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At today's Showtime TCA panels, Ilene Chaiken, co-creator of the 2004-2009 television series The L Word and one of the executive producers of that show's new Showtime incarnation The L Word: Generation Q, refused to go back into the past when Deadline asked her to comment on Empire, where she formerly served as…

New York City was a beacon of love as it played host to WorldPride, one of the biggest celebrations of Pride month which celebrates members of the LGTBQIA+ community. June is marked as Pride month considering it was the month when there was an uprising between members of the gay community and the police at the…

Jennifer Beals is set for a key recurring role opposite Crystal Reed and Maria Sten on Swamp Thing, the upcoming streaming drama series based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. The project, which hails from James Wan's Atomic Monster in association with Warner Bros. Television, is set to…

Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher have joined the cast of After, the movie based on Anna Todd’s bestselling novels that started out as a blowout fan-fiction success on Wattpad. They join Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin who are toplining the pic, which Jenny Gage is directing from Susan McMartin’s script. Av…

One of Showtime’s signature series is mounting a comeback. The premium cable network is developing a sequel to its influential 2004 drama series The L Word, which revolved around a group of lesbians in West Hollywood and their friends, family and lovers. Three of the original series’ lead cast members, Jennifer Beals…

The Season 2 cast of NBC’s drama series Taken is going to have a very different look. Only series regulars Clive Standen (Bryan Mills), and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart) will return for the second season. The shakeup is tied to the show’s change in creative direction under new showrunner Greg Plageman; he succeeds…

“We’re watching the planting of the seed and watching the plant grow.” That’s Taken co-star Jennifer Beals’ take on the TV series origin story of Bryan Mills, the CIA agent with a particular set of skills made famous by Liam Neeson on the big screen but played in the upcoming Europa/NBC show by Clive Standen. “It's…

Jennifer Beals has booked a recurring role on Amazon’s The Last Tycoon, opposite stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins and Rosemarie DeWitt. Written and directed by Billy Ray based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, from Sony TV’s TriStar Television, was inspired by the life of…

Jennifer Beals, star of one of the most iconic dance movies ever, Flashdance, has teamed with Kenny Ortega, choreographer and director-producer of the High School Musical franchise, and James Larosa, creator of VH1’s cheerleading drama series Hit the Floor, for The Edge, a dance drama that has been set up at <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/fox/" id="auto-tag_fox"…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals is set as the female lead opposite Clive Standen in Taken, NBC's straight-to-series adaptation of the hit movie franchise. Written and executive produced by Alex Cary, who serves as showrunner, the Taken TV series is a modern-day prequel to the film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills…

Proof alum Jennifer Beals has booked a major recurring role on the third season of NBC’s medical drama The Night Shift. Beals will play Doctor Syd Jennings, a Major in the Army. She has worked with the Culture Support Teams (CST) in conjunction with Ranger and Special Forces units in addition to her medical duties…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals has landed co-starring role opposite Zoey Deutch in director Ry Russo-Young's Before I Fall, the adaptation of Lauren Oliver’s YA novel that’s being put together by Awesomeness Films. Shooting is set to start this month and Good Universe is handling international sales at this week’s American…