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‘Mad Men’ Alums Christina Hendricks, John Slattery Join Matthew Weiner Amazon Series
14 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
A “Mad Men” reunion of sorts is in the works at Amazon.
Christina Hendricks and John Slattery will reunite with “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner as cast members of Weiner’s upcoming Amazon anthology series “The Romanoffs,” Variety has learned.
The new series will consist of eight hourlong episodes, each of which will tell a standalone story with no recurring plot elements or actors. Each episode will tell the stories of people in contemporary times who believe they are descendants of the imperial family that ruled Russia from 1613 until the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. In addition to Hendricks and Slattery, the series has also cast Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert, “Boardwalk Empire” alum Jack Huston, “Togetherness” alum Amanda Peet, and Golden Globe nominee Marthe Keller.
The castings of Slattery and Hendricks come just over 10 years after the series premiere of “Mad Men,” which launched on AMC on July 19, 2007. The series would go on to garner 116 Emmy nominations »
- Joe Otterson
Whoopi Goldberg to Return for ‘The View’ Season 21 (Exclusive)
14 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Whoopi Goldberg is ready to ring in her 10th anniversary at “The View.” The Oscar-winning actress will return as the moderator for the show’s 21st season this fall, Variety has learned.
Her contract renewal is an important one for ABC, as Goldberg has been the glue that’s kept “The View” together since creator Barbara Walters retired in 2014.
By focusing on political stories under Trump’s presidency, ratings for “The View” this season are at its highest in three years. The show averaged 2.6 million viewers last week, beating “The Talk,” which tends to veer away from politics in favor of pop culture. And “The View” has landed big guests over the last year, such as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
A spokesperson for ABC declined to comment.
Goldberg joined “The View” in the late summer of 2007, and she’s been at the Hot Topics table for »
- Ramin Setoodeh
Marwan Kenzari in Talks to Join Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Remake as Villain Jafar
16 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Marwan Kenzari is in talks to join Disney’s “Aladdin” remake as the villain Jafar, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap. Johnathan Freeman voiced Jafar in 1992 original animated film. Guy Ritchie is set to direct from a script by John August (“Big Fish”). Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes”) is producing. Jonathan Eirich is exec producing. Disney announced at the recent D23 Expo in Anaheim that Will Smith has officially been cast to play Genie. Read More See Marwan Kenzari's latest Power Move. PowerRank: 7477 The studio also announced that »
- Umberto Gonzalez
Abigail Spencer Joins ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in Recasting, Replacing Bridget Regan
18 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Timeless” star and “Rectify” alum Abigail Spencer will join “Grey’s Anatomy,” replacing Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt in a recasting ahead of Season 14, an ABC spokesperson told TheWrap. The actress will star in a multi-episode arc on the ABC-Shondaland drama, stepping in for Regan as Owen’s sister following a scheduling conflict. Regan currently stars on the TNT drama “The Last Ship” alongside “Grey’s” alum Eric Dane. The character, Owen’s sister and an army medic, had previously been presumed to be dead in a helicopter crash, but was revealed to be alive in last season’s finale. »
- Reid Nakamura
‘Karate Kid’ Sequel Series With Ralph Macchio, William Zabka Greenlit at YouTube Red
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A sequel series to the classic film “The Karate Kid” is set to launch on YouTube Red.
Currently titled “Cobra Kai,” the series would reunite original film stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. The 10-episode, half-hour series, coming to YouTube Red in 2018, picks up thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. A down-and-out Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo, reigniting his rivalry with a now successful Daniel Larusso (Macchio), who has been struggling to maintain balance in his life without the guidance of his mentor, Mr. Miyagi.
“The minute I heard about this project, I knew we had to have it. ‘The Karate Kid’ became an instant classic in the 1980s, and still resonates with audiences around the world and on YouTube today,” said Susanne Daniels, global head of original content for YouTube. “We’re thrilled to partner with Sony TV, Overbrook »
- Joe Otterson
‘Game of Thrones’ Unaired Episode Leaks Online, Not Connected to HBO Hack
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This Sunday’s episode of “Game of Thrones” has been stolen and posted on the internet — but the leak isn’t related to the massive hack of HBO’s systems disclosed earlier this week.
