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Erik Pedersen
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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.
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NFL 2022 Schedule: Primetime TV Games, Thanksgiving Menu, Christmas Tripleheader & More
With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, the NFL is grabbing some headlines today as it reveals the 2022 schedule. Have a look at the primetime and holiday games and some key matchups below (all times Pacific for brevity).
The league teased the Week 1 schedule earlier today, with the defending Super Bowl champion…
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Landmark Pico To Close At Month’s End In Huge Blow To Los Angeles Arthouse Scene
With the Hollywood Arclight already closed, now comes another blow to Los Angeles’ specialty cinema scene: The 12-screen Landmark Pico is closing at month’s end after 15 years, the chain said today.
Landmark Theatres’ flagship venue, which has been a destination for countless Academy screenings since 2007 in addition…
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond
We're so glad we had this time together…
As the networks prepare to make cancellation and renewal decisions ahead of Upfronts week, here is a look at some of the TV series that ended this year, are about to wrap or are going dark in 2023. Click through the photo gallery above.
Among the series wrapping their runs soon…
‘CODA’ Oscar Winner Siân Heder Set For AFI Honor
Siân Heder, who directed and won an Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Best Picture winner CODA, will receive the American Film Institute’s 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, AFI said today. She will receive the honor June 9 during the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Julie Andrews, which will air June 16…
Jack Kehler Dies: ‘Big Lebowski’ Landlord, Character Actor In Dozens Of Films & TV Shows Was 75
Jack Kehler, a character actor who had supporting roles in dozens of TV shows and films over four decades including the Dude’s landlord in The Big Lebowski, has died. He was 75.
Kehler’s son, Eddie Kehler told Deadline, that his father died Saturday of complications of leukemia at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los…
Rising Star Attorney Ashley Nissenberg Dies At 41: Partner At Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner Endlich & Gellman
A sad day in Hollywood today. Ashley Nissenberg, a fast-rising attorney, died Saturday at age 41, surrounded by her family. A partner at the powerhouse Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner Endlich and Gellman, she had been diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer…
Karine Jean-Pierre Named New White House Press Secretary, Replacing Jen Psaki
Karine Jean-Pierre, a former political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, will step to the podium as White House Press Secretary when Jen Psaki exits next week. She had been the principal deputy press secretary and deputy assistant to President Joe Biden.
"Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity…
Daytime Emmy Nominations: ‘Beyond Salem’ Scores First Nom For Drama Series – Full List
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with its list of nominations for the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The hardware will be handed out Sunday, June 24, with CBS airing the ceremony live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and Paramount+ streaming it.
The Days of Our Lives spinoff Beyond Salem earned its…
NBC News Says Nearly A Dozen Articles By One Writer Had “Plagiarized” Passages
NBC News revealed today that 11 articles written by one of its reporters during a recent five-month period “did not meet our standards for original material,” adding that the stories “contained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution.”
It also said “the passages that were plagiarized…
Bento Box Animation Editorial Staffers Unionize With Editors Guild
Motion picture editorial employees of Fox-owned Bento Box Entertainment have voted overwhelmingly to unionize under the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700.
The company has agreed to recognize the editors union after an arbitrator verified that a majority of the employees had signed union-authorization…
‘The Batman’s Matt Reeves To Deliver USC School Of Cinematic Arts Commencement Address
When Matt Reeves graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Tim Burton was about to film Batman’s big return to the big screen. Now The Batman writer-director and Class of 1988 alum will give the 2022 commencement address on May 13 at the campus-adjacent Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
SCA also said today…
Television Academy Honors: ‘Insecure’, ‘Dopesick’, ‘Reservation Dogs’ & More
The 15th annual Television Academy Honors list is out, recognizing seven exceptional TV programs and their producers who used powerful and innovative storytelling to advance social change.
The programs representing some of the most significant and impactful television of 2021 are Black and Missing, Dopesick, Insecure…
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