Latest in Hurricane Sandy

The star-filled concert will be widely shown on TV and streamed online — but this should provide an opportunity for fans who don’t have a ticket to the Madison Square Garden event to enjoy a communal experience with immersive video and sound. National CineMedia will provide a feed of the 12-12-12 benefit over its…

Hollywood wasn’t the only big winner at the Thanksgiving holiday box office. Still smarting from the $8.5M dent Hurricane Sandy put in their coffers, Broadway shows reaped big receipts and broke records during all of Thanksgiving week. According to figures from The Broadway League, 31 shows scored $27.02M for the…

EXCLUSIVE: The entertainment industry continues to come together for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Jon Hamm will serve as Master of Ceremonies at We Hate Hurricanes, a night of comedy to benefit Sandy victims, on Monday, December 10th at Club Nokia at L.A. Live. Hamm will be joined by Aziz Ansari, Will Ferrell and Sarah…

UPDATE, 11:24 AM: Nielsen confirmed that it has “made a decision not to release November 2012 data for NY” due to Hurricane Sandy, which knocked out too many households in its survey. It also says, in a statement, that it will “continue to evaluate other markets” and “will provide an update on any days that will be…

After The Plane Crash and Terror At Sea: The Sinking Of The Concorida, the UK’s Dragonfly Film and Television will turn its forensic spotlight on another disaster with Sandy: Anatomy Of A Superstorm. The fast–turnaround documentary commission comes from BBC Two with an air date of November 18 in the UK. Using…

It’s a tough period for the Long Island-based cable company, not helped by a Q3 earnings report this morning that disappointed analysts and sent shares down more than 5%. Execs can’t estimate how much Hurricane Sandy might end up costing, although the company says the number could be “significant.” CEO James Dolan…

The official opening of the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross has been pushed from November 11 to December 8, following canceled rehearsals as a result of Hurricane Sandy, Playbill reports. The review release date for the Al Pacino-starring production of David Mamet's Pulitzer-winning play is December 10…

UPDATE: The final total from the fundraising initiative is more than $16.8 million. PREVIOUS: The total raised as of 11:30 PM ET from today’s Day Of Giving is $15,663,327. The final tally will be announced tomorrow morning. Disney/ABC Television Group announced late last week that it had designated Monday, November 5…

Los Angeles and New York (November 5, 2012)- The Screen Actors Guild Foundation (SAG Foundation) today announced that it has partnered with the Screen Actors Guild Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund (SAG MPPWF) to create a Superstorm Sandy Emergency Assistance Fund specifically to provide financial support grants to…

The one hour show, called Restore the Shore, will include cast members from MTV’s Jersey Shore as well as guests who’ll be announced later, and will air live on November 15 at 11:00 PM ET, with a tape delay for the west coast. The cable channel will use the funds to rebuild Seaside Heights’ boardwalk and support local…

20TH UPDATE, 2:50 PM: Refresh for latest… About 1.9 million homes and businesses remained without power today, down from 8.5 million across the East immediately after the storm. More than half of those still without power are in New Jersey. About 84% of New York City’s subway system should be restored by Monday…

This was without doubt the best laugh-out-loud SNL sketch of the fall season so far – NYC’s mayor and New Jersey’s governor address their constituents: