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CBS has picked up three new series for next season: The Equalizer reboot starring Queen Latifah, Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds; and the Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy B Positive headlined by Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford. The dramas have received…

Hooray for Hollywood, kind of. Launching on May 1 on Netflix, the Ryan Murphy- and Ian Brennan-conceived Hollywood is an ambitious love letter of sorts to the town and our better angels. However, pulling out a lot of the Feud boss' tried and now tired tricks, the lush seven-episode limited series about Tinseltown’s…

The Tribeca Film Festival announced its 2020 Shorts Program lineup Thursday including the world premiere of DreamWorks Animation's To Gerard and projects with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dennis Quaid and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. As cancellations and postponements rock the entertainment landscape, Tribeca said it’s still a go…

Liza Lapira (9JKL, Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life) is set as a lead in CBS drama pilot The Equalizer, a re-imagining of the classic 1980s series, with Queen Latifah starring and executive producing. The project hails from Take Two creators Andrew Marlowe & Terri Miller, Davis Entertainment, Flavor Unit…

  Grammy winner and actress Queen Latifah performed Stevie Wonder's Love's in Need of Love Today at the National Basketball Assn.’s Saturday Night skills competitions. But she added a rap verse to the song in honor of the late Kobe Bryant, who had four MVP awards at the event and had the MVP trophy renamed in his…

CBS has given a pilot green light to The Equalizer, a reimagining of the classic series with Queen Latifah starring and executive producing. The project, which had a big pilot production commitment and had been considered a shoo-in for a pickup, hails from Take Two creators Andrew Marlowe & Terri Miller, Davis…

At today's TCA panel on Lifetime's TV movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, based on the true-life story of the real singing siblings, one question was gotten out of the way early:  Was estranged sister Denise Clark-Bradford consulted in the making of the movie? "Yes, she was absolutely given the…

Spoiler Alert! This review contains spoilers for West Coast viewers of The Little Mermaid Live! Disney’s library will never be short on projects to adapt, but of all things Mouse The Little Mermaid must be one of the most challenging to turn live-action because of all that water. On Tuesday night, Disney took the sea…

CBS has given a pilot production commitment to The Equalizer, a reimagining of the classic series with Queen Latifah set to star and executive produce. The project hails from Take Two creators Andrew Marlowe & Terri Miller, Davis Entertainment, Flavor Unit, Martin Chase Productions, Universal Television and CBS TV…

ABC went “Under the Sea” on Sunday night as they gave us the first look at the cast of The Wonderful World of Disney presents The Little Mermaid Live! with a promo during Kids Say the Darndest Things. Set to the tune of Ariel’s lyrical signature, the 30-second spot gives us a glimpse of Auli'i Cravalho as the titular…

“All these people who think they’ve seen everything before, but have they seen this?” AMC is dropping its documentary series Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America next month, and now we have our first look and listen at what’s on tap. Sample the new trailer above and the key art below. Spanning three decades of…

Dennis Quaid and newcomer Madalen Mills are set to co-star opposite Queen Latifah in The Tiger Rising, a film adaptation to Kate DiCamillo's 2001 New York Times Bestselling children's book. The pic will be presented at the Toronto Film Festival via Highland Film Group, who is managing worldwide sales. Ray Giarratana…