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| New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:01 PM PDT | Top |
| 'Olbermann' reviews: Too easy on his bosses for once? Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:34 PM PDT By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Keith Olbermann has been chastised for feuding with bosses in the past. The issue with his new show, critics say, is whether he'll feud with his new bosses enough. "Olbermann," which debuted Monday, marked the host's full-time return to a network he left in a huff in 1997. Since then, he's parted ways with Fox Sports, MSNBC (twice) and Current TV. Now at ESPN2, he's ready to take on shoddy sports journalism - except that he works for the most powerful sports media organization. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney gets greenlight for major TV, film studio near Santa Clarita Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:33 PM PDT By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has given Disney the green light to build a massive TV and film production facility near Santa Clarita. The 58-acre facility will be constructed on the sprawling Golden Oak Ranch, which has served for decades as the backdrop for Disney films including "Old Yeller" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," and TV shows including "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "Little House on the Prairie. ... Full Story | Top |
| Melbourne IT says reseller credentials used in hacking of NYT, other media Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:31 PM PDT | Top |
| Sally Quinn slams former WaPo's Howard Kurtz: 'He is an old geezer' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:28 PM PDT By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Howard Kurtz's bizarre obsession with female nudity has drawn the ire of writers at his former newspaper stomping grounds. Sally Quinn, wife of famed WaPo editor Ben Bradlee, said his blog post about her daughter-in-law, Pari Bradlee's, Facebook profile photos was appalling and hurtful. "I thought Howard was a decent guy, I thought he was my friend and I'm appalled and really heartbroken that he would do something like this," Quinn, a columnist for the paper, told MediaMatters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jake Gyllenhaal to appear on Bravo's 'Inside the Actors Studio' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:25 PM PDT | Top |
| Is Fox News' Howard Kurtz obsessed with naked women? Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:23 PM PDT By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Howard Kurtz gave readers a preview of what to expect on his upcoming Fox News show "MediaBuzz" with a pair of posts about scantily-clad women on Tuesday. First, Kurtz posted about Miley Cyrus' VMA performance and how it was being over-covered by the media. "What she did at the VMAs was terrible, horrible, gross and downright nauseating, the pundits say," Kurtz wrote. "And hey, let's look at it again. Let's roll the tape, let's post the video, so you can see for yourself just how terrible, horrible, gross and nauseating she was on MTV. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ben Kingsley movie 'A Birder's Guide to Everything' flies to Focus World, Screen Media Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:16 PM PDT | Top |
| Former NBA star Scottie Pippen won't face charges over Malibu fracas Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:16 PM PDT | Top |
| Bravo orders second season of 'Below Deck' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:14 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bravo's summer reality series "Below Deck" will soon be making another run. The cable network has renewed the series for a second season on the heels of its highly rated season finale on Tuesday. The season-ender earned the show's highest ratings with a total 1.8 million total viewers and 966,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. That's a 12 percent and seven percent increase, respectively, over last week. Those season finale numbers and its season average of 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Al Jazeera America responds to initial low ratings: Demand is strong for the network Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:10 PM PDT | Top |
| Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley may join Christian Bale in Ridley Scott's Moses movie 'Exodus' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:08 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ridley Scott continues to build the supporting cast of his Moses movie "Exodus," as Aaron Paul and Ben Kingsley are in negotiations to join Christian Bale and new cast members Sigourney Weaver and John Turturro, an individual familiar with 20th Century Fox project has told TheWrap. Bale stars as Moses, while Joel Edgerton co-stars as the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. The Egyptian ruler's parents, Seti and Tuya, will be played by Turturro and Weaver, who famously worked with Scott on "Alien. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jennifer Aniston's 'We're the Millers' to cross $100 million at box office Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:07 PM PDT | Top |
| Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga see MTV VMA sales, social spike Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:05 PM PDT | Top |
| Alec Baldwin scuffles with paparazzi (Again) Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:04 PM PDT | Top |
| Chinese anxious for movie-ratings system, complain local films 'too conservative' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:17 PM PDT By Todd Cunnningham and Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Chinese moviegoers are anxious for a ratings system, according to a new survey that also shows growing frustration with ticket prices and China-made films that are "too conservative" and feature cheesy special effects. Though China currently has no film ratings system, more than 90 percent of moviegoers would support or accept one, according to a survey of more than 6,000 Chinese moviegoers conducted by Beijing-based data firm EntGroup. Just 2.6 percent were opposed. ... Full Story | Top |
| China military officer: 'Pacific Rim' degrades Chinese as monster-eaters Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:16 PM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A Chinese military officer argues that "Pacific Rim" is nothing more than U.S. propaganda that shows Americans using smarts and technology to battle giant monsters - while the Chinese only seem interested in eating their flesh. In an op-ed for the PLA Daily, Zhang Jieli, an officer in the country's People's Liberation Army, warns his fellow soldiers to erect a "firewall" to prevent themselves from being influenced by American movies. "Hollywood has always been the United States' best propaganda machine," he wrote. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney will release Hayao Mayazaki's 'The Wind Rises' in U.S Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:14 PM PDT By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Disney will release Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's next movie, "The Wind Rises," in North America, the studio said Tuesday. There is no opening date set for the film, which will be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner. It a fictionalized account of the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis sentenced in assault case Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:13 PM PDT | Top |
