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  • Wednesday, May. 17, 2017
Grey Commemorates 100 Years, Rolls Out New Logo
NEW YORK -- 

Grey--the advertising agency that invented “Leave the Driving to Us” for Greyhound, created the E*TRADE baby, and more recently made your hearts melt with Pantene “DadDos”--is celebrating 100 years. Rising from a one-room, one-man operation to Global Agency of the Year, Grey is kicking off this monumental achievement with a global summit and the reveal of a new visual identity for the entirety of the 2017 Centennial year.  

On Monday night (5/15), 200 agency leaders from around the world came together at the Whitney Museum to begin a week-long series of activities that look at the legacy of Grey and discuss the future of advertising. At the dinner, Jim Heekin, chairman and CEO, and Michael Houston, global president, revealed a new commemorative logo to celebrate this legacy: a remarkable combination of design and technology that celebrates the colorful minds of its 5,000 employees by scanning their brainwaves and turning them into art. 

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  • Wednesday, May. 17, 2017
Michael Moore preps surprise documentary for Donald Trump 
This combination photo shows President Donald Trump, left, at the White House in Washington on March 13, 2017 and filmmaker Michael Moore at the 20th Annual Webby Awards in New York on May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, left, and Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
CANNES, France (AP) -- 

Michael Moore is making a documentary about Republican President Donald Trump and says the president should be worried.

Producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein announced Tuesday that they have secured worldwide rights to the film, which Moore had dubbed "Fahrenheit 11/9." The name is taken from the day after the Nov. 8 election when Trump was declared the president-elect and is a reference to Moore's 2004 President George W. Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Moore has been secretly working on the film for months and promises it will be explosive.

"No matter what you throw at him, it hasn't worked," Moore said in a statement. "No matter what is revealed, he remains standing. Facts, reality, brains cannot defeat him. Even when he commits a self-inflicted wound, he gets up the next morning and keeps going and tweeting.

"That all ends with this movie."

The Weinsteins will shop Moore's latest in Cannes, where "Fahrenheit 9/11 More

  • Tuesday, May. 16, 2017
Jimmy Kimmel set to return as host for 90th Oscars
In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, host Jimmy Kimmel appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, said Kimmel will return for the 90th Oscars on March 4, 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Despite his jokes that he'll never get asked back, Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the Oscars once more. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday said Kimmel will return for the 90th Oscars with producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd, the team behind this year's ceremony.

Ratings for the 89th Oscars this past February were the lowest since 2008 with 32.9 million viewers tuning in, even with the drama of the envelope gaffe in which Faye Dunaway, reading an incorrect card, announced "La La Land" as the best picture winner. The snafu was corrected on stage and "Moonlight" was given the award.

The 90th Oscars will be held on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles and broadcast live on ABC.

Kimmel recently garnered attention for comments he made on his late night show that all Americans deserve the same level of health care given his infant son, who was born with a heart defect that required surgery to repair. He has criticized More

  • Sunday, May. 14, 2017
Depp to star in film as McAfee antivirus software inventor 
In this combination photo, actor Johnny Depp, left, appears at the premiere of "Alice Through the Looking Glass" on May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. and anti-virus software founder John McAfee appears in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla., on Dec 12, 2012 after being deported from Guatemala, where he had sought refuge to evade police questioning in the killing of a man in neighboring Belize. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, right, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Johnny Depp is set to star in "King of the Jungle," a dark comedy about the eccentric inventor of McAfee Antivirus software, John McAfee.

Condé Nast Entertainment said Sunday that the story is based on a Wired magazine article about the tech titan who left the business to live an isolated existence in the Belize jungle.

From "Ed Wood" screenwriting team Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, "King of the Jungle" will follow the reporter assigned to write about the paranoid McAfee.

"King of the Jungle" will be directed by "Crazy. Stupid. Love" directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. International and domestic distribution rights are up for sale at the Cannes Film Festival.

Depp can be seen next in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," out May 26.

  • Friday, May. 12, 2017
Fox to air "A Christmas Story" as a live musical in December 
This Feb. 26, 2017, shows Justin Paul, left and Benj Pasek, right, accepting the award for best original song for "City of Stars" from "La La Land" at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The Fox network is getting in the Christmas spirit with its announcement Friday of "A Christmas Story," a live TV musical scheduled for December.

The three-hour special is inspired by the film "A Christmas Story" and the Tony Award-nominated Broadway show, "A Christmas Story: The Musical."

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, recent Tony Award nominees for the musical "Dear Evan Hansen," and lyricists of "La La Land's" Oscar-winning song, "City of Stars," also scored "A Christmas Story: The Musical." They will compose new songs for the television version.

The film "A Christmas Story" was released in 1983, based on Jean Shepherd's semiautobiographical story of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker's desperate attempt to land an air rifle as a Christmas gift, despite warnings from everyone that he'll shoot his eye out.

