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Rupert Murdoch Divorce: What Wendi Might Do Next
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This story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. When the news broke June 13 that News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch had filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Wendi Deng, speculation over the cause of the split was quickly replaced by another question: What will Wendi do now? Though Deng, 44, will hardly need to work to care for herself and daughters Grace, 11, and Chloe, 9 (sources describe her pre-nuptial agreement as "standard" and "generous"), she has made enough of her own connections during her years as a Murdoch to
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- Kevin Cassidy
Hollywood Fights L.A. Bike Lane: 'It Just Ruins the Shoot'
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This story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. An industry standoff is brewing over a bright green bike lane in downtown Los Angeles. Photos: Hollywood Riding Bikes The Historic Core neighborhood is one of the most frequently filmed in California, often standing in for New York. But now SAG-aftra, Iatse, the MPAA and Teamsters Local 399, which represents location managers, have banded together to exert pressure on City Councilman Jose Huizar to mitigate what they consider a nuisance. "That green is so visually obtrusive, it just kills the shoot," says location manager
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- Gary Baum
'American Idol' Vs. 'The Voice': Battle of the Finales
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A version of this story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. The Voice wrapped its fourth season on June 18 with a star-studded finale that included appearances by Cher (her first TV performance in a decade), Bruno Mars, OneRepublic, Nelly and Hunter Hayes, among others. Compared to American Idol’s season 12 closer on May 16, which featured a Frankie Valli group number and Aretha Franklin singing via satellite, the NBC show felt fresher. How did the two singing competitions stack up in other key areas? THR investigates … Average Performer Age Voice: 38 Idol: 41
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- Shirley Halperin
Oscars: Candidates for Film Academy President Line Up
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This story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. With Hawk Koch's tenure as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences entering its final days, his potential replacements already are lining up. Rob Friedman, co-chairman of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, is looking like the front-runner, with former marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs as his main challenger. Of course, the Academy being the Academy, no one officially can be seen campaigning for the unpaid position. And the winner won't be known until July 30, when the Academy's 48-member board of
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- Gregg Kilday
Legendary's Warner Bros. Plot Thickens With Bruce Rosenblum Hire (Analysis)
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This story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Back in January, when Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes announced that Kevin Tsujihara would head Warner Bros. Entertainment, Bruce Rosenblum, who presided over the studio's TV group, got a call from Legendary's Thomas Tull. The two men know each other well -- though Legendary barely had dipped its toe into TV, it has been co-financing some of Warners' biggest films since 2005 -- and Tull offered, "If you ever think about doing something that is not the big corporate life, let me know." Five months later,
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- Gregg Kilday , Lacey Rose
New News Corp Stock Drops, 21st Century Fox Rises in Australian Pre-Split Debut
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Sydney – The new News Corp, the publishing company that will be created by the split of Rupert Murdoch's media empire into two entities, dropped 3 percent in its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange Wednesday as so-called when-issued trading of its stock kicked off. But the stock of entertainment company 21st Century Fox rose 5.1 percent. The separate stocks of the new publishing and entertainment companies will formally start trading on the stock markets in the U.S. and Australia on July 1. But, as is typically the case with stock splits, the future stocks are
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- Pip Bulbeck
Julian Assange on His First Year in the Ecuadorian Embassy, Prosecution Fears
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A year after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to ask for asylum, he says that he wouldn't leave the embassy even if Sweden dropped its extradition bid over sexual assault accusations. On the eve of the Wednesday anniversary of his asylum request, he told U.K. reporters that he believes the U.S. was already preparing to prosecute him on espionage charges. Assange even suggested that a sealed indictment has been lodged by a grand jury in Virginia, which could allow Britain to arrest and extradite him to the U.S. Film Review:
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- George Szalai
U.K. Regulator Launches Review of BT Competition Complaint Against BSkyB
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U.K. media regulator Ofcom said Wednesday that it has opened a review of a competition complaint from telecom company BT against pay TV giant BSkyB, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns a 39 percent stake. In the complaint last month, BT argued that BSkyB has abused its market power in carriage negotiations for its Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 channels with BT. The talks focus on BT's wholesale offer of the networks via the You View digital TV platform. BSkyB on Wednesday acknowledged the Ofcom review. “Sky considers BT’s latest complaint to be entirely without merit,
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- Georg Szalai
Jon Favreau Cooks Undercover at the Hotel Bel-Air
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The dining room at Wolfgang Puck’s eponymous restaurant at the posh Hotel Bel-Air is studded with industry players every day -- but not its kitchen. Yet Jon Favreau was seen working the line there during dinner service on Tuesday evening. The Iron Man director and actor has been researching his in-the-works indie feature Chef by becoming the temporary protege of Roy Choi, the Korean-American cooking phenomenon who made his name several years ago with the influential Kogi food truck and went on to launch popular L.A. restaurants Chego, A-Frame and Sunny Spot. Choi had teamed
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- Gary Baum
U.K.'s ITV Acquires Majority Stake in 'Hatfields & McCoys' Producer
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U.K. TV giant ITV continues to grow its U.S. TV production business. The company said Wednesday it has agreed to buy a controlling stake in La-based Thinkfactory Media, a producer of reality, entertainment and drama series, including History Channel hit series Hatfields & McCoys, starring Kevin Costner. Story: UK's ITV Acquires 'Cake Boss' Producer ITV will pay $30 million for a 65 percent stake, with a put and call option to buy the remaining 35 percent of the company. The put and call option could be exercised as early as three years after the initial deal
