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Lauren Ridloff and Joshua Feldman are being the change they hope to see in Hollywood. The creative duo spoke to Deadline about the importance of hiring deaf and disabled creatives on both sides of the camera to tell authentic stories—and they hope the industry follows their lead. “The most important thing to keep in mind

Quantum Leap will likely have a lot of eyes on it when it premieres on NBC in September, but this latest update on the reboot has us a little concerned. Martin Gero, best known for creating Blindspot, has been elevated to showrunner on the buzzy drama series. Gero, who had been serving as an EP,

Paul Sorvino, who starred in the film Goodfellas and the TV series Law & Order, died today of natural causes after suffering health issues over the past few years. He was 83. His death was announced by his publicist Roger Neal on behalf of Sorvino’s wife Dee Dee Sorvino, who was at his side when

YMU has snapped up Simon Cowell. The British X Factor and Got Talent creator and Syco Entertainment founder will join the transatlantic talent agency’s entertainment division and be managed by Group Executive Director Chris Hughes. YMU said it will work with Cowell across “all facets of business” including TV, formats, partnership and books. “YMU has invested

Play video content TMZ.com Storm Reid is all about dorm life on the West Coast as she continues her acting career … and it’s a balance she thinks is crucial to being a well-rounded person. We got the “Euphoria” star at LAX … and she tells us school’s always been important to her — she’s

The XFL, the spring pro football league fronted by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, took a big step toward finalizing its plans Sunday with a press conference that revealed the cities, venues and head coaches for its upcoming 2023 season. The regular season is set to kick off February 18, 2023 with eight teams. Those

Douglas Booth portrays bounty hunter Red Bill in That Dirty Black Bag, a gritty new series that premiered on AMC+ on March 10, 2022. That Dirty Black Bag is a gruesome, unflinching look at the Old West. It fuses the iconic feel of Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns with brutality exceeding even Tarantino’s takes on the

4TH UPDATE, SUNDAY AM:  President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 “symptoms continue to improve significantly,” the President’s physician wrote in a Sunday letter. Biden’s “predominant symptom now is sore throat,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor said. Other symptoms“have diminished considerably,” O’Connor said. Biden will continue being treated with Paxlovid, and will continue to isolate. 3RD UPDATE: Physician to the President

SAG-AFTRA’s national board has approved a resolution to create a path to membership for intimacy coordinators, who serve as advocates and liaisons between performers and productions when nudity and intimate scenes are being filmed. “The role of intimacy coordinators greatly improves safety and well-being on sets and in productions requiring intimate scenes,” said Fran Drescher,

Bill Maher misses the days of old — especially when it comes to James Bond … whom he says has gone soft and mushy in the Daniel Craig era, going so far as to call him “woke.” The ‘Real Time’ host dished his thoughts on the fictional spy character during the most recent episode of

Marvel showed the first trailer to Secret Invasion on Saturday at Comic-Con, though the series doesn’t come out until next spring. Samuel L. Jackson, scratched up as Nick Fury, has been avoiding Earth as Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill puts it. They meet up in a bar. He gets off a space ship and heads inside.

No doubt about it, Virgin River Season 4 brought romance, drama, tears, twists, turns, and major bombshells! It was a heck of a binge, and fans are likely reeling from that shocking finale and counting the moments until we can check into Virgin River again. TV Fanatic had the pleasure of catching up with Kai

Following the announcement that Douglas Henshall will make his final appearance as DI Jimmy Perez in the BBC’s acclaimed murder mystery drama Shetland, the BBC has released the first trailer for the new season. Henshall debuted the role of DI Perez on BBC One in 2013 in the first TV adaptation of the award-winning novels by crime

Paramount and Nickelodeon have three animated Avatar films are in the works. Last month, Lauren Montgomery (Avatar: The Last Airbender) was announced as director on the untitled first installment. And today at Comic-Con, there was more news about the first film at the panel for Avatar: Braving the Elements, the rewatch podcast hosted by the franchise’s voice actors

“Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre is closing the curtain on his third marriage … filing for divorce. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, “The King of Sitcoms” is ending things with Arielle Lorre after about 3 and a half years of marriage. The docs state the two have a prenup in

