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By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski (Reuters) "Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest installment in the classic intergalactic franchise, blasted to the top of movie box office charts with $70.6 million in weekend ticket sales at theaters in the United States and Canada. The new 3D voyage for … [Read more...]
By Heath McKnight (doddleNEWS) Here's the latest teaser trailer for Anchorman 2! It's similar to the first, but pretty funny. The film is shooting now for a late 2013 release. I love the first one, so I hope this is great. … [Read more...]
Are his Kickstarter pledges necessary anymore? By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Last week, Zach Braff (SCRUBS) turned heads online by raising over $2.5 million on Kickstarter for his next indie feature. The news came from Cannes that Worldview Entertainment will provide funding for WISH I WAS HERE … [Read more...]
By Todd Cunningham - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) "Iron Man 3" was soaring past $1 billion at the worldwide box office Thursday, in a display of world domination that would make one of Marvel's super villains proud. The box-office bounty - roughly $700 million from abroad and $300 million domestically … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) After 50 years the James Bond franchise arguably reached its zenith with the last installment Skyfall (2012). Unfortunately, despite that film grossing over $1 billion, director Sam Mendes declined the opportunity to helm the sequel. But it seems producers Barbara … [Read more...]
By Belinda Goldsmith - CANNES (Reuters) After countless broken bones and smashed teeth, Jackie Chan has given up doing his own stunts and wants more serious roles but the Kung Fu actor says he will never stop being an action star despite earlier plans to quit big action movies. At the Cannes … [Read more...]
By Sharon Waxman - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) The news that activist shareholder Dan Loeb invited Sony to spin off its entertainment property had the entertainment industry buzzing this week: Who is Dan Loeb and what does he want with Hollywood? The manager of the $12.9 billion hedge fund Third Point … [Read more...]
By Jeff Sneider - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) Paul Thomas Anderson continues to cast his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel, "Inherent Vice," as Martin Short and Jena Malone are the latest additions to the star-studded ensemble, TheWrap has learned. Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to a … [Read more...]
By Jeff Sneider - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) Hot off his buzzed-about horror movie "The Cabin in the Woods," Drew Goddard is in negotiations to write and direct "The Martian" for Fox. Based on the e-book by Andy Weir, "The Martian" follows an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars and must figure out … [Read more...]
By Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Google Inc launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. With its new service, … [Read more...]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) Warner Music won EU regulatory approval on Wednesday to buy the Parlophone Label Group from Vivendi's Universal Music Group for 487 million pounds ($743.01 million). World No. 1 recorded music company Universal is selling Parlophone, whose artists include Coldplay and Daft … [Read more...]
CANNES (Reuters) Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's "Nymphomaniac", one of the most hotly anticipated movies of 2013 for its erotic content and all-star cast, will open in theatres on Christmas Day, the producers said on Thursday. The provocative director, expelled from the Cannes film festival in … [Read more...]
By Heath McKnight (doddleNEWS) Friday's Funny Feature is Star Wars-centric... While promoting the new Star Trek Into Darkness on Jimmy Kimmel Live, JJ Abrams takes audience suggestions about Star Wars: Episode VII. Similar to the bit Jimmy did with Harrison Ford taking audience members' … [Read more...]
By Piya Sinha-Roy - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) The doors of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch closed for the last time on Thursday as NBC's "The Office" wrapped up after a nine-season run with a nostalgic finale featuring a long-awaited wedding and the return of the show's biggest star, Steve … [Read more...]
By Patricia Reaney (Reuters) Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol" on Thursday, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007. Glover, 23, defeated country singer Kree Harrison in the popular vote with her … [Read more...]
(Reuters) "Saturday Night Live" cast member Seth Meyers said on Thursday that he will stay on at the NBC live television comedy show until the end of the year, before he begins hosting the network's "Late Night" talk show in February 2014. Meyers, 39, will take the reins from Jimmy Fallon on … [Read more...]
