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6 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have set a two-year pact with NBC and Dick Clark Prods. to host the Golden Globe ceremonies in 2014 and 2015.

The pair’s return to the Globes stage had been expected after their well-received turn at this year’s ceremony, which saw the telecast’s ratings spike 28% in the key 18-49 demo.

“Tina and Amy are two of the most talented comedic writer/performers in our business and they were a major reason the Golden Globes was the most entertaining awards show of last season,” said Paul Telegdy, NBC’s prexy of alternative and latenight programming.  “We’re elated they wanted to host together again and that they committed for the next two years.”

The 71st annual Golden Globes fete will air live from the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 12.

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- Variety Staff

1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Earlier this week it was reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd were the frontrunners to suit up as Marvel's pint-sized superhero "Ant-Man" for director Edgar Wright. However, Gordon-Levitt wants to shrink his half of the rumor before it gets too big.  "There is always a lot of rumors around these projects and so far it is still only discussions," J.G.L. explained to Huffington Post France. "I am always very transparent when it comes to my role and my career. I’m usually the first to speak and communicate with my fans if something happens. If you hear nothing from me, they are just rumors." It's »

- HitFix Staff

41 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Hot off his breakout performance in “The Kings of Summer,” Nick Robinson is in talks to join the cast of Universal’s “Jurassic World,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Robinson has an offer to join Bryce Dallas Howard and “Insidious” star Ty Simpkins in the Colin Trevorrow-directed sequel to Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park.” Also Read: ‘The Kings of Summer’ Review: A Giddy, Goofy Teenage Lark Robinson is expected to play Simpkins’ older brother in the 3D film, which Universal will release on June 12, 2015. Spielberg is producing with Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley. Trevorrow will direct from a script. »

- Jeff Sneider

20 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

The cast and filmmakers behind Steve McQueen‘s “12 Years a Slave” settled into the Directors Guild Oct. 14 to present the story of Solomon Northup, whose harrowing autobiography — a bestseller during the 19th Century — was the basis of the film. But Chiwetel Ejiofor, who deftly portrays Northup’s journey through bondage, hesitated before accepting the role.

“[Steve] called me up and he said he was going to send me the script and I was excited because I had been a fan of his for ages,” Ejiofor said. “After I read the script I had to take a bit of pause because there was a lot of responsibility.”

“You have these feelings as an actor, you hope for a great part and when it comes sometimes, it is a strange reaction, and you think, ‘Can I do this?’ I don’t want to go out there and make a mess of it.”

For many involved in the film, »

- Janine Lew

21 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Warner Bros. is getting an early star on the untitled Batman-Superman movie and reportedly will shoot part of the film this weekend on the East Los Angeles College Campus.

The scene revolves around game played between Gotham University and Metropolis State College. Latino Review first noticed the news, which appeared in the East Los Angeles College Campus News.

Helmed by Zack Snyder, the film seems to already pay homage to Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” which also featured a major set piece at a football stadium (Warner Bros. used the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Heinz Field).

The film is technically still in pre-production, as a cast is being assembled and its two stars, Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck, are currently shooting movies and will not be done until the end of the year. These shoots are probably being done to take advantage of the football season, with the crew revisiting »

- Justin Kroll

27 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Univision is losing another top exec with the departure of Luis Fernandez, Prexy of Entertainment and Univision Studios since 2009. Fernandez is still studying his options but it wouldn’t be a surprise if he joined his former colleagues Joe Uva and Cesar Conde at NBCU, the parent company of number two U.S. Hispanic network, Telemundo.

Uva departed in 2011 and was named NBCU Chairman of Hispanic Enterprises and Content this year while ex Univision Networks prexy Cesar Conde jumped to an executive VP position at NBCU last month. Conde has since taken over most of Laura Zalaznick’s duties, the exec who oversaw Telemundo after NBC’s merger with Comcast.

Luis Perez, Senior VP of Business Operations at Univision Networks, quietly ankled two weeks ago.

