Scarlett Johansson Named Sexiest Woman Alive by EsquireOctober 7, 2013The actress, coming off a stint in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF on Broadway and a promotional tour for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's DON JON, told the magazine: 'You know, I gotta hustle. I'm a twenty-eight-year-old woman in the movie business, right?' she says. 'Pretty soon the roles you're offered all become mothers. Then they just sort of stop. I have to hedge against that with work—theater, producing, this thing with Esquire.'
Image Acquires DEVIL'S KNOT with Colin Firth & Reese WitherspoonOctober 7, 2013Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, acquires Worldview Entertainment's crime thriller DEVIL'S KNOT following its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Academy Award nominated Director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter), the film stars Academy Award winners Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) as well as Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Golden Globe nominee Mireille Enos (“The Killing”) and Stephen Moyer (HBO's “True Blood”). DEVIL'S KNOT is scheduled for a Q2 2014 release. The announcement was made today by Image Entertainment's Chief Acquisition Officer, Bill Bromiley.
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA Wins 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast AwardOctober 7, 2013National public television series 'All-Star Orchestra' has been awarded the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award for outstanding broadcast and new media coverage of music. The award will be presented on November 14, 2013, to Music Director Gerard Schwarz, Video Producer John Forsen and Executive Director Paul Schwendener. 'All-Star Orchestra' airsSundays at 12:30 p.m. in the New York metro area on THIRTEEN & in Philadelphia on WHYY and Sundays at 3:30 p.m. in the New York metro area on WLIW21.
Jenna Elfman to Guest on THE MINDY PROJECTOctober 7, 2013Elfman will take on the role of a 'crisis-management publicist who 'sexually dominates' Danny, which at this point brings Dr. Castellano's libido into serious question.'
GMA Takes 2012-2013 Television Season with C3October 7, 2013Based on Nielsen's C3 data (Commercial Data + 3 Day Playback), ABC News' “Good Morning America” ranked No. 1 for the 2012-13 television season in Total Viewers (5.066 million), Adults 25-54 (1.825 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.324 million), according to Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” won the television season for the first time ever based on the C3 projections, beating NBC's “Today” (4.351 million, 1.702 million and 1.306 million) by 715,000 Total Viewers, by 123,000 Adults 25-54 and by 18,000 Adults 18-49. Commercial Data + 3 Days of Playback are the television industry's currency used to broker sales to advertisers.
VIDEO: New International Trailer for 47 RONINOctober 7, 2013Universal Pictures has debuted a new international trailer for Carl Rinsch's 3D film 47 RONIN, hitting theaters on December 25. The fantasy adventure stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Rinko Kikuchi. Get a first look below!
VIDEO: First TV Spots for THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUGOctober 7, 2013Warner Bros. Pictures has released two new TV spots for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Opening in 3D, 2D and Imax theaters on December 13, the film stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. Check them out below!
VIDEO: First Look at Discovery's New Series BAR HUNTERSOctober 7, 2013Opening a bar is no party. While many people dream of running a bar of their own, at least half of them fail within the first year. Enter renowned bar expert and sommelier Tom Powers, who has helped open more than two dozen successful restaurants and bars. Now he's using his expertise to help first-time bar owners find their dream bars in the new series BAR HUNTERS, premiering Monday, October 21, at 10 PM E/P on Discovery. Check out a first look below!
TV Land Orders Workplace Comedy from Ben Silverman & Jon ShermanOctober 7, 2013TV Land has closed a half-hour workplace comedy script deal with multimedia studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI) which was announced today by Keith Cox, Executive Vice President, Development and Original Programming for TV Land. The script revolves around a 30-something woman as she navigates the executive ranks among her old-school male counterparts while her 20-something male assistant tries to make it amid his female-dominated peers - two fish, a big corporate pond, and very little water. The untitled script will be written and executive produced by Jon Sherman ('Frasier') with Electus' Chairman and Founder, Ben Silverman and Jimmy Fox also executive producing.
Animal Planet's PIT BULLS AND PAROLEES Returns for Fifth Season, 11/2October 7, 2013New Life. New Orleans. Tia Torres has spent 20 years building Villalobos, the largest pit bull rescue in the United States. Recently, she's spent over a year moving her entire operation, including 200+ pit bulls across the country from California to Louisiana and rebuilding it from the bottom up. Once Tia and her family unpacked their bags in 'The Big Easy,' they were sure they'd found home.
MASTERS OF SEX Up from PremiereOctober 7, 2013The new SHOWTIME drama series MASTERS OF SEX grew in its second week up nine percent at 10 p.m. with 1.1 million viewers (vs. one million last week) and up seven percent for the night with 1.5 million viewers (vs. 1.4 million last week).
MTV's BIG TIPS TEXAS Sneak Peek Scores Strong Numbers in Key DemoOctober 7, 2013 MTV's “Big Tips Texas,” a new 14-episode, half-hour docu-series, follows the lives of a group of fun-loving girlfriends serving up southern hospitality at a popular Texas watering hole while hoping to make their dreams a reality. The 30-minute premiere episode, which aired as a sneak peek on Wednesday, October 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT following “Miley: The Movement,” delivered 1.0 million total viewers, ranking as the #1 original cable series in its timeslot (P12-34) and the #1 program in its timeslot with women 12-34.* “Big Tips Texas” officially kicks off on Wednesday, October 9 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes.
WIGS' RUTH & ERICA Now Available on HuluOctober 7, 2013Popular WIGS drama Ruth & Erica, starring Maura Tierney (“ER”, “The Good Wife”) and an all star cast premieres on Hulu and Hulu+ TODAY. The 13-episode series (which originally premiered on YouTube) is now available in three, 30-minute episodes on the platform at www.hulu.com/ruth-and-erica.
DETAINED IN THE DESERT to Receive World Premiere at LALIFFOctober 6, 2013JOSEFINA LOPEZ, the creator of the critically acclaimed hit play, Real Women Have Curves and co-writer of the Sundance Film Festival award-winning film of the same name will now have her second film, Detained in the Desert, which she executive produced, presented in its World Premiere screening in competition as part of the 16th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. at TCL 6 Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Mann's Chinese Theatre), Theatre One, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028.