EXCLUSIVE: Announced prematurely during Fox’s pre-taped 2022 upfront presentation in May, dark comedy Cindy Snow will not be airing on the network this coming season after all. Following months of back-and-forth between Fox and series’ producer Warner Bros. Television, the network has allowed the studio to shop Cindy Snow, from The Flight Attendant creator Steve

Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power took to San Diego Comic-Con, giving fans much to talk about. The highly-anticipated TV adaptation at Prime Video featured an orchestra and operatic chorus from composer Bear McCreary for the panel moderated by Stephen Colbert. “The depth of the text and implied text is what is extraordinary

The future of HBO Max’s European originals team has appeared bleak ever since it emerged Warner Bros Discovery was stopping production in the continent, and it now looks to be facing the end. Most of the unit, overseen by EMEA content chief Antony Root, are understood to be in talks over their futures, though several

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the season 1 finale of FX On Hulu’s The Old Man. FX on Hulu’s spy drama starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow wrapped its first season July 21 by answering several burning questions — namely, why Faraz Hamzad was so hellbent at getting to Dan Chase (Bridges) and

‘Black Ink’ star Ceaser Emanuel has turned himself in to authorities in connection to animal cruelty charges … just weeks after a video showing him abusing a dog went viral. A spokesperson for the City of South Fulton PD in Georgia tells TMZ Emanuel turned himself in … jail records show Emanuel is facing two

Moiraine Damodred and the One Power continues. Amazon has handed an early Season 3 renewal to its fantasy epic series The Wheel of Time. The move, unveiled during the show’s Comic-Con presentation, comes ahead of the launch of Season 2 of the Rosamund Pike-fronted series. The first season of the series, which consisted of eight

Lifetime knows how to turn up the heat, and the cabler’s latest batch of risky romance movies is poised to be a big hit. Five new movies that reveal the dangerous side of romance as part of the network’s Love, Lies and Seduction movie slate with new films premiering every weekend beginning August 6 through

Kwame Amoaku, former director of the Chicago Film Office, is the new deputy commissioner for film at the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, where he’ll be principal advisor on production. A push by Mayor Eric Adams to accelerate the industry’s recovery, and surpass pre-pandemic levels, also includes creating a council of local industry insiders,

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is entering The Doll Factory. The UK wing of the streamer has ordered an adaptation of the Sunday Times bestselling novel, a dark thriller story of obsession centred around a doll painter and her twin sister. Marcella, Crime and Whistable Pearl indie Buccaneer Media is attached to produce the six-part thriller dramas, which will join the line-up of Paramount+

‘Vanderpump’ stars Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz are seriously close to unloading a major asset they shared in marriage … finding a buyer for their home after filing for divorce. Tom and Katie accepted an offer Tuesday for $2.595 million … the sale hasn’t been finalized just yet, but is almost certain to go through.

It’s official: NBC has picked up a second drama pilot to series for the 2022-23 season, the missing-persons Found, from All American‘s Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The pickup, which Deadline wrote about in yesterday’s Pilot Buzz, gives Carroll three series on broadcast TV next season: All American, on which she

Premiering on Hulu on July 29, Not Okay stars Zoey Deutch as an aspiring writer without personal experience to support her career goals. Danni Sanders is on the cusp of getting fired from her job, has no friends, and has no love life. As is often the case in movies like this, Danni’s crush on

After two years without an in-person Comic-Con, fans are definitely holding out for the appearance of a few heroes. Fortunately, the ongoing pandemic — and skepticism over whether the Con will truly enforce those mask protocols — won’t keep the newest caped crusaders from braving the annual nerdfest that kicks off Thursday in San Diego.

“Baseball is a game for fathers and sons,” someone once said. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw learned that again tonight when he rose to leave his All-Star Game press conference and a member of the media told him, “Clayton, I think there’s a kid who’s trying to ask you [something].” “Oh, dude, sorry,” Kershaw said as

Issa Rae‘s latest HBO series “Rap Sh!t” is about to debut, and she says you can expect to see characters spitting lyrics written by her favorite rappers … all women! Issa shouted out PineappleCITI, NCognita and Dreezy, who tells TMZ Hip Hop … writing for the show was a breeze, seeing as how she’s written