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EXCLUSIVE: Decal has acquired North American rights to Brandon Dermer’s sci-fi comedy I’m Totally Fine out of the Cannes market, slating it for release in theaters later this year. The music video vet’s first feature follows Vanessa (Jillian Bell), who embarks on a solo weekend away to clear her head after the death…

The stars are set for the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema. The group said today that Clifton Collins Jr, Natalie Morales, Eugenio Derbez, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Olga Merediz and the creative team behind Vivo — including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan — are among the…

It’s official. Natalie Morales is joining The Talk as permanent co-host. The news, which had been reported by Deadline and other media outlets Friday, was announced live today on the CBS show. Morales will take up the last open spot on the Emmy-winning daytime talker, joining fellow co-hosts Sheryl Underwood, Amanda…

Natalie Morales, who announced today she is leaving NBC News after 22 years, is expected to join CBS’ The Talk as a permanent co-host, sources confirmed to Deadline. CBS declined comment on the news reported by The Daily Mail Friday. Morales would take up the last open spot on the daytime talker, joining fellow…

UPDATE, 4:10 PM: Natalie Morales is expected to join CBS' The Talk as a permanent co-host, sources confirmed to Deadline. You can read the story here. PREVIOUS, 1:53 PM: Natalie Morales, longtime Today anchor and correspondent, told staffers on Friday that she plans to leave NBC News for an unspecified new…

On Thursday, Shout! Studios unveiled a first-look trailer for its upcoming comedy Language Lessons, announcing that it will open in Los Angeles, New York City, and select theaters nationwide September 10. The bittersweet, honest, and at times darkly funny dramedy centers on Adam (Mark Duplass), whose husband surprises…

Actress Natalie Morales said her voice character Betty in the rebooted Paramount+ Rugrats series will be an openly gay woman. Morales made the revelation in a statement to the A.V. Club. The character is mother to two children, Phil and Lil, and has been married to Howard in prior versions. Morales said in her…

EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Morales (The Little Things), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) are set as the leads in CBS' comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper's book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings. Morales also serves as a producer on the pilot, from Cooper…

Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to Language Lessons, the drama that marks the feature directing debut of Natalie Morales. She co-stars with Mark Duplass, who also penned the script. The pic, which had its world premiere at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and won an audience award at SXSW, will now…

Nicole Byer, Tony Hale and Natalie Morales are among the voice talent tapped for the adult roles in Paramount+’s Rugrats series revival. Hale will play Chuckie’s father, Morales as Phil and Lil’s mother and Byer, with Omar Miller, as Susie’s parents. Also joining the original cast members who voice the adventurous titu…

Despite all of the challenges that have come with the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 was a productive year for Natalie Morales. While appearing on screen in Netflix dark comedy Dead to Me and more, the actress also directed her first two features, Language Lessons and Plan B. The former title, which she also co-wrote and…

Whether by accident or design, the ultra-low-budget Language Lessons feels like a definitive film for the Covid-19 era, as the two main actors never appear in the same shot together until the very end. Seemingly created on two computers, this exceedingly modest tale of a Spanish-language instructor and pupil who meet…