| 'NSYNC reunion not in works: 'We remembered what we hated about each other' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:10 PM PDT | Top |
| Clint Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' adds 'Sopranos' actress Kathrine Narducci Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:05 PM PDT By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Sopranos" actress Kathrine Narducci, who played Charmaine Bucco on the Jersey-set mob series, has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the popular musical "Jersey Boys," TheWrap has learned. The Warner Bros. movie stars John Lloyd Young, Eric Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza ("Boardwalk Empire") as The Four Seasons members Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito, respectively. ... Full Story | Top |
| Eric Bana talks 'Closed Circuit': We planted Snowden, he's in our Russian holding cell now Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:59 PM PDT | Top |
| NY Times: It's Chelsea Manning from now on Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:57 PM PDT | Top |
| Miley Cyrus' VMAs performance defended by Adam Lambert: 'Cut Her Some Slack' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:53 PM PDT | Top |
| Brad Pitt's Plan B to produce supernatural comedy for Lionsgate TV and Hulu Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:51 PM PDT | Top |
| CBS News Correspondent Bruce Dunning dead at 73 Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:49 PM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bruce Dunning has died. The CBS News correspondent, best known for his gripping report on the chaotic end to the Vietnam War, was 73. He died Monday in Manhattan from injuries he received in a fall, according to CBSNews.com. Asia became a focal point for Dunning's more than three decades in the news business. He reported on that part of the world for CBS, as a man in the field, rising to become Asia bureau chief in 1989. He was also the news network's first China-based reporter, helping to establish CBS' Beijing bureau in the early '80s. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bob Woodward's Deep Throat garage may be torn down Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:47 PM PDT | Top |
| NBCU's Peacock Productions denies improperly blocking unionization Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:44 PM PDT By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - NBCUniversal's Peacock Productions says it hasn't done anything wrong in its dispute with the Writers Guild of America East over whether its employees can unionize. On Monday, the union called on NBCU President Steve Burke to allow Peacock Productions writers to unionize in a letter signed by writers from "Saturday Night Live," "Late Night" and "30 Rock," among other shows. Peacock produces nonfiction programming for basic cable networks, and WGAE has been trying to organize writer-producers at the company since 2009. ... Full Story | Top |
| Amazon greenlights children's pilot 'Maker Shack Agency' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:42 PM PDT By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Amazon Studios, the movie and series production arm of Amazon.com, announced that it has greenlit a pilot for the original children's series "Maker Shack Agency," to be produced by Electus Studios. The series follows 13-year-old inventor Angus Wolfe, aka "Wolfie," and his two friends and fellow "makers," Jo and Merle, as they create new inventions to improve their clients' lives in Akron, Ohio. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nickelodeon orders seven more episodes of 'AwesomenessTV' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:41 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Nickelodeon wants more "AwesomenessTV." The youth cable network has just ordered an additional seven episodes of the comedy sketch and music video series, TheWrap has learned. The deal brings Nick's order for the series' first season to a total of 20 half-hour episodes. Airing Mondays at 8/7c, "AwesomenessTV" brings together character sketches, celebrity satires and parody music videos aimed at teens and tweens. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer Michael Bublé welcomes baby with wife Luisana Lopilato Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:02 PM PDT | Top |
| 8 of fall TV's biggest questions: Can NBC reclaim Thursdays? Will Robin Williams deliver a hit? Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:56 PM PDT | Top |
| Kate Gosselin files lawsuit against Jon Gosselin over alleged hacking Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:50 PM PDT By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kate Gosselin filed a civil action against ex-husband Jon Gosselin in Pennsylvania District Court on Monday, accusing him of violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In the documents, Kate alleges that Jon hacked into her email account, her phone and bank accounts. She also contends that he stole a hard drive from her house and gave all materials to his friend and business partner, tabloid reporter Robert Hoffman. The documents then were used to publish a book by Hoffman titled, "Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled the World," the suit claims. ... Full Story | Top |
| 98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons to launch male musical revue 'Men of the Strip' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:37 PM PDT By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Following in the footsteps of N'SYNC's 60-second return to the spotlight, 98 Degrees' boy band member Jeff Timmons has announced "Men of the Strip" - a male musical revue that he hopes will reignite his career on the stage. Timmons partnered with choreographer Glenn Douglas Packard to create what is described as a "multi-faceted new live male revue entertainment extravaganza," which will be "taking sexy to a whole new level!" The production will pair singing and dancing with a wide range of music and Cirque Du Soleil-like acrobatics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer eyed for James Brown biopic from 'The Help' director Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:35 PM PDT | Top |
| New York Times website was likely hacked, company says Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:33 PM PDT | Top |
| Matthew McConaughey's 'Dallas Buyers Club' release moved up to November 1 Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:29 PM PDT | Top |
| Obama on watching 'The Butler' - 'I did tear up' Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:23 PM PDT | Top |
| Women have the last laugh at Edinburgh Fringe Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 09:06 AM PDT By Stephen Eisenhammer LONDON (Reuters) - Stand-up comic Bridget Christie was about to put her career on pause as she realized that at 41 and with two young kids she earned less than her babysitter. But on Saturday she won the most prestigious prize in British comedy. After sell-out shows and rave reviews Christie's show "A Bic for Her" won the Foster's Comedy Award for best act at the Edinburgh Fringe. When she first booked the quiet 11 a.m. slot at the basement bar of a comedy club in Edinburgh, Christie never expected her show to take off. "It took me by surprise how packed it was. ... Full Story | Top |
| Australian press watchdog chides Murdoch media Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:21 AM PDT | Top |
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