The minds behind 10 Cloverfield Lane, Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, will be penning an adaptation of Elizabeth Bear‘s short sci-fi story Covenant, Deadline is reporting today. Spyglass Entertainment acquired the story, and Eli Roth is on board to produce. In Bear’s short story, “A former serial killer — the beneficiary of “rightminding”, a process that cures psychopathy by
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Cast members from Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Company, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicago, Diana, Mean Girls, Girl from the North Country, Six, and Mrs. Doubtfire will take part in Sunday’s Broadway Does Mother’s Day, a digital variety benefitting Broadway Cares’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The show is designed to replace
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Though it wasn’t the way producers and the network had planned, NCIS concluded Season 17 in mid-April just shy of 400 episodes. Halted production because of COVID-19 caused NCIS to stop earlier than expected, of course, although the episode that ended up becoming the finale was a strong and stirring way to finish. So now,
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J. Crew has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the first major US retailer to do so amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement released early Monday morning, May 4, the retailer—made popular by the likes of Meghan Markle and Michelle Obama—said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is working with its lenders
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Scorpion creator Nick Santora, showrunner of Skydance Television’s upcoming Jack Reacher series, is expanding his relationship with the studio, signing an exclusive, multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Santora will create, develop and produce event-level original scripted series for Skydance TV. Santora currently serves as showrunner and executive producer on the studio’s upcoming series Jack
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UPDATED MONDAY AT 2:20 P.M. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 28 new deaths and 568 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That’s nearly 500 fewer new cases than were reported on Friday, continuing the rollercoaster fluctuations that have been reported this week. As she has noted previously, L.A. County Director of
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Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, his senior adviser Stephen Miller has attempted to use laws designed to protect public health to crack down on immigration—all to no avail, thanks in part to Cabinet secretaries and attorneys arguing that his plans didn’t pass legal muster. But the coronavirus crisis could give Miller an opening. According to the
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Do: Step away from the tweezers It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused major change in our daily lives. While everyone who can is (hopefully) helping slow the spread of the virus by staying home, regularly scheduled beauty appointments for treatments like haircuts, eyebrow grooming and manicures—remember manicures?!—are on pause while salons remain
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Tina Fey will host virtual telethon Rise Up New York! next Monday, May 11, raising money for New Yorkers hit by COVID-19 and the shutdown, with telethon guests set to include Governor Andrew Cuomo, Bette Midler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert De Niro, Spike Lee, among many others. Presented by the anti-poverty organization Robin Hood along with
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For Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan was both a fierce competitor and a helpful big brother.  On Sunday, the fifth part of ESPN’s documentary miniseries The Last Dance aired, bringing chills to viewers as it honed in on the late Bryant’s relationship with Jordan and featured new footage of the basketball legend shot last July before his untimely death in
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Amanda EdwardsGetty Images If you survived the great Stephenie Meyer Website Crash of 2020, then you know the news by now: Twilight Mania has returned. Team Edward reigns supreme. Midnight Sun is coming. After relapsed Twilight fans collectively lost their minds trying to decode a countdown timer that appeared last week on the author’s website,
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Activist hedge fund Elliott Management, which recently extracted concessions from AT&T and Twitter, has Quibi in its sights, financing interactive video company Eko’s patent-infringement lawsuit against the streamer, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday. As part of the financing, Elliott would end up with an equity stake in Eko, WSJ said,
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Exclusive Tekashi 6ix9ine will be a one-man band for his upcoming music vid because of the coronavirus and, perhaps more importantly, to keep his location secret. Sources close to Tekashi tell TMZ … 6ix9ine is going to be the only one in his camera frame in the video, and he’s already shooting behind-the-scenes footage. We’re
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