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A five-part doc series exploring the life of late South African President and freedom fighter Nelson Mandela is being readied with his personal archivists providing material. Dogwoof has boarded Mandela: Life (working title) and will launch it the Cannes Market this month. Directed by South African director Mandla Dube, the series will focus on Mandela’s

Station 19 knows how to bring the pain, the laughter, and, yeah, even some frustration. We got a healthy dose of all of the above with Station 19 Season 7 Episode 7, which was the epitome of a rollercoaster ride because they’d have you chuckling one minute and sniffling the next. No one will ever

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the May 11 episode of Young Sheldon on CBS. For fans of The Big Bang Theory, Thursday’s episode of Young Sheldon shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise. With the May 16 series finale only a week away, viewers were waiting for the comedy’s title character to

EXCLUSIVE: Apploff Entertainment, the unscripted production company behind series such as Fox’s Beat Shazam and Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, is promoting two of its employees. Rayna Apploff has been upped to Vice President of Talent, and Zach Gelfand is promoted to Manager of Development.  Apploff has spent 15 years at the company, working on a host of game shows

Play video content TMZSports.com Travis Kelce‘s entertainment endeavors won’t be a problem within the Chiefs’ locker room … so says fellow acting athlete Thomas Q. Jones, who believes the Kansas City tight end’s teammates will have zero issue with him pursuing his Hollywood dreams. TK landed a role in Ryan Murphy‘s new horror series, “Grotesquerie”

Three members of Monty Python have reunited to celebrate Michael Palin‘s birthday. John Cleese posted a dinner table picture on X (formerly Twitter) of himself alongside Palin and Terry Gilliam after Palin turned 81 on May 5. Cleese captioned the photo: “An 18 foot Python celebrates Pallin’s 181st Birthday and 195th Travel Book. Photo taken

Without a doubt, Kevin Atwater is the purest, most universally adored, and best character in the series. And it’s always a delight when he gets some focus, which is precisely what Chicago PD Season 11 Episode 11 set out to do as it touched on some of Atwater’s finest attributes: his dedication, compassion, sympathy, and

Freya Allen feels empathy for the uncomfortable place Liam Hemsworth is in as he takes over the lead role in The Witcher. Hemsworth was named as the replacement for Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher in October 2022, and there still is some grumbling among the hardcore fans. Cavill’s leave has been

The hit Starz drama series P-Valley has upped Gail Bean (Snowfall), Bertram Williams Jr and Thomas Q. Jones to series regulars while also adding Mea Wilkerson to its main cast for Season 3. Production kicked off recently in Atlanta. Bean will continue to play Roulette, a new dancer at The Pynk; Williams Jr will continue

It’s hump day in the week — and we’re gonna help you get passed it with our TV topics! TMZ Live Play video content TMZ.com Let’s kick things off with “TMZ Live,” where Charles and Charlie dove into how Gisele is reportedly feeling after Tom Brady‘s roast … where their former relationship as husband and

German director Tom Tykwer has been named Managing Director of Babylon Berlin producer X Filme Creative Pool as part of a restructure that sees company co-founder Stefan Arndt step down. The pair co-founded the German production powerhouse 30 years ago, but Tykwer will now succeed Arndt in the MD role, and joins Uwe Schott on

There was always a chance Steve would be autistic, but can The Good Doctor do this story justice? The Good Doctor Season 7 Episode 8 bounced everywhere with this storyline. Shaun fretted about Steve and had flashbacks of his father’s mistreatment, while Lea’s good reasons for not wanting to do a brain study were dismissed

Ian Gelder, the actor who played Kevan Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 74. Gelder’s husband, Ben Daniels, shared a post on social media announcing his death. “It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce

EXCLUSIVE: Amplify Pictures, the indie studio behind HBO’s Emmy winner 100 Foot Wave and the upcoming Legends for Nat Geo/Disney+, has greenlighted development on LA Native, a new half-hour comedy series written and created by Siena East (Clone High). The show centers on Genoa Now, an unruly Native twentysomething in Los Angeles trying to make

Tom Selleck is apparently still very much a working actor — to the point that he says he’s worried about losing one of his properties now that his famous show is going off the air. He made the startling revelation on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend — where he was being interviewed about the fact

EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Roseman is exiting Banijay UK‘s unscripted label Initial to relocate to New York. The former Fulwell 73 exec has been with the Big Brother producer since January last year in a Creative Director of Development role, but is now moving across the pond for a “huge move personally and professionally.” Her and her

Tom Selleck hopes CBS reverses its decision to cancel Blue Bloods and that viewers will be able to continue watching the series beyond its 14 seasons. “I will continue to think that CBS will come to their senses,” Selleck said in an interview with CBS News. “We’re the third-highest scripted show in all of broadcast.

