This week’s subject on Deadline’s video series about the creative ambitions, influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists is Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar and Emmy winner whose latest film “The Trial of the Chicago 7” just landed on Netflix. How did he learn to pull all the words out of himself to pen the likes of “A Few Good Men,” “The Social Network,” “The West Wing,” “The Newsroom” and the stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Let him explain.
Sacha Baron Cohen has answered back President Donald Trump’s assessment that the president found the actor “creepy.”
Donald—I appreciate the free publicity for Borat! I admit, I don't find you funny either. But yet the whole world laughs at you.
I'm always looking for people to play racist buffoons, and you'll need…
After the theatrical release of No Time To Die got pushed for the fourth time, will the makers of the James Bond film give up on waiting for the pandemic to go away and instead premiere on a streaming service? Despite reports that originated with a Bloomberg scoop yesterday, sources say an emphatic no. Bloomberg wrote…
Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas favorite country singer who crossed over to the pop charts by writing the hit Mr. Bojangles, has died at age 78. He had cancer, according to family spokesman John T. Davis.
"He had battled throat cancer for many years, and some other health issues," Davis said Saturday.
Walker came out…
The Push Me/Pull You of Washington politics over a new round of economic stimulus appears close to an agreement. But the timing of when money will arrive to your home remains in flux.
"I think we are about there," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday after meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according t…
The World Series continues to struggle in the ratings demo wars, as Game 3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Tampa Bay Rays match trailed Friday’s standard programming fare, continuing its trend of record-lows.
The early ratings saw the Series come in with a network average of 1.3 over its three-hour time slot.
Benefiting…
William Blinn, the screenwriter for Prince’s Purple Rain and creator of Starsky & Hutch, has died at age 83. He passed Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living community in Burbank, according to his daughter, Anneliese Johnson.
“If you were an aspiring writer in the 70's & 80's, like I was, Bill’s work defined…
What a great time not to be a movie marketer. Theaters half-closed, with COVID-19 again rising. Pipeline dried up. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asking, in a survey that was due last week, how the pandemic is affecting your craft. Or what's left of it.
But movie promoters on the whole are an optimistic…
Rudy Giuliani apparently wasn’t the only Borat prank target in the current administration. According to President Donald Trump, he was also once visited by the Kazakhstan journalist.
Speaking to reporters late on Friday, President Donald Trump was asked whether he had seen the footage involving his adviser Giuliani in…
When the Wisconsin Democratic Party announced a cast reunion of Happy Days for this Sunday, all to raise money for the final sprint until election day, one member was noticeably absent: Scott Baio.
The Donald Trump supporter wrote on Twitter that the show was being used as a “political pawn.”
The result, though, was…
Bill Maher Friday compared Democrats trying to vote to an obstacle course competition show "where a contestant has to get across a terrain of giant bouncy balls and slippery balance beams and swing on frigging ropes like Tarzan.”
"It occurred to me while watching this, watching Ricardo lose his grip on a foam roller…
Singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie has announced on Facebook that he is retiring after a 50-year career of performing and acting.
Guthrie said ill health caused by a series of strokes led him to acknowledge that he was no longer up for the road. The pandemic and its cancellations also played a part in his decision to hang…
Keith Raniere, the leader of the alleged sex cult NXIVM, has given an interview which aired on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt tonight and will also be featured on the network’s Dateline.
In the interview, Raniere denies his convictions for sex trafficking, racketeering and possession of child pornography. Raniere…
