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“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 […]

The 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 […]

CNN 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 […]

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 […]

Magnum 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 […]

Geraldo 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 […]

A 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 […]

Former 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 […]

Twitter’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 […]

After 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 […]

Law 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 […]

Sarah 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 […]

Rep. 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 […]

The 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 […]

Treat 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 […]

Despite 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 […]

Big 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 […]

Pat Sajak will end his four-decade run as host of Wheel of Fortune after the 2023-24 season. “Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last,” Sajak said in a statement Monday. “It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many […]

Gavin Newsom didn’t back down from Sean Hannity’s fiery questioning about the homeless crisis in California – including its relative size compared with de facto rival Florida – saying “we own” the numbers and blaming the cost of housing and “localism.” “The state has not made progress in the last two decades as it relates to homeless,” […]

Kimberly Akimbo was the big winner at the 76th annual Tony Awards, which were handed out tonight in New York. It won five awards including Best Musical and Lead Actress for Victoria Clark. Leopoldstadt won four Tonys including Best Play, tying for second-most with Some Like It Hot. See the full list of winners below. Julie Comer and (Prima Facie) and […]

CNN’s Dana Bash and Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) threw down in an intense battle over Donald Trump’s legal peril now that he has been indicted for mishandling classified documents. Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, squared off with Bash on Sunday to address the 37 criminal counts Trump faces for obstruction, conspiracy, and illegally retaining classified documents. The congressman began by shrugging off […]