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Oh, Snap! Lady Gaga Named Creative Director of Polaroid
2 hours ago
By Wrap Staff
Polaroid is looking to develop some instant credibility by signing Lady Gaga as its new creative director.
The near-defunct brand, whose instant film cameras were overrun by the arrival of digital photography, is seeking to reinvent itself as a licensing company that will put its name to everything from cameras to printers and television sets. Lady Gaga will develop a line of co-branded products as the company's creative director -- in other words, it's not »
- Josh Dickey
Hasselhoff Off 'America’s Got Talent '
2 hours ago
By Wrap Staff
David Hasselhoff announced that he's signing off "America's Got Talent," People.com first reported on Thursday and TheWrap has confirmed.
After four years on the hit NBC program, the former "Baywatch" star will leave the judge's table to Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan. The network has yet to confirm a replacement.
In an exclusive statement to People, Hasselhoff said he was planning do a new show now that his "Talent" »
- Brent Lang
Bruckheimer's CBS Medical Drama Booked for Fridays
2 hours ago
By Josef Adalian
CBS has announced the rest of its midseason plans, including a debut date for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced "Miami Medical."
En route to CES (because blogger rules demand I update you on my whereabouts at all times!) The CBS press release below:
Miami Medical, about a team of expert surgeons who thrive on the adrenaline rush of working at one of the premiere trauma facilities in the country while drawing upon their wit and irreverence to survive on the edge, debuts Friday, April 2 (10:00-11:00 Pm, Et/Pt). Miami »
- Adalian
WGA, Now Oppose Comcast-nbcu Deal
3 hours ago
By Ira Teinowitz
The Writers Guild, both East and West, Consumer’s Union, Common Cause and even the National Organization for Women on Thursday are among those who are banding together to oppose the $30 billion Comcast-nbc Universal deal.
In an open letter sent Thursday to the White House and to members of the Senate and House committees which will review the deal, the groups claim that the merger “will have a devastating effect on the media marketplace.” The 25 groups that signed the letters also included the American Cable Association, which represents smaller cable system operators; »
- Lew Harris
Ratings: ABC Laughs Big, 'People's Choice' Up
4 hours ago
By Josef Adalian
ABC's Wednesday comedy block returned strongly last night, while CBS' presentation of "The People's Choice Awards" upticked to a two-year high.
After a four-week break from originals, the ABC yukfests came back with a bang, particularly "Modern Family" (4.1/11 among adults 18-49) -- the night's No. 1 show in the demo. That's the best number for "Mf" since its premiere.
That helped ABC's "Cougar Town" (3.3/8), which finished 18 percent ahead of its last first-run telecast in December and scored its best demo rating since mid-October. Wedn »
- Adalian
DGA Nominates Bigelow, Cameron, Tarantino, Reitman, Daniels
4 hours ago
By Steve Pond
Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and Quentin Tarantino have received nominations for the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Feature Film in 2009.
The nominations were announced Thursday morning by DGA president Taylor Hackford. The five films represented by those directors -- "The Hurt Locker," "Avatar," "Precious," "Up in the Air" and "Inglourious Basterds" -- are all considered Oscar front-runners, and the directors were all favorites to receive DGA nominations.</p »
- Steve Pond
Denied: NBC Says Leno Not Canceled
4 hours ago
By Josef Adalian
Update 1:13 Pm Pdt
TMZ.com reports that after its Olympics hiatus on Feb. 1, "The Jay Leno Show" will move back to the 11:30 p.m. time slot. Citing sources it does not name, the report says it's not clear whether Jay's show, would be a half-hour lead-in to Conan O'Brien, or a full hour -- presumably sending O'Brien to the curb.
If any such a decision has really been made, it would be a complete surprise to the camp of O'Brien, who currently occupies the 11:30 slot, according to a person close to the situation who spoke to TheWrap.
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- Adalian
'An Education' Leads BAFTA 'Longlists'
5 hours ago
By Steve Pond
The Academy Awards may release a variety of shortlists, but the British Academy has a different tradition: longlists.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Thursday released the lists of the 15 films that have survived the first of three rounds of voting for the Orange British Academy Film Awards. (Fyi, Orange is the sponsor; it's like the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl or something.)
With 17 mentions, "An Education" pops up most often on the lists. "Inglourious Basterds" is two behind. Six of the mentions of "An Education&qu »
- Steve Pond
Cops Used Force on Reagan Grandson
5 hours ago
By Steven Mikulan
A Los Angeles Police Dept. spokesman tells The Wrap that officers used forced to subdue an unruly Cameron Reagan before arresting him early Thursday morning.
Officers were summoned to the 4700 block of Allott Ave. in Sherman Oaks at 12:20 a.m. to investigate an alarm call. Once on the scene they “spotted a man walking out of a back door.” The cops tried to speak to the 31-year-old Reagan (pictured here in an older photograph), who is the son of conservative talk-radio host »
- Steven Mikulan
DGA Open to Non-Members, But Not Animators
5 hours ago
By Steve Pond
The Directors Guild nominations are due shortly – Thursday morning, probably around 10:30 a.m. Pacific time. So before they arrive, and before pundits start deconstructing the meaning of who’s been nominated and who’s been overlooked, a quick lesson in what this particular guild is looking for:
The DGA has no rule requiring directors to be guild members in order to be nominated. Unlike the Writers Guild, it does not even require films to be signatories to the DGA contract. If a director is eligible to be represented by the guild, as all live-action directors are, »
- Steve Pond
Good Morning, Oscar: January 7
5 hours ago
By Steve Pond
In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news and notes from around the web, everybody’s talking about the guilds, both writers and directors.
