EXCLUSIVE: A Star Trek: Voyager reunion broke the Stars In The House single-episode fundraising record, drawing donations totaling $19,225 for The Actors Fund’s efforts to assist entertainment professionals in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous Stars In The House record was set by a Glee reunion episode that raised $13,910. Watch the Voyager reunion
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New York City actor and writer Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is best known for his role as the out of work basketball player Jamal Jeffries — who dons drag and takes on a female alter ego to infiltrate the women’s WUBA professional basketball league — in the gender-bending 2002 sports film “Juwanna Mann.” Miguel A.
EXCLUSIVE: A BBC insider has told us the decision to reprimand Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis yesterday was “weak and embarrassing.” In a blistering attack, the well-placed BBC news source, who works on one of the corporation’s flagship shows, said, “BBC bosses couldn’t have handled this situation any worse. Rushing to judgement in order to hang
According to developer Ebb Software, their upcoming next-gen title, Scorn, is going to be an Xbox Series X exclusive to maintain parity with the PC version. Inspired by the nightmarish works of artists like H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, Scorn features disturbing visuals and thrives on its horrific sensibilities. Story and gameplay details are being kept
EXCLUSIVE: The parents of Sarah Jones are calling on the DGA to kick Randall Miller out of the guild after learning that he recently directed a new movie, Higher Grounds, in Serbia and Colombia last summer — this despite the special conditions of his probation after he spent a year in jail for the death of
Few artists can say they’ve surmounted social-distancing obstacles as magically as Portuguese illusionist Helder Guimarães. The impact of social distancing on the performing arts needn’t be re-stated here: In one way or another, most installments of Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series have dealt with just that topic, as performers – or those aspiring to
This is especially important for those working on Scream 5 to keep in mind, and in the case of hiring Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett on their own, it works. However, as Ready or Not co-writer Busick is one of two writers working on this sequel’s script, this team-up feels even more prone for success.
The Lighthouse, the indie UK production co launched by former BBC Studios scripted chiefs Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts that is backed by Sky Studios, has landed global TV rights to Juno Dawson’s YA book trilogy Clean, Meat Market and Wonderland. Clean, about a teenage girl’s battle with heroin addiction and stint in
Breaking News This looks AWESOME!! The Miami Dolphins have announced they’re converting Hard Rock Stadium into a drive-in, outdoor theater … so you can watch live events, movies, etc. from your CAR!! And, the mock-up photos look pretty cool! “[Hard Rock Stadium] will now feature both an open-air and drive-in theater that will showcase select
HBO Max is finally throwing the “on” switch, culminating a multi-year, $4 billion journey to join the direct-to-consumer streaming wave. The service’s launch just after midnight ET on Wednesday is the last of five major streaming debuts, an unprecedented multibillion-dollar infusion that has upended traditional organizations and strategies. Apple TV+ and Disney+ arrived last November
The new season of Selling Sunset has so many big surprises to drop and shocking revelations to disclose. The top trending news is that Heather has moved on from her Hockey player boyfriend (who decided to move to Sweden to proceed with his career) and has started a dating new guy, Tarek El Moussa who
As France awaits official updates that are expected to come later this week with regard to the re-opening of restaurants and perhaps fewer restrictions on travel, Culture Minister Franck Riester reiterated today that cinemas are eyeing a July 1 re-start. Speaking to France Info, Riester said the government is mulling dates to re-open cultural venues
Dominating headlines in the UK this bank holiday weekend was the revelation that Dominic Cummings, chief advisor to PM Boris Johnson, had taken a 260-mile trip while his wife was displaying coronavirus symptoms. Fellows politicians and journalists, as well as much of the public, were incensed by what appeared to be an overt breach of
Warrior Execution is key. On the paper, 2011’s Warrior could’ve been a tepid, familiar sports/family drama with a cookie-cutter story and expected beats. But Gavin O’Conner’s tender, visceral, effectively grounded film is a bonafide winner, notably in how it brings out the goods with its lead actors, including Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, and Tom Hardy.
