Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized for a battery of tests regarding an undisclosed ailment, his lawyer said Saturday. Weinstein is at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. He arrived there Friday after returning to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems […]
Can you tell who has a “good” voice and who has a “bad” voice just by looking someone in the face who is lip-syncing to a song? This is the question posed to participants weekly on the Fox game show I Can See Your Voice, hosted and created by Ken Jeong. “The whole show is […]
Before Jojo Siwa decided to join Season 2 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test on Fox, the pop star considered herself a “very sheltered” celebrity whose small-screen career involved dancing, not jumping out of helicopters or rappelling down mountains. “I made a joke that I was wrapped in bubble my whole life. That really is […]
National Geographic’s Queens isn’t your typical nature documentary series. From the first episode, it flips the script on what one might expect out, instead diving deep into the love, loss and resilience of the matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom. And it all started with that very first story of both lionesses and hyenas detailed […]
Zendaya’s latest movie Challengers is on boyfriend Tom Holland’s weekend agenda, he said in an Instagram post. Today, the Marvel star shared the movie’s poster on Instagram, which features a close-up of Zendaya as tennis star Tashi Duncan. Her on-screen love interests, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor, are reflected in her sunglasses. In the caption, […]
The second season of The Traitors saw the surprise return of one of its stars from Season 1 as well as a number of updates to its Scottish castle. Expect a few more twists and turns in Season 3 of the Peacock series. Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted event, host Alan Cumming […]
It’s been over 40 years since the pioneering hip hop group Run-DMC formed in Hollis, Queens, but Darryl “DMC” McDaniels insists, “I remember everything like it was yesterday.” He appeared at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary & Unscripted virtual event to discuss the Peacock docuseries Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story, which chronicles the group’s incredible […]
Hold your breath for some bad news if you’re a local. A new report shows residents living in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area are breathing the unhealthiest air in the country. The American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report details the top five U.S. cities polluted by ground-level ozone air pollution, or […]
The success of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building has exposed a new generation of viewers to the comedic brilliance and appeal of Steve Martin. But the actor-writer has been appearing onscreen since the late 1960s – and performing even before that, to smaller audiences, as a kid magician at the newly opened Disneyland. His […]
The Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models hearkens to the 1990s when four extraordinary beauties ruled the covers of fashion magazines and popular culture: Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista. “It was a time when music and art and fashion were all coming together. And they were the first influencers … way before there were cell […]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem admitted to killing her dog in a new memoir. By confessing, she may also have killed her chance at national office. Backlash has been fierce to the revelations in her new book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward. Noem is […]
Ahead of preparing for his latest documentary The Dynasty: New England Patriots, director and executive producer Matthew Hamachek didn’t know much about the NFL team other then its ability to win Super Bowls. However, he quickly found a focus once the interview process revved up. “Whenever I have written or directed a doc before, one […]
Brian Wallach was in his mid-30s, a highly successful lawyer and veteran of the Obama White House when his life took a sudden and dramatic turn. He visited a doctor for a persistent cough and mentioned he had also been experiencing muscle tremors and weakness in one hand. Soon he came away with a devastating […]
Korean entertainment giant HYBE said it will report an executive of subsidiary label ADOR to police, a move coming days after launching an audit. Hybe is also asking ADOR’s CEO, Min Hee-jin, to exit. Min held an emotional press conference in Seoul and refuted allegations of usurping ADOR girl group NewJeans‘ management. NewJeans is a […]
Ratings were continuing to climb for the 96th annual Oscars that took place March 12, especially following the all-time lows of the pandemic years. With Jimmy Kimmel returning for his fourth stint as host and second in a row, reviews were upbeat for the most part and the show benefited from a good movie year […]
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is a mainstay of ABC’s schedule, its late-night anchor and frequent Emmy nominee. Joining me for a conversation for Deadline’s Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted event were executive producer/co-head writer Molly McNearney, co-head writer/supervising producer Danny Ricker and supervising producer/writer Gary Greenberg. McNearney, who also is married to […]
Ron Howard’s Cannes-bound documentary Jim Henson Idea Man reveals a man of inexhaustible creativity – a puppeteer, filmmaker, artist, performer and inventor. The Muppets were just one part of Jim Henson’s astonishing body of work. “I had met him briefly. I knew people who knew him very well, who held him in such high esteem. He was […]
The crew of Lifetime’s Where Is Wendy Williams? set out to document the TV personality’s comeback after losing her talk show and disappearing from the public eye. The results of the series actually are quite different. Instead of chronicling Williams as she reclaimed her legacy, the team pulled back the curtain on what had been […]
The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard became a massive hit for Lifetime from the moment the first episode of the docuseries debuted in January. “It definitely surpassed even our wildest expectations,” executive producer Nicole Vogel said during a panel discussion of the series as part of Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “It’s been […]
Warner Bros, the studio who just might win it all this year, can celebrate $1.2 billion being grossed around the world between Legendary’s Dune: Part Two, which just crossed $700M, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire surpassing $500M. The moment comes as the studio re-released Dune: Part Two this weekend in Imax, just in time […]
This year’s Emmy race features some of the most explosive nonfiction content in recent years: docuseries on the fate of a beloved talk show host, a vulnerable young woman victimized in a case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the scandal involving Nickelodeon kids shows, and a revealing look inside one of professional sports’ greatest dynasties. […]
Round 1 coverage of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit was seen by an average audience of 12.1 million viewers (TV+Digital) across ESPN, NFL Network, ABC, ESPN Deportes, and digital channels. The ratings were up +6% versus Round 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft (11.4 million) and the highest Round 1 viewership since 2021. The […]
UPDATED SATURDAY AM: Luca Guadaganino’s Zendaya movie, Challengers, is still eyeing a $15.2M opening. Friday/previews stayed the course at $6.2M and Amazon MGM Studios that Saturday will only ease -17% from that with $5.1M. The movie gets a B+ CinemaScore which isn’t shabby for this 2 hour 11 minute, sexy romantic comedy. Imax and PLFs […]
Taylor Swift has broken yet another record with her latest album The Tortured Poets Department. Since the album was released a week ago, it has topped the UK’s music chart with the biggest first-week sales in seven years. The BBC reports that the 31-track double album (including a second volume titled The Anthology, which Swift […]
Baby Reindeer has taken the world by storm. The Netflix drama about a stalker and her victim has been viewed more than 13 million times since its launch a fortnight ago, sitting at number one on the streamer’s chart in more than 30 countries including the UK and US. This has inevitably prompted much internet […]
