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Newbies ‘Housewife’, ‘Speechless’ Among ABC Comedies Getting Extra Episodes

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As usual, ABC is picking up 1-2 additional episodes of its Tuesday and Wednesday comedy series that already have full-season 22-episode orders. The list includes promising freshmen American Housewife and Speechless, as well as Fresh Off the Boat and veteran The Middle — each producing an extra episode for a total of 23 — as well as award contender Black-ish and new Wednesday 8 PM anchor The Goldbergs, each picked up for two additional episode or a 24 total. The only… Read

Awardsline

The Dap-Kings: Sharon Jones Was Singing ‘Go Tell It On The Mountain’ At The End

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings in concert at The Roundhouse, London, Britain - 16 May 2014

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With the recent passing of singer-songwriter Sharon Jones, Barbara Kopple's film Miss Sharon Jones! has become an even more emotionally challenging watch. Following Jones through her fight with pancreatic cancer and riding along on her tour with her band of 20 years The Dap-Kings, we get a picture of a woman for whom music was everything and quitting was never an option. Famously once told she would never get a record deal because she was, "Too fat, too black and too… Read

breakingBusiness

Bill Cosby Hearing Ends 1st Day With Grinning Actor Getting Into Courtroom Yelling Matches – Update

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2nd UPDATE, 1:26: Ending an hour earlier than expect, the first day of the latest pre-trial hearings in Bill Cosby's 2004 rape case concluded with a plea deal looking very distant and little serious argument from either the prosecution or the defense – but a lot of loud voices. On a day of much yelling in the courtroom even Bill Cosby himself got into the shouting with at one point bellowing out "1937″ and “July 12th" as his birthday when the Judge asked from the bench… Read

breakingFilm

Mark Boal Reaches Settlement In Bowe Bergdahl Case, Won’t Turn Over Confidential Files

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Mark Boal and the U.S. government have reached a settlement in the journalist-screenwriter’s lawsuit after he was subpoenaed earlier this year to turn over his confidential taped interviews with accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl. The settlement calls for the government to drop the subpoena of Boal's tapes and allow him to protect all confidential material on them. "I'm happy that the Army ultimately agreed to uphold the traditions of a free civilian press,” Boal said… Read

Business

ICM Partners Signs ‘Top Chef’s Graham Elliot

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Aurora Rose/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock (5633223ds) Graham Elliot Fox Network Upfront Presentation, New York, America - 11 May 2015

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Graham Elliot, professional chef and current judge on Bravo’s Emmy-winning series Top Chef, has joined ICM Partners. Elliot spent ten seasons as co-host and judge on Fox's hit series MasterChef and MasterChef Jr and has been featured on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, Craziest Restaurants In America and most recently as judge on Cook vs. Cons. He also hosts the digital series MLB Grub for Major League Baseball. In addition to his work on television, Elliot serves as the… Read

TV

‘Claws’ Nail Salon Dramedy Starring Niecy Nash Picked Up To Series By TNT

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TNT has given a 10-episode series order to its darkly comedic hourlong pilot Claws starring Niecy Nash. Set in a South Florida nail salon, the dramedy hails from executive producers Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Janine Sherman Barrois, who serves as showrunner. Jones and McCormack’s Le Train Train produces in association with Warner Horizon Television and Turner’s Studio T. Written/co-executive produced by Eliot Laurence and directed by Nicole Kassell, Claws follows… Read

Box Office

Will ‘Rogue One’ Vanquish The Christmas B.O. Competition?

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Last year we said that all boats would rise in the holiday box office shadow of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which generated a $248M opening and wound up as the highest-grossing domestic release of all-time at $923M. But that wasn’t necessarily the case for eight other wide releases that opened or expanded between Force Awakens’ opening day of Dec 18 and New Year’s weekend. Looking back, comedies fared quite well. The only title to make it past $100M was the Mark… Read

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‘Salem’ To End After 3 Seasons On WGN America

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The current third season of WGN America’s supernatural drama Salem will be its last. The network has opted not to order a fourth season of the series, which reimagines the infamous 17th century witch trials in a world where witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem to be. Salem‘s storyline will wrap with the conclusion of the 10-episode third season in early 2017 as the season finale will serve as series finale. That is something Salem creators Brannon… Read

Awardsline

Oscars: 91 Tunes Eligible In Original Song Category

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled a longlist of 91 songs eligible for the Original Song category at the 89th Academy Awards. The final playlist of five nominees will be unveiled January 24. Voting members of the Music Branch will receive a reminder list of works submitted in the category and a compilation of the song clips. A maximum of two songs can be nominated from any one film, according to Academy rules, but there’s no limit on how many are… Read

Awardsline

’13th’ Director Ava Duvernay On Doc’s Political Resonance, Challenges in TV And ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Star Power

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If you ask Ava DuVernay which genre she prefers, she says, "I want to play in the whole sandbox," and she's doing just that, with fingers in various directing, writing and producing pies right now. With her Netflix documentary 13th on release, her OWN TV show Queen Sugar raking in impressive ratings, and now at the helm of the $100 million-plus, A-list, sci-fi Disney film A Wrinkle in Time, DuVernay is doing it all. After directing the Oscar-nominated Selma, she found… Read

Business

Mediaset Fears Hostile Takeover Attempt As Vivendi Eyes 20% Stake

Vivendi Chairman of the Supervisory Board Vincent Bollore during the general meeting of shareholders of Vivendi. Paris, FRANCE-17/04/2015./MEIGNEUX_meigneuxA001/Credit:ROMUALD MEIGNEUX/SIPA/1504171708 (Sipa via AP Images)

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UPDATE: A mere day after declaring its intention to buy up to a 20% stake in Mediaset, Vincent Bolloré's French media giant Vivendi has taken 12% of the Italian broadcaster's shares. The swift move comes shortly after Vivendi announced it had taken 3% of the company with the intention of acquiring a fifth of Silvio Berlusconi's company. Mediaset shares saw a 36% hike on Tuesday, their biggest one-day gain on record. According to Reuters, Fininvest, Berlusconi's holding… Read

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Donald Trump Interview Gives ‘Fox News Sunday’ Most Viewers Since 2003

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A sit-down with President-elect Donald Trump scored 2.3M viewers for Fox News Sunday over the weekend, the second-most viewers in the program’s 20-year history. The only episode to draw more eyeballs was coverage of Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003, according to Nielsen Media Research. The December 11 broadcast hosted by Chris Wallace on Fox also boasted 728,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 news demo, the most since June 2008. Nationally, Fox News Sunday is up 33%… Read

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