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Gotham Renewed For Season 2
FOX announced today at the Television Critics Association that Gotham has been renewed for a 2nd season.
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Steven Spielberg Hopes To Direct Chris Pratt In Indiana Jones Reboot
Here’s a good one to chew on as we head off to the pre-Oscar parties. Last month, I reported that Steven Spielberg wants Chris Pratt to anchor the rebirth of Indiana Jones that is being developed at Disney. It’s very early days, but my sources tell me that, assuming a script comes in to his satisfaction, Spielberg hopes to direct that film. He directed the first four with Harrison Ford as the swashbuckling archaeologist.
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2 Hollywood top cops won't be fined for deleting Internal Affairs files
Two high-ranking Hollywood cops under investigation for deleting Internal Affairs files won't be paying a fine after all, a judge decided Wednesday. Maj. Norris Redding and Ken Haberland, assistant police chief when the Broward State Attorney's Office began its investigation, were facing a maximum fine of $500 each.
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Cartoon Network's 'Adventure Time' Heads To Big Screen At Warner Bros.
Adventure Time, one of the most popular shows on Cartoon Network, is being developed at Warner Bros. for the big screen as an animated feature. Adventure-Time-Screensaver_1Created by Pendleton Ward at Cartoon Networks Studios, Adventure Time follows the escapades of 12-year-old boy Finn and best friend dog Jake who fight fiercely in a quest to protect their beloved Land of Ooo, usually from the Ice King who is searching high and low for his Princess Bubblegum.
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Bob Odenkirk Explains Why He Quit S.N.L. in the 90s
Why did the Better Call Saul actor find working with Lorne Michaels a challenge? "I was a dick," he confesses. Bob Odenkirk isn’t the first comedian to fail to make an impression at Saturday Night Live and then go on to do bigger and better things. He shares that honor with the likes of Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Conan O’Brien, Robert Downey Jr. and many more. But still it’s baffling that Odenkirk...
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Bob Odenkirk & David Cross Sketch Comedy Gets Netflix Series Order
They’re back! Frequent collaborators and longtime friends Bob Odenkirk and David Cross have teamed for a new sketch comedy series, With Bob and David, which has been picked up by Netflix. The streaming service has ordered four half-hour episodes and one hourlong “making-of” special from the project, which has just started production.
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Leaked Sony emails show MPAA’s opposition to fair use, confirms users are viewed as thieves
The MPAA has often claimed it favored free use despite operating more like a mustachioed villain from an old movie serial. Documents from the Sony leak show otherwise.
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McDonald’s was there for me when no one else was
McDonald’s sales have slumped. Maybe the public wants healthier food. Maybe there’s too much competition. Maybe people aren’t into the chipotle barbecue snack wrap. McDonald’s leaders have vowed to reverse the downturn by recommitting to “hot, fresh food,” by selling off certain outlets to independent owners — which would reduce the number of corporate-covered employees with a newly raised minimum wage — and by cutting $300 million in costs.
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The Never-Told Story of Marlon Brando’s Secret A-List Acting School
For 10 days in 2001, the actor held a workshop that drew such stars as Sean Penn and Nick Nolte. Tantrums, tightrope-walking, and the occasional bout of butt-baring ensued.
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Buster Keaton’s Cure
By Charlie Fox.
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James Corden receives OBE for services to drama
Watch as James Corden talks about his OBE and his new life in America
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Lily Tomlin, reunited with Jane Fonda and 'flung back into hipdom'
Two years ago, she married her girlfriend of 40 years. Now, reunited with colleague Jane Fonda for a Netflix series, comedian Lily Tomlin has been "flung back into hipdom".
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Karate Kid producer Jerry Weintraub dies aged 77
The Hollywood producer of the Karate Kid and Ocean's Eleven films dies in California aged 77.
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“That’s What Happened Between Me And Clark”
Revising Old Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal. By Anne Helen Petersen.
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Inside the secretive, exclusive social networks of Hollywood
“Information has always been currency,” says Shane, who insists on sharing only his first name. He’s an assistant to a television director. Hollywood, where Shane works, is like any other industry town—built on professional connections, on who you know as much as what you know. These days, that often means digital networks, and in Hollywood they’re called tracking boards—usually email listservs or private Facebook...
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From Folklore to Exotica: Yma Sumac and the Performance of Inca Identity
When the Andean exotica singer Yma Sumac became famous in the United States for her supposed Inca heritage and five-octave voice, her fellow Peruvians called her a sellout. Ethnomusicologist Zoila Mendoza, however, knew Yma Sumac as her mother’s childhood friend... (2013)
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Amanda Seyfried only got 10% of what her male co-star made
How can gender pay be made more equal in Hollywood?
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Inside the Family Battle for the Newman’s Own Brand Name
When Paul Newman died, in 2008, he left his Newman's Own food empire, and the charitable foundation it supports, in the hands of his adviser Robert Forrester. But, his eldest daughter says the family believes their father's principles are being betrayed. By Mark Seal.
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Cara Delevingne tells her haters to suck her 'boobs'
The model-turned-actress is serious about her new craft and wants people to know it.
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Dorothy Arzner, Hidden Star Maker of Hollywood's Golden Age
Type the name “Dorothy Arzner” into Netflix's search bar and you’ll get zero results. It’s an odd outcome, considering Arzner, a prolific golden age film director, has 16 feature films—among the most of any woman in Hollywood, ever. She gave Katharine Hepburn one of her first starring roles. She navigated the transition from silent films to talkies... By Ella Morton.
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