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EXCLUSIVE: Gretchen Carlson is set to make her return to television a Meredith announced Thursday that the former Fox News personality will appear as a special contributor for its upcoming pop culture program PEOPLE (the TV show). “I'm thrilled to be joining the iconic PEOPLE newsroom to bring important stories of…

SXSW has partnered with The Texas Tribune Festival for “Conversations About America’s Future” at this year’s SXSW conference and festival. The two-day series will take place March 14-15  at the Fairmont Austin as part of the SXSW Conference's Government & Politics Track. SXSW kicks off on March 13 and continues…

It is no secret that the Hollywood Foreign Press was put under fire for shutting out women in the Best Director category at this year’s Golden Globes. In fact, the amount of women, people of color and underrepresented voices were fairly thin across all categories. Deadline talked to female filmmakers, producers and…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is returning to the interviewer’s chair as part of a deal with Blumhouse Television, the studio behind Showtime’s The Loudest Voice. Carlson has partnered with the indie studio to develop an interview series which Blumhouse will produce. The Golden Globe-nominated The…

Former Fox newscaster Gretchen Carlson today renewed her call for Fox to lift its non-disclosure agreements for employees. Carlson voiced her complaints in an editorial in The New York Times. It arrives as the film Bombshell hits theaters tomorrow, dramatizing the efforts of women (including Carlson) to expose…

Gretchen Carlson, Julie Roginsky and Diana Falzone, each of whom sued Fox News Channel and/or Roger Ailes with accusations of sexual harassment, retaliation or discrimination, have launched a nationwide effort to end the mandatory use of non-disclosure agreements. Lift Our Voices will seek to end NDAs, confidentiality…

When Charlize Theron — the driving force as producer and star of Bombshell — sought a director to capture the plight that ambitious women faced in a sexist Fox News culture fostered by creator Roger Ailes, the easy choice would have been a woman. Instead, she chose Jay Roach, helmer of the Austin Powers and Meet the Pa…

Former Fox News staffers are clamoring for the same release from non-disclosure agreements that NBCUniversal has granted its staffers regarding sexual harassment settlements. Coming in the wake of Rachel Maddow’s announcement Friday on her MSNBC show that parent corp. NBCUniversal would allow former staffers to get…

An all-star collection of news anchors is now awaiting a response from NBCUniversal parent Comcast to its demand for an outside investigation into NBC News. Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, Greta Van Susteren, Linda Vester, Addie Zinone and Eleanor McManus, the founder of MeToo journalist organization Press Forward…

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime unveiled premiere dates for its ripped from the headlines slate today, that includes documentaries from journalist Gretchen Carlson on the NXIVM cult and the college admissions scandal. Starting on Saturday, September 21 at 8pm ET/PT, the cable net will premiere a new movie each week beginning with…

A former Miss America now is a former head of the Miss America Organization. Gretchen Carlson is stepping down as board chairman for the group that puts on the annual competition. She had been a driving force for the elimination of the pageant’s once-signature swimsuit competition. Last year’s ABC-aired event was the…

EXCLUSIVE: Gretchen Carlson has inked with ICM Partners for representation across multiple platforms; including television broadcasting, unscripted, marketing, branding and publishing. The former seven-year co-host of Fox News Channel’s morning show Fox and Friends filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in July 2016…