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EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey and Baby Driver star Lily James is to front an Emily Mortimer-penned and directed adaptation of Nancy Mitford's classic novel The Pursuit of Love for BBC One. The British public broadcaster has ordered a three-part series based on the 1945 book from BBC Studios-backed Moonage Pictures and Open…

Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black, Hustle & Flow), Jonathan Lipnicki (The Resident, Jerry Maguire), Dreama Walker (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Gran Torino), Lynn Chen (Saving Face, Go Back To China), and comedian Jordan Carlos (Broad City, Guy Code, Girl Code) are set to star in Pooling To Paradise, an indie…

Comedian/writer Adam Conover is the new host of Nickelodeon's forthcoming family game show, The Crystal Maze, an all-new version of the UK series. The show premieres Friday, Jan. 24, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The Crystal Maze will feature Conover as the Maze Master, charged with guiding one family team through physical…

Tony Goldwyn, last seen on the New York stage co-starring with Bryan Cranston in Network, will make a four-month return to Broadway when he joins the cast of Matthew Lopez’ The Inheritance. Starting Sunday Jan. 5, Goldwyn will take over the role of Henry Wilcox from John Benjamin Hickey, who’s taking a leave of…

No Lori Loughlin? No problem for the Hallmark Channel, which has teased the seventh season of When Calls the Heart with a special Christmas night movie, sans Loughlin for the first time. Loughlin is currently embroiled in a college bribery and tax evasion investigation involving the alleged bogus admission of her…

UPDATE: This just in: “Peloton Girl” has been identifed as Monica Ruiz, and has issued a statement on her hostage situation through her agency, LA Talent: "I was happy to accept a job opportunity earlier this year from Peloton and the team was lovely to work with. Although I'm an actress, I am not quite comfortable…

The only white character in the live action remake of Aladdin is up for a spin-off movie, even though the star of the film apparently can’t get a job. That has the internet hopping mad at the injustice of it all. Just days after Mena Massoud, the star of the billion-dollar grossing live-action Aladdin, revealed that…

Peter Sarsgaard has been added to the cast of The Batman, Warner Bros and DC’s latest take on the superhero franchise. Director Matt Reeves tweeted out the news Friday, while not revealing any character information. But he does join a pic toplined by Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Andy Serkis as…

Sung Kang (The Fast and the Furious franchise) is set for a recurring role in Lisey's Story, Apple's eight-hour limited series written and executive produced by Stephen King. Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen and Dane Dehaan star in the series, which hails from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros…

Game of Thrones and Iron Fist alum Finn Jones and Pico Alexander (Home Again, Catch-22) are set to star opposite Hailee Steinfeld in the second season of Apple’s half-hour comedy series Dickinson, from wiip, Anonymous Content and Sugar23, Deadline has learned. Season 2 is currently in production in New York. Created…

Paul Schulze (The Punisher) has booked a recurring role opposite Edie Falco on CBS’ drama Tommy, from the Bull team of co-creator Paul Attanasio and producer Amblin TV. Written by Attanasio and directed by Kate Dennis, Tommy stars Falco as Abigail "Tommy" Thomas, a former high-ranking NYPD officer who becomes the…

EXCLUSIVE: There will be a familiar face in the anticipated second season of Netflix sci-fi series Altered Carbon. Will Yun Lee, who starred in season 1 as the original Takeshi Kovacs, is returning for the second season in a recurring role. Anthony Mackie is currently playing Takeshi Kovacs. Lee’s upcoming role is…