Univision will confirm Fernandez’s departure along with a management restructure in an internal memo. Univision Studios VP Vanessa Pombo and Special Events Svp Cisco Suarez »

- Anna Marie de la Fuente

31 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Winning performances by a number of fresh-faced newcomers are almost but not quite enough to recommend “The Secret Lives of Dorks,” a fitfully amusing, more often shrill and overstated teen comedy that, like its dweeby protagonist, tries too hard to impress. Cobbled together from bits of “Sixteen Candles,” “Clueless,” et al., director Salome Breziner’s familiar tale of high-school haves and have-nots isn’t without its charms, though it never attains the depth of feeling or memorable characterizations that distinguished such standout recent examples of the genre as “Superbad” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Pic made a brief appearance in theaters last month, then quickly cut class, but could be rediscovered years from now as an early resume-builder for some of its cast.

Like many of its kind, “Secret Lives” revolves around the unrequited, thinly disguised crush of a four-eyed, pimply-faced social untouchable for the prettiest and most popular cheerleader in school. »

- Scott Foundas

35 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

The D.C. cinematic universe is going back to the gridiron. Though the wave of Batfleck outrage has barely crested, Warner Bros. will get the cameras rolling Saturday for its upcoming Batman-vs.-Superman movie, shooting B-roll at the football stadium of East Los Angeles College. The school’s roughly 10,000-seat Weingart Stadium (pictured above), situated about seven miles east of downtown, will be transformed into the home of Gotham City University during the brief halftime shoot, school officials confirmed to TheWrap. Their cinematic visitors: Metropolis State University. »

- Josh Dickey

37 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Quick refresher: Girl gives guy her number. Guy texts girl a video selfie of himself seductively stroking his face to a Drake song. Girl's friend uploads video to Instagram. Everyone LOLs. A meme is born. #StarbucksDrakeHands has been going strong ever since, with the original girl, Piper Kennedy, and guy, Brody Ryan, scoring morning show interviews and late night TV appearances. And a slew of celebrity parodies.  Like Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul. Yeah, bitch! Hashtag Starbucks Drake hands, bitch! Bryan Cranston hasn't gotten in on the action (yet), but there is a bobble head edition starring Walter White here. Watch: The people who made Rebecca Black's "Friday" have a new »

44 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Avril Lavigne and husband Chad Kroeger have a love that spans generations, proving that true love never dies even if those involved end the relationship. In this poignant video for “Let Me Go,” Lavigne, who may or may not be a ghost, sits in her lovely mansion, alone, playing the sad love song. She is young and beautiful. A much-older handyman, raking leaves off of concrete (?) outside the estate, enters, picks up a guitar and, somehow, transforms into the younger, current day Kroeger. Lavigne, who usually looks like she’d rather be drawn and quartered than be in a music video, »

46 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Carrie is almost here to haunt your prom forever! Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore star in the horror remake the 1976 classic about a girl with telekinetic powers. And who could ever forget the famous scene where Carrie gets dowsed in blood before taking revenge on her bullies? "It was exciting, but it was kind of terrifying," Moretz told us at the film's premiere of filming the iconic blood scene. "It was sticky and uncomfortable and I just wanted to get a shower at the end of the night." And it turns out that Moretz did such a good job of playing the demented character, she even scared herself! "Of course, I definitely scared myself because I had to watch it in third »

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The danger of writing a book about the Internet is that you’re writing a book about the Internet, thereby invoking the myriad voices and possible opinions contained within this giant, amorphous collective —  whether they agree with you or not. If that book is a work of fiction based enough in the familiar to feel just on the terrifying edge of possible, you can be sure that the Internet will not fail to correct you with regards to the fictionalized world contained in your book. Such has been the case with Dave Eggers's new novel, The Circle, which addresses privacy, democracy, and humanity in a time of ever-encroaching digital life.The Circle, the “world’s most powerful Internet company” from which the book takes its name, is a kind of hybrid Facebook-Google-Twitter-Amazon Silicon Valley tech company of the future, complete with a hoodie-wearing guru leader and a dreamy, sprawling campus that features, »

