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'Hidden Fences' May Not Be a Real Movie, But You Can Now Watch Its Trailer

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The non-existent movie "Hidden Fences" got more buzz at the 2017 Golden Globes than some real films did, and the attention just keeps coming.

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" decided to give the fake movie a parody trailer after two high-profile flubs that combined the names of the films "Hidden Figures" and "Fences." One came on the red carpet when "Today" correspondent Jenna Bush Hager asked Pharrell Williams about his role in "Hidden Fences." The other slip-up came when Michael Keaton was recognizing Octavia Spencer as one of the nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture and also said the wrong film name.

People on social media were quick to call out the mistakes and suggest that white people couldn't tell films with predominantly African-American casts apart. "The Late Show" took the joke and ran with it the faux "Hidden Fences" trailer.

"If movies starring black people, then this is the film you've got to see," it says.

Watch the parody below.

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Watch 'Rogue One' Star Felicity Jones Get Ready for 'SNL' With Stormtroopers' Help

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Felicity Jones last faced off with Stormtroopers in the "Star Wars" spin-off "Rogue One," but she interacts with them in an entirely different way in the new promo for an upcoming episode of "Saturday Night Live."

The actress, who plays renegade Jyn Erso in the Disney hit, is set to host "SNL" this Saturday, so the new video shows her hard at work rehearsing her opening monologue. Apparently in need of feedback, she turns to an unlikely source of help: a group of Stormtroopers. Sadly for Jones, though, the soldiers are not very impressed with her material.

Fortunately for us all, "Rogue One" went over much better at the box office than Jones's jokes do in the video. The film became one of the biggest of 2016, even though it wasn't released until Dec. 16. Jones will get a chance to impress again when she hosts "Saturday Night Live" for real on Jan. 14.

[via: Saturday Night Live/YouTube]

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Her Sights Set on Late-Night TV, Carrie Keagan Swears With Hollywood's A-List

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The New Celebrity Apprentice - Season 15As if TV personality Carrie Keagan wasn't already enough of a bombshell on her own, she's been known to deploy many an f-bomb -- and c-bomb, and every-other-profane-word-starting-letter-bomb -- in many a celebrity interview.

Hot off of her ended-too-soon stint on the latest edition of "Celebrity Apprentice," Keagan's brand-new book "Everybody Curses, I Swear" just hit the shelves, a deliriously expletive-laced and scatologically important tome chronicling her many encounters with equally enthusiastic foul-mouthed famous people during her tenure at her breakout gig hosting celeb chats for the YouTube sensation NoGoodTV.

While the job led to even higher-profile opportunities -- including hosting VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live," G4's "Attack of the Show!," movie roles like "Sharknado: The 4th Awakens," and even a momentary stint behind Craig Ferguson's late-night talk show desk -- it's clear that her fondness for swopping swear words with the stars has never dimmed, as she tells Moviefone.

Moviefone: You'd been talking to me about this book for a while. When did the idea kind of pop into your head, like "Oh yeah, I've got years of great material I can turn into a book"?

Carrie Keagan: I was doing the VH1 show, and I was with my business partner, Kourosh [Taj], and we just started reminiscing one day about, "Oh God, you remember that? Do you remember that time with Colin Farrell? Do you remember ... whatever?" We started saying like, 'Oh, that would make a funny chapter in a book," and we titled the chapter. Then we just kept going.

All of a sudden we were like, "You know what? We should go and pitch this book. We should go and try and sell this," and then we did. It was brilliant, honestly. For me, it was a really great way of being able to put all of the things that I can't remember all the time at the drop of a hat in one place.

When you first started to do this, it must have been a little daunting to go out there and try to be as free-wheeling, and edgy, and anything goes, in the system where it's all very polite and buttoned up. So tell me about those early days, trying to do interviews with this style that was so different back then.

I didn't come from a background of doing interviews or anything like that. So just me, myself, trying to get into the headspace of "OK, now I'm going to go in front of the biggest celebrities in the world and I'm going to ask them to do something they probably wouldn't even do in front of their mother -- Oh my God, the pressure!"

Once I got into the rooms, and I just started throwing out F bombs or whatever, I realized that the difference between what I was doing and what everybody else was doing is that I was allowing them to be themselves, and not be this media-treated version of themselves. All it took was me being myself. So the more comfortable I got doing the job, the more comfortable they were just letting their hair down and enjoying the ride. It became what you see now: this Hollywood swear-fest.

Do you remember the first celebrity to really embrace the opportunity that you were giving them and really run with it?

Adam Sandler would be a great example. He's a comedian, and he came from "SNL," so he obviously understood that what I was trying to do was not invasive to him, it was actually super-promoting him. And as soon as I told him we were uncensored, he was like, "All right, let's f*cking do it."

And we have had a great relationship ever since. Every time I see him, he's always been really, really, obviously really blue. And whenever he's in the room with another co-star of his, he'll always explain, "This is Keagan. Just wait, just let her do her thing, and you'll understand in a second." So he's always been really supportive. He's always fantastic.

