summary Thursday, May 23, 2013 07:11 AM PDT Rare "Harry Potter" first edition fetches record auction price (Reuters) - A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday. The 1997 book, featuring handwritten notes, 22 original illustrations and a 43-page "second thoughts" commentary by the author, fetched the highest price to date for a printed book by Rowling, Sotheby's said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain's Tate museum sets $34 million record for Constable painting Thursday, May 23, 2013 07:10 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds ($34.75 million), making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an overcast sky shot through with a rainbow had been at risk of being sold abroad and its sale sets a record for Constable, the Tate said on Thursday. Its price is still dwarfed by Constable's contemporary rival J.M.W. ... Full Story | Top |
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