Peter Knegt finds that “An Education” joins the three Weinstein Company movies as ineligible for the Writers Guild Awards. In this case, though, British writer (and WGA member) Nick Hornby seems to be the victim of a new rule that didn’t even exist when the film was made, according to what his reps tell Knegt. (indieWIRE)
Melena Ryzik, on the other hand, checked with the WGA and got a different story: Hornby is »
- Steve Pond
Scripps Channnels Black on Cablevision
6 hours ago
By the New York Times
Chris Birckhead came home Tuesday night hoping that his TiVo had recorded “Chopped,” his favorite show on the Food Network. Instead, it had recorded a looped commercial from Cablevision, his cable provider, saying the network’s owner, Scripps, had taken his show away.
About 3 million cable households in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been affected by a bitter argument between the cable provider and Scripps Networks over how much Cablevision subscribers should pay for the Food Network and Hgtv.
The feud has already dragged on for almost a week.
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- Lew Harris
Howard Stern Confirms Artie Lange Suicide Attempt
9 hours ago
By Dylan Stableford
Howard Stern told listeners of his Sirius satellite radio show on Monday that he wouldn’t be divulging details about the condition of his sidekick Artie Lange, who was hospitalized over the weekend.
But on Thursday, Stern reluctantly confirmed a New York Post report that the troubled comedian had attempted suicide.
Lange stabbed himself nine times, according to the report. His mother found him bloodied in his Hoboken, New Jersey apartment and called 911.</ »
- Dylan Stableford
The 3D Revolution Comes - Will the People Show Up?
14 hours ago
By Carolyn Giardina & Daniel Frankel
Part II Tomorrow: Holograms in the Home.
It’s no wonder the 3D hype machine is out in full force. With the success of James Cameron’s “Avatar,” it's been a very good year for the format. And starting Thursday, gadget makers, TV networks and movie studios at Las Vegas’ annual Consumer Electronics Show will ramp up the biggest home-entertainment technology push since high-def was foisted upon the populace a decade ago. The message is clear: the next wave of entertainment lies in 3D television. But what if the industry throws a 3D party and no one »
- Lew Harris
FX Circling TV Rights to 'Avatar'
15 hours ago
By Josef Adalian
"Avatar" has amazing FX -- and it soon could be aring on FX. The cable network, that is.
According to people familiar with the situation, the News Corp. - owned cable network is in discussions to acquire the initial broadcast rights to James Cameron's mega-blockbuster. The network had signaled its strong interest in the project even before the movie opened and started its domination of the box office.
On one level, FX's likely deal is a complete non-surprise. Because News Corp.'s film unit is distributing the movie, it's hard to imagine FX not having a leg up in nego »
- Adalian
Grilled: Creative Coalition's Bronk Defends Glaxo Funding
16 hours ago
In an article appearing in Thursday's New York Times, the non-profit Creative Coalition comes under scrutiny for agreeing to produce a documentary about obesity funded by GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical giant and maker of Allo, a weight-loss drug. The film is not yet made, but a director may be announced at the upcoming Sundance Festival. "While corporations back films all the time, it is rare for one to pay for a documentary with direct hopes that it will translate into bigger profits," the article states. "As a rule, documentary makers are an aggr »
- Sharon Waxman
Sean Penn: 'Hurt Locker' Most Significant Film in Years
16 hours ago
By Steve Pond
“The Hurt Locker” has picked up plenty of high-profile fans over the past year, starting with the critics groups that have named it the best film of the year. Kathryn Bigelow’s tense drama about a bomb disposal unit in Iraq has scored a rare trifecta with the three most prestigious groups – the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics – plus top honors from close to a dozen other critics groups.
And actor Robert Duvall said that the film was “the best movie I have seen in year »
- Steve Pond
Nikki's Deadline Expands, in a Way
17 hours ago
Nikki Finke has finally expanded, if you want to call it that.
Deadline.com, formerly DeadlineHollywoodDaily, made some big pronouncements six months ago after being bought by Jay Penske's Mail.com Media Corporation. Mmc announced its intention in June to hire a New York correspondent, which Finke told me in an interview at the time would happen "soon."
Since then, I get asked about once a week if I'm hearing when that might actually occur and with whom. I've no idea, but apparently Finke has decided to expand her reach nonetheless with interviews by Diane Hai »
- Sharon Waxman
Lautner, Bullock, Depp Win People's Choice Awards
18 hours ago
By Dylan Stableford
The 2010 People’s Choice Awards – a show that ostensibly kicks off the Hollywood awards season -- were handed out Tuesday at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater.
The 36th annual show, hosted by Queen Latifah, was broadcast live on CBS.
A record 60 million fan votes decided the winners, according to the show’s producers.
Sandra Bullock picked up two awards – one for favorite comedy movie (“The Proposal”) and another for favor »
- Dylan Stableford
Shaffner Wins Runoff For TV Academy Top Spot
18 hours ago
By Josef Adalian
TV Academy chairman and CEO John Shaffner has won a runoff battle and will serve another two-year term at the organization.
Shaffner defeated digital-focused Brian Seth Hurst, who had been second vice-chariman of the Academy. Last month, the two battled to a tie, leading to Wednesday night's runoff.
While Shaffner won, he now has the unenviable task of trying to keep the Emmy franchise alive. The Academy's deal with the Big Four broadcasters expires this fall, and early indications are the networks aren't rushing to re-up.
Check back for official details on the el »
- Adalian
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