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Ratings: Fox’s ‘Gotham’ Tops Night; ‘Bachelor’ Down in Premiere
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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
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- Tim Kenneally
CNBC Dumps Nielsen: Biz Network Will Abandon Measurement by Ratings Giant in Late 2015
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CNBC is breaking up with Nielsen, the business network announced Tuesday.
The network will shift from being measured by Nielsen in the fourth quarter of 2015, pivoting to Cogent Reports, which is a research firm that provides financial and investment services to businesses. CNBC will continue to have its primetime measured by Nielsen.
Also Read: Mad Investor Pressuring CNBC’s Jim Cramer to Resign From CNBC or Sell TheStreet.com (Video)
“Throughout our 25 year history, traditional measurement companies have struggled to capture CNBC’s audience of business executives, decision makers and affluent investors who watch our network from their corner offices, »
- Jordan Chariton
Geena Davis Launches Film Festival to Champion Women and Diversity
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Oscar winner Geena Davis and Arc Entertainment have teamed to launch the Bentonville Film Festival, which is designed to champion women and diversity in film. The festival, which will take place from May 5-9 in Bentonville, Arkansas, will be the first and only film competition in the world to offer guaranteed theatrical, television, digital and retail home entertainment distribution for its winners.
Bff, which is being hosted by Arc Entertainment, Walmart, Coca-Cola and AMC Theatres, will be chaired by Davis and will screen approximately 75 films in competition, ranging from studio premieres to independent features and documentaries.
The festival’s advisory »
- Jeff Sneider
David O. Russell’s Long-Lost Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel Comedy ‘Accidental Love’ Gets Release Date (Video)
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Before David O. Russell became an Oscar darling for directing The Fighter,” “Silver Linings Playbook” or “American Hustle,” he was hired to direct an independent comedy starring Jessica Biel as an uninsured waitress who gets a nail stuck in her head, and Jake Gyllenhaal as a clueless politician who falls for her.
It didn’t go so well. In fact, Russell described it as “a painful process” when he left the long-delayed project in 2010, and no longer claims credit for the movie, originally titled “Nailed.”
Also Read: David Schwimmer to Play Robert Kardashian on FX’s ‘American Crime Story’
- Greg Gilman
Jon Stewart Mocks Kim Jong-Un Over ‘The Interview': ‘Merry Christmas, Mother F–ker’ (Video)
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Jon Stewart returned from holiday vacation feeling very merry, and had some post-holiday cheer for North Korea.
“Listen North Korea, you can mess with a lot of things; our postal system, our water supply, but when you star f–king with out holiday releases [The Interview]—the precious cinematic delights we partake in to avoid having to talk to our families—you’ve stepped on a landmine.”
Also Read: Jon Stewart Fesses Up to ‘One Factual Error’ in His Police Shootings Report, Then Curses Out Fox News (Video)
Stewart then ran a clip of CNN reporting the U.S. sanctions against North Korea. »
- Jordan Chariton
Fandango Partners With Hulu to Launch Its First Ever VOD Channel
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Fandango is partnering with Hulu to release its first ever subscription video-on-demand channel.
The channel will begin streaming during the first quarter of 2015. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
“We are excited to deliver our original video programming to Hulu subscribers,” Fandango President Paul Yanover said in a statment. “Our Hulu partnership helps us extend Fandango video content onto new platforms, meeting a growing demand for premium movie-related content among moviegoers and Hulu fans alike.”
The channel will allow Hulu subscribers to view”FrontRunners,” hosted by Fandango’s Chief Correspondent Dave Karger featuring actors such as Michael Keaton, »
- Alicia Banks
Two More Bill Cosby Accusers Join Defamation Lawsuit
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Two more women have joined a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby.
The Associated Press reports Florida women Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz have become additional plaintiffs in a suit originally filed in Massachusetts on Dec. 10 by Tamara Green, who claims that Cosby assaulted her in the early 1970s when she was an aspiring model and singer.
