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Jake Shears, Lorna Courtney & Kevin McHale To Join Broadway’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, & Juliet‘s Lorna Courtney and Glee‘s Kevin McHale will soon join the Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show taking over roles originally played by the departing Luke Evans, Stephanie Hsu and Andrew Durand. The castings were announced by producers today. Shears will begin playing Frank-N-Furter, the “sweet transvestite from […]

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‘Ransom Canyon’ Showrunner Unpacks “Hot Mess” Season 2 Sibling Love Triangle That Divided The Writers’ Room & Teases “Bad Boy Era” For One Brother In Potential Season 3

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils Ransom Canyon Season 2, specifically details around Lauren, Kit and Lucas’ plotlines. The sparks between Lauren Brigman (Lizzy Greene) and Kit Russell (Casey W. Johnson), brother of Lauren’s current boyfriend Lucas Russell (Garrett Wareing) and passenger in the car that killed Staten’s son Randall (Hubert Smielecki), were another unplanned factor […]

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Major League Soccer Boards Danny Ramirez Soccer Drama ‘Baton’ As Key Partner

EXCLUSIVE: The feature film Baton, written and directed by Danny Ramirez, has entered into a strategic partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS), marking the league’s most significant collaboration with a motion picture to date. The partnership comes as Baton enters post production. The film follows a soccer player relentlessly pursuing his dream of playing professionally […]

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Pia Barlow Leaving HBO Max To Join Amazon MGM Studios As Head Of Series Marketing

Amazon MGM Studios is getting a dedicated senior marketing executive to oversee its slate of original series for the first time. Pia Barlow, EVP Originals Marketing for HBO Max, is joining the studio as VP of Series Marketing. Amazon MGM Studios’s Head of Marketing, Sue Kroll, to whom Barlow will report, made the announcement internally […]

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‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Showrunner Ian Brennan On Our Enduring Fascination With The Psycho Who Changed The Face Of Movie Horror

Watchmen writer Alan Moore’s 1989 graphic novel From Hell used the 1888-1891 crimes of London’s Jack the Ripper as a bloody overture to the coming violence of the 20th century, and even now the serial killer’s trail of carnage seems hard to top. Well, it was until 16 November 1957, when Wisconsin farmer Edward Theodore […]

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Alycia Debnam-Carey Signs With Gersh

EXCLUSIVE: Alycia Debnam-Carey has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Debnam-Carey is best known for her role as Alicia Clark across seven seasons of the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead, a spinoff of the network’s hit series The Walking Dead, and The CW’s The 100, playing Lexa. Her TV credits also include […]

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Former ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Cecilia Vega Details Claims CBS News Brass Wanted Her To Insert Political Bias In Stories

Cecilia Vega, one of the 60 Minutes correspondents fired in a management overhaul of the show earlier this year, followed up on her claim that she was instructed to insert political bias into stories. Vega appeared on Thursday at a session at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference in New Orleans. In her remarks, […]

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‘The Odyssey’ Ends First Week With Near $200M; Previews Fire Up For ‘Hadestown’, ‘Motor City’ & ‘Her Private Hell’ – Box Office

It’s been double digit millions everyday for Universal’s Christopher Nolan movie, The Odyssey, which after a $17.6M Thursday, a remarkable slim -3% dip from Wednesday’s $18M, ends its first week at the North American box office with $199.3M at 3,919 theaters. Among Nolan movies first week, The Odyssey (similar to its $123.5M weekend opening) is […]

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LeBron James Signs With Philadelphia 76ers As “Last Decision”: “I Am So Excited To Energize A New Fan Base”

LeBron James is not done with the NBA and is headed to Philadelphia, signing with the 76ers. In a series of social media posts, the former Los Angeles Lakers star explained his decision to stay in the league. “I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn’t ready to announce it, and I […]

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Owl Screenwriting Workshop Taking Submissions For 2027 Program Via The Black List & Athens Film Office

