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The SNL Digital Shorts are hilarious, and Andy Samberg and his team are celebrating their 100th episode with an over-the-top party. Cameos galore, with "updates" to their classic shorts. My favorites include D--- In A Box and Chronicles of Narnia, among others. This 100th celebration is really … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) It's called YouToo and it bills itself as "the first Social TV Network." and it's definitely not to be confused with ... well, those other guys. And while it shares similar characteristics of a video streaming service, it also allows users to provide user generated … [Read more...]
By Sharon Waxman - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Judd Apatow, the modern master of human-scale comedy, sat down with TheWrap to review the Universal Studios archive in honor of the studio's 100-year anniversary this year. The writer-director of "Knocked Up," producer of "Bridesmaids" and director … [Read more...]
By Tim Molloy - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - For its upfront presentation to advertisers, CBS went big, broad and a little goofy - words that also describe many of its shows. The network's upfront at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Wednesday had the feel of a big, grinning victory lap - and not … [Read more...]
By Tim Molloy - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Hulk is getting awfully popular. With a third "Hulk" film increasingly likely given the success of "The Avengers," ABC is also pursuing its long-gestating plans for a "Hulk" TV series, ABC entertainment president Paul Lee said Tuesday. Disney's … [Read more...]
By Tim Kenneally - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The MTV Video Music Awards ceremony is getting some roomier new digs. MTV's annual awards ceremony is moving to Los Angeles' Staples Center this year, giving it a lot more elbow room than its previous location, the Nokia Theatre. The Staples … [Read more...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Howard Stern brought his Mr Nice Guy act to "America's Got Talent" on Monday, but fewer people watched the show compared to last year, despite the publicity over his arrival. Stern, 58, one of America's best-known "shock jocks", left bad language and sexually explicit … [Read more...]
LAS VEGAS, May 15 (UPI) -- Jordin Sparks and John Legend are to perform a tribute to late pop icon Whitney Houston at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas, ABC said Tuesday. Houston is to be posthumously honored with the 2012 Billboard Millennium Award at the event, which her … [Read more...]
By Tim Molloy - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - More Bristol Palin, anyone? ABC plans an all-star edition of "Dancing With the Stars" next season, the network announced Tuesday. We hear you grumbling: "Oh, they're going to try having stars, this time?" Yes. The network plans to take some of the most … [Read more...]
By Tim Molloy - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Fox is adding the new comedies "Ben and Kate" and "The Mindy Project" to its Tuesday lineup to create two hours of comedy, plus bumping "Glee" from Tuesday to Thursday and moving Kiefer Sutherland's "Touch" to Friday to create a sci-fi block with … [Read more...]
By Sabrina Ford - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For eight years, the women of Wisteria Lane battled alcoholism, cancer, cheating husbands and direct attempts on their lives, but in the TV series finale on Sunday, four "Desperate Housewives" lived a fairy tale ending. "This street is a lot of things, … [Read more...]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in German luxury TV maker Loewe jumped to a 10-month high on Monday on market talk of a potential offer from Apple. Web blog AppleInsider cited a person familiar with the matter as saying Apple was willing to pay 87.3 million euros ($113 million), or a 48 percent … [Read more...]
NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. cable network AMC says it has ordered 16-episode sophomore seasons of its unscripted series "Comic Book Men" and "Talking Dead." Executive produced by Kevin Smith, "Comic Book Men" delves "into fan-boy culture by following the antics in and around Smith's New Jersey … [Read more...]
By Jill Serjeant - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The struggling NBC network on Sunday announced 16 new TV shows - seven of them comedies - for the 2012-2013 season, and in a show of confidence said it will broadcast singing contest "The Voice" in the fall as well as the spring. NBC, which has been the … [Read more...]
LOS ANGELES, May 14 (UPI) -- Kim Spradlin, a 29-year-old Texan, has been declared the winner of "Survivor: One World" in Upolu, Samoa. She took home the $1 million top prize on Sunday night's 24th "Survivor" season finale. Sabrina Thompson, 33, from New York was the survival competition show's … [Read more...]
By Brock Cooper (doddleNEWS) I have talked about how the way a screenplay is written is rather formulaic. It’s the nature of the industry, and it’s difficult to get something made that breaks that formula, especially for a new writer. However, your plot can come from anywhere. The idea … [Read more...]
