Megan Fox on the set of This is Forty in L.A. (8/22) It was revealed earlier this year (see here) that Megan Fox is getting that huge Marilyn Monroe tattoo on her forearm lasered off. And now Megan is…
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Box Office Goes 'Ape' Leaping To $40M, But 'The Change-Up' Sinking To $14M
FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM, 3RD UPDATE: Twentieth Century Fox’s prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is leaping to an easy box office lead in 3,648 North American theaters. Hollywood initially thought the origins story with CGI animals and James Franco would follow the same trajectory as last weekend’s Cowboys & Aliens which went on to a $36.4M Friday-Saturday-Sunday. But, remember, that pic got Smurf-ed. Apes is faring better with $18M Friday (including a low-key $1.254M midnights in only 1,124 locations) for a projected $48.5M weekend which may even hit $50M. “Phenomenal opening validating a sensational marketing effort led by Oren Aviv and Tony Sella,” a Fox exec gushed to me Friday night. And that’s without the hype and pedigree of DreamWorks/Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens which fell -65% from last Friday to 3rd this week but at half the budget ($93M, or so Fox claims). Sony Pictures’ The Smurfs held -53% for 2nd place. But this weekend’s other major studio release, Universal’s The Change-Up, is bottoming in 4th place with $4.8M Friday and just an estimated $12.8M for the weekend from 2,913 venues. This truly isn’t Ryan Reynolds’ summer of stardom after the collapse of Green Lantern here and abroad. It’s a disastrous start considering that stars like Reynolds are supposed to open movies to at least $20M. “It’s disappointing. We’re kind of confounded by it,” a Uni exec tells me about the raunchy comedy with a $50M budget. “This movie tested unbelievably well and played like the best R-rated comedies we have.” But reviews have hammered this movie with the … Read More
Secret Service Scrambling For Answers Following Fox News Twitter Attacks
The Secret Service and Fox News are investigating a series of attacks early Monday on one of the news network’s Twitter feeds, FoxNewspolitics, in which hackers erroneously said that President Obama had been assassinated in Iowa. The six messages were taken down several hours — around noon today — after they were posted. Fox News Digital General Manager Jeff Misenti says the company has asked Twitter to conduct a “detailed investigation” into the incident and to come up with ”measures to prevent future unauthorized access into FoxNews.com accounts.” A student newspaper at the State University of New York at Stony Brook said that an anti-corporate group called The Script Kiddies claimed responsibility and may hit Fox News again. Here’s Fox News’ statement about the attacks:
FoxNews.com’s Twitter feed for political news, FoxNewspolitics, was hacked early Monday morning.
Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Those reports were incorrect, of course, and the president was spending the July 4 holiday with his family at the White House.
The tweets have been removed from the feed.
FoxNews.com alerted the U.S. Secret Service, which is declining public comment. Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital, said FoxNews.com was working with Twitter to address the situation as quickly as possible.
“We will be requesting a detailed investigation from Twitter about how this occurred, and measures to prevent future unauthorized access into FoxNews.com accounts,” Misenti … Read More
Megan Fox didn’t cheat on Brian Austin Green
Megan Fox didn’t cheat on Brian Austin Green Much was made earlier this week about Shia LaBeouf’s interview with Details where he pretty much confirmed the rumor that he nailed Megan Fox while the two were working on Transformers…
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Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox Hooked Up
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Oh Shia, we’ve always been a fan, but for some reason…. this isn’t shining the most positive of lights on you. Especially when you claim you were messing around with your costars who were allegedly involved with someone else at the time…..
People.com Reports:
LeBeouf hints that his relationship with Fox, who was replaced for the third installment of the Transformers saga by British actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, went from professional to physical while filming the action franchise.
“Look, you’re on the set for six months, with someone who’s rooting to be attracted to you, and you’re rooting to be attracted to them,” he tells Details magazine. “I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing.”
He adds: “I think you can see the chemistry onscreen.”
So was Fox, who married Brian Austin Green last summer after an on-and-off relationship since 2004, a single woman at the time? “I don’t know,” LaBeouf, 25, says. “It was what it was.”
A rep for Fox had no comment about the story.
He also claims that he and Isabel Lucas were ‘experimenting’ when she was dating Entourage’s Adrien Grenier. Hmmm……
WME Promotes Six To Agents And Execs
UPDATE: Motion picture talent agent Philip Grenz was let go. He’s talking to Paradigm and ICM.
