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Emmys: TV Academy Decides Three Hourlongs Will Compete as Comedies
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That was quick. Just a month after announcing that hourlongs would have to be screened by a panel before being allowed to be submitted as comedies in the Emmy race, the TV Academy announced the first batch of series that have been deemed eligible. Read More Emmy Comedy Clarification: TV Academy Says Rule Changes "Just a Start" Shameless, Jane the Virgin and Glee all met the nine-member panel's two-thirds vote required to be lumped in with comedies and not dramas, now that the TV Academy has deemed hourlongs to be dramas by default. For Shameless, it means that
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- Michael O'Connell
'Voice' Alum Tess Boyer Has "Vanished," According to Friends
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Update: According to Gossip Cop, Tess' father Roy Boyer says his daughter is "fine" and "not missing." The site reports, "He doesn't know where the story came from, but the family is looking into where the rumor originated." Former Voice contestant Tess Boyer has gone missing, according to her friend and fellow season 6 competitor Bria Kelly. "Tess has been missing for weeks and has vanished from social media," Kelly tweeted Tuesday afternoon, launching the hashtag #FindTessBoyer. See more 'The Voice': All the Winners (So Far) "Tess has not shown up to class and hasn't communicated with us," she continued, noting that
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- Chris Payne, Billboard
'Cinderella': Behind the Magic With Oscar-Winning Production Designer Dante Ferretti
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As a child growing up in Macerata, Italy, Dante Ferretti — the renowned production designer who won Oscars for Hugo, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and The Aviator — first saw Disney’s 1950 animated Cinderella in a theater with his parents. Decades later, he was inspired by its grandeur when he watched it again, this time after being approached to do production design for Kenneth Branagh’s grand retelling of the classic story for Disney, which, since opening on March 13, has already topped $135 million worldwide. “I began doing a lot of research and ended up drawing the bulk of my
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- Carolyn Giardina
Ashley Judd Pressing Charges Over Rape Threats on Social Media
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Ashley Judd dared to tweet about a sports event, and people on Twitter responded with sexually violent threats against her. Now, Judd is pressing charges. On Sunday, Judd accused Arkansas of playing dirty against Kentucky while she tweeted from the audience at the SEC Championship basketball game. "In my impassioned game moment, I said something that, if I were in a more calm state of mind, I might have phrased differently," Judd told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on Monday. "I might have said, 'I feel really disappointed with what seems [like an] ultra-aggressive play.' Instead, I wrote, 'I
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- Lorena O'Neil
SXSW: If 'Get Hard' Offends, It's Doing It Right, Says Writer-Director
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It was the rare moment of audience antipathy at the cinematic lovefest known as South by Southwest. After the premiere of Get Hard, a new Warner Bros. comedy starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, a man asked the film's soft-spoken director, Etan Cohen, if he had been nervous to screen his "racist as f—" film to the public for the very first time. Cohen maintained composure and offered a thoughtful, if somewhat canned, response: "The truth was that this was a really delicate balance. We wanted to think about stereotypes but not go too far." This certainly wasn't the
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- Seth Abramovitch
George R.R. Martin Skipping Comic-Con to Focus on Next Book
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George R.R. Martin says he won't be at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Martin has been a mainstay of HBO's Game of Thrones panel since 2010, moderating his first three years and then sitting as a panelist for 2013 and 2014. But in a blog post Monday, Martin announced that he needed to buckle down on the next installment in the Song of Ice and Fire series, the long-awaited Winds of Winter. See more Game of Thrones': 20 Best Quotes Martin began the blog post by apologizing to fans who had planned to see
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- Aaron Couch
'Crazy Talk' Gets National Launch In Syndication for Fall 2015
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Crazy Talk, a comic look at TV clips, is being launched in September by NBCUniversal into national syndication, it was announced Tuesday. The show “is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud comedic show which raises an eyebrow on the most outlandish and sometimes bizarre moments across the rapidly growing reality television landscape. Our hosts will infuse a comical spin on these moments to create fantastic fodder for a daily show," said Ed Swindler, president, NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution and NBC Broadcast Operations. The daily half hour will be hosted by Tanisha Thomas (Bad Girls Club, Girlfriend Intervention) and Ben Aaron (New
