‘American Idol’ Finalist Leah LaBelle & Ex-NBA Player Husband Killed In L.A. Car Crash Leah Labelle, a 2004 American Idol finalist, and her husband Rasual Butler, a former NBA player, were killed overnight in a single-car crash in Studio City, Los Angeles police said today. She was 31, and he wa..

Ivanhoe Pictures Boards India-Set Film ‘Unread Pages’ Ivanhoe Pictures, the Los Angeles-based division of SK Global Entertainment, has come on to co-produce Unread Pages, being billed as the first India-U.S co-production to be filmed in a non-Hindi language. The pic being directed by acclaimed I..

CBS Orders Multi-Camera Comedy Pilot About Up-And-Coming Pop Star CBS has greenlighted another multi-camera comedy pilot, an untitled half-hour from The Late Late Show with James Corden and Drop the Mic executive producer Ben Winston and CBS TV Studios. Written by Tim McAuliffe (The Last Man on..

‘This Is Us’ Star Chrissy Metz Set To Topline ‘The Impossible’ EXCLUSIVE: Chrissy Metz has signed on to star in The Impossible from Fox 2000 and Miracles From Heaven producer DeVon Franklin. Roxann Dawson is attached to direct the film, based on a Joyce Smith’s novel, The Impossible: The Miracul..

No Joke: French Academy To Honor Box Office Performance With New César Award In a surprising turn of events, art will meet commerce — and comedy — going forward at France’s César Awards. The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma today said it has created a new prize for the annual ceremony w..

AT&T Chief On Time Warner: “We Remain Very Confident” In Deal Close AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson devoted precious few minutes of the company’s hour-long conference call with analysts to the pending legal battle with the government over the Time Warner acquisition. Related AT&T, Braci..

Mark Zuckerberg Says People Spent 50 Million Fewer Hours A Day On Facebook Facebook’s decision to return to its roots, as a place where people connect with one another, came with a toll: less time spent on the social media platform. Related Mark Zuckerberg Says People Spent 50 Milli..

Casting Director Lindsay Chag Found Guilty Of Violating Talent Scam Prevention Act Casting director Lindsay Chag has been convicted of aiding and abetting a casting workshop in charging for an audition or employment opportunity – a misdemeanor violation of the state’s Talent Scam Prevention Act...

Jay Curtis Dies: Longtime CBS Brand Manager Was 67 Jay Curtis, longtime on-air brand manager for CBS Television, died Thursday after a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He was 67. His son, J.T. Curtis, announced his father’s death on Facebook. Related Ezra Swerdlow Dies: New Y..