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Fans of CBS’ recently canceled comedy Mom aren’t the only ones who were hoping for a little more time with the show: Star Allison Janney told James Corden last night that she would have liked another season for a proper goodbye. "I wish we'd had at least another year for the writers to have that much time to ramp up…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Allison Janney, Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner Annie Murphy and Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner Ben Platt are circling The People We Hate at the Wedding. Emmy winner Claire Scanlon (Set It Up) is directing an adaptation of the Grant Ginder novel that is a character-driven wedding comedy that aspires…

UPDATED with additional cast reactions: Allison Janney celebrated her longtime involvement in CBS’ Mom on Thursday after the network said the day before that the sitcom will end after the current eighth season. “Getting to be part of MOM these past 8 years…showing the laughter, love and hope that can come with…

CBS' praised Mom — the network’s longest-running comedy series on the air — will end its run after the current eighth season. Mom‘s series finale has been set for May 6 in its Thursday 9 p.m. time period. This is the last season of Mom’s two-year pickup the Chuck Lorre-produced multi-camera comedy received in 2019…

OK, here is the breaking good news about Breaking News in Yuba County: With star Allison Janney as a kind of female “Mr. Cellophane” looking for her 15 minutes of fame, this superb actor is at the top of her game, creating a thoroughly three-dimensional tragicomic figure out of thin material. Now, here is the breaking…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Mom‘s season 8 premiere.  When Anna Faris surprisingly exited Mom back in September, viewers wondered how the show would explain Christy’s absence. However, with tonight’s season 8 premiere, Mom provided a clear, yet sudden answer. The first episode of season 8, “Sex…

Telling the sordid true story of a man still very much alive but at the worst time in his life was a big responsibility for Hugh Jackman, one he took on despite the enormous pressure to get the story of disgraced Long Island schools superintendent Frank Tassone right. That is exactly what Jackman did in the HBO movie B…

John Hawkes (The Sessions) and Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) have come on board for roles in the real-life-inspired feature To Leslie with Andrea Riseborough (Birdman). Mister Smith has also boarded the project for international sales ahead of the Cannes virtual market. UTA Independent Film Group is repping…

When Bad Education hit the Toronto International Film Festival in September, it was expected to be one of the hot titles for acquisition and a possible Oscar run in the fall. It certainly was a hot commodity, but the sale surprisingly went to HBO for a sizzling $20 million, and a movie starring Hugh Jackman coming off…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s original feature Troop Zero, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, will be released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on Jan. 17, 2020. Pic is the first feature title being announced for the Amazon Prime streaming 2020 film slate. Previously reported exclusively…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has obtained North American theatrical, digital, and home entertainment distribution rights to Lazy Susan, a big-hearted comedy which features an ensemble cast led by Will & Grace star Sean Hayes. Additional cast includes Carrie Aizley, Margo Martindale, Jim Rash, Kiel Kennedy, Danny Johnson…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is nearing the big deal of the Toronto Film Festival, acquiring for a sum nearing $20 million world rights to Bad Education, the Cory Finley-directed fact-based dark comedy that stars Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney as supervisors in the Roslyn, Long Island, school district who masterminded the largest…