The Oscar-winning ‘12 Years a Slave’ screenwriter and Emmy-nominated ‘American Crime’ creator who’s also an author, director and executive producer in TV and film talks about his influences in the latest installment of Deadline’s video series.
Los Angeles County health officials confirmed another 1,401 COVID-19 cases today, the highest daily total recorded in the past two weeks, further fueling concerns of a post-Labor Day surge, but hospitalization numbers were still holding steady.
Health officials have been fearing a rise in cases similar to those seen…
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Los Angeles, Del Norte and Mendocino to bolster the response to various fires which have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.
In Los Angeles, the Bobcat Fire had burned close to…
“Certainly cases are going up,” said California’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly on Friday. Ghaly called this an “early worry” sign and warned that, ahead of what promises to be a hot weekend in much of the state, Californians should not let their guard down.
State and local health experts have…
Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, is urging his fellow writers to donate to the WGA West's political action committee to help "flip the Senate and bring in bold leaders who will check the power of the Supreme Court."
"You undoubtedly already know how far Mitch McConnell and the party…
Veteran youth talent agent Wendi Green, who spent the last nine years at Paradigm, is segueing to management. She has joined Atlas Artists, a subsidiary of Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment, as a talent manager to boost the company’s representation in the youth space. Her appointment is effective immediately.
This…
The Trial of the Chicago 7 writer-director Aaron Sorkin, Stephen Colbert, Sienna Miller, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lee Isaac Chung have been set for Montclair Film Festival‘s first Storyteller Series during the virtual fest, set to run October 16-25 in Montclair, NJ. All events will will streamed on the Montclair’s…
Discovery, Inc. has extended the employment contract of chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels through April 1, 2024.
Wiedenfels came to Discovery in 2016 from ProSiebenSat.1 Media and saw the company through several major deals. In 2017, it acquired Scripps and became the dominant player in the in unscripted…
It seems The Boys in the Band might be making some sort of history exactly half a century since the original film version of Mart Crowley’s landmark play was released. For that film, directed by William Friedkin, the highly unusual casting move of bringing the entire Broadway cast to the screen version was a huge…
EXCLUSIVE:Lee Rierson has left independent TV studio wiip, where he was Head of Business & Operations, to join another indie, Miramax. Rierson has been named EVP Global Television Business and Legal Affairs for Miramax, which has been ramping up its TV production operating under new Head of Worldwide Television Marc…
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, multiple media outlets, including CBS News, CNN and The New York Times, reported on Friday afternoon.
Trump plans to announce his choice at a White House ceremony on Saturday…
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