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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…and we’re not talking about getting stuck in traffic-clogged Los Angeles. This year, Apple TV+ rang in the holiday season early by dropping a surprise festive spin-off of Carpool Karaoke: The Series. The new special, titled A Carpool Karaoke Christmas, is chock full of Grammy Award-winners and nominees, from Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa, to rising star Chappell Roan...

Hulu offers a wide array of films and series refreshed monthly, with over 100 new movies and TV shows coming to the platform in November. Launched in 2007, Hulu has been at the forefront of the streaming service boom since the very beginning, and it's one of the most popular services thanks to its rich catalog of new and classic movies and shows. From hosting series from networks like FX and ABC to producing original films and shows, Hulu has become an indispensable source of entertainment.

October 2024 was a busy month for the platform with the return of some popular series, including What We Do in the Shadows and Abbott Elementary. There were also plenty of horror titles for the Halloween season. Looking ahead to November 2024, Hulu is once again getting into the festive season with the addition of a variety of Christmas content, including TV movies, reality specials, and holiday movie favorites.

November 2024 brings a diverse array of movies and shows to Hulu, catering to a wide range of tastes and interests. From classic holiday films to gripping dramas and entertaining reality series, there’s something for everyone. Viewers can dive into beloved titles like A Christmas Carol (1984) and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. For fans of action and adventure, the month features iconic films such as Aliens, Ghost Rider, and the Chronicles of Narnia series. Those seeking laughter can enjoy comedies like Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Grown Ups, while romantic and family-friendly options like La La Land and Elf add a touch of warmth. Additionally, Hulu is expanding its lineup with complete seasons of popular reality shows like Are You The One?, Hoarders, and Marriage Boot Camp. The month also includes special premieres, such as the 58th Annual CMA Awards and a series on The Stanford Prison Experiment,...

October was huge for Disney+ and Hulu — but which month isn’t? After the weekly installments of “Agatha All Along” and the staple that is Huluween, the bundled streamers gear up for winter programming this November.

Disney+ continues to be the home for live episodes of “Dancing With the Stars” and the original series “Ayla & The Mirrors,” which continues to air new episodes. Along with new children’s programming and holiday specials like “An Almost Christmas Story,” the streamer will premiere “The Music of John Williams” on November 1, celebrating the acclaimed film composer and his decades-long career with new footage and interviews from those he worked with and inspired.

It’s another big month for movies coming to Hulu, as well as beloved shows like “Ally McBeal” (complete series). Stay tuned for an adaptation of Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown” and the docuseries “It’s All Country,” as well as...

Jerry Seinfeld is famous for his sharp wit and observational humor, but sometimes even the best of comedians cross the line and end up offending some with their otherwise harmless jokes. And Seinfeld very well knows this experience, having infamously ended up eating his own tall claims once.

Jerry Seinfeld | Credit: Unfrosted / Netflix

Back in 2019, the comedian claimed that some other talk shows had been copying his talk show, but as fate would have it, his accusations didn’t hold for too long and he had to apologize.

When Jerry Seinfeld Claimed Other Shows Were Copying His Show Idea

Jerry Seinfeld, for the better part of his career, has shocked and amazed viewers with his impeccable talent and comedy career. An actor, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian, Seinfeld is probably known best for the sitcom, Seinfeld.

Jerry Seinfeld in an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Credit: Netflix

However,...

Streaming services are now trying to ration their upcoming original content due to the ongoing actors strike and the only recently-resolved writers’ strike, so we’re going to see a thinning-down of new releases across the board over the next six months at least. Hulu will be adding a lot of library TV shows and movies in November, but there are only a few new major original projects hitting the streamer this month.

Hulu’s spotlight streaming series in November is Black Cake, which is based on the bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Part family drama, part murder mystery, the show features a globetrotting story that will cover decades of events after a bereaved family find a flash drive that contains some shocking secrets about the hidden history of their late matriarch.

Also dropping on Hulu this month is the original film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman,...

