Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Daily News: Entertainment - New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group

Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:01 PM PDT
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New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:01 PM PDT
A man speaks on his mobile phone in front of the New York Times building in New York CityBy Gerry Shih and Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet company that manages many major site addresses. The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group that has previously attacked media organizations that it considers hostile to the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, claimed credit for the Twitter and Huffington Post hacks in a series of Twitter messages. ...
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'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. ...
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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. ...
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Melbourne IT says reseller credentials used in hacking of NYT, other media 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:31 PM PDT
The sun peaks over the New York Times Building in New YorkSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MelbourneIT, an Australian Internet service provider that sells and manages domain names including Twitter.com and NYTimes, said on Tuesday the credentials of a reseller had been used improperly to change domain settings and hack into sites including the NYTimes.com. Officials at The New York Times identified MelbourneIT as its domain name registrar and the primary victim of hacking by supporters of the Syrian government and warned its employees to stop sending sensitive e-mails from their corporate accounts. ...
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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. ...
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Jake Gyllenhaal to appear on Bravo's 'Inside the Actors Studio' 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:25 PM PDT
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal arrives at the premiere of his new film "End of Watch" in Los AngelesBy Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's Jake Gyllenhaal versus James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio." The actor took the hot seat on Bravo's long-running interview series on an episode airing Thursday, September 19 at 8/7c, TheWrap has learned. His first time on the series, the actor discussed his films "Brokeback Mountain," "October Sky," "Donnie Darko," "End of Watch," and the upcoming "Prisoners." In addition, he discussed his famous Hollywood family and revisited his relationship with late friend and "Brokeback Mountain" co-star Heath Ledger. ...
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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. ...
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Ben Kingsley movie 'A Birder's Guide to Everything' flies to Focus World, Screen Media 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:16 PM PDT
Kingsley poses with the Actor's Mission Award at the 20th Art Film Fest International Film Festival in Trencianske TepliceBy Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Focus World has partnered with Screen Media Films for a third time on U.S. distribution rights, this time for "A Birder's Guide to Everything," which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Focus World, the alternative distribution initiative owned and operated by Focus Features, and Screen Media will release the film on digital platforms and in theaters next spring. "A Birder's Guide to Everything" marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Meyer, who wrote the script with Oscar winner Luke Matheny. ...
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Former NBA star Scottie Pippen won't face charges over Malibu fracas 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:16 PM PDT
Former NBA Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pippen smiles during a news conference inside a mall of Asia Arena in ManilaLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Chicago Bulls basketball star Scottie Pippen will not be prosecuted over an altercation with a man at a Malibu restaurant in June, prosecutors said on Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence. Pippen, 47, was questioned by police following a scuffle with the man outside the Nobu eatery in the oceanfront community of Malibu in June. Camran Shafighi told police that Pippen refused to take a photograph with him while the former NBA star was dining in the restaurant with his family, according to a report by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. ...
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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. ...
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Al Jazeera America responds to initial low ratings: Demand is strong for the network 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:10 PM PDT
A man works at a desk in the Al Jazeera America broadcast center in New York,By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Al Jazeera America isn't worried about the low ratings it garnered during its first week on the air. Though the Nielsen numbers are low (too low to accurately report, in some cases), the cable channel told TheWrap that the results are "consistent with Al Jazeera America's growth-oriented strategy, including beginning our marketing campaign at launch" and all indications say the audience will build. In other words, there's nowhere to go but up. ...
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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. ...
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Jennifer Aniston's 'We're the Millers' to cross $100 million at box office 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:07 PM PDT
Actress Jennifer Aniston poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK premiere of "We're the Millers" in Leicester Square in central LondonBy Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jennifer Aniston's pot comedy "We're the Millers" has been doing a first-rate Energizer bunny imitation and will cross the $100 million mark at the domestic box office later this week. It's been going and going since opening to $26 million on August 7, and was at $92.7 million as of Tuesday, impressive for a movie that New Line produced for $37 million. Also near the milestone is Sony's raunchy Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg comedy "This Is the End," which opened back in June, and was at $96.7 million on Tuesday. ...