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- Georg Szalai
Netflix to Launch in Netherlands Later This Year
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Netflix said late Tuesday that it would launch its streaming service in the Netherlands later this year as the company continues to expand into international territories. CEO Reed Hastings and his team previously signaled that it would add one foreign country this year. Netflix didn't immediately provide launch timing details for the Netherlands. "Upon launch, broadband Internet users in the Netherlands can subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch Hollywood, local and global TV series and films, including critically-acclaimed Netflix Original Series such as House of Cards and Arrested Development whenever and wherever they like on tablets, phones, TVs, game consoles
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- Georg Szalai
'Anchorman 2' Trailer: Ron Burgundy Is Back (Video)
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Stay classy! Paramount has released the first full-length trailer for the highly anticipated Anchorman sequel that reunites Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner and Christina Applegate after nine long years. Set to the backdrop of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues -- now set in 1980s New York City instead of sunny 1970s San Diego -- follows Ron Burgundy and his motley crew of news broadcasters as they attempt to revitalize their careers with a new 24-hour news channel. Photo: 'Anchorman 2' Poster Makes 'Big Deal' Out of Burgundy's Mustache When Ron is introduced
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- Philiana Ng
Jimmy Fallon and Brad Pitt Yodel Atop NYC Rooftops (Video)
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Jimmy Fallon and Brad Pitt, yodelers? NBC's late-night host engaged in a yodeling conversation with the very game World War Z star from two rooftops in New York in a clip that aired during Tuesday night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Photos: 'World War Z' Premiere: The Zombie Apocalypse Starts in London The conversation consisted of some small talk -- "Jimmy? What are you doing up there?" "Yodeling … you?" "Same" -- before Fallon congratulated Pitt on World War Z. (All of the "conversation" was in subtitles.) Pitt then came up with a "crazy idea." "You wanna try a
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- Kimberly Nordyke
Time Warner Cable Sued Over Lakers and Dodgers Channels
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Time Warner Cable is being accused of requiring subscribers to pay higher cable bills to watch Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers games without offering them the opportunity to opt out of those channels. A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court -- which names TWC as well as the Lakers and Dodgers as defendants -- charged TWC with "abuse of its position as the primary provider of cable television" in Southern California. Read the full complaint. The complaint cites TWC's $3 billion acquisition of Lakers telecast rights in February 2011 and its $8 billion acquisition of Dodgers game telecasts
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- Kimberly Nordyke
The Comedy of Errors: Theater Review
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New York – Even flagrant liars who claim never to be bored by Shakespeare generally concede that The Comedy of Errors can be a chore. An early entry in which thematic mainstays of the playwright’s work are given unnuanced treatment, its broad knockabout humor frequently wears thin. But in the hands of Daniel Sullivan, the most consistent of New York’s regular Shakespeare in the Park directors, and a resourceful cast captained by the brilliantly matched clowns Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater – each doing double-duty as the play’s two sets of twins – this accelerated update is an
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- David Rooney
Johnny Depp Breaks Silence on Split From Vanessa Paradis: It Was 'a Bit Bumpy'
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Johnny Depp is finally opening up about his split from longtime partner Vanessa Paradis, a year after their breakup. "The last couple years have been a bit bumpy," he says in a Rolling Stone cover story. "At times, certainly unpleasant, but that's the nature of breakups, I guess, especially when there are kiddies involved." Depp and Paradis, who announced their breakup in June 2012, have two kids together: daughter Lily-Rose, 14, and Jack, 11. Photos: Johnny Depp at 50: The Superstar's Life and Career "Relationships are very difficult," adds Depp, who next appears on the big
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- Kimberly Nordyke
'The Lego Movie' Teaser Trailer: Batman and the Ninja Turtles Join Forces (Video)
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Everyone’s favorite miniature building blocks are coming to the big screen. The first teaser trailer for The Lego Movie has just been released, and it's giving fans a first look at the vast assemblage of pop-culture references that will be featured in the upcoming comedy -- including Batman, Wonder Woman and Michelangelo (both the painter and the Ninja Turtle) Story: 'Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite' First Official Clip Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directing team behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street, wrote and directed the pint-sized action adventure. The CGI
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- Mia Galuppo
'Dumb and Dumber' Sequel: Universal, Red Granite Rescue Pic
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Universal and Red Granite have come in to save the sequel to Dumb and Dumber. The handle for Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the duo who directed the original and are helming the sequel, tweeted “It’s official: Dumber and Dumber To is going to production with @RedGranitePics and @UniversalPics!!!” The move, confirmed by Universal, puts the project on track after New Line and Warner Bros. declined to move forward and allowed the project be shopped to other studios. Under the deal, Warner transfers the production rights to Red Granite. Sources say the film could would shoot this summer for a release
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- Borys Kit
It's Official: Selma Blair Not Returning to 'Anger Management'
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It's official: Selma Blair's days on FX's Anger Management have come to an end. Studio Lionsgate Television confirmed the news Tuesday afternoon in a statement: “We are confirming that Selma Blair will not be returning to Anger Management and we wish her the very best.” The news comes 24 hours after TMZ reported that the actress had a falling out with series star Charlie Sheen, with the actor allegedly threatening to depart the comedy if Blair returned to the set. Sources tell THR that Blair questioned Sheen's work ethic on the series, which films two episodes per week and often finds Sheen with more than 40 pages of
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- Lesley Goldberg
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