The Hollywood Reporter

NBC reportedly looking to replace Leno with Jimmy Fallon in latenight

2013-03-03 13:18:00

Here we go again with reports that NBC is looking to ditch Jay Leno. But this time, the ditching makes eminent sense. The Hollywood Reporter, citing unnamed sources, says NBC is putting the pieces in place to announce in May that Leno will be replaced...

Critics of WWE's Jack Swagger, Zeb Colter angle show double standard

2013-02-20 09:28:00

On Tuesday, WWE, through�Brian�Flinn, WWE’s senior VP of marketing and communications, issued an email statement to the Hollywood Reporter concerning WWE superstar Jack Swagger and manager Zeb Colter. Several blogs, critics and media outlets have...

Did Jack White sneak in an F-bomb at the Grammys?

2013-02-11 07:37:00

Are CBS censors slipping or was this a common case of mishearing? Last Sunday, cameras caught Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco exclaim, "This is f---ing awesome!" after leading his team to a Super Bowl victory. One week later, Jack White might have slipped...

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith to host Obama fundraiser

2012-10-16 04:44:00

Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband, Will, are expecting Michelle Obama over for lunch -- and some other very fancy guests. The Smiths are opening their home in Calabasas, Calif., on Oct. 25 for an Obama fundraiser that the first lady...

Duff Goldman baking cake for Uggie the dog

2012-06-20 10:29:00

It's a moment every dog dreams about and Baltimore baker Duff Goldman is going to be an integral part of it. Uggie, the fetching Jack Russel who won hearts by stealing the show in last year's critically acclaimed movie"The Artist,"is getting his paw...

'House of Cards' brings Hollywood to Harford County

2012-03-21 19:31:00

Being on TV is nothing new for Baltimore. Think of the recent political dramas like "Game Change" and "VEEP" or earlier crime shows like "Homicide" and"The Wire." But what's going on within a five-acre area of production offices and massive warehouses...

What critics are saying about Baltimore-made 'VEEP'

2012-04-17 18:38:00

From a Sunday magazine cover�piece to Page One�stories and blogs posts, I feel like I have been writing about the new HBO satire "VEEP" for at least a year. But the series starring�Julia Louis-Dreyfus� as Selina Meyer, a former senator who becomes vice...

'Game Change' premiere scores big ratings for HBO

2012-03-13 09:57:00

HBO's "Game Change," the docudrama about the John McCain and Sarah Palin presidential campaign in 2008, was a big ratings winner for HBO in its Saturday premiere drawing 2.1 million viewers. That was the largest debut audience for an HBO movie since...

Sarah Palin, doctored Trayvon Martin tape: Shame on NBC News

2012-04-03 18:41:00

Does anyone in charge at NBC News have any sense of journalistic standards? How about any sense of shame? I have been banging away at NBC News since at least the days of the suck-up White House interview the network's bowing anchorman, Brian Williams,...

Worldstarhiphop.com makes a name for itself with violent viral videos

2012-03-23 16:25:03

The video is arresting. A figure wearing a ski mask appears just outside the front door of a school on a sunny day. In an instant, he and a student are charging each other, fists raised. They meet, a punch is thrown, and the person in the ski mask falls...

Z on TV talking Chelsea Clinton, Christiane Amanpour and more on CNN

2011-12-17 20:29:00

I'm coming back to work after a much-needed week away, and I am starting with a busy day Sunday that opens in Washington at CNN's "Reliable Sources." Host Howard Kurtz has a very strong lineup this week. Here's his description from the CNN website:...

Michael K. Williams builds his own TV empire

2011-09-23 15:05:00

Michael Kenneth Williams is feeling lucky these days. The 44-year-old performer known to fans of HBO's "The Wire" as fearless stickup man Omar Little says there is nothing he's wanted more since the Baltimore-based drama ended than to "just...

How I Met Your Mother has finally resolved its biggest mystery. At the end of the CBS series' eighth-season finale Monday night, it revealed its titular character.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Executive Ted Sarandos attends The Hollywood Reporter Nominees' Night 2013 Celebrating The 85th Annual Academy Award Nominees at Spago on February 4, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.

2013-04-22 10:28:15

The 2013 edition of the Sundance Film Festival opened Thursday night, but if you think a consensus has formed about the nature of this year's event, you would be wrong.

2013-01-18 00:00:00