Who's made you blush?

Oh, that's a really good question! Oh God, I don't know -- George Lucas! I got George Lucas to swear. He told me what his favorite curse word was, and it was from "Star Wars." And being a huge "Star Wars" fan, just being able to hear George Lucas spout out profanity was like, "Oh my God, this is amazing!" I freaked out. He was the greatest thing.

When did the success of your style really become a turning point for you? I remember we started out doing this about the same time. I know it was risky for you, but when did you start getting the returns on it?

People embraced it pretty much right away. There were ups and downs, and there were always moments where I would have to explain, like "I promise, if you don't like what I'm doing, I just won't air it," or whatever.

But really, I think the success of what we were doing ended up happening when I got on the cover of "The Hollywood Reporter," and I was sitting on Borat's lap, and they sort of announced that NGTV is this new way of watching your favorite celebrities. I feel like that was probably that moment where all of a sudden people thought that I was legit. That what I was doing wasn't just some weird online obscure thing, it was actually celebrities enjoying themselves, embracing the format, and going all out.

Tell me about what it was like to build your brand off of that. Obviously, you've gone a long way starting there. You've got your octopus tendrils in a lot of stuff!

[Laughs] I've always liked to stay busy. NGTV was very much a launching point for me. After I was doing NGTV, they offered me the morning show on VH1. What an amazing opportunity. So I was able to take all the things that I had learned over the years and finally do them on live TV every day. It was a fantastic opportunity for me. I was doing "Attack of the Show!" which was bringing out all my nerdy side.

Now we're talking about late night. So it's been a stepping stone, but my God, what a great way to cut your teeth with all the biggest celebrities in the world.

Was it hard to reverse course and start to censor yourself for broadcast television?

Yeah, and it's even harder now that I'm trying to promote a book about swearing on network TV that doesn't let me swear. It's very complicated. It's probably more complicated now than it was before. But you know, I know my place, I have to keep my tongue tied sometimes, it's okay. Yeah, I feel myself squirming in my chair more often now than ever before.

You don't have to censor yourself with me, so tell me, what is your all-purpose swear word? Your go-to, the one that you enjoy saying the most?

There's a few, but the one that I enjoy saying the most is "c*ck-juggling thunderc*nt." And it can be used in many different forms. It was actually a phrase that I learned from "Blade: Trinity." David S. Goyer actually wrote that. It wasn't me who created it. So I'm going to give him credit where credit is due. It was pretty much one of the most creative swear words I've ever heard in my life, and I decided to make it my own.

But as far as everyday use, I say "f*ck" all the time. I think it's a great word. The thing for me, swearing has always been a thing of love. I don't swear out of hate. I swear out of love and out of fun. I think that's a really important distinction to make. People mostly put swearing into a context of bad things. But really, swear words are just words. It's all about the intent, and I intend to make people happy.

Do you have a few favorite celebrity swearers? Like, Ian McShane -- it's just a delight to listen to him cursing. Did you have some interviews that were just like, "I just love hearing you say swear words"?

Yeah. I love cussing it up with Emma Stone. She's just a wonderful human being. I feel like we're cut from the same cloth. So, whenever I walk into the room, she's always like, Keagan! What the f*ck?! I love that.

I got a real kick out of hearing some of the legends, like Robin Williams, when he goes off on a tangent. You know him, he can talk for days, and when he would go off on a swearing fest. I had an entire interview with him once where it was literally about the word f*ck, and he said it in every single language, in every context, in every form you could possibly think of. Guilty pleasure all over the place.

Was it hard to do you style with somebody like Betty White?

No. Betty White is wonderful. Actually, in that sort of genre, Shirley MacLaine is one of the best swearers I've ever met. That woman can throw down like nobody's business. She's a delight to talk to. She does not mess around. If she does not like the way an interview is going, she will tell you. She had a lot of fun with me.

What's it been like to have that transition from the interviewer to being a celebrity interviewee in your own right?

It's funny, I don't really think about it like that. Even being on "Celebrity Apprentice," I was just really excited to be there with everybody. I still think of myself as being on the other side. I'm still just a fan first. That's why I maybe have had any success is that I still really like what I do. I love hosting, I love talking to people, I love meeting people, I loved writing the book. This whole thing has just been a really fun ride for me.

Tell me about your fans, because there's definitely this huge community that's been following you from project to project, and the times that you get to interact with them and kind of see why they love what you do and the way you do it.

I nicknamed my fans Keagles. Lady Gaga can have her Little Monsters, I have my Keagles. And they've been amazing, honestly. I've had such support from my fans on social media, and even just randomly. I don't think of myself, like I said, as a celebrity. So when people stop me on the street and say, "Oh my God, I saw you on 'Attack of the Show!' I loved that show." Or, "Oh my God, I used to watch 'Big Morning Buzz' all the time." It warms my heart, and it gives me a reason to do this.

