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One of the streamer’s most visible execs, the outgoing VP Independent Film and Documentary Features backed some of its biggest successes, including ‘Tiger King,’ ‘The Tinder Swindler,’ ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Making a Murderer’ and the Obamas’ ‘American Factory.’ But in an era of corporate cost-cutting, it wasn’t enough to save her job after 16 years and several reorganizations.
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Bill Maher Talks Of Trump, Guns And Atheists In A Lively ‘Real Time’ Exchange
It was a week full of news, from the looming Donald Trump indictment through the Nashville school shooting. Or as Bill Maher put it on Friday's Real Time, "March came in like a lion, and went out with Trump on the lam."
Maher was obviously delighted that Trump, one of his favorite targets, had a real…
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Hugh Grant Names The One Film Project He Wishes He Could Erase From His Resume
Everyone has regrets. But if you’re a film star like Hugh Grant, your regrets keep reappearing on TV as a reminder.
Grant is out flogging his appearance in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves", appearing on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” alongside costar Chris Pine.
Corden enticed…
Writers & Studios Could Hold More Talks Over Next Two Weeks, Eschewing Break, But Strike Authorization Still Expected
EXCLUSIVE: We might be getting somewhere after it emerged that the writers and studios could hold more talks over the next two weeks.
Deadline understands that there is a proposal in place for the two sides to potentially talk next Tuesday.
This is a significant step in the negotiations between…
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‘Interview With The Vampire’ Recasts Claudia: Delainey Hayles Replaces Bailey Bass In Season 2 Of AMC Series
AMC Networks’ Interview With the Vampire is undergoing a big casting change. Bailey Bass, who played the series’ female lead, teenage vampire Claudia in Season 1, will not continue on the adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel. She is being replaced by Delainey Hayles, who is taking on the role for Season 2…
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March Madness is bleeding into April, with the NCAA Men’s Final Four games set for Saturday and the championship tilt on Monday. Here’s a guide on how to watch the San Diego State-Florida Atlantic and Connecticut-Miami matchups ahead of the title game.
The San Diego State Aztecs (No. 5 seed in the…
National CineMedia, Shaken By Ad Woes, Cineworld Bankruptcy, Gets New Ten-Day Extension On Interest Payments; What Lies Ahead
National CineMedia said today it's negotiated a second extension of the grace period on interest payments originally due Feb. 15.
A one-month grace period for a payment said to be about $6.6 million ended March 15, when the company announced lenders had agreed to another 17 days. Big ratings agencies…
20 Questions On Deadline Podcast: Chris Chalk On Portraying “The Savagery” Of Racism In ‘Perry Mason’ & Realizing A Lifelong Dream With New ‘Feud’ Role
This week’s guest is Chris Chalk.
Right now he’s starring in Season 2 of HBO detective series Perry Mason, in which he plays former police officer-turned private investigator Paul Drake.
During the podcast, Chalk—who has also starred in 12 Years a Slave, When They See Us and television shows G…
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Lisa Nishimura’s Netflix Exit Shocks Documentary World: “She Has Massively Helped Grow This Industry”
Netflix executive Lisa Nishimura backed some of the streamer's biggest successes – Tiger King, The Tinder Swindler, The Power of the Dog, Making a Murderer, and American Factory – but in an era of corporate cost-cutting, it wasn't enough to save her job.
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John Fetterman has spoken publicly for the first time about his inpatient treatment for depression, giving an interview to Jane Pauley of CBS Sunday Morning.
Fetterman was discharged today, according to his representative, Joe Calvello, after spending six weeks at Walter Reed National Military…
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The White House won’t pay for staffers to have Twitter’s blue verification checkmarks, as platform owner Elon Musk implements a plan to remove them unless users pay for the service.
Axios reported on Friday that White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty wrote to staffers that “it is our…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors announced today the creation of the Production and Technology Branch. Comprising about 400 people previously classified as Members-at-Large, it represents members working in key technical and production positions in all phases of…
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Firing Up $40M Opening – Midday Friday Box Office
Friday Midday: Right now, Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is looking at $16M today, including those $5.6M previews for a $40M start. I’m told that won’t buckle.
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