Matt Bomer Joins Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe In ‘The Nice Guys’

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Bomer has been set to star opposite Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys, the action drama that Iron Man 3's Shane Black wrote and is directing with Joel Silver producing at Warner Bros. I would say that Bomer plays the heavy, but he'll be carrying little if any body fat as he comes right from Savannah after he wraps the Steven Soderbergh-directed sequel Magic Mike XXL. I can still remember when Bomer, a complete unknown, was verging on being…

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Naomi Campbell To Recur On Fox’s ‘Empire'; Tina Casciani Joins CW’s ‘Jane The Virgin’

Naomi Campbell has booked a recurring role on Fox's midseason drama Empire. The hip-hop industry drama from Lee Daniels, Danny Strong and Brian Grazer centers on Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard), a music superstar who is about to take his company public. Campbell will play Camilla, an alluring woman involved in a steamy affair with Hakeem (Bryshere Gray), the much-younger potential heir to his father's throne, over whom she exercises considerable influence. Supermodel…

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IATSE Hits Bravo With Unfair Labor Practices Charges Over ‘Shahs Of Sunset’ Firings

EXCLUSIVE: Three days after the NBCUniversal-owned cable network took over control of Season 4 of Shahs of Sunset and canned the striking postproduction staff, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has made a big move of its own. Representing the Motion Pictures Editors Guild, the union today filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Bravo Media with the National Labor Relations Board.
“Within the past six months the Employer has violated the Act by…

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Broadway Box Office Steady At $22M; ‘Matilda’ Up $103K

With 30 shows on the boards (including six in previews up until Sunday's opening of You Can't Take It With You), Week 18 of the Broadway season was all but identical to the prior stand. London import The Curious Incident Of The Dog in The Night-Time was up $124,000 for seven previews and played to full houses at the Ethel Barrymore in anticipation of its October 5 opening, according to figures released by the trade group Broadway League.
Matilda, another UK import…

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‘Ray Donovan’ Finale Ratings Hit Series High; ‘Masters Of Sex’ Down

One Showtime series saw a kid's birthday party and some partnerships come to an end while the other heralded the beginning of John F. Kennedy's presidency. However, both Ray Donovan and Masters Of Sex ended their second seasons last night with one way up and one not so much.
With 2 million watching the 9 PM show, the Season 2 finale of Hollywood fixer series Ray Donovan was up 40% from the 1.406 million who tuned in for the Season 1 ender on September 22 last year, the…

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What Is SoftBank, And Why Might It Want DreamWorks Animation?

A lot of people in Hollywood are asking that question today after word spread over the weekend that the DreamWorks Animation  board met last week to consider a potential offer that would put a $3.3B valuation on the independent studio. Few up to now figured SoftBank into the mix of possible buyers. But you can't blame the Japanese Internet and telecom company for that. The No. 3 wireless provider in its home country, and a player in the U.S. following its $21.6B acquisitio…

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5 Childhood Fall Traditions That Should Be Perfectly Acceptable To Carry Into Adulthood

Fall is, hands down, the best season at any age. However, as I get a little older, I’ve realized that there are certain expectations of which activities you should and should not partake in as an adult. Apparently, some of the fall fun I had as a kid is no longer “age appropriate.” Well, I […]
5 Childhood Fall Traditions That Should Be Perfectly Acceptable To Carry Into Adulthood

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