Hollywood Reporter
Kimmel pushed viewers to vote against Pratt, yet noted the former reality star makes some valid points: "Let's be honest, this city is a mess."
Variety
The Media Access Awards, which honor disability representation and authentic filmmaking in media, have officially rebranded as The Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards (the Darcys). The initiative is spearheaded by Easterseals Disability Services and leaders from the disability community, with Film Independent serving as co-producer. Originally founded in 1979 by Norman Lear, the newly […]
Variety
Zac Efron will star in and executive produce an “Angel Heart” series from HBO and A24. The one-hour drama show, from “Black Rabbit” creator Zach Baylin, is based on the 1978 horror novel “Falling Angel” — which was adapted into the 1987 Robert De Niro movie “Angel Heart” — as well as the book’s sequel […]
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Chrissy Metz will make her Broadway debut in the jukebox musical “& Juliet.” She’ll join the cast as Angélique for a limited run starting on June 18 and concluding on Sept. 13. Metz is best known for the NBC television show “This Is Us.” Her character Kate Pearson had ambitions of singing professionally, requiring Metz […]
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The Hollywood talent agency will work with the outdoorsman, writer, TV and podcast host to expand business opportunities across emerging digital platforms.
Hollywood Reporter
Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan will executive produce the project via their Aggregate Films.
Variety
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
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The Vanity Fair writer will now oversee the venerable weekly newsmagazine.
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Linda Cardellini broke out at the turn of the millennium as the face of teenage angst in Judd Apatow’s “Freaks and Geeks,” a slice-of-life NBC series about high schoolers in suburban Michigan. A quarter-century later, she has returned to the Midwest to delve into a different phase of life as explored by a comedic auteur: the […]
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CBS News Editor In chief Bari Weiss shook up the TV-news industry’s most-watched and best-regarded property Thursday, ousting the program’s two most senior executive producer, Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailoivich, along with correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, according to two people familiar with the matter. Representatives for CBS News did not respond immediately to […]
Hollywood Reporter
After leaving Los Angeles, ex-HBO actor and model Jason Lewis now wakes at 4 a.m. each day to build an ambitious universe exploring power, tyranny and self-worth.
Variety
Fox Creator Studios has set a production pact with comedian Tom Segura’s YMH Studios for a slate of projects designed to be released on his exiting digital and direct-to-consumer channels. The deal calls for Fox Creator Studios and YMH to jointly develop and finance properties that will be released through YMH’s established digital and podcast […]
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“The Simpsons” is continuing to roll out new, exclusive content for Disney+ — announcing on Thursday that three new episodes will premiere on the streamer this summer. First up, the double episode “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition” will launch June 17 on Disney+. That will be followed by the full-length episodes “Simpsley” (July 3) and “Yellow […]
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Karen Gillan has joined “Shrinking” Season 4 in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. The popular Apple TV dramedy was renewed for a fourth season earlier this year ahead of the Season 3 premiere. Gillan will appear alongside series stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, […]
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Disney+ is continuing to expand its “The Simpsons” lineup, with the official announcement of three new episodes of the long-running animated comedy at the streamer. Disney+ will air the double episode “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition” on June 17, followed by standalone episodes “Simpsley” on July 3 and “Yellow Mirror” on Aug. 26. Both “Extreme Makeover: […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Ryan Murphy limited series follows the much-publicized relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon) before the young married couple, and Bessette's sister Lauren (Sydney Lemmon), died in a tragic plane crash.
The Guardian Culture
Infinity Ward’s new game in the storied shooter genre embraces change with a potentially controversial real-world settingThere was a time when Call of Duty (CoD) regularly courted controversy. In 2009, Modern Warfare 2’s infamous “No Russian” mission saw players (optionally) shooting screaming civilians in a Moscow airport. In 2022’s entry, a drone strike mission that drew chilling parallels to the real-world US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani two years earlier was featured. Th
The Guardian Culture
Garsington Opera, WormsleyLouisa Muller’s richly detailed production of Verdi’s tragedy is elevated by Madison Leonard’s magnetic Violetta and Douglas Boyd’s musical direction that reinvigorates the familiar score Day breaks in Paris at the end of act one of La Traviata – and, at Garsington Opera’s theatre, half-open to the surrounding Chiltern countryside, the birds provide the dawn chorus. If that registers as a felicitous but accidental touch in Garsington’s first ever production of Verdi’s o
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The correspondent, who had been at odds with editor in chief Bari Weiss, saw her contract lapse before top brass had terminated her employment.
Hollywood Reporter
British actor Luke Roberts replacing Reardon as a popular series lead in season 8 sparked a fierce response from global fans of the Canadian cop and dog procedural.