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'The Sopranos' Full Seasons Available Via HBO On Demand
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HBO is making all six seasons of the James Gandolfini mob drama "The Sopranos" available for one month each, in consecutive order, through HBO On Demand. Season 1 landed on the platform Monday, and will be available through the end of July, followed by Season 2 in August, and so on. See photos: Hollywood Gathers to Pay Respects at James Gandolfini's Funeral Additionally, the Emmy-nominated and Gandolfini-executive-produced HBO documentary "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq" will receive an encore play Thursday at 7 p.m. on HBO. Gandolfini died at age 51 last month after »
- Tony Maglio
Mark Burnett's 'The Bible' Sequel Gets NBC Greenlight
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Mark Burnett and NBC are forging a holy alliance to bring the sequel to Burnett and wife Roma Downey's hit miniseries "The Bible" to the peacock network. The sequel, which bears the working title "A.D.: Beyond the Bible," follows the enormously popular 10-part miniseries "The Bible," which drew a huge audience to History earlier this year. The new project begins in the dark days after Jesus' betrayal and death. Also read: Emmys: Mark Biurnett on Why 'The Bible's' Simple Message Resonated With the Masses "A perfect storm brews in the Holy Land, fueled by »
- Tim Kenneally
Ratings: 'Big Brother' Sunday Premiere Drops But Wins Night
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The Sunday premiere of "Big Brother" dropped considerably from last summer's Sunday premiere and last week's Wednesday premiere, but it still took the night's best ratings and helped propel CBS to an overall win for the night. Meanwhile, ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap" and "Whodunnit" slid from last week's premieres, according to preliminary numbers. CBS took first place in the advertiser-cherished 18-49 demographic with a 1.1 rating/3 share and in total viewers with 5.6 million."60 Minutes" at 7 p.m. had a 0.9/3 with 7.1 million total viewers, making it the most-watched program of »
- Tim Kenneally
'90210's' Manish Dayal to Star Alongside Helen Mirren in DreamWorks' 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'
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Manish Dayal, a star of the CW's "90210" reboot and AMC's "Rubicon," will take the lead role in DreamWorks' "The Hundred-Foot Journey," the studio announced on Monday. Helen Mirren also will star in the film, which had been previously reported but just confirmed by DreamWorks. Dayal will play Hassan Haji, a 22-year-old Indian man who becomes a famous French chef with the help of Madame Mallory (Mirren). Lasse Hallstrom is directing the film, an adaptation of Richard Morais' bestselling book. Steve Knight wrote the screenplay, about an Indian family that ignites a culinary »
- Lucas Shaw
'The Lone Ranger' Early Reviews: Critics Torch Johnny Depp Western
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Hi-yo ouch. Critics are lighting a match to "The Lone Ranger," the mega-budget western that has built up a heap of savage early reviews criticizing everything from its violence to the nutso performance of Johnny Depp as Tonto. Critics have branded the film a "must miss" with a doleful 25 percent "rotten" rating on critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Many top reviewers have yet to weigh in, so it's possible the film will pick up more favorable notices before it gallops into theaters on Wednesday, but as it currently stands the film ranks »
- Brent Lang
'MasterChef' Contestant Krissi Biasiello Accused of Racist Tweets
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Does "MasterChef" have its own Paula Deen? The Philadelphia Daily News says it has uncovered racist tweets by current "MasterChef" contestant Krissi Biasiello. The 34-year-old Philadelphia paralegal, who like Deen specializes in delicious but fatty comfort foods, is accused of using the N-word in one tweet and making a racist rape joke in another. Fox declined to comment, and Biasiello did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Daily News said that in one tweet, from May 21, 2012, Biasiello called the NBA "N---ers Bouncing Around." In another, from July 24, »
- Tim Molloy
Fox Searchlight Acquires 'Belle', Amma Asante's Tale of British Biracial Girl
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Fox Searchlight has acquired distribution rights across much of the globe to "Belle," Amma Asante's film about Dido Elizabeth Belle, the biracial daughter of a British admiral and a slave. The film marks Asante's second directorial project, following her award-winning turn behind the camera for "Way of Life." Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as the titular young woman alongside Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon and Miranda Richardson. Wilkinson and Watson play the couple that raises Belle, whose social standing is enhanced by her lineage but limited by her race. "Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a »
- Lucas Shaw
Why Hollywood Is Setting Movie Release Dates 5 Years in Advance
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Studios are escalating the tentpole race, claiming dibs on the best dates into late 2018 as big bets grow ever more important to the bottom line. Sony has already set a May 4, 2018, date for "Amazing Spider-Man 4," and slotted several animation projects that year, too. Disney has designated opening days that year for several Marvel and Pixar movies, and Fox has locked up dates for its animated movies. Those three studios have taken the long view on movie scheduling to the extreme this summer, planting early flags on dates in »
- Todd Cunningham
Netflix and 20th Century Fox Ink Multi-year 'New Girl' Streaming Deal
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Netflix entered into an exclusive multi-year streaming deal to bring the Fox sitcom "New Girl" to its U.S. members, the company announced Monday. The first season of the Twentieth Century Fox Television comedy is available on Netflix immediately. Subsequent seasons of the Zooey Deschanel vehicle will be available on Netflix after the broadcast seasons, according to Netflix. "New Girl" was recently renewed for a third season. "'New Girl' has proven to be the biggest breakout sitcom hit of the season and we are thrilled to be able offer it so quickly to our »