Kristi Noem‘s book’s landed her in hot water again … this time resulting from a factual error claiming she met Kim Jong Un — even though the meet never happened. The South Dakota Governor went on CBS’ “Face The Nation” Sunday morning to talk politics and her upcoming autobiography ‘No Going Back’ … and, the

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Adams, who has been with Warner Bros. Animation for 15 years, is retiring. Adams, who is EVP and General Manager, Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Cartoon Network Studios (CNS), Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (HBSE), will step down in September. Matt Matzkin, who is currently EVP, Business Operations & Production, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, will be

When Calls the Heart finally put some “heart” back in the series. When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 5 showcased how strong the Hope Valley community was when they worked together and banded together to save Lucas’s new resort. “Stronger Together” explored multiple other subplots and relationships, including whether Nathan and Elizabeth would finally

Another big Hollywood name is rooting for a Paramount-Skydance deal as Jeffrey Katzenberg says that outcome would be “a great win for Paramount and for people in the industry.” Speaking a the Axios BFD Talks: LA this evening, the DreamWorks co-founder and former Walt Disney Studios head acknowledged that the situation is complicated. “There’s a

SeriesFest, the television event in Denver, drew dozens of independent creators over the last few days and has now handed out some awards for its pilot competition. Some 45 pilots from around the world were in competition at the tenth iteration of the festival. Check back later this week to hear from a number of

Kathy Bates is ready to slide into some stylish shapewear — saying she’d be happy to star in a campaign for SKIMS … all Kim Kardashian has to do is make the call! The actress attended the CBS Fall Schedule Celebration in L.A. Thursday and chatted with People about Kim’s turn on “American Horror Story”

Play video content ABC Gypsy Rose Blanchard is scratching her head over Sunny Hostin‘s decision to blast her on national TV — especially since they were friendly in the past … an about-face, it seems. Gypsy tells TMZ … she finds Sunny’s harsh criticism about her on Friday’s episode of “The View” — where SH

Play video content The Jess Cagle Show / Sirius XM Brooke Shields‘ daughters may be college-aged adults, but they’re still mommy’s girls at heart — something their mother confessed to … very proudly, we might add. The actress swung by SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” Thursday, where she spilled on her incredibly close bond with

Channing Tatum wants a judge to hear all of the issues in his divorce from Jenna Dewan in one trial … instead of splitting up the case like she wants. According to documents obtained by TMZ … Tatum’s asking a judge to deny Jenna’s request to bifurcate the case — which, in essence, would split

May the Fourth be with you TMZers … now, check out the best from TMZ’s television programs from a long week ago in a studio not so far, far away. TMZ Live Play video content TMZ.com On “TMZ Live,” Harvey and Charles discuss Britney Spears‘ swollen ankle she shared on Instagram after her scary hotel

Play video content HBO Bill Maher‘s taking aim at America’s top cop, Attorney General Merrick Garland … questioning why Democrats even gave him the job, and calling him out for screwing up federal prosecution of Donald Trump. Maher’s dismantling of the AG went down on Friday night’s episode of his show, ‘Real Time’ … and

Edgar Lansbury, a Tony-winning producer and brother of late TV & Film star Angela Lansbury has died … according to a post from one of his former stars. Peggy Gordon — who appeared in the original off-Broadway cast for the show “Godspell” — shared the news on Facebook earlier this week. She didn’t provide a

Amy Schumer knows how to perk up a room … playing a prank at Jimmy Buffett’s memorial to ease the melancholy in the room — all by pulling her top down! The actress/comedian was honored at the Variety Power of Women event in NYC where Sascha Seinfeld — the daughter of Jerry Seinfeld and a