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Gilles Marini Signs With Apa (Exclusive)
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Gilles Marini has signed with Apa. The French-born actor first gained notice as one of Samantha (Kim Cattrall)’s sexy flings in the first Sex and the City movie, then rose to popularity as a contestant on the eighth season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, where he and professional partner Cheryl Burke finished in second place. Marini returned to the show last fall for its 15th season, an all-star edition, where he and partner Peta Murgatroyd came in sixth. Marini stars on ABC Family’s Switched at Birth, where his role as Bay (Vanessa Marano)’s biological father was upped
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- Rebecca Sun
James Franco Criticizes 'Amazing Spider-Man' (Again), While Raving About 'Man of Steel'
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With Man of Steel soaring at the box office, what better time for James Franco -- star of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man franchise -- to wax poetic about superheroes at the Cineplex? In an op-ed penned for Vice, Franco offers his perspective on the newest superhero flick, revealing a bit of tension with former co-star Henry Cavill and reiterating is displeasure with the Marc Webb-helmed Amazing Spider-Man series. While offering up his own experience in the superhero genre, Franco declares that Amazing Spider-Man “arose even before there was time to bury the corpse of the old one
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- THR Staff
'New Girl's' Max Greenfield Joins 'Veronica Mars' Movie (Video)
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The Veronica Mars movie is adding a New Girl star. Max Greenfield confirmed that he'll be joining the Kickstarter-funded feature film during a Google Hangout interview Tuesday with Gold Derby. The actor, who broke out for his portrayal of lovable douche bag Schmidt on the Fox comedy, will reprise his role as Deputy Leo in the Kickstarter-funded feature from Rob Thomas. “I will be there -- so will Deputy Leo,” Greenfield told Gold Derby of the character he played in more than 10 episodes of
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- Lesley Goldberg
Pitbull Sizzles, Ke$ha Fizzles at Hollywood Bowl: Concert Review
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Pitbull and Ke$ha embarking on a summer tour together may seem like a strange pairing until you remember that the pop artists share a record label – and thus marketing dollars. Another potential benefit of sharing a bill in giant outdoor amphitheaters like the Hollywood Bowl is the cross-pollination of fans, ensuring that each section of the Ke$ha-Pitbull Venn diagram is holding a ticket. But Tuesday evening at the Bowl, the seats were filled primarily with raging Pitbull fans, who filed into the venue mid-way during Ke$ha’s hour-long set, which took place mostly in daylight. If
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- Emily Zemler
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie Secures Director
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Sam Taylor-Johnson will direct Fifty Shades of Grey, the adaptation of the best-selling novel by El James. Taylor-Johnson directed Nowhere Boy, a 2009 drama about John Lennon's childhood in Liverpool. She is developing a film for Columbia based on the novel A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick. Photos: The Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Avoided an Nc-17 James revealed the news via Twitter on Wednesday, followed by an announcement from Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and Focus Features CEO James Schamus. “Sam’s unique ability to gracefully showcase complex relationships dealing with love, emotion and sexual
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- Borys Kit
'Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus' Trailer: Michael Cera Gets High (Video)
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Michael Cera goes on a drug-fueled road trip in the trailer for Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus, directed by Sebastian Silva. Crystal Fairy debuted at Sundance this year and recently screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It will be released theatrically July 12 via Sundance Selects/IFC Films. Photos: Sundance 2013: Exclusive Portraits of Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts and Other A-Listers in Park City In the first trailer for the film, Cera travels through Chile with a group of pals and meets a fellow American named Crystal Fairy (Gaby Hoffmann). Crystal promptly latches onto them
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- Sophie Schillaci
Sienna Guillory Exits NBC Drama 'Believe' (Exclusive)
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NBC is making some changes to freshman drama Believe. The Bad Robot series from writer/EPs Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Friedman is writing Sienna Guillory's hit-woman Moore out of the series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Believe revolves around Bo (newcomer Johnny Sequoyah), a young girl in possession of great powers -- which will come into their own in seven years -- and Tate, the man who is sprung from prison (Savages' Jake McLaughlin) to protect her from those trying to hunt her down. read more
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- Lesley Goldberg