Links to the fourth episode of “Game of Thrones” season 7, set to premiere Aug. 6 on HBO, appeared on a discussion board on Reddit, as first reported by the Verge. The pirated copy of the episode, titled “The Spoils of War,” was available via Google Drive, according to the report.
Shortly after the link to the “Game of Thrones” episode was posted on Reddit at 8:12 Am Et Friday, the post was updated with this message. “The file has been taken down for violating GoogleDrive’s [terms of service]. You can no longer view it.” However, according to reports, the episode has since begun circulating on torrent-based file-sharing piracy sites including the Pirate Bay.
It’s not the first time “Game of Thrones” — believed to be the »
- Todd Spangler
Box Office: ‘Dark Tower’ Fires Off $1.8 Million on Thursday Night
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“The Dark Tower” shot to $1.8 million at 2,770 North American locations on Thursday night.
Sony and MRC’s adaptation is projected to win the weekend with about $20 million to $25 million at 3,449 locations. The studio is being slightly more conservative with a $19 million forecast for the action fantasy, based on Stephen King’s series of eight novels.
The Thursday night previews started at 7:19 p.m., in keeping with King’s use of the time “19:19” and the number 19 in his works. The $1.8 million total is equivalent to Paramount’s “Ghost in the Shell,” which opened with $18.7 million on the March 31-April 2 weekend.
“The Dark Tower,” which cost $60 million to make, stars Idris Elba as the Gunslinger — a sort of supernatural law enforcement officer protecting the Dark Tower. Matthew McConaughey portrays the Man in Black, who’s on a mission of total destruction.
Nikolaj Arcel directed from a script by the writing teams of Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner and »
- Dave McNary
Mindy Kaling Comedy 'Late Night' Taps 'Transparent' Director (Exclusive)
19 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Nisha Ganatra, a busy TV director who's helmed episodes of Transparent and The Mindy Project, has been tapped to helm Fox 2000's Late Night which has a script by Mindy Kaling.
Kaling is also starring in the project with Emma Thompson. The story centers on Thompson's character, a late-night talk show host who's at risk of losing her long-running show right when she hires her first female writer (Kaling).
Scott Rudin is producing Late Night with Kaling and Howard Klein. Elizabeth Gabler and Nikki Ramey are overseeing the project for Fox 2000.
Paul Feig was previously attached to direct but »
- Rebecca Ford
Film Review: ‘Brave New Jersey’
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Long before Trump coined the term “fake news,” there was Orson Welles’ legendary 1938 radio dramatization of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds,” which convinced thousands (if not millions) of listeners they were hearing actual news bulletins about a Martian invasion. Several books and films (most notably, “The Night That Panicked America,” Joseph Sargent’s terrific 1975 TV movie, and “War of the Worlds,” Cathleen O’Connell’s shrewdly constructed 2013 PBS documentary) have emphasized the infectious terror that the broadcast inadvertently sparked among gullible folks who tuned in late and missed the introduction that clearly identified it as a presentation of Welles’ “Mercury Theatre on the Air.” But in the world according to “Brave New Jersey,” Jody Lambert’s uneven but ultimately winning comedy about small-town channel surfers who missed the intro and assumed the worst on the evening of Oct. 30, 1938, a little bit of terror might not be such a bad thing.
To be sure, »
- Joe Leydon
Bill Maher Says Trump ‘Capable’ of Murder: ‘He Loves Dictators’
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“Real Time” host Bill Maher said Friday that he believes Donald Trump is “capable” of ordering people murdered. “Do you believe Vladimir Putin has ordered the murder of people?” he asked his guests on the online-only “Overtime” segment of his HBO show “Real Time.” “Absolutely,” responded conservative activist Ralph Reed. Also Read: Bill Maher 'Very Sorry' for Saying N-Word on 'Real Time' “Do you think Trump is capable of that?” Maher asked. “No,” said Reed. “No, I don’t think so,” said Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. Another guest started to answer, and Maher blurted out: “‘Cause I do. »
- Tim Molloy
Great British Baking Show Winner Candice Brown on Her Audition Process and What It’s Like to Film in That Tent
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“You get exactly the time they give you. If they say two hours, they say two hours. Right down to the second.” »
- Devon Ivie
Robert Pattinson Was ‘Joking’ About that Sex Act With a Dog in Good Time
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His story on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “spiraled out of control.” »
- Tolly Wright
Al Gore and Bill Maher Talk Climate Change and ‘Losing Florida’ – in Both Senses
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Voters who lived through it might still be bitter, but as it turns out former Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore has a pretty good sense of humor about losing the 2000 election despite capturing the majority of the popular vote. And 17 years later, he’s even willing to note that he (probably) won in the state that decided the election when its recount was halted by the United States Supreme Court. A cautiously optimistic Gore appeared as the top of the show guest on tonight’s episode of “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the first after the show took. »
- Ross A. Lincoln
'Mr. Robot' Taps Leonard Cohen Poem for Creepy Season 3 Trailer
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Mr. Robot makes creepy use of a Leonard Cohen poem in the first trailer for the series' Season 3, which revealed its premiere date.
