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'Soul Man' Renewed for Fourth Season at TV Land
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TV Land is keeping The Soul Man around. The Viacom-owned cable network has renewed the Cedric the Entertainer starrer for a fourth season of 12 episodes set to return in 2015, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The episode count is up for year-over-year and on par with its freshman order. Photos Summer TV Preview The series, a spinoff created by Hot in Cleveland showrunner Suzanne Martin, stars Cedric as an R&B superstar-turned-reverend who retires to St. Louis to become a preacher in his father's church. The comedy hails from Sean Hayes' Hazy Mills Productions, giving the producer
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- Lesley Goldberg
Sony Planning Female Superhero Movie for Spider-Man Universe
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After dating The Sinister Six for 2016 and pushing back The Amazing Spider-Man 3 by two years, Sony is turning its sights on creating a female superhero movie to add to its Spider-Man Universe. Lisa Joy has been hired to work on the script for the female-centered story. While we don't know exactly what crime-fighter Sony plans to center on, a few that come to mind are Black Cat, Silver Sabler and Dazzler. Photos Titans of Comic-Con: Stars Re-Create Classic Characters Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing. The news of Sony's interest in
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- Rebecca Ford
Jennifer Connelly to Star Opposite Ewan McGregor in 'American Pastoral'
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Jennifer Connelly has come aboard to play the female lead opposite Ewan McGregor in American Pastoral, director Phillip Noyce's adaptation of Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Connelly will play Dawn, the wife of Seymour "Swede" Levov, McGregor's character. The project marks Lakeshore Entertainment’s third Roth adaptation, following The Human Stain and Elegy. Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are producing American Pastoral. “Jennifer Connelly is one of the great actresses of our time,” said Rosenberg. “We always wanted her to play Dawn in American Pastoral and we’re thrilled to be working with her." The story follows a
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- Pamela McClintock
Ray Lewis, Spike TV Team for 'Coaching Bad' Series
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Spike TV is teaming with NFL legend Ray Lewis for a new series exploring coaching and anger management. The Viacom-owned cable network has ordered eight hourlong episodes of Coaching Bad, which will feature nine coaches receiving instruction from Lewis and anger management specialist Dr. Christian Conte. The series, which will film in Los Angeles, will debut in the first quarter of 2015. Photos Summer TV Preview The coaches come from a variety of different sports from across the country, with the series featuring the nine moving into a Coaching Center in Los Angeles for intense retraining and reconditioning in
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- Lesley Goldberg
TV Ratings: Preseason Football Returns Down, Wrestlemania Improves
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The start of the NFL season is exactly one month off, but football staged a semireturn on Sunday night with the start of the preseason. The Hall of Fame game between the Giants and the Bills averaged a 2.5 rating with adults 18-49. It was enough to easily win the night, but it was off 26 percent from the comparable preliminaries last summer. (That number will go up in finals.) Wrestlemania also performed better than its last outing on NBC, doubling its previous score for a 1.2 rating in the key demo. CBS will likely see
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- Michael O'Connell
Max Landis, Idw Adapting Graphic Novel 'Dirk Gently' (Exclusive)
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Max Landis is teaming with Idw to adapt graphic novel Dirk Gently for TV. The character was first introduced in 1991 with Douglas Adams' graphic novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. The story centers on the titular holistic detective who investigates cases involving the supernatural. Landis, who has become a go-to film writer among the studios after penning the breakout Chronicle, will write the script for Idw, with Circle of Confusion's Dave Alpert (The Walking Dead) on board to produce. Story Comics Publisher Idw Launches TV Division With 'Walking Dead' Ep
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- Lesley Goldberg, Tatiana Siegel
Julia Stiles Explains How Doing Theater Is Like Being in a Band
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Julia Stiles wants to start a band. "I mean, in my dreams," she tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke." Her song of choice? Anything by Stevie Nicks or Dusty Springfield. "All the ladies with deep voices!" she answers with a laugh. While she won't be showcasing her vocal stylings onstage anytime soon — "Maybe I can get a Casio keyboard or, you know, some electronic machine then I could figure it out," — she will
