Archive: April 2009 (21-30 of 341)

Apr 29 2009 02:43 PM ET

Lane Garrison released from prison

by
Categories: Lawsuits, Television

Actor Lane Garrison (Prison Break), who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving after a December 2006 car accident, has been released from the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi, Calif. E! News is reporting that the 28-year-old actor was freed early Wednesday morning, after serving less than half of his sentence.

In November 2007, Garrison was sentenced to 40 months in state prison for his role in a DUI crash in Beverly Hills that left a 17-year-old boy dead and injured a 15-year-old girl.

Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told E! that Garrison had earned enough good-behavior credits to warrant his release.

Last week, Garrison agreed to a financial settlement with the victims and their family members involved in his 2006 car crash.

Apr 29 2009 01:10 PM ET

Katzenberg re-ups with DreamWorks Animation

by
Categories: Movie Biz

Jeffrey Katzenberg has re-upped with DreamWorks Animation thru 2013. Variety reports that the CEO has renewed his contract with the thriving studio behind recent hits Madagascar 2, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens. Katzenberg will reportedly be paid $1 per year, with additional compensation in the form of stock incentives tightly linked to the company’s share price.

The studio is currently prepping a fourth Shrek film (2010), a Kung Fu Panda sequel (2011) and How to Train Your Dragon (2010).

Apr 29 2009 12:49 PM ET

NBC greenlights gambling gameshow

by
Categories: Television

NBC is gambling that viewers are hungry for more poker. Variety reports that the network has ordered seven episodes of Face the Ace, a Las Vegas gameshow in which ordinary contestants compete in poker tournaments against professional card-sharks. If the contestant wins, they can opt to keep the winnings, or risk those winnings against another pro for a bigger pot— of up to $1 million. But if they lose, the contestant walks away emptyhanded.

Hosted by Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos), Ace will debut  Aug. 1 at 9 p.m., but will eventually move to Saturday afternoons beginning in September.

Apr 29 2009 12:33 PM ET

Ricky Gervais book to get 3-D treatment

by
Categories: Books, Movies

Ricky Gervais’s children-book series, Flanimals, will soon literally pop off the page, according to Variety. Universal-based Illumination Entertainment will create a 3-D animated feature based on Gervais’ four-volume series about a world of ugly but adorable creatures.

Gervais will voice a pudgy, perspiring purple creature, who goes on a mission to change the world, and the script will be written by Matt Selman (The Simpsons). "It will be great to play a short, fat, sweaty loser for a change," Gervais said. "A real stretch."

Apr 29 2009 02:25 AM ET

'Sex and the City' sequel: Evan Handler and David Eigenberg to return

by
Categories: Movies

On the heels of news that Chris Noth will reprise his role as Mr. Big in the Sex and the Citysequel, New Line now confirms that Evan Handler (Charlotte’s husband,Harry) and David Eigenberg (Miranda’s husband, Steve) will be back,too. (The casting news was originally broken by E! Online.)The addition of these two actors just about completes a reunion of all the major players — including the four central women and writer-director Michael PatrickKing –  from last summer’s hit movie based on the HBO show. Shooting is dueto start late this summer; a May 28, 2010, release date is already set.

Apr 29 2009 12:56 AM ET

'Star Trek' release in Mexico delayed due to swine flu crisis

by
Categories: Movie Biz

According to Variety, Paramount Pictures has postponed the planned May 8 opening of Star Trek in Mexico, citing the ongoing swine flu outbreak. Earlier, 20th Century Fox announced it was calling off the Mexican release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine due to the health scare, and Sony is reportedly considering doing the same with its scheduled May 15 opening of Angels & Demons. No decisions have been made about when Wolverine or Star Trek will open in Mexico.

Apr 29 2009 12:41 AM ET

Restraining orders issued against former Britney Spears confidantes

by
Categories: Music Biz

A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has issued restraining orders against Britney Spears’ former manager, Osama "Sam" Lutfi, and attorney Jon Eardley, prohibiting them from contacting the singer or her children for three years. The ruling caps a long and bitter legal battle, in which Jamie Spears, the pop star’s father, argued that Lutfi and Eardley were undermining the court-ordered conservatorship that has overseen Spears’ affairs for more than a year. Lutfi’s attorney vowed to appeal the decision.

Apr 28 2009 09:13 PM ET

NBC's Olympics coverage triumphs at Sports Emmys

by
Categories: Television

NBC won nine awards at Monday night’s Sports Emmys ceremony, which was held at Lincoln Center in New York, Variety reports. Four of NBC’s statues were for the network’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics, with Bob Costas winning best sports host and Cris Collinsworth being named best sports analyst. HBO came in second place with eight Emmys, while Fox and CBS received five awards each. The Sports Emmys are presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Apr 28 2009 06:43 PM ET

'The Hills' move on without Lauren Conrad

by
Categories: Television

Season five of MTV’s The Hills will continue this fall with new episodes even though narrator Lauren Conrad will no longer be part of the cast. According to a press release from the network, the rest of the gang — including  Heidi, Audrina, Spencer, Brody,  Stephanie, Lo, and Justin Bobby — will still appear, and the drama in L.A. "only gets more complicated as friendships, relationships and loyalties are tested like never before."

Talk about it on PopWatch:
The Hills: Will you watch it now that Lauren Conrad’s gone?

Apr 28 2009 04:47 PM ET

Supreme Court approves FCC regulation of 'fleeting expletives' on TV

by
Categories: Television

The Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission can hit TV networks with massive fines for broadcasting even a single obscene word, Reuters reports. The 5-4 decision overturns a 2007 ruling by a federal appeals court, which held that the FCC’s recent crackdown on so-called "fleeting expletives" — including words uttered by Cher and Nicole Richie at the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, both aired on Fox — had been "arbitrary and capricious." While the Supreme Court found that the FCC is in compliance with existing law, the networks may still go on to challenge the "fleeting expletives" policy on constitutional grounds if they so choose.

Talk about it on PopWatch:
Supreme Court to F-bombing celebs: Yeah, you probably shouldn’t have said that!

Advertisement

TV Recaps

Powered by WordPress.com VIP