A Christmas Story
Peter Billingsley, the star of the iconic holiday movie A Christmas Story, has signed on to executive producer musical adaption of the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Christmas Story has always meant a lot to me personally," Billingsley, who became famous for his portrayal of BB gun-obsessed Ralphie Parker in the 1983 classic, tells the trade paper. "I'm excited to bring this film to the stage because the story and the characters lend themselves so well to the world of musicals."
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Christian Slater
Fox has picked up the Christian Slater comedy Breaking In for midseason, Deadline reports.
The network has ordered seven episodes of the single-camera workplace comedy, which is set...
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Noah Munck
iCarly's Noah Munck, better known as the excitable, shirt-shedding Gibby, has been promoted to series regular, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Munck, 14, has been baring his tummy for Nickelodeon's iCarly on a recurring basis for the past three years but says he's much more reserved than his character.
"I'm quieter, but that just makes it more fun to break out and go crazy on the show," he said.
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Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, Four Christmases
Thanksgiving may have just gone by, but audiences were feeling Christmasy already — in their movie tastes, at least.
The Vince Vaughn-Reese Witherspoon rom-com Four Christmases topped the box office in its second weekend in theaters with $18.2 million, Variety reports. It was followed by other recent openers Twilight...More, after the jump.
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Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, Four Christmases
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn's Four Christmases kept on giving this holiday, earning $31.7 million from Friday-Sunday and $46.7 mil over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Disney's Bolt placed second with $26.6 mil, a slight increase over its opening weekend.
Rounding out the top five were ...
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