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'Game of Thrones' renewed for Two more seasons
1 hour ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
HBO has renewed its hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones for a fifth and sixth season.
The renewal comes on the heels of a record-breaking fourth season premiere April 6, with the series garnering 6.6 million viewers. That made the premiere episode HBO’s most-watched program since The Sopranos’ series finale in 2007. Two replays of the Thrones episode propelled the full-night tally up to 8.2 million viewers.
“Game of Thrones is a phenomenon like no other,” said Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, in a statement. “David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we look forward »
- Stephanie Robbins
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ $25 Million Defamation Case: Producers Say More Than One Toupee Involved
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
It's a tale of two hairpieces. The producers of “The Wolf of Wall Street” are biting back at one unhappy broker's $25 million defamation suit against the Oscar-nominated film, claiming in court filings that their right to free speech supersedes his right to privacy. In court filings, Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Productions are asking a New York federal judge do dismiss the suit by Andrew Greene, a former employee of Stratton Oakmont, and noting that his isn't the only thinly disguised receding hairline to inspire a key character in the Oscar-nominated film. »
- Brent Lang
Christopher Evan Welch Died 4 Months Before His Breakout Role in Silicon Valley: A Look at His Career
3 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with one of my editors here about potential interviews with cast members of the new HBO comedy Silicon Valley. "We got to get the weirdo angel investor," he said. I agreed. In a hilarious pilot full of standout characters, Peter Gregory was maybe the most dynamic, or at least the strangest. And, having seen the next few episodes, I can attest that the show triples-down on his oddness. I was excited to talk to the actor who plays Gregory. That was until Friday, when I got a series of IMs from my editor. It started with, "So, the guy that plays Peter Gregory in Silicon Valley" and included a link to his IMDb page. There it was: Christopher Evan Welch died on Monday, December 2, 2013 at age 48, after a three-year battle with lung cancer. Maybe there were some people who knew »
- Jesse David Fox
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Movie Gets New Life at Universal (Exclusive)
22 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Universal is ramping up a movie version of the sci-fi franchise “Battlestar Galactica,” aiming to develop the film as a complete reimagining of the story.
“Transcendence” writer Jack Paglen has signed on to write the screenplay. Paglen has also committed to Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” sequel for Fox that will start production this fall.
Original series creator Glen Larson will produce the “Battlestar Galactica” film.
“Galactica” generated two TV series. The first, starring Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch, ran during 1978-79 season and was centered on humans engaged in a lengthy war against a cybernetic race known as the Cylons while searcing for Earth.
In 2003, a reimagined “Battlestar Galactica” miniseries aired on Sci Fi Channel. The second series, starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, went on to run for four seasons.
In 2009, speculation emerged that Bryan Singer was attached to direct a “Battlestar Galactica” movie.
Universal’s exec VP »
- Dave McNary
James Holmes Asks for Change of Venue in Aurora Shooting Trial
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Lawyers for the man accused of murdering 12 people in a Colorado movie theater in 2012 have requested that his trial, scheduled for October in Arapahoe County, be moved to a more neutral location. When James Holmes was arrested for a shooting rampage during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, the story drew hundreds of media outlets to Aurora, Colo. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the massacre that left 12 people dead and injured 58 more. In a motion for venue change filed on Monday, his lawyers argue that media coverage has tainted the potential jury pool against their client. »
- Steve Helling
Battlestar Galactica Movie in Development
11 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Variety reports that Universal is developing a Battlestar Galactica movie, with Transcendence writer Jack Paglen working on the script and the original series' creator, Glen Larson, producing. Being called a "complete reimagining," the movie won't necessarily have anything to do with the cult and critical favorite version of the story from the mid-'00s. As of right now, it doesn't appear Ronald D. Moore will be involved. Either way, it will feature a hell of a lot more Cylons than that Jungle Book remake, so that's something. »
- Jesse David Fox
Writers Guild Sends Proposed Contract to Members for Ratification
15 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The Writers Guild sent its proposed new contract with Hollywood TV and film producers to its members Tuesday for ratification. WGA West President Chris Keyser and WGA East President Michael Winship said in a letter to the Guild's membership that the boards of the union's two wings have approved the new three-year deal for primetime TV and feature film and unanimously recommended ratification. The WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative agreement last week. The current pact runs out on May 1. Also read: Why Hollywood Actors’ Contract Talks Could Get Rocky Members can approve or reject the contract. »
- Todd Cunningham
Weinstein Company Acquires Rights to ‘Gommora’ Crime Series
