Articles Tagged “review”
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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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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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‘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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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.
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Charlie Rose turns weekend warrior with new PBS show
By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Charlie Rose will soon be helping you get your weekend started with a bang.
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Lease to Broadway’s biggest theater sold
NEW YORK (AP) — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.
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Records: AEG budgeted money for Jackson doctor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documents prepared by a concert promoter that were detailed in court on Monday indicated the company had budgeted $150,000 a month for a doctor to treat Michael Jackson as he prepared and delivered a series of comeback shows.
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Ex-NFL WR Johnson arrested on probation violation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.
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Martin Scorsese to present Mel Brooks with AFI Award
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart– one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while the other is best known for his pioneering fart jokes