The pandemic has limited what normally would be a flood of Hollywood figures fanning out to swing states, but the Democrat’s presidential campaign has been mobilizing industry support this cycle in different ways.
You gotta give Anne Hathaway credit. She leaves no stone unturned in diving into her dark and evil side as the Grand High Witch who dominates director Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, the vividly intense new film version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s tale. It was previously made by Nicholas Roeg in 1990 in a version…
Former top CBS marketing executives Garen van de Beek and Lori Shefa have reteamed to open RM 15, a boutique entertainment marketing agency. Named after the office suite they shared at CBS’ TV City, the agency will focus on producing creative assets to launch and grow new and returning television and streaming…
Darius McCrary has signed with CGEM Talent.
McCrary recently played James Brown in the BET series American Soul, appeared as Otis Leecan in Lee Daniels' Star on Fox, and on the UMC streaming series Monagmy as the series regular Connor, where he also serves as executive producer. McCrary is currently developing the…
The Casting Society of America will host two virtual events this weekend for actors who are veterans of the armed forces. "Business of the Business," an acting training event, will be held on Saturday, followed by an online open call on Sunday. Both are part of the CSA's Commitment to Equity in Entertainment in…
A new, updated take to hit 1983 Paramount movieFlashdance is in early development at CBS All Access, soon-to-be-rebranded as Paramount+, Deadline has confirmed.
The potential series hails from Paramount Television Studios, with Tracy McMillan set to write the script and Angela Robinson on board to direct.
The 1983…
NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to a figure skating comedy from Olympic bronze medalist figure skater Adam Rippon, Susan Kittenplan, writer Billy Finnegan(Grace and Frankie) and 20th Television.
Co-created/story by Rippon, Kittenplan and Finnegan, the Untitled Figure Skating Comedy is set in the…
UTA agents and recently elevated partners David Kirsch and Geoff Suddleson have been appointed as co-heads of the agency's unscripted television department as part of a restructure of its alternative division.
The move will see partner and agent Brent Hansen, who was previously head of Alternative TV, "remain in a…
James Randi, a magician whose many TV appearances led him to a second career as a respected paranormal investigator, has died at 92. The James Randi Foundation confirmed his death in a tweet on Tuesday, saying he died of "age-related causes."
Born Randall James Zwinge in 1928, he entered show business as a teenager…
EXCLUSIVE: "There was no question that keeping us going was not going to have a different outcome, it was just going to spend a whole lot more money without any value to show for it," Jeffrey Katzenberg told Deadline in his first interview after the decision to shut down Quibi just six months after getting it up and…
Barack Obama mocked what he said was Donald Trump’s “secret Chinese bank account,” telling a rally crowd that the circumstances would be far different if the same revelation was made about him.
“How is that possible? A secret Chinese bank account. Listen, can you imagine if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when…
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has set April 23 for the start of its new season on ESPN2, marking its return to action after a 2020 hiatus caused by the pandemic.
The PFL league is the first to present Mixed Martial Arts in a regular season through championship format. The remaining regular season events will…