Previous: Amy Poehler “upped” the new agents and execs in a video played at the all-company meeting: Janet Heng (Talent), Katrina Lebedeva (Talent), Danie Streisand (Talent), Ashley Fox (Book to Film), Amy Hasselbeck (NY Business Affairs), Deb McIntosh (Global Finance & Distribution).
Upfronts: Fox Offers One-Stop Ad Shopping For TV And Digital
Fox executives told advertisers today during its upfront presentation that it will embrace digital platforms by offering opportunities to buy spots that will run on a TV show anywhere it airs — including digital sites such as Hulu. Fox Broadcasting President of Sales Toby Byrne promised to deliver ”a unified audience experience.” He added that “the Internet and mobile are television’
WHO IS STILL ALIVE? 'Exit Strategy' Taps Ken Olin As Co-Showrunner; 'Family Album' Eyes Midseason Order & More
Between the VIP section of newly picked up series and the pilot of rejected pilots is the no man’s land of pilots that are neither dead nor picked up yet. Here is a rundown on what is still alive and which dead pilots are looking for life elsewhere:
EXIT STRATEGY: Fox passing on the Ethan Hawke-starring action drama pilot was one of the biggest surprises on Tuesday when Fox made its series pickups. But the project, from 20th TV and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman’s K/O Paper Products, is very much alive at the network for a possible midseason order. Veteran director-producer Ken Olin has come on board to help with the retooling of the project. He worked with Orci and Kurtzman on Alias where he also met K/O president Heather Kadin, then an ABC exec. Olin is expected to serve as co-showrunner if Exit Strategy is picked up to series. The pilot has been praised for the look established by director Antoine Fuqua but I hear that Fox brass felt the action needed to be infused with more character. Olin is already pitching ideas to do that, working alongside creator David Guggenheim who comes from the feature world and has no TV experience. Besides Hawke, a rare bona fide movie star to agree to do a broadcast series, Exit Strategy has something else going for it – the huge … Read More
UMS In Budget Cut Mode On 'House' As It Faces 20% License Fee Reduction From Fox
With the Bones pickup out of the way, attention focuses on the other Fox drama embroiled in a renewal drama, House. After a string of deadlines came and went, including one last Friday and another one this Monday, there is still no deal but I hear the hope is to wrap the renewal up by early next week when Fox brass will start piecing together the network’s schedule for next season. It won’t be an easy task as Fox and House producer Universal Media Studios are still apart on the license fee by about 20%. That’s by how much I hear Fox wants to cut the series’ current license fee to about $5 million per episode next season. At this point in a series’ run (House will be entering its 8th season in the fall), the network license fee normally covers the cost of production. But I hear UMS cannot produce House in its current form for $5 million an episode, so it has been unwilling to accept a reduced license fee as it faces the possibility to have to deficit finance a show in its eighth season, something studios rarely do. But then, House is not a typical show as it is estimated to gross some $1 billion for its run from Fox license fees, off-network syndication and international sales as well as auxiliary markets. The … Read More
New Blog For Bad Tippers
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Listen up tippers in New York! Stop stiffing your servers or you might end up being shamed on a public blog!
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Brooklyn Delivery Guy Starts Blog Shaming Bad TippersIf you’re ordering in tonight and you live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, watch out: Some vigilante bicycle delivery guy has set up a blog posting the names and addresses of people who give him crappy tips.
The Tumblr “?15%: a bunch of shitty tips”
is dedicated to outing bad tippers. One entry:
No tip [redacted address] last night, in middle of third monsoon of evening. elevator opens, i drip on floor, he laughs at me. i say 20 dollars, he says here’s 20 dollars. [full name redacted]
This seems to be the art project of some dude named Larry Fox. Fox, a “20 year old designer and developer” told Gothamist that “I just got tired of all these big companies, these TV shows and movie sets giving us two or three dollar tips on a $90 order. The excuse is that ‘we can’t tip because that’s what corporate says’ is wrong. I find it disrespectful. And I wanted to make people aware of that.” Sure, one entry is about Fox getting stiffed by the wardrobe department of the Good Wife, but a lot of these just seem to be like individual cheapskates.
We called Urban Rustic deli, one of Fox’s employers. Owner Luis Illades said that Fox was a member of a “close-knit group of kids” who deliver for a bunch of Williamsburg restaurants. Asked if he was concerned about the names and addresses of his customers being posted to the Internet, Illades said “It’s an art project’
Fox Pulls Hurricane-Themed Episodes Of 3 Sunday Animated Comedies
The three Seth MacFarlane Fox animated comedies, Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show, had been planning a crossover event for this Sunday, with a hurricane storyline weaving through all three shows. In light of the recent storms in the South, Fox recently quietly pulled promotion for the crossover and today, following a series of tornadoes that has claimed the lives of more than 300 people, it decided to pull the episodes altogether. They will be saved for next season, with reruns airing in their place this Sunday.