21 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The Weinstein Co. is taking on a criminal exercise with its latest acquisition. Weinstein has acquired the rights to the crime drama series “Gommora” from Beta Film, the company said Monday. The series, starring Marco D'Amore, Fortunato Cerlino, Maria Pia Calzone, Salvatore Esposito and Marco Palvetti, is based on the best-selling novel by Roberto Saviano, and tells the inside story of the Neapolitan crime organization Camorra. Also read: The Weinstein Company Secures First-Look Deal With ‘USA Today’ Publisher Gannett “This is a project that caught our eye a while back for its world class acting talent, as well as Stefano Sollima's phenomenal abilities. »
- Tim Kenneally
Anderson Cooper's New Special Reveals Powerful Look at Boston Bombing Survivor's Inspirational Recovery
25 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A year later, the aftermath of the Boston bombing is still being felt by the hundreds of people who were caught in the terrorist attack, but Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her leg in the blast, has defied expectations of doctors with her recovery, as seen in a new CNN special, “The Survivor Diaries,” hosted by Anderson Cooper, airing Tuesday at 10 p.m. Haslet-Davis has been dancing eight to ten hours a day for years, teaching and participating in competitive ballroom dancing before the bombing disrupted her life. A week after the bombing, Cooper met with her and introduced viewers to her. »
- James Crugnale
Rascal Flatts Cops to Lip-Syncing at Acm Awards
26 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Do the members of Rascal Flatts wish they could rewind their controversial performance at the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night? The band took to social media Monday to defend themselves after fans complained that the group - and, in particular, lead singer Gary LeVox - appeared to lip-sync their new song "Rewind" during the Las Vegas awards show. "After having performed several shows earlier in the week, Gary lost his voice. So, instead of canceling our commitment to do the show, we made a last minute decision to lip-sync. We've never done it before, and we're obviously not very good at it. »
- Kathy Ehrich Dowd
Winona Ryder on Meryl Streep and That Thwarted Heathers Sequel
26 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Last week's Heathers oral history in Entertainment Weekly revealed that not only were there plans for a Heathers sequel, but that Winona Ryder actually went so far as to proposition Meryl Streep on the set of The House of the Spirits to co-star in it. Just imagine that bright red bow in Streep's hair: "It’s Veronica, years later, she’s in Washington. She’s somehow erased her past. And she’s being blackmailed, there’s like men in suits who know about the Westerberg murders ... And I remember the First Lady was Meryl Streep."But when Vulture caught up with her at last night's premiere of the BBC drama Turks & Caicos and mentioned that Meryl was supposed to be there that evening (she didn't show), Ryder immediately knew where our line of questioning was going. "Oh, don't bring up the Heathers sequel! That was one of those jokes, like one of those old things. »
- Jennfier Vineyard
The 8 Stages of Becoming Obsessed With a New Book
30 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Did you guys know that next week is National Library Week? Well, it is, so show some damn respect. Why are we celebrating it now? Because we need an entire week to get ready to celebrate a week of reading, obviously. What's better than cracking open a book you haven't read yet? Nothing. Not even animal videos. And we looove animal videos over here. A new adventure awaits! New characters! New places! New couples to mindlessly obsess over! And whether you use an E-Reader, your library card or if you just buy them off the shelf, a reader's journey through the eight stages of obsession happens exactly the same way. So if you're in the middle of a book, about to start one or about to finish one »
Chile’s Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Jirafa Films Ink Two-Pic Production Alliance (Exclusive)
32 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Panama City – Fresh off a Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for “To Kill a Man,” Chilean writer-director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras has signed a two-pic deal with top Chilean production house Jirafa Films.
Jirafa’s Augusto Matte will produce both pics. The alliance between one of Chile’s highest-profile directors and one of its foremost production forces – “To Kill” also won Locarno’s Carte Blanche, has sealed multiple sales for Film Factory; Jirafa’s credits include Alicia Scherson’s “The Future,” Marcela Said’s “The Summer of Flying Fish” – looks like one of Chile’s signature deals of 2014.
The partnership also looks set to accelerate the already robust diversification of Chile’s movie industry, as Almendras and Jirafa broaden their output from arthouse into what Jirafa’s Augusto Matte terms Latino indie production, and could well spell Almendras’ English-language debut. Also, as the financing Chilean films can pull down at home hits a ceiling, »
- John Hopewell
Jumping the ‘Sharknado 2: The Second One’
33 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The second installment of Syfy’s “Sharknado” juggernaut promises to be just as cheesy-goofy as the original that took social media by storm last summer.
“It still feels like we’re making the first movie,” said helmer Anthony C. Ferrante of “Sharknado 2: The Second One,” set to bow on July 30 with stars Ian Ziering and Tara Reid reprising their roles as bomb-wielding shark slayers.
Mark McGrath, Kari Wurher and Judah Friedlander also join the cast. Confirmed celeb cameos include Richard Kind, Kelly Osbourne, Matt Lauer and Judd Hirsch.
