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| He will be back: 'Terminator' film franchise gets trilogy reboot Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:58 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The popular "Terminator" film franchise will be resurrected in a new stand-alone trilogy, with the first installment slated to open in theaters on June 26, 2015, Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures said on Thursday. The "Terminator" franchise about an assassin cyborg portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger has grossed more than $1 billion over three films since it debuted in 1984. It is unknown if Schwarzenegger, 65, will reprise his most famous role. ... Full Story | Top |
| Book Talk: Scholar unearths Rose Kennedy's less public side Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:27 PM PDT  By Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rose Kennedy's public image as the stoic matriarch of America's most famous political family is one that she carefully cultivated, but writer Barbara Perry reveals a more vulnerable side in "Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch." The biography of Rose Kennedy, who lived to age 104, includes hundreds of details from her voluminous personal diaries and letters made public by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in 2006. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michael Jackson's nephew says singer happy in final days Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:20 PM PDT  By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's nephew and co-guardian to his three children testified on Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late pop star's family that the "Thriller" singer appeared happy at a family party about month before his death in 2009. "He was in a good mood, he was happy, making jokes," T.J. Jackson, 34, the son of Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson, told jurors in a Los Angeles courtroom about the last time he saw the self-styled "King of Pop." "We talked primarily about the children," T.J. said. "I wanted to have more kids, so did he. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Elephant' Star John Robinson Wraps Indie Thriller 'Intruder' (Exclusive) Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:49 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Elephant" star John Robinson has just wrapped the psychological thriller "Intruder," which recently completed filming in Portland, Oregon. Veteran production designer Travis Zariwny wrote and directed the film, which also stars Louise Linton ("Lions for Lambs"). After a random encounter on the street, a young woman (Linton) is followed home where she spends two days becoming increasingly frightened by strange happenings in her apartment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Who are the likely Emmy snubs in the crowded drama category? Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:47 PM PDT By Steve Pond (Reuters) - Does the Television Academy need to follow the lead of its colleagues at the Oscars and expand its top category to a full 10 nominees? That's a question that is being asked with increasing frequency these days, with the Emmy race in the Outstanding Drama Series category proving to be its most competitive in years, maybe even its toughest ever. At least eight to 10 of the series currently in the running would be shoo-ins for a nomination in a normal year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Warner Music Intern Files a Second Lawsuit Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:44 PM PDT By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A former Warner Music Group intern who's suing the music company has filed a second suit, this time against a New York City recording studio. In a class-action complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, Justin Henry says that he worked for Chung King studios from October 2008 until August 2010. During that time, Henry says, he wasn't paid minimum wage and didn't receive overtime compensation. The class-action suit claims that he wasn't the only one to endure such alleged treatment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie, Matthew Vaughn Eyeing '300' Sequel Star Jack O'Connell for Lead Roles Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:42 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" isn't the only movie that "300: Rise of an Empire" star Jack O'Connell is testing for, as he's also in contention for the young lead in Matthew Vaughn's "The Secret Service," TheWrap has learned. While John Boyega ("Attack the Block") and Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction") are also in the mix, O'Connell is considered the frontrunner for the coveted role, though "Unbroken" would take priority should Jolie offer him the part. ... Full Story | Top |
| In Nod to 'House of Cards,' Kate Mara to Present Emmy Nominees With Aaron Paul Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:21 PM PDT  By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "House of Cards" star Kate Mara will join Aaron Paul to announce the Emmy nominees July 18 - a sign that Emmy voters are at least acknowledging the existence of Mara's Netflix series. Whether Netflix will crack the major categories with the political drama is one of the biggest questions this Emmy season. Being asked to present nominations is of course no guarantee of receiving nominations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Box Office Preview: 'White House Down' and 'The Heat' Battle for second place Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:18 PM PDT  By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - So who's going to win this weekend's box office showdown between openers "White House Down," with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, and "The Heat," with Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock? Would you believe "Monsters University," with Mike and Sully? Disney-Pixar's 3D animated family film is a good bet to top them both and repeat as box office champ, bringing in around $40 million, the analysts say. That would be a roughly 50 percent drop from its $82 million opening, and would be an accomplishment given the competition. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Sucker Punch' Star Emily Browning Joins Luke Grimes in 'The Shangri-La Suite' (Exclusive) Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:16 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Sucker Punch" beauty Emily Browning is attached to star opposite Luke Grimes in "The Shangri-La Suite," an indie movie in the vein of "Bonnie & Clyde" and "Natural Born Killers," TheWrap has learned. Eddie O'Keefe will be making his feature directorial debut, having written the script with Chris Hutton. Tariq Merhab is producing with the "Little Miss Sunshine" team of Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions. ... Full Story | Top |