- Jen Doll

48 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Did Martha Stewart just diss Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle franchise Goop? Speaking to Bloomberg TV this week, the famous 72-year-old homemaker sounded off on Paltrow's ventures into the lifestyle business, which include her site Goop and her various cookbooks. "I haven't eaten at Gwyneth's house, and I have never seen how she lives," Stewart said in the new interview. "But, if she's authentic, all the better, and I certainly hope she is. She really wants to be part of the lifestyle business." Stewart continued, "Gwyneth, for example, has a book on the bestseller list. She must be doing something right. She's a charming, pretty person who has a feeling for lifestyle. »

49 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Ashton Kutcher is getting paid more than enough for two and a half men. The CBS sitcom star earned an estimated $24 million dollars over the past fiscal year, topping Forbes’ annual list of TV’s Highest-Paid Actors. The rankings also factor in earnings in addition to the actor’s primary TV vehicle. Also read: Angelina Jolie, Hugh Jackman Top Forbes ‘Most Powerful’ Actress and Actor Lists His co-star, Jon Cryer, is runner-up with $21 million in earnings. Angus T. Jones, also in the comedy’s opening and closing credits, is seventh on the Forbes list with $11 million in earnings. Not bad for the Chuck Lorre. »

- Tony Maglio

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Is there a better name for a film about a big ass spider than Big Ass Spider!? We think not! But director Mike Mendez (The Gravedancers) says his self-explanatory creature feature, which hits select cinemas on Oct. 18 and will also be available on VOD, was almost released under a far-less-memorable moniker.

“The producers did not want to call it Big Ass Spider!,” recalls the filmmaker. “But I was very fearful that if we called it Mega Spider or something people would just think, ‘Oh, this is just another monster b-movie.’”

The film stars J.J. Abrams favorite Greg Grunberg (Heroes) as »

- Clark Collis

55 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Looks like Miley Cyrus is easing in to her Tuesday morning. The 20-year-old pop star, who has been a bit under the weather as of late, shared an adorable selfie where she's snuggling with her dog in bed this a.m.  "I love the way she kiss my neck❤," the "We Can't Stop" singer captioned the precious pic of herself and her furry friend, whom she's giving a giant squeeze in the shot. After Miley's lazy morning in bed, the blond beauty took to Twitter again to share a shot of her breakfast (possibly a frittata?), captioning the photo, "wake and bake," natch. This is hardly the first time the "Wrecking Ball" beauty has publicly confirmed her »

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“Best Funeral Ever” will be late for its own funeral. Again. The TLC series, originally expected to premiere Oct. 23, will now debut on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. Which, to be fair, does put it closer to the holiday season. Also read: Funeral-Themed Reality Shows Are a Thing Now – Thanks, Discovery This isn’t the first time that reality TV’s most funereal offering has received a time-out. TLC’s previous one-off special of “Best Funeral Ever” was initially expected to premiere last December, but was pushed to early January in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. This time around, »

- Tim Kenneally

56 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

It looks like Justin Bieber was doing more than just having his bodyguards carry him around on their shoulders at the Great Wall of China recently. The dude was actually working as well! Just one day after the 19-year-old singer released his new song "All That Matters," the tune's music video has been released. Mind you, the clip does appear to have been leaked, but it nevertheless gives us a glimpse of the guy dancing his way around the historic structure, interacting with other tourists and cozying up to a supercute baby. On Monday, Bieber took to Twitter to explain the lyrics behind "All That Matters," writing, "The lyrics of this song are pretty »

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Britney Spears has said that her new album is her most personal, and now she’s backing that up by calling the Dec. 3 release by her name, “Britney Jean.” Spears revealed the title during an interview with British radio station, Capital FM.  “It’s a personal album, and all my family, they always call me Britney Jean,” she said. “It’s like a term of endearment, and I just wanted to share that with my friends.” She wasn't willing to give away too much information, however; when asked if the album would include a duet with Miley Cyrus, she replied, "You'll have to »

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Woody Allen's next movie, set in the south of France, will be called Magic in the Moonlight, he announced today. The movie stars Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Colin Firth, Jacki Weaver, Hamish Linklater, and Eileen Atkins, but alas, plot details remain scant. Based on the released photo of Harden and Stone, though, it appears to be a period piece. Either that or it's a movie about people who like to wear old-fashioned hats and dresses and who have access to multiple vintage cars. »

- Margaret Lyons

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