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| Taylor Swift paints love "Red" in new album Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 07:30 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop star Taylor Swift has won over a legion of devoted fans in the past six years with her raw, honest lyrics of romance and heartbreak. Now, at the grand age of 22, the five-time Grammy winner is says her new record "Red," to be released on Monday, "the most adventurous album I've ever made." "'Red' is really kind of diary entries of the last two years of my life," Swift told Reuters in a telephone interview. "There were beginnings and ends and there were ups and downs, and lessons that I learned and then had to learn all over again the exact same way ... ... Full Story | Top |
| TV stations getting rich from misleading Super PAC ads, watchdog group says Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Television stations are getting rich by airing political ads from Super PACs and other outside groups that station officials know are misleading, a Washington public interest watchdog group charged Thursday. In an e-mail blast, the watchdog group Free Press asked the public to protest the broadcast industry's refusal to check facts in ads sponsored by independent political groups during the current election cycle. Some political analysts project that TV stations will reap more than $3. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Copper" gets 2nd season from BBC America Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Copper" has locked up another run. BBC America has given the green light to a second season of "Copper," the first original scripted series for the network. The renewal comes ahead of the season one finale of the series, which airs October 21 at 10 p.m. The series stars Tom Weston-Jones as detective Kevin Corcoran, a rugged Irish immigrant cop who's seeking justice for the powerless in 1864 New York City. The order expands the second season to 13 episodes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Shailene Woodley Boards 'Divergent,' Latest Young Adult Phenom Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:51 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shailene Woodley is set to join "Divergent," hoping, no doubt, that the futuristic adventure will have the same propulsive effect on her career that "The Hunger Games" had on Jennifer Lawrence's rise to stardom. Summit Entertainment said Thursday that "The Descendants" star is in final negotiations to join the film, which the studio sees as a potential young adult franchise. Like "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight," "Divergent" is based on a best-selling book and will arrive on screen with a devoted fan base. ... Full Story | Top |
| Andy Samberg to Star in Mike Schur Police Comedy Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:50 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Andy Samberg definitely isn't letting the grass grow under his feet after departing "Saturday Night Live." Samberg, who left "SNL" in June, has signed on to star in an upcoming project from "Parks and Recreation" co-creator and showrunner Mike Schur. The untitled project, which has received a pilot order from Fox, is about a diverse group of police detectives in New York City. Schur is co-writing the project with "Parks and Recreation" writer Dan Goor; both will executive-produce. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Emmanuelle' Star and Erotic Film Pioneer Sylvia Kristel Dead at 60 Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:49 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sylvia Kristel, who played the title character in the groundbreaking erotic film "Emmanuelle," has died at the age of 60, the AFP reports. Kristel, who had been suffering from cancer and was hospitalized earlier this year following a stroke, died in her sleep Wednesday night in the Hague, her talent agency said. The actress was thrust into the spotlight in 1974 with the release of her big-screen debut "Emmanuelle," which chronicled the sexual exploits of a young woman traveling in Asia. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'The Sessions' review: sex-surrogate story works better in bed than in church Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:44 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - On paper, it sounds like a misguided collaboration between the Lifetime network and the Playboy Channel - a 36-year-old paralytic who spends most of his time in an iron lung hires a sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity. Based on a true story, to boot. Miraculously, "The Sessions" avoids the kind of squickyness that Hollywood usually drizzles over its uplifting movies about the physically challenged, mainly because its subject, poet and journalist Mark O'Brien, was in real life far too smart and self-deprecating for that kind of sentimental head-patting. ... Full Story | Top |
| Louvre, Versailles Palace weigh in on French art tax row Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:06 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Top Paris art galleries and the Palace of Versailles have weighed in against an unpopular push to extend wealth tax to art, complaining in a letter to the government that such a move could drive historic collections out of France. The daily Liberation printed an excerpt from a letter it said was signed by the heads of the Louvre, Versailles, the Musee d'Orsay, the Pompidou Centre and others and sent to the culture minister and President Francois Hollande, saying the tax would crush the art world. ... Full Story | Top |
| Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel to wed this week: Us Weekly Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 04:12 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actors Justin Timberlake and fiance Jessica Biel will be walking down the aisle in a star-studded wedding ceremony this week in Italy, according to celebrity magazine Us Weekly. The couple threw a casual pre-wedding party on Wednesday in Puglia, Italy, at the Cala Masciola beach on the Adriatic Sea, the magazine said. Guests included comedian Andy Samberg, who co-starred with Timberlake in an Emmy-winning "Saturday Night Live" digital short and the film "Friends With Benefits," a romantic comedy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bill Clinton, Springsteen rock Ohio for Obama Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 04:10 PM PDT  PARMA, Ohio (Reuters) - Rock star Bruce Springsteen and political star Bill Clinton teamed up on behalf of President Barack Obama on Thursday, hoping to drum up support in a state crucial to the Democrat's re-election hopes. Springsteen sang songs about working-class struggles and cited Obama's work in his first term while former president Clinton took a swipe at Republican candidate Mitt Romney's economic plans. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Paranormal Activity 4" will dominate box office, but how will Tyler Perry do without his dress? Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 03:49 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The shaky cams and cheap thrills of "Paranormal Activity 4" should provide another box-office bounty for Paramount this weekend, but the more intriguing question is how will Tyler Perry do without his dress? The studio is projecting a $35 million to $40 million bow for "Paranormal Activity 4," and industry analysts say it could go even higher. The horror thriller will get a jump on the weekend with 9 p.m. Thursday screenings at an undisclosed number of its 3,300 locations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brendan Fraser to star in TNT pilot 'Legends' Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 03:30 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Mummy" star Brendan Fraser has a new gig all wrapped up. Fraser will star in the TNT pilot "Legends," the network said Thursday. "Legends," based on a book by spy novelist Robert Littell, centers on Martin Odum, a deep-cover operative who has a chameleon-like ability to transform himself into a different person for each mission. The pilot, which is produced by Fox 21, will be executive-produced by Howard Gordon ("Homeland"), Jeffrey Nachmanoff ("The Day After Tomorrow"), Alexander Cary ("Homeland") and Jonathan Levin ("Charmed"). Full Story | Top |
| Court filing hints at possible Dish, Cablevision settlement Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 03:04 PM PDT (Reuters) - The high-profile legal battle pitting Dish Network against Cablevision took another unexpected turn on Thursday when the court electronically posted an entry that pointed to a potential settlement. Voom HD, a former Cablevision unit, sued Dish in 2008, saying the satellite television distributor violated a 15-year deal to carry HD programming and should pay $2.4 billion in damages. The trial has been unfolding in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan since September 28. On Thursday, the court posted a docket entry dated October 22 that said "9:30 AM Poss. Settlement. ... Full Story | Top |
| After 79 years in print, Newsweek goes digital only Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 02:52 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Newsweek, one of the most internationally recognized magazine brands in the world, will cease publishing a print edition after nearly 80 years. The decision to go all-digital underscores the problems faced by newsweeklies, as more consumers favor tablets and mobile devices over print in an increasingly commoditized, 24-hour news cycle. The final print edition of the weekly current affairs magazine will hit newsstands on December 31. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tweeting pianist Say denies Turkish religious insult charge Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 02:32 PM PDT  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish concert pianist Fazil Say's exuberance has won him fans around the world, but it has also helped land him in court as a cause célèbre for those alarmed by Turkey's creeping Islamic conservatism. On trial for insulting religion in citing a thousand-year-old poem on his Twitter account, the 42-year-old performer and composer told a first brief hearing in Istanbul on Thursday that he denied the charge, which can carry an 18-month sentence. ... Full Story | Top |
