Neal McDonough To Star In TNTs LA Noir

Neal McDonough has been tapped as one of the leads, playing former LAPD chief William Parker, in TNTs one-hour pilot LA Noir, written and to be directed by The Walking Deads Frank Darabont. LA Noir tells the true story of a decades-long conflict between the LAPD, under the determined leadership of Police Chief Parker (McDonough), and ruthless criminal elements led by mobster Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of LAs criminal world. Parker, a man with a long memory and a ruthless streak when provoked, is committed to rooting out corruption in the police department, and equally dedicated to bringing down Mickey Cohen and the mob. McDonough, repped by Paradigm and Inphenate, is coming off playing this season’s main villain on FX’s Justified.

Pilot Season: Sean Patrick Thomas Joins the CW's The Choice

Davy Johnson, the leading guy from the sixties TV singing group The Monkees, has died, TMZ reviews. He was 66. Johnson died from cardiac arrest at Martin Memorial Hospital in Marin County, Fla. See other stars we lost this season Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The Erectile dysfunction Sullivan ShowThe Monkees

Pilot Season: Mira Sorvino In Final Talks to Star In CBS' Trooper

Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, has been charged with felony cocaine possession with intent to distribute, TMZ reports. Mueller, 34, has been charged with one count of having more than four grams of cocaine on her and one count of having less than four grams. The charges stem from Mueller's Dec. 2 arrest in Aspen, Colo. She is also charged with assaulting a woman earlier... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Charlie SheenBrooke Mueller

Hunger Games Online Advance Ticket Sales Larger Than Twilight

First day advance ticket sales (i.e. sales on the very first day tickets are created available) for that Twilight Saga: Eclipse had held the main place in Fandango history until now, once the YA adaptation The Hunger Games required the crown. You hear that? It is the seem of Lionsgate executives breathing out per month in front of their franchise-starter's March 23 debut. The Hunger Games could still fall off substantially after its first week of release, but this can be a great early sign for Katniss & Co. [Deadline]

MPTF uncovers fund-raising campaign

The Movie and tv Fund has revealed a $350 million fund-raising campaign to become held within the next 3 years. MPTF Foundation chair Jeffrey Katzenberg and board member George Clooney made the announcement Thursday in a breakfast event in the Beverly Hillsides Hotel. The campaign has produced $238 million in promises. The push is targeted at making certain MPTF facilities and services continues operating when confronted with increasing healthcare needs of aging baby seniors within the entertainment industry. "Within the next two decades, roughly 100,000 industry people as well as their families, our personal baby seniors, is going to be retiring," stated MPTF chief professional Bob Beitcher stated. "And the truth is today we can not anticipate what type of support and help they'll need from MPTF. But we know there will still be needs that otherwise will not be filled with no support in our charitable organisation." Besides Clooney and Katzenberg, contributor include Steve Bing, Tom Cruise, Craig Dilller, Fox Entertainment Group, David Geffen, Michael Lewis, Jerrold Perrenchio, Todd Phillips, Joe Roth, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Tull, Casey Wasserman and John and Marilyn Wells. "This campaign may be the way my generation can make sure that MPTF is going to be there for everyone future decades forever," Katzenberg stated. Katzenberg recommended the campaign like a "life changing" milestone for that MPTF, that has been in turnaround mode from the The month of january 2009 announcement that rising costs would pressure it to shutter its lengthy-term care unit, which in fact had 136 patients at that time, and it is acute-care hospital. The MPTF has faced a barrage of critique within the last 3 years over that decision, with a few questioning the fund's resolve for its mentioned goal of "being careful of the.Inch Captured, the MPTF revealed it might begin acknowledging new patients the very first time in 3 years, going from 29 patients to as much as 40. Additionally, it introduced a week ago it was starting a geriatric psychological unit on its Woodland Hillsides campus inside a partnership with UCLA Health System and it is Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Katzenberg, Boss of DreamWorks Animation, credited Clooney with working effectively behind the curtain in the last year since he became a member of the MPTF board, adding, "The worse our situation, the greater interested he got." Clooney revealed a classic gold coin box imprinted using the charity's original title -- Movie Relief Fund. "You want to help remind everybody that each gift counts," he stated. Beitcher stated Thursday the lengthy-term care facility will not be broadened beyond the current capacity of 40. He did not give particulars regarding specifics on possible new initiatives for funds in the campaign apart from saying, "There exists a lengthy list." MPTF executives have stressed the fund continues to function its independent and aided-care facilities in Woodland Hillsides, and six health centers within the La area, together with modernizing the Woodland Hillsides campus and growing its medical and social services for biz retired people. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Exclusive: Get a First Look at the Poster for ABC's Missing

Ashley Judd Look what we found: It's an exclusive first look at the key art for ABC's new drama, Missing!Get more scoop on your favorite shows in our Winter TV previewMissing stars Ashley Judd as Becca Winstone, a former CIA agent-turned-florist who gets back in the game when her son (Nick Eversman) disappears while studying abroad in Italy. (Sean Bean co-stars as Becca's late husband Paul. Yes, you read that right.)We're not sure that the poster holds any clues to the mystery at the center of the globe-trotting show, but have fun looking. Speaking of missing things: Where exactly is Ashley Judd?The series debuts Thursday, March 15 at 8/7c. See the poster below:

Russell Crowe In Talks For Harker

He may search vampiresRussell Crowe's title has out of the blue elevated to mind lines through the final handful of several days as he's been mentioned for, or installed on, numerous high-profile photos. The newest to flirt with acquiring within the services? Warner Bros.' Dracula reimagining Harker. Between this as well as the sudden reappearance of Dracula: Year Zero, it's clearly been made a decision this is vampire news weekend (theme tune by Vampire Weekend).Harker, which boasts Leonardo DiCaprio among its producers, might be the brand new undertake the vampire story that repositions it from the objective of take a look at Jonathan Harker. In this particular version, he is not a lawyer but a Scotland Yard detective hunting the fanged fiend after Drac pulls off numerous bloody killings in England.Lee Shipman and John McGreevy written the script just like a spec and a year ago, Unknown's Jaume Collet-Serra was installed on direct. However he was drawn away to breathe existence into Warners' troubled, extended-gestating live-action Akira. Though the anime adaptation still relocating a lesser gear, Vulture reviews that Harker may leapfrog it in Collet-Serra's attention. Still, the talks with Crowe are in a early on, so more often than not there's an chance it could all collapse.Crowe's also busy showing his pipes while he produces Ces Miserables alongside Hugh Jackman and Hathaway As Catwoman for director Tom Hooper. And he's been considering charge in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.