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Global Showbiz Briefs: Xavier Samuel Joins ‘Healing’, Gina Rinehart Miniseries
Xavier Samuel Set For Australian Drama ‘Healing’ The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s Xavier Samuel will co-star with Hugo Weaving and Don Hany in Healing, ...
Lifeline After Bankruptcy: Ex-Rhythm & Hues Artists Recruited By VFX House
Nothing sucks worse in Hollywood than being out of work. Even worse when you just won a BAFTA Award and an Oscar nomination for Life Of Pi. So the VFX ...
OSCARS: Nominated Docs Traverse Challenging Territory
Ari Karpel and David Mermelstein are AwardsLine contributors From the homemade, unpolished qualities of and The Gatekeepers to the journalism of How ...
OSCARS: The Supporting Actor/Actress Races
This season’s supporting actor and actress Oscar races can be summed up in one word: Winners! A remarkable seven of the 10 nominees actually already ...
Harpo Films Prez Kate Forte Out As Harpo Shifts Attention From Films To Scripted TV
Another long-time executive from Oprah Winfrey’s inner circle is out. After a 18-year stint as president of Harpo Films, Kate Forte was let go today.
Duo Cast In Chuck Lorre’s CBS Pilot ‘Mom’
Matt Jones (Breaking Bad) and Spence Daniels (Star Trek) have been added to the cast of Chuck Lorre’s CBS comedy pilot . The multi-camera project, ...
Grammy Prankster Spent Night In Jail After Crashing Adele’s Acceptance Speech
A Ukrainian TV host known for pranking celebs is now facing a March court date in Los Angeles. The moron wormed his way into last night’s 55th Grammy ...
Hot Teaser Trailer: One Direction’s ’1D3D’
Distributor will release the concert documentary film chronicling the lives of the English-Irish teen idols on August 30, aiming for a hit on the ...
Andre Braugher To Co-Star In Fox’s Mike Schur/Dan Goor Comedy Pilot
has been set to co-star opposite in Fox’s Schur/Goor comedy pilot, from Universal TV and 3 Arts. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing the ...
Berlin: Magnolia All Hot And Bothered Over Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’
EXCLUSIVE: After a little late night deal making hanky panky in Berlin, is the frontrunner in talks to consummate a deal for domestic rights to ‘s for ...
ABC And Univision’s Joint News Network Fusion To Launch Later This Year
and announced today that their joint news and lifestyle network will be called and will launch in the second half of 2013. Aimed at the growing ...
Gersh Signs Jeremy Sisto & Stephen Dorff
Suburgatory star Jeremy Sisto has signed with Gersh. The Six Feet Under and Law & Order alum was most recently with UTA. He continues to be managed ...
PILOT SEASON: Which Actors Are Getting The Most Offers
The annual courtship known as chasing name actors for network pilots is in full force. So far, Rose Byrne, Jason Isaacs, , Kyle Chandler and have ...
Berlin: Buyers Are Wetting Their Beaks On Sizzle Reels; Which Ones Will Get Deals?
EXCLUSIVE: While my colleague Nancy Tartaglione has, seeds are being planted for a lot of deals that might not bear fruit until Cannes. Domestic and ...
Thomas Kretschmann & Oliver Jackson-Cohen Join NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Series
Dracula has found his Van Helsing. Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted), who will play the famous vampire hunter, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr. Selfridge) have ...
UPDATE: Rhythm & Hues Confirms Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
UPDATE, 1:38PM: The company confirms Deadline’s report that they’ll be filing for Chapter 11 tonight. The statement from President of Film Division ...
‘Veep’ Sets Season 2 Premiere For April 14
comedy is coming back April 14, the cable network announced today. The 10 PM debut of Season 2 will immediately follow airings of Game Of Thrones, ...
Maggie Lawson To Star In ABC’s Cullen Bros Comedy Pilot As ‘Psych’ Nears End
co-star has landed the lead opposite James Caan in the Cullen brothers’ single-camera comedy pilot for ABC. In December, USA Network announced for ...
Lionsgate Fiscal Q3 Earnings Soar Past Analysts’ Expectations
The Street expected upbeat news about the year-end quarter that included the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. But not this good: ...
Josh Holloway To Star In CBS Drama Pilot ‘Intelligence’
Lost alum Josh Holloway is set as the lead in Intelligence, CBS’ drama pilot from writer Michael Seitzman, ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios. Based on ...
NBCU Boosts Ad Sales Unit With Four Hires
Laura Molen is joining the company from an EVP post at Univision Communications to be EVP Cable Advertising Sales at , where she will oversee sales ...
R.I.P. Alan Sharp
Novelist and film and television writer has died. Sharp passed away on February 8 in Los Angeles after a long illness, CAA said in a statement.
Hot Overseas Trailer: ‘Monsters University’
An international trailer has surfaced for /‘s prequel , which opens June 21. (This played before Wreck-It Ralph over the weekend in the UK; the ...
‘The Walking Dead’ Returns With Record-Breaking 12.3M Viewers
s returned last night from its third-season break with 12.3 million viewers, a series high for the zombie apocalypse drama. Up against the Grammys, ...
Andrea Savage To Create & Star In Comedy Central Project Produced By Gary Sanchez
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central has put in development River Dogs, a comedy written, executive produced by and starring actress-comedian Andrea Savage ...