Kevin Spacey Sings ‘Talk Dirty’ To ‘Tonight Show’: Video

By | Saturday May 3, 2014 @ 7:57am PDT

Kevin Spacey, the Hollywood Celeb most expected at tonight’s White House Correspondents Dinner who says he won’t show, would rather sing Jason Derulo’s Talk Dirty with Jimmy Fallon‘s barbershop quartet, Ragtime Gals — which he did last night:

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Adrian Lester Joins ‘Grey Lady’; Zach Woods Cast In ‘Spy’

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 6:40pm PDT

Adrian LesterAdrian Lester has joined the cast of director John Shea’s indie drama Grey Lady. He joins Eric Dane and Natalie Zea in the role of Johnson, a plainclothes Nantucket detective dealing with a killer who has disrupted the placid … Read More »

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Abrams Artists Sues ‘Ghost Adventures’ Producer Over Unpaid Commissions

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 5:35pm PDT

Abrams Artists AgencyThe agency is suing Zak Bagans and his production company for unpaid commissions tied to his deal with Travel Channel. In the 14-page complaint filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Abrams Read More »

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Will Yun Lee Joins HBO’s ‘True Blood’

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 4:25pm PDT

Will Yun Lee has beenwill yun lee1 tapped for a major recurring role on the upcoming seventh and final season of HBO‘s True Blood. He’ll play Mr Gus, a Japanese businessman living in Texas, whose bigger-than-life, urban cowboy … Read More »

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Warner Bros Slots ‘Geostorm’ For 2016

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 3:31pm PDT

Warner_Bros._Pictures_introWell, that sure didn’t take long. A mere half-hour after Paramount’s Beverly Hills Cop staked the first claim to March 25, 2016, it already has a challenger. Warner Bros just announced that it has pegged that date for Skydance’s … Read More »

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Paramount Sets ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Starring Eddie Murphy For Spring 2016

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 2:47pm PDT

Axel-FoleyAxel Foley will be making his long-awaited return to the big screen in about two years. Paramount today set a March 25, 2016, release date for Beverly Hills Cop, the fourth installment of the mega-grossing 1980s movie series that … Read More »

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Stacey Silverman Joins Universal TV As VP Drama Development

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 2:19pm PDT

staceysilverman1Universal TV is expanding its drama development team with the hire of Stacey Silverman as VP Drama Development. She starts June 1. Silverman will work alongside SVP Drama Erin Underhill, reporting to SVP Drama Development Russell Rothberg. Uni TV had … Read More »

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NBC News’ Chris Jansing Named Senior White House Correspondent, Peter Alexander Named National Correspondent

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 2:03pm PDT

nbcnews logoNBC News today named Chris Jansing as Senior White House Correspondent. Peter Alexander was named National Correspondent. Jansing will report primarily for NBC Nightly News,  providing day-to-day coverage of the Obama administration and White House politics. Alexander will report not only on the White House but also on national affairs beyond Washington DC.  Jansing will return to NBC News full time next month, relocating from New York to join Todd, Alexander, and Kristen Welker in the unit. MSNBC said it will announce Jansing’s replacement in the coming weeks.
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2014 Student Academy Awards Finalists

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 2:00pm PDT

oscars 45Beverly Hills, CA – Forty-one students from 23 U.S. colleges and universities as well as 10 students from foreign universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 41st Student Academy Awards competition. The winning students will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 7, at 6 p.m., at the DGA Theater in Hollywood.

The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):

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UPDATE: NatGeo Adjusting Upcoming Episode Of ‘Alaska State Troopers’ After Pair Killed In Confrontation

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 1:55pm PDT

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UPDATED: National Geographic Channel is working on an add to Thursday’s episode of Alaska State Troopers to pay tribute to the two troopers killed this week in a confrontation in a remote Alaska village. Sgt. Patrick Johnson and Trooper Gabriel Rich, who have been featured in the show in the past, were not with a film crew when they were killed, a network rep said. The two men, who were among an ensemble of troopers who participated in the series, had not been scheduled to appear in future episodes. Alaska State Troopers had returned to the network on April 10 for its sixth season. A NatGeo rep says the network is going through its schedule of franchise repeats to pull episodes that featured the two men, out of respect for their families.