CBS Ups Glenn Geller to Head of Current Programming at Network and Studio
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CBS announced Wednesday that it has promoted Glenn Geller to head of current programming as David Brownfield exits the network for a development deal with CBS Television Studios. The move also sees CBS merging current programming operations at both the network and the studio. Geller had previously served CBS as director and vp of current programming at the network before moving over to CBS Television Studios as senior vp of current programming in 2006. His new role as executive vp of current programming at CBS Network Television Entertainment Group will find him supporting both CBS Entertainment and CBS Television Studios,
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- Michael O'Connell
Wikia Reveals How the Popularity of 'Arrested Development' Stacks Up
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Want to know how Netflix's revival of Arrested Development is being received? The series is trending ahead of AMC's Mad Men but behind HBO's Game of Thrones in discussion. Want to know which Arrested Development episode from the new season besides the premiere and finale is commanding the most buzz? That would be the seventh, “Colony Collapse,” in which G.O.B. finds a new group of friends after his relationship falls apart and his family abandons him. Want to know which characters from the latest season are being talked about by fans? Steve Holt and Lindsay Bluth Funke.
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- Eriq Gardner
Fifth Harmony Bows 'Miss Movin' On' Lyric Video
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The X Factor alumni Fifth Harmony have shared their debut video. The video for "Miss Movin' On" -- part sing-along party, part fun with markers, features the fresh-faced quintet holding up the colorfully scrawled words to the kiss-off anthem. The girls are framed in a Vine-esque app, with the video's quick edits in the style of the video service's short shots. Photos: 'X Factor' Top 12 Sound Off on Their Mentors: Red Carpet Interviews The empowering track fulfills the group's promise of "fun pop," which the quintet made to Billboard at the Radio Disney Music
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- David Greenwald, Billboard
J. Cole Fan Threatens to Kill Sister if Rapper Doesn't Retweet Him
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While Twitter gives fans unprecedented access to their favorite stars, one J. Cole admirer took things to a frightening level on the eve of Cole’s Born Sinner release date. A teen that goes by the username “That Aint My Kid” posted a photo Monday depicting a gun aimed at a young girl. In his tweet, the teen wrote: “@JColeNC retweet me and I’ll buy Born Sinner. Don’t retweet me and I’ll kill my lil sister.” Photos: They Said What? 14 Celebrities' Most Outrageous Statements The rapper responded Tuesday, writing “wildest s--- I ever seen on twitter bruh.” After
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- Sophie Schillaci
'The Spectacular Now' Trailer: Shailene Woodley Takes on Teenage Anxieties (Video)
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The first trailer for the Sundance darling The Spectacular Now has been released. The coming-of-age film is based on a young-adult novel by Tim Tharp with a screenplay penned by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the (500) Days of Summer writing team. The Spectacular Now follows Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a self-possessed but unmotivated high school senior who meets and begins a relationship with Aimee (Shailene Woodley), a smart classmate who has a promising future. Photos: Sundance's Greatest Hits: The Movies That Broke Through Woodley (The Descendants) and Teller (Footloose) were both awarded a Special
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- Mia Galuppo
Dolce & Gabbana Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
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An Italian judge has sentenced famed fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to a year and 8 months in prison for avoiding taxes in the 2004 sale of their D&G and Dolce & Gabbana brands to a Luxembourg holding company. However, the sentence was suspended -- and under Italian law, sentences of less than three years are typically served via house arrest or community service, the Wall Street Journal reports. Neither man appeared at today's hearing, and both have repeatedly declared their innocence. Story: Bloomberg Names Dolce & Gabbana to Annual Billionaires Index The pair have also been ordered to pay 343.4
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- Erin Weinger
New 'Heat' Clip: Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy Show Off Dance Moves (Video)
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In a new clip from female buddy-cop movie, The Heat, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy's characters drink, dance and crack each other up in a bar. In the Paul Feig-directed movie, hitting theaters June 28, McCarthy plays an unconventional Boston cop forced to team up with Bullock's uptight FBI agent on a case. This new clip shows that both characters are capable of cutting loose. Story: Sandra Bullock Will Not Play Miss Hannigan in 'Annie' The pair first perform a series of synchronized dance moves to "Groove Is in the Heart" for a group of bemused elderly people.
