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EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Jenrette is set as the female lead opposite Leslie Odom Jr. in ABC’s untitled multi-camera family pastors comedy starring and executive produced by Odom, from Kerry Washington, writer Saladin K. Patterson (The Last O.G., The Big Bang Theory) and ABC Studios. In addition, Fred Savage has been tapped to…

ABC has ordered two comedy pilots – Nana, a multi-cam hybrid starring and co-executive produced by Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal, from writer Lon Zimmet, Ted Melfi and Kimberly Quinn’s Goldenlight Films, Alcon Entertainment, 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Studios; and an untitled multi-camera family pastors comedy…

Leslie Odom Jr. is set to star and executive produce a family comedy that has received a put pilot commitment at ABC. The project hails from Kerry Washington, writer Saladin K. Patterson (The Last O.G., The Big Bang Theory) and ABC Studios, where Washington’s Simpson Street banner is based. Written by Patterson, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, Cynthia Erivo, and Orlando Bloom have signed on to star in Needle In A Timestack, the latest film from John Ridley.  In addition, BRON Studios has boarded the project as a producer taking over after Miramax was originally attached. Oscar-winning Ridley is directing the pic…

The Tony Awards nominations announcements will be co-hosted by Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton) and Katharine McPhee (Waitress), the organization announced today. The nominations will be announced Tuesday, May 1, at 8:30 a.m. ET and can be viewed live on CBS This Morning. The announcements also will be livestreamed at http…

American Horror Story alum John Carroll Lynch will lead the ensemble cast of CBS All Access’ original ensemble drama series $1, a mystery set in a small Rust Belt town in post-recession America, where a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple murder. Also set for…

Freida Pinto and Tony-winning Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. are set to star in Only, written and directed by Takashi Doscher. The film follows Eva (Pinto), who might be the only woman left on Earth. After a mysterious plague threatens to kill every female on the planet, the lives and relationship of a young couple…

The touring production of the Broadway blockbuster known as Hamilton sets up camp at the Hollywood Pantages for a run from August 11 through December 30. And while tickets flying off the shelves and out the computers may not yet match the Times Square premiums reaching $1,000 and beyond,  the hype is real. Lin-Manuel M…

Leslie Odom Jr., who last Sunday won the Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a musical, announced this afternoon that he will leave the cast of best musical winner Hamilton when his contract ends on July 9. That brings to four the number of leading roles in the show that will be taken over by…

Leslie Odom Jr has been upped to series regular on NBC‘s Broadway drama Smash. Last season he recurred as Sam, the new love interest for Tom Levitt (Christian Borle). Odom, who recently closed in the Broadway musical Leap Of Faith, is repped by BRS Agency and Joan Sittenfield Management. In an additional Smash casting…