On June 7, the Association of Talent Agents presented its new franchise agreement proposals to the Writers Guild of America, their first meeting since talks broke off April 12. The week came to an end without a response from the WGA, as hopes for a quick return to bargaining dim.
Jenni Rivera, the famed Mexican-American singer-songwriter, TV star, and activist who died tragically in a plane accident in 2012, will be immortalized in film form. Mucho Mas Media and De Line Pictures have acquired the life rights of Rivera from Jenni Rivera Enterprises with plans to develop a film that will focus…
The life and career of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to be explored in a new documentary for UK’s Channel 4.
The British broadcaster has ordered hour-long doc 20 Years of The Naked Chef: Jamie Bares All, which will look at how things have changed for the chef since his rise. This comes weeks after it was…
Frank Bennack, the executive vice chairman and former CEO of Hearst Corp., is channeling his decades of experience into a memoir to be published this fall by Simon & Schuster.
The CBS-owned publishing house has acquired world rights and audio rights to Leave Something on the Table: And Other Surprising Lessons for Succ…
Principal photography is under way in UK on comedy feature Blithe Spirit, starring Dan Stevens (Beauty And The Beast), Isla Fisher (The Beach Bum), Julian Rhind-Tut (Rush), Emilia Fox (Silent Witness), Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), James Fleet (Outlander) and Judi Dench (Skyfall). As we revealed yesterday, Leslie Mann…
The Hero Nation Indexis a Monday round-up of news from the genre sector (sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, horror, and animation).
Since the very first Star Trek mission aired on NBC in September 1966 the far-future brand has been defined as much by its “family” dynamic and crew ensembles as by its sci-fi concepts and…
Bernie McGee, star of the TLC reality series Seeking Sister Wife, has died from heat stroke and a heart attack. He was age 41.
"Our hearts go out to the McGee family following the loss of husband and father Bernie McGee," TLC wrote in an online tribute Monday. "Our thoughts are with them during this difficult…
What’s the trick to exploding and rebuilding Star Trek so that new fans embrace it and Trekkies don’t snub it?
“Render onto Caesar what is Caesar’s, everybody from the older generation should be incorporated into the new generation, there should always be respect for both and yet it always has to forge new ground,”…
Showtime debuted its new series City On a Hill ,starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, Sunday night. Unlike other recent Showtime additions, like The Chi, SMILF, Kidding and Black Monday, which all launched at 10 PM behind the network’s flagship series, Shameless, City On a Hill was a self-starter, opening the night at…
Stephen Colbert defended his old friend and ex-boss Jon Stewart tonight on CBS’ The Late Show and called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his response to Stewart’s calling him out.
The former Daily Show host went viral with his emotional testimony before a depleted House Judiciary Committee, pleading for…
Avengers: Endgame was the big winner tonight at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, with the film picking up golden popcorn statuettes for best movie, best hero, and best villain.
On the small screen, Game of Thrones was named best show. Meanwhile in the acting categories, Elisabeth Moss won best performance in a show for The H…
Channeling his Shazam! character in a red suit, host Zachary Levi used his opening monologue at the MTV Movie & TV Awards to poke fun at celebrities but also empower young viewers..
Levi started off with an awards show monologue trope of jokes about nominees. “Sandra Bullock is nominated for Bird Box, quite literally…
President Donald Trump took on the “fake news” again today. While that in itself hardly qualifies for a headline, this part of his tweet du jour (or du hour) does: It targets Fox News.
“Something weird going on at Fox,” the leader of the free world appeared to notice today.
He was talking about a new poll from Fox…