Sometimes when you have a hard day, you forget why you're going to work every day. But then I'll get a really nice Tweet saying, "Oh my God, that interview you did with Heath Ledger, it just changed my entire vision of who I thought he was." OK, that's why I do this, because it's not just about me. It's about everybody being able to enjoy this moment that I'm having with a celebrity.

How was that "Celebrity Apprentice" experience, as short-lived as it was? Did you have a good time?

It's reality TV, so it was a fun ride. I don't know that I took it super seriously, because I knew it was reality TV. But I took raising money for my charity, the Humane Society of the United States, very seriously. So I was bummed that I wasn't able to raise money for them. But other than that, it was cool hanging out with the celebrities. It was cool getting to be friends with them now.

It was cool being able to get to know Arnold Schwarzenegger. He invited the whole cast up to his house while we were shooting, and he was like, listen, "I have to fire one of you every week. I want to get to know you as people before I have to do this thing as a boss on a show." That was amazing. Who gets to do that?

Had you interviewed Arnold a number of times before doing the show?

I had interviewed him once or twice, not many times. He was always a cool dude, but he was the governor. So he was a bit media-treated with me, but he was always really fun.

What's on the next rung of the ladder for you? What are the things that are in immediate striking distance that you're hoping to do?

There's a couple of things on the burner, so you'll be hearing some announcements, I'm sure, soon, but right now I'm focused on the book. There's a couple of movies that are still not released, so those are coming out. Hopefully some big announcements, actually.

I would love to do late night. That's been my goal since the beginning. I think it's time that a woman is on late night TV. So perhaps you'll hear about that soon.

You've been vocal about that -- and you're not the only one who's been vocal about that. How close do you think we are to seeing this shift and not the same-old, same-old anymore?

That's a really good question. I'm not sure. I've been in the rooms with networks, and they haven't moved on it yet. In fact, the one time that they had the opportunity to move on was when Craig Ferguson left. I was on Craig's show when he announced that he was going to be moving on. He said to me, "You've done this before, you want to be in late night. Do you want to audition right here, right now?" I said, "Absolutely!" And he put me behind the desk and it was the first time that's ever happened.

What did CBS do? They turned around and hired another white dude. So it's disappointing. I feel like the world is ready. I feel like the networks maybe are still just living in the '70s and they haven't quite figured out that the rest of the world is ready for a female voice in that position. Maybe everybody just needs to keep telling them and we can change something.

We'll close out on a very serious subject: What's the swear word that you need to use more in your life?

Oh! There's one that I learned. It's a weird one, but it's "d*ck of the cat." And I plan on putting that into my regular rotation as quickly as I can. D*ck of the cat. It doesn't sound like a very big swear word, but it's pretty fabulous.

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'Empire' Season 4: Fox Confirms More of the Hit Drama Is Coming

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Like the rest of us, Fox wants more "Empire."

The network has officially renewed the hit drama series for Season 4. The good news came from Fox Television Group Chairman CEO Gary Newman on Wednesday during a TCA event, Variety reports. Execs also revealed that we can look forward to 18 episodes when Season 4 arrives later this year.

A fourth season of "Empire" only makes sense. The show has proven popular among both TV viewers and critics. Not only has it been nominated for Grammys, Emmys, and Golden Globes over the course of its three years, the series has been averaging nearly 16 million total viewers across platforms this season -- a number larger than any other Fox series. Cookie and the Lyons family drama have definitely earned a renewal.

Season 4, of course, is still a ways a way. The show is currently on mid-season hiatus and will return in March for the second half of Season 3 with stars Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Gray, and more. The next episode airs on March 22.

[via: Variety]

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Woody Harrelson Officially Boards the Young Han Solo Movie

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2016 Toronto International Film Festival - 'LBJ' Premiere - ArrivalsIt's official: Woody Harrelson is headed to a galaxy far, far away.

The actor is set to join the famed Star Wars franchise with a role in the still-untitled Han Solo spinoff movie, StarWars.com reports. The announcement came from the film's directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who were clearly thrilled to announce Harrelson's involvement.

"We couldn't be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody," they said in a statement. "His ability to find both humor and pathos, often in the same role, is truly unique."

Their enthusiasm is warranted. He comes to the project with a long and successful career that includes roles in "The Hunger Games" films, the HBO series "True Detective," and more. On top of that, he's "very good at ping pong," the directors added. What's not to like?

Sadly, the directors didn't spill any details about the role Harrelson will play in the film, but we do know that he joins Alden Ehrenreich, who will star as young Han Solo himself, as well as Donald Glover ("Atlanta") and Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones"). The film will explore an earlier part of Han's life, picking up with the smuggler's story prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope."

The Han Solo movie is expected to open in theaters in 2018.

[via: StarWars.com]

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A24 Unveils Eerie Trailer For Mysterious, Untitled Sci-Fi Movie

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The "surprise album drop" has been co-opted by television ("Horace and Pete," "The OA") and now by movies. A24 — the studio behind "Moonlight," "20th Century Women," and "The Lobster" — dropped a surprise trailer for a surprise movie that doesn't even have a title yet.

