In a deal that brings new life to one of Hollywood's better-known brands, Revolution Studios—founded by Joe Roth as a mini-major film and television producer in 2000–was purchased Wednesday by Content Partners and its CP Enterprises affiliate from the Fortress Investment Group, which has owned it since 2014. Terms…

From the moment Charlie Sheen made public on Today on November 17 that he has been HIV positive for at least four years, we all knew the lawsuits would be coming – and today the first one has. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, his former fiancée Scottine Ross claims the actor promised her bug bucks plus "five percent of…

Will we have the first American sitcom with openly HIV-positive star? Charlie Sheen, who yesterday publicly acknowledged his condition following a National Enquirer report, had been looking to topline another primetime comedy series. In the weeks leading to the admission, Sheen had been actively meeting with producers…

Justine Lupe (Francis Ha) has joined the cast of Cristela, ABC's semi-autobiographical multi-camera comedy co-created by and starring rising stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo. The show, co-written by Alonzo and Kevin Hench, tells the story of Cristela (Alonzo), an American Latina straddling two cultures while not…

The much-publicized exit of co-star Selma Blair from Charlie Sheen‘s FX series Anger Management has resulted in what Sheen told Jay Leno last night is “Anger Management 2.0” — which apparently means his character Charlie Goodson is now a little bit more like his old character Charlie Harper. “The problem was that…

Laura Bell Bundy has been cast in the new regular role on FX's Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management. She succeeds Selma Blair, who was let go a couple of months ago. Bundy, who starts this week, will play Charlie's new sex-study research partner, Dr. Jordan Denby, a brilliant psychologist whose recent divorce…

Jason Shuman and his Blue Star Entertainment filed the original $50 million lawsuit in April 2012, alleging that Anger Management producer Joe Roth reneged on an agreement with the consultant for work he had done for Roth's Revolution Studios on developing Anger Management into a TV series for FX. Roth later…

Charlie Goodson is getting a permanent nemesis. Brian Austin Green is joining the cast of Charlie Sheen‘s FX comedy Anger Management as a new regular. Green has been made a regular after a memorable guest stint as Charlie Goodson’s (Sheen) foil Sean. The character was introduced in the series’ first episode last year…

2ND UPDATE 6:10 PM: I’ve learned more details about Selma Blair‘s shocking dismissal from Anger Management. I hear Charlie Sheen “fired” her via text, in which he called the actress a “c–t”. And it was not the only abusive, expletives-filled text she had received from Sheen, who also serves as an executive producer on…

Production of the action movie is due to begin in August and the studio is in “advanced negotiations” with Jackie Chan, Wesley Snipes, Nic Cage and Milla Jovovich, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer told analysts this morning. In other production news, the exec says that four episodes of Anger Management will air on Fox in…

I hear actor Charlie Sheen has parted ways with longtime manager Mark Burg. It is unclear if the separation is permanent, but if the duo’s history is any indication, we shouldn’t bet on it. The two have had fallings-out before, most notably during Sheen’s epic spring 2011 meltdown, but they’ve reconciled. Even if…

Lindsay Lohan signed on to guest star as herself in an upcoming episode of FX’s Anger Management slated to air in April, marking her first TV gig since her Elizabeth Taylor turn in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick, In the episode, Lohan develops a romantic relationship with Sheen's character after becoming his therapy…