| IFC Midnight takes U.S. rights to Supernatural Thriller '+1' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:14 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to Dennis Iliadis' supernatural thriller "+1," which stars Rhys Wakefield ("The Purge") Ashley Hinshaw ("Chronicle"), Logan Miller and Natalie Hall. Written by Bill Gullo and based on a story by "Last House on the Left" director Iliadis, "+1" premiered at the 2013 South by Southwest Festival. Story follows three college friends who go to the biggest party of the year, each looking for something different: love, sex and a simple human connection. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Django' Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx Rechained For WB Crime Movie Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:09 PM PDT  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Django Unchained" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx are set to play bad-ass detectives in "Mean Business on North Ganson Street," an adaptation of S. Craig Zahler's upcoming crime novel that has just been acquired by Warner Bros. Zahler ("The Brigands of Rattleborge") will write the script, and DiCaprio will produce with his Appian Way partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran. ... Full Story | Top |
| Celebrity chef Paula Deen loses more deals, but book sales soar Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:04 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Paula Deen saw more lucrative deals evaporate on Thursday despite her renewed apologies for using a racial slur, as retailer Target Corp and drug company Novo Nordisk A/S joined the list of sponsors distancing themselves from the doyenne of Southern cooking. But in a sign that Deen could make a comeback, her upcoming cookbook "Paula Deen's New Testament," which features "lightened up" recipes, shot to the top of the Amazon books best-sellers list this week on pre-orders for the October 15 release. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York Times receives multiple bids for Boston Globe: source Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:00 PM PDT By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - The New York Times Co has received multiple bids for The Boston Globe, according to a source familiar with the auction of the daily newspaper. The size and the precise number of the bids by the deadline at 5 pm EDT was not immediately clear though it is likely the New York Times will receive less than 10 percent of the $1.1 billion that it paid for the Globe 20 years ago. It is the second time that the company has put the paper, and its smaller sister publication, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, on the block. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bullock, McCarthy challenge male buddy comedies in 'The Heat' Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 04:31 PM 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 |
| Michael Jackson's nephew testifies singer was humble family man Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 03:08 PM PDT By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's nephew and co-guardian to his three children testified on Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late pop star's family that the "Thriller" singer was a humble family man who supported his family in times of need. T.J. Jackson, 34, the son of Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson, offered a view into the private life of the King of Pop, who died at age 50 in Los Angeles in 2009 from an overdose of surgical anesthetic propofol ahead of a run of London concerts. T.J. ... Full Story | Top |
| In search for effective ads, U.S. TV operators mine viewer data Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 02:08 PM 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 Inc 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 |
| Ryan Murphy HBO Pilot 'Open' Casts 'Felicity' Alum Scott Speedman Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 01:45 PM PDT  By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Scott Speedman is "Open" to a relationship with Ryan Murphy and HBO. The "Felicity" alum has been cast in "Glee" and "American Horror Story" boss Ryan Murphy's HBO pilot "Open," an individual familiar with the production has told TheWrap. Speedman, who recently starred in ABC's short-lived submarine drama "Last Resort," will play what's described as a handsome sports-marketing executive. The cast also includes "The Hunger Games" actor Wes Bentley, who'll play an arrogant but charismatic blowhard who enjoys spouting his theories on human sexuality. ... Full Story | Top |
| Glastonbury festival kicks off with mud and megastars Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 01:20 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith PILTON (Reuters) - Britain's largest music festival got off to a traditionally muddy start on Thursday as thousands of campers arrived at Glastonbury in pouring rain for three days of music headlined by veteran rockers the Rolling Stones. The event that started as a retreat for about 1,500 hippies on a dairy farm in rural Somerset in 1970 has grown into the world's largest music festival, featuring about 2,000 acts on 58 stages and attended by more than 135,000 people. ... Full Story | Top |
| '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 |
| '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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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