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'How I Met Your Mother' spinoff casts lead role
3 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Ready to meet the new Mother? How I Met Your Dad has cast its star.
Actress Greta Gerwig has landed the lead role in CBS’ much-anticipated How I Met Your Mother spinoff pilot.
She’ll play Sally, who gradually reveals how met her partner in flashback. She’s described as “a female Peter Pan who has never grown up and has no idea of where she’s going in life. She has just figured out that she has nothing in common with her husband of less than a year. A break-up is inevitable, but Sally will find a solid circle »
- James Hibberd
Tom Brokaw Diagnosed With Cancer
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Veteran NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw has been diagnosed with cancer, the network announced Tuesday. “In a personal note, NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer and said he and his physicians are very encouraged with the progress he is making,” the news division wrote in an article on its website. NBC News said Brokaw had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects blood cells in bone marrow, in August, and the network called his prognosis “encouraging. »
- L.A. Ross
Shirley Temple Black: 1928 - 2014
12 hours ago | IMDb News
Shirley Temple Black, the one-time child star whose precocious acting ability, cheery demeanor and innocent face made her one of the biggest draws of the 1930s, died on Monday night at her home in California. She was 85.
From the age of six to ten Shirley Temple was once one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. While the rest of the nation was mired in the Great Depression Shirley Temple sang and danced her way through it in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Little Miss Marker, Heidi and The Little Princess.
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, the third and youngest child (and only girl) of George Francis Temple, a bank teller, and Gertrude Krieger, a supremely willful stage mother (Temple dedicated her autobiography to her). Her parents noticed an innate sense of rhythm and extroverted presence as early as eight months in Shirley. She was put in acting classes by the age of three and was starring in a series of cloying shorts in 1932 and ’33, as well as assaying bit parts in larger films.
It was her performance of “Baby Takes a Bow” in 1934’s Stand Up and Cheer, a film that debuted in May, that thrust her into prominence. She was obviously a natural in front of the camera with a wide range of talent. She could sing. She could dance. She could act. Fox signed her on and, by the end of the same year, which also held the hits Little Miss Marker and Bright Eyes (where she famously sang “On the Good Ship Lollipop”) and several other roles, Shirley Temple was a star. A mere nine months after Stand Up and Cheer hit screens, in February of 1935, she received a special “Juvenile Award” at the Oscars “in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934.”
For the next few years the public couldn’t get enough of her. Exhibitors named her the top box-office attraction of 1935 (when she sang “Animal Crackers” in Curly Top) - 1938. A non-alcoholic drink was named after her (a mixture of ginger ale and grenadine) and a cottage industry sprang up around her likeness including dolls, coloring books, and dress lines. She tapped alongside Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, in The Littlest Rebel, starred in John Ford’s Wee Willie Winkie and several Allan Dwan films, Heidi and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (Graham Greene’s review of Winkie, where he accused Temple of being an adult impersonating a child, and where he impugned the motives for older men’s attraction to her, caused such an uproar that Night and Day, the magazine in which the review was published, shortly thereafter was bankrupted and folded.)
Temple was the natural pick to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but Fox wouldn’t loan its star out so Judy Garland got the role. It was a turning point in both their careers.
As she matured, Hollywood and the audience, now veterans of World War II, and seemingly unable to reconcile the fact that the cherubic star had become a comely young woman, looked elsewhere. Temple was no longer the compliant child but a willful ingénue. After two flops she canceled her contract with Fox and moved over to MGM but fared no better there.
At 17 she wed fellow actor John Agar but the marriage fell apart five years later. Temple, now divorced with a child, lost her interest in movie-making. The audience too moved on. She became a cautionary tale in many circles, an example of the loose morals and bad ends destined for Hollywood types. Her talent agency, MCA, unceremoniously dropped her and Temple’s meteoric career was over. She wasn’t yet 21.
