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NewFronts mainstay Condé Nast announced 75 returning series and 50 new pilots, plus a renewed emphasis on long-form and live programming. The company delivered an online presentation for the second year in a row, but it included initiatives based on live events, an element that was missing in the Covid-affected 2020…

EXCLUSIVE: Hillsong, the church that has had celebrity worshippers including Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Selena Gomez, has been mired in scandal after its New York pastor Carl Lentz admitted an extramarital affair last year. The church is now to be the subject of a limited documentary series from Queer Eye…

Last week, just before the President’s diagnosis consumed us, Hollywood leaders joined in asking that Congress send coronavirus relief funds to exhibitors. Those were described as a life-and-death issue for theaters.  A mortal threat. And who can doubt it? If the White House isn’t safe, movie houses are certainly…

Kate Winslet said she is “grappling” with regrets over working with film directors Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, both accused of sexual misconduct with minors. In a candid Vanity Fair interview with Julie Miller, Winslet admitted, “I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both. I can't turn…

MSNBC cable news anchor Chris Matthews has admitted that his remarks about women and others justified his abrupt retirement last month. Speaking to Vanity Fair in his first interview since that exit, the former Hardball host admitted that an account by a female journalist in GQ Magazine alleging Matthews made…

Citing significant financial pressure, glossy publisher Conde Nast said Monday that it will cut salaries for its highest-paid employees, reduce hours for others and explore cost cutting across its global footprint, according to a memo to staff by CEO Roger Lynch obtained by Deadline. The memo (read it in full below)…

Three months ago, I supposed the next great movie newsroom drama would look more like Absence of Malice than All The President's Men. Who knew that Clint Eastwood, filmdom's Great Disruptor, would so soon be on his way to making sense of that supposition? Just last week, Warner Bros. confirmed that Eastwood was poised…

This list will be updated on a regular basis this week with more events to be announced. Please send any event or party details to anthony@deadline.com. Most events are by invite-only except for the Oscar Week panels; tickets sold for those at Oscars.org. Tuesday, Feb. 19 5:30PM: 21st Costume Designers Guild…

BBC terror thriller Bodyguard comfortably beat ITV's remake of Vanity Fair on Sunday night in the overnight ratings. The Richard Madden-fronted thriller scored 6.6M overnight numbers with a 33% share and a 7M peak on BBC One. The third episode of the series was in line with last Sunday night's opener but its peak was…

ITV and Amazon have unveiled a first-look at the forthcoming adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic 1848 novel Vanity Fair. The partners have debuted a short trailer that features Ready Player One star Olivia Cooke with her foot all over a globe, as the seven-part drama is set against the backdrop of the…

Elizabeth Chambers has sued a Beverly Hills woman who allegedly impersonated the actress to get a ticket to Vanity Fair’s exclusive Oscar after-party. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Chambers accused Diana Roque Ellis, or someone else acting in concert with her, of engaging in an elaborate…

This list will be updated on a regular basis with more events to be announced. Please send any event or party details to anthony@deadline.com. Mostly all of the events are by invite-only except for the Oscar Week panels; tickets sold for those at Oscars.org. Tuesday, Feb. 27 7 PM: Oscar Week: Shorts Location: Samuel…