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- It’ll Take a ‘Village’ to Salute the Kinks at Tribute Show Saturday
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 11:21 PMThe Kinks’ classic 1968 album “The Village Green Preservation Society” has always needed some fervent champions to keep its reputation alive, or even to keep it in print, in the 50 years since it first came out and proved to be a massive flop.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the ‘Rich Eisen Show’ Mixes Sports and Showbiz in an Entertaining Mix
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 10:06 PMWalking through the El Segundo studio where veteran sportscaster Rich Eisen tapes his daily “Rich Eisen Show,” the sheer density of sports memorabilia is overwhelming — everything from game balls to jerseys, gear, autographs and uncountable photos are crammed onto every inch of wall and desk space.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Film News Roundup: ‘The Favourite’ Director Yorgos Lanthimos Boards Crime Drama
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 09:00 PMIn today’s film news roundup, Yorgos Lanthimos has set up a crime drama, “Here Lies Daniel Tate” is being adapted, and Donna Langley becomes a member of the USC film school board.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hollywood Agents Blast Writers Guild Over New Proposals
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 07:34 PMThe war between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood agents has escalated as the two sides battle over the rules on how writers are represented.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EA Australia Studio Firemonkeys Suffers Layoffs, Takes Over ‘Sims Mobile’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 06:34 PMElectronic Arts Australia developer Firemonkeys has been hit by layoffs following a decision by the publisher to reorganize staff to focus on live services, an EA spokesperson tells Variety. Firemonkeys will now be taking over the development of “The Sims Mobile” from the Maxis Mobile team.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the ‘Rich Eisen Show’ Mixes Sports and Showbiz in a Entertaining Mix
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:37 PMWalking through the El Segundo studio where veteran sportscaster Rich Eisen tapes his daily “Rich Eisen Show,” the sheer density of sports memorabilia is overwhelming — everything from game balls to jerseys, gear, autographs and uncountable photos are crammed onto every inch of wall and desk space.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - R. Kelly Is ‘Going Down Hard,’ Criminal-Defense Attorney Predicts
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:57 PMWhen R.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Josh Cooke Joins Katey Sagal in ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Nana’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:30 PMJosh Cooke has been cast in a lead role in the ABC hybrid comedy pilot “Nana” opposite Katey Sagal, Variety has learned. Cooke will play Alex, a fire chief in Indianapolis who is a newly widowed single father of two girls.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Robert Mueller’s Team Denies Roger Stone’s Claim That It Tipped Off CNN to His Arrest
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:04 PMWASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors denied that they prematurely released a draft of the indictment of Roger Stone and said claims that CNN was tipped off to his arrest are “without merit.” Stone was arrested on Jan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Batwoman’ Pilot Adds Elizabeth Anweis as Catherine Hamilton-Kane
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:30 PMThe CW’s “Batwoman” pilot has cast Elizabeth Anweis, Variety has learned. Anweis will play Catherine Hamilton-Kane, the stepmother of Kate Kane, a.k.a. Batwoman. Catherine made her fortune as a savvy, bullheaded defense contractor, and all those billions position Catherine as one of Gotham’s most powerful residents.
