EXCLUSIVE: More than 11,000 IATSE members and their supporters have signed a petition urging IATSE president Matt Loeb to work out a contract with Netflix “that moves us above and beyond” the union’s basic agreement with the major studios and networks. The giant streaming service agreed to bargain with the union last October, but the
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Exclusive Getty Composite Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst — an actress who’s appeared in “Alpha Dog” and “Beverly Hills Cop III” — is finding a new home for one of her pit bulls that damn near ripped her arm off. TMZ broke the story … Heather ended up in the hospital with some very gruesome injuries after
The ever-deepening ties between the U.S. and UK television industries were laid bare today in a chunky report by Ofcom. The British media regulator dropped a five-year study on the state of play at British public service broadcasters — namely the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and ViacomCBS’s Channel 5. The 67-page report provides a feast
Branden Cook (Industry), Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel) and Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock) have been cast as leads in The Lost Boys, the CW’s retooled pilot from Heather Mitchell and Rob Thomas based on the 1987 Warner Bros. movie. In The Lost Boys, written by Mitchell and Thomas and directed by Marcos Siega, when a mother and
In Thursday’s Last Man Standing (“I’m With Cupid”) Mike (Tim Allen) gets so bothered with Joe (Jay Leno) and Vanessa’s (Nancy Travis) friendship, he’s driven to do some diabolical deeds. Mike, as we know, isn’t somebody we’d label as laid back and easygoing, so when Joe and his wife start hanging out without him —
EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner-producer Scott Teti (Spy Games) is expanding his relationship with Kinetic Content, signing an exclusive production deal with the Red Arrow Studios company. Teti is currently executive producer on Spy Games, which Kinetic launched last month on Bravo. Teti will now exclusively produce and develop in-house for Kinetic. “Scott has proven himself to be
The tenth chapter of American Horror Story is coming later this year, and there are some big names attached. Series creator Ryan Murphy on Wednesday announced the full cast list for the forthcoming season, which will bring back Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. This will mark Macaulay Culkin’s first season with the series. Other Season
EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials and The Eddy writer Jack Thorne has teamed up with Legendary Global on a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two Cities. Thorne will write and exec produce a “relevant” retelling of the book, which was first published in 1859, for the studio, which was established last
Is it even possible to watch a Hillary Clinton documentary without bringing one’s preconceived political biases to it? Probably not, so let me be upfront about mine. I voted for Hillary in 2016… but I also voted for her opponent in that year’s primary and earlier in 2008. I was raised in a staunchly conservative
Snoop Dogg says his profanity-filled rant about Gayle King was all about “respect.” In an upcoming interview on Red Table Talk, the rapper says he believes King crossed the line when she brought up Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sexual assault case in an interview just days after the NBA legend and eight others were killed in
Exclusive TMZ.com The monster is back in Jesse James‘ garage … he’s returning to reality TV after a 14-year hiatus with a reboot of his hit show. Jesse is coming back to Discovery Channel with a brand new season of “Monster Garage” … and he’s coming in hot too. We’re told the garage will be
A juror in Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial says the testimony of accuser Annabella Sciorra was convincing to some on the jury. “The way things went for her, it was wrong,” the woman identified only as Juror #2 tells Inside Edition in an exclusive interview tonight. The jury returned convictions on two counts against Weinstein
Donald Trump got into another tiff with CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta after the president bashed the network during a press conference in India. After Trump claimed that the network apologized “that they said certain things that weren’t true,” Acosta responded, “Mr. President, I think our record on delivering the truth is a
Peter Weber took two of his three remaining ladies to the Fantasy Suites on The Bachelor this week, and it was the moment of truth for Madison “Madiprew” Prewett. It was quite a dilemma for both of them, because both of them were right, but we’ll get to that later. The episode picked up right
President Donald Trump got a king’s welcome in India, but in Trevor Noah’s opinion, Trump squandered whatever goodwill he received, by offending the Indian people with an embarrassing speech. Trump kicked off his first state visit to India Sunday at a massive welcome reception in Ahmedabad. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his side, the
The Walking Dead went there on Sunday night. No, we’re not talking about the implosion of the cave that housed Alpha’s horde. We’re talking about the scene we want to unsee. Negan and Alpha had sex while the latter wore her signature Whisperer mask. It was a surprising turn of events, especially given that Alpha
EXCLUSIVE: Jazz Raycole (Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas) is set as a series regular opposite Kiele Sanchez and Angus Sampson in CBS’ drama The Lincoln Lawyer, from The Practice creator David E. Kelley based on Michael Connelly’s series of bestselling novels. It hails from A+E Studios, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. Written by
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode fourth season of Atypical. It will be the final chapter for the critically praised series from creator/executive producer Robia Rashid and director/executive producer Seth Gordon. The renewal comes almost four months after the release of the show’s third season. And the new fourth and final season won’t premiere until 2021.