| Deadmau5 brings mouse power to electronic dance music Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 02:12 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Deadmau5 may be one of the rising stars in the electronic dance music phenomenon sweeping the United States - but don't call him a DJ. And while the Canadian is currently enjoying his biggest commercial success so far, he's not happy about finding himself high up on music rich lists. "I'm a producer, I produce music, I'd be pretty hard pressed to find a lineup of ... DJs that have played exclusively their own produced music," Deadmau5, real name Joel Zimmerman, told Reuters in an interview. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rolling Stones rehearsing 70 songs for upcoming gigs Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 02:10 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Mick Jagger said the Rolling Stones had rehearsed around 70 songs for a series of 50th anniversary concerts later this year, and guitarist Keith Richards assured fans the veteran British rockers would "deliver". The four Stones appeared on the red carpet on Thursday for the world premiere of "Crossfire Hurricane", a documentary charting the meteoric rise to fame and fortune following their debut in London in 1962. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actor John Hawkes: A familiar face to reluctant fame Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 02:01 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unlike some actors, John Hawkes dislikes being recognized and does not crave attention. It distracts people from believing his transformations, he says quietly, of which there have been many. In role after role, he has remained anonymous, so much so that eyebrows were raised when he was nominated for best supporting actor last year for "Winter's Bone. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs' goes to Lightning Entertainment Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Lightning Entertainment has acquired the international rights to "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," a documentary about the war on drugs co-produced by Bert Marcus and "Entourage" star Adrien Grenier. The film, which features interviews with 50 Cent, Eminem, Arianna Huffington, Woody Harrelson and high-level government officials, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to wide acclaim, prompting Tribeca Films to snap up the domestic rights. It will be released theatrically and on VOD in more than 40 million homes next year. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Animal Practice" Put to Sleep Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:53 PM PDT NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Animal Practice," a key part of NBC's strategy of unveiling broader comedies this season, is being euthanized. The low-rated veterinary comedy, starring Justin Kirk and an adorable Capuchin monkey, is the second casualty of the fall TV season after CBS's "Made in Jersey." NBC hyped the show heavily for advertisers and critics as it promoted plans to go for broader sitcoms, rather than the cerebral, narrow comedies that have dominated its Thursday nights. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ewan McGregor will star in "born to Be King", Kate Hudson next? Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:43 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ewan McGregor will star in filmmaker Peter Capaldi's romantic comedy, "Born to Be King," with Kate Hudson in negotiations to star opposite McGregor, it was announced Thursday by Indomina Releasing, the worldwide distribution division of The Indomina Group. Capaldi is set to direct the film from his own screenplay. Indomina Releasing will handle worldwide sales rights to the film and will begin shopping to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market (AFM). ... Full Story | Top |
| Donald Trump whines: "Now my Newsweek covers mean nothing" Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:41 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Donald Trump is feeling Newsweek's pain - right in his trophy case. The "Apprentice" star and presidential campaign flirt took to Twitter Thursday to put the magazine's decision to end its print edition in the proper context. "Now my Newsweek covers mean nothing - they lost all credibility," Trump tweeted. "TIME to follow?" Trump appeared a handful of times on the magazine's cover both for his role overseeing the NBC reality show and for his work running a real estate empire with a penchant for plastering his last name on buildings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Movie awards? Stupidest thing in world, says Joaquin Phoenix Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:34 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Actor Joaquin Phoenix, currently gaining Hollywood buzz for his role in "The Master," says he wants no part in the movie industry awards season, calling the awards "stupid" and "subjective." In a lengthy interview in the November edition of Interview magazine, the 37-year-old actor said he was dreading the possibility of having to take part in the media circuit for Hollywood's awards season, which culminates with the Oscars in February. "I don't want to be a part of it. I don't believe in it" Phoenix said. ... Full Story | Top |
| WSJ Launches Korean Site Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:21 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Wall Street Journal announced Thursday the release of a Korean-language site, days after the New York Times launched a site translated into Portuguese to target Brazilian readers. The site surpassed two million pageviews while in its beta mode this week, the newspaper said. Earlier this week, the Times - its main rival in the squeezed broadsheet market - expanded its international push by adding a Portuguese site, weeks after launching a Mandarin-language translation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations: 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Bernie' up for top prize Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:19 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Bernie," "The Master" and "Moonrise Kingdom" are among the films vying for top honors at this year's Gotham Independent Film Awards. Shut out from the race for Best Feature were "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The Silver Linings Playbook," both of which have created a stir at major film festivals and are viewed as likely Oscars contenders. "Beasts" and "Silver Linings" both earned nods for their ensemble casts, while the former also picked up nominations for breakthrough director and actor for Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis, respectively. ... Full Story | Top |
