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Dec 9 2010 09:22 AM ET

Howard Stern signs with SiriusXM for five more years

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Howard Stern, whose five-year, $500 million contract was set to expire at the end of the year, announced on his radio show this morning that he had signed a new five-year deal to stay on SiriusXM satellite radio. “I have come to the conclusion that the real innovators, the real geniuses are the people here at Sirius,” he said, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “I can say with almost certainty that this [will be] my final five years on radio.” Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Dec 1 2010 11:10 AM ET

Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey announce dates for 'Richard III'

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Kevin Spacey will star as Richard III in Sam Mendes’ production of the Shakespeare classic. The show will open on June 29 at the Old Vic, where Spacey is the artistic director, and then play at BAM in New York in early 2012. “I am absolutely delighted to be working with Kevin again for the first time since American Beauty,” Mendes said in a statement announcing the play. “Richard III is a play I love, and a role I think Kevin is born to play.”

Nov 30 2010 01:30 PM ET

News Corp. considers selling Myspace

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News Corp.’s COO says the company is willing to selling off Myspace. (Recall that it’s no longer “MySpace.”) Chase Carey told Reuters that the company is open to a sale, partnership, or some other option. “There are opportunities here to do 20 things… but that doesn’t mean you’re going to do any of the 20. If there’s something there that makes sense you ought to think about it,” Carey said. Myspace’s recent redesign and rebranding efforts are an attempt to make the site more attractive to possible buyers, and Carey stuck by his position that the social networking platform had “quarters, not years” to turn itself around. “We need to deal with this with urgency,” he said today.

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Myspace redesigns itself, but is it enough?

Nov 30 2010 11:55 AM ET

Ryan Seacrest reups with Clear Channel

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Ryan Seacrest and Clear Channel have agreed to a three-year extension of his contract with the radio giant, clearing the way for Seacrest to build upon his three top-rated shows and serve as a company spokesperson. The New York Times estimated that the entire deal would bring Seacrest approximately $60 million. In addition to continuing his hosting and producing duties with On-Air With Ryan Seacrest and American Top 40, Seacrest will develop new programming, as well as cultivate and promote new musical artists.

Nov 12 2010 06:18 PM ET

Paul Giamatti joins 'The Hangover' sequel

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Deadline reports that Paul Giamatti has signed up for The Hangover 2 and will join the rest of the cast and director Todd Phillips in Thailand in a few weeks.

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‘Hangover 2′ to get Bangkok dangerous
‘Hangover 2′ photos surface: One of these Zach Galifianakis shirts is… just like the others
‘Hangover 2′ without Heather Graham… Yeah, we’re okay with that

Nov 9 2010 06:16 PM ET

'The Zone' shut down

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Roland Emmerich’s low-budget sci-fi movie The Zone has been shut down for unspecified reasons. The $5 million alien invasion movie was going to revolve around found-footage — similar to Cloverfield — and be cast with relative unknowns. It was to start shooting next week and cast members were in the midst of rehearsals. The Hollywood Reporter speculates that one of the causes might be a recent Weinstein Co. screenplay, the similarly-themed found-footage Apollo 18, which is set to be released in March, right before The Zone was due to debut. [HR]

Nov 5 2010 06:50 PM ET

Sally Field may play Aunt May in new 'Spider-Man' film

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Sally-FieldImage Credit: Angela Weiss/Getty ImagesBrothers & Sisters star Sally Field is in early talks to play May Parker, the beloved aunt of Peter Parker, in director Marc Webb’s big-budget Spider-Man reboot, EW.com has confirmed. Martin Sheen is already lined up to play Uncle Ben in the movie, which Sony has set for release in July 2012. The superhero tentpole would mark the first major feature film role for two-time Oscar winner Field since 2003′s Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. She joins a cast that already features Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as Peter Parker/Spidey and Emma Stone (Easy A) as Peter’s love interest, Gwen Stacy.

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‘Spider-Man’ reboot taps Martin Sheen to play Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben

Nov 5 2010 12:01 AM ET

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' musical delays opening until Jan. 11, 2011

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Tony-winning director Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, a new Broadway musical with songs by U2′s Bono and the Edge, today announced plans to delay its opening by more than two weeks. The reported $60 million production, which was to have begun previews Nov. 14 in advance of a Dec. 21 opening, will now begin preview performances on Nov. 28 and open officially on Jan. 11, 2011. In a statement, lead producer Michael Cohl said, “Shows like ours, that embrace the challenge of opening on Broadway without an out-of-town tryout, often need to adjust their schedules along the way.” It’s the latest postponement for what has become the costliest show ever mounted on Broadway. Earlier this week, safety inspectors for the New York State Department of Labor reportedly had a first inspection of some of the aerial tricks contained in the show; at least one actor with the show broke his wrists last month when a slingshot-like stunt went awry during rehearsals.

Nov 4 2010 08:54 AM ET

Myspace has 'quarters' to turn its numbers around

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Myspace has “quarters, not … years” to turn its traffic trajectory around, News Corp.’s COO Chase Carey told investors, according to USA Today. While News Corp. didn’t release specific numbers, “the category in News Corp.’s financial report that’s dominated by Myspace lost $156 million in the quarter that ended in September vs. a loss of $126 million in the same period last year, on revenues of $298 million, down 25.5 percent.”

The onetime behemoth of social networking recently launched a redesign, attempting to reposition itself as a “social entertainment” site, geared more strictly to a younger audience. It still reaches a worldwide audience of 95 million users a month, and a U.S. audience of 43 million visitors per month.

Nov 3 2010 09:08 AM ET

Eli Roth set to produce 'Psycho Killer'

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Eli Roth and Eric Newman are set to produce Psycho Killer, an “elevated, uncompromised, R-rated thriller,” Roth told Variety. The film follows a masked murderer who eventually kills a highway patrolman; “the only witness, the patrolman’s young wife — also an officer — sets out to hunt the killer down.” Andrew Kevin Walker, who wrote Seven, wrote the screenplay, and producer Gavin Polone is set to make his directorial debut. Roth and Newman previously collaborated on The Last Exorcism.

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