Later life included several quickly-canceled variety shows but she attained a second act as a public figure and politician, even running for office in the vacant Republican seat in her congressional district. In 1968 President Richard Nixon appointed her as the US representative at the United Nations and she became an ambassador to Ghana from 1974-1976. She later also held the post of US Chief of protocol and ambassador to Czechoslovakia (appointed by President George H.W. Bush).
Shortly after her divorce from Agar Shirley Temple met and married Charles Black, a TV executive. They were married for 55 years, until his death, and had two children together. »
- Keith Simanton
Shia Labeouf's New Art Exhibit: 13 Burning Questions We Have About #Iamsorry
5 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Shia Labeouf is sitting in a room in Los Angeles with a paper bag over his head. It's part of his new #Iamsorry art collaboration with Finnish performance artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö and a meta-modernist named Turner. And it's...weird, to say the very least. We'll have a firsthand account of what happens when you enter the exhibit a little bit later, but the gist of it goes like this: -You are directed into a room where a woman is standing behind a table that has a bunch of objects on it, and she asks you to pick one. A pink ukulele, a Transformers toy, pieces of paper with tweets about Shia written on them, a whipe, and a big bottle of Jack Daniels are just some of the objects you can choose »
Hugh Jackman to host Tony Awards
10 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Hugh Jackman will be the 2014 Tony Awards host, producers announced today.
This will be Jackman’s fourth time hosting the telecast, which will air live Sunday, June 8. He previously hosted from 2003-2005, winning an Emmy for the 2004 telecast. Jackman also won a Tony himself in 2004, for his role in The Boy from Oz. Jackman was last on stage in 2011, with his show Hugh Jackman — Back on Broadway; he’ll return to Broadway in 2015 in the play The River.
“We are thrilled that Hugh will be joining us, once again, at Radio City Music Hall to host ‘The 68th Annual Tony Awards, »
- Erin Strecker
The CW's 'The Flash' pilot lands TV's original Flash for mystery role
4 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
It's not that we weren't excited about Jesse L. Martin and Tom Cavanagh joining "The Flash." And Grant Gustin was good enough in his "Arrow" stint that we're totally on-board with him as a lead. But here's a piece of casting news for The CW's "The Flash" that has us really geeking out a little. On Tuesday (February 11), The CW and Wbtv confirmed that John Wesley Shipp is going to guest star in the "Flash" pilot. That's right, y'all. The Flash is going to be in "The Flash." Details on Shipp's involvement with the new »
- Daniel Fienberg
Fox’s ‘Gotham’ Casts Its Penguin, Alfred, and Future Mrs. Gordon
12 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Fox’s upcoming Batman origin story “Gotham” has cast its Penguin, faithful Wayne family butler Alfred, and the boss and fiancee of Det. James Gordon. “Another Earth” actor Robin Lord Taylor (pictured) will play Oswald Cobblepot — perhaps better known to comic-book fans as The Penguin. With the brains of a chess grandmaster and the morals of a jackal, Oswald Cobblepot is a low-level psychopath who hides his sadistic lust for power behind an exquisitely polite demeanor. Also read: ‘Southland’s’ Ben McKenzie to Play Young Commissioner Gordon on Fox’s Batman Prequel ‘Gotham’ Sean Pertwee (“Alan Partridge”), meanwhile, will play Alfred Pennyworth, »
- Tim Kenneally
MTV Orders Twilight Director’s Online Dating Thriller Eye Candy
12 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will turn the R.L. Stine novel Eye Candy into a ten-episode series for MTV. It will star Nickelodeon grad Victoria Justice (Zoey 101, Victorious) as a "tech genius" named Lindy who begins online dating only to end up with a deadly cyber stalker. If Hardwicke follows the book's lead, after Lindy discovers the truth about her e-match, she'll team up with a crew of like-minded tech friends to solve murders across New York City. In fact, Bowery Boogie spotted them taping on the Lower East Side back in November. The only question remaining is, what will they call their OkCupid knockoff? We recommend referring to Law & Order: Svu for inspiration. »
- Lindsey Weber
Jennifer Aniston Interviews Gloria Steinem, Laments How Women's Worth Is "Dependent on Marital Status" or Procreation
12 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Typically, Jennifer Aniston is the one answering the questions, but on Monday, the tables were turned for the actress when she was asked to interview Gloria Steinem. E! News has exclusively learned the 45-year-old beauty recently participated in The Makers Conference, a two-day event held at Terranea Resort and Spa in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., where 50 of the most innovative and impactful women across varying fields gather to discuss the evolution of the women's movement. On Monday evening, Jane Lynch, Marlo Thomas, Sheryl Sandberg and Martha Stewart took their seats in the front row at the small venue, which seated about 100 people, trying to blend into the crowd in order »
Pretty Little Liars' Sexy Hookup, An Unlikely Alliance on Justified and More Omg TV Moments!
