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A Sneak Peek Into Sirius' Howard Stern Negotiations
By Dylan Stableford Sirius chief executive Mel Karmazin offered a sneak peek this week into upcoming contract negotiations with Howard Stern. Karmazin was part of the Reuters Media Summit – a closed-door event peppered with media CEOs, but one in which only Reuters reporters are ...
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It's Holiday Feast, Not Flop, for 'Christmas Carol'
By Daniel Frankel A $30 million opening on an early November weekend is usually something to celebrate, but Disney found itself plenty second-guessed following the Nov. 6 premiere of “A Christmas Carol.” “Disney shakes things up amid Jim Carrey flop,” screamed a ...
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Buenas Noticias: 'Ugly Betty' Gets a Better Timeslot
By Josef Adalian There's some pretty good news for the producers of "Ugly Betty." Industry insiders confirm that ABC will move the comedy soap opera to Wednesdays at 10 by next month, freeing the show from its current 9 p.m. Friday death slot. Speculation about such a shift ...
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Jewison to Receive DGA's Top Honor
By Wrap Staff Norman Jewison will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction, the top honor bestowed by the Directors Guild of America, at the 62nd annual DGA Awards on Jan. 30. “We are truly honored to present the Lifetime ...
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Did Tiger Play the Second Hole?
By The Steven Mikulan On the day when the President of the United States was scheduled to make the most important announcement of his administration, the Great American Living Room has been obsessed, instead, by news that Tiger Woods had an affair with a woman who was not only not his wife, ...
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Simon Says: Internet May Be "X Factor" For New Cowell Show
By Josef Adalian Simon Cowell's long journey to bring Brit hit "The X-Factor" may be taking a few new twists. Cowell and partner Sir Philip Green are in talks to mount "X" Stateside as a pay-per-view Internet-based talent show, according to an interview with the duo in ...
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T Bone Burnett Joins Epix' 'Tough Trade'
By Wrap Staff T Bone Burnett has been named executive musical producer and an executive producer for Lionsgate's "Tough Trade," the first original series pilot for Epix, the multiplatform entertainment service from Viacom and its Paramount Pictures unit, MGM Studios and ...
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'This New House' Spotlights Latest Home Construction Techniques
By Wrap Staff DIY Network and This Old House Ventures are partnering on primetime series "This New House" to premiere on DIY Network in the third quarter of 2010.  Co-hosted by current "This Old House" host Kevin O'Connor and DIY Network's Amy ...
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Cameron Breaks New Ground with 'Avatar' Game
By John Gaudiosi For years, the videogame industry has made games based on properties that writer/director/producer James Cameron has created or filmed, including “Aliens” and “The Terminator.” But he wasn't involved in those -- they were straight licensing deals. ...
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Details Emerge on Byrne's Digital Media Company
By Dylan Stableford Today is executive editor John Byrne’s last day at BusinessWeek. Tomorrow Bloomberg officially takes over following its acquisition of the magazine in October, and Byrne – editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek.com and one prolific tweeter – is leaving to form a ...
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Spirit Awards Winners and Losers
By Steve Pond Most awards contenders, let’s face it, were in pretty much the same shape after the Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced as they were beforehand. Film Independent, the organization that presents the awards and assembles its nominating committees, did its ...
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J-Lo's Ex in Court Without a Tie or Lawyer
By Steven Mikulan Ojani Noa arrived for court this morning dressed in a dark sports coat and open-collared blue shirt. The Cuban-born chef, a darkly handsome and cocky man, clutched a pair of expensive sunglasses in one hand. The only thing he didn’t bring to the Stanley Mosk ...
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Film L.A. Launches Online Location Scouting Tool
By Wrap Staff Film L.A. on Tuesday launched LocoScout, an online location library of public properties and parking resources available for filming. The site offers high-quality, large-format photos of properties from each of the five school districts served by Film L.A. There are nearly 60 ...
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Imagine Joins Ranks of Reliance's 'Creative Partnerships'
By Wrap Staff Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment has joined the list of Hollywood production companies who have signed development/production financing deals with Reliance Big Entertainment. Reliance is the media and entertainment arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance ...
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No Rockefeller Tree? NBC Union Balks
By Wrap Staff Is there a grinch at Rockefeller Center this year? The union that represents about 3,000 of NBC's producers, writers and technicians is threatening to pull the plug on Wednesday night's tree-lighting telecast unless stalled negotiations for a new contract get back on track. The ...
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Disney: 'Regis Back in January'
Home > television Disney: 'Regis Back in January' Published: December 01, 2009 EMAIL PRINT Keywords Regis Philbin Hip Surgery return Live Slideshow Late-Night Talk Shows' Colorful History -- and Future Since Arsenio Hall's ...
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'Hoarders' Cleans Up in Ratings
By Josef Adalian  Viewers just can't seem to let go of "Hoarders." The second season premiere of A&E's reality documentary series, about folks who are unable to throw things away, cleaned up in the ratings Monday. It drew 3.2 million viewers, 1.9 million of whom were ...
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Madden in Talks to Direct 'My Fair Lady' Remake
By Variety John Madden is in talks to direct Columbia Pictures' remake of the classic musical "My Fair Lady." Madden, who is completing production on Helen Mirren starrer "The Debt" for Miramax and Marv Films, will ramp up the search for his leading lady and man in the ...
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Spirit Awards Nominations a Fiery Process
By Steve Pond The Independent Spirit Awards nominations are chosen not by a large group like the Academy mailing in their ballots in secrecy, but by little more than a dozen people sitting around a living room talking about movies. That’s part of the fun of it – even when the ...
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FX Sets End Date for 'Nip/Tuck' and Premieres for Three Newcomers
By Josef Adalian  FX will use the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" to help launch its buzzworthy new comedy "Archer." Announcing its midseason plans Tuesday, the cable network also revealed premiere dates for the final season of "Nip/Tuck" and season three ...
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