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Tumblr Founder Calls Yahoo Purchase 'Awesome,' Drops F-Bomb
David Karp , the 27-year-old founder of the youth-centric social media platform, assured users on Monday that Tumblr would remain the same -- "We're not turning purple," he said, referencing the fading tech giant's signature color -- and promised: "We won't let you down." Then he signed off with a "F--k yeah." "Everyone, I'm elated to tell you that ... (more)
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Kate Hudson Joins Zach Braff's 'Wish I Was Here'
The actress will play Braff's wife in the film, which will also star Josh Gad , Mandy Patinkin and Jim Parsons .
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Liam Hemsworth to Star in 'Aurora Rising'
Aurora Rising is about a Southern California surfer who becomes a fighter pilot and after a messy combat mission, is recruited to be part of an elite team to test a new generation of aircraft just as an international conflict begins.
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TV Ratings: Surging Billboard Awards Hit High, 'Apprentice' Finale Drops From Last Year
ABC's broadcast of the music kudos jumps 33 percent from 2012, while Fox's Sunday animation block get mostly steady sendoffs.
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Laura Linney on the Poignant Value of 'The Big C'
After four seasons, Laura Linney bids farewell to Cathy Jamison, her alter ego for 40 episodes on Showtime's The Big C , which over the course of its run put the spotlight on the courageous struggles of those who have faced cancer and the loved ones sharing in the journey.
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'Scandal's' Kerry Washington on Olivia's Shocking Family Affairs
The actress talks with THR about Olivia's complicated relationship with the president and breaks down her character's Luke Skywalker moment.
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Shield of Straw: Cannes Review
An elite police unit has 48 hours to transport a psychopath across Japan, dodging bounty hunters along the way, in Takashi Miike's latest, which premiered in Competition.
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China's Li Bingbing Boards 'Transformers 4'
Paramount Pictures and its two co-producers unveiled their first official Chinese recruit for the fourth installment of the franchise.
Billboard Music Awards: Justin Bieber Booed While Accepting Milestone Award
Recognized at age 19 with the Milestone Award , the singer took the stage -- and the opportunity -- to make a statement.
Cannes: Download THR's Day 6 Daily
"Seduced and Abandoned" director James Toback talks to THR about making his fest doc, and "Inside Llewyn Davis" has its world premiere.
Cannes: Market, Nightlife Bustles Despite Torrential Rains
In her latest Film Files column, Sharon Swart visits THR's Martinez hotel soiree, appraises the "Hunger Games" beachside bash and catches up with Adrien Brody, who says: "This is a vacation, so to speak." In Cannes, two powerful muscles are visibly at work: promotion and sales.
Yahoo Approves Bid to Acquire Tumblr for $1.1 Billion
The board of directors for Yahoo approved a deal to buy the popular blogging platform for $1.1 billion in cash, reports The Wall Street Journal .
Cannes: New Dardenne Brothers Movie Starring Marion Cotillard Goes to Sundance Selects
In addition to writing and directing, the Dardennes, Palme d'Or winners, will produce for Les Films Du Fleuve along with Denis Freyd for Archipel 35.
Cannes: 'World War Z' With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival
Marc Forster 's World War Z , starring Brad Pitt , will open the 35th annual Moscow Film Festival on June 20, organizers said here over the weekend.
Cannes: Alanis Morissette Cast in Kickstarter Project
Alanis Morissette has been cast in The Price of Desire , a project about architect and designer Eileen Gray that is also tapping into the current Kickstarter craze.
Cannes: Weinstein's Radius Nabs 'Blue Ruin'
The film centers on a man who receives upsetting news and returns to his childhood home to seek revenge.
Cannes: Hollywood Finds Global Business Partners at Festival
In her latest Film Files column, Sharon Swart visits Worldview Entertainment's bash and Gaumont's windy party, where WME agent Jerome Duboz says: "the market feels energized." The growing globalization of the film biz is on display in Cannes like nearly nowhere else in the world, and at this year's festival it seems particularly pronounced.
Cannes Panic: Christoph Waltz Rushed Offstage; Man With Suspicious Device Apprehended
While security on the scene first told The Hollywood Reporter that fireworks had been set off, witnesses later said it was indeed a man with a gun.
Cannes: Foreign Buyers Flock to Ryan Gosling's 'How to Catch a Monster'
Christina Hendricks , Iain De Caestecker , Saoirse Ronan , Ben Mendelsohn , Eva Mendes , Matt Smith and Rob Zabrecky will star in the modern fantasy-drama, for which Gosling has also written the screenplay.
TV Upfronts: Meet the Mega-Producers
With the broadcast networks ordering more than 40 dramas and comedies to series , top executives across Hollywood worked the phones calling scores of writer-producers with news of their future.