Seventeen years ago, screen legend Bill Murray and then filmmaking prodigy Sofia Coppola got together (with Scarlett Johansson) for Lost in Translation — an enormously beloved flick. With Apple+’s On the Rocks, Murray and Coppola have joined forces yet again (with Rashida Jones this time) to tell the most touching, sometimes hilarious, and often endearing
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Donald Trump was decidedly less combative in the final debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. He even held back from threats to contest the election results should he lose. Joe Biden, for his part, actually managed to get in a few words edgewise, including a convoluted bit about curtailing domestic oil production, which his opponent
Late Show With Stephen Colbert veterans Tanya Michnevich Bracco and Opus Moreschi will be expanding their roles on the late-night show with promotions to co-executive producer. Bracco, who has been with The Late Show since its debut in September 2015 previously serving as supervising producer/executive in charge of production, will expand her responsibilities of integrating
Exclusive Zachery Ty Bryan beat the hell out of his girlfriend over missing phone charging cables … at least according to her, and prosecutors heard enough to charge him with felonies. The ‘Home Improvement’ star was charged with strangulation and coercion — both felonies — plus 6 misdemeanors, for the alleged violence that went down
Minutes after the second and final presidential debate wrapped up, Fox News’ Chris Wallace told viewers, “First of all, I’m jealous.” That jealously was of how different this debate was from the first, which Wallace moderated. Instead of interruptions, the candidates, and Trump in particular, were mindful of a mute button that silenced their mics
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Townsend will be leaving her role as Starz’s EVP Communications after two and a half years at the Lionsgate-owned network. She is exiting next month after assisting with the transition to pursue other opportunities. During her tenure, Townsend shaped Starz’s communications strategy as it evolved from a U.S. premium cable network into a
Aside from asking everyone you know what they’re watching, Netflix’s self-reported Top 10 rankings are pretty much the only way to tell how popular a Netflix show or movie is. The list for Thursday, Oct. 22 finds two new titles debuting in the upper reaches of the chart: ill-advised Hitchcock remake Rebecca at No. 3,
Manhunt: Deadly Games star Cameron Britton is set for a recurring role opposite Aidy Bryant on the upcoming third season of Hulu’s Shrill. The series was developed by Bryant, showrunner Alexandra Rushfield and Lindy West and inspired by West’s book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman. Bryant stars as Annie, a fat young woman who
Are you drained yet? Maybe it’s because of the series covering the pandemic, but for some reason, it has been a long-drawn-out season. Of the two hours of Married at First Sight Season 11 Episode 15, at least an hour of it was unnecessary. It was days before decision day, and there was nothing new divulged
Martin Bashir, the former MSNBC presenter who now works as BBC News’ religion editor, is “seriously unwell” with complications related to coronavirus, according to his employer. A BBC spokeswoman said: “We are sorry to say that Martin is seriously unwell with Covid-19 related complications. Everyone at the BBC is wishing him a full recovery. We’d
Former top CBS marketing executives Garen van de Beek and Lori Shefa have reteamed to open RM 15, a boutique entertainment marketing agency. Named after the office suite they shared at CBS’ TV City, the agency will focus on producing creative assets to launch and grow new and returning television and streaming content, and marketing
Breaking News Peyton Manning hasn’t missed a beat in retirement — not only does he have abs now, but the 44-year-old’s arm is lookin’ accurate as ever … by knocking beer cans off statues with his buddy, David Letterman!! It may seem pretty random, but here’s what we know … the 2-time Super Bowl champ
Barry Jenkins continues to leave us bread crumbs to his forthcoming Amazon Prime Video series The Underground Railroad. Earlier this week, he gave us a “Preamble” and today, he posted a video introducing us to series star Thuso Mbedu as Cora. He took to social media to post the video with the caption Randall. Cora
Get ready, Fox fans, your favorite dramas are set to return in early 2021. The network announced that 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Resident, and Prodigal Son will all return for new seasons in January after being off the air for most of 2020. The Fox fall schedule was packed mostly with sports and reality
EXCLUSIVE: Grantchester actor Robson Green is to front a series for ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 in which he explores the length of Roman Empire ruin, Hadrian’s Wall. The Scottish arm of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films is producing the three-part series, which has the title Walking Hadrian’s Wall With Robson Green. Green
Kristen Bell appears to be returning to her murder mystery roots. The beloved Veronica Mars star will lead the cast of Netflix’s The Woman in the House which sounds very similar to The Rear Window. The streamer placed a series order Tuesday for the series that stars the actress as a hearbroken women who is
EXCLUSIVE: Gemstone Studios’ inaugural Rising Storytellers Search has identified the four finalists who will compete for a chance to sign a deal with Sony Pictures Television and win additional prizes. “Never did we imagine we’d get the response or the depth or the quality of our 1700+ submissions in this first-ever Rising Storytellers Search. Vital to
Wendy Stuart Kaplan and Steven Bloomer-Teague will be hosting TriVersity Talk this Sunday at 7 pm ET with featured guest Jaye McBride. TriVersity Talk is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk!
