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| 'The Inbetweeners' Canceled by MTV Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 06:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Inbetweeners" now falls solidly in the "canceled" camp. MTV has decided not to go forward with a second season of the scripted series, which premiered in August and was an adaptation of a British sitcom of the same name. "While we won't be moving forward with another season of 'The Inbetweeners,' we enjoyed working with the show's creators and such a talented, funny cast," an MTV spokesperson told TheWrap in a statement. The series starred Joey Pollari, Bubba Lewis, Zack Pearlman, Mark L. ... Full Story | Top |
| South Africa sounds alarm on child rape epidemic by entering "Little One" in Oscar race Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 05:06 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - South Africa's entry in the foreign-film Oscar race, "Little One," ends with the printed statistic that one out of every three girls in the nation is raped before the age of 21. An audience member at the Wrap's screening Monday night at the Sundance Cinemas asked the filmmakers an obvious question: Is the government doing anything about this pandemic of abuse? Producer Anton Ernst pointed out that the very fact that "Little One" was being screened for Oscars voters meant "yes. ... Full Story | Top |
| R&B star Mary J. Blige sued for defaulting on $2.2 million loan Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 04:29 PM PST  (Reuters) - R&B star Mary J. Blige was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the Grammy winner and her husband defaulted on a $2.2 million bank loan. According to court documents filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Signature Bank is seeking to recoup the original loan plus $58,000 in interest. Blige, 41, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and her husband Martin Isaacs took out the loan in October 2011 and defaulted in July 2012, the suit alleges. Blige's publicist declined comment on the lawsuit. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cate Blanchett in negotiations for evil stepmother in Disney's Cinderella film Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:52 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Cate Blanchett is in negotiations to play the evil stepmother in Disney's re-imagining of the classic fairytale Cinderella, the "Untitled Cinderella Story," an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Blanchett would be the first to be cast in the live-action film. It is being directed by Mark Romanek for the studio based on a script by Chris Weitz. The film is being produced by Simon Kinberg, who is best-known for the "X-Men" series. The feature was first set up at Disney in May 2010 based on a pitch by Aline Brosh McKenna ("Devil Wear Prada. ... Full Story | Top |
| Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways" added to Palm Springs lineup Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:50 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways" has been accepted in the World Cinema section of the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, the festival announced on Tuesday. "Laurence Anyways" made its debut at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, bringing home a best actress win in the Un Certain Regard category for Suzanne Clement. Dolan, 23, won the Best Canadian Feature Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in addition to the Award of the Youth and the Golden Swann at the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival. ... Full Story | Top |
| The rise of the new gay villains Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:49 PM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Meet the new gay villains of television and film: If their wrists are bent, it's probably to cut someone's throat. Far from their limp-wristed, lisping predecessors, the modern-day villains of "Skyfall" and "Dexter" do their own dirty work and are every bit as masculine as the heroes with whom they do battle. OK, one stereotype remains: They still wear some nice clothes. But while the old portrayals suggested that gays were vain and effeminate, the fashion-consciousness of the new gay villains reflects an admirable attention to detail. Is this progress? In a way, yes. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Anger Management," "Justified" return dates set by FX Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:47 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - FX released its early 2013 premiere schedule Wednesday, including dates for the second season of Charlie Sheen's sitcom "Anger Management" and the fourth season of the Timothy Olyphant lawman drama "Justified." The premiere schedule kicks off with "Justified" on Tuesday, January 8 at 10 p.m. The season will find Olyphant's character, U.S. Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens, picking up a 30-year-old cold case, unraveling a riddle that echoes all the way back to his boyhood and his criminal father's bad dealings. ... Full Story | Top |
