Greg joined the Deadline staff in 2017 from Bloomberg News, where he was the TV and Film critic. He previously was a staff editor and/or reporter at Variety, Daily Variety and TV Guide Magazine. His features and criticism on arts and entertainment have appeared in the New York Times, Vulture, Slate, Newsweek, Yahoo News and Guitar World Magazine.
Illinois meteorologist Joe Crain might have lost the battle – and his job – over his stand-taking against alarmist “Code Red” weather warnings, but his former employer –Â Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Springfield channel WICS – has replaced the silly doomsday wording with the less sensationalist “Weather Warn.”
Whether…
President Donald Trump used his favorite media platform – Fox & Friends – to reiterate his support for accused Hatch Act violator Kellyanne Conway.
“No, I'm not going to fire her,” Trump told hosts Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and Ainsley Earhardt. “I think she's a terrific person, a tremendous spokesperson. She's been…
Beatles tribute band Rain has canceled its week-long Broadway residence, producers announced today.
“The tour of Rain was scheduled to conclude its Summer engagement in Sioux Falls and is no longer able to extend into New York City dates from July 16 -21 as part of the In Residence on Broadway series,” per the…
Westworld actor Ed Harris will succeed the departing Jeff Daniels in Broadway’s record-breaking To Kill A Mockingbird in November.
Though an announcement from producers has not been made, The New York Times reported the news based on information contained in an ad set to run Sunday in the newspaper.
Daniels is set to…
For the second time in recent months, real-world controversy has visited the make-believe world of Broadway musicals.
Nicholas Sparks, whose 1996 novel The Notebook is being turned into a Broadway musical by, among others, playwright and This Is Us producer Bekah Brunstetter, was slammed in a Daily Beast article today…
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is, apparently, in no mood to discuss her alleged violations of the Hatch Act. MSNBC White House reporter Eamon Javers added this terrific little insider’s tidbit to the latest Conway controversy.
“I was just standing in an office in the WH press office when Kellyanne Conway came…
Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, the real-life couple and American Idol veterans, will star in the national touring production of First Date, the 2013 Broadway musical comedy.
The tour and cast were announced today by producer Fifth Estate Entertainment. The musical, newly updated and with book by Austin Winsberg, and…
UPDATE, with “Whales” trending In a string of tweets this morning, President Donald Trump attempted to clarify his explosive comments to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he would not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered him dirt on his fellow Americans in a political race.
During the Stephanopoulos…
Illusionist and two-time Olivier Award winner Derren Brown is heading to Broadway. Producers J.J. Abrams, Thomas Kail, and Jeffrey Seller announced today that the 2017 sold-out Off Broadway production Derren Brown: Secret will begin previews at Broadway’s Cort Theatre in September.
The show marks the Broadway debut…
Pointing to your head and saying “Nobody can quite figure it out” is a set-up that only the sturdiest of sitcom writers could resist, and President Donald Trump made it all the more tempting for wisecracking journalists by framing the comment around irresistible “deadline” bait.
Trump’s retweet-friendly comment came…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and musical guest Incubus will appear on CBS’ The Late Show when it goes live for the first of two consecutive nights – starting Wednesday, June 26 – following the first night of the Democratic presidential primary debates.
For Night #2 – Thursday, June 27 – Colbert will welcome former…
Dave Chappelle will make his Broadway debut this summer as…Dave Chappelle. The comedian and actor will stage a five-show residency at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre July 9-13.
Producers Live Nation, The Araca Group and EBG announced the limited run today. See the full schedule below.
Chappelle is the latest Broadway…