The movie's premise and plot is anyone's best guess. The trailer gives a spooky, "Black Magic"-like sci-fi tone. Over images of a baby, a teenage boy, and an Asian couple flash phrases: "Beyond reality" becomes "Realize feeling" becomes "Feel bare" becomes "Bear witness," etc. One of those images indicates it's the year 2076.

There's no release date either; the trailer just says "in our near future," which could mean anything. But it seems like this kind of "surprise drop" is the new fad in marketing, be it albums, binge-worthy TV shows, or eerie sci-fi movies.

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New '24: Legacy' Trailer Brings Back a Familiar Face

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A familiar face is returning to CTU on "24: Legacy" — the once-heroic, now imprisoned Tony Almeida.

The news came out a few months ago that Carlos Bernard would reprise his role from the original series in the follow-up, which stars Corey Hawkins as an ex-Army ranger who works for CTU. Today, Fox released a new trailer teasing Tony's comeback. He's still in prison, but new CTU director Rebecca Ingram (Miranda Otto) wants his help in foiling a terrorist attack.

Tony used to be right-hand man to Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) until he died in season 5. He returned two seasons later as a villain and was put in prison. Tony was last seen in a featurette on the "24: Live Another Day" Blu-ray/DVD, negotiating his way out of solitary confinement.

"We love the character and we loved [Bernard] so much we added that scene in the DVD," co-creator Manny Coto told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour. "It felt right that he was the one person who comes back."

"24: Legacy" premieres after the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 5.

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'People v. O.J. Simpson,' 'Veep' Top Directors Guild TV Award Nominations

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The Directors Guild of America ruled in favor of "The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," giving FX's limited series two nominations for outstanding directorial achievement in a TV drama series.

The drama category was ruled by newcomers, with Netflix's "Stranger Things" and HBO's "Westworld" both nabbing a nomination. Meanwhile, the comedy category featured one newcomer, Donald Glover for "Atlanta."

The DGA Awards will be held Feb. 4. Here is the full list of DGA nominations in television (feature film nominations will be announced tomorrow):

Dramatic Series

The Duffer Brothers
Stranger Things, "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" (Netflix)

Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Timothy Lonsdale
First Assistant Director: Richard Denault
Second Assistant Directors: Maria Battle Campbell, Kristina M. Peterson
Second Second Assistant Director: Simeon Jones
Additional Second Assistant Director: Franchesca Winters

Ryan Murphy
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, "From the Ashes of Tragedy" (FX)

Mr. Murphy's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich
First Assistant Director: Leo Bauer
Second Assistant Director: Janell Sammelman
Second Second Assistant Director: Matt Pexa
Additional Second Assistant Director: Alicia Lewis

Jonathan Nolan
Westworld, "The Original" (HBO)

Mr. Nolan's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Robert Del Valle
First Assistant Director: Kim H. Winther
Second Assistant Director: Jeff Okabayashi
Second Second Assistant Directors: Michelene Mundo, Katie Pruitt

Miguel Sapochnik
Game of Thrones, "The Battle of the Bastards" (HBO)

John Singleton
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, "The Race Card" (FX)

Mr. Singleton's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich
First Assistant Director: Dan Shaw
Second Assistant Director: Matt Pexa
Second Second Assistant Directors: Kim Richards, Kyle Hollingsworth

Comedy Series

Alec Berg
Silicon Valley, "Daily Active Users" (HBO)

Mr. Berg's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Tyler Romary
First Assistant Director: Nick Mastandrea
Second Assistant Director: Sally Brunski
Second Second Assistant Director: Kim Richards
Additional Second Assistant Director: Kathleen D. Brennan

Donald Glover
Atlanta, "B.A.N." (FX)

Mr. Glover's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Alex Orr
First Assistant Director: Veronica A. HodgeHampton
Second Assistant Director: Jason Graham
Second Second Assistant Director: Danielle King
Additional Second Assistant Director: Mike Brune

Mike Judge
Silicon Valley, "Founder Friendly" (HBO)

Mr. Judge's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Tyler Romary
First Assistant Director: James "Billy" Burton
Second Assistant Director: Thomas Boucher
Second Second Assistant Director: Kim Richards

Becky Martin
Veep, "Inauguration" (HBO)

Ms. Martin's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: David Hyman
First Assistant Director: Dale Stern
Second Assistant Director: Michelle Gritzer
Second Second Assistant Director: Chris Riddle
Additional Second Assistant Director: Gary Cotti

Dale Stern
Veep, "Mother" (HBO)

Mr. Stern's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: David Hyman
First Assistant Director: Michelle Gritzer
Second Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg
Second Second Assistant Director: Chris Riddle
Additional Second Assistant Director: Cecilia Sweatman

Movies for Television and Miniseries

Raymond De Felitta
Madoff (ABC)

Mr. De Felitta's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Moshe Bardach
First Assistant Director: Scott Lazar
Second Assistant Director: David Fischer
Second Second Assistant Director: Ramona Murphy-Adair
Location Manager: Eddy Collyns

