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.
VH1 stalwart RuPaul’s Drag Race and Bravo veteran Top Chef tied for Best Competition Series and led the field with three wins apiece Sunday night at the fourth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards.
Bravo topped all networks with five trophies, including one for Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi as Best Show Host for Hulu’s Tast…
Summer is here, and the TV landscape is heating up. For those who’ve been waiting for something new on your screens, here is Deadline’s annual list of the season’s premiere dates for new and returning series. It covers more than 250 broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting between June 15 and mid-September…
On the heels of the newly announcedGhostbusterstoon series in the works at Netfilx comes word of an animated feature based on the 38-year-old IP.
Sony Pictures Animation is teaming with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan to develop the untitled movie from Brenda Hsueh’s script. Who they gonna call to direct it? Chris…
Among the stranger things to come from last month’s Netflix premiere of Stranger Things 4 has been the renewed interest Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill,” which is featured in the new season. Today the revitalized track returned to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 30 some 37 years ago –It…
“Bob wasn’t something that was taken away from us — he was something that was given to us.”
It’s been five months since the comedy world lost Bob Saget, and some of his closest friends and family are celebrating his life and legacy in a new Netflix special. Dirty Daddy: A Tribute to Bob Saget will launch Friday, June…
Ahead of this month’s Stanley Cup Final, the National Hockey League said today that SNL stalwart Kenan Thompson will host the in-person 2022 NHL Awards. The annual ceremony celebrates the league’s best regular-season performances.
ESPN will air the show live June 21 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Whether the telecast will be…
EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has hired veteran finance exec Chris Malone as EVP, Head of Corporate Development. Based at AMG’s Los Angeles headquarters, he will work with the company’s senior management in M&A efforts and other corporate strategic initiatives involving capital markets, private equity and…
Jim Seals, the singer-songwriter-guitarist who scored Top 10 pop hits with “Diamond Girl,” “Summer Breeze” and “Get Closer” as one half of the soft-rock duo Seals & Crofts, died Monday. He was 80.
His cousin, Brady Seals of the country band Little Texas, confirmed the news on social media but offered no details.
Hollyw…
A documentary feature is in the works based on the 2020 Sports Illustrated story about alleged sexual abuse scandal at the Ohio State University that spanned three decades.
Production has begun on the untitled film produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Pictures and David C. Glasser of 101 Studios…
UPDATED with full trailer, 9:57 AM: 20th Century Studios released the first full trailer and the new poster for Predatorspinoff Preythis morning. The pic launches August 5 on Hulu. Have a look at the video above and the key art and first teaser below, along with details of the movie.
PREVIOUSLY, MAY 16: 20th Century…
The hyperlocal Spectrum News 1 leads the way with 23 nominations for the 74th annual Los Angeles Area Emmys, which the Television Academy announced today. KCET is next with 15, followed by ABC7 (14) and KTTV (11).
The hardware will be handed out during a ceremony on Saturday, July 23, at the Academy's campus in L.A.’s…
Polling places have been open for weeks in California, and the massive turnout for the 2020 presidential election appears to be squarely in the rearview. Early numbers show that voting in today’s primaries could hit historic lows in the state and local races, which include a bitter tussle for Los Angeles mayor.
That…