| California police say comedian Katt Williams evaded arrest Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:47 PM PST  (Reuters) - Comedian Katt Williams is in hot water with California's state capitol police after he drove his three-wheeled motorbike on a sidewalk and led police on a chase that was later called off to protect bystanders, authorities said on Wednesday. Police said Williams, 39, was spotted by an officer from the California Highway Patrol's capitol protection section on Sunday driving a three-wheeled Can-Am motorcycle on a sidewalk near the state capitol building in Sacramento, initiating a chase at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fox not ordering more "Mob Doctor," gives "Touch" two-hour premiere Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:46 PM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Fox has not ordered any additional episodes of "The Mob Doctor" beyond its January 7 airing, though no final decision has been made about the fate of the long-struggling gangster drama, Fox said. The network also announced plans for a two-hour season 2 premiere of the Kiefer Sutherland drama "Touch" on Friday, February 8. Fox's decision not to order nine more episodes to give "The Mob Doctor" a full season is likely the end of the show, which has struggled in the ratings since its debut. On Monday, it rose 33 percent in the 18-49 demographic to score a still-small 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Why Dr. Oz doesn't drink coffee in the morning Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:44 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Dr. Mehmet Oz - television star, Oprah protégé and the world's most famous heart surgeon - believes in having a strict morning routine. The good doctor said at Business Insider's Ignition conference on Wednesday that he is a creature of habit. He wakes up at 6:30 a.m. every day and kicks off the early hours with six to seven minutes of yoga. That's enough time for a "quick sun salutation," Oz said. One thing that is missing from his breakfast of Greek yogurt and fruit is any kind of caffeinated pick-me-up. Oz said he shuns coffee for a very simple reason. ... Full Story | Top |
| China box office will surpass U.S. by 2020: Study Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:42 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Chinese box office, currently the second largest international market behind Japan, will exceed the U.S. box office by 2020, according to a report issued Wednesday by Ernst & Young. China's entertainment market is growing even faster than anticipated, creating unprecedented opportunities for media investment, according to the Spotlight in China report, which comes out of the company's Media & Entertainment Emerging Markets Executive Forum underway in Shanghai. ... Full Story | Top |
| Discovery's Revision3 extends partnership with Fishbowl Media, invests development money Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:41 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Revision3, the Discovery-owned online video network, has forged a new partnership with Fishbowl Worldwide Media to distribute and sell advertising for its pets-focused YouTube programming, as well as to fund development of new shows. The new deal also constitutes a first-look deal, giving Revision3 (and its parent company, which owns TV network Animal Planet) first dibs on all co-developed shows. ... Full Story | Top |
| Emmy winners "Homeland" and "Modern Family" lead Producers Guild TV nominees Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:39 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Reigning Emmy champs "Homeland" and "Modern Family" will have a chance to add to their trophy cases at the 2013 Producers Guild Awards, which nominated both shows for the PGA's top honor in the drama and comedy series categories, respectively. In nominations announced on Wednesday by the Producers Guild of America, the producers of "Homeland" will be competing for top drama series with "Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men. ... Full Story | Top |
| Charlize Theron to star in "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" adaptation Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:36 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Charlize Theron will star in "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance," and her company Denver & Delilah Films will produce the film, along with CJ Entertainment, and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the companies announced on Wednesday. The film is an adaptation by William Monahan of South Korean director Park Chan-wook's "Lady Vengeance," about a woman who for reasons of her own completes a prison term for a murder she did not commit, re-emerging to punish the killer and avenge the dead. "This will be very American -- and very unexpected," Monahan said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palm Springs Fest gives Robert Zemeckis' awards campaign a boost Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:32 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Robert Zemeckis has been named Director of the Year by the Palm Springs International Film Festival, making the "Flight" director the latest awards hopeful to be honored by one of the two big January film festivals that double as campaign stops on the awards circuit. The announcement by Palm Springs organizers came one day after the Santa Barbara Film Festival declared "Silver Linings Playbook" star Jennifer Lawrence the Outstanding Performer of the Year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Busy Philipps, Taye Diggs to announce SAG Award nominations Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:30 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Cougar Town" star Busy Philipps and "Private Practice" star Taye Diggs will announce the nominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG said Wednesday. The announcements will be broadcast live at 6 a.m. ET/9 a.m. PT on TNT December 12, and will also be webcast live on TNT.tv and TBS.com. Philipps, who plays Laurie on "Cougar Town," will also be the social media ambassador for the awards ceremony, serving as the online face of the SAG Awards via Twitter and Facebook posts in the period leading up to the ceremony. ... Full Story | Top |
