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C.W. McCall, best known for his massive 1975 hit “Convoy,” died Friday in Ouray, Colo. at age 93 from cancer. His death was first reported by the Washington Post. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery McCall, real name Bill Fries, was working in advertising when he devised the character of C.W. McCall for a…

For Michael Keaton, accepting the SAG Award for his performance in Hulu’s Dopesick started off with slapstick comedy as the actor left presenter Salma Hayek stranded for a minute or so before sprinting to the stage and rolling onto it. He kicked off his speech by apologizing for his tardiness due to a “quick trip to…

Some stories are best told visually. With that in mind, Deadline this week has launched Deadline Now, a regular video series that reveals a different side of the stories our readers care most about. It will explore everything from castings to COVID, ratings to firings, and late-night TV to the latest breaking news…

George W. Bush will be the subject of a two-part documentary series for PBS. W is being directed by Barak Goodman, who directed the four-part Clinton doc and Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation. The film, which will air in spring 2020, will run on PBS' American Experience strand. It will feature interviews…

EXCLUSIVE: Britain is getting its own spin on a Bachelor-style dating show after UKTV picked up an eight-part series based around 'Lady' Lara Asprey, who has provided dating advice to those close to the royal family. UKTV's female-skewing channel W has ordered The Ultimate Matchmaker, which follows some of Britain's…

If you’ve had musical deja vu at the multiplex lately, the American Federation of Musicians thinks it knows why. The union has filed a lawsuit against Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Disney and Warner Bros alleging that they reused snippets of film soundtracks without…