Eric McCormack, best known for his Emmy-winning role as Will on Will & Grace, is in talks to star in TNT’s upcoming series Perception, sources confirm. The show, from Star Trek: Voyager writers Kenneth Biller and Mike Sussman, follows an eccentric neurosurgeon who helps federal investigators solve complex cases.
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Oct 21
2010
06:45 PM ET
Oct 21
2010
06:45 PM ET
Mel Gibson's 'Hangover 2' cameo axed
Hangover 2 helmer Todd Phillips has released a statement via Warner Bros., and Legendary Pictures that says Mel Gibson will not be appearing in the sequel to the 2009 hit comedy after all. “I thought Mel would have been great in the movie and I had the full backing of Jeff Robinov and his team,” Phillips says in the statement. “But I realize filmmaking is a collaborative effort, and this decision did not ultimately have the full support of my entire cast and crew.”
Just last week, sources confirmed with EW that the controversial Gibson would appear in the film as “an outlandish character, à la Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder.” Gibson’s rep is not commenting on the actor being dropped from the film.
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Oct 21
2010
05:46 PM ET
Tom Clancy's 'Without Remorse' lands 'Shield' scribe
The Shield creator Shawn Ryan is tackling Tom Clancy’s 1993 thriller, Without Remorse, for Paramount, according to New York Magazine‘s Vulture blog. The rare Clancy novel not starring Jack Ryan, Remorse tells the story of American operative John Kelly, who comes back from an operation overseas to seek vengeance against the drug ring that shattered his home life.
Oct 21
2010
03:08 PM ET
'The Hobbit' could still exit NZ, reads New Line statement
New Line released a statement today to clarify that although actors’ unions had abandoned their boycott of The Hobbit, the studio might still seek a location other than New Zealand for its enormous productions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings prequels. “NZ Equity/MEAA continued to demand, as a condition of the retractions, that we participate in union negotiations with the independent contractor performers,” read the statement. “We have refused to do so, and will continue to do so. The actions of these unions have caused us substantial damage and disruption and forced us to consider other filming locations for the first time. Alternative locations are still being considered.”
Oct 21
2010
02:22 PM ET
Lady Gaga Paris concerts postponed due to strikes
Concert promoter Live Nation announced on ladygaga.com Wednesday that two of the pop superstar’s Monster Ball concerts in Paris, previously scheduled for Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, have been postponed due to “logistical difficulties” resulting from France’s nationwide strikes over a proposed pension reform bill. The bill would raise the retirement age in France from 60 to 62, prompting protests from student groups concerned the measure could limit job opportunities for young graduates. Strikers have attempted to disrupt the distribution of gas within France for more than a week, resulting in 5,000 of the nation’s 12,300 gas stations running partially or completely out of fuel, according to the French Ministry of Ecology and Energy. As such, Live Nation has said “there is no certainty that the trucks can make it to the Bercy for this weekend’s shows.” The concerts have been rescheduled for December 19 and 20.
Oct 21
2010
12:14 PM ET
NPR analyst Juan Williams fired for talking about Muslims on Fox News Channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor'
National Public Radio news analyst Juan Williams, 56, has been fired following his appearance on Monday night’s The O’Reilly Factor, during which Williams insinuated that airline passengers who are perceived to be Muslim can legitimately be viewed as security threats. Williams told Bill O’Reilly on-air, “I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the Civil Rights movement in this country … But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.” On Wednesday, NPR issued a statement saying Williams’ remarks “were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR.”
Oct 21
2010
11:47 AM ET
Ben Stiller to bring Zoolander to Internet
Derek Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s dimwitted model from the 2001 movie, will be reborn as a cartoon on the Internet. The actor told the New York Times that he’ll voice the character in a series of animated digital shorts, and that he hopes actors from the original film, like Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell, will also be involved.
Oct 21
2010
11:36 AM ET
Sam Raimi may direct 'The Day of the Triffids'
Sam Raimi is interested in directing a new adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids, Deadline reports. Mandate Pictures won an auction for the rights to the book, about a meteorite storm that leaves the majority of the population blind and vulnerable to an army of ambulatory, man-eating plants. Mandate will produce the film in conjunction with Raimi, who has expressed interest in helming the project.
Oct 21
2010
09:08 AM ET
Dakota Fanning in talks for supernatural project 'If I Stay'
Summit Entertainment has approached Dakota Fanning to star in If I Stay, their upcoming supernatural film, Variety reports. The project is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Gayle Forman, about a girl who is forced to choose between life and death after a car accident leaves her comatose. Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke was originally attached to the project before dropping out to helm Red Riding Hood. Forman’s sequel to her YA hit, titled Where She Went, is set to hit stores in April 2011.
Oct 21
2010
08:48 AM ET
Ari Up of the Slits dies
Ari Up, singer in the British punk band the Slits, died yesterday at age 48. Her stepfather, John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, announced her passing on his blog, citing the cause of death as a “serious illness.” Up, whose real name was Arianna Forster, helped to form the seminal all-girl band in 1976, when she was just 14.
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