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The solar eclipse has come and gone. Now, will Hollywood's Thalberg Award come out of the shadows? Named for producer-executive Irving G. Thalberg, the award is given periodically — very periodically, of late — by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a…

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 22, 2010) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA), a national non-profit trade group committed to protecting the rights and credits of producers in film, television and new media, announced today that the legendary Oscar award-winning producer, director, writer James Cameron will be honored…

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 5, 2010) – The 22nd Annual Producers Guild of America Awards will be produced by veteran producer Paula Wagner, announced today by PGA Presidents Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch. This will be the first involvement with the Producers Guild Awards for Wagner. The 2011 Producers Guild Awards nominations…

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's 2010 Emmy coverage: It's an anxious annual guessing game – the vetting of producers for the outstanding series Primetime Emmy Award nominees. Now it's nearly complete inside the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, with those who are ruled ineligible notified sometime this week…

I have been asked to convey the tragic news that Rebecca Spikings-Goldsman, wife of screenwriter and producer Akiva Goldsman, died of a heart attack at age 42 on July 6th. The family has asked for privacy at this difficult…

EXCLUSIVE: Wilmer Valderrama has inked a talent holding/development deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the pact, That '70s Show alum Valderrama will star and executive produce a series project for the studio. The deal solidifies Valderrama's ties with 20th TV. Two years ago, he starred in the 20th TV hourlong comedy…

CSI mavens Carol Mendelsohn and Ann Donahue are staying at the helm of CBS' veteran crime drama franchise. Each has inked a new four-year eight-figure overall deal with CSI producer CBS TV Studios. Medelsohn will continue to executive produce and showrun the mothership CSI series, which anchors the CBS Thursday…

Alloy, producer of such series as Gossip Girls and The Vampire Diaries, is being purchased by ZelnickMedia, with former Nickelodeon CEO Geraldine Laybourne tapped as chairman of the board. An investor group led by ZelnickMedia has agreed to acquire Alloy for approximately $126.5 million. Alloy's wholly owned…

EXCLUSIVE: It will be an even larger 24 reunion on Fox's upcoming prehistoric drama Terra Nova, which is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Chernin. Long-time 24 director-executive producer Jon Cassar has joined the 13-episode midseason series as an executive producer and regular series director. He…

This is surprisingly early for such a big decision to be made. In fact, the earliest that the producers and director of the Academy Awards telecast have been chosen in recent years. But Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences President Tom Sherak just told me that he made up his mind last year to fill the two…

The founder and CEO of Optimum Releasing is leaving to become a producer with long-time business partner Paul Higgins. It was Higgins who bankrolled Clarke in the first place, setting up Optimum on £13,000 back in 1999. Optimum's turnover last year was £36 million. I'm told that Clarke personally made £16 million ($24…

Warner Bros is giving the Glen David Gold novel Carter Beats the Devil another chance to beat death by development hell. The studio has optioned the novel, and set Michael Gilio to write the script. Jon Shestack will produce, and Ginny Brewer and Jeremy Stein will also be involved as producers. The book weaves a tale…