The Black List and the Athens Film Office are teaming to accept submissions starting today for the 2027 Owl Screenwriting Workshop, which is set for January 12-15 in the Greek capital. The workshop is an intensive, residential development program curated to accelerate bold, audience-driven feature films and television projects positioned for the international market. It […]

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Carlton Cuse On How Sports Rights Fights Are Hurting Scripted, Fair Residuals, AI & Netflix Series ‘The Secret Of Secrets’

The FIFA World Cup might be behind us now, but that’s not going to be the last time a major sports competition takes over schedules or streaming platforms. For veteran TV writer-producer Carlton Cuse, the increasing value of sports rights is no good thing for the future of scripted TV. Expanding on comments he made […]

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Robin Givens Joins Prime Video’s ‘Cross’ As Intellectual Conservative Senator For Season 3

EXCLUSIVE: Robin Givens (Harlem, Batwoman) has joined the recurring cast of Prime Video’s Cross for Season 3. Givens will play Senator Mulrooney, an intellectual conservative, overbearing both as a parent and a partner. She is the wife of a doctor and the mother of a son, whose problems the Senator keeps a closely guarded secret. […]

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‘Benjamin Button’ Musical Finds Its New York Cast With Tony Nominee Andrew Durand In Title Role

The stage musical adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will make its North American premiere Off Broadway at the Public Theater this fall, with Dead Outlaw Tony nominee Andrew Durand taking the title role. Full casting of the production, which begins previews October 8, opens October 21 and runs through November 15, has […]

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What To Expect As Donald Trump Attends The Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Watch The Livestream

Donald Trump is expected to speak around 9 p.m. ET on Friday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, rescheduled after the association’s traditional April event was abruptly stopped after a shooting in which a gunman breached a security checkpoint. At the time, Trump had called for a new dinner. In remarks at an event on […]

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What To Expect As Donald Trump Attends The Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Donald Trump is expected to speak around 9 p.m. ET on Friday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, rescheduled after the association’s traditional April event was stopped due to a shooting as a gunman breached a security checkpoint. Trump had called for a new dinner, and in remarks at an event on Thursday, WHCA President […]

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Oscar Documentary Contender ‘House Of Hope’ Secures North American Distribution

EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based distribution company New Mountain Films has acquired North American theatrical and streaming rights for Marjolein Busstra’s award-winning documentary House of Hope about a pacifist Waldorf school in the occupied West Bank. The agreement was negotiated by Khaled Sabbour, founder and CEO of New Mountain Films, and Esther van Messel and Shiran Shmerling at […]

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Armand Assante To Narrate Documentary Feature ‘The Streets of Little Italy: 100 Years Of San Gennaro’

EXCLUSIVE: Armand Assante (Gotti) has joined the feature documentary The Streets of Little Italy: 100 Years of San Gennaro and will narrate the project, directed by Paul Borghese (Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn). Currently in production, the feature-length documentary chronicles the story of how a small immigrant religious procession on Manhattan’s Mulberry Street evolved […]

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Film Financiers & Producers Flock To Inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable In Cape Town

EXCLUSIVE: In a sign of the growing momentum around African cinema, the inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable (IFIR) gathered top film investors and financiers involved in the continent’s creative industries in Cape Town this week, alongside a host of regional producers and international experts. Running July 21 to 23, the meeting was spearheaded by Steven […]

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Chris Brown Pleads Guilty To Affray Over UK Nightclub Confrontation

Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray following a confrontation in a London nightclub in 2023. According to BBC News, the singer entered his plea at Southwark Crown Court in a hearing that took less than five minutes. The incident took place in a London nightclub in Mayfair. Brown’s co-defendant, his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, […]

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International Insider: Venice Lineup Analysis; Rebel Wilson Legal Victory; Lisa Nandy, Troublemaker-In-Chief

