The “Nine Days” director on what inspired him to pursue the art of filmmaking, from the power of Luc Besson’s “The Professional” to his early movie education from the trunk of a car in Tobago. Click the link for the video.
Influencer and actor Hayes Grier was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, on charges of assault causing serious bodily injury, common law robbery and felony conspiracy, according to police records.
The Dancing with the Stars alum was booked into Mecklenburg County Jail yesterday at 4:17 PM EST. The…
UPDATED with schedule changes: NBCUniversal is airing programming from the Tokyo Olympic Games across a wide swath of its broadcast, cable and digital properties, the programming schedules for which are constantly shifting this year. Deadline is updating this list daily from multiple official sources. See schedule belo…
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 11 new deaths from Covid-19, along with 3,318 new positive cases and 1,008 hospitalizations.
Public Health said that hospitalizations are up 45% since last Saturday. 23% of those currently hospitalized are in the ICU.
The number of deaths and…
Someone’s racist past has finally caught up to him.
It was reported by the LA Times that the new owners of Hollywood & Highland, DJM and Gaw Capital Partners, are dismantling a pair of white elephants at the center in a move to cleanse itself from the racist legacy of D.W. Griffith.
The elephants, which are an homage…
UPDATED, 3:52 PM:Â NBC's Tokyo Olympics primetime coverage netted around 10.5 million linear viewers on Friday, the smallest audience of the games for the network so far. Over the same night of the Rio Olympics, NBC’s primetime viewership was down 56%.
NBC claimed 15.2 million total audience delivery for Friday…
When Franklin Leonard took to Twitter on Tuesday night to decry a recent film casting, Ben Stiller shot back in a spirited conversation about whether people got Hollywood gigs on the basis of their abilities or if nepotism played a role.
The Black List founder commented on a casting story Deadline broke about Hopper Pe…
Paramount+’s planned revival of Criminal Minds may not come to pass after all, according to the series’ longtime star, Paget Brewster.
The actress addressed the matter on Thursday via Twitter, when a follower named Jennifer asked her, “Any news on the #CriminalMIndsrevival?”
“No, and sadly, we think it’s dead,”…
Saginaw Grant, the esteemed Native American character actor known for turns in The Lone Ranger, The World’s Fastest Indian and more, died on Wednesday at a private care facility in Hollywood, California. He was 85.
Grant’s publicist and longtime friend, Lani Carmichael, confirmed his death to the Associated Press…
UPDATED, July 31, 1:18 p.m.: Authorities have confirmed that Tik-Tok star Anthony Barajas has died due to injuries after being shot in a theater in Corona, California. The influencer passed Saturday morning after he had been on life support since being shot by Anthony Jimenez on Monday. Barajas was 19.
His death comes…
The upcoming installment of The Expendables franchise has a new ring to it.
Sylvester Stallone teased the sequel by posting on Instagram two days ago a photo of a golden skull ring with purple stone eyes – assumed to be his character’s new lucky ring. He wrote, “Just finished the designing the new ring for EXPENDABLE…
The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions…
Team USA has finally gotten their mojo back.
Since their disappointing loss to France on July 25, Coach Gregg Popovich and the American men’s basketball team now have back-to-back blowouts under their belt.
In a masterclass performance, Kevin Durant dropped 23 points, 6 assists, 8 rebounds and 1 block on the Olympic…
