‘Family Guy’ Takes On Harvey Weinstein & Kevin Spacey Scandals In Emmy Mailer

Family Guy‘s designated Emmy pitchman, Peter Griffin, is back on duty this year with another current events reference in his blunt message to voters. Referring to a scene on the animated comedy about Kevin Spacey and a comment made by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane about Harvey Weinsetin — both years before the sexual harassment scandals involving the Hollywood heavyweights hit last fall. “We predicted Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weisntein. Open DVD to see who’s next,&#8221…

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Burbank Hits Vegas As Disney Reigns With Billion-Dollar Hits & Warner Bros Brings Out The Most Stars Ever – CinemaCon

Burbank came to Vegas today, as both Disney and Warner Bros attempted to wow exhibitors in their own patented ways at CinemaCon. Disney brought the movies. Warners brought the stars. Both played well in the desert, and especially with the mom and pop theater owners who eat this stuff up. In all my years attending WB’s “The Big Show” presentations here, I have never seen the sheer numbers of filmmakers and actors who boarded the corporate jet and hit the Colosseum stage…

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‘Mowgli’, Warner Bros’ Long-In-Works ‘Jungle Book’ Film, Gets First-Look Teaser – CinemaCon

Warner Bros screened a 2 1/2-minute trailer of its long-gestating Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli (formally titled Jungle Book: Origins) this evening at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Director Andy Serkis along with stars Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Rhys and Rohan Chand were present to cue up the video for the film, which began principal photography in 2015. Serkis said his take on the Rudyard Kipling classic focuses on “the journey of Mowgli of being an…

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‘Smallfoot’ Trailer: Warner Animation Pic Breaks The Ice At CinemaCon

Warner Bros used its CinemaCon presentation this evening to unveil the first trailer from Smallfoot, its Warner Animation Group pic where a yeti (voiced by Channing Tatum) makes a wild discovery that was thought to be only a myth: a human. James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Gina Rodriguez, Danny DeVito, Yara Shahidi, Ely Henry and Jimmy Tatro also provide voices for the pic, which hits theaters September 28. Karey Kirkpatrick wrote and directed the film. WAG…

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‘A Star Is Born’ With Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Gets First Look – CinemaCon

Warner Bros debuted the first look at A Star Is Born, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper alongside Lady Gaga. “It's a big swing this movie,” said Cooper, saying how he always wanted to do a love story and the best way to express that is through music. “We jumped on stage in front of real crowds,” said Cooper. Lady Gaga did not make an appearance at the studio’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas. In the new movie, Cooper plays Jackson Maine, a country music star on…

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‘Lethal Weapon’: More On The Incidents & On-Set Environment That Led To Fox Series’ Limbo

They had the makings of America’s next favorite TV duo — popular comedian Damon Wayans and character actor Clayne Crawford taking on the iconic Lethal Weapon roles played by Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in the popular movie franchise. But two seasons into the Lethal Weapon series, they are hardly speaking to each other. Following the quick flame-out of the Rush Hour reboot on CBS, expectations were low for Lethal Weapon.The series created by Matt Miller exceeded them and…

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‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Creator-Songwriter Bob Dorough Dies At 94

Bob Dorough, the jazzman who created the clever and enduring Schoolhouse Rock toons that taught grammar, math, science, and citizenship to a generation of TV-watching kids, has died. He was 94. His family told the Associated Press that Dorough died Monday at his home in Mount Bethel, PA, but did not give a cause. Born on December 12, 1923, in Cherry Hill, AR, Dorough was a jazz musician in the early 1970s when a New York ad man complained that his young sons couldn’t do…

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‘Travesties’ Broadway Review: Tom Stoppard’s Brainy Comedy Finds Its Heart

Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning 1974 play Travesties, stuffed thick as a English gentleman’s armchair, its ideas on art, war, patriotism and purposeful nonsense fashioned into a nonstop tourney of wit and erudition, has often been called a brainteaser, but brain tickler comes so much closer to the jubilant staging presented by Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company. Directed by Patrick Marber and starring Tom Hollander, this Travesties arrives at Roundabout’s American Airlines…

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‘Aquaman’ Work-In-Progress Teaser, Bits Of ‘Shazam!’ Shown At Warner Bros’ CinemaCon Panel

Warner Bros didn’t waste time at its CinemaCon session today in Las Vegas and began with the DC goods, initially showing off some behind-the-scenes footage of the Shazam! and Aquaman cast and James Wan introducing an Aquaman teaser with some unfinished VFX. Essentially it’s a lot of Atlantis, swimming fish people sometimes riding sea horses, and futuristic submarines. Aquaman is challenging his brother played by Patrick Wilson for the throne (sounds a lot like Black Panthe…

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Latest Bankruptcy Filings Reveal Extent Of Weinstein Co. Woes

