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Hillary Clinton v Bernie Sanders: Who’s Winning the Hollywood Primary?

With the California primary one week away, Hillary Clinton is winning the all-important Hollywood vote. According to TheWrap’s updated master list of celebrity endorsements, Clinton scored an...

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Wil Wheaton on Why ‘Stranger Things’ Could Be This Generation’s ‘Stand By Me’

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is loaded with 1980s pop culture references, but the series also takes deeper levels of inspiration from the decade. Focused on four young Dungeons & Dragons-loving boys...

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Fireworks, Pranks and Pot: ‘Stand by Me’ Stars Look Back on River Phoenix...

Corey Feldman smoked pot for the first time with River Phoenix while they were making “Stand By Me.” Actually, he had a lot of firsts while making “Stand By Me,” the classic coming-of-age film that...

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‘Stand By Me’ Stars Share 25 Memories of 1986 Classic (Photos)

Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell talk to TheWrap 1. In honor of Rob Reiner‘s 1986 coming of age classic “Stand By Me,” lead actors Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell reminisced...

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‘Lamest Year on Record': Read the Best Celebrity Hate Tweets as 2016 Ends

Even celebrity folk have heard just about enough from 2016, thank you very much. As the year drew to a close, Jaimie Alexander, Patton Oswalt and other notable names took to Twitter to bid farewell to...

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Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, Stan Lee Ready for Syfy’s ‘Eureka’

Wil Wheaton, a frequently tweeting actor best known for his role as Ensign Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," will return to "Eureka" in a seven-episode arc to air in the second half of the...

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Syfy Cancels ‘Eureka,’ After All

"Eureka" will no longer be televised. Well, after five more episodes this summer, a holiday special this December and a twelve-episode fifth season airing next year. But that's it! Strangely, Syfy...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Cusack Slam NSA Over Electronic Snooping (Video)

Maggie Gyllenhaal and John Cusack aren’t crazy about the National Security Agency’s penchant for mass surveillance, but they want the NSA to to hear one thing loud and clear: Stop poking around in...

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Angry Reactions Greet Comcast Acquisition Of Time Warner Cable

Reaction to Comcast’s multimillion dollar deal with Time Warner Cable ranged from mildly irritated to apoplectic. The Huffington Post snarked on the deal with a picture of Jim Carrey‘s villainous Cable...

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Wil Wheaton Has Touching Answer for Little Girl Who Asks If He Was a Nerd...

Actor Wil Wheaton, a star on TV’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and a regular guest on “The Big Bang Theory,” took the time to deliver a very touching response to a little girl’s question about...

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Wil Wheaton to Host ‘Talk Soup for Geeks’ Style Show on Syfy

Wil Wheaton is back in business with Syfy. The “Eureka” alum will host a new series, tentatively titled “The Wil Wheaton Project,” which will premiere May 27 at 10 p.m. on Syfy, the actor said on his...

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Wil Wheaton’s ‘Tabletop’ Sets Crowdfunding Record With $1.4 Million Haul

“Tabletop,” Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day‘s popular web series, raised $1.4 million for its third season on Indiegogo, setting a new record for a crowdfunded web series, the principals said Monday. The...

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Wil Wheaton on River Phoenix Death: I Thought ‘Please Don’t Let This Be True’...

River Phoenix‘s death in 1993 shocked Hollywood — and his “Stand by Me” co-star Wil Wheaton remains haunted by it to this day. “Please don’t let this be true,” Wheaton told Larry King he said when he...

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Zach Braff, Wil Wheaton Reminisce About Gaming Past in ‘Video Games: The...

Variance Films has released the first trailer for “Video Games: The Movie,” a documentary about the history of the video game industry and community, ahead of a planned July release in theaters, on...

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‘Game of Thrones’ Meets ‘Brady Bunch’ in Wil Wheaton’s Alternate Opening...

Wil Wheaton is a huge fan of “Game of Thrones” and a huge fan of the opening sequence, in which the viewers is transported across a 3-d animated map of the land of Westeros, seeing all of the different...

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Hollywood Rages at Supreme Court Hobby Lobby Decision

This morning’s big news out of Washington has enraged Hollywood. The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that family-owned companies don’t have to cover contraception in their health plans if they object...

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‘Sharknado 2: The Second One’ Premiere Nearly Triples Original’s Ratings,...

“Sharknado 2: The Second One” just took a big bite out of the Nielsen ratings sheets. The Syfy phenomenon pulled in 3.9 million total viewers on Wednesday. That number is nearly three times what the...

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Wil Wheaton’s Show Cancelled by Syfy After One Season

Wil Wheaton announced the cancellation of “The Wil Wheaton Project” by Syfy on his blog. According to the actor, he got the call after spending several hours walking along the beach. “I’m about to make...

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10 Top Live-Tweeting Hollywood Stars

These days, it would be hard to find an actor with a Twitter handle who doesn’t live tweet his or her own TV show, guest appearance or streaming movie. It’s practically part of their contract to gather...

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‘Castle’s’ Nathan Fillion to Play Himself on ‘Big Bang Theory’

Nathan Fillion will soon be geeking out on CBS. The “Castle” star is set to appear on the network’s nerd sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” in a role that he should be very well prepared to play, a show...

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