EXCLUSIVE: dick clark productions and Tubefilter today announced the return of the The YouTube Streamy Awards on December 4. It will be the first time the event has happened in-person since 2019. And after two years of remote shows, the creator community’s biggest night returns to the Beverly Hilton Hotel for an evening of celebration, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Ahdoot, who has starred in series such as Cobrai Kai, and Vali Chandrasekaran, an exec producer on Modern Family are behind a new Muslim-American comedy that is in development at ABC. The Disney-owned broadcast network is working up the untitled comedy from 20th Television. It is centered around Mohammad “Mo” Al-Hayati, a young […]
The passing of Britain’s longest-serving monarch today at 96 marked the end of an the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, whose tenure crossed 70 years and massive changes in politics, culture and government. She carried out duties until the very end, regularly traveling the world and meeting heads of state in the other countries she […]
EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Chenoweth (Schmigadoon!), Kenny Ortega (Julie and the Phantoms) and producers Alan Powell, Steve Barnett and Vicky Patel of Monarch Media are teaming for the docuseries 1300 Miles to Broadway. Inspired by Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp, the series introduces 8th to 12th graders to the world of performing arts through master classes in acting, singing […]
Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96. The royal, who was the world’s second longest-serving monarch after ruling for 70 years, will be replaced by her son Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. She is survived by Charles and her other three children, Andrew, Anne and Edward, along with grandchildren including Prince William, who is […]
New York City Center, home of, among other arts endeavors, the popular Encores! series of concert-style theatrical productions that recently gave Broadway one of its biggest current hits with Into The Woods, has named Michael S. Rosenberg as its new president and CEO. Rosenberg, who arrives at NYCC from his position as managing director at […]
EXCLUSIVE: Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem, the Hulu series in the works that stars Mandy Patinkin, has put the finishing touches on its already starry ensemble by adding Linda Emond (The Gilded Age) and Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards) in heavily recurring roles. Emond will play Agent Hilde Eriksen, a shrewd, bureaucratic Interpol agent who comes on […]
The Dutton family is expanding with the addition of James Badge Dale (Hightown, 24), Darren Mann (Animal Kingdom, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Marley Shelton (Never Been Kissed, Rise) to the Paramount+ Yellowstone spinoff 1923. Additional newly added cast members include Michelle Randolph (The Resort), Brian Geraghty (Big Sky, Chicago P.D.), Aminah Nieves (Blueberry, V/H/S/99), and […]
Forget Seberg, forget Mank, forget Judy — Andrew Dominik’s Venice Film Festival competition entry Blonde takes a blowtorch to the entire concept of the Hollywood biopic and arrives at something almost without precedent. Gus Van Sant, at the height of his Béla Tarr period, achieved something remarkable and kind of similar with 2005’s Last Days, […]
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Oz) and Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) are set as leads opposite Charles Babalola in Showtime’s King Shaka drama series. Additionally, Terry Pheto (Tsotsi) and Lerato Mvelase (Justice Served) will recur in the series executive produced by Antoine Fuqua. Rooted in actual events, King Shaka tells the story of the Zulu Empire founder Shaka […]
Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first stills from Babylon, the latest feature from Oscar winner Damien Chazelle (La La Land), which hits theaters in limited release on Christmas Day, going wide on January 6th. The film led by Brad Pitt (Bullet Train), Margot Robbie (Amsterdam) and Diego Calva (Narcos: Mexico) is an original epic set in […]
Super has taken North American rights to Colm Bairéad’s award-winning drama The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), which was recently announced as Ireland’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards and selected for the 2022 European Film Awards. The film is based on the story “Foster” by Irish author Claire Keegan, who […]
Well, good luck with that. Consummate New York Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld is blaming Timmy Trumpet’s live performance of the song “Narco” at Citi Field last week for the Mets recent swoon. The team had a 10.5 game lead in its division in June. As of tonight, they’re now just a half-game up on the […]
Just over a month after Ricky Martin escaped a restraining order or potential felony charges over sex abuse allegations in Puerto Rico, the “Livin’ La Vida Loca ” singer now has struck back with a $20 million lawsuit against his accusing nephew. “The reckless, malicious and culpable actions by Defendant Sanchez were motivated by the […]
Harry Styles is in on the joke. On stage Wednesday night at his continuing series of Madison Square Garden concerts, Styles made fun of the wild speculation that he spit on Chris Pine this week at the Venice Film Festival. “This is our 10th show at Madison Square Garden, it is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to […]
Barely a week after announcing massive layoffs and initiating a significant restructuring of the company, Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel said the social media firm is committed to staying independent and resisting any takeover offers. “When I look at the long-term opportunity in our business, I really believe it’s enormous. I believe we’re far from […]
A top Las Vegas-area public official was arrested tonight in connection with the fatal stabbing of a well-known investigative journalist on Friday night, according to multiple news reports. Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles was taken into custody at his home this evening by a SWAT team as part of the investigation into the […]
Julie Chin, the Oklahoma news anchor that suffered the beginning of a stroke during a live broadcast, is opening up about the tense moments. The journalist made an appearance on the Today show where co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie caught up with Chin four days after the incident. “I feel good, I’m so grateful,” Chin […]
Idris Elba has been in dozens of hit films, but the role he gets asked about most is one he never played. “I’m not gonna lie,” he said in the most recent episode of The Shop podcast, which is exec produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, “every corner of the world I go — […]
“I don’t think all streamers are created equal, “ Bob Iger bluntly said today at the 2022 Code Conference. “I don’t think they’ll all make it.” “There will be haves and have nots,” the former House of Mouse boss added, predictably praising Disney+, Netflix, and the “deep pockets” of Apple and Amazon. “I’m not going […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gave an extensive interview to GQ this month for the magazine’s cover story. In it, she held forth on Roe v. Wade, January 6, sexual assault, marriage, being ostracized by her own party and, maybe most candidly, about running for president. “Sometimes little girls will say, ‘Oh, I want you to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Shakira Barrera (Sprung, GLOW) has joined Marvel Studios’ Ironheart as a series regular, Deadline has learned. Marvel reps declined to comment. The six-episode series created by Chinaka Hodge will star Dominique Thorne as Marvel character Riri Williams, a genius inventor and creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Previously announced cast […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fox is continuing its adult cartoon push and is looking at new ways to move the storyboard. The network is set to launch a number of high-profile animated series over the coming months including Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis and Jon Hamm-voiced Grimsburg as part of a four-show, two-hour animated block on Monday nights from May […]
After two years of an Emmy party field dramatically reduced by the pandemic, the festivities around the 2022 ceremonies are starting to resemble the hustle and bustle of the 2010s — with the addition of Covid testing, a lot of it. We haven’t had formal agency Emmy parties in four years as plans for 2019 […]