We’re back again, Insiders. Greetings from Europe, where the traditionally quiet period for the industry feels anything but this year. Jesse Whittock on the buttons. Sign up for the full, expanded Insider newsletter experience here. Venice Line-Up Analysis Studios stay away (again): The summer slowdown may be upon us in Europe and the U.S., but […]

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‘The Deb’ Star Charlotte MacInnes Attacks Rebel Wilson In Appeal Against Court Defeat

The chaotic legal fight over Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut is far from over. The Deb star Charlotte MacInnes has formally appealed after the Federal Court of Australia ruled that Wilson did not defame her in a series of social media posts from July 2024. MacInnes claimed that Wilson damaged her reputation by alleging that she […]

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BBC Buys ‘Kabul’ Drama Series About American Withdrawal From Afghanistan Starring The Late Eric Dane

The BBC has acquired the upcoming series Kabul set against the backdrop of the terrifying real-life events in Afghanistan from 2021, one of the last shows to star the late Eric Dane. The Mediawan drama for the European Alliance of broadcasters kicks off as American troops withdraw from Kabul and the Taliban enters the city. […]

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Christine Vachon, Ewan McGregor & Sarah Brocklehurst Among Names Set For Edinburgh Film Festival’s 2026 Industry Programme

The Edinburgh Film Festival has confirmed the full lineup for the industry programme, which will run throughout the event’s 2026 edition, taking place from August 13 to 19. The programme will begin on August 14 with the EIFF Industry Networking Brunch in partnership with Women in Film and Television. This will be followed by an […]

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Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Appoints Fred Tsui As Executive Director

Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has announced that veteran sales agent and producer Fred Tsui will succeed Albert Lee as executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. In his new role, commencing on September 23, Tsui will oversee the Hong Kong International Film Festival and its year-round activities, the Hong […]

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Jon Bon Jovi Abruptly Ends MSG Show Amid Vocal Issues, Will Reschedule: “You’re Not Getting The Best Of Me”

Two weeks into Bon Jovi’s latest tour, the band had to reschedule a stop after Jon Bon Jovi had to end the show early. During Thursday’s Madison Square Garden show, the frontman performed through vocal issues before pulling the plug early, telling the audience that he plans to reschedule the show at the famed New […]

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‘Resident Evil’ Duo Zach Cregger & Austin Abrams Tease The Film’s Last 30 Seconds, Tricky Camerawork & Potential Fan Favorite Set Pieces

It may be “no sweat” for Austin Abrams’ character Bryan in the latest trailer for Resident Evil, but for writer-director and horror aficionado Zach Cregger his upcoming adaptation is all blood, all guts and all gorey. Co-written with Shay Hatten, Sony’s Resident Evil follows Bryan, a medical courier tasked with delivering an important package to […]

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Brad Bird Thinks ‘1906’ Would “Lend Itself” To Multiple Episodes As TV Miniseries

Ray Gunn director Brad Bird has made several lasting films in his day, but he has yet to venture into television. He hasn’t ruled out the opportunity to make a miniseries with a project he has long pursued. “Actually yeah, I have a project that, it’s hard to explain, but it would lend itself to […]

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Cole Hauser On “Challenges” Of Making ‘Dutton Ranch’ Without Taylor Sheridan: “Everything Had Changed”

Although the Duttons are still keeping things interesting on our screens, it’s a whole new behind-the-scenes family for the cast of Taylor Sheridan’s western TV franchise. Cole Hauser, who reprises his role as Rip Wheeler, recently opened up about the “challenges” of filming Dutton Ranch without parent series Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan at the helm, […]

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‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ EPs & Composer On Crafting Ever-Changing Title Sequence You “Shouldn’t Skip”, Packed With Messages & Spoilers

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes a detail about the premiere episode of HBO Max’s Stuart Fails To Save the Universe. Each episode of The Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Fails To Save the Universe tells a story of its four protagonists, Stuart (Kevin Sussman), Denise (Lauren Lapkus), Bert (Brian Posehn) and Kripke (John Ross Bowie), […]

