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Sander Vanocur, a network news correspondent who covered presidential elections, the White House and the Falkland Islands War, has died. He was 91. Vanocur passed away Monday night in a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, California of complications from dementia, his son, Chris Vanocur, told The Associated Press. The…

UPDATE, 4:27 PM: Running late out of a big donor shindig in Palo Alto earlier today, Air Force One has just landed at LAX nearly an hour behind schedule. As Donald Trump deplanes and gets in Marine One in the next few minutes for a possibly augmented trip to DTLA before his Beverly Hills fundraiser tonight, LAPD are…

The stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, with songs by Elton John and Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick, will make its pre-Broadway world premiere next summer in Chicago, presenter Broadway In Chicago announced today. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro (a Tony winner for August: Osage County), Devil will…

Now that the WGA West election is over – with President David A. Goodman and all of his running mates sweeping to victory – the WGA East election is set to conclude on Thursday, with President Beau Willimon, running unopposed, and his Unity Slate poised to carry the day as well. And as with the election in the West…

Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo, lead producers Jeffrey Richards, Steve Traxler and Stephanie P. McClelland announced today. Directed by frequent Mamet collaborator Neil Pepe, American Buffalo will begin previews in March 2020 with…

Joe Biden is planning another visit to Los Angeles for fundraising next month, when he will headline an event hosted by Michael Lombardo, producer and former president of programming at HBO, and his husband, architect Sonny Ward. The lunchtime event is scheduled for October 10, according to an invite. Their home has…

WME has upped Becky Gardenhire to co-head of the Nashville office where she will work alongside current co-heads Scott Clayton, Joey Lee and Jay Williams. The new position makes Gardenhire the highest-ranking female leader at any Nashville based agency. In her new role, she will oversee WME's day-to-day operations in…

In a significant changing of the marketing guard, CBS will hand the main duties of promoting its shows and platforms to Mike Benson, who has spent the past four years as marketing chief for Amazon Studios. George Schweitzer, who joined CBS in 1972 and has been a key contributor to the flagship broadcast network’s…

Hillary Olsen is returning to Top Chef and Project Runway producer Magical Elves as head of current programming. She was the Season 11 EP and showrunner of Top Chef and held producing positions on earlier seasons of the company’s Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen, Work of Art and Sugar…

Under a new agreement with major in-theater advertising firm National CineMedia, top exhibitors Regal and Cinemark will incorporate advertising just prior to the “attached” trailers before feature films. The pact starts November 1 and will designate a single 30- or 60-second ad as a “platinum spot.” That ad will play…

Kicking off an investment conference hosted by Goldman Sachs in New York, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson pushed back on Elliott Management’s complaints of mismanagement at the telecom and media giant. Stephenson also offered an endorsement of key lieutenant John Stankey and said the sweeping tax cuts enacted at the end…

NBCUniversal’s newly named Peacock streaming service will feature several original series, the company said Tuesday, including a pair of reboots from the vaults: a newly unveiled Saved By the Bell with original castmembers including Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez, and Punky Brewster, which returns original star…