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- Alex Ben Block
AP Issues Correction: Robert Durst Is Not a Former Limp Bizkit Member
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The Associated Press has issued a correction to a previous report regarding Robert Durst: The real estate scion, famous for his recent "killed them all" confession on The Jinx, is not in fact the former lead singer of '90s nu metal band Limp Bizkit. The correction read: "In the second item of the California 10th NewsMinute sent March 16 to users of the state broadcast wire, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Durst is a member of a band. He is a real estate heir; Fred Durst is the former frontman of Limp Bizkit." Read More Robert Durst Charged
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- THR Staff
'Blue Thunder' Remake Kicks Off Drone-Themed Film Frenzy (Exclusive)
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Columbia Pictures is bringing a remake of the 1983 action thriller Blue Thunder to the big screen. But this time, the airborne surveillance weapon will be a world's most advanced drone instead of a tricked out helicopter. Craig Kyle, a former Marvel Studios executive and writer, will pen a modern-day take on the film that starred Roy Scheider. Dana Brunetti, hot off the success of Fifty Shades of Grey, is producing Blue Thunder for his Trigger Street Productions. The move reunites Brunetti with his Fifty Shades producer Michael De Luca, who is now president of production at the studio
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- Tatiana Siegel
'American Horror Story: Hotel' Adds Wes Bentley
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Wes Bentley is staying in the American Horror Story family. The actor has joined the cast of season five's Hotel, showrunner Ryan Murphy announced Tuesday. "Thrilled to announce Wes Bentley will be a series regular on Ahs: Hotel," Murphy wrote. The casting keeps Bentley in the Ahs fold and comes after the actor — who starred in Murphy's former HBO pilot Open — recurred on Ahs: Freak Show as Edward Mordrake. Bentley joins a Hotel cast toplined by leads Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer, with Cheyenne Jackson set as a member of the ensemble. See more 'American Horror Story's' Most
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- Lesley Goldberg
Billboard Promotes Mike Bruno to Senior VP Digital Content
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Billboard said Tuesday that Mike Bruno, former digital content vp, has been promoted to senior vp digital content, effective immediately. "Mike Bruno's new role puts emphasis squarely on Billboard's digital evolution and success story," said Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media's Entertainment Group, which consists of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. "We've seen explosive record-setting growth in the last year since Mike joined, and we expect to continue on that path with enhanced content strategies, new digital and video offerings, and a continued presence as the industry’s must read and pulse." Read
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- Billboard Staff
TV Ratings: 'Dancing With the Stars' Returns to Premiere Low
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Dancing With the Stars was a bit humbled in its return on Monday night. Though the ABC series was still the night's most watched broadcast outing, averaging 14 million viewers, it fell six-tenths of a point from last spring's debut to a premiere low 2.0 rating among adults 18-49. See more 41 Broadcast Series That Are Already Renewed The show was also off four-tenths of a point from its latest fall cycle, leading into a steady Castle (1.5 adults). The Voice was still the top dog for Monday, though it fell half of a point
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- Michael O'Connell
China's Huayi Brothers Striking 18-Picture Deal With Stx
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The leading Chinese film and television company Huayi Brothers is planning to sign an ambitious three-year deal with Bob Simonds' new Stx Entertainment to make 18 films before the end of 2017. According to a regulatory statement filed with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the Huayi Brothers will co-produce, co-finance and retain distribution rights to the movies in Greater China. Huayi also would take a share of global revenues and profits. It would also mark the first time that a Chinese film company held the copyright to the co-produced films,
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- Pamela McClintock, Clifford Coonan
MGM Swings for Knockout in 'Raging Bull' Lawsuit
