Mar 09, 2010 11:00PM

NatGeo ready to go Wild

TV News: Sibling to NatGeo Channel prepares for launch -- Closing in on its March 29 launch, Nat Geo Wild is announcing at its Wednesday upfront a slate of nine series that crisscross the animal kingdom.

Mar 09, 2010 07:28PM

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

Legit Reviews: Nixon-era radio drama has a lot going for it.

Mar 09, 2010 07:01PM

WME signs Hornby

International News: 'Education' screenplay writer joins agency -- Author Nick Hornby, an Oscar nominee this year for adapted screenplay for "An Education," has signed with WME for representation in film and TV.

Mar 09, 2010 07:00PM

Ritchie, Hodge at Warners table

Los Angeles: Director, writer combo for King Arthur saga -- Warner Bros. is launching a King Arthur project with "Sherlock Holmes" helmer Guy Ritchie attached to direct and "Trainspotting" scribe John Hodge scripting for Atlas Entertainment and Hollywood Gang.

Mar 09, 2010 07:00PM

Nickelodeon signs deal with Schneider

Front Page: Cabler snaps up 'iCarly' creator -- Nickelodeon has inked a three-year, eight-figure production pact with "iCarly's" BFF, series creator and exec producer Dan Schneider.

Mar 09, 2010 07:00PM

Judge delays WGA levies settlement

Guild News: Next hearing date set for April 16 -- Following extensive objections by Writers Guild of America members, a state court judge has delayed for at least a month approval of the final settlement in the tangled WGA foreign levies case.

Mar 09, 2010 07:00PM

Macdonald to direct 'Mystery'

Film News: Film to come from Tower Hill -- Kevin Macdonald is set to direct the whodunit "Murder Mystery," the first feature from production company Tower Hill Entertainment.

Mar 09, 2010 07:00PM

Brabant to top Telefilm Canada

Web Exclusive: Exec has spent 20 years at the TV and film funding agency -- Longtime Telefilm Canada staffer Carolle Brabant has been appointed executive director of the country's film and TV funding agency, it was announced Tuesday by federal Heritage Minister James Moore.

Mar 09, 2010 06:44PM

Sheen to return to 'Men'

Front Page: Thesp expected to return next week -- Charlie Sheen is expected to return next week to the set of CBS' "Two and a Half Men."

Mar 09, 2010 06:43PM

Ed Gordon returns to BET

Web Exclusive: Journalist to contribute news programs, specials -- After long being a fixture on Black Entertainment Television, Ed Gordon has returned to the net.

Mar 10, 2010 06:09AM

Animal activists target Calif. sushi restaurant (AP)

AP - Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."

Mar 10, 2010 05:04AM

Review: `Green Zone' is a failure of intelligence (AP)

AP - All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm.

Mar 10, 2010 04:49AM

Robert De Niro set to play Vince Lombardi in movie (AP)

AP - Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie.

Mar 09, 2010 09:52PM

John Krasinski joins "Something" romantic comedies (Reuters)

Reuters - John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in "Something Borrowed," a romantic comedy from the company behind "The Blind Side."

Mar 09, 2010 08:04PM

De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi (Reuters)

Reuters - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN.

Mar 09, 2010 07:33PM

Mexico targets Hollywood with tax incentives (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexico has launched a $20-million tax-incentive program in an ambitious move to lure film production from Hollywood and other locales.

Mar 09, 2010 07:16PM

Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA (AP)

AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.

Mar 09, 2010 07:01PM

MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

Mar 09, 2010 06:41PM

Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly (Reuters)

Reuters - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.

Mar 09, 2010 06:32PM

Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident (AP)

AP - The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.