Celebrities are known for striking rich licensing deals to launch their own clothing, headphone or perfume businesses. But Jennifer Lopez is taking her entrepreneurial interests a step further to openin a new brand of cell phone stores — Viva Movil — that will target Latinos. Lopez plans to open the chain of 15 stores, beginning... Read more »

Kirsten Prout (“The Lying Game”), Chloe Bridges (“The Carrie Diaries”) and Daryl Hannah have come on board to star in independent film “Offline.” Larry Rattner is producing, with shooting in Los Angeles this month. Mark Quod is directing from a script by Anna Rasmussen. Prout will play a top student whose life is turned upside... Read more »

I love you, I hate you, I’ll kill you. That’s the lurid premise of “Murder Ballad,” the hot and sticky rock opera that made auds sweat when it opened six months ago at Manhattan Theater Club’s studio space.  Reconfigured for a commercial transfer in a larger theater, this hot-blooded property written by Julia Jordan and... Read more »

"Ain't Them Bodies Saints" stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara discuss the IFC drama at the Variety Studio in Cannes.

After a first quarter that saw films like “Jack and the Giant Slayer” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” flop at the box office, New Line is hopeful its summer slate makes up for it including the Jennifer Aniston comedy “We’re the Millers.” New Line has released the trailer for the pic that also stars Jason... Read more »

Warner Bros. kicks off what could be a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend, with “The Hangover Part III” launching Wednesday night headed toward a potential $75 million to $85 million five-day gross. SEE ALSO: ‘The Hangover Part III’ Blasted By Critics But the three-quel competes squarely against Universal’s Friday opener, “Fast and Furious 6,” which tracking... Read more »

The yellow Twinkie-shaped characters have not only helped launch Universal’s first family franchise in well over a decade, but have instantly made the studio a major player in the lucrative animation game.

A deeply inconsequential Gallic-Israel semi-comic collaboration.

Some bad girls produced some very good ratings Tuesday night for Oxygen. The combo of a “Bad Girls Club” reunion and the series premiere of “Bad Girls All Star Battle” gave the 13-year-old cabler its highest-rated night on record in key demos, according to Nielsen. The programs ranked first and second, respectively, among all Tuesday... Read more »

Warner Bros. may want to pop a few Advil before reading the reviews of “The Hangover Part III.” The latest installment in the “Hangover” franchise, opening Thursday, has received just as much if not more of a negative than the poorly-received “The Hangover Part II” in 2011.  The Rotten Tomatoes score for “Part III” actually... Read more »

Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner have named Jeremy Kleiner co-prexy of their Plan B Entertainment shingle. Kleiner joined Plan B in 2003 and rose through the ranks from creative exec to producer and now co-president.  Along with Pitt and Plan B prexy Gardner, he is a producer on Paramount’s “World War Z” and is also... Read more »

Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Francois Ozon’s “Young & Beautiful,” starring Marine Vacth, from Wild Bunch. Deal was announced at Cannes, where the drama premiered in competition last week. The coming of age film also stars Geraldine Pailhas, Frederic Pierrot, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen and Charlotte Rampling. Producers are Eric and Nicolas Altmayer.... Read more »

The former Miss Bogota catapulted to pan-regional renown as an MTV Latin America presenter at age 17. She also hosted one of Colombia’s highest rated shows this year, "Colombia’s Next Top Model," which aired on broadcast network Caracol TV.

Subscriber declines don't matter much when those who stick around pay more than ever. But how much longer can these companies continue to defy gravity?

Anurag Kashyap ended a years-long drought for Hindi films at Cannes with last year’s six-hour "Gangs of Wasseypur," which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight.

It's been a rocky road for M. Night Shyamalan, who hit a career high in 1999 with the eerie Oscar-nominated thriller "The Sixth Sense," but in recent years has struggled to stay atop Hollywood’s A-list of directors after several box office misses.

Quentin Tarantino’s "Django Unchained" returned to Chinese multiplexes May 12 after being suddenly removed, in some cases midscreening, a month ago.

MTV’s former head of programming David Janollari is returning to producing with a three-year first-look deal with NBC Entertainment. Deal includes setting up a new shingle at Universal TV, and the pact will focus on producing scripted content. Janollari shepherded MTV’s scripted skeins “Teen Wolf” and “Awkward” to the net, and while prez of the... Read more »

Cinedigm has acquired all North American distribution rights to “Visitors,” the non-spoken narrative film from director Godfrey Reggio, composer Philip Glass and filmmaker Jon Kane. Steven Soderbergh is presenting the black-and-white film, which will be shown in 4K projection. “Visitors” explores humanity’s trance-like relationship with technology and its effects beyond the human species. It’s the... Read more »

CBS has added a sixth new comedy to its 2013-14 season slate, giving a series order to Sony Pictures TV’s  adaptation of the 2011 Cameron Diaz starrer “Bad Teacher.” DEVELOPMENT SCORECARD: Track Broadcast and Cable Series Orders (click here) The single-camera comedy stars Ari Graynor as an unapologetic former trophy wife who masquerades as a... Read more »