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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…

Jay Roach’s film about the late Fox News founder Roger Ailes still doesn’t have a title, but now it has a release date. Lionsgate said tonight that the flick starring Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, and Nicole Kidman — with John Lithgow playing Ailes — will open wide on December 20. Oscar-winning The Big Short…

Nicole Kidman is barefoot in a floor-length gown, ice-blue like her eyes. When she curls into a corner of the sofa, she looks relaxed and regal, a woman whose earned the right to stretch after a frantically busy fall. At this moment, her blockbuster Aquaman is topping the box office. You might not expect to see Kidman…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahna O’Reilly has boarded Jay Roach’s untitled Roger Ailes feature and will portray former Fox News commentator and contributor Julie Roginsky. Roginsky alleged in a lawsuit that she was denied a position co-hosting the mid-afternoon Fox News Channel show The Five after refusing to have a sexual…

EXCLUSIVE: The casting continues on Jay Roach's untitled Roger Ailes movie with Catastrophe co-creator Rob Delaney the latest big name to join the cast. Delaney, who had a breakout role in Deadpool 2 alongside Ryan Reynolds, is set to star in the film, which includes A-list names such as Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie…

Bree Condon (The Haves and the Have Nots) will play Kimberly Guilfoyle, news personality and former co-host of FNC’s The Five, in Jay Roach's untitled Fox News film about the women who rose up against the late Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes. Guilfoyle, who began her career at Fox News in 2006, left the network earlier…

EXCLUSIVE: Hotel Mumbai actress Nazanin Boniadi has boarded Jay Roach’s untitled Roger Ailes movie in the role of former Fox News reporter Rudi Bakhtiar. The film is currently in production. After FNC host Gretchen Carlson came forward with sexual allegations against late Fox News chief Ailes in July 2016, Bakhtiar…

EXCLUSIVE: Brooke Smith (Ray Donovan) and Michael Buie (Marvel’s Inhumans) have landed supporting roles in Jay Roach-directed untitled Fox News film about the women who rose up against network boss Roger Ailes and his toxic male culture. They join stacked cast that includes John Lithgow as Ailes, Nicole Kidman…

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Rohm and Spencer Garrett will both play respective champions of Roger Ailes, Fox News hosts Martha MacCallum and Sean Hannity, in Jay Roach’s upcoming Bron Studios movie about the network boss and the females who crusaded against his toxic corporate culture. MacCallum, like Jeanine Pirro (who is…

EXCLUSIVE: After working with Jay Roach on Meet the Fockers, Alanna Ubach is set to play Fox News spitfire host Jeanine Pirro in the filmmaker’s upcoming untitled feature about the women who battle against network boss Roger Ailes and his hostile corporate culture. Pirro was one of the Fox News hosts who defended…

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Roach’s untitled Roger Ailes movie has tapped two Netflix stars: Brigette Lundy-Paine from Atypical and Liv Hewson from Santa Clarita Diet. Lundy-Paine will play the role of Julia Clarke in the Charles Randolph-scripted feature from Bron Studios that stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot…

EXCLUSIVE: I understand Lionsgate is selling Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes-Fox News harassment movie here at the AFM. As we’ve reported in recent weeks, Lionsgate has been moving towards a deal for the movie, which was previously set up with Annapurna. The expectation is that Lionsgate will take worldwide rights and handle…