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Tom Hanks, Cuba Gooding Wear Shorts When Broadway Shows Are Over

Roger Friedman — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:32:56 +0000

Broadway: you do think of stars meeting after their shows, in black and white, dressed in smoking jackets and gowns. But you know, it’s 2013 and it’s hot out. After the early—7pm — curtain last night, most stars headed to Bar Centrale and Joe Allen’s for a snack and an anecdote before getting ready for a two show Wednesday. Such was the case last night at Bar Centrale as cargo- short wearers Tom Hanks and Cuba Gooding, Jr.– fresh from standing ovations at “Lucky Guy” and “The Trip to Bountiful”–commandeered back tables with friends. “Look, he’s wearing shorts so it’s all right,” Gooding declared to his friend and lawyer Peter Toumbekis as Hanks regaled his table with a funny story. And the back of the room was packed, too: Stephen Schwartz, the amazing composer of “Pippin” had six guests including Jane Lynch, who’s wowing them in “Annie.” Across from that group Best Musical of 2006 “The Drowsy Chaperone” had a mini-reunion with Lisa Lambert, Don McKellar and friends. In the front room, on the famous corner table, were Tony winner [...]

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Charlie Sheen Ousts Female Co-Star of “Anger Management”

Roger Friedman — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:37:54 +0000

It’s been made official. Charlie Sheen, ever fun to work with, has ousted his female co-star from his TV show. Selma Blair played Charlie’s love interest on the F/X show “Anger Management.” But apparently Charlie’s anger, and the fact that he’s management, were enough to kick Blair off the show. Blair, according to reports, had voiced displeasure with Sheen’s work habits (just do a search on Sheen and “Two and a Half Men”). Instead of conceding what an ass he can be, Sheen made LionsGate terminate her. Blair has a great reputation– well, she doesn’t need defending. This is Charlie Sheen. His misbehavior in Hollywood reaps him millions and millions. PS Sheen plays a therapist on the show.

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“Terminator” Actor Edward Furlong Charged In Domestic Violence Assault

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:33 +0000

Every afternoon I got press updates from the Los Angeles district attorney’s office and they’re usually about miscellaneous crimes committed by people we’ve never heard of. This afternoon’s press release was about Edward Furlong, who’s now 35 but was the child star, in 1991, of “Terminator 2.” He’s always in trouble of some kind, but this is bad. Furlong was arraigned today for assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called the police. He already had two misdemeanor charges against him. If he’s convicted this time he’ll go to state prison for four years. His bail was set at $100,000. Furlong is alleged to have assaulted the girlfriend on May 21st when he violated a restraining order meant to keep him away from her. I thought maybe this guy hasn’t worked in a long time, etc. But it turns out, according to the imdb, he’s worked consistently. He has a lot of credits, several each year, on TV and on the B movie circuit. Nevertheless, according to the release, Furlong “was charged with dissuading a witness by force or [...]

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Watch Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight in Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” Here

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:44 +0000

Here’s an advance look at “Ray Donovan” from Showtime. Starring Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. It’s edited — but you can get the gist of it. Let me know what you think!

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“Community” Creator Dan Harmon “Apologizes,” Returns to Show

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:28:19 +0000

Fans of the cult NBC hit “Community” will be happy. Creator Dan Harmon is coming back. But first he has to make a public mea culpa. And so he has, on his blog today. You can read it all at www.danharmon.com/tumblr.com. I think this is what used to happen in Czarist Russia. Anyway, here are some excerpts: It Won’t Happen Again Again My apolotweets might not have fit the scale of the crime for some, so I’m following them up with one of my patented apoloblogs. I want to clarify, I’m apoloblogging in an effort to counteract pain I caused other people. Not because I think what I have to say is important – this is one of those days when I’m definitely fantasizing about getting less attention. And less money, and less oxygen, and, like, getting run over by a bus and stuff. But while I accidentally have your attention, I want to use it to say things I would have and should have said instead of what I did say… …I went to bed feeling great, woke up [...]

