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HBO cancels 'Luck' after third horse dies
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The title was never meant to be quite this ironic.
HBO has elected to cancel production on Luck following the death of a third horse on the racetrack drama series.
The network released this statement:
“It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series Luck. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. »
- James Hibberd
Kiefer Sutherland Furious as Fox Pulls Plug on '24' Movie (Exclusive)
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
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Kiefer Sutherland is furious at 20th Century Fox, which has called a halt to the movie version of his hit television show, “24,” over budget and star salary issues, TheWrap has learned. The movie based on the conspiracy-terrorism-action show was in pre-production and set to start shooting next month, but has now ground to a halt because Fox will greenlight a budget no higher than $30 million, while Sutherland and producer Brian Grazer feel the budget needs to be in the low $40s at its tightest. A Fox spokesman confirmed that the »
- Sharon Waxman
Charlize Theron Adopts a Baby Boy—So What's His Name?
18 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
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Talk about some monster news! Charlize Theron is now a mommy. A rep for the actress has confirmed that the 36-year-old Oscar winner "has adopted a child." And what might be the little bundle of joy's name? "She is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson," adds the rep. This is the first child for Theron, who nabbed an Academy Award for 2003's Monster. Congrats! »
Academy Sets Date for Next Year's Oscars
18 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
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The 85th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, Feb. 24th, per an announcement from the Academy on Wednesday. Nominations will go out on Jan. 14, and the show will once again reside at Hollywood and Highland -- though Kodak's name is now off the theater. There have long been rumors the Academy would move up the show's date, but 2013's telecast will take place on the last Sunday in February, just like this year. The Oscars will introduce online voting for the first time this year, which some thought would clear the way »
- Lucas Shaw
Carrie Underwood Likes to Look Sexy for Hubby Mike Fisher
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Carrie Underwood has been married for nearly two years, but making the effort to look good for hockey-pro hubby Mike Fisher hasn't gotten old. "I want to look sexy for him," the country starlet, 29, tells Self magazine in its April issue. "And I appreciate that he wants to look nice for me, too." And it sounds like her efforts are working. "I get texts from Mike when I'm on a red carpet that read, 'You're so hot,' " Underwood says. "I like that. Words of affirmation mean a lot to me." Although there are times when Fisher, 31, questions the short »
- Dahvi Shira
Jeff Probst on episode 5 of 'Survivor: One World'
1 hour ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
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Each week, host Jeff Probst answers a few questions about the most recent episode of Survivor: One World.
Entertainment Weekly: Sometimes you guys do the pre-merge tribe shake-up and sometimes you don’t. As first day five-person alliances become more prevalent, is that something you’ll do more of to keep contestants — and viewers — on their toes?
Jeff Probst: Hmm…you mean switching up tribes? If so, there’s no rhyme or reason as to why we do it. We have learned that a switch doesn’t mean it will buy you anything other than a chance at some new reality. »
- Dalton Ross
Nicollette Sheridan's Desperate Housewives Case—and Five Other Bombshell Hollywood Trials
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
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Forgive the jurors in the Nicollette Sheridan-Desperate Housewives trial if they need to collect themselves before getting deep into deliberations. Courtroom testimony was juicy and occasionally shocking, as when a series exec revealed the imminent offing of a major Housewives character, James Denton's Mike Delfino. While the verdict's out on Sheridan's wrongful-termination lawsuit, let's revisit other breath-taking moments from celebrity trials: 1. Roman Polanski Flees: On the eve of sentencing for his guilty plea to sex with a 13-year-old, the filmmaker hopped a plane out of the United States. Nearly 35 years on, Polanski hasn't come back—and prosecutors here don't consider »
Tim Burton talks Dark Shadows
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Dark Shadows, the latest collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, is one of the most exciting prospects of the summer movie season, and Total Film has been on set of the gothic soap opera (with added vampires). When we chatted to director Tim Burton about his latest movie, he was keen to share the appeal about the ultimate dysfunctional family… “What I liked about Shadows is it’s a story about family,” said Burton. “I grew up resisting family and then as I got older I realised what a strange and...
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- Total Film
One-day-only offer: Free Iron Man action figure when you subscribe to Total Film!
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Love Avengers? Love Total Film? Then start your summer off with a blockbuster bang! When you subscribe to Total Film for only £9.49 every three months, you'll get a free Iron Man action figure!To celebrate the release of Avengers Assemble, Joss Whedon’s big screen Marvel superhero ensemble, Total Film has teamed up with Hasbro to give new UK subscribers an awesome 3.75” Iron Man action figure! Fully articulated, complete with Armour Cards and a display stand, the figure includes Iron Man’s VI suit and War Machine...
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- Total Film
SXSW: 'Brooklyn Castle' ranks among the top tier of this year's fest
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Austin, Texas - On Monday at a SXSW screening here, director Katie Dellamaggiore announced that Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin purchased the remake rights to “Brooklyn Castle,” her documentary about a group of New York schoolkids that compete regularly in national chess tournaments. This of course is but the latest doc set to be remade by Hollywood, but it’s hard to imagine a fiction film doing justice to the complexity and utter humanness of Dellamaggiore’s version. The film uses school chess programs to evidence both the neglect legislators show towards education when time comes to cutting checks, and yet the »
- Todd Gilchrist
Marco Mueller Finally to Be Appointed to Rome Festival Post
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
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Rome – The stakeholders for the International Rome Film Festival are expected Friday to formally vote to approve Marco Mueller as the event’s artistic director, officially ending months of rancorous debate and launching the seven-year-old event on a new era in its history. Many close to the festival say the appointment of Mueller -- who had two highly successful four-year mandates as artistic director of the venerable Venice Film Festival following stints in Locarno and Rotterdam -- will help raise Rome’s profile. But the appointment did not come without problems. Story: Marco Mueller Appointment as Rome Film Festival Chief Delayed
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- Eric J. Lyman
New Riddick image lands online
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Fans of musclebound sci-fi action will be pleased to hear the latest from Vin Diesel’s Facebook page, upon which he has debuted a new image from upcoming sequel, Riddick. The new image shows off the new breed of Mercs (that’s “mercenaries” for anyone not down with the lingo), a more lethal and violent set of bounty hunters charged with bringing in the notorious Riddick. The new film will see the shade-sporting anti-hero left for dead on a barren planet, a planet inhabited by some of the deadliest alien predators our...
