Giuliana Rancic Returns As Co-Host Of E! News With Jason Kennedy
Giuliana Rancic is returning to E! News and will co-host the weeknight program with Jason Kennedy starting September 4, E! Entertainment announced today. The hire announcement is the first since co-host Maria Menounos' departure from E! News last July after she revealed shed been diagnosed with a brain tumor; she later underwent surgery to remove it. Co-host Catt Sadler, who was part of a rotating team of correspondents, left in December. Sadler resigned after learning… Read
Former Donald Trump Campaign Guru Paul Manafort Headed To Hoosegow
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trumps former campaign adviser was in court today to ask a federal judge not to revoke his bail, sparing him a stint in the slammer. Instead, the judge had his bail revoked and was ordered to go to jail. Two weeks earlier, special counsel Robert Mueller lobbed new accusations of witness tampering against Manafort. Today, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson followed up, revoking Manaforts bail, which had enabled him to enjoy time out of… Read
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Vivian Bang Sundance Pic White Rabbit Acquired By Gravitas Ventures
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired White Rabbit, the Daryl Wein-directed narrative dramatic comedy inspired by the performance art work of Vivian Bang, a Korean American performance artist who struggles to break through in Los Angeles. The pic premiered at Sundance last January. Gravitas Ventures will release theatrically in LA and simultaneously on demand September 21, 2018. Bang co-wrote and co-produced the movie with Wein under his banner Mister Lister Films… Read
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World Cup Opener Ratings Down From 2014 As Time Zones Take A Toll On Fox
The opening game of the 2018 World Cup was a winner for Vladimir Putin but not so much for Rupert Murdoch, at least when it comes to the ratings. The Russian President got to strut his stuff on the global soccer stage yesterday and see his boys beat Saudi Arabia a hard 5-0 but the much-courted media mogul took a drubbing almost as hard as the oil rich kingdom. With a 1.6/6 in metered market rating, the early morning West Coast and mid-morning East Coast broadcast on FOX… Read
Disneyland Minimum Wage Will Go Before Anaheim Voters
Disneyland workers have been fighting a battle for higher wages for years, and now it appears that voters could decide the issue. Orange County has certified a petition to require employers who get subsidies from the city of Anaheim to pay a “living wage” –next stop: the November ballot. That is, unless the City Council either adopts a municipal ordinance at its meeting Tuesday or orders an environmental impact report be done before any plan is implemented. The petition… Read
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Little Women Producer Playground Entertainment Adapting F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender Is The Night For TV
By Peter White
EXCLUSIVE: F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender Is The Night is heading to the small screen after Colin Callender's Playground Entertainment optioned the rights. The deal is the latest literary adaptation for the Wolf Hall producer, following the launch of Little Women earlier this year, The White Princess on Starz and BBC and Amazon's King Lear. It also marks the latest Fitzgerald novel to head to the small screen following the launch of The Last Tycoon, based on Fitzgerald's… Read
The Ranch: How Danny Mastersons Exit Plays Out In New Season
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Danny Mastersons exit in Part 5 of Netflixs The Ranch. The question of how Danny Masterson would be written out of The Ranch following his exit last year has been answered. Netflix on Friday released the first half of Season 3 (aka Part 5), which contains Mastersons final episodes. As was reported in December, Netflix made the decision to write Mastersons Rooster Bennett character out of the show following renewed… Read
Sundance Vanguard Recipient Boots Riley Talks Social Timeliness Of Sorry To Bother You
Musician-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley was presented with the Sundance Institutes Vanguard Award Thursday night in front of a sold-out house at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for his debut feature Sorry to Bother You. Before the preview screening of surrealistic socially conscious Sundance Festival fave, Rosario Dawson, who appears in the film in voice form, presented him with the award. “You are walking poetry,” said Dawson. “You are a remarkable human… Read
Christina Ricci, John Cusack Make Virtual Reality Debut In 360 Degree Experience For Film Distorted
By Anita Busch
EXCLUSIVE: Two companies — Minds Eye Entertainment and Sky VR — have produced a scripted, live-action 360 cinematic VR experience tied to the release of the Christina Ricci and John Cusack film Distorted. To get an idea of what this means, click on the trailer above and you will be able to move the footage to see the entire film set (in its narrative form) while the video is playing. The VR drops today and the film releases on June 22nd. The thriller is just the latest… Read
The Flash: Hartley Sawyer Upped To Series Regular On The CW Superhero Drama
Hartley Sawyer will have more to do on The Flash next season. The actor, who recurred in Season 4 as private eye and eventual Team Flash member Ralph Dibny — aka Elongated Man — has been bumped up to series regular for 2018-19. A former corrupt cop who was kicked out of the Central City PD for planting evidence, the character debuted in last seasons fourth episode, “Elongated Journey Into Night,” and recurred during the rest of Season 4. Watch a clip from Sawyers debut… Read
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