| Warner Bros. Wins Big Ruling in Superman Copyright Case Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:14 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warner Bros. is one step closer to owning the Man of Steel outright. The company, which owns D.C. Comics, scored a substantial victory in U.S. District Court in Central California on Wednesday, as Judge Otis D. Wright granted DC's motion for partial summary judgment. At issue was whether DC's agreement with Superman co-creator Joe Shuster's sister, Jean Peavy - Shuster's sole heir and estate executor - precludes a 2003 copyright termination notice filed by Shuster relative Mark Warren Peary. ... Full Story | Top |
| How "Walking Dead" May Become TV's Top Scripted Show Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 01:12 PM PDT  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Could AMC's "The Walking Dead" become the top-rated scripted show on TV? Yes. It looks distinctly possible that a zombie show, based on a comic book, on a network no one paid much attention to just five years ago, could end the season ahead of juggernauts like "Modern Family" and "Big Bang Theory" in the most coveted demographic on television. At the very least, it could easily emerge as TV's top drama in the demo. No cable series has ever finished an entire season as TV's top-rated scripted show. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper Flavor Flav freed on bail in Las Vegas assault case Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 11:49 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Rap star Flavor Flav of the group Public Enemy is free on $23,000 bail and will appear in a Las Vegas court next week on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence battery, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. The charges stem from a report of a fight by the 53-year-old rapper's fiancé. Flavor Flav, whose given name is William Drayton Jr, was also said to have threatened the woman's teenage son with a knife, police said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ben Coccio Circling Indie Noir "Downers Grove" Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 11:33 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ben Coccio is in talks to direct the independent feature film, "Downers Grove," which follows an American high-school senior who must escape a curse of death, a person familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Coccio has submitted an outline on the project, which is in the process of being revamped. As previously announced, the film is being financed by Myriad Pictures, and produced by Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento. Bret Easton Ellis, pictured, wrote the screenplay, which is based on Michael Hornburg's book of the same name. ... Full Story | Top |
| Author James Patterson says Tyler Perry will "wow" as Alex Cross Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 11:28 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Author James Patterson may have sold more than 260 million books worldwide, but he still has not tired of the thrills as his fictional detective, Alex Cross, once again comes to life on the big screen in the upcoming film "Alex Cross". Patterson's protagonist, homicide detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross, has already been adapted onto the big screen by actor Morgan Freeman in 1997's "Kiss the Girls" and the 2001 thriller "Along Came a Spider". For the latest film, out in U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Danish play debunks Norwegian mass murderer Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 10:38 AM PDT  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The hate-filled, racist views of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik are the subject of a new play which premiered in a small Danish theatre this week. Less than two months after Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing 77 people, director Christian Lollike shines a spotlight on the killer's 1,500-page manifesto in an effort to explore Breivik's views and consider whether he is part of a new radical right-wing movement or a deviant loner. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fans, foes and all five Star Trek captains in UK meet Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 09:52 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Klingons, Romulans, Vulcans and thousands of Star Trek fans will descend on London this weekend to celebrate one of the world's best-loved television and film franchises at a convention that will have all five starship captains in attendance. "Destination Star Trek London" will see captains, played by actors William Shatner (Captain Kirk), Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway) and Scott Bakula (Captain Archer), mingle with "trekkies" at a three-day convention in London's ExCel arena. