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‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Imitation Game’ Among Producers Guild Nominations
5 January 2015 9:08 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “Foxcatcher,” “Gone Girl,” “Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Nightcrawler,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash” have been nominated for the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award for top feature film.
The winner will be announced Jan. 24 in the PGA’s 26th annual awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The PGA has about 6,000 members.
“Nightcrawler” was probably the biggest surprise among the 10 nominees, while “Into the Woods,” “Selma,” “Unbroken” and “Wild” were among the notable exclusions.
“Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” wound up in a dead heat last year as both won the Zanuck award — the first tie in the PGA’s 25-year history for the trophy. The PGA uses the preferential balloting system employed for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscars.
The PGA also announced “Big Hero 6,” “The Book of Life,” “The Boxtrolls,” “How To Train Your Dragon 2 »
- Dave McNary
Scarlett Johansson Signs On to Star in DreamWorks’ ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (Exclusive)
5 January 2015 8:30 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Following the success of “Lucy,” Scarlett Johansson looks ready to take on another action pic, this one coming from the world of Japanese anime.
Johansson is set to star in DreamWorks’ adaptation of the popular anime pic “Ghost in the Shell.” Deadline Hollywood had reported that the actress had the offer to star but at the time she was still undecided about taking the role. Sources now say she has agreed to star in the pic.
The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.
Rupert Sanders is on board to direct. Avi Arad and Steven Paul are producing the film from a script by Bill Wheeler. Mark Sourian is exec producing.
Insiders also tell Variety that Paramount has the option to come on as co-producer and financier and that decision is expected in the coming weeks. »
- Justin Kroll
Blake Lively Gives Birth! Actress Welcomes First Child With Ryan Reynolds
17 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
It's official: the world of celebrity babies just got a bit more beautiful. Blake Lively has welcomed her first child with husband Ryan Reynolds, according to reports. The fiercely private couple, who wed in a secret ceremony in Sept. 2012, have yet to publicly announce the news, but per Page Six, which was first to report the news, Lively gave birth near the couple's home in Bedford, N.Y. just before the New Year. The 27-year-old erstwhile Gossip Girl star announced her pregnancy in October via her lifestyle website, Preserve, sharing a gorgeous shot of her growing baby bump, taken by her brother, Eric Lively. Following the announcement, the blond beauty quickly proved herself to »
Ratings: Fox’s ‘Gotham’ Tops Night; ‘Bachelor’ Down in Premiere
19 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Fox’s “Gotham” returned to the airwaves Monday night to take the night’s top ratings, while the season premiere of ABC’s “The Bachelor” pushed ABC to a tie with CBS for the night even while suffering a drop from last January’s premiere, according to preliminary numbers.
CBS and ABC shared first place in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, with CBS taking a 2.2/6 and ABC logging a 2.2/7. In total viewers, CBS was far and away the winner for the evening, averaging 11 million for the night.
See photos: ‘Gotham’s’ Copperhead Debuts on Fox’s Fall Finale
CBS’s Monday »
- Tim Kenneally
Ratings: ‘Gotham,’ ‘Scorpion’ Back With Best Scores in Months
26 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Rookie hits “Gotham” on Fox and “Scorpion” on CBS, each of which was heavily promoted the previous day during their respective network’s NFL playoffs coverage, kicked off the new year Monday by delivering their best ratings in months. The night also saw NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” look good as it bowed in its regular timeslot, finishing neck and neck with ABC’s premiere of “The Bachelor,” which took a tumble from last year.
ABC and CBS tied as the night’s top-rated network in adults 18-49, with the Eye pulling ahead in adults 25-54 as well as total viewers.
According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, Fox’s “Gotham” (2.5 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall) was Monday’s No. 1 show in adults 18-49, rising 9% (0.2) from its final original of 2014 and outperforming “Almost Human” in the comparable hour a year ago (1.8) by nearly 40%. This was the Batman prequel »
- Rick Kissell
Watch: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Niccol Talk Drone Thriller 'Good Kill' (New Trailer, Interview)
28 minutes ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
There was a time that a brainy anti-drone movie like "Good Kill" would be mid-priced studio fare. Kiwi native Andrew Niccol, who launched his Hollywood career by writing "The Truman Show," is one of those maverick indies who writes the movies that interest him, from "Gattaca" and "Lord of War" to "In Time." And Ethan Hawke is eager to collaborate with the filmmaker, even when the global marketplace is resistant to thoughtful original movies like "Good Kill." Returning for his third go-round with Niccol, Hawke stars as a former Top Gun who is benched in a Las Vegas military base trailer piloting drone aircraft. He goes home to his wife (January Jones) every night, but dropping bombs in Yemen and Afghanistan from 7,000 miles away is not his idea of how to fight a war--especially when the CIA gets involved. The film also stars Zoe Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood, and Jake Abel. »
- Anne Thompson
Bradley Cooper Channels Neil Young in Tonight Show Air Guitar Riff (Video)
28 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
[Youtube "R1dW8M4EqYY"] Bradley Cooper has been hiding a secret talent! On Monday, the two-time Oscar nominee - rocking a truly questionable hat-wig combination - revealed to Jimmy Fallon that he plays guitar. Air guitar.To prove his skills, Cooper, 40, decided to perform a pretty spectacular rendition of Neil Young's guitar solo from "Down by the River." Making full use of The Tonight Show's expansive studio, People's 2011 Sexiest Man Alive made his way into the audience - much to the delight of some particularly lucky ladies, who got up close and personal with his mini Cooper. Monday just happened to be the actor's birthday, »
- Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
Bradley Cooper Channels Neil Young in Tonight Show Air Guitar Riff (Video)
28 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
[Youtube "R1dW8M4EqYY"] Bradley Cooper has been hiding a secret talent! On Monday, the two-time Oscar nominee - rocking a truly questionable hat-wig combination - revealed to Jimmy Fallon that he plays guitar. Air guitar.To prove his skills, Cooper, 40, decided to perform a pretty spectacular rendition of Neil Young's guitar solo from "Down by the River." Making full use of The Tonight Show's expansive studio, People's 2011 Sexiest Man Alive made his way into the audience - much to the delight of some particularly lucky ladies, who got up close and personal with his mini Cooper. Monday just happened to be the actor's birthday, »
- Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
How Lena Dunham Pitched A Fifth Season of ‘Girls’ To HBO
29 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
New York’s American Museum of Natural History has many exhibits of taxidermy under glass: a mule deer; a wolverine; even some miniature mastodons. On Monday night, however, the museum put something else on display – a case study in how to get another season of your show on the air when the current one hasn’t completed its arc.
In unveiling the fourth season of the much-buzzed about series “Girls” to a big crowd of well-wishers and celebrities, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo let slip that he had already approved a fifth season of the show. The reason, he said, was that the series continued to operate at such a high level of quality that he saw no reason not to let it continue.
As things turn out, “Girls” creator and producer Lena Dunham and producer Jenni Konner made part of their pitch for the next cycle of the series »
- Brian Steinberg
Producers Guild Awards nominations: 'Boyhood,' 'Birdman' and (surprise!) 'Nightcrawler'
32 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
The Producers Guild of America announced its nominees for Best Picture on Monday: "American Sniper," "Birdman," "Boyhood," "Foxcatcher," "Gone Girl," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game," "Nightcrawler," "The Theory of Everything," and "Whiplash." These mirror our forecast for the Best Picture lineup at the Oscars with two glaring exceptions: the PGA snubbed third-ranked "Selma" and "Unbroken" (#8 on our chart) in favor of "American Sniper" (#13) and "Nightcrawler" (#14). Among the other films overlooked by the guild were two big box office hits: "Interstellar" and "Into the Woods." That "Selma" and "Interstellar" were slighted could be down to voters not getting screeners from Paramount due to production delays. -Break- The guild and »
Digital Audience Ratings: An ‘Empire’ is Born, ‘Fashion Police’ Torch is Passed
32 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Provided by ListenFirst Media, Dar – TV measures what entertainment content is resonating most across Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and Wikipedia combined. For more on the methodology behind Dar – TV, scroll to the bottom of the article.
