Elton John, David Letterman and more stars paid tribute to Tony Bennett after his death on Friday morning, with John saying “he’s irreplaceable.” Bennett, whose professional career spanned eight decades and who achieved a No. 1 album at age 85, died Friday morning in New York City. He was 96. John, who performed “Rags to Riches” with […]
Read moreThis Is Us star Mandy Moore was among the hundreds of actors who took to the picket lines Tuesday as part of the SAG-AFTRA strike against Hollywood’s streamers and studios over core issues like streaming residuals. The Emmy-nominated actress spent six seasons starring as the matriarch on the Disney-produced NBC drama This Is Us and, in an interview with The Hollywood […]
Read moreSAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher railed against Disney CEO Bob Iger during an interview with Variety on the strike picket lines outside of the Paramount Pictures studio lot. In a July 13 interview with CNBC’s David Faber from the Sun Valley Conference, Iger said WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikers were not being “realistic” with their demands. “I found them terribly repugnant and out of touch. […]
Read moreAs SAG-AFTRA prepares to go on strike tonight at midnight and to begin picketing outside studio gates Friday morning, the guild has sent members its strike rules, which order them to “cease rendering all services and performing all work” covered by the TV/Theatrical Contracts. The “Strike Notice and Order” also says that members “must not cross SAG-AFTRA picket lines,” […]
Read more“Succession” has made Emmy history with its three lead actors, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong, all earning nominations for lead actor in a drama — the most nods ever for a single show. Since the show’s premiere in 2018, the first three seasons of “Succession” have received 13 Emmys out of 48 nominations. Strong won […]
Read moreThe doctor is in … the Michigan Senate race. Actor Hill Harper is setting his sights on politics. The Good Doctor star on Monday announced he is running for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination. In an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the announcement, the actor, who owns a home and a […]
Read moreIn an unusual step, GQ magazine removed an article critical of powerful media executive David Zaslav from its website just hours after it was published Monday, following a complaint from Zaslav’s camp. The story, by freelance film critic Jason Bailey, excoriated the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery for his handling of the company’s entertainment properties — […]
Read moreCNN may have cleared its schedule of “Reliable Sources,” but it is making lots of room for “The Source.” The new program, which will be based in New York and is slated to debut Monday, July 10, at 9 p.m. eastern, is a new hour built around up-and-coming anchor Kaitlan Collins, who has, in the space of […]
Read moreA number of Hollywood stars are paying tribute to Alan Arkin, who died at 89. “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man,” his sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony shared in a joint statement announcing his death. “A loving husband, father, grand and great-grandfather, he was adored and […]
Read moreSAG-AFTRA “Prepared To Strike” Letter Hits 1,000 Signatures, Including Guild President Fran Drescher
After it emerged that over 300 actors had written to SAG-AFTRA leadership that they are “prepared to strike” if the guild doesn’t “get all the way there” during talks with the studios, the number of actors signing the letter has more than tripled overnight. Deadline can reveal that the letter has now been signed by over 1,000 […]
Read moreThe 2023 BET Awards honored the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with dozens of performances that played like a musical family reunion as pioneers of the genre blazed the stage during a hostless but party-filled show held during the writers strike. The Sugarhill Gang, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Erick Sermon and Keith Murray performed […]
Read moreMagnum P.I. has run out of gas (again). The Jay Hernandez-led reboot of the 1980s procedural will wrap its run with its upcoming 10 episodes on NBC. The news comes as the options on the cast were due to expire June 30, forcing NBC — whose studio sibling Universal TV co-produces the series alongside CBS Studios — to […]
Read moreSteven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson are reassuring fans of Turner Classic Movies, the classic film network and brand in the midst of a shakeup that has startled cinephiles. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the three filmmakers said that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav had reached out to them earlier in the week about his plans to restructure TCM, which saw […]
Read moreGeraldo Rivera told the AP that he quit Fox News’ The Five because there was “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences and personal annoyances and gripes.” “It’s not worth it to me,” Rivera said. He said that he planned to stay at the network as correspondent at large through 2025. During his tenure on The Five, Rivera has sparred […]
Read moreA producer for Fox News who had previously worked on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Alex McCaskill, has exited the network after he was considered responsible for Tuesday’s on-air headline that referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.” In its entirety, the headline read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” The chyron was […]
Read moreFormer President Donald Trump reportedly left a restaurant within 10 minutes without paying for any food – after telling his supporters there, “Food for everyone!” on Tuesday. Following his arraignment in a Miami federal courthouse over his retention of government documents, Trump visited a restaurant full of his supporters in Little Havana, where he was greeted with […]
Read moreTwitter’s longstanding refusal to secure music licensing rights has come to a head with a lawsuit accusing the company of mass copyright infringement. The three major music conglomerates — Universal, Sony and Warner — joined by a host of other publishers on Wednesday sued Twitter for at least $250 million over the alleged infringement of […]
Read moreAfter years of friendship that goes way beyond the two A-listers making it big in Hollywood, Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett are coming on to develop the Searchlight pic Is This Thing On?, with both set to co-star in the film with Cooper also directing. Arnett penned the script with Mark Chappell. The film is still in early development and while […]
Read moreLaw professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University said Donald Trump’s legal team “should not delude itself” about the gravity of the charges against the former president. Trump was arraigned on Tuesday in a federal court in Miami where he faces 37 counts in a case centering on his retention of government documents upon leaving office. He pleaded not guilty to […]
Read moreSarah Polley — who earlier this year won the best-adapted screenplay Oscar for her feature Women Talking — is in talks to direct the live-action Bambi film for Disney, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The project is still in development, but should it happen, it would join Disney’s lucrative classic animation to live-action roster, the most recent of which was The Little Mermaid which […]
Read moreRep. Ken Buck (R-CO) said that he would not support former president Donald Trump’s bid for a second term if he was found guilty of the charges leveled against him by the Department of Justice, telling CNN’s Dana Bash on Tuesday that he “won’t support a convicted felon for the White House.” Buck, an outspoken member of the pro-Trump House Freedom […]
Read moreThe King of Late Night isn’t going anywhere: Stephen Colbert will remain at The Late Show through 2026. While speaking at the Banff TV Festival on Tuesday, CBS CEO George Cheeks revealed that CBS had reached a contract extension with the comedian to continue as host of its top-rated The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for another three years. His current pact was […]
Read moreTreat Williams, the versatile actor who starred as a New York City neurosurgeon who moves his family to Colorado on the WB series Everwood and in such films as Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City and Milos Forman’s Hair, died Monday in a motorcycle accident. He was 71. His agent, Barry McPherson of APA, confirmed Williams’ death in a statement […]
Read moreDespite the recent upheaval at CNN, former basketball player Charles Barkley is still looking forward to his new show. But that didn’t stop him ribbing his next media home. Appearing on NHL on TNT Face Off, Barkley admitted he’s actually been encouraged by those around him to pump the brakes on the endeavor. “Apparently, with this new talk […]
Read moreBig changes are afoot for the Golden Globe Awards now that Dick Clark Productions and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge have acquired the assets of the awards from the nonprofit Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which will shutter as the Globes franchise moves into a new era. The new owners will use the assets and the cash on hand from the HFPA to […]
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