20 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Spoiler alert! We're about to dig into the biggest, most jaw-dropping moments from Tuesday night's TV. If you haven't yet watched a particular show, and don't want to be spoiled, skip to the next! Justified: Tonight's episode of the FX his drama featured a jaw-dropping alliance. With stuck Ava in state prison and the fact that Boyd's initial skinhead protection plan has backfired, he calls on an enemy for backup: The Crowes. In fact, Boyd was so please with his new partnership that he enlisted their help in getting rid of Johnny, the wrench in his heroin business. It'll be interesting to see how long Boyd's ruthless ways can mix with the short-fused Crowes, but for now, we really like this »
‘Divergent’ Sequel Will Be Directed by Robert Schwentke
31 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Robert Schwentke has been tapped to direct “Insugent,” the sequel to Summit Entertainmen’t upcoming sequel to “Divergent.” Schwentke is known for his work on Summit’s “Red,” as well as “The Time Travler’s Wife” and “Flightplan.” Also read: ‘Divergent’ Actor to Star in Debate Team Movie ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ (Exclusive) The sequel to “Divergent,” continues the journey of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) as war now looms. Sides will be chosen, secrets will emerge, and to uncover the truth about her world, Tris must be stronger than ever because shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead. The film franchise »
- Tim Kenneally
'Vampire Diaries,' 'Originals' Shut Down Productions Due to Atlanta Storm
58 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
An Atlanta ice storm has forced at least two popular television productions to shut down. The CW’s The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, both of which film in Atlanta, will remain dark on Wednesday due to a winter storm that will pass through the northern part of the metropolitan area. Photos: 2014's New Broadcast and Cable TV Shows As of Tuesday night, the two Warner Bros. TV series are only expected to miss one day of production. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to become dramatically worse for much of Wednesday and on through the evening – with travel
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- Philiana Ng
Robert Schwentke to Direct ‘Divergent’ Sequel
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Summit Entertainment has signed Robert Schwentke to direct “Insurgent,” its sequel to “Divergent.”
“Insurgent” is based on the second novel in Veronica Roth’s dystopia trilogy, set in Chicago.
“Divergent,” starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, will open March 21 amid high expectations that Summit and parent Lionsgate can duplicate the massive success of the two “Hunger Games” films.
“Divergent” director Neal Burger opted not to helm “Insurgent,” which is set to open in March, 2015.
Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher are producing both Films. The third film, “Allegiant,” will open in March, 2016.
Schwentke’s credits include “Red” and “Flightplan.”