Thomas Kail (Directed By), Alex Rudzinski (Live Television Direction By)
Grease Live! (FOX)

Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Carrie Havel, Adam Mishler, Brad Duns
Head Stage Manager: Garry Hood
Stage Managers: Jennifer Marquet, John Esposito, Jonathan Marks, Rob Sellers Jr., Dani
Farrelly, Paul Forrest, Roy Friedland, Chris Hines, Roxanne Lozano, Drina Mohacsi,
Tshaka Stewart, Mike Strauss, Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Ari Woog

Kenny Leon (Directed By), Alex Rudzinski (Live Television Direction By)
Hairspray Live! (NBC)

Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Carrie Havel, Brad Duns, Amy WilcoxBarker
Stage Managers: Garry Hood, John Esposito, Dani Farrelly, Roy Friedland, Paul Forrest,
John Hill, Chris Hines, Roxanne Lozano, Jonathan Marks, Jennifer Marquet, Donna
Parker, Cody Renard Richard, Rob Sellers Jr., Murray Siegel, Jackie Stathis, Mike
Strauss

Jay Roach
All the Way (HBO)

Mr. Roach's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Scott Ferguson
First Assistant Director: Josh King
Second Assistant Director: Aaron Fitzgerald
Second Second Assistant Directors: Jason C. Brown, Matthew Milan

Steven Zaillian
The Night Of, "The Beach" (HBO)

Mr. Zaillian's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Greer Yeaton
First Assistant Director: Michael Steele
Second Assistant Director: Ginger Gonzalez
Second Second Assistant Director: Rachel Iovine
Location Manager: Shane Haden

Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Regularly Scheduled Programming

Paul G. Casey
Real Time With Bill Maher, "Show #1437" (HBO)

Mr. Casey's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Stacy Talbot
Stage Managers: Patrick Whitney, Brian Anderson

Nora Gerard
CBS Sunday Morning, "Charles Osgood Farewell Broadcast" (CBS)

Ms. Gerard's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Bernard Rozenberg, Jessica Frank, Patricia Finnegan, Jyll
PhillipsFriedman
Stage Managers: Mark Dicso, Lindsley Newbury

Jim Hoskinson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, "Episode #0179" (CBS)

Mr. Hoskinson's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Yvonne DeMare, Karen Yaeger
Stage Manager: Mark McKenna

Don Roy King
Saturday Night Live, "Host: Dave Chappelle" (NBC)

Mr. King's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Bob Caminiti
Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly

Paul Pennolino
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, "Episode #1030" (TBS)

Mr. Pennolino's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Jeremy Hardwick
Stage Manager: Laura Mack

Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Specials

Jerry Foley
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — The Best is Yet to Come (NBC)

Mr. Foley's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Randi Grossack
Key Stage Manager: Jeffry Gitter
Stage Managers: Bennymar Almonte, Lauren Class Schneider, Joey Despenzero, Jeff
Markowitz, Karen Tasch Weiss

Tim Mancinelli
The Late Late Show with James Corden, "The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime

Special" (CBS)
Mr. Mancinelli's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Matt Powers, Bac Delorme, Brian Sutherin
Stage Managers: Michael J. Schiff, Teri Pensky Hlubik

Linda Mendoza
Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House (PBS)

Ms. Mendoza's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Dora Mendoza, Kelly Hernacki
Stage Managers: Lynn Finkel, Elise Reaves, Phyllis Digilio-Kent

Paul Myers
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, "A Very Special Full Frontal Special" (TBS)

Glenn Weiss
The 70th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Mr. Weiss's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Peter Epstein, Joey Despenzero, Phyllis Digilio-Kent,
Andrew Feigin, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Arthur Lewis, Jeffrey M. Markowitz, Cyndi
Owgang, Jeff Pearl, Alfonso Pena, Annette Powlis, Elise Reaves, Lauren Class
Schneider, Jim Semmelman

Reality Programs

Ken Fuchs
Shark Tank, "801" (ABC)

Mr. Fuchs's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Amy WilcoxBarker
Head Stage Manager: Eric Rhoden
Stage Managers: Doug Neal, Michael Strauss

John Gonzalez
Live PD, "Episode 5" (A&E)

Mr. Gonzalez's Directorial Team:
Stage Manager: Jeff Buda

Brian Smith
Strong, "Welcome to STRONG" (NBC)

Mr. Smith's Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Anna Moulaison Moore, David Charles
Stage Manager: Drew Lewandowski

J. Rupert Thompson
American Grit, "The Finale Over the Falls" (FOX)

Mr. Thompson's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: David Charles
Stage Managers: Daniel Curran, Kevin Fletcher

Bertram Van Munster
The Amazing Race, "We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today" (CBS)

Mr. van Munster's Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Dan Coffie

Children's Programs

Liz Allen
The Kicks, "Pilot" (Amazon)

Ms. Allen's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Maria Melograne
First Assistant Director: Michael Williams
Second Assistant Director: Walter Parry

Alethea Jones
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, "Gortimer and the Jacks of All Trades" (Amazon)

Ms. Jones's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Richard G. King
First Assistant Director: Lance W. Lanfear
Second Assistant Director: David Berke
Second Second Assistant Director: Christopher H. Cook

Michael Lembeck
A Nutcracker Christmas (Hallmark Channel)

Tina Mabry
An American Girl Story — Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (Amazon)

Ms. Mabry's Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Richard G. King
First Assistant Director: Otto Penzato
Second Assistant Director: David Berke
Second Second Assistant Director: Christopher H. Cook
Additional Second Assistant Directors: Candice Lee, Matthew W. Ross

John Schultz
Adventures in Babysitting (Disney Channel)

This is Mr. Schultz's first DGA Award nomination.

