Simon Cowell is recovering from a back surgery following a bike accident at his California home. The surgery lasted five hours and took place overnight on Saturday. A source told People that a metal rod was inserted into his back. “The injuries are bad but he’s also been told he was lucky,” the source told People. The Syco Entertainment […]
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Walt Disney World is reducing the operating hours at all four of its theme parks, following the phased reopening last month amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida. Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will close an hour earlier than usual, while Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort and Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be […]
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“Succession” could be back in production before the end of the year (with a big emphasis on could). Season 3 of the hit HBO series, which recently garnered a whopping 18 Emmy nominations, was originally scheduled to start shooting in April, but for obvious COVID-19 related reasons, production has been delayed indefinitely. The plan, at least for […]
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WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is making his mark on the entertainment giant after just three months on the job. The executive surprised Hollywood on Friday afternoon when he announced a comprehensive reorganization that included the departure of WarnerMedia Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt, who’d held that post for just under a year-and-a-half. The shakeup, which Kilar […]
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CBS’ late-night hosts are planning to return to in-studio filming next week. Stephen Colbert and James Corden have been filming The Late Show and The Late Late Show from their homes for the last several months due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re set to start taping inside the studio on Monday. Corden will return to a redesigned Late […]
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ABC gameshow The $100,000 Pyramid is returning to the studio in the last week of August. The Michael Strahan-hosted series shoots in New York and it is thought that it is one of the first major non-scripted entertainment shows to return to the studio in New York, where Strahan films Good Morning America. It comes after The Tonight Show starring Jimmy […]
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Kevin Reilly and Bob Greenblatt are both out at WarnerMedia amid a large scale reorganization under new CEO Jason Kilar. As part of the new structure, Andy Forssell will lead a newly-created HBO Max operating business unit, while Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff will head up a unified studios and networks group, which will combine […]
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HBO Max has some very flexible Friends. The upstart streamer’s postponed Friends reunion special has been delayed yet again, TVLine has learned. According to an HBO Max insider, the ongoing shutdown related to the coronavirus pandemic has pushed production of the special into fall (at the earliest). Last month, co-star David Schwimmer announced to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that HBO Max was eyeing a […]
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HBO Max has wrapped one of its first productions during the pandemic. Upcoming dog-grooming competition series Haute Dog has completed its four-week-long shoot in Simi Valley, California. The project, from producers Jax Media, followed full union guidelines and COVID protocols, and made it to the finish line with zero positive test results from cast, crew and producers. “Jax is […]
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Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed what we first told you back in mid-July, in what he billed as “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood”: Jennifer Grey is starring and executive producing a new Dirty Dancing movie at the mini-major. Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine is shepherding the project with Gillian Bohrer from a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has issued executive orders banning transactions with two leading Chinese apps; controversial video sharing app TikTok; and WeChat, one of the world’s most popular social media platforms. The separate orders, citing national security concerns, were published late Thursday and take effect in 45 days. They prevent any transactions with WeChat or TikTok by any person, […]
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Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV VMAs, it was announced today. The actress, host and activist recently went viral with a video of her urging members of the National Guard to march with racial justice protesters in Los Angeles. Palmer was shown speaking to the National Guard while participating in the protest, […]
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Lizzo has signed a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios. Under the deal, the Grammy-winning musician will work with Amazon Studios to create television projects that will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. “I’m so excited to partner with the amazing team at Amazon,” said Lizzo. “Thank you to Jen Salke and the rest of the team for making […]
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HBO Max and WarnerMax hosted a virtual premiere event Tuesday night for the platform’s first feature film release, An American Pickle, and though you couldn’t actually see all of the stars in the room, dozens were there to check out Seth Rogen’s dual performance. Adapted by Simon Rich from his 2013 New Yorker piece Sell Out, American Pickle stars […]
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Paul Telegdy is exiting his post as NBC Entertainment chairman as NBCUniversal today unveiled the new centralized structure under Mark Lazarus, Chairman of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. It includes a larger role for Lifestyle Networks president Frances Berwick. As expected, the reorganization is consolidating all NBCU English-language linear networks into one group, overseen by Berwick on the business side […]
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Sixteen Big Brother alumni returned to the house tonight for the show’s upcoming All-Stars season. CBS announced the cast of returning fan favorites, past winners and notable personalities Wednesday. The Big Brother: All-Star cast features past winners Nicole Franzel and Ian Terry, fan favorites Da’Vonne Rogers and Kaysar Ridha, and others playing for another shot at the top title including Janelle Pierzina […]
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Pete Hamill, the New York newspaperman who went to bat for the disenfranchised and became a larger-than-life personality during the city’s last great era of print journalism, has died. He was 85. Hamill died Wednesday in Brooklyn, his brother, Denis Hamill, told The New York Times. He had taken a fall at his home on Saturday after […]
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Facebook removed one of Donald Trump’s posts on its platform on Wednesday, concluding that it contained misinformation about the coronavirus. The post was a clip from a Fox News interview in which the president said that children are almost immune from the coronavirus. On Fox & Friends earlier on Wednesday, Trump said, “If you look at children, children are almost […]
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HBO Max will premiere Kaley Cuoco’s comedic thriller series “The Flight Attendant” this fall. Executive producer and co-showrunner Steve Yockey announced the news at the top of the show’s virtual CTAM panel Wednesday, saying that production on the series — which was shut down in March due to the pandemic — will resume in New […]
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One of the most beloved television comedies is making a comeback. A Who’s the Boss? sequel is in development at Sony Pictures Television. Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano are on board to reprise their iconic roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli, a father/daughter relationship that families around the world grew up with over the course of 196 episodes on ABC […]
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Judge Judy is heading back to court, but not in the way the fans of the soon-to-end syndicated series probably assume, and it looks to partially be Les Moonves’ fault. Less than six months after CBS and Rebel Entertainment Partners settled their long-running legal battle over big bucks in missed contractually obliged payments from the show that has aired for more than […]
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Amy Adams is reteaming with “Vice” director Adam McKay for a new Netflix limited series about the class action lawsuit against Walmart, the streamer announced on Tuesday.The “Kings of America,” which Adams will star in and executive produce, centers on the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: […]
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NBCUniversal is beginning layoffs as it carries out a planned restructuring designed to emphasize its streaming operations. CEO Jeff Shell confirmed the overhaul was coming last week during Comcast’s second-quarter earnings call, but he didn’t mention any specifics or timeline. A person close to the company confirmed to Deadline that the cuts were under way. Telemundo and the theme-park […]
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Neil Young to Donald Trump: Not so fast rockin’ in the free world. On Tuesday, the legendary musician filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Trump’s campaign for playing his songs at campaign rallies. “This complaint is not intended to disrespect the rights and opinions of American citizens, who are free to support the candidate of […]
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It’s rare to get a glimpse at the inner workings of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the mysterious voting body that presides over the Golden Globes—but a curious new lawsuit is offering a troubling, purported behind-the-scenes look at the organization’s practices. On Monday, Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa filed an antitrust suit in Los Angeles against the HFPA, […]
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