TheWrap Staff

  • Independent Box Office: ‘Iceman,’ ‘Maise’ Click for Millennium

    Millennium Entertainment connected with two limited releases — “The Iceman” and “What Maise Knew” —  at the specialty box office this weekend. "The Iceman,” which features Michael Shannon as real-life mob killer Richard Kuklinski, was in four theaters and took in $93,149 for a glossy $23,287 per-screen average. Winona Ryder and Ray Liotta co-star in…

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  • BBC America Renews ‘Orphan Black’ for Season 2

    BBC America has renewed its new conspiracy thriller, "Orphan Black," for a 10-episode second season. Developing… See press release below.   BBC AMERICA has renewed highly acclaimed original series, Orphan Black, for a second season to return as part of Supernatural Saturday in 2014. The conspiracy clone thriller starring Tatiana Maslany has been re-commissioned with a 10-episode order from Temple Street…

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  • Father of NY Post ‘Bag Men’ Cover Subject Seeks Lawyer

    The father of one of two innocent young men identified as "Bag Men" on the cover of the New York Post is looking for a lawyer, saying the paper has refused to apologize for wrongly linking his 16-year-old son to the Boston Marathon bombings. El Houssein Barhoum told The Washington Post that his son Salah…

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  • Kanye West Deletes All Tweets, Leaves One: ‘June Eighteen’

    Kanye West has gotten lots of attention for wild tweets, but on Thursday he drew notice for deleting them. The rapper removed everything he's ever tweeted and left just one message: "June Eighteen." Alright, you might say: New Kanye album June 18! But no, it's probably not that. West's ladyfriend, Kim Kardashian, announced she was…

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  • Jon Stewart Rips Obama on Guantanamo – and Says Look Out for PETA (Video)

    Jon Stewart ridiculed President Obama for not following up on a campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp — and accused the jailers there of "foodboarding." On Wednesday's "Daily Show," Stewart highlighted Obama's softening statements since his 2008 pledge to close Guantanamo — and worked in some jokes about Aquaman and PETA. He…

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  • ‘Rectify’ Gets Second Season From Sundance

    Sundance is giving a second season to "Rectify," its slow-burning drama about a man released from death row. The show, Sundance's first wholly owned original scripted series, debuted last week to mostly positive reviews. Sundance said 10 new episodes wil air in 2014. “The response to ‘Rectify’ has been incredible,' said Sundance president Sarah Barnett.…

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  • Tony Nominees: The Complete List

    Here is the complete list of this year's Tony nominees. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy Nathan Lane – The Nance Tracy Letts – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? David Hyde Pierce – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tom Sturridge – Orphans…

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  • Helen Mirren Takes Olivier Award for Playing Queen in ‘The Audience’

    Helen Mirren, who the best actress Oscar for “The Queen” in 2007, took top honors Sunday at London’s Olivier theater awards Sunday for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience.” Mirren had been favorite for the trophy at Britain's equivalent of Broadway’s Tonys for her regal turn in Peter Morgan's play about the…

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  • ‘Vampire Diaries’ Spinoff Picked Up; ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Hart of Dixie’ Renewed

      Despite unexpectedly low ratings for Thursday's airing of the backdoor pilot for "The Vampire Diaries" spinoff, "The Originals," The CW has ordered the show to series. Additionally, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Hart of Dixie" have been renewed for a second season and third season, respectively. “As soon as we saw last night’s episode…

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  • George Jones, Country Music’s ‘Possum,’ Dies at 81

    Country singer George Jones has died at 81, his publicity firm confirms to TheWrap. More to come…

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  • George Jones, Country Music’s ‘Possum,’ Dead at 81

    Country singer George Jones has died at 81, his publicity firm confirms to TheWrap. More to come…

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  • FX Casts ‘House of Cards’ Star Cory Stoll in Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘The Strain’

    FX has cast "House of Cards" star Cory Stoll as the lead in its drama pilot "The Strain," based on the bestselling vampire novel trilogy from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.  Del Toro and Hogan will co-write the pilot script, with del Toro attached to direct. Carlton Cuse ("Lost," "Bates Motel") is executive producing…

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  • MTV Greenlights ‘Scream’ Pilot, Renews ‘Snooki & JWoww’

    MTV has given the green light to a pilot based on the "Scream" movie franchise, and has also renewed "Snooki & JWoww" for a third season, the network said Thursday. Read the full release below. More to come… MTV GREENLIGHTS PILOT FOR TV ADAPTATION OF “SCREAM” FILM FRANCHISE AT 2013 UPFRONT Network Also Announces Three…

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  • Mark Wahlberg Ponders Funky Bunch Reunion to Help Boston (Video)

    Mark "Don't Call Me Marky Mark" Wahlberg says he would go back to his musical roots to help his hometown. The "Pain and Gain" star told TMZ, who kind of nailed it on this one, that he would be willing to do a reunion show with his old hip-hop group, Marky Mark and the Funky…

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  • Mark Wahlberg Ponders Funky Bunch Reunion to Aid Boston (Video)

    Mark "Don't Call Me Marky Mark" Wahlberg says he would go back to his musical roots to help his hometown. The "Pain and Gain" star told TMZ, who kind of nailed it on this one, that he would be willing to do a reunion show with his old hip-hop group, Marky Mark and the Funky…

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