UPDATED with full statement from IMDb. IMDb is getting dragged for publishing the birth names of trans actors without their permission. Known as “deadnaming”, the outing of their birth names can bring about stress and possibly lead to harassment and discrimination. Two anonymous trans actors told IndieWire that they…

Amazon’s authoritative online movie and television database IMDb is launching a a free streaming video channel called IMDb Freedive, providing access to such TV shows as Heroes and Fringe, and movies like Memento. The ad-supported channel will let users watch films and television shows on the IMDb website, using their…

EXCLUSIVE: IMDb is moving further into original content production with two new short-form comedy series – Special Skills hosted by SNL alum Jay Pharoah, and Unmade, featuring comedians including Nick Cannon, Tig Notaro, Rainn Wilson, Weird Al, Reggie Watts and others. Both are produced by Electus' Big Breakfast and…

ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, and IMDbPro have added 22 more titles to the list of movies earning the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films. The program launched June 8 with 12 films on the list from a group comprising the top 100 domestic-grossing…

ReFrame, a coalition of Hollywood pros and partner companies founded by Women In Film and Sundance Institute, is taking the wraps off its ReFrame Stamp on IMDbPro. The stamps were first tipped in March when the group introduced a handbook with key proposals to help promulgate meaningful reform and diverse hiring…

UPDATED with SAG-AFTRA statement, 3:31 PM: A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the State of California’s SAG-AFTRA-backed law making it illegal for the entertainment news site IMDbPro to publish actors' ages is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. A year ago this week, Judge Vince Chhabria granted IMDb…

We received a number of emails this weekend and comments in the box office section about the audience reaction to Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The sequel earned its third straight A from CinemaScore after The Force Awakens two years ago and last December’s Rogue One. And on ComScore/Screen Engine, Last…

Confirming Deadline’s exclusive report last summer, Amazon said today it will move its entertainment operations into Culver Studios, the fabled site where Hollywood classics like Gone With the Wind and Citizen Kane were filmed. The company said the roughly 700 people working in Santa Monica for production arm Amazon St…

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the State of California can’t move forward in enforcing a law that makes it illegal for the entertainment news site IMDbPro to publish actors' ages. At the beginning of the year, IMDb filed a federal lawsuit against then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris seeking an…

SAG-AFTRA is doubling down on its defense of a new California law that makes it illegal for the entertainment news site IMDbPro to publish actors’ ages. The union was the driving force behind the law, which attempts to address ageism in the film and TV industry. Last week, IMDb filed a federal lawsuit against…

IMDb has sued California’s Attorney General (and soon to be U.S. senator) Kamala Harris in an effort to overturn a new law that requires the company’s IMDb Pro to remove the ages of actors and others listed on the site if asked by them to do so. State Assembly Bill No. 1687 was narrowly crafted to apply only to…

In a move hailed by SAG-AFTRA as a major advance for working actors, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill today that will require IMDb Pro to remove the ages of actors and others listed on the site if asked by them to do so. The bill was pushed by SAG-AFTRA as a way to combat age discrimination, but is almost…