Digital Audience Ratings (Dar) – TV Broadcast Monday Dec 29, 2014 – Sunday Jan 4, 2014 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 1 The Voice 10,493 2 2 America’s Got Talent 4,132 3 4 The Simpsons 1,964 4 3 America’s Funniest Home Videos 1,655 5 7 Glee 1,619 6 5 Dancing With The Stars 1,069 7 - Undercover Boss 952 8 10 The Vampire Diaries 748 9 - Empire 709 10 8 The Big Bang Theory 632 -
Cable/Streaming Monday Dec 29, 2014 – Sunday Jan 4, 2014 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 2 Top Gear 5,211 2 1 Key and Peele 4,500 3 5 The Walking Dead 4,324 4 3 Pretty Little Liars 3,241 5 4 WWE Raw 1,803 6 6 Beyond Scared Straight 1,650 7 - Fashion Police 1,043 8 - World’s Weirdest 930 9 - South Park 889 10 10 American Horror Story 802 -
Late Night Monday Dec 29, 2014 – Sunday Jan 4, 2014 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 1 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 18,837 2 3 Jimmy Kimmel Live 8,484 3 4 Conan 5,156 4 - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver »
- Jason Klein
How Does Chris Soules Rank Among the Best and Worst Bachelors of All Time?
33 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
It looks like America gave the first impression rose to Chris Soules! The handsome farmer from Iowa, dubbed "Prince Farming," finally made his debut on The Bachelor on Monday night, and handled meeting 30 women, many of them crazy, with ease and charm. And after his debut, we asked viewers to vote on whether they loved or hated Chris as the ABC hit franchise's new leading man. The results? Y'all approved! But is he the best Bachelor of all-time? You're about to find out! We added Chris into our ranking of the best and worst Bachelors of all-time. That's right, we ranked all 18 of the eligible men to find out who is Bachelor Nation's favorite rose hander-outter. (Totally a word, »
Rising Rap Stars Migos Are Expecting a Big 2015
33 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
At this time last year, the beguilingly wild Atlanta rap trio Migos were still subject to whispers that they might be a one-hit wonder, thanks (if that’s the word) to their 2013 jam “Versace.” The group’s Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff then spent the better part of 2014 ensuring their staying power, releasing two mixtapes – No Label 2, which featured the hit, "Fight Night,' and Rich Nigga Timeline – and touring widely. The effort paid off: Migos’ mixtapes have been downloaded 1.7 million times and their music has earned 49 million YouTube views as well as 47 million monthly spins on Pandora. 2015 is already shaping up to be just as productive for the burgeoning stars—who are planning to release their official debut album, Y.R.N. 2, early this year. We spoke with Quavo and Offset – as they prepared to leave their Atlanta home for a concert in Paris – about their »
- Matt Giles
Russell Crowe Says Actresses’ Ageism Complaints Are ‘Bullsh*t’
43 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Fifty-year-old Russell Crowe has an opinion on why it becomes so hard for actresses to land good parts as they get older. His theory: It's all their fault. As Crowe tells Australian Women's Weekly, "I think you'll find that the woman who is saying that [the roles have dried up] is the woman who at 40, 45, 48, still wants to play the ingénue, and can't understand why she's not being cast as the 21-year-old." What about the fact that those ingenue roles are basically all that's left in Hollywood, as older men are routinely paired off with actresses who are decades younger? Crowe has some counterexamples: "Meryl Streep will give you 10,000 examples and arguments as to why [those complaints are] bullshit, so will Helen Mirren, or whoever it happens to be." So that's two working actresses over 60. The problem is solved. »
- Nate Jones
Who Is Agent Carter? A Brief History of the Marvel Heroine
48 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Don't feel bad if you have no idea who the title character of ABC's Marvel's Agent Carter is. She's based on a comics character who's been around in various forms for decades, but who is by no means iconic in the comics world. Prior to 2011, most geeks would've been hard-pressed to name a single story arc involving her. But in that year, she made her live-action debut in the cumbersomely titled Captain America: The First Avenger, portrayed with grit and grace by Hayley Atwell. The movie was a hit, Carter went on to have a few live-action Marvel appearances, and a couple of years later, boom, here we are: Peggy Carter is a tentpole character for Marvel Entertainment.Indeed, Peggy's sudden rise to fame is a kind of bellwether for the world comics fans live in now: Afterthoughts have become flagships. Last summer's Guardians of the Galaxy was the most »