“National Geographic Channel is incredibly saddened to learn of the loss of two Alaska State Troopers yesterday in the  village of Tanana, Alaska,” the channel said in a statement. “We have a long and proud association with the troopers, and consider them a member of our extended channel family.  We send our deepest condolences to their families and the entire Alaska State Trooper force”.
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Agents Michael Kirschner & Arielle Mesirow Join APA

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 1:53pm PDT

Arielle-Mesirow 1APA - Executive Portraits Photo by Craig T. Mathew/Mathew ImagingLess than a month after promoting four coordinators to agent, APA has hired a pair of new ones. Michael Read More »

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Helmer Malcolm Ingram Chronicles History Of LGBT Pro Athletes In ‘Out To Win’

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 1:00pm PDT

EXCLUSIVE: Sundance alum Malcolmmalcolmingram1 Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar) tackles the history and future of LGBT professional athletes in his new documentary Out To Win. Pic chronicles the present-day victories for LGBT athletes within a historical context of those who have … Read More »

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Fred Hashagen Moves To UTA From Paradigm

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 12:45pm PDT

UTA-logo-2011__120425192925__130420022433-e1366424741136After a three-year stint at Paradigm, Fred Hashagen has joined UTA as an agent in the talent department. He’ll be working out of the agency’s NYC offices. Hashagen’s clients include Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), John Milhiser (SNL), Jordan … Read More »

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ESPN Striking Hard With Far-Reaching Soccer World Cup Coverage

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 12:17pm PDT

ESPN_logoThe Worldwide Leader has been building up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in a big way for years — devoting much more airtime and bandwidth to soccer than most Americans are used to. Now it’s almost time for what ESPN hopes will be the big payoff. The cable sports behemoth today revealed its comprehensive coverage plans for the quadrennial tournament, which kicks off June 12 in BrESPN World Cupazil. Basically, if you have a screen that shows moving pictures, you can watch the World Cup. All 64 matches of the planet’s most popular sporting event will air on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and/or ABC as well as computers, smartphones, etc. And the sports giant will dedicate an entire month of 24/7 news, analysis and such on ESPN 3 and WatchESPN in the U.S. and worldwide via its multi-language soccer brand ESPN FC. The network also will launch a dedicated app and a redesigned global website this month. Here is a fun promotional spot from ESPN that focuses on the global passion for the World Cup — and for the hardcore, the network’s detailed Cup coverage plans are after the jump:

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Lifetime Orders ‘Child Genius’ Competition Docuseries

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 11:30am PDT

Think you have the brightest child in the U.S.? You may have a chance to find out. Lifetime has orderedLifetime_Logo_Vector_CMYK_1_Coral_031313_02__140206235544-275x275 eight episodes of new competition docuseries Child Geniusfor premiere later this year. Based on the popular UK format, … Read More »

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Weinstein Company Dates Three Pics

the-weinstein-company-logo (1)The Weinstein Company has dated three more films on its 2014 slate, all in prime position for awards season. TWC has set a September 26 limited release for The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby, a November 21 limited release … Read More »

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‘Good Morning America’ Expats Sam Champion And Josh Elliott Reunite On NBC’s The Weather Channel: Video

The two former GMA-ers talked about Elliott’s NBC Sports debut covering Kentucky Derby:

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Meera Rohit Kumbhani Joins Fox Comedy Series ‘Weird Loners’

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 8:28am PDT

Fox has rounded outMeera Kumbhani the cast of its comedy Weird Loners adding Meera Rohit Kumbhani as a series regular opposite Becki Newton, Nate Torrence and Zachary Knighton. Written by Michael Weithorn and directed by Jake Kasdan for … Read More »

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Paramount Taps Amy Reinhard To Oversee Worldwide TV And Home Media Acquisitions

By | Friday May 2, 2014 @ 7:10am PDT

ParamountLogo_newHOLLYWOOD, Calif– Amy Reinhard has been named President, Worldwide Television and Home Media Acquisitions for Paramount Home Media Distribution, it was announced jointly today by Dennis Maguire, President, Worldwide Home Media Distribution and Hal Richardson, President, Home Media Distribution. In her new role, Reinhard will oversee the worldwide sales and licensing of all content handled by Paramount across Pay TV, Broadcast, Cable and SVOD, as well as worldwide acquisitions for home media. In addition she will continue to drive business development initiatives worldwide.

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