Deadline’s video series delves into the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists by having them answer five questions. This week, it’s the Oscar-winning “Forrest Gump” director’s turn. Click above to watch.
The commercial industry never stopped once the coronavirus pandemic hit and TV and film production shut down. As people hunkered down under stay-at-home orders amid skyrocketing numbers of infections and death, commercial endorsement agents were flooded with requests from major brands which had to pivot quickly and…
Los Angeles Police were involved in physical confrontations tonight while attempting to detain some protesters in downtown L.A. during the third night of marches to decry the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd.
Local news showed police chasing some protesters through the streets near Pershing Square, but did not…
Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue was somber and serious tonight, as the late-night host shared his thoughts on the George Floyd death in Minneapolis and its aftermath.Â
Kimmel ran down the facts of the case as he saw them, and lamented “the senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence,” and…
Apple has unveiled a first look at Ted Lasso, a new comedy series from Jason Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence that will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, August 14.
Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no…
The Venice Film Festival has said they are bound and determined to do their event this year, even in light of the continuing Coronavirus pandemic. Now, the second wheel in the traditional Fall Festival Trifecta that launches awards season, Telluride, has sent an email to all, indicating that they intend to move ahead…
UPDATED 6:15 PM After being driven away earlier by police, demonstrators regrouped in front of CNN’s Atlanta headquarters, throwing objects — including a very large firecracker — at police, as well as breaking the building’s front windows.
Police formed a phalanx inside the building, just feet away from demonstrators…
The list of candidates for the 2020 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors election is now out, with the winner in each branch being chosen directly from these entries rather than whittling it down to four finalists in each, as has been done previously.
Also new this year in the streamlined…
NBC News unveiled a Meet the Press branded, five-part streaming series on Friday, called Meet the Press: College Roundtable featuring college journalism students in a virtual panel discussion.
Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd kicked off the first episode with a panel of college journalists talking about the…
The WGA, in its ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract, is calling for the elimination of new-writer discounts and training program rates that have existed for years to encourage companies to hire female and minority directors.
"These discounted minimums, currently found in the Minimum…
EXCLUSIVE, Updated with more information: Two days after the latest round of ViacomCBS post-merger layoffs, which was focused primarily on the entities within the CBS Entertainment Group, more details about the scope of the cuts are emerging.
One of the most impacted divisions was CBS Marketing, which saw 30-40…
NASA and SpaceX will try again Saturday to launch the Elon Musk-led company’s Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station with a pair of NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. The planned launch was postponed Wednesday due to weather concerns.
Saturday’s new window at Kennedy Space Center…
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned that Verve has inked TV series creator, writer and producer Patrick Walsh.
The St. Louis, Mo. native began his career as a scribe on FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He continued on at CBS’ 2 Broke Girls as Co-Executive Producer and then to HBO’s 2017 Pete Holmes series Crashing as a…