Also Read: 26 Bill Cosby Accusers: Complete Breakdown of the Allegations
Serignese has said Cosby raped her in 1976, and Traitz alleged Cosby groped her in 1970. The lawsuit argues Cosby defamed the plaintiff’s names by denying their claims through his representatives, including the comedian’s lawyer, »
- Greg Gilman
‘Marvel’s Agent Carter’ Review: Hayley Atwell Is Mesmerizing on ‘Captain America’ Sequel Series
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It has been more than three years since Hayley Atwell blew away audiences with her tough and beautiful portrayal of Agent Peggy Carter in 2009’s “Captain America.” And yet, in a way it feels like no time at all has passed with ABC’s premiere of the “Agent Carter” limited-run series.
In the film, which took place during the height of World War II, Carter was an active agent, kicking butt and defying gender stereotypes. The series picks up the action a few years later in 1946, and those gender stereotypes are back and louder than ever. After the men returned from the war, »
- Jason Hughes
‘Boyhood,’ ‘Birdman,’ ‘Imitation Game’ Lead Australia’s Aacta Nominations
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) announced Tuesday 14 films nominated across seven categories – Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress – for the 4th Aacta International Awards.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” led the way with seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Michael Keaton, Best Director for Inarritu and two Best Supporting Actress nominations, for Emma Stone and Naomi Watts.
Also Read: Golden Globes 2015: The Nominees (Photos)
“The Imitation Game” and “Boyhood” were both nominated for five awards each, while “Whiplash” was nominated »
- Linda Ge
Fusion, Vox, Al Jazeera and The Verge Partner With Newscast App ‘Watchup’ (Exclusive)
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Watchup, a free video news app that allows users to cobble together their own personalized newscasts from local, national and international sources, partnered with Fusion, The Verge, Vox.com and Al Jazeera’s Aj+ Tuesday, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
The four news outlets join a select group of featured partners on Watchup, and will be among the first seen when users begin curating their own newscasts. Once logged in to the app, users can sift through these and 100 other news sources to refine their own feeds, choosing the ones they’d like for their featured list, which ultimately becomes a newscast. »
- Jordan Chariton
Former Img Sports President Raises $250 Million, Launches Bruin Sports Capital
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The former President of Sports & Entertainment at Img Worldwide, George Pyne, has raised $250 million in equity and launched sports marketing company Bruin Sports Capital on Tuesday.
“Identifying unique opportunities, attracting world-class management teams, establishing a culture of innovation and creating real value is what will make up Bruin Sports Capital’s DNA,: Pyne said. “The firm will be opportunistic and nimble in pursuit of its goals. The key points of differentiation that will define Bruin Sports Capital include its unparalleled access to the best deals; long-term, flexible capital; extensive operating expertise; strategic capital and global resources in Wpp and other investors; and finally, »
- Tony Maglio and Jordan Chariton
Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ to Close on Broadway
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Broadway show “The Last Ship,” which was composed by rocker Sting, is set to sail away from Broadway later this month.
The musical will batten down its hatches on Jan. 24, despite Sting‘s best efforts to boost ticket sales. In a rare play to grow awareness, the lead singer of The Police actually joined the cast in November as dock foreman. Clearly, the outside-the-box maneuver didn’t move the needle enough to keep the show afloat. Ok, that’s enough boating metaphors for one post — for now.
Also Read: 11 Hollywood Stars Who Did Big Business on Broadway in 2014 (Photos)
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- Tony Maglio
Bill O’Reilly Blasts Former Ku Klux Klan Clan Leader David Duke’s ‘I’m Not a White Supremacist’ Claim (Video)
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White supremacist David Duke has been back in the news recently, and Monday night, he and Bill O’Reilly squared off over recent reports that Congressman Steve Scalise spoke at one of his organization’s events in 2002.
“I was never a white supremacist , I’m not a white supremacist at all, in fact, the European American union rights group [he led] was in fact a chartered civil rights organization,” Duke said.
Also Read: Bill O’Reilly Calls on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to Resign: He’s an ‘Incompetent Villain’ (Video)
“Don’t sit there and tell me you’re organization isn »
- Jordan Chariton
RealD Appoints Anthony Marcoly as President, Worldwide Cinema
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RealD Inc. announced the appointment of former Disney and Paramount Pictures studio executive Anthony Marcoly to the position of President, Worldwide Cinema. A member of the executive team in this position, Marcoly will be based out of the company’s offices in Beverly Hills.
