Terrence Woods was filming in an abandoned Idaho mine when things took an unexpected turn. As night closed in on a day of shooting, the 27-year-old suddenly ditched his radio in the dirt, ran down a steep cliff and vanished into a forest. He hasn’t been seen since.
EXCLUSIVE: Hard times call for hard decisions, which trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan say they had to make to save health benefits for future generations of participants.
Even before the pandemic, the Plan was facing unsustainable deficits, and the COVID-19 production shutdown accelerated the need for a complete…
BET+, the SVOD service operated by a joint venture between Tyler Perry Studios and the BET Networks, has crossed the 1 million subscriber mark, I have learned. The milestone comes a month before the streamer’s one-year anniversary. Reps for BET could not be reached for comment.
Launched on Sept. 19, BET+ features…
UPDATE: It pays to be a part of television history. The Brentwood home that served as the exterior establishing shot in the first season of The Golden Girls has sold for $4,000,260. That’s one million dollars over the asking price. The sale closed today. The buyer was not immediately identified.
EARLIER: You can spend…
In the Quibi original drama #FreeRayshawn, from director Seith Mann and executive producer Antoine Fuqua, a young Black man is pursued aggressively by law enforcement officials for a crime he did not commit. It’s a sadly all-too-familiar story that addresses an issue many African Americans still face.
“It seemed like…
Make that two seasons completed successfully at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta amid the coronavirus pandemic.
I hear filming is wrapping this afternoon on Season 2 of Perry’s BET series,The Oval, two days ahead of schedule. Shooting on the White House soap started on Aug. 4. The show stayed in continuous…
EXCLUSIVE:The Talk executive producer and showrunner John Redmann, one of the CBS’ daytime talker’s original auspices, is leaving after 10 seasons. There is no immediate replacement. The Talk is currently on summer hiatus and plans to return to production for Season 11 in September.
"2020 has been a year of…
Sobini Films, the production company behind soon-to-released Shields Green biopicEmperor, said it will donate $1 for every digital transaction during the first month of film’s release to the NAACP. Set for a digital release on August 18, via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, the film is based on the inspiring…
A Late Show with Stephen Colbert will go live next week during the Democratic National Convention.
The show is doing virtual interviews with guests, although Colbert returned to his studio offices this week.
On Monday, Susan Rice, who Joe Biden considered as a running mate, will be the guest. Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
EXCLUSIVE: Hell on Wheels creators Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton have signed with APA.
The sibling writing-producing duo created the praised historical drama series Hell on Wheels, which aired for five seasons on AMC.
Together, the veteran scribes have written numerous pilots, including Southern Comfort for Fox and The No…
The first live-action TV series coming from the Star Wars universe has broken ground on two fronts this Emmy season. It not only became a breakout success for the first year of the new streaming service Disney+ by earning a whopping 15 nominations including Outstanding Drama Series, but it also overcame Television…
R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell has been charged in New York with threatening to shoot up a Manhattan screening room that was showing the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly in 2018.
The charges were announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Russell was one…
NFL Sunday Ticket, for more than 25 years a major driver of subscriptions to DirecTV, is being offered by AT&T for streaming by non-subscribers.
The availability is not technically new but has been phased in quietly and not attracted wide attention from customers, investors or press. It applies only for viewers in…
