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Matt Lanter To Star In NBC’s ‘Time’ Travel Pilot From Eric Kripke & Shawn Ryan

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Matt Lanter has been cast as the male lead in Time, NBC’s action adventure drama pilot from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment, is described as "Back To The Future meets Mission: Impossible." It is a high-octane drama following an unlikely trio who travel through time to battle a master criminal intent on altering the fabric of human history with potentially… Read

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‘Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller Fraud Case Pushed Back Again As She Jets To Europe

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EXCLUSIVE: Abby Lee Miller may be under indictment on 20 counts of fraud with a possible five years behind bars and $5 million in fines, but the Dance Moms host really doesn't seem to in a hurry to defend herself. One day before she was scheduled to file already-prolonged pretrial motions against the feds’ case against her, Miller has asked for and today been grant a fourth extension. She now has until March 31 to file the required response paperwork to the government's… Read

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‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ Review: Tina Fey In Kabul Is A Perfect Recipe For Some Smart And Pertinent Comedy

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I still have no idea what the title of Tina Fey’s new smart and absurdly funny film, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot actually means ( I mean WTF?)  but coming from directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa who gave us, among others, Crazy Stupid Love, I guess it makes sense. As I say in my video review (click the link above to watch)  there actually is a lot of “crazy stupid love” in this one too, a real triumph for lovers of dark, satirical comedy with an edge and something to… Read

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Charlie Tuna Dies: Legendary Los Angeles DJ & TV Announcer Was 71

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Charlie Tuna, the popular DJ and TV announcer whose voice was familiar to generations of Los Angeles radio listeners, has died. He was 71. A post on his official website said he died in his sleep on February 19. Born Art Ferguson on April 18, 1944, he started in radio at 16 in his hometown on Kearney, NE. After stints in Wichita, Oklahoma City — where he was rechristened as Charlie Tuna — and Boston, he landed a late-morning shifts as one of the “Boss Jocks” on L.A… Read

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‘The Trail’: NBC Comedy Pilot Casts Krysta Rodriguez; Ward Horton Joins CBS’ ‘Bunker Hill’

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Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Chasing Life) has been cast opposite John Lithgow in The Trail, NBC's documentary-style procedural comedy from comedy veteran Jeff Astrof, Forever creator Matt Miller and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Astrof and Miller and to be directed by Jeffrey Blitz, The Trail, whose title is a scrambled version of “trial,” follows Josh Simon (Nick D'Agosto), a young big-city lawyer and his oddball defense team during a high-profile murder trial in a small… Read

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Joanna Garcia Swisher To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘The Kicker’

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Joanna Garcia Swisher is set to co-star opposite Geoff Stults and David Spade in The Kicker, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from the 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt trio of Tina Fey, Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock. Written by Burditt, The Kicker centers on Daryl Thorkelsonan (Stults), an oddball athlete who drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his professional football team. Swisher will play Bambi, Daryl’s… Read

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‘Deadpool’ At $609M Global; ‘Gods Of Egypt’ Bows To $24M, ‘Zootopia’ Lands $33M 3rd Frame – Int’l B.O. Final

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WRITE-THRU Monday 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM after Sunday update: International weekend estimates are in after Oscar Sunday with Deadpool leading the studios overseas at a $39.8M frame. That gives the Fox fiend a hat trick of No. 1s at the international box office and a global cume of $609.3M — international is $324M of that (more below). In more good news for Fox, Oscar nominations leader The Revenant has crossed $400M worldwide even before it goes into China on March 18 (yes, it… Read

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Hannah Kasulka Joins Fox’s ‘The Exorcist’; Sofia Black D’Elia In ‘The Mick’

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Hannah Kasulka has been cast opposite Brianne Howey in Fox drama pilot The Exorcist, a modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty's 1971 book. Written by Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist is described as a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil. Rupert Wyatt is set to direct. Kasulka will play Casey Rance, the wallflower of the family… Read

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‘Drew’: Steve Kazee To Co-Star In CBS’ Nancy Drew Pilot

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Steve Kazee has been cast as the male lead opposite Sarah Shahi in Drew, CBS' drama pilot based on the Nancy Drew character from the classic mystery book series. Written by Joan Rater and Tony Phelan and directed by James Strong, Drew is described as a contemporary take on the character from the books, with Nancy, now in her 30s, working as a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the… Read

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‘Pitch’: Dan Lauria Joins Fox Baseball Pilot

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Veteran Dan Lauria is set to co-star opposite Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Pitch, Fox's drama pilot written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer and directed by Paris Barclay. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, follows Ginny (Bunbury), a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Lauria will play Al Sciutto,  the baseball team’s grizzled but steady manager. Also previously cast in the pilot were Mo… Read

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‘Conviction’: Merrin Dungey Cast In ABC Legal Drama Pilot

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Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies) has been cast opposite Hayley Atwell in ABC's legal drama pilot Conviction, from The Mark Gordon Co. and ABC Studios. Co-created by Liz Friedman, who wrote the script, and Liz Friedlander, who will direct the pilot, Conviction stars Atwell as the brilliant but ne'er-do-well daughter of a former President who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles' newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. She, along with her team of… Read

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Post-Oscar Special Slips In Ratings As Oscar Broadcast Stumbles

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Following an Oscar broadcast that hit an 8-year low (34.3 million total viewers),  Jimmy Kimmel's 11th annual post-Oscars special averaged 5.542 million total viewers and 2.021 million adult 18-49, according to fast national stats. That’s Kimmel’s fifth biggest audience for any single day telecast, in either late night or primetime.  But it’s a tick lower than last year’s post-Oscars show audience of 5.8M total viewers and 2.1M in the demo. Last night’s show started at… Read

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