The big surprise about today’s film nominations is how few surprises there are. The star-driven HFPA is known to want as many glamorous superstars crammed into its ceremony as possible, but more often than not lately, its choices have been in sync with the Academy.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of showbiz workers have responded to the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission's survey on sexual harassment, assault and bias in the entertainment industry, but Hill says she'd like to see thousands more take part in it.
"We have in the thousands right now, but we also know that this is a very big…
EXCLUSIVE:The CW has put in development Obsessed, a one-hour dark comedy from writer Jessica Amento, Sweet/Vicious creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and her Sutton Street Productions, and CBS Television Studios, where Urman is under a deal.
Written by Amento, Obsessed…
With three blond superstars leading the cast, you could be excused for thinking that a movie called Bombshell might mean something other than a fascinating, pertinent, timely and explosive look at the sexual harassment scandal that took down Fox News guru Roger Ailes. The fact is, in this instance, the term “bombshell”…
Warner Bros is more than willing to take on one of America's largest newspapers over claims that portion of the Clint Eastwood directed Richard Jewell movie are defamatory.
"The film is based on a wide range of highly credible source material," said the AT&T-owned studio today after being threatened with a defamation…
Ahead of the Dec. 19 theatrical release of Disney-Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! will do a primetime special on Dec. 16. It will feature director JJ Abrams and cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie…
It's back to the world of high finance for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its yet-to-open movie museum: On Monday, a spokesperson for the Academy Museum confirmed that another bond offering is in the making.
"The Academy made a financial decision, based on the current low interest rates, to take…
This week a special Golden Globes edition of Hero Nation Index…
The four Golden Globe nominations for Joker (including best motion picture-drama, best director, and best actor) are a nod to how far comic book cinema has come in terms of big-screen relevance and critical acclaim. But the shrug-and-snub that greeted HBO…
AT&T, which is trying to chip away at its large debt load and manage through a period of secular decline in its traditional pay-TV businesses, has set a round of price hikes at DirecTV and U-verse.
Beginning January 19, 2020, some customers of the satellite and cable outlets will see their monthly packages rise by $1…
During a moment in Monday’s impeachment hearing, NBC News broke away to provide a special report within their special coverage: The Justice Department’s inspector general just released its findings on how the FBI conducted the Russia investigation.
The conclusion: The origins of the Trump-Russia probe were not…
Verve is giving its assistants and mailroom employees a 25%-40% pay raise in response to #PayUpHollywood – the first known pay hikes tied directly to the movement since it was launched in October. Verve's move comes after it conducted an internal survey last month, which also prompted the talent agency to shorten…
Producers of Broadway's Tony-nominated Beetlejuicesaid Monday that the comedic musical based on Tim Burton’s 1988 cult movie will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6. A national tour is being mounted to kick off in fall 2021.
Beetlejuice the musical opened April 25, 2019 and was…
When it comes to categorizing, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been marching to its own beat. It nominated Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black in the drama field for the show’s first season in 2014, which was designated as a comedy at the Emmys later that year. The TV Academy re-classified the series as a…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
