The latest: James Corden on mounting his primetime CBS coronavirus special in his garage; Broadway PR veteran Keith Sherman talks keeping the lights on, dealing with his own COVID-19 case; “The Witcher” casting director uses down time to mine new talent via online video chats
Monday’s daily White House briefing on the coronavirus was very much in tone with all of the others: Lots of upbeat, boastful remarks of how far the administration has come in fighting the pandemic — but also some disconcerting warnings that the worst is likely to come.
Most of the reporters at the press conference…
Several late-night shows are returning to TV tonight, including TBS’ Conan. You can watch above the opening sequence created specifically for the remotely produced editions of the show, featuring the Conan crew members in their homes. It is followed by host Conan O’Brien’s opening remarks, introducing viewers to the…
Keeping Up With the Kardashians and The Handmaid’s Tale are among the shows on Hulu people have been flocking onto during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Like other streamers, Hulu is reporting increased video consumption as people are staying home under federal and state guidelines to slow the spread of the virus…
It’s officially a trend: Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi and the theater chain’s board of directors are following executives from Walt Disney, which is cutting salaries, and AMC Entertainment, which furloughed its entire staff including CEO Adam Aron, to save cash during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the case of Zoradi…
As tech companies look for ways to help during the Coronavirus pandemic the key thing many can offer is connectivity. Comcast, the nation’s biggest broadband provider will provide free XfinityWiFihotspots located in businesses and outdoor locations across the country for anyone – including people who don't or can’t…
What an amazing weekend this would have been at the box office, that is if all was well in the world.
Disney originally had their live-action version of Mulan fired up to go before the worldwide exhibition shutdown occurred, plus it would have been sharing the marquee with the second-weekend of Paramount’s A Quiet Plac…
Robert Moor, host of the hit Wondery podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King, chatted with Andy Cohen Monday morning on Cohen’s show Andy Cohen Live on his SiriusXM channel, Radio Andy.
Moor talked about the upcoming limited series based on the Joe Exotic podcast that is in development at UCP, starring and executive produced…
EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has picked up the North American rights to Tammy's Always Dying, the dark comedy directed by Amy Jo Johnson (best remembered as the original pink ranger on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as well as Julie Emrick on WB’s Felicity). Felicity Huffman stars as the titular character in the…
Two of Netflix’s freshman drama series will not see a second season. The streaming giant has canceled vampire drama series V Wars starring Ian Somerhalder, based on Jonathan Maberry's bestselling book, andOctober Faction, based on the IDW comics by Steve Niles, Deadline has confirmed.
V Wars, published in 2012 by IDW…
Deadline has confirmed that Lionsgate has put re-structuring in effect largely in its film marketing and distribution departments, laying off a company-wide number in the high teens according to a source familiar with the matter. I understand this was in the works for some time, and is in no way related to the great…
Dolly Parton’s Dollywood and Abramorama are teaming on a coronavirus lockdown-inspired initiative in which Parton will read a children’s book online at bedtime. The series, GoodNight with Dolly, launches Tuesday at 7 PM ET and will air once a week.
The project comes as Abramorama had been readying the April 2 release…
The Alamos Drafthouse has launched “Alamo-At-Home,” and as the initiative suggests, it will bring the spirit of the Drafthouse into homes through its signature programming series "Terror Tuesday" and "Weird Wednesday.”
"The entire reason Karrie and I built theaters in the first place was to bring people together in a…
