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Alec Baldwin Asks Whether Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ Tweet Is “A Threat To My Safety And That Of My Family?”

Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live on Feb. 16, 2019. (Credit: NBC)

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Alec Baldwin has responded to President Trump’s angry retort to the latest Saturday Night Live episode by asking whether the language used by the President “constitutes a threat to my safety and that of my family?” The actor, who regularly impersonates Trump on the show, tweeted, “I wonder if a sitting President exhorting his followers that my role in a TV comedy qualifies me as an enemy of the people constitutes a threat to my safety and that of my family?” I wonder… Read

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Viacom International Media Networks Launches Interactive Gameshow ‘MTV Stax’ On Facebook Watch In UK

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Viacom is launching a live and interactive gameshow via Facebook Watch in the UK. The company's global division, Viacom International Media Networks, has partnered with the social media platform to launch MTV Stax. It launches today, Monday February 18 at 4pm GMT. It marks the latest interactive quiz on Facebook's content platform following the launch of Fremantle's Confetti. MTV Stax is a a free-to-play game broadcast live on Facebook Watch three times a week for ten… Read

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‘2025’: How Did Keshet’s ‘Black Mirror’-Meets-‘Monopoly’ Entertainment Format Land?

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Keshet's secretive entertainment format 2025 finally launched last week and it turns out it's all about money. The series, which is running as a live daily prime-time strip on Keshet 12 four days a week, began with 16 contestants at the gates of a futuristic Westworld-meets-Truman Show-style city on the outskirts of Yavne. You can see exclusive images from the show above and here. Eight duels took place with viewers deciding who would enter the city and who would not… Read

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All3Media’s Lime Pictures Options Futuristic YA Death Row Drama ‘The Loop’

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Lime Pictures, the British production company behind Netflix's teen drama Free Rein, is developing a YA drama about a futuristic death row. The All3Media-owned indie has optioned Ben Oliver's forthcoming book The Loop and will turn it into a returnable series. The series follows Luka, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for 736 days inside The Loop, the futuristic equivalent of death row where young offenders await their execution.  Inmates have the option of taking part… Read

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Twofour Scores Bumper Order For Social Experiment ‘Undercover Girlfriends’ As Backer ITV Touts Formats Globally

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ITV-backed production company Twofour has scored a bumper two season order for its Channel 5 social experiment Undercover Girlfriends as parent company ITV Studios touted its non-scripted formats to international buyers. The British producer is also planning to launch an international production hub for the series. The news emerged at ITV Studios Formats Festival, which was held in London for over 200 international buyers and commissioners. Melanie Leach and Andrew… Read

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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Roma’ Top Golden Reel Awards – MPSE Winners List

Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma Win Golden Reel Awards (20th Century Fox/Netflix)

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The sound editing teams behind Bohemian Rhapsody, Roma, A Quiet Place and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse were the winners on the film side at tonight's 66th annual Golden Reel Awards at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The Americans, Atlanta, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Westworld led the TV series side. They were among the recipients in 23 categories recognized by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) for feature films, long-form and short-form television… Read

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John Oliver: Donald Trump Hits Omelette Bar After Declaring National Emergency

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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight made its raucous return to HBO on Sunday night after a three-month hiatus, quickly bringing viewers up to speed on all the news the show had missed: – Every single person is now running for President – Jeff Bezos tol us all to keep an eye out for his dick pic – The President has been very busy. Among Trump’s accomplishments of the past few months, he famously posed for a feast of 300 hamburgers, or as he put it in a tweet "over 1,000… Read

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Jussie Smollett Gets Renewed Support From ‘Empire’ Showrunner Over Attack

Empire actor Jussie Smollett and television executive Brett Mahoney. (Credit: AP/Shutterstock)

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As Chicago cops seek more information from Jussie Smollett over what really went down in the alleged assault of the Empire star nearly three weeks ago, the showrunner of the long running Fox drama has today once again spoken up in support of the increasingly embattled actor. Taking to social media Sunday for the second time for Smollett since the supposed racist and homophobic attack in the early hours of January 29 in the Windy City, Empire executive producer Brett Mahone… Read

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Writers Guild Awards 2019: ‘Eighth Grade’ & ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Take Top Prizes – Full Winners List

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There were a two big suprises on the film side of the 71st annual Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight during simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. The respective winners of the marquee Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay prizes were movies that often have been overlooked this awards season for the most part: Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? Eighth Grade, for which Burnham did wi… Read

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Writers Guild Awards Live Blog: Follow The Trophy Show Here

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The 71st annual Writers Guild Awards are being handed out tonight in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Deadline will be liveblogging the action here and updating the winners here as they are announced. Click on the link below for the full list of nominees. Along with the hardware being handed out for best screenwriting of 2018, the big topic is the WGA’s ongoing tussle with the Association of Talents Agents. We’ll keep you posted on any mention of that… Read

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Adam McKay: “I Stand In Solidarity With The WGA” In ATA Negotiations; Farrelly Brothers & Barry Jenkins Agree

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Tricky negotiations between the Writers’ Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents have many writers considering their options right now. And at the WGA Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, it emerged that many big-name writers are standing behind their union, and will even walk away from their agents if necessary. "I love the WGA," Adam McKay told Deadline at the awards show. "I voted for our leaders, I've supported the guild for years and years, so whatever… Read

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Kelly Clarkson Covers Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s ‘Shallow’

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Kelly Clarkson said she’s a huge fan of Lady Gaga and wanted to show her appreciation for the Oscar nominee by performing a cover of “Shallow” from A Star Is Born. During a tour stop Friday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the chart-topping singer and Voice coach told fans she’s always admired Gaga. "It's cool just to know that someone that talented is also really nice," Clarkson said about the singer and actress. "I've been rooting for her for a while. This song! I just, I… Read

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