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TBS casts actresses for "Security" drama pilot Posted 3 hours, 40 minutes ago

Actress Zimmer attends the premiere of the fifth season of "Entourage" presented by HBO at the Ziegf

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TBS has cast Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster as the leads in its drama pilot "In Security." "Security" revolves around two sisters (Zimmer, Foster) who take over their father's private-security business protecting the super-elite while dealing with personal and family issues. Zimmer ("Entourage") plays the ...More

Fox mulling "Avatar" summer re-release Posted 4 hours, 48 minutes ago

Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson arrive at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Get ready for "Avatar"-plus. James Cameron and Fox are in discussions about rereleasing "Avatar," primarily in 3D theaters, in late summer -- and, tantalizingly, with additional scenes that had been left on the cutting-room floor in the rush to ready the epic for its December 18 ...More

"Matrix" bad guy eyes "Captain America" villain Posted 4 hours, 49 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Australian actor Hugo Weaving, who played bad guy Agent Smith in the "Matrix" franchise, is in talks to join the "Captain America" movie as the villainous Red Skull. The Marvel Studios project remains in search of the actor to play Steve Rogers, Captain America's alter ...More

Sequels, reboots bring sizzle to summer box office Posted 5 hours, 8 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Summertime moviegoers tend to vote early and, if things go well, often. During the past five years, about 42% of annual domestic box office sales have been rung up during the summer, which the industry marks beginning the first weekend in May. With the summer slate ...More

"Love Never Dies" a brilliant sequel to "Phantom" Posted 5 hours, 16 minutes ago

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Unlike lightning, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" does strike twice. More than 23 years after "Phantom of the Opera" became a worldwide sensation, the British composer has delivered a sequel in "Love Never Dies." As handsome as the original and filled with infectious melodies, startling images and ...More

Glenn Close has genes mapped Posted 10 hours, 43 minutes ago

Actress Glenn Close arrives at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science. Close, who stars in the FX television series "Damages" and is known for ...More

Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies aged 69 Posted 13 hours, 43 minutes ago

Former star NFL football player Merlin Olsen

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a key member of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line nicknamed the "Fearsome Foursome," died at the age of 69 on Thursday after a battle with cancer. Olsen died at a Los Angeles hospital, his alma matter, Utah State ...More

Betty White set to host "Saturday Night Live" Posted 14 hours, 11 minutes ago

White speaks after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awa

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and "Golden Girl" Betty White is taking her motherly brand of humor to sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live," the show's producers said on Thursday. White, 88, is a six-time winner of the top U.S. television awards, the Emmys ...More

O'Brien shakes off "Tonight Show," hits the road Posted 15 hours, 32 minutes ago

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month. The 30-city tour, titled "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television ...More

Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label Posted 20 hours, 54 minutes ago

An inflatable pig with an environmental message floats above the Live Earth New York concert during

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. The outcome of a dispute over the level of royalties the ...More

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