- Tony Maglio
Dominic Cooper Is '007' Creator in 'Fleming' Teaser Trailer (Video)
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Playboy. Gambler. Spy. Dominic Cooper ("Captain America: First Avenger," "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter") is Ian Fleming -- the man who created James Bond -- in the teaser trailer for the Sky Atlantic miniseries, "Fleming." The brief teaser shows a gun-toting Cooper navigating spiral stairs and dark hallways. Also read: James Bond Returning to the '60s in New Mission, New Novel The TV miniseries will look at the "007" creator and his early life in war-torn World War II London. Fleming was a wealthy English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer. "Fleming" is scheduled to be »
- Tony Maglio
News Corp., 21st Century Fox Proclaim 'Day One' in Ad (Photo)
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Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media empire got a little more fragmented on Monday. The separation of News Corp. into two independent and publicly traded companies is complete. One company, 21st Century Fox, is comprised of television and film holdings. The other, the new News Corp., consists of publishing and education assets. Shares of the companies begin trading on the Nasdaq this morning. Shareholders who held stock in News Corp. will get four shares of 21st Century Fox and one of the new News Corp for every four shares they owned in the old »
- Brent Lang
Tribune Media Buying Local Media Stations for $2.7B
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Tribune Company will purchase all of Local TV's 19 television stations in 16 markets for $2.7 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday. Tribune said the deal will make it the country's largest commercial TV station owner, and will increase its number of stations from 23 to 42 stations. They will include 14 CW affiliates, 14 Fox affiliates, 5 CBS affiliates, 3 ABC affiliates, 2 NBC affiliates and 4 independents. Tribune will also become the top Fox affiliate group and expand its position as the top CW affiliate group. The company will »
- Tim Molloy
Soledad O'Brien Joins Al Jazeera America
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Former CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien has reached a deal with Al Jazeera America in which she will contribute short segments and her production company, Starfish Media Group, will produce hour-long documentary specials. O'Brien will serve as special correspondent to Al Jazeera America's primetime current affairs magazine program "America Tonight." Until February, she hosted CNN's "Starting Point." The network has since replaced the show with "New Day." "O'Brien's career producing and reporting on the human side of many of the most important stories of the past decade will fit in perfectly with what »
- Tim Molloy
La Times Hit By Layoffs As Profits Plunge 41% at Tribune (Updated)
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The Los Angeles Times has cut more employees in what the paper termed a "modest round of staff reductions" on Friday, just as the parent Tribune company announced a quarterly earnings report with profit down by a staggering 41 percent. The layoffs coincided with the end of the parent Tribune Co.'s quarter and a redesign of its website. The company reported net income of $58.4 million in the first three months of the year, a 41% drop from the $99.1 million a year earlier. Revenue dropped 3.3% to $705 million and pretax »
- Sara Morrison
Bet Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List
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Actor and comedian Chris Tucker hosted the Bet Awards 2013 from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday. With 12 nominations, Drake went into Sunday's awards show with the most chances for taking home an award. He ended up taking three home: Best Collaboration with A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar for "Problems"; Video of the Year for "Started From The Bottom"; and the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award. Nicki Minaj won the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist for the fourth year in a row. Meanwhile, Lamar won Best New Artist and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist. Jamie »
- Jethro Nededog
'The Lone Ranger' Review: Hi-Yawn, Silver, Awaaaay!
13 hours ago
The new film "The Lone Ranger" seems very reluctant on the subject of its own hero, a character who was exceedingly popular for decades on radio and on television. It's one thing to give the faithful sidekick top billing, when that sidekick is played by Johnny Depp, but the film feels constantly torn between deconstructing the legend and presenting it in a straightforward manner. Since it's impossible to simultaneously sacrifice and worship a sacred cow, "The Lone Ranger" feels schizophrenic, a state of affairs that would be forgivable if it delivered »
- Alonso Duralde
Cirque du Soleil Performer Dies From Fall During Las Vegas Show (Updated)
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A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling Saturday night during a performance of the show "Ka" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Sarah Guillot-Guyard was killed in fall from the show's elevated vertical stage at the MGM Grand, a spokesperson for Cirque du Soleil confirmed to TheWrap. The tragic incident marks first onstage death in the 30-year history of artistic acrobatic troupe, according to the Las Vegas Sun which first reported the news. Also read: 'Storm Chasers' Stars Killed While Following Oklahoma Tornado The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed Sunday morning »
- Todd Cunningham
Jim Kelly, 'Enter the Dragon' Actor, Dead at 67
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Actor Jim Kelly, whose sharp wit and martial arts chops were a big part of the Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon," has died. He was 67. Kelly's ex-wife Marilyn Dishman said that he died Saturday of cancer in his San Diego home in a Facebook posting Sunday. He played he Afro-topped tough guy named Williams in the 1973 cult classic "Enter the Dragon" and supplied some of the film's best lines: He's "too busy lookin' good," Mr. Han-man comes "right out of a comic book," and "ghettoes are the same all over »
- Todd Cunningham
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