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Tonys on CBS Above 7 Million for First Time in Four Years
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The Tony Awards on CBS were on a ratings upswing last night, logging the show’s largest overall audience in four years — 7.2 million — despite competition from the NBA Finals on ABC.
Hoops action dominated the night, while HBO’s season finale of “Game of Thrones” was expected to rack up the best demo score for any series on Sunday.
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According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, “The Tony Awards” averaged a 1.2 rating/3 share in adults 18-49 and 7.2 million viewers overall from 8 to 11 p.m., up in the demo from last year’s low 1.0/3 and adding 1.2 million total viewers from last year’s 6 million for the kudocast’s largest overall audience since the 2009 show drew 7.4 million viewers overall. It did especially well as usual in New York, earning a 3.3/9 in Broadway’s backyard and peaking with a 3.8 demo rating in the 10:30 p. »
- Rick Kissell
Jerry Bruckheimer still planning 'Top Gun' sequel
12 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
No one knows the Hollywood franchise game better than Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer behind Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure, Beverly Hills Cop, and the upcoming Lone Ranger. During his more than 35 years of making movies, most of his giant blockbusters have yielded big-budget sequels — except the one that moviegoers are perhaps the hungriest to revisit: Top Gun. After years of planning to send Tom Cruise’s rebel flyboy back into the sky were interrupted by the tragic death of director Tony Scott, who helmed the 1986 original, Bruckheimer says Top Gun 2 is still a Go.
“We still want to do it with Tom, »
- Jeff Labrecque
Palm Springs International Shortfest Announces Star-Studded Lineup
7 hours ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The 2013 Palm Springs International Shortfest and Short Film Market has announced its showcase of 330 films, including 70 world premieres. This is the beginning of winnowing for the Oscars, as all films that win first place in the fest's four programs -- which span action, comedies, dramas, thrillers and more -- are Oscar eligible. An array of celebrities sprinkle the film lineup, including Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Lauren Ambrose, Mireille Enos, Elle Fanning and Emma Thompson. The Shortfest runs June 18-24 in Palm Springs, CA. A sampling of this year’s shorts are listed below: Jason Ritter in Boats Against the Current (USA) the voice of Rachel Griffiths in Butterflies (Australia) the voice of Cate Blanchett in the North American Premiere of A Cautionary Tale (Australia)Tom Sizemore in The Charlatan (USA) Christopher Lloyd in the World Premiere of The Coin (USA) Shannyn Sossamon in The Cyclist (USA)Yvan Attal and Anne Parillaud in the North. »
- Beth Hanna
Palme d'Or Winner 'Blue is the Warmest Color' Heads to Munich Festival
12 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Cologne, Germany - The Munich International Film Festival, Germany's number two movie festival, is following in Cannes' footsteps this year, cherry-picking part of its competition lineup, including this year's Palme d'Or winner Blue is the Warmest Color. Abdellatif Kechiche's lesbian love story will have its German premiere in Munich in the festival's competitive CineMasters section, where it will be joined by half a dozen other Cannes competition titles, including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling; Zhangke Jia's controversial Chinese drama A Touch of Sin; The Past from Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation); James Gray's
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- Scott Roxborough
HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Draws 5.4 Million for Third-Season Finale
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
One week after a vocal minority of “Game of Thrones” fans vowed to bail on the series after its especially violent “red wedding” episode, the epic fantasy show drew its second-largest audience to date for its third-season finale Sunday night.
Nielsen estimates that 5.4 million tuned in Sunday for the first telecast of the season-ender, up 3% from last week’s 5.22 million and behind only the show’s May 5 episode, which drew 5.5 million — this despite facing the NBA Finals on ABC. Among all current HBO series, only “True Blood” has drawn a larger audience than “Game of Thrones,” peaking at 5.53 million in August 2011.
Review: “Game of Thrones” Season Three Finale
A second airing Sunday drew about 900,000 viewers, for a cume total of 6.3 million viewers.
This year’s finale of “Game of Thrones” surged 28% over last year’s 4.2 million.
