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What does it take to get Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness to show up on time for shoots on their Emmy-winning Netflix series? “Tough love,” jokes fellow cast member Bobby Berk. That’s one of the many revelations — humorous and otherwise — you can expect from Deadline’s all-day Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event,

Covid test positivity in California is up 47.6% in the past week, according to the California State data dashboard. One week ago, the 7-day daily test positivity rate was 2.1%. Today, it sits at 3.1%. That’s quite a jump for a metric that is averaged over seven days to account for daily fluctuations in data

Actor Robert Morse, best known for his work on “Mad Men,” has died. Morse’s death was confirmed Wednesday, though his cause of death is currently unknown. The actor’s work on “Mad Men,” playing Bertram Cooper for 74 episodes, got him 5 Emmy nominations over its 8 years on the air. Bertram, or Bert, was one

Like every other facet of life, the broadcast pilot season has not been the same it was before the pandemic. Back in January, we did a story about the expected historic low volume of pilots, which has since became a reality with 30-something orders, and how some Covid-imposed changes were here to stay. A more

Season finales are almost upon us, you guys! It’s that time of year, and for some reason, it feels like this TV season has been a fever dream. CBS has dropped spoilers for all of its upcoming season finales, including some details on the Bull series finale. Scroll down to find out how it will

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will make his hosting debut at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, set for May 15 on NBC. His appearance as emcee will also mark the 25th anniversary of his first Billboard Music Awards win in 1997 for his album “No Way Out.” In addition, Combs will executive produce the live show from

You’re not imagining things: We are positively drowning in TV docudramas these days. The Girl From Plainville, Inventing Anna, The Dropout, The First Lady… if it made headlines or inspired a podcast, it’s probably on TV right now, with big stars lining up to play famous real-life figures (and earn an easy Emmy nomination). So

Employees from the film and TV divisions of the Walt Disney Co. will be getting additional holidays in 2022. I hear that leaders across the company sent memos to their staffers, informing them that May 27, the Friday heading into the Memorial Day weekend, will be designated as non-working days this year. Employees will get

Play video content TMZ.com Emmet McDermott‘s documentary — #1 on Netflix right now — exposes Abercrombie & Fitch’s racist view of beauty, which he says was illegally applied to the company’s hiring and firing practices. Emmet joined us Thursday on TMZ Live to discuss his docufilm, “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie &

Netflix’s second-season premiere of Bridgerton was watched for a total of more than 2.5 billion minutes in its debut week, Nielsen reported Thursday, doubling up all others in the streaming world for the week of March 21-27. Season 2 of the Shondaland-produced Regency-era drama series, which premiered March 25, has already become the most-watched debut

Doug Liman, the Bourne franchise producer and director of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, among others, is in Ukraine to help document the war with Russia, he told GMA this morning. “I make movies about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances,” Liman told GMA‘s Michael Strahan, “and there’s 40 million stories like that here.” In the interview,

In a narrative as complex as this season has aspired to weave, we were bound to hit an hour like Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 8, where odds and ends of various threads are thrown together to move the plot along. On the one hand, we learn a lot about the people directly affected

Hollis Resnik, a Chicago theater legend who made her mark in productions of Follies, Les Miserables, Caberet and Sunset Boulevard, died Sunday night from heart failure. She was 66. Her death was announced by Rev. Jim Heneghan, a family friend and spokesperson. “She was, for decades, a reigning diva of the Chicago theater,” wrote Tribune

EXCLUSIVE: BET builds up its holiday movie slate with Sound Of Christmas, starring R&B artist Ne-Yo in the lead role. The TV movie directed and written by Booker T. Mattison hails from executive producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood’s MegaMind Media. Sound of Christmas is a film adaptation of The Replacement Wife by bestselling author Tiffany L.

Play video content TMZ.com Danielle Bregoli, aka Bhad Bhabie, wants to lose another aka — the “Cash me Outside” chick from Dr. Phil — because she says she’s been more than successful on her own. Bhad Bhabie tells TMZ … she wants everyone to forget about her 2016 TV interview with the good Doc, the

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has assembled the cast for My Life With the Walter Boys, its coming-of-age romance series based on the popular WattPad novel by Ali Novak, which has nearly 80 million reads. Nikki Rodriguez (On My Block) is set as the lead Jackie Howard in the project, with Suits alumna Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas

Subtle storytelling isn’t effortless. Too often, the urge is to use overly dramatic plotlines to make points with the belief a lesser approach will find a filmmaker’s point overlooked. Nani Li Yan directs Beneath the Banyan Tree with a deftly subtle hand that underscores a Chinese family’s struggle to continue tradition while accepting that they

On Jimmy Kimmel Live! He goes in on the canceling of the Airline mask mandate–thanks to Florida. Mask mandate for planes and public transit was struck down by a federal judge. The ruling comes from a Florida judge. Thinking about the airline industry, Kimmel believes at least someone will benefit from the no mask policy.

A crew of sober Netflix execs said a password-sharing crackdown on the army of 100 million viewers who use the service for free is front and center and being tested but could take about a year to roll out, and it’s not clear what it will look like. “We’ve just got to get paid for

Play video content TMZ.com Trick Daddy insists his restaurant did NOT take a hit, following his controversial take on Beyoncé‘s singing skills — and yet, the rapper-turned-chef is firing some new shots. He joined “TMZ live” to clear the air on those comments he made about Bey. ICYMI, his restaurant, Sunday’s Eatery, got flooded with

Andrew Roy, who has overseen international coverage for the BBC, is joining CBS News as vice president and London bureau chief. Roy will start May 3 and oversee all coverage out of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. His hiring comes after previous London bureau chief Andrew Clarke exited the network in March

GAC Family has closed a deal with another beloved Hallmark star. The company today announced that they have signed Candace Cameron Bure to develop, produce and star in movies and television across GAC Family and GAC Living. As part of the deal, the former Full House star will take on a prominent executive role at

Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are teaming with Disney Plus for upcoming Simpsons-themed short When Billie Met Lisa. The brother and sister duo will appear alongside the Springfield-based family in the short which premieres April 22. Check out the key art above and below. In When Billie Met Lisa, Lisa Simpson is discovered by

EXCLUSIVE: Fox’s upcoming crime anthology drama Accused has added Oakes Fegley (The Goldfinch) and Robert Wisdom (Barry) to the cast as guest stars. They will appear opposite Michael Chiklis and Jill Hennessy. The series comes from executive producers Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and David Shore. Accused, directed by Michael Cuesta and co-produced by Fox Entertainment

ATX TV Festival, on Monday, revealed additional programming for its Season 11 lineup. The annual television event, which will return for an in-person iteration in Austin, TX from June 2-5, will also spotlight Showtime’s I Love That For You, from Vanessa Bayer and Jeremy Beiler. ATX will feature an advance look at an upcoming episode

Wilmer Valderrama is not ruling out a return to the That ’70s show universe. In a new interview with TV Insider, the actor chatted about the forthcoming Netflix series That ’90s Show. “I’m a little busy right now, but I support them so much,” said Valderrama, who starred on all eight season of the original

On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver turned the heat up on the campaign of Pennsylvania Senate candidate and television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz. It’s no secret Oliver has a bone to pick with Dr. Oz. In 2014, the British American host spent 16 minutes on a segment outlining the scientific controversy

“You know we stand with you,” said Prince Harry to the Ukrainian team at the Invictus Games this weekend. “The world is united with you and still you deserve more.” Harry spoke during the opening ceremony for the games, an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, which he founded in