Massachusetts-native Kathleen “Kathy” Coleman was only 12 years old when she gained fame for her role as the young time-hopping survivalist, Holly Marshall — who dodges grumpy Tyrannosaurs and befriends dopey Brontosaurs — in the thrilling ’70s sci-fi series, “Land Of The Lost.” Kathy Coleman was cast in the prehistoric show with some other throwback
Before John Oliver dove into his thoughts about Mike Bloomberg’s presidential run and everything wrong with it on Last Week Tonight, he had to talk about Donald Trump and how he criticized Parasite’s win at the Academy Awards at one of his rallies. At one point in his rant, Trump said that he wants the
The 51st NAACP Image Awards were handed out tonight and were aired live on BET with trailblazing musician Lizzo bringing the “Juice” and taking the top honors for Entertainer of the Year and black-ish and When They See Us dominating the TV side and Just Mercy and Dolemite Is My Name taking trophies in the
WarnerMedia is moving into the already-crowded streaming service market this year with HBO Max. The new streaming platform will combine titles from across the Warner Bros. film and TV library as well as introduce original films and series, but it will have to compete with established services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, as well
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Donaldson, whose long career in Hollywood has encompassed movies including The Bounty, Species, Cocktail, Dante’s Peak and The World’s Fastest Indian, is attached to direct the German-produced and Vietnam-set TV series Nhiem. The show comes from local producers Carte blanche International, which is at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin with its
Hallmarkies everywhere will rejoice on Sunday night when When Calls the Heart returns. But they won’t be alone in their celebration. The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul also return that night. Find out what else is in store with our curated list of what to watch. Sunday, February 23 8/7c God Friended Me (CBS)
Hardball host Chris Matthews is facing tons of backlash after he made comments about Bernie Sanders’ big win at the Nevada caucuses on Saturday. At one point, he compared the victory to the Nazi invasion of France — and that did not sit too well everyone. Matthews started to talk about what would happen if
Steve Stark, MGM’s President of Scripted Television Production & Development, has been named President of MGM/UA Television, a newly created label. The appointment is part of a new contract Stark has signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Worldwide Television Group, run by Chairman Mark Burnett. Over the past eight years, Stark, a well-liked and respected executive,
SplashNews.com Wendy Williams hit the town Friday night with what appears to be her new boyfriend. Williams grabbed dinner in New York City at Aroma Trattoria with Big Will, aka Willdaboss. He’s a jeweler in the Big Apple and he gave everyone a big hint the other day, after Wendy went on her show and
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about tonight’s two-part series finale of Fresh Off the Boat. After six seasons, we say goodbye to the Huang family of Fresh Off the Boat. The two-part series finale of the groundbreaking ABC sitcom didn’t necessarily end with a bang. There was no huge champagne toast, parting speeches, or huge overture
The broadcast business has been at a crossroads for the past couple of years, putting emphasis on live programming, sports and unscripted fare as scripted series increasingly are consumed digitally on-demand. A potential WGA strike would accelerate the process, according to a number of industry sources I spoke with over the past several weeks. The
This might be a controversial take, but not everyone is made of money! We can’t all shell out money every month for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+ and/or whatever other subscriptions are fighting for our hard-earned cash these days. This is why I have scoured the depths of the World Wide Web to