Terrence Woods was filming in an abandoned Idaho mine when things took an unexpected turn. As night closed in on a day of shooting, the 27-year-old suddenly ditched his radio in the dirt, ran down a steep cliff and vanished into a forest. He hasn’t been seen since.
Two members of the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee that bargained for the union's recently ratified film and TV contract said tonight that they had not been told during the talks of the severity of the problems facing the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan.
The plan’s restructuring is projected to remove some 3,500 participants…
A lawsuit brought by two songwriters who claimed they cowrote the Lizzo hit Truth Hurts has been dismissed by a federal judge.
Brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen claimed they created Truth Hurts as a derivative work based on a song called Healthy that they created with Lizzo in 2017, two years before she broke…
After sparking a fight with Donald Trump last week, Bill Maher used his New Rules this week to take on someone even more powerful: Jesus.
Riffing off of Ryan Reynolds’ recent apology for getting married at a former slave plantation, the Real Time pointed out that the hero of the New Testament wasn’t always on the…
Duane L. Tatro, a music composer for dozens of TV series and concert works for orchestral wind ensemble and chamber groups, has died. He passed on Sunday at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif at age 93.
Tatro was a respected member of the composing community. His long resume includes such series as Dynasty, The Love Boat…
EXCLUSIVE: Hard times call for hard decisions, which trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan say they had to make to save health benefits for future generations of participants.
Even before the pandemic, the Plan was facing unsustainable deficits, and the COVID-19 production shutdown accelerated the need for a complete…
BET+, the SVOD service operated by a joint venture between Tyler Perry Studios and the BET Networks, has crossed the 1 million subscriber mark, I have learned. The milestone comes a month before the streamer’s one-year anniversary. Reps for BET could not be reached for comment.
Launched on Sept. 19, BET+ features…
UPDATE: It pays to be a part of television history. The Brentwood home that served as the exterior establishing shot in the first season of The Golden Girls has sold for $4,000,260. That’s one million dollars over the asking price. The sale closed today. The buyer was not immediately identified.
EARLIER: You can spend…
In the Quibi original drama #FreeRayshawn, from director Seith Mann and executive producer Antoine Fuqua, a young Black man is pursued aggressively by law enforcement officials for a crime he did not commit. It’s a sadly all-too-familiar story that addresses an issue many African Americans still face.
“It seemed like…
Make that two seasons completed successfully at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta amid the coronavirus pandemic.
I hear filming is wrapping this afternoon on Season 2 of Perry’s BET series,The Oval, two days ahead of schedule. Shooting on the White House soap started on Aug. 4. The show stayed in continuous…
EXCLUSIVE:The Talk executive producer and showrunner John Redmann, one of the CBS’ daytime talker’s original auspices, is leaving after 10 seasons. There is no immediate replacement. The Talk is currently on summer hiatus and plans to return to production for Season 11 in September.
"2020 has been a year of…
Sobini Films, the production company behind soon-to-released Shields Green biopicEmperor, said it will donate $1 for every digital transaction during the first month of film’s release to the NAACP. Set for a digital release on August 18, via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, the film is based on the inspiring…
