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Bombshell lives up to its title, and then some, and the explosive story of the scandal in which a group of women brought down Fox News founder and ruler Roger Ailes entered the Oscar race in a big way Sunday. Stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph…

Donald Trump may be rubbing salt into the wound of Shepard Smith suddenly exiting Fox News Channel today, but the anchor could be back soon-ish to shine a spotlight of truth on the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host. “The decision to leave was Shep’s and his alone," said Smith's PR representative in a statement after the…

Imagine someone in the news business, a television producer, who wasn't concerned about truth. That apparent anomaly describes Roger Ailes, the late Fox News chief, according to filmmaker Alexis Bloom. "He never said truth was important to him, in terms of Fox News. It was all about entertainment and messaging," Bloom…

The volume is certainly starting to rise for Showtime's The Loudest Voice. Coming off a bit of a whisper of a debut on June 30, the Russell Crowe-led bioseries on Fox News Channel Svengali and alleged serial sexual predator Roger Ailes has now topped 2 million viewers, according to the CBS-owned premium cabler. That…

One of Fox News Channel founder Roger Ailes' obsessions was ratings, and the former Mike Douglas Show producer would have cackled at how quiet the debut of Showtime's Russell Crowe-starring The Loudest Voice was. With just 299,000 viewers for its 10 PM opener Sunday night on the CBS-owned premium cabler, the series…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of Showtime’s The Loudest Voice & HBO’s Years And Years. The former premieres on June 30 & the latter debuts tonight. The initial round of voting for the 2019 Emmys ends today, but the opening salvos of the 2020 Emmys start tonight with the debut of Years and Years on HBO…

Roger Ailes, the man who monetized vitriol while helping to elect Donald Trump, is about to become a loud presence on the screen once again, but this time he won't be running the show. Ailes is the lead character – indeed, the heavy – in both a Showtime series that premieres next week and a star-laden new movie. If he…

Allegations of sexual harassment are staining Fox News Channel  once again as former pro wrestler and Fox Nation host Tyrus has been the subject of an investigation stemming from claims made by his former co-host. With the sordid legacy of Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly clearly tainting the optics of the situation, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Gretchen Carlson has inked with ICM Partners for representation across multiple platforms; including television broadcasting, unscripted, marketing, branding and publishing. The former seven-year co-host of Fox News Channel’s morning show Fox and Friends filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in July 2016…

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Wife alum Josh Charles is set for a recurring role opposite Naomi Watts in The Loudest Voice, Showtime's upcoming limited series about Fox News founder Roger Ailes, played by Russell Crowe. A Blumhouse Television and Showtime co-production, The Loudest Voice (fka Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Ro…

Jay Roach’s film about the late Fox News founder Roger Ailes still doesn’t have a title, but now it has a release date. Lionsgate said tonight that the flick starring Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, and Nicole Kidman — with John Lithgow playing Ailes — will open wide on December 20. Oscar-winning The Big Short…

Divide & Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes notched 228K viewers in its debut on A&E Sunday night – the cable net’s second smallest primetime audience of 2019 to date. That includes 52K viewers in the 18-49 demo. In the older news demo, viewers aged 25-54 years old, the Roger Ailes biopic clocked 74K viewers. That’s…