Meryl Streep will receive the Cannes Film Festival’s honorary Palme d’Or at the opening night ceremony of the 77th edition, the festival has confirmed. The Academy Award-winning actress’ attendance at the festival will mark her first trip to Cannes since accompanying Fred Schepisi’s Evil Angels a Cry in the Dark in 1989 for which she won […]
The final season of Netflix’s Cobra Kai will be released in three parts with the first premiering on July 18 followed by Part 2 on November 28. The final installment is more of a mystery as the streamer is only teasing it will drop in 2025. The season picks up with Cobra Kai eliminated from […]
EXCLUSIVE: After nearly three months, the Writers Guild of Canada has returned to the negotiating table with Canadian producers this week — this time with an unprecedented bit of power in their hands. Last week, Canadian scribes approved the first strike-authorization vote in the union’s history after nearly six months of talks aimed at renewing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Gandhi, the Indian period drama series currently in production, will reveal “the origin of Superman,” according to its makers. In a series of exclusive interviews, stars Pratik Gandhi and Tom Felton, director Hansal Mehta and executive producer Sameer Nair revealed the latest on the show, which is being billed as one of the biggest […]
Alex Edelman, the comedian, actor and writer who made his Broadway debut last year in his solo show Just For Us, will receive a Special 2024 Tony Award for the production, the Tony Administration Committee announced today. The committee revealed today that Edelman will be one of three Special Tony recipients this June, along with […]
After scoring a streaming residual bonus with the studios following last year’s strike, SAG-AFTRA has partnered with ratings firm Nielsen to give it more access to data. The actors guild has partnered with Nielsen to act as its third-party provider of streaming content measurement. The move will give actors more data as they explore which […]
The BFI is once again heading to the Cannes Market with its so-called Great 8 — a selection of projects from first and second-time filmmakers that it will present to international buyers. Now in its seventh year, the 2024 Great 8 showcase is funded and produced by the BFI and the British Council, with support […]
Stars from the world of daytime drama television past and present will come together for a first-of-its-kind livestream event, Daytime Stands Up: A Benefit for Stand Up to Cancer … We All Have a Story. The three-hour benefit from Stand Up to Cancer and hosts Alan Locher and Michael Fairman is set for May 16. It […]
Simon Curtis’ upcoming comedy Encore, about a group of veteran actors whose passion for their profession is reignited through a retirement home production, has gathered a quartet of Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winning stars for the ensemble cast. The feature reunites eight-time Academy Award-nominee and three-time Emmy Award-winner Glenn Close and Academy Award-winner […]
Universal Orlando revealed new details about one of the most highly-anticipated lands in its upcoming Epic Universe expansion park. Orlando’s Super Nintendo World will be the company’s second such attraction in the U.S., after the Universal Studios Hollywood attraction of the same name that opened early last year and has become wildly popular. The Orlando […]
EXCLUSIVE: The independent investigation into bullying and misconduct allegations at revered London drama school ArtsEd has been delayed by three months. Ghazaleh Rezaie, the barrister engaged to investigate claims uncovered in a series of Deadline stories, was expected to report back to the board with her findings in March. The attorney has now informed the […]
The French parliament has approved the creation of a commission of inquiry to investigate abuse and sexual violence in the country’s cinema and audiovisual industries as well as the worlds of the performing arts, advertizing and fashion. The initiative follows a request by actress and filmmaker Judith Godrèche, who has spearheaded a fresh #MeToo wave […]
EXCLUSIVE: Drag Race Producer World of Wonder is about to set the House on Fire. It has snagged the titular reality series for its streaming service WOW Presents Plus. House on Fire is set in New York and follows the pre-eminent ‘House’ in the Ballroom scene, the House of Miyake-Mugler. Produced by ITV America, Good […]
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Shanghai and Los Angeles-based production, distribution and investment company Fundamental Films for representation. Founded by Mark Gao in 2008, Fundamental Films was one of China’s biggest buyers before the pandemic, releasing films including American Hustle, Limitless, Lucy and the Taken and Transporter franchises. The company acquired a significant minority share in […]
EXCLUSIVE: It was more than a year ago that a 45-year-old British woman, Nicola Bulley, went missing walking her dog in the sleepy northern English town of St Michael’s on Wyre. What followed was three weeks of frenzy, one of the country’s most publicized, televised searches for a missing person in recent years that ended […]
British comedian Dane Baptiste, a regular on TV and creator of two BBC shows, has been criticized for allegedly posting an “antisemitic” death threat about a female comic. Prominent members of the British comedy community rounded on Baptiste after he was accused of publishing a now-deleted Instagram post in which he told an unidentified female […]
Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new “multi-dimensional” licensing agreement that will return music from UMG’s family of artists, songwriters and labels to the short video platform. Earlier this year, Universal Music pulled its songs from TikTok, citing financial terms and concerns about inadequate restrictions on artificial intelligence tools. The catalog of four […]
Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane rarely put in anything less than stellar performances, but the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee are rarely as good as they are in Netflix’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full. In a fortnight that has seen the premieres of Hulu’s Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough starring Under the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired international rights for French director Gaël Morel’s drama To Live, To Die, To Live Again (Vivre, Mourir, Renaître) set against the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s, ahead of its world premiere in Cannes. Rising French actors Victor Belmondo, Lou Lampros and Théo Christine co-star as a romantically entwined trio whose […]
EXCLUSIVE: All Creatures Great and Small scribe Jamie Crichton is taking on ITV’s latest campaigning drama, a series about the fight to repeal the notorious double jeopardy law starring Sheridan Smith. Details about the drama first started emerging last night and we can reveal it will be titled I Fought the Law and is produced […]
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter star Tom Felton has boarded Gandhi, the Hansal Mehta-directed streaming series about the iconic Indian nonviolent resistance leader. Felton will play Josiah Oldfield, Gandhi’s first and best friend during a period he spent in London while studying law. Pratik Gandhi (no relation) is playing Gandhi, as we reported back in May 2022, […]
Steve Martin is wild and crazy over season 4 of Only Murders in the Building. “It’s star-studded,” Martin said to People of the new season, which has been filming in New York City. “And I’m going to say we’re about halfway through, and we are really enjoying this season.” “We think it could be one […]
Major League Baseball fans have struck out from watching their teams, as Comcast and Diamond Sports Group failed to reach a new carriage agreement. The result is teams on the Bally’s Sports regional networks have gone dark. The blackout affects 15 regional sports networks that broadcast local games, including the Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis […]
Richard Tandy, who played keyboards for Electric Light Orchestra on all of its records since 1972 including the Top 10 hits “Evil Woman,” “Telephone Line” and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” died Wednesday. He was 76. His longtime bandmate, friend and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Lynne announced the news but did not […]
An unlawful assembly order has been given by law enforcement to a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. The order sets the stage for a confrontation between entrenched protesters and officials if the encampment does not disperse. The order today came after a violent attack on the encampment last night at UCLA. Police are marshalling forces around […]