Commercials

Lance Acord (Park Pictures)
Frankie's Holiday, Apple — MAL

First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
Movie Night, Kohl's — Anomaly
First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
Second Assistant Director: Rob Kay

Dante Ariola (MJZ)
Hold Your Breath, SunTrust — Strawberry Frog

Unit Production Manager: Natalie Hill
First Assistant Director: George Nessis
Second Assistant Director: Isaac Mejia
Riding is the New Driving, Lyft — Made Movement
Unit Production Manager: Natalie Hill
First Assistant Director: John Lowe
Second Assistant Director: Julian Metter
Second Second Assistant Director: Dave Liehn
Tell Me When To Go, Beats
Unit Production Managers: Natalie Hill, Susan Levin
First Assistant Director: Chris Medak
Second Assistant Director: Adam Stern
Second Second Assistant Director: Jani Vournas

Fredrik Bond (MJZ)
Dive, Apple — TBWA/Media Arts Lab

First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell
Everyday Hero, Philips — Ogilvy & Mather
World of Play, LG — Energy BBDO
Unit Production Manager: Line Postmyr
First Assistant Director: Anthony Dimino
Second Assistant Director: Spencer Taylor
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Gus Fring Is Back in First 'Better Call Saul' Season 3 Promo

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What does family taste like? Gus Fring's got the special recipe!

AMC released a promo for season 3 of "Better Call Saul" and it features a character from "Breaking Bad" that fans have been hoping to see since the show premiered: Giancarlo Esposito's Gus Fring. The teaser takes the form of a commercial for Los Pollos Hermanos, the fried chicken chain that Gus oversees.

Last season, creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould embedded a tease of Fring's possible arrival into the episode titles — the first letter of each title spelled out "FRING'S BACK." And in the finale, Mike (Jonathan Banks) was prevented from killing off drug kingpin Hector Salamaca by a mysterious note reading "Don't." Who wrote the note? Could it have been Gus?

Maybe, maybe not. Gilligan and Gould didn't expect fans to solve their puzzle (seriously?!) and told Vanity Fair that though Fring is back "technically speaking, if not literally — it doesn't mean that folks should assume that they'll see him at the beginning of season 3."

So, we can only hope to "taste the family" soon. "Better Call Saul" season 3 premieres sometime this spring.

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Fox Announces 'Prison Break' Revival Premiere Date & More 2017 Returns

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We finally know when Michael Scofield is coming back! During Wednesday's Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Fox announced the April 4 premiere date for the "Prison Break" revival, along with the dates of several other new and returning spring shows.

Here's a look at the schedule (via TVLine):

Sundays, beginning March 5
7:00-7:30 PM Animation Encores
7:30-8:00 PM "Bob's Burgers"
8:00-8:30 PM "The Simpsons"
8:30-9:00 PM "Making History" (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM "Family Guy"
9:30-10:00 PM "The Last Man on Earth" (Spring Premiere)

Thursdays, beginning March 9
8:00-9:00 PM "Masterchef Junior"
9:00-10:00 PM "Kicking & Screaming" (Series Premiere)

Wednesdays, beginning March 22
8:00-9:00 PM "Shots Fired" (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM "Empire" (Spring Premiere)

Tuesday, April 4
8:00-8:30 PM "New Girl"
8:30-9:00 PM "The Mick"
9:00-10:00 PM "Prison Break" (Season Premiere)

Tuesdays, beginning April 11
8:00-8:30 PM "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Spring Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM "The Mick"
9:00-10:00 PM "Prison Break"

"24: Legacy," starring Corey Hawkins, arrives Sunday, February 5, following the Super Bowl, and will air Mondays after that point, starting the next night. Also, "Gotham" is confirmed for April 24th, and "Lucifer" for May 1st.

The "Prison Break" revival, sometimes just called Season 5, brings back original stars Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield), Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows), Sarah Wayne Callies (Sara Tancredi), Robert Knepper (T-Bag) and more in a story picking up after Michael's apparent death starts looking a lot less apparent.

Here's the first trailer:

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Andrew Garfield Explains Why He Kissed Ryan Reynolds at the Golden Globes

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Andrew Garfield is a kissing bandit on the loose in Hollywood. He's walking around with invisible mistletoe above his head, and two lucky guys have benefited in the past few days: First Ryan Reynolds, and now Stephen Colbert.