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“Superman” Has Legs: Now “Man of Steel” at $216 Million

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:29 +0000

“Man of Steel” continues to mow down the competition at the box office. The Superman reboot made $12.6 million last night. Boxofficemojo puts it at around $216 million worldwide since Thursday. It’s pretty clear that “Man of Steel 2″ is inevitable. Warner Bros. is also looking at a possible $500 million total globally. The only Kryptonite down the road might be “World War Z.” But by Friday “Man of Steel” will be safely in the black…btw if you noticed, Superman and Zod fight in front of a building owned by Lex Luthor… …My old friend Norton Herrick is pretty happy. The film and Broadway producer and real estate magnate had multiple successes. He backed “Pippin” this season and wound up backing the Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical. His thoroughbred, Animal Kingdom, won the 2011 Kentucky Derby, and the $10 million Dubai World Cup this past March. I’m told Animal Kingdom is now retiring to Palm Beach, where he’ll just be a stud. Coming up, Herrick has three additional film projects on his slate including the highly anticipated [...]

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Georgina Chapman (Mrs. Weinstein) Casts Aaron Tveit, Dree Hemingway in Her Short Film

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:24:06 +0000

Georgina Chapman is Mrs. Harvey Weinstein to you. She is also the phenomenally successful designer of the Marchesa line of gowns and dresses that are knockouts on every red carpet. Now Ms. Chapman is branching out into film. She’s directing a short one for Project Imagination by Canon. The film was announced last year but now we know something about it. Aaron Tveit of “Les Miserables” and now “Graceland” is in it, as well as Dree Hemingway, daughter of Mariel. Also cast is New York’s legendary theater actress Lois Smith. Neil Gaiman wrote the script about two kids who can fly but give it up as they get older. The film is untitled still, and the production is looking for a 9 year old girl to play Hemingway from her childhood.

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Former 21 Hour Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon Reduced to Two Hour Special

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:01:47 +0000

The poor old former Jerry Lewis telethon for Muscular Dystrophy: it’s been reduced now to two hours on ABC on September 1st. Gone completely is the famed 21 hour show that went through the night from Sunday to Monday on Labor Day, with Jerry Lewis watching the tote board and local stations pitching in to find money for MDA. In 2011, Lewis didn’t appear and was eliminated from MDA with no explanation after 50 years. In 2012, Lewis was even further erased, and the show was slimmed down from six hours to three. It resembled nothing of its former glory. Now MDA has announced the show is just a two hour special on ABC. All gone are the local shows that fed the syndicated one. And Jerry Lewis has been wiped from the show’s history. Interestingly, I reported after the 2011 show that MDA was unable to actually collect 50% of the money that was pledged without Lewis. After last year’s three hour show, no announcement was ever made about how much money was pledged or what was collected. MDA [...]

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World War Z Plays BIG at New York Premiere, with Angelina Jolie’s Dad and Brother

Roger Friedman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:43:18 +0000

We are just four days from the opening of “World War Z”– and it played great last night at the Ziegfeld premiere. Following a takeover of upper Times Square by Paramount for a lavish red carpet, Brad Pitt and co. hit the Ziegfeld with a big opening. You could feel the buzz in the theater, which seemed especially packed– and not just with people who made the movie. The theater was filled with various Guild members. Also spotted: actor Edward Norton. But the most interesting guests were actor Jon Voight, who is Angelina Jolie’s dad, with son James Haven and his friend, the pretty Ashley. I thought maybe Voight was in town to promote his Showtime series, “Ray Donovan.” But it turns out he came 3,000 miles just to see “World War Z” starring ‘son-in-law’ Brad Pitt. “I came just for this,” he told me. He pointed out that the “Ray Donovan” premiere is in Los Angeles. So what about “World War Z”? Pitt left New York right after the premiere to fly to Moscow. He’s literally traipsed all over [...]

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Pink Floyd Finally Hits Spotify After “Wish You Were Here” Gets 1 Mil Streams in 3 Days

Roger Friedman — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:23:32 +0000

Pink Floyd, a long time hold out, has finally come to Spotify. On Friday, Pink Floyd allowed “Wish You Were Here” onto the streaming service. Unpublicized, they agreed that if the album got 1 million streams, they’d allow the rest of their catalog to be included. This morning they hit the 1 million. And now, it’s all there. The Beatles, The Eagles, and a few others are still holding out from Spotify. But the Pink Floyd news is major. “Dark Side of the Moon” is one of the most popular albums of all time. On Spotify it should skyrocket. Streaming is now turning into the biggest deal of all–it’s easy and there’s none of the tiresome uploading of CDs. So now we’ll wait for Pink Floyd numbers from Spotify. I’m putting “The Wall” on now…

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