Though Huluween is almost officially over, Hulu is not slowing down at all as the new month approaches! The streamer will head into November with plenty of new additions to un-spook yourself and keep warm, including the new Awkwafina and Sandra Oh-led “Quiz Lady”; Christmas classics like “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” and “The Polar Express,” and much more.

On the TV side, Hulu will have the exclusive two-episode premiere of FX’s limited murder mystery series “A Murder at the End of the World” starring Emma Corrin. “Fargo” fans can also catch the next-day streaming premiere of Season/Year 5, which will star Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Plus, in comes more of the debut season of “Spellbound,” a serialized re-cut of Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia,” and several original series premieres, including “Black Cake” on Nov. 1.

Find out everything coming to Hulu in November, and check out The...

It's been 41 years since "Cheers" premiered, and 30 years since it's ended. Although other popular sitcoms like "The Bill Cosby Show" and "Newhart" gave it a run for its money, it's clear by now that "Cheers" has most effectively withstood the test of the time. When the average person thinks of '90s sitcoms, they think of "Friends" or "Seinfeld," but when you ask them to name a sitcom from the '80s, "Cheers" is almost always the first to come to mind. 

It helps that so much of the "Cheers" cast has continued to have a major presence in pop culture long after the finale, even if they haven't all returned to the sheer height of popularity they had back in the '80s and early '90s. Even many of the actors who have passed away in the years since, like Kirstie Alley who died of stage four colon...

Hulu has released it’s full list of what will be added to it’s library throughout the month of November 2023!

The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.

Get more info inside…

Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.

On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.

There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!

Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…

November 1

Arthdal Chronicles...

A brand new “The Boys” spinoff series, the second season of “Wheel of Time” and football highlight a robust lineup of new movies and shows coming to Amazon Prime Video in September. “Gen V,” a spinoff of “The Boys” set at a college, premieres on Sept. 29, while new episodes of “The Wheel of Time” Season 2 are rolling out all month long after the season premiere on Sept. 1.

Thursday Night Football is streaming starting Sept. 14, and a whole host of library movies worth checking out – from “Four Weddings and a Funeral” to “Dracula” to “10 Things I Hate About You” – are now streaming.

There’s also the premiere of the original film “Cassandro” starring Gael Garcia Bernal as a gay wrestler, and the acclaimed drama “A Thousand and One” comes to Prime Video on Sept. 19.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in September 2023 below.

It’s a deceptively big month on Prime Video in September! To kick things off, The Wheel of Time will be back for a second season on the service, while a live-action The Boys spinoff series called Gen V will be capping off the original series content later in the month.

But there are also some interesting new projects lined up between those two biggies. On September 15, Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen star in what is sure to be a delicious tale of revenge. Wilderness, based on B.E. Jones’ novel of the same name, stars Coleman as a heartbroken wife who discovers her husband has been cheating on her after she gives up her whole life to move over to America with him and support his career.

You should also keep an eye out for Cassandro, landing on Prime Video on the same day. The film, which has been...

Whether he’s on his way to work or just rolling through his hometown of London, England, James Corden always makes time for a good ole carpool karaoke.

Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” performances may be what he’s most know for, having had notable talents from Usher, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and more singing along in the passenger seat. “The Late Late Show with James Corden” host credits singer/songwriter George Michael as the inspiration behind the segment, as the late Wham! singer as his first “Carpool Karaoke” guest when they appeared in the skit back in 2011 for a British charity. In the skit, Michael and Corden sang several songs, which eventually gave Corden the idea to turn it into a portion on his show when the talk show debuted on March 23, 2015.

However, Corden’s first official guest for “Carpool Karaoke” was actually Mariah Carey. The segment gained so much...

Tom Cruise didn’t show up for the Academy Awards, but he did show up for the very last episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden — or rather, The Last Last Late Late Show With James Corden Carpool Karaoke Special.

Confused? Allow us to explain…

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CBS gave Corden a two-hour sendoff split between primetime and late-night.

