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Spoiler alert: The following contains spoilers for ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2, episode 7. The big question in Big Little Lies' Season 2 finale episode "I Want to Know" was always going to be whether the Monterey Five would get busted. The answer is, sort of, but not exactly. Then there was Celeste's revenge in court…

EXCLUSIVE: Not yet a year into his expensive five-year deal with Netflix, Ryan Murphy is about to deliver his biggest get for the streamer. Deadline hears he will direct and produce the feature adaptation of the Tony-nominated stage musical The Prom and has secured a cast that puts Netflix in new starpower territory. M…

Big Little Lies opened strong for HBO in its Season 2 premiere. The first episode of the second season drew 2.5 million viewers for the night, including both linear plays and HBO streaming services. That’s a 34% increase from the first season premiere night (1.8 million viewers) and in line with the first season…

When Nicole Kidman first met Per Saari back in 2004, theirs would become the collaboration that spawned a brave new wave of television and film production. From their first film Rabbit Hole in 2010, to this year's second season of smash hit limited series Big Little Lies, Kidman and Saari's company Blossom Films…

Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book, from Nicole Kidman, who also stars, Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Endeavor Content and writer-producer David E. Kelley. It’s slated to premiere on Hulu in late 2020. The streaming…

In an unprecedented Sundance Film Festival deal haul for a single distributor, Amazon Studios gave the clearest indication of its movie future by paying a record near $50 million for five films. The acquisition avalanche began with the fest’s first big pact for Late Night (record $13M for U.S. rights). Within a matter…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has exclusively acquired all international SVOD rights to Kevin Hart-Bryan Cranston comedy-drama The Upside. Having quietly been involved from production stage, Amazon will launch the Neil Burger-directed film in all international markets as a Prime Original from April 19, which is a…

The cast and the creative team behind Big Little Lies have said that there are no plans for any future seasons of the HBO drama. This comes as creator David E. Kelley, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz, Meryl Streep and Shailene Woodley came to TCA on Friday to talk about Season 2, which airs…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Welcome to a special Monday edition of Notes on the Season. Hey, Academy members, you have just moments left to make your mark on this year’s increasingly heated Oscar race. Ballots for nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards are due today at…

Kudos to Vice, The Favourite, Greenbook, A Star Is Born, BlaKkKlansman, etc. for the many Golden Globe noms. But the specialty box office headlines this weekend go to Destroyer on the specialty side. The Annapurna's release, directed by Karyn Kusama and starring Globe nominee Nicole Kidman, grossed $110K in…

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…

A singular detective story and genre-defying showcase for star Nicole Kidman, Destroyer weaves its tangled web with confidence. With its immaculate structure and an array of finely drawn characters, the film pursues a fresh, uniquely shadowed corner of a familiar screen world, reflecting with great clarity the values…