Articles Posted in the Breaking News Category
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Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is ‘strong’
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.
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Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S.
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MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’ star Dylan O’Brien eyed for DreamWorks’ ‘Glimmer’
By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Teen Wolf” star Dylan O’Brien must be howling with excitement, as he’s in negotiations for the lead role in DreamWorks’ found-footage film “Glimmer,” TheWrap has learned.
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CBS pulls ‘Mike & Molly’ tornado-themed season finale
By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Mike & Molly” fans won't be seeing Monday's season finale episode, which was scheduled to debut at 9:30 p.m. CBS has pulled it in light of Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma. “Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight's season finale of 'Mike & Molly,' which has a related storyline,” a CBS spokeswoman told TheWrap
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Ang Lee drops out of FX’s ‘Tyrant’ pilot
By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Ang Lee apparently isn't feeling very tyrannical anymore. The “Life of Pi” director has dropped out of the FX pilot “Tyrant,” which would have marked his television directorial debut. The pilot, from “Homeland” producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, along with Craig Wright (“Six Feet Under”), follows an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.
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‘American Chopper’s’ Paul Teutul Sr. lands new CMT series ‘Orange County Choppers’
By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Discovery Channel's “American Chopper” star Paul Teutul Sr.
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‘Hunger Games’ star Liam Hemsworth to lead action movie ‘Aurora Rising’
By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Relativity is back in business with its “Paranoia” star Liam Hemsworth, who has signed on to lead the upcoming action film “Aurora Rising.” Written by Christian Gudegast, the story follows a surfer (Hemsworth) turned military fighter pilot who, after acing a complicated and messy first combat mission, gets recruited to be part of an elite team to test the next generation of aircrafts just as an international conflict begins to escalate.
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Fred Armisen bids ‘SNL’ goodbye punk rock style
By Lee Hernandez LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – If the reports are true that Fred Armisen is following in the footsteps of his friend and fellow cast member Bill Hader and leaving “SNL,” then we may have just seen the comedian's last performance on the NBC comedy sketch show's May 18th season finale. In the final minutes of Saturday night's season-ender, Armisen reprised his role as punk-rock star Ian Rubbish, the British pink rock character he introduced just over a month ago in the “History of Punk
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NBC picks up ‘Siberia’ drama series
By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Think there's too much reality TV on the air these days? Cheer up, NBC has picked up a new scripted series – about a reality TV show.
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Jackson concert director worked without contract
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor was not the only person working on the singer's ill-fated “This Is It” tour without a fully executed contract, a corporate attorney for concert promoter AEG Live LLC testified Monday.