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- Bioware Maps Out The Next Three Months of ‘Anthem’ following Launch
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 09:54 PMBioWare has detailed the next 90 days of content updates and events scheduled to be introduced to the recently launched “Anthem”. The roadmap is broken down by months, starting with the February launch of “Anthem” which will see the addition of three freeplay events – Outlaw Outrage, There be Giants, and Shaper Surge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - R. Kelly Turns Himself in to Chicago Police
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 09:23 PMR. Kelly, who was indicted Friday afternoon on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims, turned himself in to a Chicago police station on Friday night. He is set to appear for a bond hearing on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Malik Yoba to Reprise Role in ‘New York Undercover’ Reboot at ABC
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 08:06 PMMalik Yoba, who starred as Detective J.C. Williams in the 90s show “New York Undercover,” is set to reprise the role in the ABC reboot, sources tell Variety.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Album Review: Gary Clark Jr.’s ‘This Land’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 07:43 PMNot that many years ago, people were talking about Gary Clark Jr. in terms of his ability to revive a fairly commercially moribund genre: the blues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - KTLA Anchor Chris Burrous’ Cause of Death Released
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 06:01 PMAn investigative report on KTLA anchor Chris Burrous has determined that his cause of death was attributed to methamphetamine toxicity, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Burrous, 43, was found unconscious at a motel in Glendale, Calif on December 27, and later died at the hospital.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Live+3 Ratings for Week of Feb. 11: ‘Masked Singer’ Easily Tops Competition
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:52 PMFox’s “The Masked Singer” was the highest-rated broadcast show of the week in both Live+Same Day and Live+3. For the week of Feb. 11, the unscripted singing competition series went from a 2.4 rating in adults 18-49 to a 3.4, a rise of 42%.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Maggie Lawson to Star in Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Geniuses’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:15 PMMaggie Lawson has been cast in one of the lead roles of the Fox multi-camera comedy pilot “Geniuses,” Variety has learned. The pilot follows a blue-collar couple in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Google Reportedly Unveiling Project Yeti Streaming Hardware At GDC 2019
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:48 PMGoogle is hosting a keynote at the upcoming Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 19, and rumors are swirling around what it could entail.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon 3’ Soaring to $50 Million-Plus Launch
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:23 PM“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is soaring toward a $53 million launch weekend at 4,259 North American locations, early estimates showed on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jaime Camil to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot From Alex Herschlag, Jennie Snyder Urman
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 03:00 PMCBS has made a late pilot pickup, ordering a multi-camera comedy with “Jane the Virgin’s” Jaime Camil attached to star. The untitled project hails from writer and executive producer Alex Herschlag with “Jane the Virgin” creator Jennie Snyder Urman set to executive produce.
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- Film Review: ‘2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 11:35 PMThe Academy skewed dark in its choice of live-action shorts this year, selecting four films to slit your wrists by — each one featuring child endangerment in a different form — and a fifth, about a diabetic on her death bed, that finds a glimmer of uplift at the other end of life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Review: ‘Whiskey Cavalier’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 09:30 PMThe crux of “Whiskey Cavalier” can be found right in its protagonist’s name. “Will Chase” is a purposefully ridiculous wink of a name that tries to be both debonair and very silly all at once, just like the FBI agent (played by Scott Foley) to which it belongs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Comedian Brody Stevens Dies at 48
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 08:43 PMProminent Los Angeles comedian Brody Stevens died Friday in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. He was 48. “Brody was an inspiring voice who was a friend to many in the comedy community,” Stevens’ reps said in a statement.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Cesar Awards: Xavier Legrand’s ‘Custody’ Wins Best Film
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 06:18 PMXavier Legrand’s feature debut “Custody,” a tense portrait of a family torn by domestic violence, won best film, actress (for Lea Drucker), and original screenplay at the 44th Cesar Awards, which took place at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Steps Down From Company’s Board
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 06:01 PMTwitter co-founder Evan “Ev” Williams is stepping down from the company’s board, Twitter announced in a SEC filing Friday afternoon. Williams will depart from the board at the end of this month, according to the filing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Win Publicity Campaign Awards
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:55 PMHollywood publicists have selected “Crazy Rich Asians” as the top movie publicity campaign for 2018 and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” as the best television campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha to Star in ‘Slyvie’
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 05:00 PMTessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha are set to star in the feature film “Slyvie.” Eugene Ashe has written the screenplay and will direct with production currently underway. The film is described as a love story set in the cool jazz era of New York City in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kamala Harris ‘Frustrated and Disappointed’ by Jussie Smollett Allegedly Staging Attack
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 03:59 PMSen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has spoken out against Jussie Smollett after the “Empire” actor was charged by police for allegedly filing a false police report. “Like most of you, I’ve seen the reports about Jussie Smollett, and I’m sad, frustrated, and disappointed,” Harris said in a statement posted Thursday on Twitter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dreaming of a Hollywood Ending for Actors With Disabilities (Guest Column)
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 04:17 PMPicture a world in which an actor with a disability wins an Academy Award. Sadly, that storyline remains no more than a Hollywood fantasy. In recent years, the #OscarsSoWhite trending hashtag campaign has shed light on the lack of diversity in the movie industry.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Microsoft Prepping Game Pass for Nintendo Switch (Report)
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 03:00 PMMicrosoft and Nintendo are working together to bring Xbox titles the Nintendo Switch, according to Direct-Feed Games via Game Informer.
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