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Spring is almost officially here with heroes, icons and mysteries both fictional and real booming on the small screen this weekend. Of course, only one of them will be the show you have to watch this week – as you can discover in the video review above. Chronologically, there's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier first…

The spark for Genius: Aretha was a result of a confluence of events, according to Brian Grazer, who serves as executive producer on the Nat Geo series. During the SXSW panel for Genius: Aretha, Grazer said that they had a long list people for the next installment of the series that spotlighted cultural icons like…

Disney's live-action retelling of Pinocchio, which will go out on Disney+, has added Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the voice of Jiminy Cricket, Deadline has confirmed. As Deadline first reported, Luke Evans is set to play the coachman in the Tom Hanks-as-Geppetto feature…

Apple TV+ has greenlit female-driven anthology series Roar starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever and Alison Brie. The series comes from GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who have signed an overall deal with the streamer. Roar, which has been in the works since 2018, is based on Cecelia Ahern's…

FINAL UPDATE, 10:35 AM: The HFPA, dick clark productions and NBC have revealed their final group of presenters for tonight’s 78th annual Golden Globes Awards: Ava DuVernay, Colin Farrell, Gal Gadot, Tracy Morgan, Sandra Oh, Sarah Paulson, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux. Watch a new promo below. They…

Genius: Aretha, the third installment in National Geographic's anthology series, will air all eight episodes across one week. The Disney-owned cable network will launch the drama series, which stars Cynthia Erivo as music icon Aretha Franklin, with two episodes on Sunday, March 21 at 9 pm before double-stacking the…

Bvlgari and Tribeca Studios have recruited Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo to host its Female Trailblazers Series focused on highlighting resilient and extraordinary women through short films. On Monday, the singer-actress will host virtual panels for two films, Lot 448 and Ezinma. The series, which starts at 6 p.m. ET…

With less than two months to go before Genius: Aretha finally hits the small screen, the Oscar nominee who is portraying the Queen of Soul is hitting this year's Sundance Film Festival as one of the shindigs' jurors. Cynthia Ervio will be joining the likes of SFF alum Raúl Castillo as one of the 22 jurors at this…

Like many festivals, South by Southwest (SXSW) is going online this year, which is a seamless transition considering the Austin-based festival has always included a large digital component. SXSW Online, which takes place March 16-20, has unveiled its initial wave of Featured Speakers and over 230 conference sessions…

Actress Cynthia Erivo dropped new key art on her Instagram page today for the upcoming season of National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha. Erivo, who stars in the eight-part limited series as the Queen of Soul, released the poster on her birthday to commemorate the life of the legendary singer. “Today is my birthday and I…

EXCLUSIVE: Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race is ready to ring in the “Ru-year” at 8 tonight, but ahead of the VH1 premiere, Deadline can reveal this season’s roster of guest judges and from A-list superfans and queens of seasons past. Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Byer, Loni Love, TS Madison and Jamal Sims are slated to join…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) is to star in and produce a film based on the remarkable life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a 19th century African princess “gifted” to Queen Victoria after she was orphaned and enslaved by a West African king. Erivo produces with her Edith's Daughter partner Solome…