'The Vow' Promises to Take the Box Office Crown This Weekend

Sony's Valentine's Day movie looks to beat the thriller "Safe House," the family film "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" and the 3D re-release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" By Joshua L. Weinstein

The Latest

'The Vow' Promises to Take the Box Office Crown This Weekend

February 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 hours ago

Sony's Valentine's Day movie looks to beat the thriller "Safe House," the family film "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" and the 3D re-release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace"

  

Melissa McCarthy Comedy Pilot Picked Up by CBS; Husband Will Star

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 2 hours ago

"Bridesmaids" star Melissa McCarthy's husband Ben Falcone will play a 37-year-old man who moves back in with his parents after going broke

  

Legendary Entertainment Names Tim Connors Chief Operating Officer

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 hours ago

The company behind Batman taps Marvel veteran

  

Lady Gaga Gets Into the Social Media Biz With LittleMonsters.com

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 3 hours ago

"We think we can really change the world," site creator Lady Gaga humbly opines

  

In ‘Safe House,’ the Cars and the Guns Get the Best Lines

February 9, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 3 hours ago

Review: When the tires stop screeching and the people start talking, the new Denzel Washington-Ryan Reynolds thriller "Safe House" gets substantially less thrilling

  

Summit's Erik Feig Named Lionsgate's President of Production

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 hours ago

The former Summit production executive will join former bosses Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger

  

Macaulay Culkin's Rep Slams Health Speculation

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 4 hours ago

Actor's spokeswoman calls "Entertainment Tonight" "reckless, irresponsible and destructive" to hint at illness with "gaunt" photo

  

Watch Anything – Seriously, Anything – Other Than 'Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace' 3D

February 9, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 4 hours ago

Any of these diversions will be a better use of your time than another two hours with Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D”

  

CAA Brings in Jeff Berry as CFO

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 hours ago

CAA's new CFO Jeff Berry previously worked at Del Monte and Physicians Formula Holdings

  

Oprah Winfrey to Interview 'Help' Stars, Jonah Hill on OWN Oscar Special

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 5 hours ago

Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis will sit down for "revealing and intimate interviews" with daytime talk queen-turned-media mogul

  

Jon Voight and Elliott Gould Join Showtime Pilot 'Ray Donovan'

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 6 hours ago

Production on tale of L.A.-based trouble-shooter "Ray Donovan" will begin early next year

  

'Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan Re-Ups With Sony Pictures TV

February 9, 2012 By Tim Molloy 6 hours ago

Deal takes him through 'Breaking Bad' -- and perhaps another show

  

Lionsgate Q3 Revenue Plummets, Losses Level Off With Empty Film Slate

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 6 hours ago

Lionsgate actually cut some of its losses, but its earnings missed analyst expectations

  

Oscars Landlord Fires Back at Kodak in Court

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 6 hours ago

CIM Group, which developed the Hollywood & Highland complex, objects to Kodak's attempt to remove its name from the popular theater

  

'American Idol' Fall Girl Symone Black: Relax, She's Fine!

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 6 hours ago

16-year-old managed to finish her audition after gasp-inducing spill

  

Van Halen Gets a Fun 'Jump'-Start With First Roth-Fronted Album in 28 Years

February 9, 2012 By Chris Willman 7 hours ago

With Diamond Dave back in comedic-showman tow, 'A Different Kind of Truth' is good enough to make you forget Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone ever happened

  

Legendary Kills 'Paradise Lost' Production

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 7 hours ago

The adaptation of John Milton's poem was to star Bradley Cooper and Benjamin Walker

  

Why 'Walking Dead' Creator Robert Kirkman Is Happy to Lose Fights Over His Characters

February 9, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 7 hours ago

Sharing his beloved characters with a room of other writers

  

How 'The Woman In Black' Reminded Me of 'Stepford Wives'

February 9, 2012 By Carole Mallory 7 hours ago

In "The Lady in Black," as it was in "The Stepford Wives," the importance of being earnest -- no matter how bizarre the scene -- is clear

  

Adele Talks Throat Injury With Anderson Cooper

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 7 hours ago

"Rolling in the Deep" singer reveals how she learned to curse again through the miracle of modern technology

  

Bowing to Angry Best-Song Fallout, Academy Promises 'Hard Look' at Process

February 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 7 hours ago

Music Branch's Bruce Broughton: "The last thing we want to do is exclude worthy songs ... but we don't want to lower the bar, either"

  

Average Movie Ticket Price Jumps Less Than 1 Percent in 2011

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 7 hours ago

Fewer 3D titles meant that ticket prices only jumped four cents in 2011 -- and at the end of the year, they actually got cheaper

  

Bart Simpson Gets the High-Fashion Treatment

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 8 hours ago

America's favorite cartoon brat will make his Fashion Week debut, courtesy of designer Jeremy Scott

  

Snooki and JWoww's 'Jersey Shore' Spinoff Finds a Home

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 8 hours ago

Reality TV sensations embraced by Jersey City, after being shot down by Hoboken

  

Oscar's Doc Shorts: So Serious -- Except for the One About Elvis and the Nun

February 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 8 hours ago

Aside from "God Is the Bigger Elvis," it's another year of grim, issue-oriented films in the Oscar short-documentary category

  

Naomi Watts Starring as Princess Diana in 'Caught in Flight'

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 8 hours ago

Early reports had Jessica Chastain playing "Shy Di"

  

'The Vow' Will Stink Up Theaters Even Worse Than a Tub of Buttered Popcorn

February 9, 2012 By Leah Rozen 8 hours ago

Review: Fans hoping to wallow in the same high-class romantic mush as “The Notebook” will find themselves stuck in deeper, dopier muck

  

Ratings: 'Idol' Maintains Rebound for Second Week, Wins Night for Fox

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 10 hours ago

Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and crew hold steady again, after a period of declines

  

Grammy Tunes From Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, Adele Will All Be Shazam-Enabled

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 10 hours ago

Just like last Sunday's Super Bowl, this year's Grammy Awards will be Shazamable

  

FBI Probed Steve Jobs Hire -- Found Tales of Drugs, Lying and Genius

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 11 hours ago

FBI released files of its investigation into Steve Jobs, who was up for a job in the George H. W. Bush administration

  

'Idol': Jim Carrey's Daughter and Another Contestant Fall -- One Literally (Video)

February 9, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 11 hours ago

Show ends on a cliffhanger about fallen contestant. Ouch

  

Funny or Die Casts 'The Artist' Star Jean Dujardin in James Bond, 'Die Hard,' 'Bridesmaids' (Video)

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 12 hours ago

Jean Dujardin gets cast as the villain in everything from "James Bond: Skyfall" to "Mission Impossible 5" to..."Kazaam 2"

  
Ear on the Oscars
Transformer Sound
THEWRAP'S FULL OSCARS COVERAGE
Sign Up For First Take

Get Our Daily Email, and Receive Invitations to Our Screenings Series

Start your day with all of the news worth knowing

What's First Take?

OscarWrap Feb 2012 Edition

Check out our special awards-season magazine, OscarWrap, your guide to all things Oscar!

See our previous issue here!

Most Popular
THEWRAP TWEETS