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On Monday, MGM was back in the squared ring of a courtroom with Paula Petrella, whose father wrote works that partly became the basis for Martin Scorsese Raging Bull. Petrella is suing MGM and 20th Century Fox over the continued distribution of the film, and while the defendants scored blows in the first round before the U.S. Supreme Court revived the case, she's still standing, being allowed to pursue copyright claims despite an 18-year delay in filing a lawsuit. This time, MGM isn't attacking the delay, but rather what was represented by her father when he got $200,
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- Eriq Gardner
'Community' Cast Shares 10 Things To Know About Season 6
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After five seasons as a bubble show on NBC, Community has seen pretty much everything: a fired (and rehired) showrunner, cast additions and departures, flashmobs, art shows, social media campaigns aimed at sponsors, and weekend-long conventions. For its sixth season, Community finds itself with a new, nontraditional home on Yahoo Screen, where the cult classic will be just as weird. "We feel loved — not that we needed to feel loved, but Yahoo came down and gave us this big spiel [about] being in movie theaters, doing signage, being [all over the place], and we were just silent at
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- Danielle Turchiano
Kathie Durst's Brother, Jeanine Pirro Believe 'The Jinx' Revelations Confirm Robert Durst's Guilt
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As Robert Durst waits to be extradited to L.A. on charges that he murdered his friend Susan Berman, the brother of Durst's wife, Kathie, who went missing in 1982 and whom Durst is suspected of killing, and former Westchester D.A. Jeanine Pirro believe the revelations the real-estate heir offered in HBO's documentary series The Jinx amount to an admission of guilt. McCormack said he thinks Durst's off-camera confessions, audio of which was played at the end of Sunday night's episode, include admitting he killed Kathie. Read More Robert Durst Charged With Murder in Death of Susan
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- Hilary Lewis
Kevin Hart Thinks Justin Bieber Cried at "Rough" Comedy Central Roast (Video)
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Kevin Hart talked about the experience of roasting Justin Bieber while on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday. "It went a little rough, I'm not going to lie," Hart said. "There were some moments where I was like, 'Justin's gonna cry in the car,' " he added. "There's no way that he's not going to cry." Hart said he got the feeling some of Bieber's laughs could have ended in tears. “I kept pointing at him like, ‘You better hold it back, boy,'” said Hart. “You don’t let them cameras see it come down.” He continued,
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- THR Staff
Oprah Winfrey Is Auctioning Off Her Chicago Belongings
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Oprah Winfrey is getting ready to clear out of Chicago — with an auction. The media mogul, who is transitioning Harpo Studios' company productions to Own headquarters in Los Angeles, is offering her personal belongings for sale at auction. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will conduct the auction on April 25 in its Chicago saleroom, with a preview spanning April 16 to 24. Read More Oprah Winfrey on Closing Harpo Studios, Own Expansion, Broadway Plans (Exclusive) The proceeds will benefit The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation, supporting the continued education of students from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls–South Africa as they continue
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- Ashley Lee
Rob Thomas: CW's 'iZombie' More 'Warm Bodies' Than 'Walking Dead'
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Life bites for Rose McIver's Olivia Moore, heroine of The CW's latest DC Comic take, iZombie from the creative team behind Veronica Mars. On track to become a heart surgeon, engaged to the man of her dreams, and with a bright future ahead of her, Liv finds her life transformed after zombies crash a boat party she wakes up in a body bag the next morning. Now a zombie, Liv is a shell of her former self — working in a morgue and eating the brains of the dead to survive. With the help of her fellow morgue colleague, Ravi
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- Bilal Mian
'Insurgent': Veronica Roth on Tris Holding Guns, That Mystery Box and Major Book-Movie Changes
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Ever since the Insurgent trailers showed Shailene Woodley's Tris holding a gun, fans were up in arms about a plotline clearly deviating from the second Divergent novel. In the book, Tris has difficulty holding a gun as she copes with the fact that she killed her friend Will. Author Veronica Roth spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about this specific difference while at the Insurgent premiere, held Monday at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. "I think having an action movie in which the heroine can't hold a weapon, then the whole movie is about her not being able to hold
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- Lorena O'Neil, Ashley Lee
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