The Upshaws are back in June for an eight-episode second season on Netflix, as audiences take yet another visit with a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without the blueprints to do it. The premiere date is set for June 29 for the show, created by: […]
The body of Luis Enrique Ramírez Ramos was found Thursday on a dirt road near the Mexican state capital, Culiacan. It marked the ninth slaying of a journalist or photographer in that country this year. Although drug cartels are often blamed, not every journalist wrote about the syndicates, leaving questions as to what’s behind the […]
Kenneth Welsh, a Canadian actor best known as villainous FBI agent Windom Earle in the original Twin Peaks, has died. His death was confirmed by ACTRA, the Canadian film and television union. No cause of death was given. Welsh had more than 200 screen credits during his long career. “Ken was one of Canada’s all-time […]
George Pérez, whose work for Marvel and DC made him one of the most acclaimed comic book artists over the last five decades, died today at age 67 of complications from pancreatic cancer. Pérez worked on many top titles during his long career, including launching the New Teen Titans in 1980 with writer Marv Wolfman […]
SATURDAY UPDATE, Refresh for Latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is having a crazy ride at the international box office, now at $139.3M through Friday and headed to $230M+ through Sunday overseas. The global total with Friday included is already $229.3M with the sequel looking to cast a $400M+ spell worldwide for […]
For the second time, Savannah Guthrie has contracted Covid-19, as she shared Friday on her Instagram page. Despite being vaccinated and receiving a booster shot, Guthrie fell victim again, but downplayed her condition on social media. “So this happened — again!” she wrote. “Covid +, air filter on ‘turbo’ and it will be an isolating […]
For British musicians and other performing artists whose touring capacity in Europe has been curtailed by post-Brexit regulations, travel is about to get a little easier. UK specialist hauliers employed for music concerns, cultural and sporting events have been limited to making just three EU stops per tour, creating a logistical nightmare, but new rules […]
Days after attending the Met Gala, Jon Batiste has postponed the Carnegie Hall debut tomorrow of his American Symphony production. He cited contracting Covid-19 as the reason. The announcement came via his Intstagram site. “Thank you to my incredible team and all the musicians who have been on this journey with me,” Batiste wrote. “I […]
Abortion is certainly no laughing matter, which makes it a delicate dance for a topical comedian to broach. Bill Maher worked both sides of the street on Friday night’s Real Time on HBO, starting with a few quips and then embarking on a serious discussion on the ultra-sensitive issue. Starting with a riff on Cinco […]
Warning: The following podcast has major spoilers about Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, in particular its epilogue. If you’re working in the new multiverse phase of the Marvel Cinematic universe, it’s indeed a juggling act and balancing it all has been screenwriter Michael Waldron. You can listen to our mind-blowing conversation with Waldron […]
Hollywood’s unions have reached an agreement with management’s AMPTP on revised Covid-19 protocols. In a statement, the unions said that the new agreement “creates a more flexible set of protocols for areas of the United States and Canada with low Covid hospital admissions, while maintaining core elements to keep sets safe. The unions — SAG-AFTRA, […]
We are 10 days away from the start of the traditional upfront week and a day into the new series pickup window, which kicked off yesterday with NBC’s order to the Quantum Leap pilot. Getting intel on broadcast pilots is harder than ever as that marketplace has contracted over the last five years but here […]
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about tonight’s Blue Bloods Season 12 finale. EXCLUSIVE: “Anthony, I didn’t just invite you for dinner just because we’re friends,” Blue Blood’s New York County Assistant District Attorney Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) informs investigator Anthony Abetemarco (Steve Schirripa) and her assembled family right at the end of tonight’s Blue […]
The 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards took place in New York City tonight celebrating LGBTQ+ excellence in Hollywood. Honorees include FX’s Pose and Lil Nas X. The event is a continuation of the Los Angeles celebration that took place on April 2. The east coast ceremony was hosted by celebrity Peloton Instruction Cody Rigbsy and […]
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer believes Netflix still has a “tremendous business,” but they “didn’t pivot quite quickly enough” as their subscriber momentum stalled. Observations about Netflix’s effort to right the ship after losing $200 billion in market value provided just one of several appetizing morsels of industry analysis and career reflection offered during an hour-long […]
A group led by Todd Boehly, who also owns a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, dick clark productions and who is currently the caretaker CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has agreed to terms to acquire the English soccer club Chelsea in a deal worth almost $5 billion. If […]
The WGA is gearing up for a showdown with the major companies next year. In his annual report, WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson told his members that the WGA East and West “have a lot of work to do at the bargaining table next year … to ensure that our members can sustain meaningful […]
EXCLUSIVE: Disney is severing ties with Fred Savage following multiple complaints of misconduct in his role as executive producer and director on the freshman ABC comedy series The Wonder Years, produced by 20th Television, part of Disney Television Studios. The allegations were investigated, leading to Savage’s dismissal. The Wonder Years, a reboot of the beloved […]
The Biden Administration is letting it be known that, if the nation does not get a requested $22 billion in supplemental Congressional funding for Covid, there will be “fewer vaccines, treatments and tests for the American people.” A senior administration official told multiple outlets today that modeling shows 100 million Americans will be infected with […]
Seeing superstar Will Smith visit remote locations on the planet was the hook for the National Geographic docuseries Welcome to Earth. Daniel Pemberton’s job was to provide Smith’s journey with a sound, and he said during a panel for the series at Deadline’s Sound & Screen concert event that he used some he’d never played […]
Composer Sean Callery said he incorporated themes from Xbox’s iconic Halo video game into his score for the Paramount+ series. However, he added his own themes for the main characters including Master Chief (Pablo Schrieber) and Kwan (Yerin Ha). “It really was born on one person’s description of him saying he was reaching for something,” […]
A day after his long-time agent left ICM Partners to start his own management firm, John Cena is changing agencies as the Peacemaker star has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Cena will remain with Dan Baime, who left ICM Partners to start up management firm Intenta Management. Cena has had him self quite […]
Slow Horses composer Daniel Pemberton admits he still hasn’t entirely wrapped his head around the fact that he got to pen the song “Strange Game” alongside Mick Jagger, which the Rolling Stones frontman sang for the Apple TV+ series. “The show is about these quite crap spies, and so I tried to create the sound […]
Crafting the music for HBO’s postapocalyptic miniseries Station Eleven offered composer Dan Romer the unique opportunity to create a score that informs itself as new episodes unfold. The really fun thing about [the project] is that the actual score starts learning from the songs as the show goes,” Romer explained at Deadline’s Sound & Screen […]
EXCLUSIVE: CBS boss George Cheeks is the latest high profile attendee of last Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner to test positive for Covid-19. After testing negative every day following the April 30 Beltway shindig, the President and CEO, CBS pulled the short straw yesterday afternoon, I hear. Having said that, the fully vaccinated Cheeks is […]
