With streamers already supplanting broadcasters as the top destination for original scripted programming, a 2020 writers strike may be the last nail in the coffin of scripted series’ dominance.
50/50 by 2020? The international film biz still has a long way to go to reach gender parity, but there are reasons to be optimistic, agreed a panel held at the Berlin Film Festival today.
The stated goal of the 5050×2020 campaign – which was originally launched at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival by the Swedish Film…
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the first clip from Stage Mother, Thom Fitzgerald's comedy starring Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu in the story of a conservative church choir director who inherits her late son’s San Francisco drag club.
Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment is handling sales on the title at the European Film Market in…
EXCLUSIVE:Roger Donaldson, whose long career in Hollywood has encompassed movies including The Bounty, Species, Cocktail, Dante's Peak and The World's Fastest Indian, is attached to direct the German-produced and Vietnam-set TV series Nhiem.
The show comes from local producers Carte blanche International, which is at…
4th Update, Saturday 10:41PM: In the back and forth between Disney/20th Century Studios’ TheCall of the Wild and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog for No. 1, the blue critter is back on top for the weekend according to tonight’s estimates, looking at a $26.7M 3-day after a Saturday of $12M, +88% over Friday. That will…
Hardball host Chris Matthews is facing tons of backlash after he made comments about Bernie Sanders’ big win at the Nevada caucuses on Saturday. At one point, he compared the victory to the Nazi invasion of France — and that did not sit too well everyone.
Matthews started to talk about what would happen if Sanders…
The 51st NAACP Image Awards were handed out tonight and were aired live on BET with trailblazing musician Lizzo bringing the “Juice” and taking the top honors for Entertainer of the Year and black-ish and When They See Us dominating the TV side and Just Mercy and Dolemite Is My Name taking trophies in the film…
UPDATE: After winning the Nevada caucuses by a wide margin, Bernie Sanders told supporters that his campaign is proving that it is building a robust coalition to defeat President Donald Trump in November.
“We have just put together a multi-generational, multiracial coalition, which is not only going to win in Nevada…
Sophia Anne Caruso, who originated the role of Lydia Deetz in Broadway's Beetlejuice, has exited the production as of its Wednesday, Feb. 19 show.
The production is scheduled to close on June 6. It is highly unusual for someone to leave a Broadway show abruptly.
Caruso had been part of the cast since its out-of-town…
Sometimes, it takes a couple tries before a song or a group catches fire. That was underlined once again this week with news that A-ha’s Take On Me rotoscopic video has now surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
Although it’s not the only video to surpass that enormous total, it has one of the more unique stories…
EXCLUSIVE:Epic Pictures Group has taken U.S. rights on Butt Boy, Tyler Cornack's comedy-thriller which debuted at Austin genre event Fantastic Fest.
The pic will be released in theaters April 3, with support from cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse for a theatrical rollout, and online April 14.
The comedy follows newly…
Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown resumed its place atop the Friday demo wars, scoring an 0.7 for its two-hours of mayhem.
WWE Super ShowDown is looming, and Friday’s match saw Hall of Famer Goldberg leveled "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, while Naomi is headed for a SmackDown Women's Championship Match with Bayley.
For ABC…
Clint Eastwood, who spoke at the 2012 Republican National Convention and endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, is apparently switching sides, endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg.
The 89-year-old actor/director was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on a wide range of topics, but his most…