James Corden said farewell to CBS on Thursday evening by doing something no one ever thought would be possible: Getting Tom Cruise to sing Elton John’s hit ballad “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”

After an opening “The Last Last Late Late Show with James Corden Carpool Karaoke Special” by singing “Last Show” (to the tune of “Last Dance”), and quick opening monologue, Corden switched to its heavily promoted final pre-tape with Cruise. As previously announced, the action star icon and the host joined a performance of “The Lion King” at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The first part of the clip showed the two rehearsing and singing on stage in costume — but from there, the sketch turned into a bit of a farewell between the two.

As Corden played up his sadness at saying farewell to Cruise, the duo broke into the John song. Corden began: “Tom, I mean,...

Spoiler Alert! This story contains details from James Corden’s primetime special and final installment of The Late Late Show on CBS.

So long, James Corden. The affable Brit who took over for Craig Ferguson in 2015 ended his eight-year run as host of CBS’ The Late Late Show on Thursday.

To help say goodbye to its late-night star, CBS set aside an hour in primetime for a pre-taped special that included video montages and candy-coated skits so Corden could show off his singing chops. First up: a musical number with Corden, who stood on top of the old Television City building to sing a rendition of Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” — but in this case, it was changed to “Last Show.”

That was followed by a playful bit with Tom Cruise, who agreed to perform with Corden in a Hollywood staging of The Lion King. With Cruise as the warthog and Corden as the meerkat,...

Despite scooping an Emmy, 16 Grammys and an Oscar, Adele said that there’s no chance she will become an Egot winner by adding a Tony award to her haul of trophies as she “hates musicals.”

The ‘Chasing Pavements’ singer, 34, was handed an Emmy for her ‘Adele: One Night Only’ special, as well as 16 Grammys and a best original song Oscar for James Bond film theme ‘Skyfall’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

But she said on James Corden’s final ‘Carpool Karaoke’ segment about the reason she won’t add a Tony to the collection which would make her one of the world’s few artists to be an ‘Egot’ winner: “(I’ve) always had the ‘Ego’ (but) I would never write a musical or anything like that because I f****** hate musicals.

“I f****** hate musicals. I don’t think I’ve ever said how much I f****** hate musicals.”

Tony...

Global superstar Adele is hitting the road with James Corden one last time as the pair gear up for a moving final “Carpool Karaoke,” in The Late Late Show with James Corden Carpool Karaoke Special airing Thursday, April 27. The special will celebrate Corden’s legacy in late-night TV ahead of the final broadcast of The Late Late Show with James Corden that same evening on CBS as well as streaming on Paramount+. As fans may recall, Adele and Corden performed together in a previous “Carpool Karaoke” segment. During their second “Carpool” together, as seen above, Adele surprises her longtime friend at home in the morning, waking him up and offering to drive the late-night host to work. Once in the car, she turns the tables on Corden, making it a surprise “Carpool Karaoke” segment for the host. As they drive and sing along to some familiar tunes, they’ll reflect...

Adele’s 2016 “Carpool Karaoke” clip remains the most watched of all time for “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” Actually, it’s one of the most-watched clips of all time for any talk show, period, at more than 260 million views. So, when Adele pitched an idea to surprise Corden for his finale, there was no hesitation.

The idea: Adele would surprise Corden at his house and drive him to work for one final “Carpool Karaoke.” “That was a shock to me, I didn’t know about that,” Corden told Variety. “I thought our last carpool was with Diddy. He was someone we tried to get for a while. And then this surprise with Adele happened!

“The fact that she came and did that for me. The fact that it was her idea to say, ‘well, why don’t I drive him to work?’ It’s really special,” he added.

Last week, seemingly out of nowhere, the usually relatively quiet Red Dwarf Twitter account announced this:

#RedDwarf #RedDwarfReborn@realrobgrant @DougRDNaylor @CCfunkandsoul Chris Barrie @DannyJohnJules @bobbyllew @normanlovett1 Hattie Hayridge @Tordfc pic.twitter.com/LQH9LPgWRB

— Red Dwarf (@RedDwarfHQ) March 10, 2023

The statement read:

“Rob Grant and Doug Naylor are delighted to announce that the ongoing dispute over the Red Dwarf rights has been resolved.

