The latest: Three employees at L.A. art-house theaters talk furloughs and the future; Dr. Phil on maintaining his talk show, and your mental health, during the shudown; “Breathe” producer Vikram Malhotra on the state of film and TV production and India’s cinemas, “which run in the lifeblood of this nation, along with cricket”; Hollywood’s Asian community on the hateful byproduct of coronavirus misinformation and the need for allies
“Plaintiff JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd. – Israel seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendant Quibi Holdings LLC from misappropriating Eko's proprietary technology for mobile device optimized ‘Real Time Switching’,” says a filing made Wednesday in federal court on behalf of Eko, the tech company trying to hit the…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
Netflix film has dropped the first trailer for Love Wedding Repeat, the Dean Craig-helmed comedy fueled by old flames and half-baked schemes. Starring Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, and Freida Pinto, the rom-com, which is based on the 2012 French film Plan de Table, explores alternate versions of the same wedding.
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UPDATED, 1:15 PM: Los Angeles County saw 11 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, more than any other single day during the outbreak. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County Public Health director. said during her daily update that 65 county residents now have died from the disease.
She added that there were…
UPDATED with latest: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Wednesday morning that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has grown to 186,101, a jump of more than 22,500 for a second consecutive day and the most of any country in the world. The death toll nationally is now 3,603.
The World Health…
Discovery has set a virtual talk show ahead of the launch of the latest season of Deadliest Catch.
The factual giant will launch Before The Catch on Tuesday April 7, ahead of the 16th season of the hit franchise, which airs Tuesday April 14. The digital special will see Rowe speak with all of the captains from Deadlies…
Spectrum SportsNet LA said Wednesday that it has reached a carriage agreement that will see DirecTV, AT&T TV, U-verse TV and AT&T TV Now customers finally be able to watch Los Angeles Dodgers games. The deal ends a six-year impasse that has kept the MLB team off DirecTV screens in more than half of homes in its own…
America's Got Talent judge Howie Mandel, Luis Guzmán (Traffic), Paul Blackthorne (The CW's Arrow), Jamal Trulove (The Last Black Man in San Francisco), Evan Ross (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2), and Ashlee Simpson (Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon) will lend their voice to the musically driven…
New York Gov, Andrew Cuomo said that his brother Chris Cuomo did a “gutsy, courageous thing” by continuing to do his CNN show even after finding out about his coronavirus diagnosis.
“Pop would be proud,” Cuomo said in his daily briefing to reporters. “I love you, little brother.”
On Tuesday, Chris Cuomo announced that…
Showtime has made more adjustments to its schedule as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which suspended all Hollywood production.
Black Monday and Billions, which were in production on their current/upcoming seasons when the shutdown occurred, will air partial seasons, with the rest of the episodes running at a…
MSNBC announced a big change in its executive ranks on Tuesday: Rashida Jones is taking on another role, leading MSNBC’s daytime programming while retaining her role as SVP Specials for NBC News and MSNBC.
NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack and MSNBC President Phil Griffin made the announcement in a memo to employees…
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max’s upcoming Gossip Girl reboot has cast young actress Savannah Smith for a lead role. This marks the first booking for Smith, who is currently studying acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Start of production on the 10-episode series — from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's…