“That sort of energy is still there,” Ferrante explained to a room of journos gathered Tuesday for NBCUniversal’s Summer Press Day at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif. “When we set out to make the second one the idea was to come up with crazier things. If we stayed in Los Angeles it would have been boring, but we’re in New York City, »
- Malina Saval
Watch Paul Rudd Ask People If They'd Have Sex With Him for $1!
37 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Would you have sex with Paul Rudd? In a hilarious new Billy on the Street video clip posted on Funny or Die, host Billy Eichner and Rudd ask complete strangers that very question! "Paul and I are going to run around and find out which New Yorkers would like to have sex with a charming and absolutely adorable Paul Rudd," Eichner says. "Are you ready Paul?" The two then headed to find out just how many fans would sleep with the actor for $1. The first woman they ask replies, "Of course I would!" Another says, "I would for nothing!" When they ask a middle-aged man, he first answers, "No, because he's a man," before adding, "Ok, he's »
'Last Comic Standing' won't be 'amateur-istic' when it returns
39 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
After four years off the air, "Last Comic Standing" is returning with a star co-executive producer (Wanda Sykes), new judges, an intriguing prize and a new selection process. But when new judge Keenen Ivory Wayans answered the question, he went for the joke. "Instead of ten drunks in the audience, you get the three of us," he said with a smile. That's funny, but downplays how different this "Last Comic Standing" is going to be. "This season, the prize isn't just $250,000 but a development deal at NBC," executive producer Page Hurwitz said. "We'd like to find the next big thing in comedy who could have their own show on NBC. I don't think that's existed before on NBC." The cattle calls of previous seasons have also been scrapped. "We did things differently this season," Hurwitz added. "Previously, there was always an open call search. Wanda and I looked at thousands »
- Liane Bonin Starr
Getting to Know the Glam Squad: Hairstylist Jenny Cho
41 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
You have definitely seen Jenny Cho's work. Why are we confident in this fact? Because she creates 'dos for the biggest names in Hollywood like Amanda Seyfried, Carey Mulligan and Claire Danes.Plus, she is also the mastermind behind all of those amazing creations we've seen on Jennifer Lawrence in the last year or so. But that's just her recent resume. Jenny had been taming tresses for quite some time before she became a top celebrity hairstylist. Here's what she had to share about her journey: How long have you been a hairstylist? I've been a stylist for 21 years. Where did you get your start? I started my career at the Vidal Sassoon Academy as an »
Harley Viera Newton's Top Coachella Tips
41 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
It's that time again! Yep, Coachella is almost here. If you're headed to polo fields in Indio this weekend or next, we've got you covered. Our Guest Editor Harley Viera Newton knows everything there is to know about the music festival, and she's got the scoop on the party scene, where to score the best grub and more. Read on for Harley's go-to tips for taking on Coachella: — 1. Wifi? What Wifi?: Wifi and cell service is terrible because every single person there is trying to find their friend or Instagram a Ferris wheel photo. Know this going in and make your plans before you get close to the fields. I always pick a meeting spot with my friends in case we get separated—do not rely on »
Saltz on George W. Bush’s Painterly Promise Unfulfilled
41 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
When I look at the paintings of George W. Bush, it’s like seeing an incubus on America, as freakish and off-putting as his presidency was. Yet the art critic in me has to grant that if I stumbled on three or four of Bush's paintings in a flea market by an anonymous artist, I'd snap them right up. The first batch of his paintings we saw, in 2012, were of landscapes, churches, Bush himself in the bathtub, and other scenes, and I liked them for their sheer weird obliviousness, their zonked-out earnest attempts at figuration, the odd feel for form and space, light, color, and softly contoured edges. If I didn't know they were by Bush, I'd imagine they were made by a diligent high-school senior, maybe a beauty queen perfecting her talent, maybe a mischievous frat boy spying on his father, possibly an onanist. I liked these amateurish paintings »
- Jerry Saltz
Gwyneth Paltrow Resurfaces in Los Angeles, Actress Still Wearing Wedding Ring Post-Split
44 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Looks like Gwyneth Paltrow may not be quite ready to let go of her marriage. The 41-year-old beauty, who announced her split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin just two weeks ago, resurfaced in Los Angeles on Monday following her trip to the Bahamas with her ex and two kids, Apple and Moses. Paltrow was wearing her wedding ring when she left her home around 10:30 a.m. before heading to a private gym for a nearly two-hour workout. Following her lengthy sweat session, the Oscar-winner spent the rest of the day at home. There was "no sign of the kids and she appeared to be a little sad," a source tells E! News of Paltrow's outing. However, the Iron Man star may also be in mourning following the »
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