The latest filings in The Weinstein Co.’s bankruptcy case draw a clearer picture of the studio’s legal and financial woes. The studio identifies nearly a dozen outstanding lawsuits filed against The Weinstein Co., many stemming from co-funder Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct. Some cases received widespread attention, such the civil rights case brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, or the class action suit filed in Los Angeles on behalf of…

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Prosecution Attacks Bill Cosby & His Lawyers In Closing Argument – Update

UPDATED with prosecution’s closing argument, 4:21 PM: The more prosecutor Kristen Feden talked about Bill Cosby's accusers, the more the comedian seemed to be smirking from his seat in the courtroom. Feden noticed, too. Twice during her closing argument, she addressed Cosby directly, calling him out to the jurors for laughing as she talked about the women who had accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting them. "He's laughing like it's funny," Feden said, "but…

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AMC Boss Adam Aron On Monthly Ticket Sub Programs, Co-Existing With Netflix & ‘Booming Industry’ – CinemaCon

For AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron, this year’s CinemaCon isn’t about MoviePass, monthly movie ticket subscriptions, rather how “the industry is booming” with $11 billion-plus domestic box office results for the third year in a row. And with Black Panther during the first quarter and Avengers: Infinity War looking to take down Star Wars: The Force Awakens record opening weekend record ($247.9M), by the end of June, 2018 will likely outclick the first six months of last…

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John Oliver Compares Donald Trump Administration To ‘Sharknado’

John Oliver began his HBO late night show with talk of yet another busy week for the Trump administration “the Sharknado of administrations in that they are spinning out of control, destroying everything in their path and will almost certainly eventually hire Tara Reid,” he said. The week was dominated by the continuing fallout of  previous week's FBI raid on Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen. And while no charges have been brought against him yet, there is already…

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Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Says Relationship Between Cohen And Hannity “Far More Extensive” Than People Believe

The plot continues to thicken in the scandal between Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump. Michael Avenatti, Daniels’ lawyer, claims that the relationship between POTUS’ lawyer Michael Cohen and his “mystery third client” Sean Hannity is more involved than either initially suggested. During an interview with CNN Sunday, Avenatti said: “I think that the relationship is going to be far more extensive than Mr. Hannity has led people to believe.” He added, “I don’t know that there…

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‘Westworld’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Time’s Up In The Park

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about Westworld’s season 2 premiere tonight on HBO, "Journey Into Night". “The women rule supreme this season, it's all about the women.” That’s what Tessa Thompson (aka Delos exec Charlotte Hale) told us yesterday at our Tribeca studio in regards to season 2 of HBO’s Westworld, and indeed the message was clear tonight in the android theme park: We are women, hear us roar. After being abused by both guests in the park, and the…

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‘Sharp Objects’ Trailer Gives A Chilling First Look At Amy Adams In HBO Adaptation Of Gillian Flynn Novel

The first trailer for HBO’s adaptation of Sharp Objects dropped tonight during the season two premiere of Westworld and it is definitely haunting. Based on Gillian Flynn’s novel by the same name, the limited series stars Amy Adams as Camille Preaker, a journalist who returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls only to find herself identifying with the young victims too closely. The trailer above gives a taste of the eight-episode limited series…

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‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Review: Broadway’s Perfectly Enchanted Evening (Or Two)

Like any magic worth an incantation, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, opening on Broadway at the Lyric Theater tonight, depends on unspoiled illusions, a delight in life’s wonders and the skills to present it all as if no one had ever even considered its combinations before, much less pulled them off. I won’t spoil any illusions – the production itself handles the rest. Cursed Child is a marvel, a shape-shifting play that effortlessly incorporates music and…

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Shania Twain Clarifies Comments On Supporting Trump, Says She’s “Passionately Against Discrimination”

Country superstar Shania Twain recently expressed her opinion about Donald Trump and it didn’t receive the best reception. In an interview with The Guardian, the Canadian Grammy-winning singer said of Trump: "I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest.” She went on to say that if she were voting she didn’t want “bullsh*t.” She added, “I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not…

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‘Westworld’ Season 2 Review: The Robot Revolution Will Be Televised, Beautifully

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains broad details of the second season of Westworld, which premieres tonight on HBO.  Regardless of its actual merits, there’s always been a bit of a Joe Biden quality to Westworld but heading into its Season 2 debut tonight the HBO drama is increasingly displaying it's ready for the top job. Obviously birthed as an eventual successor to Game of Thrones by the premium cabler when the Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan created drama based on Michael…

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Tencent Music Explores Anticipated Huge IPO For Its Streaming Music Service

China’s largest music streaming company, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, is poised to create an initial public offering (IPO) and is negotiating with several banks for underwriting. The Wall Street Journal reported that the successful debut of Spotify Technology SA is the motivator for Tencent. If all goes as planned, the IPO would bow in the second half of 2018 and is anticipated to be one of the largest of the year. The IPO would likely be listed in the US, but…

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