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Ray Diaz Joins George Lopez Comedy As Series Regular

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Ray Diaz (East Los High, Real Husbands of Hollywood) has joined the second season cast of George Lopez’s TV Land comedy Lopez as a series regular. Diaz will make his debut in the first episode of the new season on March 29, as Hector, a friend from Manolo's (Anthony "Citric" Campos) past, who becomes like a son to George and a little brother to Manolo and Maronzio (Maronzio Vance). With George's help, Hector tries to get on his feet and find something he's good at. The… Read

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Fox Taps DreamWorks Exec Jim Fielding For Top Consumer Products Post

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Industry vet Jim Fielding has been named President of Consumer Products and Innovation for Fox Television Group and Twentieth Century Fox Film. In his new role, Fielding will oversee licensing, product development and new business opportunities in the consumer retail space across both businesses and FX Networks. Fielding, who most recently served as Global Head of Consumer Products and Retail for DreamWorks Animation, will begin his duties on January 23 and be based in… Read

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‘The Good Place’ Ratings Steady In Finale As NBC Ponders Renewal, Chris Pratt Lifts ‘Mom’

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Mike Schur’s comedy The Good Place wrapped its 13-episode first season with an hourlong finale last night, which drew a 1.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers in Live+same day. That was on par in the demo with last week despite facing stiffer competition from an original The Big Bang Theory last night vs. repeat last Thursday, and up +6% in total viewers for the show’s largest Live+same day audience since Oct. 27. A modest Live+same performer, The Good Place… Read

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Donald Trump Delivers Pugnacious Speech After Swearing In As 45th President Of The United States

President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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UPDATED with video: “America will start winning again, like never before,” President Donald Trump crowed, in his first speech after being sworn in to office by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Kissing family member, and shaking hand with former President Obama after taking the oath of office, Trump gave a fist pump to America, followed by a thumbs up, before beginning his inaugural address, in which he vowed to “eradicate completely from the face of the earth”… Read

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Tim Story To Direct New Version Of ‘Shaft’ For New Line

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EXCLUSIVE: New Line has set Tim Story to direct its reboot of Shaft, continuing the lore of the iconic private eye John Shaft originated by Richard Roundtree in the 1971 Gordon Parks-directed film. Samuel L. Jackson played his nephew in the John Singleton-directed 2000 remake. The new film has a script by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow, and John Davis, Ira Napoliello and Barris are producing. New Line is keeping the plot under the cone, but I’ve heard the idea is to… Read

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Brendan Gleeson Goes Outlaw In ‘Trespass Against Us’; Madonna’s Dancers ‘Strike a Pose’ – Specialty B.O. Preview

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Inauguration and demonstrations aside, the Specialty focus is of course on the Sundance Film Festival this weekend where distributors load up on titles for the year. At the box office, though, Specialty newcomers are rather thin heading into the weekend. A24's Trespass Against Us with Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender headlines the list of openers, bowing stateside ahead of its U.K. roll-out in March. Sony Pictures Classics is opening Cannes '16 prize-winning… Read

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‘Split’ Scares In Solid $2M; ‘Xander Cage’ Takes $1.2M, ‘The Founder’ Gets $105K In Previews – Friday AM Box Office

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M. Night Shyamalan’s Split is off to an incredibly strong start, grabbing $2 million in Thursday night previews in 2,295 theaters. Paramount Pictures/Revolution Studios’ xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage just logged in with $1.2M in 2,536 locales. Finally, the Michael Keaton-starring The Founder from The Weinstein Company served up $105,000 on its way to a single-digit opening; it was in 700 theaters at 7 PM. The film about the quick-tempered, morally challenged Ray Kroc… Read

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‘A Dog’s Purpose’: Petition Urges Boycott Unless “Significant Portion” Of Proceeds Goes To Animal Welfare Groups

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In response to a video of “a dog being mishandled” on the set of Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures’ A Dog's Purpose, a Care2 petition has been launched calling for a boycott of the film unless the movie's creators donate “a significant portion of the film's proceeds” to animal welfare organizations. The petition added 1,200 signatures over the past 20 minutes and is now at more than 13,000 signees. The actions in the video, which have been condemned by the film’s pro… Read

International

Global Media Gloms On To Donald Trump’s Inauguration; China? Not So Much

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Global news today has been largely dominated by the countdown to Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th President of the United States. From the UK to France, Germany, Italy and Russia (where one outlet has labeled it “The Trumpening”), the world’s media is focused on DC. In the UK, helicopters buzzed around London all morning as anti-Trump protestors dropped banners from bridges across the city early Friday, criticizing the President-elect's immigration policies. A… Read

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Stephen Moyer To Helm ‘The Parting Glass’; Anna Paquin Stars

Mandatory Credit: Photo by MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock (5692063l) Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer 'Roots' TV series premiere, New York, America - 23 May 2016

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EXCLUSIVE: True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer will make his feature directorial debut with The Parting Glass. Anna Paquin will star with Denis O'Hare, Ed Asner, Cynthia Nixon, Melissa Leo, Rhys Ifans and Paul Gross. O’Hare wrote the drama, which follows a family reeling with their sister's death. They embark on a journey to collect the remnants of her life. The family members delve into past memories to piece together a portrait of the woman they lost. Production begins… Read

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‘House Of Cards’ Reveals Season 5 Premiere Date With Inauguration-Themed Video

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Netflix has revealed the Season 5 premiere date for Washington political drama House of Cards, appropriately, with an Inauguration Day-themed video. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series returns on May 30. We make the terror. pic.twitter.com/VpChwGOSMj — House of Cards (@HouseofCards) January 20, 2017 The series, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, returns with new showrunners, HOC senior writers Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese, following the exit… Read

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Open Road Promotes Alexa Platt To CFO As Steven Andriuzzo Exits

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Open Road Films has promoted Alexa Platt to Chief Financial Officer as Steven Andriuzzo leaves the company to pursue other opportunities. Platt is being promoted from SVP Strategic Planning and Business Development, and will report directly to CEO Tom Ortenberg. The company will replace Platt in Strategic Planning shortly. Said Ortenberg: “Alexa is a top-notch strategist with the relationships, savvy and discipline to navigate complicated fast-paced business deals and… Read

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