Moving onwards and upwards, Rob and Doug hope to launch separate iterations of Red Dwarf across various media, working again with the cast and other valued partners, and wish each other the very best.

Smoke a kipper, Red Dwarf will be back for breakfast!!” (sic)

This came as a bit of a bolt from the blue, particularly among anyone who hadn’t been closely following the show since its last special, ‘The Promised Land’, in 2020.

Trouble on the Dwarf

Those who had been following the show’s fortunes...

After a near month of mudslinging behind the scenes drama for Don’t Worry Darling which hovered around its Venice Film Festival world premiere, the sophomore feature directorial from Olivia Wilde finally opens in 4,000 theaters.

However, Warner Bros. need not sweat the tabloid headlines. No, all of that has only made this Florence Pugh, Harry Styles and Chris Pine genre pic that more intriguing to the point where the David Zaslav led Warner Bros Discovery could be looking at a fall hit with a 20M-25M start per rival industry estimates. Warner Bros. is eyeing 17M for the 35M production, a noble start. As we told you, last night’s fan Imax screening at 100 locations, which had a live-stream of the NYC event Q&a with Wilde, Styles, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Kate Berlant, Asif Ali and Douglas Smith was the fastest selling for the large format exhibitor with 21 locations selling out in 24 hours,...

BTS' song "Permission to Dance" is guaranteed to make you smile! Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Rm, Jimin, V, and Jungkook appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday and gave an energetic performance. And, of course, they treated fans to a stellar dance routine! The boy band also gave a nod to The Army fans all around the globe - a backdrop showed a sign with directions pointing to Seoul, London, Moscow, San Francisco, Kenya, Paris, and more. Watch the clip above!

During their appearance on The Late Late Show, BTS celebrated their Grammy nomination for best pop duo/group performance for "Butter." They also allowed Corden to beg for forgiveness from The Army after his controversial comments in September. In case you missed it, the talk show host was given the nickname Papa Mochi during an episode of carpool karaoke in Feb. 2020. However, fans called for him...

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The Late Late Show With James Corden on Thursday aired the Cinderella-themed “Crosswalk the Musical” segment that had already gone viral long before air — and for all the wrong reasons.

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On Aug. 28, an unsuspecting Los Angeles driver captured video of Corden, Camila Cabello, Billy Porter and Idina Menzel stopping traffic to perform a cover of Jennifer Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud.” And let...

CBS’ latest NCIS spinoff is officially underway, now that production on Season 1 of NCIS: Hawai’i has received a traditional Hawaiian blessing.

The ceremony, akin to those held every year for Magnum P.I. (and Hawaii Five-0 before it), was held on June 16 at Mokulē’Ia Beach on Oahu and officiated by Kahu Ramsay Taum, while observing Covid-era filming safety protocols.

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The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees in the categories of sports, children’s and short-form TV programs for the 2021 PGA Awards.

Sports program nominees are Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics, Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe and The Shop: Uninterrupted Featuring President Barack Obama.

Kids program nominees are Animaniacs, Carmen Sandiego, Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Short-form nominees include Better Call Saul’s Employee Training: Legal Ethics with Kim Wexler, Between The Scenes – The Daily Show, Carpool ...

The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees in the categories of sports, children’s and short-form TV programs for the 2021 PGA Awards.

Sports program nominees are Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics, Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe and The Shop: Uninterrupted Featuring President Barack Obama.

Kids program nominees are Animaniacs, Carmen Sandiego, Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Short-form nominees include Better Call Saul’s Employee Training: Legal Ethics with Kim Wexler, Between The Scenes – The Daily Show, Carpool ...

James Corden is the host of everyone's favorite late, late night talk show, but he's also the host of Carpool Karaoke. For everyone that is a superfan of singers and movie stars, Jame Corden drives your favorite celebrities around while they belt out some famous tunes.