It has since become a holiday classic. Two sequels followed. The original Broadway production of "A Christmas Story: The Musical" More

  • Tuesday, May. 9, 2017
HBO sets movie about "Fantasy Island" star Herve Villechaize 
In this April 10, 2016 file photo, actor Peter Dinklage attends the season six premiere of "Game Of Thrones" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

HBO says it's green-lighted a movie about Herve Villechaize (ER-vay Vill-SHEZZ). He's the late actor who played Mr. Tattoo on TV's "Fantasy Island."

HBO said Tuesday that "My Dinner with Herve" will star Peter Dinklage of "Game of Thrones" as Villechaize.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" star Jamie Dornan will play a journalist who comes into the actor's life.

Villechaize's shout of "The plane, the plane!" greeted arriving guests in the 1977-83 series "Fantasy Island,"

He played bad guy Nick Nack in 1974's James Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun."

The HBO film's writer and director is Sacha Gervasi, who interviewed Villechaize shortly before he died.

The 3-foot-11 (1.2 meter) Villechaize endured health problems and died in 1993 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 50.

  • Tuesday, May. 9, 2017
Steve McQueen to direct authorized Tupac Shakur documentary 
In this combination photo, filmmaker Steve McQueen, left, appears at The London Critics Circle Awards, in London, on Feb. 2, 2014 and rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, left, and Frank Wiese/AP, File)
By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday that the film is fully sanctioned by the late hip-hop artist's estate.

McQueen is best known for directing "12 Years a Slave," which won the best picture Oscar in 2014 and earned him a best director nomination.

The director said in a statement that he looks forward to working with Shakur's family to bring his unvarnished story to life. Shakur's aunt and late mother's sister Gloria Cox will serve as an executive producer.

"Few, if any shined brighter than Tupac Shakur," said McQueen, who hinted there was some overlap between himself and Shakur during his time at NYU film school in 1993.

Whalley hopes that the documentary will help take Shakur's legacy beyond "the refraction of the headlines, the controversy, and the tragic way his life ended." Shakur died in a still- More

  • Tuesday, May. 9, 2017
ABC announces revival of "American Idol" next season 
In this Thursday, April 7, 2016, file photo, Katherine McPhee, from left, Casey James, Carly Smithson, Jessica Sanchez, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard and Amber Holcomb perform at the "American Idol" farewell season finale at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ABC said Tuesday, May 9, 2017, it will revive "American Idol" after it has spent only one year off the air. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

ABC announced a deal Tuesday to revive "American Idol," only a year after the powerhouse music competition aired its 15th and last season on Fox.

The show that dominated television in the 2000s and minted stars like Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson will be back sometime during the next TV season. That season starts in September, but the return of "Idol" will likely come later. Fox generally premiered each new season in January.

ABC, which agreed with producers FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment on the reboot, released few details, including whether longtime host Ryan Seacrest will return.

"American Idol" was television's No. 1 series for nine years, peaking with 30 million viewers an episode in 2006. By its last season the average audience had dipped to 11 million and skewed older, and NBC's "The Voice" surpassed it in popularity. Still, in today's television world, an audience of 11 million would More

  • Tuesday, May. 9, 2017
NBC announces its 1st new sitcom for 2017-'18 TV season
In this Jan. 3, 2017, file photo, Glenn Howerton attends the season 12 premiere of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

NBC is giving the nod to a new sitcom starring Glenn Howerton of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

NBC said Monday it has ordered the series, titled "A.P. Bio," for next season.

It's the first new 2017-18 comedy announced by the network.

Howerton plays a philosophy scholar who settles for a job teaching Advanced Placement biology to high school students, but starts scheming.

The cast includes Patton Oswalt, with "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels among the executive producers.

NBC previously announced two drama pickups: "Rise" starring Josh Radner as a dedicated teacher, and military intelligence drama "For God & Country" with Anne Heche.

NBC and other networks will present their lineups for the fall season next week to advertisers in New York.

  • Tuesday, May. 9, 2017
Issa Rae says goodbye to anonymity after "Insecure" success 
In this May 7, 2017 file photo, actress Issa Rae arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles. Rae is creator, writer and star of HBO's "Insecure," returning for a second season on July 23. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
By Mike Cidoni Lennox, Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Issa Rae is just starting to feel the side effects of having a hit show.

The creator, writer and star of HBO's "Insecure" is getting more and more opportunities — and she's also getting recognized on the streets of her suburban Los Angeles neighborhood.

"The true test for me was Inglewood. I live in Inglewood, and I walk in Inglewood all the time. I do a morning walk, and nobody recognized me," Rae said Sunday as she arrived at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. "Then just a couple weeks ago I did my routine walk and I had three cars turn around and stop... One almost tried to follow me home. So I was like, oh, I can't do this anymore in my own neighborhood."

The 32-year-old star is seizing the opportunities that have come with such success, though, with at least two film projects in the works: one as writer, another as actress.

"I'm taking it all in stride," Rae said. "The show, 'Insecure,' occupies like eight or nine months out More

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