According to Nielsen data supplied by HBO last week, this season of “Thrones” has »
- Rick Kissell
TCA Awards Nominees include 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Walking Dead' & 'House of Cards'
10 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The Television Critics Association just sent its members the list of the shows we nominated for the 2013 TCA Awards, which will be presented on August 3, midway through this summer's TCA press tour. It's a list filled with some familiar names — whether from the Emmys or from TCA nominations past — including "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," "Parks and Recreation," "Louie" and "Game of Thrones," as well as some people and shows that seem likely to get attention from the Emmys later this summer, like "House of Cards" and "The Americans." But there are also some quirkier choices. "Orphan Black" »
- Alan Sepinwall
Warner Bros. Escapes Lawsuit Over 'Bourne Identity'
13 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
After giving up the right to produce The Bourne Identity nearly 15 years ago, Warner Bros. won't face any additional punishment for this misjudgment. Last week, a New York judge refused to allow the studio to be entered as a defendant in a lawsuit three decades in the making. The lawsuit comes from the widow of Anthony Lazzarino, who in the early 1980s operated a company called Windwood/Glen Productions that actually held film rights to the Robert Ludlum novel. The adaptation rights were then sold to Warners' predecessor, Orion Pictures, in exchange for a 3.75 percent interest of revenues
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- Eriq Gardner
Cher to Perform on 'The Voice' Finale
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
In her first live TV performance in over a decade, Cher will take to the stage on the June 18 episode of "The Voice" to belt out a tune, NBC said Monday. The episode will mark the finale of the fourth cycle of "The Voice." Also read: Cher Calls Donald Trump a 'Flaming A--hole' The music icon will perform "Woman's World," the first single off of her upcoming album of the same title. The album, Cher's first in 12 years, will be released Sept. 24. Over the actress and singer's five decades in the business, »
- Tim Kenneally
Tom Petty L.A. Show Cut Short by Fire Marshal
12 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Don't do him like that! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were pretty psyched to play an intimate gig Saturday night at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre. Only, much to their chagrin, the classic rockers were forced to end the concert midway through after the fire marshal ruled the venue unsafe. Talk about a heartbreaker! According to Rolling Stone, after covering the Grateful Dead gem "Friend of the Devil" about 90 minutes into their set, Petty told the audience he had just been informed by the fire marshal that the venue was over capacity by 100 people, and the rocker half-jokingly requested for a hundred fans to head upstairs or leave. He then launched into a spirited »
'The Purge' has a sequel in development
24 minutes ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The Purge scared up quite the box office haul this weekend. Well-surpassing its low budget in its first days in theaters, the Ethan Hawke thriller has already earned what seems to be an increasingly common next step for financially successful movies: a sequel.
Producer Jason Blum’s company tweeted the news, and a Universal rep confirmed to EW that the studio is indeed on board for a sequel with Blum on as producer.
Universal produced The Purge – which imagines a society where once a year for a 12-hour period all crime is allowed — for only $3 million, and it earned $36.4 million »
- Emily Rome
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Think 'Green Hornet' Was a 'F---ing Nightmare'; 'Guilt Trip' Made for 'Airplanes Only'
24 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Producing partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg understand why critics panned their "The Green Hornet" and "The Guilt Trip," and they weren't afraid to admit it on comedian Doug Benson's "Doug Loves Movies" and Mark Maron's "Wtf" podcasts on Monday. While chatting about the duo's directorial debut, "This Is the End," Benson brought up a joke in the movie poking fun at "Green Hornet," a 2011 action movie directed by Michel Gondry. Also read: 'This Is the End' Review: Night of the Living Judd Apatow Ensemble "It was just a perfect storm of bad shit »
- Greg Gilman
Critics' Choice Television Awards: Watch the Live Stream
27 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The third annual Critics' Choice TV Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Beverly Hills starting at 8 p.m. Monday. Parks and Recreation star Retta hosts the ceremony, which is being broadcast live on the Web for the first time. Video: THR Emmy Roundtable: 'New Girl,' 'Big Bang' Showrunners on Dropping F-Bombs and Comedy's Tough Year Heading into the ceremony, FX's American Horror Story: Asylum and CBS' The Big Bang Theory top the list of nominees with six nominations each. The Broadcast Television Journalists Association also bestowed HBO with the most nominations of any network --
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- THR Staff
Man of Steel Sequel Is a Go, Screenwriter Also Tackling Justice League
46 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Warner Bros. has a Man of Steel sequel on the fast track, despite the fact the first one hasn't even opened yet. Director Zack Snyder, writer David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade), and new Supes Henry Cavill will all return. Deadline hears that Christopher Nolan — who produced and co-wrote the story this time — may have less of an instrumental role for the sequel. Another tidbit from the news is that Goyer now has a three-picture deal that includes Justice League. »
- Zach Dionne
Lauren Conrad Talks New Book, Kristin Cavallari: "I Haven't Seen Her in Years"
48 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Lauren Conrad is one busy woman! On top of having a clothing line at Kohl's, a separate line Paper Crown and covering the latest issue of Marie Claire, the New York Times bestselling author is ready to drop her latest (and eighth!) book tomorrow titled, Infamous. "This is my third and final in a series I did called The Fame Games, so it's about a group of girls who are on a reality show and just the things that go on behind camera and little behind-the-scenes information," Conrad tells E! News. So how does someone with her kind of schedule maintain a personal life? "I think it's the same as anybody—I'm sure you deal with this as well," she tells Giuliana »
Lady Gaga Reunites With Boyfriend Taylor Kinney After Mexico Trip—See the Pic!
