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Roadside Attractions has acquired North American distribution rights on the 2021 Sundance Film Festival documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It. A release is planned for June 18.  Roadside’s deal excludes the TV license to PBS' American Masters, which will present the exclusive U.S. broadcast…

"I made a promise to myself that if I was going to do this …I really have to be as truthful as I can, or why bother?" says Rita Moreno of the new very up-close and personal documentary on her life and career premiering today at the semi-virtual Sundance Film Festival. "I really meant that, and I kept the promise to…

AFI Fest, taking place online from Oct. 15-22, is honoring Sofia Coppola, Kirby Dick, Rita Moreno and Mira Nair each with an evening of conversation celebrating their careers. "Artists of this caliber are essential players in our global culture," said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. "To honor each of them – and all…

Certified legend Norman Lear joined EGOT winner Rita Moreno and producer/showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett at Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event for Pop TV’s One Day at a Time. The series got a new lease on life after Pop picked it up for a fourth season following Netflix’s cancellation of the series…

“I want to talk to you about the female orgasm,” says Elena (Isabella Gomez) to Lydia (Rita Moreno) at the beginning of the season 4 trailer for Norman Lear’s Emmy-winning comedy One Day At A Time, giving you a hint at what’s to come in its first season on Pop TV. Inspired by Norman Lear's 1975 series, the comedy…

The Alvarez family has a return date. Pop TV has slotted Tuesday, March 24, for the fourth-season premiere of One Day at a Time, produced by Sony Pictures Television. The new 13-episode season will premiere at 9:30 PM following new episodes of the final season of Schitt’s Creek before moving to 9 PM, beginning April…

One Day at a Time, the Latinx reboot of the classic Norman Lear series, made a little bit of streaming history in June when the acclaimed multicamera comedy was canceled by Netflix in March picked up by Pop TV, the first time a series canceled by the streaming giant was able to find a new home. During Vulture…

The latest rumble between the Jets and the Sharks has come to a close as director Steven Spielberg wrapped production on his iteration of West Side Story. The official Amblin Twitter account posted pics from the set as well as a letter of gratitude from the Oscar-winning filmmaker, who notes that the production…

Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda have partnered on a new doc exploring the life of West Side Story and One Day At A Time star Rita Moreno. The pair are working up Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It (w/t) for PBS and its Thirteen strand. The film, which will premiere in 2020, will explore the Puerto Rican…

It’s a very good day for One Day At A Time cast and creatives who learned that the Norman Lear comedy, cancelled earlier this year by Netflix, has been picked up for a fourth season by Pop. CBS Corporation and Sony Pictures TV reached a deal to give the critically praised multi-camera family comedy a 13-episode fourth…

EGOT winner Rita Moreno is set to receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award as part of this year’s Peabody Awards. The honor will be bestowed May 18 at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Peabody Career Achievement Award is for individuals whose work and commitment to electronic media has…

As fans of Netflix’s One Day at a Time digest its cancellation today, Deadline takes a look back the update of Norman Lear’s classic 1975-84 sitcom. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. The series followed three generations of a Cuban-American family sometimes-reluctantly cohabitating and navigating the ups…