When Democrats begin their quadrennial confab in two weeks, it’ll be a test for broadcast and cable news on how to cover an event that will be like no other — without the celebratory atmosphere, masses of people, sky booths, giant balloon drops and perhaps even the chance of any unexpected moments of drama.
EXCLUSIVE:Arturo Sampson as the new Head of Production at Isaac Lee’s Exile Content Studios, which focuses on acquiring and developing premium original content for audiences across the U.S. and Latin America.
Based in Mexico, Sampson will oversee scripted and unscripted projects in Mexico, Spain, Colombia and the…
Even as COVID-19unemployment benefits expired last week, likely leaving millions in the lurch, top Democrats and Trump administration representatives failed to reach a deal on their extension.
“They are sticking to their position,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters on Monday, an apparent…
National CineMedia isn't a movie chain but it's the nation's largest cinema advertising network and it saw revenue plunge by more than 96% last quarter as theaters were shuttered for the entire period, a steep dip that's likely to be repeated as exhibitors report earnings starting tomorrow with Cinemark and Marcus.
AMC…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Tylor Norwood’s (The United States of Detroit, Paper Tigers) documentary Robin’s Wish has landed at Vertical Entertainment. The company has acquired the North American distribution rights to the feature that chronicles the late Robin Williams' final days and, for the first time, focus on his fight against a…
Shares of Snapchat parent Snap Inc. fell more than 5% Monday after President Donald Trump backed a deal for Microsoft to acquire TikTok.
The slide to about $21.20 came on double the stock’s average trading volume and on a day when most media and tech issues finished in positive territory. The last time Snap shares…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is finalizing an acquisition deal that will move The Woman in the Window out of Disney-owned 20th Century Studios and into a new window, as a global Netflix event film. The thriller, which stars Amy Adams and is directed by Joe Wright, is the last of the splashy book-based movie projects left behind…
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke, the third hour of ABC’s Good Morning America, has been sidelined since mid-March and replaced with coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. There has been speculation that the segment has been canceled permanently and now co-host Keke Palmer has confirmed it won’t be returning.
Palmer talked…
Nat Geo was forced to shut down 77 productions, encompassing 394 hours of programming, across more than a dozen countries around the world in March when COVID-19 struck.
It has been laboriously going through the process of getting many of these shows back to production and showrunners from four of its shows – Â Gordon R…
The Crenshaw Dairy Mart is kicking off their “Black August” event this month with the debut of the 2017 Damon Davis documentary Whose Streets? on PBS's educational platform, POV on August 7. “Black August” is set to run through August 9.
The Crenshaw Dairy Mart is the home to an artistic collective and art gallery…
Fish-out-of-water stories are usually a surefire thing for successful comedies, and in the case of An American Pickle, we have an extreme fish-out-of-water tale. Seth Rogen, in one of his most appealing — and cleanest — roles, takes on the task of starring opposite himself in this amusing, even at times poignant…
Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Cynthia Ervio starring Genius: Aretha doesn't yet know when it will resume production nor who will be playing one of the music business' most powerful executives in the legendary singer's life.
“We have not set an actual date yet," said director and EP Anthony Hemingway today…
CAA has signed actress, model and activist Leyna Bloom.
Bloom became a prominent name in the New York City ballroom community as a member of the legendary House of Miyake-Mugler. In 2017, she went from serving face in ballroom to serving fierceness on the catwalk, becoming one of the few openly transgender models to…