The cast of the classic CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond will reunite for the first time since the show ended in 2005 to honor their late costar Peter Boyle and raise money to battle the disease that ended his life. Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Monica Horan and Raymond co-creator and Executive Producer Phil
Exclusive Zachery Ty Bryan is heading back home after getting busted for allegedly choking out his girlfriend … and he wasn’t in jail for long. We broke the story … the “Home Improvement” star was arrested late Friday night in Eugene, OR and booked on 3 charges, including 4th-degree assault, strangulation and interfering with making
The Wire and The Affair actor Dominic West is in talks with Left Bank Pictures and Netflix over starring as Prince Charles in Season 5 and 6 of smash-hit royal drama The Crown. Sources confirmed to Deadline that West has been lined-up for the role, but a deal is not yet done. It caps a
EXCLUSIVE: The latest crop of projects that are currently filming on location or have recently wrapped in greater Los Angeles includes five feature films, five TV dramas and seven reality shows, according to FilmLA, the city and county’s film permit office. The five TV series are NCIS, Animal Kingdom, On the Verge, L.A. Undercover and Mayans
The season finale of The Vow on HBO aired Sunday, leaving viewers with questions about what happened to NXIVM’s key players, including Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, India Oxenberg, and Clare Bronfman. The documentary series, about an alleged sex cult and multi-level marketing scheme masquerading as a self-help program, ended its first
It’s official. Channing Dungey has been named Chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group. Dungey succeeds Peter Roth, who revealed on Friday that he was leaving the studio after 22 years. The move comes ten days after Deadline revealed Dungey had stepped down as VP Original Content and head of drama at Netflix after 20 months at the
I’m starting to suspect this is a show that I’d enjoy more as a drinking game. At least, that way, I’d probably be comfortably drunk by the time the credits roll. Pandora Season 2 Episode 3 spends a lot of time discussing relationships but very little time actually having them play out. By the end,
LAPD swarmed the Paramount lot Sunday night. According to local news reports, the police are pursuing a suspect after an officer-involved shooting on the lot of Paramount Studios. According to eyewitnesses, some 20 police cars were at the scene. A lot of the efforts by law enforcement is concentrated around the New York backlot at
EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Colbert is heading back to Showtime for another live election night special. The host of The Late Show will front Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020. It marks the second live election special for Colbert after he hosted Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s
“SNL” mocked the dueling Presidential debates, and it was pretty funny. Jim Carrey played Joe Biden, who showed his numerical age with some dad/granddad references to pop culture and a penchant for reminiscing WAAY back. The cold open ping-ponged from Biden to Trump, who of course was hilariously played by Alec Baldwin. Kate McKinnon, who
Issa Rae made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut and reflected on her success within the past four years. Upon her entrance the Insecure and The Photograph star said it was an honor to walk and perform on the same stage as the comedy legends that came before her, including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
Saturday Night Live took on the competing ABC Joe Biden and NBC Donald Trump town halls during its latest episode. The show kicked off with a cold opening that saw Alex Baldwin reprise his role as 45 and Jim Carrey transform into the Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president. The jokes about the conflicting