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Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga see MTV VMA sales, social spike 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:05 PM PDT
Singer Cyrus arrives at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New YorkBy Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - MTV's much-talked-about Video Music Awards goosed sales and social media activity for Miley Cyrus, 'NSYNC and Lady Gaga. As TheWrap reported Monday, 'NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" sales jumped 156 percent on Amazon overnight, while Justin Timberlake's "Justified" album sales skyrocketed 1,876 percent on Amazon following the boy band's "surprise" reunion during its frontman's Video Vanguard set. Per MTV, Timberlake's performance also garnered 219,800 tweets per minute, with 2.9 million total for the show. ...
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Alec Baldwin scuffles with paparazzi (Again) 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:04 PM PDT
Host Alec Baldwin speaks during the NFL Honors award show in New OrleansBy Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's another day, another run-in with the paparazzi for Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, whose relationship with the paps is famously contentious, had a run-in with a photographer in New York City on Tuesday. A spokesman for the New York Police Department told TheWrap that both parties admitted to a physical altercation, but the actor and photographer both declined to press charges. A representative for the 55-year-old "30 Rock" star had no comment. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis sentenced in assault case 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:13 PM PDT
"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Los AngelesBy Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Joe Francis, the man behind "Girls Gone Wild," is going behind bars for a while. Francis was sentenced to 270 days in jail on Tuesday, stemming from a 2011 assault at his Bel Air mansion, CBS Los Angeles reports. Francis also received three years' probation, and ordered to complete an anger management course and a year of psychological counseling. ...
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'NSYNC reunion not in works: 'We remembered what we hated about each other' 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:10 PM PDT
Bass, Chasez and Timberlake of NSYNC perform during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New YorkBy Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Did that blink-and-you'll miss it reunion of boy band 'NSYNC leave you hungry for more? Too bad. 'NSYNC members Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick e- who delivered their first performance with their former bandmates in 11 years during Sunday's VMAs - are dismissing any possibility that a reunion is in the works. Kirkpatrick threw a wet blanket over fans' hopes on Florida-based radio show Johnny's House on Monday, noting that the VMA regrouping "was what it was. ...
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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. ...
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Eric Bana talks 'Closed Circuit': We planted Snowden, he's in our Russian holding cell now 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:59 PM PDT
Actor Bana attends the men's singles final match between Djokovic of Serbia and Nadal of Spain at the Australian Open tennis tournament in MelbourneBy Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Closed Circuit," the story of a high-profile terrorist bomber case, draws on the legacy of 1970s political thrillers like "The Parallax View" and "Three Days of a Condor" to create a film that feels very much of the moment. The political and social events that fed paranoia about bureaucratic malfeasance in that decade - the Pentagon Papers and Vietnam - have changed, giving way to things like Wikileaks or Edward Snowden. ...
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NY Times: It's Chelsea Manning from now on 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:57 PM PDT
U.S. soldier Manning is escorted into court to receive his sentence at Fort Meade in MarylandBy Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The New York Times has agreed to call Chelsea Manning what she wants to be called, and to refer to her by the female pronoun "she." A day after Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced last week for leaking intelligence records, she said in a statement to NBC's "Today" that she identifies as a woman and wants to be addressed accordingly. But the Times, Associated Press, and Reuters, among other outlets, continued to use the male pronoun in their stories. (TheWrap used the female pronoun as requested. ...
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Miley Cyrus' VMAs performance defended by Adam Lambert: 'Cut Her Some Slack' 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:53 PM PDT
Singer Miley Cyrus performs "Blurred Lines" during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New YorkBy Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Don't worry, Miley Cyrus: the media might be dragging you over the coals for your raunchy MTV Video Music Awards performance on Sunday, but you have a friend in Adam Lambert. The "American Idol" favorite provided what was seemingly the lone pro-Miley voice on the Internet, jumping into white-knight mode and declaring via his Twitter account, "Cut her some slack. ...
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Brad Pitt's Plan B to produce supernatural comedy for Lionsgate TV and Hulu 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:51 PM PDT
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt gives his autograph to fans at the Japan premiere of his movie "World War Z" in TokyoBy Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Hulu and Lionsgate Television will produce "Deabeat," a supernatural comedy series created by "Wilfred" directors Cody Heller and Brett Konner and produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, the companies announced on Tuesday. The show is the first partnership between Hulu, which is ramping up its production of original shows, and Lionsgate, which produces "Mad Men" for AMC and "Orange is the New Black" for Netflix. Hulu will distribute the show in the U.S. ...
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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. ...