50 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Back together at last! After a brief time apart, Lady Gaga is once again in the arms of her beau Taylor Kinney. The pop star was in Mexico for a girlfriend's wedding over the weekend, where she served as one of the bridesmaids for the intimate affair. Gaga and Kinney were spotted strolling through NYC earlier today. The good-looking couple tried to stay dry despite the Big Apple's stormy weather. The "Bad Romance" singer wore black boots, bike shorts and a matching top while her leading man wore a simple jeans and T-shirt for their outing. And Kinney nabbed himself some major boyfriend brownie points—he toted Gaga's vintage Hermès Kelly bag for her as the »
Erin Brockovich Apologizes After Boating DUI
58 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Erin Brockovich-Ellis, the environmental advocate portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie, has issued a public apology after she was arrested on suspicion of intoxication while boating on Friday. Brockovich-Ellis, 52, was reportedly struggling with mooring her motor boat at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor. A breath test showed that her blood-alcohol level was just over twice the legal limit of .08 percent, and she was subsequently arrested. Brockovich-Ellis was later released from the Clark County Detention Center after posting $1,000 bail. Photos: Stars Behaving Badly: The Best Mugshots of 2013 (So Far) On
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- Sophie Schillaci
Paris Jackson Wants to Attend Cousin's Weekend Wedding, Could Be Out of Hospital by Friday
58 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Paris Jackson's hospital stay could be over very soon. A source close to the family exclusively tells E! News that the 15-year-old is expected to be released from UCLA Medical Center by Friday so that she can attend cousin Taj Jackson's wedding on Sunday. Paris was transferred from Children's Hospital in Calabasas to UCLA last night. "The plan is to not keep her past Friday," says the insider. "[Co-guardian] T.J.'s brother Taj is getting married and she desperately wants to be there and everyone wants her to be there." We're told that "all" of the Jacksons are "so far" planning attend the wedding bash at the Jacksons' Encino, Calif., »
'The Purge' Sequel Being Developed By Universal and Blumhouse
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Universal Pictures and Jason Blum's Blumhouse banner are developing a sequel to "The Purge," TheWrap has learned. Written and directed by James DeMonaco, "The Purge" grossed $36 million this past weekend on a budget of only $3 million, making a sequel even more appealing. However, "The Purge" currently has a 41% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while reviews from top critics are only 21% fresh. The horror-thriller stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey as parents whose heavily-fortified home is broken into by a group of wealthy young people participating in an annual 12-hour-long »
- Jeff Sneider
Actor John Malkovich Saves Bleeding Man in Canada
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Part of being John Malkovich is helping those in need. The actor became a celebrity hero after saving an Ohio man who fell into a Toronto street and began bleeding profusely after cutting his neck on a scaffolding pole outside of his hotel on Thursday, according to local reports. Along with another man, who's been identified as restaurateur Ben Quinn, Malkovich rushed to 77-year-old Jim Walpole's aid after hearing his wife, Marilyn, yell for help and attempted to stop the bleeding until paramedics arrived. "I believe [Malkovich] was having a cigarette and witnessed the whole thing happening, he placed his hand and started applying pressure to the man's neck and didn't let go until the »
Shocker: 'Man of Steel' sequel being fast-tracked at Warner Bros.
1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Surprise, surprise: Warner Bros. is fast-tracking a sequel to this summer's sure-to-be-blockbuster "Man of Steel." According to Deadline, which broke the story, director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer are set to reprise their respective roles on the planned follow-up, though producer/story co-writer Christopher Nolan will likely be playing less of a hands-on mentor role now that the franchise appears headed for a mega-successful launch. In case you've been living under a rock, "Man of Steel" is slated to hit limited theaters this Thursday before going wide on Friday. Will you be seeing "Man of Steel" this weekend? »
- HitFix Staff
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