On June 7, the Association of Talent Agents presented its new franchise agreement proposals to the Writers Guild of America, their first meeting since talks broke off April 12. The week came to an end without a response from the WGA, as hopes for a quick return to bargaining dim.
It’s the face-off of the year: Michelle Obama vs. James Corden in a no holds barred match of dodgeball. The former First Lady and The Late Late Show host assembled a team of the most ruthless dodgeball players for a game that pitted the USA against the UK in a game of hitting each other with semi-soft rubber balls.
In…
WarnerMedia Entertainment Boss Bob Greenblatt has opened up about the studio's "arms race" as it closes in on a landmark overall with J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot business. The exec also hinted at a third season of HBO drama Big Little Lies during a keynote address at the Cannes Lions event.
Greenblatt was speaking…
To say Jharrel Jerome's acting career is off to a hot start would be an understatement. At 21, he has already starred in an Oscar Best Picture winner—2016's Moonlight. And his latest role, in Ava DuVernay's four-part Netflix series When They See Us, is winning rave reviews (Oprah, an executive producer on the show…
Get ready to work honey! Netflix’s Queer Eyeis coming back for a fourth and fifth season to teach a whole new batch of heroes how to live their best lives with a French tuck. The streaming giant announced today that they have picked up the Emmy-winning series for a fourth season which will debut all episodes on July…
Disruption in the entertainment business can sometimes come in unlikely forms. Witness Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose earnest name and humble corporate headquarters in Cos Cob, CT, belie its aggressive acquisition drive and canny knack for outmaneuvering larger rivals.
The company’s Brooklyn-born CEO, B…
Good news: ABC won Monday night ratings with The Bachelorette accepting the rose for the top numbers of the evening, holding steady with 5.5 million viewers and a 1.5 adults 18-49 Live+same day rating. As for the Eva Longoria-produced new series Grand Hotel, the news isn’t as good. It wasn’t as grand of a debut as…
The Radio Television Digital News Association is out with its 2019 Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. Read the list of winners below.
The hardware will be handed out at the Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala on October 14 in New York.
Named for the CBS newsman who rose to…
EXCLUSIVE: Matilda Lawler has landed the titular role of Flora in the Disney+ original film Flora & Ulysses, which has Alyson Hannigan and Ben Schwartz attached to play the parents.
Based on the popular children’s novel, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, by Kate DiCamillo, the adaptation is being directed…
RYOT Films and HuffPost are launching Short Stories, a new partnership between the two brands to acquire and distribute a slate of premium, short documentary films on HuffPost and across Verizon Media.
The first release will be Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason, about acclaimed photographer Stanley Stellar, who…
The semi-grown Chrisley siblings are comin’ back this summer. USA Network said today that the second season of Growing Up Chrisley will premiere at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 6.
The spinoff from USA's flagship reality hit Chrisley Knows Bestfollows the twentysomething children of that show’s star as they leave home…
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is the latest late-night show to announce it will air live following the two-night Democratic presidential primary debates. As part of the show’s Votegasm 2020 coverage, World War D: Let’s Get Ready To Ramble – Part I & II will air back-to-back nights on Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday…
The BBC expects to co-produce "much less" with global SVOD services such as Netflix and Amazon in the future and is increasingly looking to partner with international free-to-air broadcasters.
BBC Director General Tony Hall, speaking in the House of Lords Communications Committee, added that multi-million-dollar deals…