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Bob Woodward's Deep Throat garage may be torn down 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:47 PM PDT
Bob Woodward, former Washington Post reporter, discusses about Watergate Hotel burglary and stories for the Post at Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba LindaBy Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The garage where Deep Throat helped Bob Woodward break news about the Nixon administration's involvement in the Watergate break-in and cover-up has a date with the wrecking ball. The Arlington, Va. parking structure will be torn down and replaced with an apartment building and a office building as part of a redevelopment project, according to a report on ARLNow.com. The nondescript edifice has a historical marker in front of it detailing its importance in the Washington Post's investigation into Watergate. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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Singer Michael Bublé welcomes baby with wife Luisana Lopilato 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:02 PM PDT
Canadian singer Buble and his bride Argentine actress Lopilato pose for photographers after their religious wedding ceremony in Marcos PazLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Argentinian actress wife of Canadian Grammy-winning singer Michael Bublé gave birth to a boy on Tuesday, the singer said on Twitter. The first child together for the singer and Luisana Lopilato was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. "Overjoyed and filled with gratitude at the arrival of our son Noah Buble," the singer best known for songs "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Save the Last Dance for Me" wrote on Twitter, also posting a photo of the family on the Instagram photo-sharing website. ...
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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
Williams speaks at a panel for the television series "The Crazy Ones" during the CBS portion of the Television Critics Association Summer press tour in Beverly HillsBy Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - This is a rebuilding season for broadcast television. Ratings are down, and last season produced only two modest hits, NBC's "Revolution" and Fox's "The Following." "American Idol," once TV's biggest show, has parted ways with all but one of its judges. Cable, Netflix, and companies we haven't even heard of yet are all cutting into viewership. But are broadcasters rebuilding enough? Some of their most ambitious ideas are from the past: Michael J. Fox and Robin Williams anchoring sitcoms. A "24" reboot. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer eyed for James Brown biopic from 'The Help' director 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:35 PM PDT
Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis smile with their awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for their work in "The Help" at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los AngelesBy Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Help" director Tate Taylor is considering a reunion with three of the stars from his hit 2011 drama, as Viola Davis, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and Nelsan Ellis are being eyed for supporting roles alongside Chadwick Boseman in Universal's untitled James Brown movie, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. A studio insider cautions that no offers have been made yet to "The Help" trio, whose representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ...
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New York Times website was likely hacked, company says 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:33 PM PDT
A man speaks on his mobile phone in front of the New York Times building in New York City(Reuters) - The website of The New York Times experienced another outage on Tuesday afternoon, likely caused by hackers, the company said. New York Times Co spokeswoman Eileen Murphy tweeted on Tuesday that the "issue is most likely the result of a malicious external attack," based on an initial assessment. This is the second time the Times has experienced problems with its website in two weeks. On August 14, the site was down for several hours, an outage likely related to a scheduled maintenance update that occurred within seconds of the website's going down. ...
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Matthew McConaughey's 'Dallas Buyers Club' release moved up to November 1 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:29 PM PDT
Matthew McConaughey accepts the award for best supporting male actor for "Magic Mike" at the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa MonicaBy Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Focus Features has moved up the release date for "The Dallas Buyers Club," its AIDS drama starring Matthew McConaughey, to November 1. The film had been set to open on December 6. The fact-based tale is seen as a potential awards contender, and Focus believes the new date is ideal to launch a platform release. Thanksgiving is the target date for going wide. ...
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Obama on watching 'The Butler' - 'I did tear up' 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 02:23 PM PDT
U.S. President Obama waves before departing a news conference in the East Room of the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he teared up watching a movie about an African-American man who served for 34 years at the White House during the tumultuous time of the civil rights movement. Lee Daniels' "The Butler" is a hit movie starring Forest Whitaker in the lead role, which is loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who served presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Oprah Winfrey plays the butler's hard-drinking wife and Cuba Gooding Jr. is a friend and White House colleague. ...
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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. ...
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Australian press watchdog chides Murdoch media 
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:21 AM PDT
Murdoch, News Corp. and 21st Century Fox CEO, arrives at annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun ValleyBy James Grubel CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's newspaper regulator on Tuesday weighed in on a row over bias by Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in the country's election campaign, telling editors to provide an accurate account of public issues. The Australian arm of Murdoch's News Corp is the country's dominant newspaper publisher and is responsible for around 70 percent of big city newspaper sales. ...
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