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While he has had many guests join him for a carpool singing session, there are certainly some episodes that have fans glued to their screens more than others. In case you're behind on the trend or want to re-watch some of the best episodes, this list is for you. Here are 10 of the best celebrity guests from James Corden's Carpool Karaoke, ranked.

The 71st Emmy season is over, but your opportunity to learn about the winners is not. Below, you can find links to 11 episodes of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast featuring conversations with people who took home statuettes on Sunday night.

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RuPaul — best reality-competition program and best host for a reality or competition program (RuPaul's Drag Race)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge — best actress in a comedy series, best writing for a comedy series and best comedy series (Fleabag)

Billy Porter — best actor in a drama series (Pose)

Seth MacFarlane — best character voiceover performance (Family Guy)

James Corden — best variety special prerecorded (Carpool ...

Saying “Baby, I could drive your car” has proven to be a very good strategy for James Corden — never more so than when he put Paul McCartney into the highly sought passenger seat.

The primetime special “Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney, Live From Liverpool” is a contender in five Emmy categories this year, including variety special (prerecorded), plus directing, writing, editing and sound mixing for a variety special. That’s hardly the only impressive stat Corden can claim, though. The late-night host himself is up for seven Emmys, the most for any on-air performer this year, and five of those nods are directly associated with the “Carpool Karaoke” franchise.

“You’ve got to be really careful at times like this to not start to think you might be more of a dude than you really are,” admits the “Late Late Show” host, faced with the abundance of Emmy love.

An edited version of this story about James Corden and Ben Winston first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.

The most-nominated person at this year’s Emmys is writer, producer and director Ben Winston, with eight separate nominations. The second-most nominated is James Corden, with seven.

What does this teach us?

Well, since Winston happens to produce, write and direct James Corden’s shows, it teaches us that it’s good to be in proximity to Corden (or to be Corden).

Also Read: 2019 Emmy Contenders, From Sophie Turner to Tony Hale to Cicely Tyson (Exclusive Photos)

But there’s more to it than that, because Corden and Winston were each nominated for their work on “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” and for the interactive elements of “The Late Late Show,” and for the short-form series “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” and for...

“Carpool Karaoke” hasn’t driven off into the sunset quite yet.

The CBS Television Studios-produced Apple series has been renewed for a third season, which has already started production and will feature an episode with the cast of “Stranger Things.”

Based on a popular segment from Corden’s CBS talk series “The Late Late Show,” “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” features celebrities riding around in cars together and singing songs. The series premiered in August 2017 and is available via the Apple TV app.

The series features a unique pairing of celebrities in each episode, with previous combos including John Legend with Alicia Keys, and Billy Eichner with Metallica. Corden also appeared in at least two episodes of the previous season alongside Will Smith and LeBron James. Other notable “Carpool” offerings from the past include in episode with Miley, Noah, Billy Ray and the entire Cyrus family, and a “Game of Thrones...

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld promoted the new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, but it sparked a little debate. Seinfeld called out some shows that he claimed were “influenced” by his idea, including Carpool from British comedian, Robert Llewellyn. 50 Celebrities Who Died In 2018 – Tribute Slideshow In the new season trailer for Seinfeld’s […]

The post Jerry Seinfeld Apologizes To Comedian Robert Llewellyn For Mocking His Show ‘Carpool’ appeared first on uInterview.

Even in its off moments – some carpoolers are just funnier than others – James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke can be an effective marketing tool, getting the word out about new songs, reviving fading hits and helping Corden himself tap into the latest musical buzz. Win-win. So makes sense that The Late Late Show host would use the bit to tap into what might be the last market segment holding out from the inescapable reach of Cardi B.

Seniors.

Last night’s Carpool Karaoke on CBS’ The The Late Late Show with James Corden started out routine enough – Corden and Cardi B drive around L.A., singing along to the rapper’s songs, talking about her stripping days, shouting out to pedestrians, chatting about the five vehicles the rapper owns but can not drive (a parking-lot driving lesson ensues).

As the two consider the age of Cardi’s typical audience, Corden stops...

