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A-Lister Scarlett Johansson Secures TV Gig

A-Lister Scarlett Johansson Secures TV Gig

If anyone doubted Scarlett Johansson’s box office might, the summer film Lucy silenced them once and for all. Not only does Johansson stand tall in The Avengers and Captain America, she can carry an action movie on her slender shoulders.

Netflix Signs Adam Sandler to Exclusive Four Picture Deal

Netflix Signs Adam Sandler to Exclusive Four Picture Deal

Mere hours after buggy whip makers theatre owners here in America and around the globe collectively attempted to strangle the streaming/Imax deal between Netflix and The Weinstein Company in the crib, Netflix turned around and shoved its finger deep in

Average TV Viewer Is 44 Years Old

Average TV Viewer Is 44 Years Old

Unless bundled cable providers find a way to move their racket online, the demographic reality of younger people moving online looms as an existential threat to the most lucrative business in entertainment and the news media. In just four years

Why a TV Network Would Cancel Its Highest-Rated Drama

Why a TV Network Would Cancel Its Highest-Rated Drama

A&E’s “Longmire,” which recently wrapped up its third season, is the second highest-rated program on the network (second only to “Duck Dynasty”) and the most popular original dramatic production the network has ever aired.  It’s an unassuming police procedural that

'Breaking Bad' and 'Modern Family' Win Emmy Awards

'Breaking Bad' and 'Modern Family' Win Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Modern Family” and “Breaking Bad” triumphed at Monday’s Emmy Awards, proving that established broadcast and cable series retain the power to fend off challenges from upstart online series like “Orange Is the New Black.” The ceremony’s

Broadband Overtakes TV for First Time

Broadband Overtakes TV for First Time

For the first time, top U.S. cable firms have more broadband customers than cable TV subscribers, according to published data from the Leichtman Research Group.   The top cable companies had about 49,915,000 broadband subscribers in the second quarter ending in June, compared

Box Office Suffers Worst Decline In Three Decades

Box Office Suffers Worst Decline In Three Decades

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Summer 2014 is shaping up to be the worst in 8 years thanks to the worst year-over-year decline in three decades. With only 6 weeks of summer remaining and middling titles like “Hercules,” “Teenage Mutant

Broadway, West End Star Elaine Stritch Dies at 89

Broadway, West End Star Elaine Stritch Dies at 89

(AFP) Veteran Broadway actress and singer Elaine Stritch, who enthralled theatre audiences for 70 years with her brassy voice and quick-fire comedy delivery, has died. She was 89. Her death at home in Birmingham, Michigan was confirmed to US media

Tommy Ramone, Last of the Original Ramones, Dead at 62

Tommy Ramone, Last of the Original Ramones, Dead at 62

Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving member of the four founding Ramones, died of cancer Friday at age 62 (some outlets place his age at 65). Born Thomas Erdelyi in 1952, in the band’s early formative years, Tommy also served

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

Box Office: Under-Performing ‘Transformers 4’ Should be Freaking Hollywood Out My reviews of the dreadful “Tammy,” the pro-Catholic “Deliver Us From Evil,” and a much better than expected “Transformers: Age of Extinction” just posted.  I’m late with “Transformers” due to

Net Neutrality Debate Brings Out the Worst in People

Net Neutrality Debate Brings Out the Worst in People

“…expect the people of this nation to…overthrow you. By any means necessary.” “…for the Netflix and cat videos…” “Why not rename the constitution the Comcast-Time Warner Constitution of the United States.”  These are just a few of the coarse and

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 Stories

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 Stories

Why Aereo’s Defeat Will Be An Eventual Defeat For the Victors Unless Aereo decides to pay re-transmission fees to the networks it wishes to re-transmit — which is unlikely and would mean higher costs to Aereo customers — Aereo is