EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for mafia origin series, L’Ora (Ink Against Bullets), the co-production between Italy’s Indiana Production, Germany’s SquareOne, and French studio SND. The anticipated Italian-language crime series premieres in Germany via Sky Deutschland this week and will be sold at EFM by SND and SquareOne. The ten-part drama is inspired by the real-life investigative
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On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 72 new deaths from Covid-19, along with 39,117 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s tallies bring the County to a total of 28,417 deaths and 2,467,797 positive cases. There have
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Anne Frank had a better shot escaping Nazis than folks do under COVID mandates today — a comparison that’s invoking one name … Larry David. Here’s the deal … RFK Jr. made these inflammatory remarks Sunday at the “Defeat the Mandates” rally in D.C., where he actually suggested Frank and
NBC Sports this week made the not-too-surprising announcement that much of its Beijing Olympics team would be covering next month’s Winter Games from afar, in Stamford, CT, as the Covid pandemic once again disrupts the event. But the international outcry over human rights abuses in China, leading to a U.S. diplomatic boycott, has put extra
Can we get that SEAL Team Season 6 renewal right now, please? SEAL Team Season 5 Episode 14 was a pulse-pounding hour that started by wrapping up many plots, but ended with one of the most shocking cliffhangers I’ve ever seen. So much happened, and it’s hard not to think that a potential SEAL Team
While Will Forte was fully expected to reprise one of his best known Saturday Night Live characters, MacGruber, in his return to the late-night show as host, he also brought back a lesser-known skit from his time on the program. Forte, joined by Kristen Wiig — his former SNL colleague and current co-star on the
EXCLUSIVE: This will come as a shocker for fans of the FBI franchise. Julian McMahon, star of FBI: Most Wanted, is exiting the CBS crime drama after almost three seasons. His final episode is slated to shoot next week and will air March 8. The show is expected to introduce a new character later this
Regina King‘s only son has tragically died. Ian Alexander Jr. took his own life Wednesday, the day he turned 26. Ian is the son of Ian Alexander Sr., who married Regina in 1997. They were together 10 years before divorcing. Regina said, “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian.
UPDATED with latest: There was a glut of great TV, movies and music to celebrate in 2021, but 2022 isn’t allowing much room for celebration. Many awards events were canceled, moved or modified as New York and Los Angeles smashed daily Covid records due to Omicron. The winter months are proving challenging for red carpet
There are two significant narrative paths for A Discovery of Witches Season 3 Episode 3. The first follows Diana and Phoebe as they try to get their hands on the remaining pages of Ashmole 782. The other follows Matthew, Marcus, and Jack as they try to get more samples for the research into blood rage
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Will Yun Lee and Mark and Christine Holder’s Seoul Street has acquired rights to Silver Phoenix author Cindy Pon’s bestselling sci-fi novels Want and sequel Ruse for development as an international television series. The book series, published by Simon & Schuster under their YA banner Pulse, explores a divided society
The History Channel will air a new Abraham Lincoln documentary over Presidents Day weekend from Feb. 20 starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Abraham Lincoln is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s best-selling book Leadership: In Turbulent Times. Across seven and a half hours, viewers will learn about the life of the 16th President of the United
Play video content TMZ.com Byron Allen says losing Louie Anderson so closely on the heels of Bob Saget‘s death is a tremendous gut punch to comedians … who were more like family than co-workers. The TV mogul, who bonded with Louie over several decades, joined us on “TMZ Live” to take us behind the scenes
In what sounds like material for a Saturday Night Live sketch, Pete Davidson and Colin Jost have purchased a decommissioned Staten Island ferry boat for $280,100, NBC News has confirmed. The SNL duo (and Staten Island natives) partnered with New York real estate agent and comedy club co-founder Paul Italia to buy the boat at
Are you ready for more Law & Order? NBC has dropped a teaser for Law & Order Season 21, which launches next month after a 12-year hiatus. The footage shows Sam Waterson as Jack McCoy, who will be back as a series regular. “It’s OK to the play the hero, as long as you win,”