Megan Fox is getting her Marilyn tat lasered off
Megan Fox arriving at the Staples Center in L.A. (4/26) So I guess Megan Fox and Marilyn Monroe are fighting or something — Megan’s getting the tat she has of Marilyn on her forearm lasered off (before and after…
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Fox Overhauls Casting Department: Marcia Shulman Exits, Tess Sanchez To Replace Her
After mulling a departure for the past few years, Fox’s long-time head of casting Marcia Shulman is going ahead with it. After 11 years, she is stepping down as EVP casting to move back to New York. But Shulman is not severing ties with Fox as she will serve as an exclusive casting consultant to the network, advising on key castings and scouting the U.S. and abroad for new talent. Shulman’s departure is part of a major restructuring of Fox’s casting department. Also leaving are SVP Bob Huber, who is retiring after 19 years at Fox and also relocating to the East Coast as part of a life change, as well as VP Amy Christopher.
Meanwhile, Tess Sanchez, a rising star at the network, is set to make the leap from director to SVP and the new head of Fox’s casting department beginning June 1. Sanchez, who will report to Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly, has hired the first new member of her bi-coastal casting team – independent casting director Seth Yanklewitz, who joins Fox as VP casting. In addition, 
Fox’s Clint Alexander has been promoted to Director, Casting, and will work alongside Shulman in New York. ‘
The Renewal Drama Of 2 Fox Drama Series
It looks like no renewal deal is coming today for Fox’s veteran medical drama House. Or Bones. The network’s two longest-running and strongest drama series are in a similar position: both have been the subject of complex, drawn-out renewal negotiations as neither has a deal for next season. In both cases, the studios (Universal Media Studios for House and 20th Century Fox TV for Bones) have been looking for two-season pickups and have been looking to resolve things sooner rather than later as they also have to make deals with the series’ creators/executive producers, David Shore and Hart Hanson, respectively. (UMS also has to deal with re-signing the original supporting cast on House whose contracts are up, though star Hugh Laurie is locked in for next season.) And in both cases, the holdup has been haggling with the network over license fees.
Because of the rare cross-pollination of NBC’s studio producing for competitor Fox, the House negotiations have garnered a lot more attention. Since talks had stalled/moved extremely slowly, a deadline was set, originally for last week, then pushed to end of day today, as a way to help speed things up. But after making progress at the beginning of the week, mostly on the length of the pickup, the two sides couldn’t bridge the gap as Fox wouldn’t budge … Read More
20th Fox VP Exits For Davis Entertainment
UPDATE: The funny part is someone from 20th Century Fox asked me who Production VP Production John Fox is. But he’s going to head production at Davis Entertainment, which last year extended its producing deal at Fox to 2014. Here’s the release:
LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2011) — Fox Filmed Entertainment today announced that John Fox will transition from his current position as vice president of production for Twentieth Century Fox to president of production at Davis Entertainment, where he will be responsible for all aspects of motion picture development and production.
The union will further the relationship between Davis Entertainment and Fox, who has overseen production on several of Davis’
Glenn Beck Talks About The End Of His Fox News Show
At the end of his show today, Glenn Beck addressed his pending departure as Fox News talk show host. ‘
Robert Pattinson Settling Down With Kristen Stewart? [Sexy Six]
'Three Stooges' Cast Update: Hank Azaria & James Marsden To Join Will Sasso?
UPDATE: Peter and Bobby Farrelly with Fox will complete the casting on The Three Stooges by the end of next week. At this point, Hank Azaria has emerged as a frontrunner for the role of Moe, the group’s stern disciplinarian and the guy who dishes out the slaps and eye pokes. As for the simpleton Larry, the name I am most often hearing is James Marsden. Marsden worked for Fox as Cyclops in the original X-Men films, but he has played comedy in films like Enchanted and next stars in the Universal/Illumination Entertainment film Hop.
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Glenn Beck to quit Fox, launch cable channel, insiders claim
[HMG Celebrity News] – Since first sharing his rather singular view of the world on CNN in 2006, Glenn Beck has become one of the most polarizing figures on television. He switched to Fox News in 2008, but his future is now at a crossroads. In September 2009, 47-year old Beck’s nightly sermons of forthcoming [...]
Natalie Portman Finally Finds Her One Enemy: Fox News Mike Huckabee!
