Erik has been a full-time journalist in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the past 23 covering Hollywood. Before joining Deadline in 2013, he spent nearly 17 years at The Hollywood Reporter, rising to managing editor. He also wrote about music for THR; did hundreds of concert and TV reviews; covered such events as the Cannes Film Festival, NATPE and MIFED; and worked closely with the web team. Before that he was a cities editor at The Orange County Register after serving as managing editor of the Los Angeles Daily Commerce.
The elusive In and Out Bandit wants out of the game, but the feds double-double-cross him. OK, it’s only a single double, but Liam Neeson is a bank robber in love, and he’s willing to cut a deal.
Here is the first trailer for Honest Thief, in which the Taken and Cold Pursuit star plays a meticulous thief who has…
UPDATED with teaser and premiere date, 10:37 AM:HBO has set an August 23 premiere date and released the first teaser for The Vow, its documentary series about the NXIVM scandal. Watch the clip above and read details of the series below.
PREVIOUSLY, April 18, 2019: It sounded like a screenplay the moment the feds unsea…
“Most people wanna be kajillionaires,” Dad says. “That’s the dream. That’s how they get you hooked — hooked on sugar, hooked on caffeine. Ha, ha, ha, cry, cry, cry. Me? I prefer to just skim.” His daughter looks up and says, “So do I.”
Welcome to the first trailer for Kajillionaire, Miranda July’s Sundance comedy…
To paraphrase the old TV series: Seven is enough. Thirty-year superstar Garth Brooks told reporters today that he will not run for re-election as Entertainer of the Year at this year’s Country Music Association Awards.
Brooks, who picked up CMA Awards’ top prize in 2019, said he doesn’t want to be nominated for it…
Are you ready to test the science of magic in the Harry Potter films? YouTube Originals has ordered a second season of Could You Survive the Movies? — its docuseries that picked up a Daytime Emmy over the weekend.
Hosted by YouTuber Jake Roper, the series from Ample Entertainment explores the magic and science behind…
What do members of the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and Green Day have in common with the likes of Lorde, Sia and Regina Spektor? Outside of hordes of fans and albums sold, they and dozens of others have signed an open letter demanding that their songs get clearance before they can be played at…
The longtime owner of Chateau Marmont wants to turn the L.A. landmark into a private club as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the status quo.
In an interview published Tuesday in Wall Street Journal, André Balazs said he wants out of the traditional hotel biz and is looking to convert the nearly…
Netflix uploaded a record 160 nominations for the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Tuesday, swamping trophy rival HBO’s 107 noms. But the premium cabler has the program that scored the most mentions by network or platform with 26 for its limited series Watchmen.
See the charts below.
Amazon’s Emmy fave The Marvelou…
Climate change has been shoved out of the news spotlight by a few other ongoing crises in recent months, but it remains a key issue. Now a new digital series is set to use humor to help speed the topic’s spread.
The Office alum Rainn Wilson is set to host An Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change, which premieres today…
About that “drive-in concert” in the Hamptons featuring the Chainsmokers that devolved into a 2019-like show with hundreds of people side by side in the pit: Andrew Cuomo on Line 1.
New York’s governor has launched an investigation of the EDM duo’s Saturday show, which was billed as being only for people in their cars…
You might have detected a whiff of discord in the American Experiment of late. As citizens, groups, politicians and most everyone digests, deals with and/or takes a side on the racial issues roiling the country, one prominent politician went on record last week to label slavery a “necessary evil.”
Actually, GOP Sen. To…
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