A Very British Scandal producer Blueprint Television has hired Poldark exec Karen Thrussell as Head of Television. Thrussell also exec produced a number of Sarah Phelps’ BBC One Agatha Christie adaptations including And Then There Were None, Ordeal By Innocence and Witness for the Prosecution. She will oversee the Sony-backed outfit’s development and production of all TV series, having most recently
Downton Abbey was such a resounding hit for PBS — a second movie spinoff debuts in theaters later this year — that it’s understandable TV networks would try to recreate that magic. So now we get The Gilded Age, a new HBO historical drama from Downton creator Julian Fellowes that’s also rich with luxurious interiors and finely
The Netflix team played it cool Thursday as CFO Spencer Neumann attempted to reassure Wall Street that “there’s no structural change in the business that we see.” The company’s shares had plunged 20% in after-hours trading earlier Thursday, pulling media stocker down. Execs speaking on a post-earnings video Q&A shrugged off the slower than anticipated
Tanya Roberts home has officially hit the market … almost a year to the day of the actress’ untimely death. The 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home is listed at $2.999 million and tucked away in Hollywood Hills. The pad has plenty to offer in the views department, with a good look at both the canyon
EXCLUSIVE: Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death) has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Lizzy Caplan in Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction, a series reimagining of the classic 1980s psychosexual thriller film in which the two central characters were played by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she co-wrote with Kevin J. Hynes, the
Jennifer Love Hewitt is teasing her upcoming return to 9-1-1. The star took to Instagram earlier this week to share photos and some teasers. “Oh Maddie how I have missed you,” she captioned some photos. “Since you’ve been gone we both have changed. But coming back together feels good,” she added. “See you guys in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel actress Charisma Carpenter responded to Joss Whedon’s first lengthy comments regarding allegations of misconduct leveled at him over the past year. Whedon made the remarks in an in-depth interview with New York magazine this week. About his interactions with Carpenter, who has said he called her “fat” when she
The biggest surprise from Joe Biden’s presidential press conference was its length: At nearly two hours, it was as if he was trying to compete with Donald Trump for making his meetings with the media more like a marathon. It also affirmed what White House correspondents have long argued, that the fleeting moments of availability
The creator of “Full House” is selling his house for a fortune … and it’s got a lot of history to it. Real estate sources tell TMZ … sitcom creator Jeff Franklin is moving on and is inviting buyers who are interested to make an offer … buyers, that is, who have $85 mil to
EXCLUSIVE: Toks Olagundoye, Hari Nef and Ian Duff have been cast as series regulars in ABC drama pilot LA Law. They join original cast members Blair Underwood and Corbin Bernsen, who are reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively, in the revival of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama. Olagundoye, Hari Nef
Ellen DeGeneres will be spending a lot less time on TV going forward. NBC has officially canceled Game of Games after four seasons, according to Deadline. News of the cancellation is not surprising. The final season averaged 2.6 million viewers and a 0.5 rating — down 50% in the demo and total viewers vs. its
Federation Entertainment has further expanded its European footprint by setting up in Germany with veteran execs Philipp Steffens and Julie Link. Glisk, a creatively-led production and talent management company, will focus on the creation, production, financing and distribution of high quality originals via a stable of independent studios. Both scripted and non-scripted shows will be
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed extending New York State’s film and television production tax credit by three years — through 2029 – in a budget she presented today. The proposed executive budget plan for fiscal 2023 doesn’t elaborate on the credits – they show up as a line item in a section of chart called ‘Other
Play video content Call Her Daddy/Spotify Jamie Lynn Spears says she was treated much like her older sister, Britney, was during her teenage pregnancy in the mid-2000s, and it got so bad … she almost legally broke free. The former Nickelodeon star dishes about attempts to seek emancipation from her parents in her memoir, “Things
Nominees for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards are officially in, with Netflix taking the lead with 52 noms overall for titles across film and TV including The Harder They Fall, Passing, Bruised, The Upshaws and Maid. The Harder They Fall’s nominations include for Outstanding Motion Picture, where it joins fellow nominees Judas and the Black