Television Academy chief Frank Scherma and Emmycast producers Don Mischer and Ian Stewart talk to Deadline about the pros and cons of an emcee for the September 22 show — including controlling the politics.
UTA on Wednesday said it has made a significant investment in the powerhouse sports agency Klutch Sports Group, led by its founder and CEO Rich Paul, a move that among other things will bring Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis into the agency fold.
As part of the partnership, Klutch will continue…
Paramount released the first trailer for Playing With Fire, the upcoming family comedy starring John Cena as a firefighter who, along with his team (Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo and Tyler Mane) rescue three children and, unable to locate the siblings’ parents, become inadvertent and unlikely babysitters.
Think…
Employees of the Committee to Protect Journalists have decided that they need union protection themselves. More than 90% of the 30-member staff have signed union cards asking to be represented by the WGA East, and CPJ's management has agreed voluntarily to recognize the guild as their staff's collective bargaining…
BritBox has acquired BBC One's Kelly Macdonald-fronted crime drama The Victim as the anchor of its forthcoming fall slate.
The four-part STV Studios-produced series will air exclusively on the SVOD service, which is run by BBC Studios and ITV. It was created by The Man In The High Castle writer Rob Williams and is…
The Motion Picture Association of America has appointed Emily Lenzner as EVP for Global Communications and Public Affairs.
She will report to MPAA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and oversee the trade group's communications team in the U.S. and internationally.
Lenzner will start August 1 and be based at the MPAA’s…
Comcast-owned Euro broadcaster Sky has promoted Sarah Wright to the newly created role of director of Sky Cinema and acquisitions, UK and Ireland, following the recent departure of long-time Sky Cinema exec Ian Lewis.
Wright will report to Zai Bennett, managing director of content at Sky in the UK and Ireland. She…
The 2020 edition of Music’s Biggest Night will be a big one for Ken Ehrlich. CBS and the Recording Academy today set him to produce his 40th — and final — Grammy Awards. Ehrlich’s producing partner on the past three Grammycasts, The Late Late Show EP Ben Winston, also will produce the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in…
Fashion designer and influencer Chiara Ferragni has joined Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn's forthcoming Amazon series Making The Cut.
Ferragni, who appeared as a guest judge on season 13 of Klum and Gunn's former show Project Runway, has joined the competition series as part of the judging panel. This comes as the show…
The guestlist for the BBC's remake of RuPaul's Drag Race keeps getting longer with supermodel Twiggy and ex-Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl joining the competition format.
The pair have been added as celebrity guest judges for RuPaul's Drag Race UK, which will launch on BBC Three later this year. Twiggy was the face of…
This year’s Locarno Film Festival (Aug 7 -17) lineup includes Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Joseph Gordon-Levitt plane thriller 7500, which gets its world premiere at the Swiss showcase. Scroll down for major category lineups.
The 72nd edition of the festival marks the first for incoming…
The Feed producer Studio Lambert has made a number of drama moves, while Backyard Envy producer Renowned Films has hired a new head of development.
All3Media-backed Studio Lambert has promoted Maddie Sinclair (above) from head of development to executive producer and hired Mammoth Screen's James Gandhi to replace her…
Amazon is heading to Germany for its next football fix – the SVOD service has scored a doc series looking at Borussia Dortmund.
The digital platform has ordered Inside Borussia Dortmund from producer and director Aljoscha Pause, who has made films including Being Mario Götze.
The doc will explore the club's 2018/19…
