VIDEO: Syfy Stars on the HolidaysDecember 17, 2012The casts of the hit Syfy shows including BEING HUMAN, WAREHOUSE 13, CONTINUUM, DEFIANCE, and TOTAL BLACKOUT recently sat down to talk about that the holidays mean to them. Check out their interviews below!
Lucha Vavoom to Play The Mayan Theater in LA, 2/13December 17, 2012Then Lucha VaVOOM--the high-octane mix of Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling, traditional burlesque and blow-by-blow comedic commentary--has what you need, and more. So give the gift of Christmas, Hannukah,Kwanzaa, Festivus and Valentine's Day all in one by buying tickets now to Lucha VaVOOM, the undisputed the masters of SEXO Y VIOLENCIA. They will take over Mayan Theater (8:00 PM) in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, February 13th and Thursday, February 14th. It's the perfect date night, a great night to meet a date when Lucha VaVOOM serve up their incomparable mix of SEXO Y VIOLENCIA!
ABC to Make This Season's Shows Available for Online StreamingDecember 17, 2012ABC viewers can now access all the episodes of this past season's most popular ABC shows, including "Castle," "Grey's Anatomy," "Happy Endings," "Nashville," "The Neighbors," "Once Upon a Time," "Revenge" and "Scandal," at ABC.com/CatchUp or by downloading the free ABC Player app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. This is an unprecedented amount of content for the ABC Player, which regularly only features the five most current episode of any show at one time.
THE HOBBIT Grosses Over $15 Million in IMAX Sales During Debut WeekendDecember 17, 2012IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX:IMX) today announced that Peter Jackson 's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossed $15.1 million in 452 IMAX theatres worldwide, which is an all-time best performance for an IMAX film in December. The Warner Bros. Pictures film, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, grossed $10.1 million in 326 domestic IMAX theatres.
Cinedigm to Release GKIDS' TALES OF THE NIGHT on DVD 1/29December 17, 2012 TALES OF THE NIGHT, a stunning new feature film by French filmmaker Michel Ocelot ("Kiriko and the Sorceress;" "Azur & Asmar"), will now be available to audiences of all ages at home. Through an agreement with the film's theatrical distributor, GKIDS, Cinedigm Entertainment Group (CEG) will release the English-language version of TALES OF THE NIGHT on January 29 on DVD/Blu-ray, preceded by an early cable VOD and digital release on January 8.
Brooke White to Perform on GOOD DAY LA Morning Show Tomorrow, 12/18December 17, 2012Tune in to watch singer-songwriter-musician-actress BROOKE WHITE perform live on "GOOD DAY LA" morning show on Tuesday, December 18 during the 9:00 AM PT hour. BROOKE will perform "California Christmas" from her first-ever holiday album WHITE CHRISTMAS (out now via June Baby), available on iTunes, Amazon, Google, and all online retailers. For more information and to preview the album, click: http://smarturl.it/whitechristmas.
OMG GIRLZ Receive 'Outstanding New Artist' NAACP Image Award NominationDecember 17, 2012R&B girl group, The OMG Girlz (Pretty Hustle / Grand Hustle / Streamline / Interscope) have been nominated for Outstanding New Artist at the 44th NAACP Image Awards. The awards are set to be held in Beverly Hills, CA and will air on February 1, 2012 (8 ET/PT) on NBC.
Fandango Names Adam Rockmore VP of MarketingDecember 17, 2012 Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination and a unit of NBCUniversal, has appointed veteran brand strategist Adam Rockmore to the position of Vice President of Marketing. He will lead the marketing group and report directly to Paul Yanover, President of Fandango.
CASTLE's Nathan Fillion to Host WGA West Awards in LADecember 17, 2012Actor Nathan Fillion, who currently stars as mystery novelist Richard Castle on ABC's hit series Castle, has been tapped by the Writers Guild of America, West to host its upcoming 2013 Writers Guild Awards show to be held on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.
ABC & ESPN Team Up to Present All Christmas Day NBA GamesDecember 17, 2012ABC and ESPN will combine to present all five NBA Christmas Day Games, Tuesday, December 25. The blockbuster schedule is highlighted by ABC's first two NBA broadcasts of the season. The doubleheader will begin with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant hosting the New York Knicks and Carmelo Anthony at 3 p.m. ET, followed by an NBA Finals rematch with the Miami Heat, led by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kevin Durant at 5:30 p.m. Mike Tirico and analyst Hubie Brown will call the Finals rematch with Lisa Salters reporting. KIA NBA Countdown will precede the ABC doubleheader at 2:30 p.m. with Magic Johnson, Bill Simmons, Jalen Rose and Michael Wilbon.
Martin Scorsese to Direct Bill Clinton Documentary for HBODecember 17, 2012HBO and Martin Scorsese will partner for a documentary spotlighting William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, it was announced today by Richard Plepler, recently named CEO, HBO and Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Made with Clinton's full cooperation, the film will explore his perspectives on history, politics, culture and the world, with Scorsese producing and directing, and Steve Bing producing.
Ryan Murphy to Be Honored with PaleyFest Icon Award, 2/27December 17, 2012As part of its 30th annual celebration of great television, PaleyFest: The William S. Paley Television Festival today announced Ryan Murphy as the recipient of the Festival's inaugural PaleyFest Icon Award. Additionally two of Murphy's series, American Horror Story: Asylum and The New Normal will join the PaleyFest lineup of honorees during the Festival's two-week run, which was recently announced to take place at the Saban Theatre, March 1-15, 2013.