- Abraham Riesman
TV Ratings: 'Gotham,' 'Scorpion' start 2015 high, 'Bachelor' helps ABC split Monday
48 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Fast National ratings for Monday, January 5, 2015. A slew of network favorites started 2015 on high notes as "Gotham," "Scorpion," "Mike & Molly" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" were among the shows delivering above-season-average performances on Monday. "NCIS: Los Angeles" was particularly strong, delivering season highs in most measures and pushing CBS to a dominant overall win and to a tie with ABC, driven by the "Bachelor" premiere, the show's lowest rated premiere yet, in the key demographic. Although it was stuck in fourth among young viewers and third in the key demo, NBC also got a second consecutive solid night from "The Celebrity Apprentice." On to the numbers... Among adults 18-49, ABC and CBS both did a 2.2 rating for Monday night, tops in the key demographic. Fox was a close third with a 2.0 key demo rating and NBC's 1.7 key demo rating followed right behind. The CW averaged a 0.3 key demo rating for Monday. »
- Daniel Fienberg
Dustin Diamond Ordered to Stand Trial over Alleged Stabbing
53 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond will stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Dec. 25 at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told police he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée, Amanda Schutz. Diamond's defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, says no one saw the former child star stab anyone during the altercation, but after hearing a police officer's testimony, »
- Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
Dustin Diamond Ordered to Stand Trial over Alleged Stabbing
53 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond will stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Dec. 25 at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told police he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée, Amanda Schutz. Diamond's defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, says no one saw the former child star stab anyone during the altercation, but after hearing a police officer's testimony, »
- Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
Ansel Elgort Covers Town & Country's Third Annual Top 50 Bachelors Issue, Gets Photographed by Dad Arthur Elgort!
56 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Move over, Scott Eastwood—Ansel Elgort is having a moment! The Fault in Our Stars actor, 20, replaces the Longest Ride actor, 28, as this year's cover star for Town & Country's third annual "Top 50 Bachelors" issue. Photographed by his dad, the acclaimed Arthur Elgort, the movie star's kin and colleagues explain why he's won the hearts of young people around the world. Ansel got his big break in the 2013 Carrie reboot, directed by Kimberly Peirce. She had already picked a slightly older actor to play Tommy when a casting director suggested she audition Ansel. "I had looked at 40 guys for that part," she says. After meeting Ansel, the she recalls, "It was amazing seeing »
Anne Hathaway Advises Neil Patrick Harris to Do the Opposite of What She Did at the Oscars
1 hour ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
With February 22 just around the corner, this year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, probably doesn't need any advice — seeing as he already has quite a few awards-hosting gigs on his résumé. Whatever he decides to do, however, it probably should not be anything Anne Hathaway did when she hosted. (Remember that debacle?) It's not mean to say this if she agrees with it. She told The New York Times Magazine as much:The Oscars are coming up. Do you have any advice for Neil Patrick Harris about hosting? Do the opposite of what I did, and you’ll be fine. What do you think went wrong? I think it’s so obvious that it doesn’t even need to be identified. He’ll be great. He’s a natural host. It helps that the best advice is no advice. »
- Lindsey Weber
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