Paced to Cohen's The Future spoken word piece "Democracy," the teaser offers up a dialogue-less peek at the upcoming third season of the USA drama, including the first look at a new character played by Vinyl star Bobby Cannavale.
Keeping with the hacktivist theme of the series, the Mr. Robot social media accounts are also giving fans a preview of the upcoming season through coded messages ahead of the October 11th premiere. »
Yes, Jeff Sessions Can Jail Reporters
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions proclaimed that he might jail reporters who refuse to divulge their sources, it was no empty threat: A 1972 Supreme Court decision backs him up. The court ruled in Branzberg v. Hayes that reporters are just like anyone else when subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury, and the First Amendment gives them no special rights to refuse. That’s why New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed during President George W. Bush’s administration. Also Read: Jeff Sessions: We Will Give Press 'Respect, But It Is Not Unlimited' (Video) Miller was served »
- Susan Seager
‘This Is Us’ costume Emmy nom revoked: Will it be replaced by ‘The Leftovers’ ‘Veep,’ ‘Kimmy Schmidt’?
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Now that “This Is Us” has had its Emmy nomination for Best Contemporary Costumes revoked (as per Hollywood Reporter), our readers are busy discussing what show might replace it on the ballot. The TV academy is expected to make the decision on Monday, August 7, the same day that the final round viewing platform opens […] »
- Marcus James Dixon
The Great British Baking Show Recap: Je Ne Sais Cake
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Mel and Sue to break out their Franglish and their Pepé Le Pew accents. »
- Molly Fitzpatrick
Stephen Colbert Noticed that Donald Trump Is On a 17-Day Vacation
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While the president’s away, the renovators will play keep out. »
- Tolly Wright
10 Big Takeaways From TCA: Week 2–‘Karate Kid’ Series, ‘Everwood’ Reunion, CBS Diversity Woes
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The Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press tour has rolled through its second week, with PBS, CBS, The CW, NBC, and YouTube Red all offering journalists first looks at their upcoming series.
With the end of the tour approaching on Aug. 9, take a look at some of the biggest stories to come out of the bi-annual event this week.
1.”Washington Week” host and “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa had the distinction of taking the stage just moments after Anthony Scaramucci had been fired by President Donald Trump after less than two weeks on the job. Costa said that with Gen. John Kelly taking over as chief of staff, stability may finally be coming to the Trump White House. “I’ve known Kelly. I’ve covered Gen. Kelly,” Costa said. “He’s someone who doesn’t really align with the Jared Kushner wing of the White House, the more moderate wing. He »
- Joe Otterson
Fox News’ Eric Bolling Accused of Sending Lewd Photos to Female Colleagues (Report)
9 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Fox News’ Eric Bolling sent pictures of male genitalia to at least three female colleagues, according the Huffington Post. The website cited 14 unnamed sources in its report, including the women who allegedly received the lewd text messages.
Fox News has been besieged by accusations of misconduct at the highest level since last year, when top executive Roger Ailes was forced to resign amid multiple sexual harassment claims. Primetime host Bill O’Reilly stepped down earlier this year as advertisers mounted a boycott of the network over sexual harassment claims against him. Bill Shine, who rose to the position of co-president of the network after Ailes’ departure, stepped down in May. Fox News is currently fighting multiple lawsuits alleging racial and sexual harassment at the 21st Century Fox-owned cable news channel. Last month Fox Business anchor Charles Payne was suspended over harassment allegations.
The Huffington Post quoted a Fox News spokesperson saying “We were just informed of this »
- Variety Staff
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