June 2012
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It's Teddy Bear v. Tatum in weekend box office...
It is ON! Deadline Editor In Chief Nikki Finke says the first round of this weekend’s box office battles is a promising one indeed for the two expected leaders: “Ted” from Seth MacFarlane and “Magic Mike,” starring Channing Tatum and directed by his business partner in the project, Steven Soderbergh. Both came out swinging with strong midnight showings early Friday.
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Court: CBS can't be fined for Janet Jackson's...
The U.S. Supreme Court says Janet Jackson’s long-ago “wardrobe malfunction” won’t cost CBS (except for almost a decade of legal fees and lobbying expenses along the way). But at least the network dodged that FCC fine, finally.
All the nearly naked dancers on reality TV can now rejoice (not that they’re doing live performances anyway). And probably, the rest of us...
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Are you ready for "Magic Mike the Musical?"
Yes, we know you can’t wait for the “Magic Mike” movie, but what about our exclusive news that Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum are working on “Magic Mike The Musical?” Who’s booking flights to Broadway now?
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Motion Picture Academy loosens strictures in four... →
What’s that? A slight bit of breathing room for at least a few would-be nominees in the Oscar race for next year? Yes, Virginia, it can happen.
The Motion Picture Academy put out a release today detailing results of their annual review of the Oscar rules. This year, four categories got a slight bit more breathing room. Go to Deadline to see the rest.
Oh, and they’ve set the calendar...
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TECH & HOLLYWOOD Phrase of the Day: A Change in...
This morning’s news has already featured lots of shifts affecting media, entertainment and tech companies, and the day isn’t half over, at least on the coast where Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Seattle all sit.
To start, we have a big shift coming in News Corp., as the media giant’s board agrees to a plan to split the company in two.
Rupert Murdoch subsequently insisted the decision was not at...
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EMMYS: The incredible shrinking long-form TV...
First the Television Academy mashed together the Emmy categories for movies of the week and miniseries. Then this year they cut in half the acting categories in the merged sector, eliminating the supporting actor slots. What’s happening?
Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva looks at the academy shifts as symptoms of bigger challenges for long-form TV programming, which used to be a...
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More Tech & Hollywood: WME, Kleiner deal on tech...
It only seems like today was the day Hollywood got all its stories out of its system ahead of next week’s holiday, particularly stories about technology and WME (the agency signed Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister (“Inception,” “Dark Knight Rises”) and “iCarly’s” Miranda Cosgrove).
But the most interesting one may be one that broke early...
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TECH & HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood at Nexus of new Google...
Deadline’s David Lieberman says Google’s announcements of a Nexus 7 tablet and related home-media device (a kind of smart amplifier/computer that would connect to a TV and speakers) are all well and good, but for all the hardware, Hollywood content was a crucial part of the day’s news from the Googleplex.
In fact, Google announced deals with four studios and three magazine...
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Olympic Trials put NBC in the swim in night's...
NBC became must-sees TV again for the night, with strong viewership of the Olympic Trials and “America’s Got Talent.” Get more details at Deadline.com on how swimmingly things went for the Peacock here.
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R.I.P., Nora Ephron and some of the reactions from...
The passing of author/screenwriter/director/essayist/playwright/etc/etc/etc Nora Ephron has sparked an explosion of reactions about her impacts and achievements in films such as “Silkwood,” “When Harry Met Sally,” and “Sleepless in Seattle.”
At Deadline, Editor in Chief Nikki Finke reports on the passing of what she calls a “quintuple threat”.
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More on results of the Roseanne Roast Host poll.
So, the people have, kinda, spoken regarding the planned Comedy Central roast of comedian Roseanne.
We asked our followers on Twitter, Facebook and here who they’d like to see host the event and got some fairly entertaining initial comments, and then asked for some more.
Easily the most frequently mentioned name is Tom Arnold, Roseanne’s former husband and “Roseanne”...
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“I often find that Jon Stewart has it down, and even Saturday Night Live to a...”
– Jay Roach, the creative mind behind HBO’s ”Game Change,” talks about Sarah Palin and the 2008 election, talks politics, his journalism sources and his next political movie as part of a pre-Emmy interview on Deadline.com
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“…I don’t have a problem playing a (villain) part like that. I don’t at...”
– Kevin Costner talks about playing villains, including that “hard” man, “Devil” Anse Hatfield, in the smash miniseries “Hatfields and McCoys.”
The History channel show smashed cable ratings records and showed again that Costner, who frequently plays the good guy...
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Who should host the roast for Roseanne?
As Deadline reported earlier today, Comedy Central is raising the Barr on its programming, and targeting Roseanne for its next roast.
Given the plethora of life twists and turns generated during Roseanne’s many colorful years in the spotlight, there should be no end to the comedic material a Roast-anne would create.
But the next question is who should host this little lovefest? Deadline...
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“I’m much slower than him. I have to rev up an engine that needs a lot of oil and...”
– Benedict Cumberbatch talks about getting his game face on to play “Sherlock.” Elsewhere in this long interview on Deadline.com, he talks about making the super sleuth a convincing romantic interest and chasing Emmy awards in a year when he’s been popping up in all sorts of classy...
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VIDEO: Pete Hammond, Christy Grosz talk Emmy... →
Who’s laughing all the way to Emmy glory? Deadline’s Pete Hammond, Awardsline’s Christy Grosz make their picks with ENTV’s Brian Corsetti.
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Deadline.com's weekly YouTube channel rankings Wig...
Don’t Wig out when you see who’s hopping to the top of @DeadlineCom’s Weekly YouTube Channel Rankings. There are plenty of repeat visits to the Top 10 (including by Deadline sibling site ENTV), but the most interesting new site in the Top 10 proves that scripted shows with name performers can find an audience too on YouTube.
Check out the whole list on Deadline.com, and tell...
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BOX OFFICE WEEKEND: It's arrows vs. axes and the...
BOX OFFICE: Deadline.com’s Nikki Finke takes her usual laser look at the weekend box office and in her first post on the Friday results predicts it will be Arrows over Axes this weekend. Check the main story for more detail, and circle back all weekend for her regular updates as more box office news unfolds.
Separately, we’ve already posted the link to our separate Deadline.com peek...
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“Before I left for North Carolina, I called David Lynch to ask him what was the...”
– Eli Roth (via anguslorenzo)
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Cats fighting and rocks throwing in ABC-CBS "Glass... →
That sound you hear that reminds you of a bag of very unhappy cats snarling at each other through the burlap?
It’s CBS throwing verbal rocks at ABC’s “Glass House” show, and legal victory with a most amusing “announcement” of some counter-programming. I’ve been in and around Hollywood news for many years and don’t ever recall something like this...