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‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ Creators & Stars On Premiere’s Shocking OG Death & Its Aftermath

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the premiere episode of HBO Max’s Stuart Fails To Save the Universe. The Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Fails To Save the Universe starts off with Stuart (Kevin Sussman) in a post-apocalyptic Pasadena getting a visit from an alternate version of himself who urges him to restore reality […]

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Jake Shears, Lorna Courtney & Kevin McHale To Join Broadway’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

‘Ransom Canyon’ Showrunner Unpacks “Hot Mess” Season 2 Sibling Love Triangle That Divided The Writers’ Room & Teases “Bad Boy Era” For One Brother In Potential Season 3

Major League Soccer Boards Danny Ramirez Soccer Drama ‘Baton’ As Key Partner

Pia Barlow Leaving HBO Max To Join Amazon MGM Studios As Head Of Series Marketing

‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Showrunner Ian Brennan On Our Enduring Fascination With The Psycho Who Changed The Face Of Movie Horror

Alycia Debnam-Carey Signs With Gersh

Former ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Cecilia Vega Details Claims CBS News Brass Wanted Her To Insert Political Bias In Stories

‘The Odyssey’ Ends First Week With Near $200M; Previews Fire Up For ‘Hadestown’, ‘Motor City’ & ‘Her Private Hell’ – Box Office

LeBron James Signs With Philadelphia 76ers As “Last Decision”: “I Am So Excited To Energize A New Fan Base”

Owl Screenwriting Workshop Taking Submissions For 2027 Program Via The Black List & Athens Film Office

Carlton Cuse On How Sports Rights Fights Are Hurting Scripted, Fair Residuals, AI & Netflix Series ‘The Secret Of Secrets’

Robin Givens Joins Prime Video’s ‘Cross’ As Intellectual Conservative Senator For Season 3

‘Benjamin Button’ Musical Finds Its New York Cast With Tony Nominee Andrew Durand In Title Role

What To Expect As Donald Trump Attends The Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Watch The Livestream

What To Expect As Donald Trump Attends The Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Oscar Documentary Contender ‘House Of Hope’ Secures North American Distribution

Armand Assante To Narrate Documentary Feature ‘The Streets of Little Italy: 100 Years Of San Gennaro’

Film Financiers & Producers Flock To Inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable In Cape Town

Chris Brown Pleads Guilty To Affray Over UK Nightclub Confrontation

International Insider: Venice Lineup Analysis; Rebel Wilson Legal Victory; Lisa Nandy, Troublemaker-In-Chief

‘The Deb’ Star Charlotte MacInnes Attacks Rebel Wilson In Appeal Against Court Defeat

BBC Buys ‘Kabul’ Drama Series About American Withdrawal From Afghanistan Starring The Late Eric Dane

Christine Vachon, Ewan McGregor & Sarah Brocklehurst Among Names Set For Edinburgh Film Festival’s 2026 Industry Programme

Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Appoints Fred Tsui As Executive Director

Jon Bon Jovi Abruptly Ends MSG Show Amid Vocal Issues, Will Reschedule: “You’re Not Getting The Best Of Me”

‘Resident Evil’ Duo Zach Cregger & Austin Abrams Tease The Film’s Last 30 Seconds, Tricky Camerawork & Potential Fan Favorite Set Pieces

Brad Bird Thinks ‘1906’ Would “Lend Itself” To Multiple Episodes As TV Miniseries

Cole Hauser On “Challenges” Of Making ‘Dutton Ranch’ Without Taylor Sheridan: “Everything Had Changed”

‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ EPs & Composer On Crafting Ever-Changing Title Sequence You “Shouldn’t Skip”, Packed With Messages & Spoilers

‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ Creators & Stars On Premiere’s Shocking OG Death & Its Aftermath

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