The actor who died Monday at 106 worked with such iconic filmmakers and stars as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin. Deadline’s film critic and columnist writes an appreciation of the final significant figure from Tinseltown’s Golden Age to pass from Earth to the eternal cinematic firmament.
Ellen DeGeneres told Savannah Guthrie of Today that she is still surprised by attacks on her and reports of the workplace environment of her show as “toxic,” but that it was not the reason for her decision to end her long-running daytime talk show.
Guthrie asked DeGeneres if she felt she was “being canceled.”
“I mean…
Multiple Tony nominee Moulin Rouge! The Musical will resume Broadway performances on Friday, September 24 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, producers announced today, but the successor to former (and Tony-nominated) lead actress Karen Olivo, who left the role in protest of Broadway’s silence over Scott Rudin, was not…
Sky Studios has secured a big name to succeed outgoing CEO Gary Davey.
The Comcast-owned European content powerhouse has announced the appointment of YouTube EMEA chief and former Fremantle boss Cécile Frot-Coutaz. She will join Sky’s production and development division in September after Davey announced his retirement…
Chernobyl producer Sister has confirmed that it will adapt Audible Original podcast West Cork, which tells the story of the 1996 murder of French TV and film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
Deadline first revealed that Sister had optioned the podcast back in December. It is one of a number of TV projects in…
The English Premier League has announced that it has agreed in principle to roll over its £5 billion ($7B) deal with Sky, Amazon, and BT Sport for UK rights to the prestigious soccer competition.
The deal, which has been endorsed by the UK government to ward off an antitrust investigation, means that Sky, Amazon, and…
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was the first late-night show to bring back a live studio audience.
The NBC series, which has also had a number of in-studio guests since its return to 30 Rock, is now bringing back musical guests, previously such a staple of late-night talkshows, with its first live performance…
Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot tweeted out today what she thought was a message of unity concerning the ongoing Israel-Hamas rocket attacks conflict.
Instead, she sparked her own online war, as critics accused her of being a “propaganda” tool for Israel, given her past military service to that country.
The comments…
EXCLUSIVE:Amazon Studios will not be proceeding with The Banker’s Wife. The project, based on the bestselling novel by Cristina Algerwhich, had received an eight-episode straight-to-series order in summer 2019.
According to sources, the decision stems from Covid-related production delays and budget challenges. This…
Ellen DeGeneres has broken her silence on news that her talk show will end after its 19th season.
“I'm announcing that next season, Season 19, is going to be my last season. So, the past 18 years, you have to know, has changed my life,” she said Wednesday, taping the opening of the May 13 episode. “You all have…
After a weird but ultimately successful campaign amid the Covid pandemic last year, the NFL released its full 2021 schedule today. It’s the first one to include the newly added 17th regular-season game for all 32 teams.
The slate was revealed live on NFL Network from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles — site of Super Bowl…
“They don’t let frumps into the garden club.” Don’t tell that to Allison Tolman. Paramount+ has released the official Season 2 trailer for Why Women Kill, Paramount+’s anthology drama series, from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios.
Tolman plays Alma in the series, a…
On Wednesday a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that, among other things, fires related to homeless encampments have nearly tripled. According to the paper, in the first four months of this year there were 24 such blazes a day. Those calls accounted for 54% of all fires responded to by LAFD.
Also on Wednesday…