Garfield was on "The Late Show" with Colbert last night, and he explained why he planted one on the "Deadpool" star during Sunday's 2017 Golden Globe Awards, after they both lost their category to Ryan Gosling.

First, watch the beautiful moment play out:

Here's Garfield's explanation:

"I just wanted Ryan to know I loved him no matter whether he won or lost. I just wanted him to know that it doesn't matter. It's how you play the game. He showed up and gave his all. It doesn't change anything in my heart."

Colbert asked if the actor was comfortable kissing other men, and Garfield demonstrated that he was by smooching Colbert.

Here's that kiss, plus a lot more from the very lovable actor:The audience loved it, and apparently so did the late night host:

"What were we talking about? So you're a very gentle lover, I'll start with that..."

Who's next? Perhaps Andrew Garfield should go full Spider-Man and kiss Tobey Maguire upside-down in the rain.

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PETA Exposé Alleges Animal Abuse on Major Films, Including Harry Potter

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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed allegations of animal abuse against one of Hollywood's leading animal training and handling firms.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, PETA filed a complaint December 28 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging neglect and mistreatment by Birds & Animals Unlimited (BAU), which has rented out animals to hundreds of productions, from "The Hangover," "Marley and Me," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and the Harry Potter movies to the TV show "Game of Thrones." According to PETA, an eyewitness who worked at BAU documented "chronic neglect, including sick and injured animals who went without adequate veterinary care, filthy enclosures, and animals who were denied food so that they would be hungry when being trained to do tricks."

PETA released a video showcasing some of its BAU allegations:Here's more from PETA's website, which includes photos in addition to the video:

"Dogs, including one who BAU staff said was used in the movie Hotel for Dogs, were kept outside and denied bedding, even when temperatures dropped into the low 40s. Those who staff claimed were used in The Solutrean and CBS' Zoo were housed alone in kennels on hard concrete floors.

Snoop, a geriatric, ailing dog believed to have been used in the film Marmaduke, was frequently left outside overnight in temperatures below 50 degrees. After testing positive for heartworm and months of refusing to eat, vomiting, losing weight, and bleeding from his paws (apparently from his nails), he lost control of his bowel movements and was finally euthanized.

An owl named Crash, who BAU staff claimed was used in the Harry Potter movies, was kept in a feces-strewn enclosure that went uncleaned for at least six weeks. He and other birds of prey lived in inadequate, small enclosures and were deprived of both sensory stimulation and socialization.

Penguins who BAU employees said were used in Batman Returns were denied fresh drinking water. Their only source of water was a chlorinated pool.

Animals were sometimes denied food during training. Gus and Nibbs, two cats who BAU staff said were being used in the upcoming film Benji, were virtually starved for several days because a trainer said they were "fat," and they lost 5 percent of their body weight in five days."

BAU responded to the allegations in an eight-page statement to The Hollywood Reporter, questioning the alleged whistleblower's reliability, and calling PETA's exposé "misleading" and "selective in what it shows - and what it omits - in an effort to serve PETA's ends."

THR asked Bob Ferber, a retired L.A. City Attorney's Office prosecutor who founded its Animal Protection Unit, to review both PETA's allegations and BAU's response. Here's his take: "This may or may not eventually rise to the level of a criminal case, but it's still shocking. They are keeping animals the way a local, poor, underfunded shelter would do it. These facilities are pathetic-looking for a private facility making money off of these animals. I almost never agree with PETA — they do sometimes take an isolated situation and make it out as more than it really is — but the entertainment industry should be surprised by what's going on here."

Read more at The Hollywood Reporter, including BAU's full response to the exposé, and PETA's response to BAU's response.

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Natalie Portman: Ashton Kutcher Paid 3 Times More for 'No Strings Attached'

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Now that stars are routinely asked in interviews about pay disparity, more stories are coming out. Natalie Portman, like Jennifer Lawrence, sounds most annoyed at herself -- and maybe her agents -- for not speaking up at the time for more money, in this case for the 2011 rom-com "No Strings Attached." That anyone was paid much for that is the real shock, but Portman revealed in the new issue of Marie Claire that Ashton Kutcher was paid three times more than her, and she knew about it at the time and said nothing.

"I knew and I went along with it because there's this thing with 'quotes' in Hollywood. His [quote] was three times higher than mine so they said he should get three times more. I wasn't as pissed as I should have been. I mean, we get paid a lot, so it's hard to complain, but the disparity is crazy." She added, "Compared to men, in most professions, women make 80 cents to the dollar. In Hollywood we are making 30 cents to the dollar."

It's true that Hollywood types get so much more money than The Rest Of Us that it seems ridiculous to complain, but when films make tons of money from The Rest Of Us buying tickets, that money goes somewhere, and shouldn't it go to the people we're paying to see -- like sports figures who get the big bucks?