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hepburn to Harry Potter: Hollywood costumes in UK show Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 09:02 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - From Charlie Chaplin to Marilyn Monroe, more than 130 silver screen costumes covering a century of cinema are on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in an exhibition that celebrates the role of the designer in film-making. "Hollywood Costume", which opens on October 20 and runs until January 27, offers a chance to see many of the most famous movie get-ups on public display for the first time. "This is the first exhibition on this scope and scale", Keith Lodwick, one of the exhibition's curators told Reuters in an interview at the show's preview. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Silence" is golden for composer John Cage's legacy Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 09:01 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - American avant-garde composer John Cage staged one of the world's first "happenings", used a remote-controlled blimp in one of his operas and turned a piano into a percussion orchestra, but in his centenary year he is perhaps best known for a piece anyone can perform in his or her head. ... Full Story | Top |
| Springer CEO says "free beer" era for internet ending Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 08:19 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's largest newspaper publisher will introduce a paywall for its flagship national daily Die Welt by the end of this year and is confident competitors will follow suit, Axel Springer Chief Executive Mathias Doepfner said. In an interview with Reuters, Doepfner said he believes the ruinous "free beer for everyone" era of giving content away on the internet may be ending, as paying users are not only proving more valuable for publishers, but crucially for advertisers too. ... Full Story | Top |
| "The Casual Vacancy" holds top spot on U.S. bestseller list Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 08:04 AM PDT (Reuters) - For the third consecutive week J.K. Rowling's first adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy," topped the Publishers Weekly's bestseller list. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "The Casual Vacancy" by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown, $35.00) 1 2. "NYPD Red" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown, $27.99) - 3. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett (Dutton, $36.00)3 4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25.00) 4 5. "Mad River" by John Sandford (Putnam, ... Full Story | Top |
| "Emmanuelle" star Sylvia Kristel dies in Amsterdam Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 08:00 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, best known for her roles in soft-porn films in the 1970s particularly the French hit "Emmanuelle", has died in Amsterdam at the age of 60, according to her agent. Over a 30-year career she starred in more than 50 international feature films. But she shot to fame with Emmanuelle in 1974, an erotic story set in Bangkok about a bored housewife, her husband, and their many companions. That was followed by work with directors including Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Chabrol and Roger Vadim. ... Full Story | Top |
| Guitar Heroine: Joanne Shaw Taylor a rare axe-woman Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 07:37 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Rock and blues fans who missed out on hearing Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan in their heyday could have done worse than listen to a 21st century incarnation in London this week. Thumping chords and wailing guitar runs enraptured an audience at the Leicester Square Theatre in much the same way that those late "rock gods" used to. Only this performance came from a goddess - Joanne Shaw Taylor - a 27-year old Detroit-based Englishwoman whose musical style and audacious guitar skills can easily cause a double-take on the part of those who stumble upon her unprepared. ... Full Story | Top |
| BBC says broadcasts disrupted in Middle East Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 06:32 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC said on Thursday that broadcasts had been disrupted in the Middle East and Europe, just weeks after its satellite transmission provider accused Iran of trying to jam U.S. and European programs.. Britain's public broadcaster did not say who was interfering with the signal, but the company which transmits some of its programs, Paris-based Eutelsat, said on October 4 that Iran had been deliberately jamming satellite signals. ... Full Story | Top |
| Book Talk: Ghosts, grief and great love in China Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 05:32 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - After Samuel Pickens loses the love of his life, he travels the world to forget her - only to find her mirror image in the court of Imperial China, where he falls in love with one of the Emperor's wives. The lyrical "My Last Empress" is a novel by Da Chen, who grew up in a small Chinese village and graduated from Columbia Law School before turning to writing with the acclaimed memoir "Colors of the Mountain." Da, who has described writing the memoir as "swimming in the depth of the river that is my life," spoke with Reuters about writing and his latest book. ... Full Story | Top |
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