Former Vice President Joe Biden stepped out in public for the first time since mid-March on Monday to lay a wreath at a veterans’ memorial in Wilmington, Delaware. Both he and wife Jill wore black masks. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has, in recent months, made public statements from the basement of his home. Biden
Cardi B‘s body now plays host to a massive new art installation … because the ink has just dried on her insanely colorful back tattoo. Cardi showed off her latest handiwork, which she says took months to complete, with a special shoutout to the tattoo artist. The piece traverses Cardi’s entire backside, from the top
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s drama series Hollywood on Netflix has received mixed reviews from critics across the board. While some praise the show for its stylistic re-imagining of Hollywood history, others criticize it for its unrealistic take on the struggles of minorities in old Hollywood, and for being a misguided attempt at writing an alternate history. Murphy and Brennan’s series
While the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was forced to cancel its 55th edition this summer amid the coronavirus, the event plans to screen 16 films at 96 theaters across Czech Republic from July 3-11. Cinemas in the market opened earlier this month, though not the major circuits and with a ban on concessions. The
Here’s another notable theatrical release to hit PVOD due to COVID-19: Focus Features’ Jon Stewart-directed political comedy Irresistible. Originally scheduled for a May 29 theatrical release, the Steve Carell-Rose Byrne-Chris Cooper movie now will play in homes starting Friday, June 26. Irresistible will be available for the 48-hour rental price of $19.99 on such platforms as Amazon,
The governor of Italy’s Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said today that the Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September. Dates are September 2-12 for the Lido event which would mark the first major film industry gathering not recently postponed or canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. There has been no official word from
Could this mean we might see more superhero movies breaking the chain and killing off major heroes? Not likely, as Wolverine and Iron Man’s deaths were exceptions to a rule that’s very hard to break. Instead, we should probably be asking ourselves who’ll play Wolverine in the MCU now that he’ll eventually be recast. It’s
Alyssa Milano‘s new face mask is getting the double-take treatment — ’cause it’s got tons of holes in it … and it’s unclear if she’s aware of its ineffectiveness. The actress posted a photo Saturday of her in the car with her fam, including hubby Dave Bugliari and their two kids, Elizabella and Milo. Everyone
Spanish drama Elite has been renewed for season 4 at Netflix but with some cast changes at the boarding school series. The show, which was created and written by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, is one of the streamer’s best performing Spanish originals with Netflix noting last year that it had been seen by more
The new Disney+ series Prop Culture highlights the importance of props, costumes, and setting in the development of a film. They help tell the movie’s story, and hopefully, create a legacy. Disney has built an empire on creating these magical, multi-dimensional universes. The film’s set, animation, and design team play a huge part in the
Out, a short film from Pixar Animation Studios streaming on Disney+, features Pixar’s first gay main character. The 9-minute film debuted Friday as one of seven films in the studio’s SparkShorts program. SparkShorts aims to “discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques, and experiment with new production workflows,” in the words of Pixar president Jim
Some good news for exhibition which will hopefully prime business before this summer’s big event films open, i.e. Mulan and Wonder Woman 1984, and that’s Fathom Events along with Screen Media will be premiering Millennium Media and Rod Lurie’s feature The Outpost in theaters on July 2 on roughly 500 screens. The pic is based on Jake Tapper’s best-selling non-fiction
Who’s Starring In The Taped Hamilton Production Most of the original Hamilton cast will appear in the taped production. The list includes:Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander HamiltonDaveed Diggs (The Snowpiercer series) as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas JeffersonRenée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica SchuylerLeslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron BurrChristopher Jackson as George WashingtonJonathan Groff (Mindhunter and Frozen II) as
The UK has introduced strict quarantine rules for international travelers. The British government will force anyone entering the UK from abroad to quarantine themselves for 14 days. This will likely have an impact on any hope that the numerous international productions, such as Netflix’s The Witcher, have in restarting production any time soon. The rules
Denzel Washington did a good deed for someone in need Thursday … helping a homeless man who was clearly in distress. Denzel was driving in WeHo at around 1 PM when he saw the man in the street … in some peril with oncoming traffic. Play video content MoPho/London Entertainment Denzel got out of his
In a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Eric Dreiband said the duo’s recent comments suggesting that stay-at-home orders may stay in place long-term in Los Angeles “may be both arbitrary and unlawful.” Ferrer said at a county