He will be responsible for overseeing RealD’s global cinema strategy, sales and operations. He brings his domestic and international exhibition relationships fostered through his years at Disney and Paramount to RealD, just as the company’s cinema business is seeing growth in overseas markets.
Also Read: CES: RealD’s New Image Enhancement Technology Gets Peter Jackson »
- Jason Hughes
Entertainment One and The Mark Gordon Company Form Independent Film and Television Studio
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Entertainment One (eOne) and The Mark Gordon Company have partnered to create a new independent studio that will finance and produce projects for film, network, cable and digital content, which will be distributed internationally by eOne.
Mark Gordon leads the venture as chief executive officer. The studio will remain based in Los Angeles and will continue to produce Mark Gordon content, while expanding to including financing of projects by other producers. The founding principle of the venture is to “maximize artists’ creative freedom, while giving them a meaningful stake in their product.”
In the deal, eOne takes a significant stake in The Mark Gordon Company, »
- Jason Hughes
Bradley Cooper Shows Off His Air Guitar Skills on ‘The Tonight Show’ (Video)
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When Bradley Cooper called his air guitar skills a musical talent, he wasn’t kidding. On “The Tonight Show” Monday night, he told Jimmy Fallon that he’d mastered the air guitar for a very particular piece of music. He could perform the entire guitar solo from Neil Young’s “Down by the River.”
Also Read: Bradley Cooper’s Broadway ‘Elephant Man’ Recoups Costs, Breaks Own Box Office Record – Again
This is an intricate guitar piece with lots of stops and starts, and it’s long to boot. But Cooper, who said he’d mastered it during his idle time as a kid, »
- Jason Hughes
‘Celebrity Apprentice 7′: Trump Fires Two More, One Star Goes Off the Rails During Task
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(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Monday night’s episode of “Celebrity Apprentice” entitled “Nobody Out Thinks Donald Trump.”)
After just two nights of the seventh season of “Celebrity Apprentice” — the 14th overall season for the franchise — Donald Trump has already fired three people. After losing their project leader, Keisha Knight Pulliam, in the two-hour premiere, the women’s Team Infinity got their act together in a major way for the next two tasks.
See video: Donald Trump on Bill Cosby: ‘I Think He’s Probably Guilty’
First up, Kate Gosselin took the »
- Jason Hughes
‘Game of Thrones’ Becomes First TV Series Screened in IMAX
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HBO’s signature series is coming to IMAX theaters for one week only. Beginning Jan. 23, fans will have the chance to watch two Season 4 episodes of the popular fantasy series on the IMAX screen followed by an exclusive trailer for the fifth season.
The week-long event marks the first time a television network has featured its programming in IMAX theaters. The two episodes shown will be digitally re-mastered for the immersive IMAX format.
Also Read: ‘Hobbit’ Finale Races to $11.2 Million at Tuesday Box Office
“The cinematic brilliance and grand scope of the series is perfect for the IMAX format,” said »
- Jason Hughes
Russell Crowe Says Hollywood Actresses Should Act Their Age
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Never one to be subtle, Russell Crowe has managed to offend half the female stars in Hollywood with his comments about older actresses.
The “Noah” actor told Australian Women’s Weekly that older women who claim there are no good roles anymore are really just upset that they are no longer cast as young vixens — and they should act their age.
Also Read: Hey Actresses, Want a TV Job? Find a Lady Boss, New Study Says
“To be honest, 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 ingenue, »
- Debbie Emery
Verizon Eyeing Potential AOL Takeover, Joint Venture (Report)
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Verizon has approached AOL Inc. about a potential acquisition or a possible joint venture to expand its mobile-video offerings.
So far, Verizon hasn’t made any formal proposals to AOL and no agreement has been reached, according to Bloomberg.
If the two companies agree on a deal, the merger could help Verizon compete with At&T Inc.
Also Read: Redbox, Verizon Shutting Down Streaming Video Service
A joint venture would also enhance Verizon’s advertising technology as the company tries to boost its online content, mobile video and advertising.
Verizon has already held meetings with several AOL executives about how to bolster those ventures. »
- Itay Hod
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