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Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” is nominated for eight Academy Awards this year, including Best Picture, which is no small feat for any movie, but especially a feature directorial debut from a high-profile actor. One category where “A Star Is Born” shockingly missed the mark was Cooper for Best Director, widely considered one of […]

Following the announcement last August that FOX was developing two spinoffs of the hit series 24, Deadline has confirmed that the projects did not receive a pilot order this season. The producers will expectedly go back to the drawing board as the network is still open to bringing back the franchise. Fox had been developing two potential new 24 series: a real-time legal […]

Even though 20th Century Fox is about to be swallowed up by the Walt Disney Company, they must be pretty pleased with their latest Deadpool 2 box office milestone. Deadline says that the sequel’s theatrical release in China just helped to push it over the $785 million mark globally, making it the new gold standard for the X-Men […]

Not content to simply dominate the big screen, Michael B. Jordan will be taking over the small screen as well. The Creed II star has just signed a first-look television deal with Amazon that comes just as his next starring vehicle Without Remorse receives a 2020 release date. The Michael B. Jordan Amazon deal comes on the heels of yet another […]

Everyone is loving John Travolta’s bold new ‘do. ET’s Kevin Frazier spoke with the 64-year-old actor at the Super Bowl in Atlanta, where he talked about recently shaving his head. Travolta confirmed that his friend, rapper Pitbull — who also rocks a bald hairstyle — was one of the motivating factors, but also noted he’s worn […]

Bradley Cooper dropped a bomb of a revelation on director Spike Lee Saturday, revealing that 10 years ago, he auditioned for Lee… and that Lee ushered him out of the room “quick.” “You get a chance to read for Spike Lee, you’re never going to forget that,” Cooper told the audience during a panel discussion […]

FX CEO John Landgraf used his TCA appearance to take down Netflix’s release of selective — and, in his opinion, misleading — ratings information, as well as the reporters who swallow the streaming service’s program-performance numbers. “The source of those numbers: Netflix,” Landgraf scoffed, saying they look “really big” and present Netflix programs as “gigantic hits.” Most egregious, Landgraf pointed to […]

Deadline has brought word that the next two  Mission: Impossible sequels in the increasingly successful espionage action blockbuster franchise have received release dates from Paramount Pictures a year apart, with the seventh installment set for a July 23, 2021 release date and the eighth set for August 5, 2022. The 7th film will be going directly against Paramount’s […]

Rami Malek is speaking out about the allegations of sexual abuse that have arisen in recent weeks about Bryan Singer, who directed him in his Oscar-nominated performance for Bohemian Rhapsody. Malek, who was honored Friday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his turn as Freddie Mercury, was asked by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, who […]

Empire actor Jussie Smollett has spoken out about the violent attack he suffered in Chicago on Tuesday. “Let me start by saying that I’m OK,” Smollett said in an exclusive statement to Essence. “My body is strong but my soul is stronger.” Smollett was hospitalized on Tuesday following an alleged assault by men who reportedly called him racist and homophobic […]

“Village Gazette,” a comedy from “Late Night With Seth Meyers” writer Amber Ruffin, has scored a pilot presentation order from NBC. Ruffin will star in, write and executive produce the single-camera comedy. She plays the fluff piece-loving editor of the Benson Village Gazette, covering her idyllic hometown. But “when the newspaper owners hire a reporter who’s looking to […]

In the wake of Lifetime’s bombshell doc Surviving R. Kelly that outlines years of Kelly’s alleged abuse, the movement to mute the embattled singer has never been stronger. For the first time, both his peers and collaborators are taking a moral stance against the Pied Piper of R&B, some going so far as to apologize for working with […]

On Thursday, the seventh full day of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, temperatures in snowbound Park City dipped down to a frigid 17 degrees — even as North America’s preeminent showcase for independent cinema remained a superheated environment, backdropping a trio of record-shattering mega deals and some of the most frenzied bidding this Hollywood-on-the-slopes event has […]

The record deep freeze that has taken hold of the Midwest has affected production on several TV shows that film in Chicago. NBC’s Chicago P.D halted production for today and tomorrow due to the polar vortexthat has dropped temperatures well below zero over a wide swath of the country. Current temperature in Chicago is -10 with a wind […]

Universal Studios has become the first major Hollywood studio to accept the 4 Percent Challenge to hire more female directors in 2019. In the wake of the sordid revelations regarding film producer Harvey Weinstein that emerged in 2017, and the subsequent accusations of sexual abuse, misconduct and gender discrimination involving various other figures in the movie industry, the Time’s Up […]

Netflix is offering a mix of classics and new titles to watch from the comforts of your home. Starting in February, subscribers can laugh with a few “American Pie” movies, enjoy a scare with the “Jaws” franchise, and sing along to “Hairspray.” Several original shows and movies are debuting in February as well, including Dan Gilroy’s horrifying […]

 Maroon 5 has canceled its news conference to discuss the band’s Super Bowl halftime performance, choosing to not meet with reporters as most acts have done. The NFL announced Tuesday that “the artists will let their show do the talking as they prepare to take the stage this Sunday.” Maroon 5, with frontman Adam Levine, will be […]