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‘Conan’ Returns: Late Night Host Celebrates New Downsized Format After 3 Month Shutdown

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Back in May, TBS said Conan O’Brien’s late-night show would become less traditional, less structured and 30 minutes long when it returned this month. Tonight is that night. Check out the first video from the retooled Conan above. The set has changed. Also gone are the very traditional three-celebrities-plugging-something format. It remains based in Los Angeles, though it will go on the road more often. During the opening of tonight’s show, which welcomed Tom Hanks as the… Read

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Russell Baker Dies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer And New York Times Columnist Was 93

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Celebrated author, humorist and New York Times columnist Russell Baker died Jan. 21 in his home in Leesburg, Va. He was 93. According to the New York Times, his son Allen Baker said that he died of complications from fall. Baker was born August 14, 1925 in Morrisonville, Va. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1947. From there, he went on to become a prominent writer. He is best known for his irreverent Times column titled “Observer” which leaned into politics… Read

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Viggo Mortensen Reflects On The Twists & Turns Of His ‘Green Book’ Journey As He Preps His Directorial Debut

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EXCLUSIVE: "I didn’t sleep much last night," Viggo Mortensen admits. "The building I'm in, the pipes burst on the top floor, and it was like a river of water coming down the stairways. It was insane, so we all had to leave the building, and I spent part of the night outside." Out in cold, snowy Toronto, Mortensen managed to get a few hours of rest before returning to work. Currently in pre-production on Falling—his feature directing debut, which will go before cameras by… Read

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‘The Walking Dead’ & ‘Stranger Things’ Named Most In-Demand Series In the World

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During the NATPE Miami international content market and conference today it was revealed that The Walking Dead and Stranger Things were the most in-demand series in the world for 2018, according to Parrot Analytics The global TV analytics firm announced the news during the inaugural Global TV Demand Awards. AMC’s undead drama The Walking Dead was the most in-demand TV series in the world while the nostalgic Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things was the Most In-Demand… Read

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‘Bless This Mess’ Trailer: Lake Bell And Dax Shepard Attempt To Live The Simple Life In New ABC Comedy

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In the new ABC comedy Bless This Mess, Lake Bell and Dax Shepard leave the fast-paced life of the city and exchange it for a simple life in the country. Based on the first look trailer above, all of that is a recipe for comedy, obviously. Premiering Tuesday, April 16 at 9:30 pm ET/PT, Bless This Mess follows newlyweds Rio (Bell) and Mike (Shepard) as they make the decision to move from big city New York to rural Nebraska. After dropping everything (including their jobs… Read

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David Glasser Launches 101 Studios With $300M+ In Funding For TV, Movie Projects

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Financiers Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Marc Leder, Marvin Peart, Dan Schryer and East West Bank have partnered with CEO David Glasser and COO David Hutkin to launch of 101 Studios, a new global entertainment studio headquartered in Century City. 101 Studios has announced that it lined up more than $300 million to acquire, develop and produce four to six films a year in the United States, in addition to financing and producing six to eight new television series it has in… Read

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Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige: ‘Black Panther’ Oscar Nom Fits Into A Heroic History

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Black Panther, the superhero adventure from Disney’s Marvel Studio that transcended the genre to become both a major cultural moment and 2018’s top-grossing domestic release, today became the first superhero film to earn an Oscar nomination in the prestigious best picture category. For Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, the nomination punctuates the first decade of the Hollywood upstart that he has guided through a historic streak of hit releases with 20… Read

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Oscar Nominee Reactions: Rami Malek, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Weisz, Adam McKay & Many More

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They woke up early, they ordered breakfast in, and they’re very grateful. Here’s a round-up of key Oscar nominee reactions from this morning: “It’s momentous, it’s something you dream of when you get into this business; it’s the ultimate accolade,” said Rami Malek scoring his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Fox/New Regency’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a movie several years in the making. Malek, akin to Robert De Niro in is prep for his… Read

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Costume Designer Sandy Powell’s Risk-Taking Pays Off With Pair Of Oscar Nominations For ‘The Favourite’ & ‘Mary Poppins Returns’

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In terms of Oscars won, Sandy Powell may be behind her peer, Colleen Atwood, down 3-4. But with dual nominations today for The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns, the costume designer takes her career tally to 14, becoming the most-nominated living artist in her field. With three wins — for The Young Victoria, The Aviator, and Shakespeare in Love — and those 14 nods, Powell moves ever closer to the accomplishments of Edith Head, the most decorated costume designer in the… Read

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Nora Kirkpatrick & Funny Or Die Team On Interactive Series ‘The Coop’ For Eko

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Nora Kirkpatrick (The Office, Edward Sharpe) and Funny or Die are teaming on The Coop, an eight-episode interactive series for Eko. Production is underway with casting to begin this week. Created by Kirkpatrick, who directs all episodes, the first season of The Coop is described as Big Brother meets an Agatha Christie novel. After a housemate on a reality TV show is mysteriously murdered on New Year's Eve, you, 'the viewer' will have to decide which of the remaining cast… Read

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‘Sopranos’ Prequel Film Finds Young Tony: Michael Gandolfini Is Chip Off Old Block

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EXCLUSIVE: The Sopranos creator David Chase has found his Tony Soprano. Michael Gandolfini has been set to play the future New Jersey organized crime family boss in The Many Saints of Newark, the feature prequel to Chase’s groundbreaking TV series The Sopranos that Alan Taylor is directing for New Line. He is the son of James Gandolfini, who originated the iconic role of Tony Soprano and won multiple Emmys, SAG Awards and a Golden Globe in an anti-hero role that made… Read

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Viacom Acquires Pluto TV For $340 Million In Cash

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Two weeks after word first surfaced that Viacom had been holding acquisition talks with ad-supported streaming services, it has acquired Pluto TV for $340 million in cash. Founded in 2013, Pluto TV is the leading free streaming service in the U.S., serving as a 21st century bundled experience, offering viewers more than 100 channels and thousands of hours of on-demand content. By investing in AVOD, Viacom joins NBCUniversal in aligning with a streaming model that… Read

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