| James Franco finds "Good People" at Millennium Films Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:29 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A big-screen adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's hit Broadway play "Good People" is moving forward, with Millennium Films packaging the feature, and James Franco emerging as the front-runner to star. This Boston-set drama plays out between a down-on-her-luck single mother with a disabled child, and a former classmate who has escaped the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Southie. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nick Cannon gets first-look production deal with NBC Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Nick Cannon, host of NBC's "America Got Talent," has signed a first-look production deal with the network. Cannon and his manager Michael Goldman, the principals in NCredible Entertainment, will develop both unscripted and scripted programming for the network. "We are gratified to know that this new agreement will expand our successful working relationship with Nick beyond 'America's Got Talent' and allow him to further draw on his notable creative instincts," said NBC president of alternative and late night programming Paul Telegdy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chicago artist gets a national stage: the holiday White House Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:08 PM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - To help decorate the White House for the Christmas season this year, President Barack Obama turned to an artist from his hometown. David Lee Csicsko, a Chicago mosaic artist who specializes in public installations, designed the annual display in the corridor leading to the East Room and the State Dining Room, both areas that are elaborately decorated at the beginning of each holiday season. ... Full Story | Top |
| Outgoing Mexican President Calderon to become Harvard fellow Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 02:27 PM PST CAMBRIDGE, Mass (Reuters) - Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon will become a fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government starting in January after his six-year term ends, the school said on Wednesday. During the year-long fellowship, Calderon, an alumnus of the school, will meet with students, collaborate with scholars and researchers and help develop case studies on policy challenges he encountered while serving as Mexico's president, the school said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Womens' stories dominate 2013 Sundance film lineup Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 01:30 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival, the top U.S. film festival for independent cinema, on Wednesday unveiled its lineup for 2013, with films centered on female characters dominating the American fiction film competition. The 113 feature length movies, including both narrative films and documentaries, cover a range of topics, but more than half of those chosen for the U.S. dramatic competition focus on stories about women, including several about females exploring sexual relationships. ... Full Story | Top |
| Adele's "21" sells 10 million, Rihanna leads Billboard Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 01:24 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British singer and Grammy darling Adele reached the 10 million sales mark in the United States on Wednesday with her heartbreak album "21" becoming the first by British woman to reach the milestone, Nielsen SoundScan said. "21," released in February 2011, produced the hits "Someone Like You" and "Rolling In The Deep" and became the top-selling album of 2011. Earlier this year, Adele swept the Grammy Awards with six, including song, record and album of the year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange suffering lung problems Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 12:55 PM PST  QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country's ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, has been holed up inside Ecuador's embassy in London since June to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations. Assange has denied any wrongdoing. "He has a chronic lung complaint that could get worse any time. ... Full Story | Top |
| Directors Guild to honor Milos Forman with lifetime award Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 12:52 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning director Milos Forman, known for works such as "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," will be honored with a lifetime achievement award, the Directors Guild of America said on Wednesday. Forman, 80, will receive the coveted accolade, one of the guild's highest honors, at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles on February 2. The Czech-American director won two Academy Awards for best director, one for 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and his second for 1984's "Amadeus." Both films also won Oscars for best picture. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Homeland" in, "Boardwalk Empire" out in PGA TV nominations Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 12:01 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy-winning dramas "Homeland", "Mad Men" and British period piece "Downton Abbey" will compete for the annual Producers Guild Awards for the top shows on U.S. television, organizers announced on Wednesday. But last year's winner - HBO's lavish Prohibition-era gangster drama "Boardwalk Empire" - failed to make the cut this year with the Producers Guild of America, one of the leading professional guilds in Hollywood. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 11:12 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road across the United States early next year. Tyson, 45, made the announcement on ABC's late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday. "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" is an autobiographical monologue performed by Tyson in which he reflects upon his tough childhood in Brooklyn, the absence of his father and his self-described "reckless and destructive" behavior. It premiered in Las Vegas in April and had a run on Broadway. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russian region pays $2.4 million for Tarkovsky archive Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 10:02 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Ivanovo region on Wednesday paid 1.5 million pounds ($2.4 million), or 15 times the estimate, for an archive of thousands of letters, photographs and recordings once belonging to leading film director Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky, who was born in the region in 1932, is considered one of Russia's greatest film makers, directing acclaimed movies including "Andrei Rublyev", "Solaris" and "The Mirror". Sotheby's, which auctioned the archive in London, said the sale followed a "dramatic 18-minute bidding battle" that ended up between three bidders. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vivendi's SFR telecom unit to cut 856 jobs Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 08:38 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi's SFR telecom unit plans to cut 856 jobs via a voluntary departure plan, it said on Wednesday, as it restructures to cope with tougher competition in France. Unions swiftly condemned the move as unacceptable given the more than 3 billion euros ($3.88 billion) in profit that SFR should generate this year, and voiced fears that the cuts were a step towards a sale of France's second-biggest mobile operator. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sculptor Gormley wants us to get inside his head Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 08:08 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foremost living sculptor Antony Gormley wants us to get inside his head with his latest work "Model", a 100-tonne steel maze of cubes and squares, dark corners and splashes of light on show at the White Cube gallery in London. The giant grey-black work, based on a human form lying down, is entered via the right "foot", and combines the fun of an adventure playground with the unnerving quality of a labyrinth often plunged into darkness. ... Full Story | Top |
| A Minute With: Pop star Ke$ha on new album "Warrior" Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 06:50 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Ke$ha made a name for herself with infectious dance-pop hits but the singer-songwriter is stepping out of her Auto-Tune comfort zone on "Warrior", out this week. Ke$ha, 25, stormed the charts with hit songs about drinking, partying and having a good time, such as "TiK ToK" and "Your Love is my Drug" from her 2010 platinum-selling album "Animal". Ke$ha talked with Reuters about the pressures of following up the success of her first album and responding to her critics. ... Full Story | Top |
| X Factor judge Louis Walsh settles defamation case Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 06:07 AM PST  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Television personality and pop music producer Louis Walsh on Wednesday settled a 500,000 euro ($640,000) defamation case against News Group Newspapers in Ireland. The deal came after Walsh, best known for his role as a judge on the hit television show "The X Factor", sued the group for publishing a story last year based on false allegations that he had groped a man in a Dublin night club. Leonard Watters, who made the accusations before later retracting them, was jailed for six months earlier this year. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK PM says media need independent regulator Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 06:05 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's scandal-tinged media need an independent system of regulation, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, the day he received findings of a public inquiry into press ethics that is widely expected to advise statutory controls. The press is battling to avoid tougher statutory regulation ahead of Thursday's report by judge Brian Leveson, who was tasked with investigating media ethics after the phone-hacking affair at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World. ... Full Story | Top |
| Thousands celebrate Hobbit premiere in New Zealand Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 03:21 AM PST  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people packed New Zealand's capital city, clambering on roofs and hanging onto lamp posts on Wednesday to get a glimpse of the stars at the red carpet world premiere of the film "The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey". Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, renamed itself "the Middle of Middle Earth", and fans with prominent Hobbit ears, medieval style costumes, and wizard hats had camped out the night before to claim prized spaces along the 500 meter (550 yards) red carpet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rycroft sambas to victory on 'Dancing' all-stars edition Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 09:41 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Melissa Rycroft was crowned champion of the celebrity television competition "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday, propelled by perfect scores from the judges and fan votes which spelled victory for the television host. Rycroft, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who was also a contestant on the reality dating show "The Bachelor," danced with partner Tony Dovolani and dazzled the show's judges on Monday with a samba and a freestyle dance, both of which earned perfect 10 scores from all three judges. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. author sues filmmaker Tyler Perry over plot of 2012 film Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 09:41 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American author sued the prolific filmmaker Tyler Perry in a federal court on Tuesday, accusing him of lifting the plot of his 2012 movie, "Good Deeds," from her book. Terri Donald, who also writes under the pseudonym TLO Red'ness, says Perry based the film on her 2007 book, "Bad Apples Can Be Good Fruit." The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia, says Donald sent a copy of her book to Perry's company before production on the movie began. ... Full Story | Top |
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