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- Suzy Evans
Christina Hendricks Says Her Agency Dropped Her After She Wanted to Do 'Mad Men'
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Christina Hendricks shot to stardom as part of the cast of Mad Men, but her former agent wasn't sold on the show when it was offered to her. The actress tells The Guardian that while she and her manager wanted her to sign on for her now famous role as Joan, her agency didn't think the show would be a hit. "They said, 'It's a period piece. It's never going to go anywhere. We need you to make money, and this isn't going to make money.' They ended up dropping me," she explains. She adds that she wasn't
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- Hilary Lewis
Martin Scorsese Speaks Out in Support of Keeping Kodak Film Alive
3 hours ago
Calling Kodak's decision to continue its production of film stock a "positive one," director Martin Scorsese said "our industry — our filmmakers — rallied behind Kodak because we knew that we couldn't afford to lose them, the way we've lost so many other film stocks." Last week Kodak revealed that it plans to continue to manufacture film following negotiations with the major studios — and urged by film proponents such as J.J. Abrams and Chris Nolan — that are helping the iconic director to create a viable model for film production. Said Scorsese, who chairs The Film
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- Carolyn Giardina
Steve Zahn, Kathryn Hahn Board 'Captain Fantastic'
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Toronto — Steve Zahn, Kathryn Hahn, Missi Pyle and Erin Moriarty have joined the cast for the Matt Ross-directed dramedy Captain Fantastic. The latest talent additions come as Entertainment One announced Monday that it had picked up the international rights to the Viggo Mortensen-starrer. The Canadian distributor, while handling sales beyond the U.S. market, will also release Captain Fantastic in the U.K., Canada and Australia/New Zealand. The film also stars Frank Langella, George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks and Charlie Shotwell. The international rights deal was helmed by eOne in association with Shivani
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- Etan Vlessing
John Malone: Combined Fox-Time Warner Would Be 'Very Powerful'
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Liberty Media chairman John Malone on Monday discussed the planned Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal and a possible 21st Century Fox deal for Time Warner. Asked about the entertainment conglomerates' potential combination at the annual shareholder meeting of Liberty Media, which was webcast, Malone said it would create "a very powerful programming enterprise with lots of market power." He also described the possible deal as an issue, "which clearly raises all kinds of consolidation, [monopoly] and market power issues for both [the Justice Department] and the FCC." Photos Miptv: The Hottest New Fiction Shows Liberty CEO Greg Maffei added that a
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- Georg Szalai
'Orange Is the New Black': Sisterhood and 'Soul-Saving Chicken' On Set (Video)
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Attention, Orange Is the New Black fans: the Litchfield prison serves "soul-saving chicken" in Red's kitchen. Today's Tamron Hall stopped by the set of Jenji Kohan's hit Netflix series in a segment that aired Monday morning. Currently shooting its third season, the series nabbed 12 Emmy nominations for its freshman debut last year. In the segment, onscreen criminals Taylor Schilling, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Danielle Brooks and Adrienne C. Moore reflect on the appeal of the show and their characters complicated backstories. Watch the video below: Email: Ashley.Lee@THR.com Twitter: @cashleelee
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- Ashley Lee
In 'Finding Fela,' Director of 'Armstrong Lie' Explores the Life of Africa's Rock Superstar
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti has been called the most important musician of the 20th Century, yet before the 2009 Jay-z-and-Will Smith-produced musical Fela! grabbed 11 Tony nominations and entertained a million theater-goers, the African superstar’s story was largely unknown. The Broadway smash told the story of Kuti’s transformation from the young obsessed musician, who invented the Afrobeat sound, into becoming the voice of protest against Africa’s post-colonial oppression. Every night from his club The Shrine, Kuti led the charge against the Nigerian military regime, which was headquarter down the street. The musician’s protests led to Kuti
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- Chris O'Falt
Jon Bon Jovi Explains Why He's Bidding on Buffalo Bills In New Letter