Valence Media takes £45m stake in the independent company, whose credits include ‘I Am Bolt’.

The parent company of House of Cards producer Mrc has acquired a £45m stake in independent production company Fulwell 73, whose credits include 2016 film I Am Bolt and TV/online work including James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke series.

Valence Media, which launched in February and also owns Us company Dick Clark Productions and the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, has made the cash and equity deal in exchange for a significant minority stake.

London and La-based Fulwell 73 will continue to operate as an independent business,...

Back in 2015, when James Corden moved to the Us to front CBS’ The Late Late Show, pretty much no one knew who he was—that is, except his fellow Brits back home. While doing the rounds of La in those first weeks, trying to assure publicists his show would be a good bet for their celebrity clients, Corden embraced the fear of imminent cancellation and threw himself headlong into making a show unlike anything else in the late night arena, as he says, “We absolutely knew that we had to just hit the ground running, that there was no time, there was no period of grace with an audience.”

He more than prevailed with genius segments like Carpool Karaoke, Drop the Mic and Crosswalk the Musical, not only laughing A-listers into booking spots—and getting them to unabashedly sing and rap with him—but also cornering a huge online following.

Exclusive: There is change at the helm of Starz’s upcoming spy thriller series The Rook, from Lionsgate and Liberty Global. Lisa Zwerling (Betrayal) and Karyn Usher (Bones) have come onboard as showrunners. They will replace in the role The Night Manager‘s Stephen Garrett who remains an executive producer. Meanwhile, Twilight‘s Stephenie Meyer who, via her production company originally brought The Rook to Lionsgate, is stepping away due to differences in creative visions of the project.

The behind-the-scenes change comes early in the production of The Rook, which is currently filming the first two episodes of its first-season order in London. The showrunner switch will have no impact on production, which will continue as scheduled. The Rook is slated to air on Starz in the U.S., and across Liberty Global’s international platforms in 2019.

Zwerling and Usher will executive produce via their Carpool Entertainment production company alongside Garrett under his Character 7 banner.

In August of 2016, Diana Miller, music booker for “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” finally caught a unicorn. “It’s important that the talent is instantly recognizable in “Carpool Karaoke,” and that the segment features big hits,” she says. And so, after months of pursuit, she convinced Michelle Obama to appear in an episode, alongside Missy Elliot.

According to Nielsen, digital sales for “This Song Is for My Girls,” the charity track they promoted, jumped 1,652%. The segment also featured sing-alongs of Elliot’s “Get Ur Freak On” (which saw a sales increase of 312%), Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” (up 42%), and Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” (up 76.5%).

That was then; streams are now. As consumers have increasingly abandoned downloads, the goal of music-on-tv has shifted from moving units to creating viral events. The benefits are symbiotic: Artists are granted an internet afterlife, while shows count those numbers as key performance indicators.

David Paymer is one of those actors who you instantly recognize from his face and voice, but up until this point you’ve never actually bothered to find out his name. (Carpool anyone?)

Paymer is once again popping up where you least expect him to, as he’s joined the cast of Paramount’s Tom Clancy-inspired thriller Jack Ryan.

The cast already includes Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, and Kevin Costner.

Paymer is expected to play an American diplomat.

Jack Ryan comes out Christmas of 2013.

Source: Variety...

Hollywood Gives Back: The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2011 were announced tonight during the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Michel Hazanavicius won the DGA?s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Artist.

Following the welcome by DGA President Taylor Hackford to an audience of more than 1,600 guests, director/producer/actor Kelsey Grammer hosted the ceremony.

Presenters included (in alphabetical order): DGA Secretary-Treasurer Michael Apted; Kathy Bates (Midnight in Paris); Berenice Bejo (The Artist); George Clooney (The Descendants); Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad); Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men); Laura Dern (Enlightened); Jean Dujardin (The Artist); DGA President Taylor Hackford; 2010 DGA Feature Film Award winner Tom Hooper (The King?s Speech); Stana Katic (Castle); Ben Kingsley (Hugo); Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy); Kathleen Robertson (Boss); Octavia Spencer...