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The in-theater dining chain Studio Movie Grill is ready to set up shop in Los Angeles — Glendale to be exact. The flagship location will plant roots in Glendale’s Downtown Arts & Entertainment District conveniently located near Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. in the fourth quarter of 2019. This will be Studio Movie…

A Broadway revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical Caroline, Or Change and a Broadway premiere of Off Broadway’s seminal A Soldier’s Play, starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood, are set for 2020 opening nights in Roundabout Theatre Company productions. Caroline, Or Change, last on Broadway in 2004…

Along with Monday’s announcement of Disney+ pricing and launch dates in four global territories, Disney has activated social media marketing and confirmed a discount for attendees of this weekend’s D23 Expo. A short video highlighting the Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, National Geographic and Disney titles coming to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Hollywood’s biggest lenders are about to call off the dogs on Annapurna, Megan Ellison’s taste-maker production/distribution company. Sources said that Ellison’s father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has submitted a “last and final offer” to pay Annapura’s key lenders, offering between 80…

EXCLUSIVE: ACM Talent is expanding its West Coast presence with the addition of Melanie Thomas as talent manager and Colleen Colin as project manager. The hires come on the heels of the appointment of Jeffery Umberger as talent manager in Atlanta. Thomas and Colin join Los Angeles-based talent manager Andrew Atkin…

AT&T TV, an over-the-top bundle of channels with a cloud DVR, has launched in 10 test markets in California, Kansas, Missouri, Florida and Texas, ahead of a nationwide rollout expected by the end of 2019. The telecom giant began offering the service Monday in Orange and Riverside counties in California, as well as…

The full touring cast of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is going to Broadway, producers announced today. The young company – all but one of the 10 actors will be making their Broadway debuts – will be headed by Chris McCarrell in the title role. McCarrell originated the role of Percy Jackson in the…

The Roku Channel, a two-year-old aggregator of 35 free, live channels and 40 subscription services, has become the latest streaming entity to offer a dedicated selection of kids and family content. The move comes on the heels of Roku’s report of strong financial and operating results in the second quarter. The…

The former love affair between President Donald Trump and Fox News may be on the rocks. At least, for some of its hosts. Speaking to a gaggle of reporters today, President Trump took a question about a new Fox poll that showed him behind several Democrat contenders for the 2020 presidential election. That set him…

Jack Whitaker, a sportscaster for CBS and ABC who called Super Bowl I and Secretariat’s Triple Crown triumph, has died. He passed Sunday morning in his sleep in Devon, Pennsylvania of natural causes at age 95. Starting his career in the late 1950s at Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV after graduating from St. Joseph’s…

The National Football League may believe it has bought peace in our time by aligning with rap mogul Jay-Z and his Roc Nation for various social justice initiatives and entertainment. But the shadow of Colin Kaepernick still looms over the league, and some players are listening to his siren calls for continued…

Fresh off being barred from Israel and then turning down a humanitarian visit to the West Bank, Rep. Rashida Tlaib has now called for a boycott of HBO’s Bill Maher, who has termed her Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions efforts a “bullshit purity test.” Tlaib tweeted that she was tired of folks like Maher "discrediting…