It's not like Natalie Portman was unknown before "No Strings Attached." It's strange to think that her "quote" would be under Kutcher's, since she not only had box office success from the "Star Wars" prequels, she was a recent Best Actress Oscar winner for "Black Swan" in 2010. What exactly were they waiting for to up her quote? Maybe Kutcher got more because he had just managed to land a sweet deal as Charlie Sheen's replacement on "Two and a Half Men" -- making a reported $750,000 per episode -- so if that's his rate, then they had to meet it. Good for him and his agents, if that's how it worked, it's just a shame so many actresses can't get the same hustle from their reps.

Anyway, no one is crying for Natalie Portman -- least of all Natalie Portman -- this just seems to be a five-year-out anecdote sharing more behind-the-scenes scoop on the status quo pay system in Tinseltown, now that more people actually seem to care. And maybe agents and producers will feel more pressure to balance payments now that they know stars aren't going to keep quiet anymore.

[via: Vanity Fair]

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Star: Disney Wouldn't Let 'Girl Meets World' Be as 'Extreme' as 'Boy Meets World'

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"Boy Meets World" episodes could swing from light sitcom laughs to intense "full-on dramas," as Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter) recalled, and he thinks writer Michael Jacobs would've liked to do the same for the soon-to-end "Girl Meets World," but Disney would not let them.

That was Strong's take, anyway, in a new interview on the Kevin Pollak's Chat Show podcast.

During the conversation, Strong ended up talking about his "infamous cult episode" on ABC's "Boy Meets World," where Shawn joined a cult, got brainwashed, learned that his teacher Mr. Turner teacher got in a motorcycle accident and lapsed into a coma, and left the cult and discovered God all in the course of 22 minutes. Guest host Samm Levine ("Freaks and Geeks") started talking about an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" that struck him as a kid, since it suddenly got super dark and emotional at the end, and closed without laughter. He was shocked at the time -- since he watched the show for laughs and levity, not serious drama -- but the episode stuck with him years later.

Rider Strong continued on the topic of sitcoms taking bold risks:

"When you do a tonal shift like that it either — I think 'Boy Meets World' missed the mark almost as often as it nailed the mark, honestly — for some people that tonal shift will never work. It's just like 'Woah, I want it to be funny!' But for others I think what 'Boy Meets World' and 'Girl Meets World' tapped into is that there's actually a huge segment of that age group, you know ... the target age group from 8 all the way up to 16ish, that is very melodramatic and that does see life as 'It's all fun,' and then the rug gets pulled out from under you and you're, like, crying. That sort of emotional swing. And I think Michael [Jacobs], to his credit, really wrote well for that [age group], and he still does. We've had some very dramatic episodes [of 'Girl Meets World']. I don't think as dramatic as 'Boy,' mostly because we're on Disney Channel and they won't allow us to. I think had Michael had his way, 'Girl Meets World' would have swung just as extreme. And I think sometimes, as I said, it misses, and other times when it hits it really touches people and sticks with them."

True. We can all probably think of episodes or moments from shows we watched as adolescents that shocked us by going deep and dark. Those are the episodes that you go back to later in life.

But Rider Strong just called out Disney, so what does Disney have to say? Here's what the network told TVLine:

"Disney Channel is committed to presenting age-appropriate, entertaining, optimistic and empowering stories for our core viewers, age 6-14, and we're proud of the heartfelt and comedic stories that Girl Meets World brought to fans for over 70 episodes."

"Girl Meets World" ends Friday, January 20 at 6 p.m. on the Disney Channel, in an episode fittingly titled "Girl Meets Goodbye."

[via: TVLine]

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'Grey's Anatomy' Season 13: Jackson and April Fans, These Spoilers Are for You

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Only a disgusted look from Cristina Yang could accurately express our frustration at "Grey's Anatomy" Season 13's return being delayed one week. However, ABC is making it up to us with big plans for our beloved Japril in the next batch of episodes.

First, Sarah Drew (April Kepner) revealed to Entertainment Weekly that "We are going to meet Jackson's father." She didn't share details on who would be playing him, or when we'd find out. As you know, we've met Jackson's (Jesse Williams) mother, Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen), and grandpa Harper Avery (Chelcie Ross) but never Papa Jackson. (Do you think he's as handsome as his son? Trick question. That's not possible.)

Drew also dished that "Grey's" is giving fans another full Japril episode -- this time sending the divorced parents to ... Montana?

"We're dealing with a case and it's just the two of us in Montana for the whole episode. [...] I can tease that there's a real turning point that happens for the two of them. They're forced to be in the same space working together with no distraction outside of the norm, outside of anybody that they know, outside of any of the history. They're going through something pretty big. They don't start off in the best place when we find them on the journey."

Drew said this particular episode -- which sounds like exactly what we want for Japril -- has already been shot by director Kevin McKidd (aka Owen Hunt) and airs in March. "We're really proud of the episode," Drew continued. "It's very tonally different than a lot of the episodes. There's a lot of quiet, silent spaces where we're just watching people process things. It's intimate and very adult."

Sounds great so far. "Grey's Anatomy" returns with a very different episode -- set at a maximum security prison -- on Thursday, January 26 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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