With less than two weeks to go before November 3, the one phrase that might best define how the industry’s most influential Democrats are viewing the election is “cautious optimism” about their ticket. “If it were a big movie, I’d say the tracking looks good and pre-sales are encouraging, but you never know what happens on opening day,” Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman Tom Rothman says.
Damian Kavanagh, the managing director of Peaky Blinders and Netflix’s Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father producer Tiger Aspect, is stepping down after nearly two years.
Kavanagh joined Tiger Aspect in 2019 after a spell running BBC Three, where he commissioned shows including Fleabag. His departure follows Tiger…
Netflix is aiming to grow its production of anime content by signing four deals with creators in Japan and Korea.
The producers are Japan’s NAZ, Science SARU, MAPPA, and Korea's Studio Mir, and take the streamer's total content deals in the two territories to nine. Each deal is a non-exclusive production line…
Minutes after the second and final presidential debate wrapped up, Fox News’ Chris Wallace told viewers, “First of all, I’m jealous.”
That jealously was of how different this debate was from the first, which Wallace moderated. Instead of interruptions, the candidates, and Trump in particular, were mindful of a mute…
In the last debate of likely the last campaign of their respective presidential ambitions, Joe Biden and Donald Trump offered few surprises tonight, which may have been the biggest surprise of all.
With just 12-days to go before the election, this meet-up in Nashville was a far cry from the train wreck of the first…
Jussie Smollett has set the cast for his upcoming feature directorial debut, B-Boys Blues, which is currently filming in New York. Grammy-nominated recording artist Ledisi (Selma), Timothy Richardson (David Makes Man), Thomas Mackie, and Brandee Evans (P-Valley) have been tapped to star in the film, which is based on…
It’s the last debate before the presidential election, and the partisans are lined up in their pews to preach to the choirs of true believers.
We’ll update as more celebrity reactions roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
A picture from my mom and dad – the only way they can watch the debates <a…
About 45 minutes before the final presidential debate began, fictional Donald Trump supporter Borat Sagdiyev tweeted a video “defending” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over what he calls a “an innocent sexy-time encounter” in Borat: Subsequent Movieflim.
Borat then goes on to explain that the encounter — part of which was…
President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden opened their debate with a very different tone than their last encounter: It was actually pretty civil.
As moderator Kristen Welker spent the first 20 minutes asking questions about the handling of the coronavirus, Trump steered clear of some of the theatrics of the…
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Townsend will be leaving her role as Starz’s EVP Communications after two and a half years at the Lionsgate-owned network. She is exiting next month after assisting with the transition to pursue other opportunities.
During her tenure, Townsend shaped Starz’s communications strategy as it evolved from…
Kids, cover your ears, Macy’s has some bad news: Santa Claus won’t be visiting any of the retailer’s stores in 2020, ending a 159-year holiday-season tradition.
In a move stolen from the plot of every Santa Claus movie ever made, wherein Santa faces obstacles on Christmas plans, the jolly red and white bearer of gifts…
The final debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle is tonight in Nashville, with the second nationally televised meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden set to begin at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT at Belmont University.
NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will moderate…
Los Angeles’ American Federation of Musicians Local 47 has endorsed Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president. The local's AFM parent union endorsed the Democratic candidates in August. Other entertainment industry unions and PACs that have endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket include IATSE, Actors'…
