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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher will be on the picket lines Friday on the first day of the guild’s strike against the film and television industry. She’ll be joined by Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the guild’s national executive director and chief negotiator, and members of the guild’s negotiating committee. Drescher and her team will be picketing outside Netflix’s
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EXCLUSIVE: BBC News journalists had begun work on a potential exposé about Huw Edwards prior to The Sun newspaper sparking a UK media storm about the presenter, Deadline can reveal. BBC sources said Newsnight anchor Victoria Derbyshire was examining accusations about Edwards’ conduct in the days before The Sun made explosive claims about the star
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Vanderpump Rules scored its first two Emmy nominations in the categories of Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program. The cast is pumped for the mentions and have been sharing reactions to the nods. “I’m so thrilled for Vanderpump Rules to be nominated for two Emmys this year,” Lala
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American actor Ryan Hurst was 32 years old when he first started playing the role of Opie Winston — the biker best friend and long-time SAMCRO member who married Lyla the porn star — in the menacing 2000s motorcycle gang TV show “Sons Of Anarchy.” Hurst shared the big screen with Charlie Hunnam as the
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EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video Italy has ordered a six-part comedy-drama in the “tone in the director of Fleabag” from Italian producer Groenlandia. We can reveal Banijay Group-owned drama house Groenlandia and Fidelio are making Antonia, in collaboration with Prime Video. The series will form part of the streamer’s latest slate, which is due to be unveiled
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SAG-AFTRA has agreed to federal mediation in order the break the bargaining deadlock with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but said that “we are not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.”  The deadline for reaching an agreement remains Wednesday at midnight PT.   In a statement, the union
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Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley Conference is known for drawing an A-list roster of execs from across the media and tech realms, with a generous sprinkling of sports commissioners, politicos and other notables added to the mix. This year’s event, which gets under way Tuesday, looks to be no exception to the rule, though
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Netflix is bringing the zombies back. Above is the first trailer for Zombieverse, the streamer’s upcoming survival series set in the South Korean capital Seoul. Netflix has set a release date on August 8. The 47-second trailer shows carnage in downtown Seoul, as contestants seek to escape flesh-eating foes. A newsreader voice over talks of
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Adam DeVine‘s looks over the years are “Bumpin!” Here is a 28-year-old version of the “Workaholics” comedian flashing his charming smile and throwin’ a thumbs up at the “Pitch Perfect” premiere in Hollywood, California back in 2012 (left). This was just the beginning of his a cappella role as Bumper. And, over a decade later
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EXCLUSIVE: As SAG-AFTRA prepares for a possible strike next week, Fran Drescher, the guild’s president, said in a recent email chain that she was willing to go on strike in 2021 over Hollywood’s Covid vaccination mandates. Drescher, who had been the leading voice among union leaders against the mandates, on Thursday told critics who accused
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