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- George Wales
Miramax Expands International Sales Team
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Miramax Films has added Marna Grantham and Gloria Lee to its international sales team, the Santa Monica-based company said Thursday. The appointments are effective immediately. Grantham has been named senior vice president, domestic and Latin America sales, reporting to Joe Patrick, head of worldwide sales. Lee has been named director, digital sales, reporting to Beth Minehart, head of global digital. Grantham will assume oversight of television sales activity in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to joining Miramax, Grantham was vice president, program planning and acquisitions, at Turner Entertainment Networks. “We are very pleased to welcome Marna as we continue
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- Daniel Miller
Japanese Avengers trailer is stuffed with new footage
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The Avengers has released a new Japanese trailer containing enough new footage to make even the most jaded fanboy do a little dance of exhilaration! The new trailer contains all the major points from the English language versions, as well as a whole heap of extras. We get a look at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts looking anxious, there’s more screen-time for Hawkeye and Maria Hill actually gets to deliver a line. On top of that, there’s also a brief glimpse of a Quinjet, as well as a more lingering shot of the Helicarrier...
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- George Wales
The Flaming Lips' musical 'Yoshimi' sets late fall premiere
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The Flaming Lips’ new musical, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,” based on the 2002 album of the same name, is coming to theaters. The musical will bow this fall at the prestigious La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse. Des McAnuff, who has directed such plays as “Jersey Boys” and the current Broadway revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” will helm the production, according to the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper notes that screen writer Aaron Sorkin, who was previously connected with the project, which has been in the works for five years, is no longer associated with it. Like Green Day’s “American Idiot,” “Yoshimi,” »
Why HBO's 'Luck' Wasn't Fit to Run Out of the Gate
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
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In cancelling its hobbled race-track drama "Luck" on Wednesday, HBO contained a scandal that threatened to not only overtake one of its most high-profile shows, but tarnish a brand it has spent decades building. Three dead horses -- a far higher rate than in the sport the show glamorizes -- gave the network a compelling reason to exit a series that has thus far largely disappointed despite an all-star pedigree. Euthanizing the show was a radical decision that HBO made with surprising swiftness. For the premium network, it made a clear statement about »
- Tim Molloy
PaleyFest: 'Modern Family' Cast Dishes on Director Bryan Cranston and Father Figure Phil
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The Paley Center closed out its 29th annual PaleyFest on Wednesday night with the cast of Modern Family reflecting on guest director Bryan Cranston, father figure Phil and the future of the ABC comedy possibly resting in the hands of its young stars. After screening the upcoming episode directed by Breaking Bad's Cranston -- in which the outcome of Claire's bid for city council is revealed -- the cast and crew dished on working with the Emmy winner's intimidating presence on the set. "Every time he gives you a note you just know he can do it better," Ty Burrell (Phil)
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- Lesley Goldberg
HitFix Interview: Ashley Judd talks ABC's 'Missing'
6 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
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Thursday (March 15) night will be a big one for Ashley Judd. At 6:50 p.m. Et, Judd's beloved Kentucky Wildcats begin what is expected to be a long Ncaa Tournament run, tipping off as a No.1 seed against a Western Kentucky Hilltoppers squad that isn't expected to put up much of a fight. By 8 p.m. the game is expected to be a blowout, just in time for Judd to make her return to primetime TV as the star of ABC's "Missing." In the globe-trotting thriller, Judd plays Rebecca Winstone, a mother who taps into an unexpected reservoir »
- Daniel Fienberg
'Luck' Ceases Production After Latest Horse Death
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
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"Luck" has ceased all future production, following news that a third horse died while filming the series, HBO said Wednesday. The show's executive producers, David Milch and Michael Mann, made a joint decision with HBO to stop production. Also read: Why HBO's 'Luck' Was Unfit to Run Out of the Gate “The two of us loved this series, loved the cast, crew and writers," Milch and Mann said. "This has been a tremendous collaboration and one that we plan to continue in the future.” HBO said in its statement that it was "immensely proud »
- Tim Kenneally
Great New Japanese Avengers Trailer
6 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
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If, like us, you’ve already watched the latest trailer for Marvel Avengers Assemble more times than is probably advised by doctors, you might be wondering when you’ll get to see any new footage. The answer to that question is… Now! Because thanks to Yahoo Movies Japan, there’s an alternate version available with some eye-popping new moments added. Take a look! While a lot of what is on show here is identical to what has gone before, there are also some lovely shots of the Shield Helicarrier, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts looking concerned about… something (probably the alien attack) from the Stark corporate jet, Quinjets a-plenty, more from Black Widow and, as though the Marvel gods heard the complaints from Hawkeye fans, an actually line for everyone’s favourite Bowman. Yeah, it’s not a speech, but it’s something. Even Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill gets a little more screen time. »
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