Jody Frisch, an accomplished communications executive with a career spanning decades in both Hollywood and Washington, D.C., died Aug. 21 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 68. Throughout her career, Frisch held key positions at organizations such as the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, the American Humane Association, BGR Group, and the National Foreign Trade Council. […]
Netflix’s Sprint docuseries has set November 13 for the premiere of its Olympics-themed second season. Season 2 will follow Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and other elite athletes from the Olympic trials through the Paris 2024 Olympics as they strive for gold. Also featured are athletes Fred Kerley, Kishane Thompson, Julien Alfred, Letsile Tebogo, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha […]
Match of the Day and The One Show star Jermaine Jenas has been removed from the BBC’s presenting team amid reports of inappropriate behavior. On Thursday afternoon, a BBC spokesperson said: “We can confirm that he is no longer part of our presenting line-up.” Jenas has also been removed from agency MC Saatchi’s website. The […]
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin) is joining Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser in Working Title and Studiocanal‘s upcoming D-Day movie Pressure. Filming is due to get underway in the UK next month on the ticking-clock drama about the tense days leading up to the Normandy landings. Condon will play Dwight D. Eisenhower’s trusted aide […]
FX’s upcoming limited series Say Nothing will premiere Thursday, November 14 with all nine episodes, exclusively on Hulu, the network announced today. Internationally, the series also debuts November 14 exclusively on Disney+ in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Gibraltar, the Balkans, Singapore and the Philippines. It will be coming soon to Disney+ […]
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Dodgers star Markus “Mookie” Betts is surprising his father with a home makeover in an upcoming edition of CBS’ Secret Celebrity Renovation. The special episode of the reality series is set to air on September 20, with Nischelle Turner returning as host. The design team includes home improvement contractor and television personality Rob […]
HBO has released the official trailer for the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed original drama series My Brilliant Friend. It premieres Monday, September at 9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max. New episodes will debut every Monday. Watch the trailer above. Created by Saverio Costanzo, based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novels, […]
In the lead-up to fall, Netflix has announced the long-awaited premiere date for It’s What’s Inside, the buzzy horror thriller that it purchased for around $17 million at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as we first reported. Marking an accomplished first feature for writer-director Greg Jardin, the film releases globally on the streamer on October […]
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the Evil series finale ‘Fear of the End,’ which dropped this morning on Paramount+ In the end, Evil truly brought evil to the heart of the Catholic church with an potential Antichrist baby now being wheeled around the sunny Vatican by it’s mother Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) […]
Kamala Harris will deliver the finale at the Democratic National Convention this evening, accepting the party’s nomination after a whirlwind four weeks. Other speakers will include Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), former Rep. Elissa […]
Heroes alum Sendhil Ramamurthy is the latest cast addition to Netflix’s One Piece. Ramamurthy will play Nefertiti Cobra in Season 2, the streamer announced today. He joins previously announced Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha and Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, along with Brendan Sean Murray as Brogy, Callum Kerr as Smoker, Camrus Johnson as Mr. […]
Noomi Rapace teased elements of her upcoming project Mother, in which she will play the revered and “complex” Catholic saint. The Swedish star, who is currently serving as a jury member at the Sarajevo Film Festival, has been prepping for the indie project with director Teona Strugar Mitevska (God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya) and remarked […]
Deadline’s TV Talk podcast is almost over for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s episode is the last one for this year, but, like we and Arnold say, we’ll be back. For this extended edition of TV Talk, Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten and Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic Pete […]
Criminal Record, starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo, has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV+. The thriller, created and written by Paul Rutman, will continue seeing Capaldi’s Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Jumbo’s Detective Sergeant June Lenker as they clash again in a complex murder investigation. In its sophomore season, Jumbo’s […]
Andy Wilman has been reflecting on the turmoil in the weeks after Jeremy Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer and was fired by the BBC. The BBC was plunged into crisis in 2015 when the Top Gear “fracas” paved the way for Clarkson and co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May to join Amazon Prime Video […]
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has requested that actor Gérard Depardieu stand trial in relation to rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould, French media reported on Thursday. The request follows in the wake of a decision in April to try the actor in October on separate charges of sexual assault against two women on the set […]
The BFI London Film Festival will launch a new strand for video games during this year’s edition, which runs from October 9 — 20. The video games strand will run alongside LFF Expanded, the festival’s programme of Immersive Art and Extended Reality works. Five video game projects will be free to access as part of […]
Multi-hyphenate screenwriter, producer, director Greg Berlanti will be honored with the 2024 Governors Award, the Television Academy announced today. Berlanti will be recognized for his significant impact on television and culture by depicting the underrepresented in film and in such iconic series as Dawson’s Creek, Riverdale, All American, The Flight Attendant and You. Berlanti began his career […]
In Shoreditch’s uber-trendy Electric Light Station several weeks back, some of the UK’s biggest disabled stars gathered to usher in Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympics, and there was fire in their bellies. The evening featured talks and appearances from the likes of wheelchair basketball star-turned presenter Ade Adepitan, Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis […]
Universal International Studios boss Beatrice Springborn has said American buyers are open to more flexible deal-making amid the market contraction. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival in a global storytelling session, Springborn, who is also president of Universal Content Productions, said “we are able to pull some levers” in part because streamers are now willing […]
Harry and Jack Williams have penned a new thriller titled The Assassin for Amazon Prime and have signed Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) and Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel) on as leads. The Williams’ production outfit Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Boat Story, Fleabag) is producing the series in association with ZDF who is the German co-production partner, […]
Alongside winning three gold medals and one silver at the 2024 Olympics earlier this month, Simone Biles also found time to channel her inner Emily in Paris. The gymnastics star has posted a cheeky video on her social media channels, in which she spoofs the hit Netflix show starring Lily Collins as an ingenue Chicago […]
Miranda Lambert is set to receive the Country Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards. The country star will be honored with the special trophy for her decades-long career as one of the genre’s most recognizable stars. “A tour de force in country music for more than 20 years, Miranda Lambert’s groundbreaking albums […]
Prime Video’s The Girlfriend has added six series regulars to the new drama that stars Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke. It was ordered to series in May. The series, which will be directed by Wright, is based on Michelle Frances’ novel of the same name. Also starring Laurie Davidson (Mary and George), and Waleed Zuaiter (Gangs […]
EXCLUSIVE: Asia Pacific Films (APF) announced that it will produce and finance romantic comedy The Last Resort (working title), with 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah attached to the project. Set to begin production in the Philippines in early 2025, the film is executive produced by a group led […]