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Jon Bon Jovi is hoping he's written a hit with Buffalo Bills fans in a bid to stem concerns of whether his prospective ownership group plans to buy and potentially relocate the franchise to Toronto. In a letter published by the Buffalo News on Sunday, Bon Jovi wrote that it's his ownership group's objective "to make the Bills successful in Buffalo." The letter, titled "Why We're Bidding on the Buffalo Bills," marks the first time the New Jersey rocker has publicly discussed his plans regarding the franchise. The team is for sale after Hall of Fame owner Ralph
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- The Associated Press
Pharrell, Ariana Grande to Perform at NFL Kickoff
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Pharrell Williams is bringing "Happy" to the NFL. The platinum-selling musician will perform outside of CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Sept. 4 before the Seattle Seahawks play the Greenbay Packers as the NFL kicks off its 95th season. Pop artist Ariana Grande will sing the national anthem. It will air on NBC and the NFL Network. The Seahawks won the Super Bowl earlier this year. Seattle-based rockers Soundgarden will kick off the free event with a performance. Part of it will air on the NFL Network. »
- The Associated Press
Nickelodeon Orders Live-Action 'School of Rock' Series (Exclusive)
5 hours ago
Nickelodeon is ready to rock. More than 10 years after Paramount's Jack Black and Mike White starrer, the kid-focused cable network is teaming with its fellow Viacom-owned studio's TV unit to revive School of Rock as a live-action series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The new School of Rock, which has secured a 13-episode straight-to-series pickup, will follow the same premise and revolve around the adventures and misadventures of Dewey Finn (Black's role), a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school as he teaches his
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- Lesley Goldberg
Tribune Co. Changes Name to Tribune Media
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Tribune Co. said Monday it was changing its name to Tribune Media Co. The rebranding news comes after a recent move by the company to spin off Tribune Publishing, which is expected to start trading as a separate stock on Tuesday. Regular trading of Tribune Publishing's stock is set to begin on the New York Stock Exchange. Tribune Media consists of 42 owned or operated broadcast stations, national entertainment network Wgn America, Tribune Studios, Tribune Digital Ventures, Wgn Radio, real estate properties and strategic investments. Tribune Publishing operates the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel and other newspapers, as
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- Georg Szalai
TV Upfront Commitments Drop for First Time in Five Years
6 hours ago
This story first appeared in the Aug. 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Now that television upfront deals for the 2014-15 season nearly are complete, it's clear that both broadcast and cable networks collectively have dropped for the first time since the recession-stifled 2009-10 season. Total primetime commitments are down 6.2 percent compared with last season to $18.13 billion, according to consulting firm Media Dynamics Inc. Story NBC Completes Upfront Commitments Broadcast fared the worst, down 7.7 percent, while cable fell 4.7 percent. For cable, that marks the first drop after a
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- Michael O'Connell
Box Office: What 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Means for Year-Round Tentpoles (Analysis)
6 hours ago
Theater owners have long begged Hollywood studios to program their big tentpoles year-round versus creating a glut during the prime summer months — considered May through July — and year-end holidays. That especially applies to the big superhero movies, the ultimate summer popcorn fare. They got their way big-time this year as Marvel Studios and Disney took the plunge and launched Captain America: The Winter Soldier in early April and Guardians of the Galaxy in August. Both movies scored the top openings of all time for their respective months, or $95 million and $94 million. And with
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- Pamela McClintock
New 'Doctor Who' Is Loud, Rude, Showrunner Says
7 hours ago
London — Before landing the role of the next Doctor Who in the long-running BBC series, British actor Peter Capaldi was better known for his career-defining role as Malcolm Tucker, the foul-mouthed spin doctor from the BBC's highly rated political comedy The Thick of It. According to Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, the latest Time Lord could well share some of Tucker's traits as opposed to his mild-mannered predecessor Matt Smith. Photos 'Doctor Who' at 50: Peter Capaldi and the 12 Men Who've Played the Doctor Speaking to SFX magazine, Moffat said while "Peter will be
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- Alex Ritman
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