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- Dave McNary
‘Winter’s Tale’ Review: A Love Story with Lots of Colin Farrell and Very Little Sense
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
If you remember 1980’s “Somewhere in Time,” a romantic fantasy in which Christopher Reeve time-travels so he can fall in love with Jane Seymour, you either dismiss it as piffle (with a great John Barry score) or you adore it with an all-consuming passion, rewatching it periodically with tissues at hand, and maybe even making a pilgrimage to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island where it was filmed. I suspect “Winter’s Tale,” which defies logic in new and exciting ways as it pushes together lovers played by Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”), will engender a similar minority. »
- Alonso Duralde
Film Review: ‘Winter’s Tale’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Angels and demons. A man who doesn’t age. A snow-white pegasus. Colin Farrell’s hair. In every respect, “Winter’s Tale” is a movie rife with mysterious and unexplainable phenomena — elusive supernatural occurrences that its characters insist on describing as miracles. But the real miracle will be if audiences manage to suppress their giggles during this enormously cloying, sledgehammer-subtle feature directing debut by longtime writer-producer Akiva Goldsman, whittled down from Mark Helprin’s vastly richer, century-spanning novel of the same title. Agreeably daft at times, but more often painfully trite in its attempts to impose some grand narrative design on the story of two grievously ill young women and the man who may hold the key to their salvation, Warner Bros.’ Valentine’s Day release could nonetheless seduce viewers willing to go along with its offbeat romantic-fantasy elements, provided they don’t wander in expecting Shakespeare.
“Magic is everywhere around us, »
- Justin Chang
Berlin: Download THR's Day 7 'Daily'
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
THR's final daily issue from Berlinale features a market wrap-up story, a lively roundtable interview with six actors and more reviews. Market Wrap-Up THR took a look back at the market, which featured a scarcity of buzz titles and big ticket deals. Sellers and buyers told THR that they're all looking to Cannes in May to ignite a flurry of deal-making dynamism. Actors Roundtable Diane Kruger, Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Duken, George MacKay and Sam Riley spoke with THR about self-taping, successful careers and horror stories from set. Click here for the Day 7 'Daily'
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- Rebecca Ford
Berlin Roundtable: 6 Actors on Fears and Fighting for Roles
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Six acclaimed actors from three continents sat down to discuss their often frustrating, usually frightening and sometimes joyful craft from a perch in the Audi Lounge above the Berlinale red carpet. German actress Diane Kruger, 37, whose latest, The Better Angels, is in Berlin’s Panorama Special sidebar; Asian superstar Michelle Yeoh, 51, a former Bond girl and producer and star of Culinary Cinema entry Final Recipe; and jury member Greta Gerwig, 30 (whose Frances Ha was in the Panorama section at last year’s festival), all have struggled to break out of the confines placed on them by a male-dominated
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- Scott Roxborough, Stuart Kemp
Winter's Tale: Film Review
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Aspiring transcendent love stories don't come much more claptrappy and unconvincing than Winter's Tale. In a yarn spanning more than a century, people die or, then again, maybe they don't; vendettas never end, a white Pegasus is always there to save the day, any trace of humor is banished and Will Smith suddenly sprouts dagger-sharp teeth at the climax of his worst-ever big-screen appearance. The Valentine's Day release date is pegged on the idea that such a soapy tale will make for a good date movie, so Warner Bros. will have to hope that love story-seeking
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- Todd McCarthy
Robert Schwentke to Direct 'Divergent' Sequel
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Summit Entertainment has tapped Robert Schwentke to direct Insurgent, the studio's sequel to its upcoming Ya adaptation Divergent, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is slated to hit theaters March 20, 2015, with Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman on board to rework the script by Brian Duffield. Divergent director Neil Burger had already decided not to return for the sequel because of scheduling conflicts. Photos: 35 of 2014's Most Anticipated Movies Schwentke's previous credits include 2010's Red and last year's R.I.P.D. “Robert, with whom we have already had a successful relationship, has proven a master storyteller in
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- Aaron Couch
Michael Jordan and Wife Yvette Welcome Twin Girls—Find Out Their Names!
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Congratulations are in order for Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto! E! News confirms the NBA legend and his lady have welcomed two beautiful twin girls into the world. So what are the two newborn princesses names?! "Michael and Yvette Jordan are thrilled to announce that their identical twin daughters, Victoria and Ysabel, were born Sunday, February 9, 2014 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Yvette and the babies are doing well and the family is overjoyed at their arrival," Jordan's manager tells E! News. The pair first confirmed that they were expanding their family in late November. This will be the first child for the Cuban-American model and fourth child for the former Chicago Bulls star »
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