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Bruce Beresford-Redman, a former producer on reality series Survivor, has been released from a Mexican prison after spending years behind bars in connection with the death of his wife. The TV producer was convicted in the killing of his wife Mónica Burgos during a family vacation with their two children in 2010. Her…

VidCon, the conference for digital video creators that was acquired by Viacom in 2018, is expanding to Mexico with a four-day edition in April 2020. Mexico City will be the first city in Latin America to host VidCon, the world's largest celebration of online video. The inaugural VidCon Mexico will be held at the…

Stephen Colbert thinks he’s finally figured what happened with President Trump’s tariff showdown with Mexico over illegal immigration. The entire crisis was “fake.” Last week Trump threatened to impose a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican goods unless our Southern neighbor addressed the crisis at the border by today. The…

President Donald Trump pulled his Twitter trigger aggressively Wednesday morning, hitting a wide swath of targets. TV news outlets had a busy morning, keeping up with Trump as he: -Stomped on his just-announced official state visit to the UK, endorsing an OANN report “United Kingdom Intelligence [helped] Obama…

The Masked Singer is heading south after Mexican broadcaster Televisa set a local version. The singing competition is set to be adapted for the Spanish speaking market with Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine Boomdog licensing the format from South Korea's MBC. It is the latest international format produced by the two…

Mexican regulators have given the final sign-off to Disney’s $73.1 billion merger with the assets of 21st Century Fox, clearing the way for the companies to complete the deal by March 20. The country’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) said Tuesday that during its regular session the day before it unanimously…

The Oscar nominated actor Demian Bichir has written graceful guest columns for Deadline on the #Oscarssowhite controversy and the cruel forced separation of refugee children by the Trump Administration. Bichir became a top star in Mexico and established himself in Hollywood with a milestone Oscar-nominated performance…

TV news clips of Donald Trump saying Mexico would/could pay for his Wall by cutting a muilti-billion-dollar check to the U.S. played repeatedly as POTUS performed Thursday’s photo-op on the southern border appear to have gotten under his skin. “I often said during rallies, with little variation, that ‘Mexico will pay…

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast incoming Utah Sen. Mitt Romney's scathing op-ed, in Monday’s Washington Post, questioning Trump’s character. “Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake? I hope not,” Trump snarked, in a reference to departed Sen. Jeff Flake who was a…

President Donald Trump struck a petulant pose after a 20-minute Oval Office news conference touting a new trade agreement with Mexico, crossing his arms and refusing to acknowledge questions about the late Sen. John McCain. The Oval Office event was televised but featured Mexican president Enrique Nieto patched in by…

Grabbing a widely unexpected World Cup victory over Colombia from assumed certain defeat with a stirring penalty shootout goal from Eric Dier, England's elevation to the quarter-finals of the 2018 IFA tournament yesterday is bringing almost as much celebration to Fox as it did to the Harry Kane led team and Albion…

The 2018 World Cup has seen a persistent toppling of giants, the latest yesterday's tumbling of 2010 champions Spain by host Russia and an ever-changing battle for the highest-rating game of the tournament. Out of its first World Cup this early since 1954, Germany was handed a ticket home June 27 after South Korea…