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- Hilary Lewis
Author Vince Flynn Dies at 47
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Vince Flynn, the bestselling novelist known for his 12-book series of thrillers that starred all-too-real counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and made him a darling of conservatives, has died. He was 47. Flynn died Wednesday at United Hospital in his birthplace of St. Paul, Minn., after a long battle with prostate cancer, ICM reported. He announced that he had cancer in 2011. His long-time agent Sloan Harris, the co-head of publications at ICM, said, "Vince Flynn was an incredibly talented storyteller and a true pioneer in publishing. Despite his extraordinary talent and success, Vince never
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- Andy Lewis, Mike Barnes
Sandra Bullock Will Not Play Miss Hannigan in 'Annie'
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Sandra Bullock and Annie are not meant to be, it seems. Negotiations have ended between the actress and Sony, the studio behind the update of the classic comic strip-turned-musical being produced by Will Smith and Jay-z, THR has confirmed. Photos: 21 of Hollywood's Ageless Actresses: Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Julie Bowen Bullock was offered the role of Miss Hannigan, the mean lady who runs the orphanage where Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) and her fellow orphans live. The actress and the studio were in talks in March before parting ways and then restarted talks earlier this month. The talks
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- Borys Kit
'Star Wars Episode VII' Casting Leak Includes Teen Girls, 'Military Type' Male
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The new, highly anticipated Star Wars reboot may be looking to cast a pair of teenage girls and a wide range of male characters. BleedingCool.com on Wednesday posted a list of casting breakdowns touted as “100 percent confirmed,” though it's worth noting that the details have not been confirmed by any other outlet. According to BleedingCool, casting began Wednesday in the U.K. Photos: When You Wish Upon a Death Star: The Surprising Symmetry of Star Wars and Disney Among the characters director J.J. Abrams is reportedly seeking are a pair of late-teen females (one described
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- Sophie Schillaci
Showtime's CEO on 'Homeland,' the Threat of Netflix and HBO's Goliath Budgets (Q&A)
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This story first appeared in the June 28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Matthew Blank's job has grown infinitely easier during recent years. When the New York native left HBO for rival Showtime in 1988, the premium cable network was not the home of quality programming (Homeland, Shameless, Nurse Jackie) that it is today. "It took an awfully long time to get to the point that people noticed," he says, his ticket to the 2012 Primetime Emmys -- at which Homeland swept the major drama categories -- encased nearby. But with increased competition from rivals old (HBO) and new (Netflix),
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- Lacey Rose
Shailene Woodley Cut From 'Amazing Spider-Man 2'
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Shailene Woodley will not appear in Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and neither will her character, Mary Jane Watson, THR has confirmed. Woodley’s appearance in Spider-Man 2 always was intended to be brief – the actress only worked three days and shot around three scenes – but sources say director Marc Webb decided to streamline the story. Photos: 'Amazing Spider-Man': Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Appear in Production Images "I made a creative decision to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen and their relationship," said Webb. "Shailene is an incredibly talented actress, and while we
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- Borys Kit
'Free Birds' Trailer: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson Are Time-Traveling Turkeys (Video)
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Relativity has released the first trailer for its Free Birds, the debut animated feature from Reel FX Animation Studios. Scheduled for a Nov. 1 opening, Free Birds is described as the story of two turkeys (voiced by Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) from opposite sides of the tracks who must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history -- and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. Jimmy Hayward (Blue Sky’s Horton Hears a Who!) is directing.
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- Carolyn Giardina
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