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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television is saying goodbye to long-serving international production operations boss Richard Parsons. We hear the exec has chosen to step down after 12 years, with a source close to SPT saying the parting is “entirely amicable.” He will remain at Sony’s London based until the end of August. Parsons had joined Sony

CBS is unlikely to be uttering the words “thank you Chuck Norris” anytime soon after handing over some Walker, Texas Ranger dough to the octogenarian action star. More than five years after Norris sued the network and the studio for more than $30 million over profits from the eight seasons-plus of the procedural, lawyers and

Mipcom Cannes is putting AI and FAST channels at the center of its conference program this year. The annual TV industry get-together this morning unveiled a program that also includes co-production sessions, a new awards show and plans for several Media Mastermind keynote series events. World premiere screenings will be revealeded at a later date.

Pamela Blair, who originated the role of the surgically enhanced “Valerie Clark” in the Broadway smash A Chorus Line, died Sunday at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, following a lengthy illness. She was 73. Her death was reported by friends on social media, including her A Chorus Line co-star Baayork Lee. “I am very sad

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has defended the high volume of coverage it dedicated to the scandal involving Huw Edwards, the British broadcaster’s highest-paid news presenter. BBC News extensively covered the story after Edwards was accused in reports by The Sun newspaper of paying a young person for sexually explicit images. BBC journalists supported the original claims

Dave Annable is longing Brothers & Sisters and feels like the series should have a reunion, twelve years after it aired its last episode. “I miss that show,” the actor told People in a recent interview. “We were canceled before we knew we were going to be, so we didn’t get to say goodbye.” The

As the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strike continues, the latest star to go public with a small residual cheque is actor William Stanford Davis. The 71-year-old star of Abbott Elementary, who was upped to a series regular last year, took to social media at the weekend to reveal he had received a recent payment for

Stephen Curry is still feeling the glow of winning the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament last weekend.  He grabbed the title with an eagle putt on the 18th green on Sunday, but it’s a shot he made Saturday that continues to reverberate: a hole in one on the course’s par-3 no. 7. After draining the

Jamie Foxx gave fans an update on his recovery in his first official video since his April hospitalization for what his daughter Corrine Foxx described at the time as “medical complication.” In the Instagram video posted Friday night (you can watch it below), Jamie Foxx did not reveal the nature of the complication but addressed

It’s Day 8 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 81 of the WGA strike. Another busy day out on the picket lines across the country. Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson was out in LA, stars including Daniel Radcliffe, F. Murray Abraham and Rosemary Harris, the 95-year old woman who starred in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies were drumming

Some of Britain’s top stars including Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton and Simon Pegg are taking to the streets of London this afternoon in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA cause. Succession star Cox is due to address the Equity-led rally alongside Catastrophe‘s Rob Delaney and BAFTA-winner Rakie Ayola. Other high-profile stars in attendance include Harry Potter star

A new era dawns in Washington. NFL owners have unanimously approved the Commanders’ sale from the Dan Snyder family to a group led by Josh Harris for a record $6.05 billion. Snyder owned a majority of the Commanders since 1999, when he bought in for $800 million. He and his famly became the sole owners

The 2023 Women’s World Cup kicked off as planned in Auckland on Thursday, with the co-hosting nation New Zealand triumphing in the opening match against Norway just hours after a lone shooter killed two people and injured six others in the city. Veteran New Zealand striker Hannah Wilkinson secured her team victory against Norway, which

It’s Day 6 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 79 of the WGA strike. On Wednesday, actors and writers were joined at Amazon Studios in Culver City by members of the Teamsters, after SAG-AFTRA and WGA members joined Teamsters picket lines earlier in the day in a massive demonstration in downtown Los Angeles ahead of

The National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences recently recognized Cherokee Nation’s Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People with six Heartland Regional Emmy Awards. The tribe’s cultural television series, and the short documentaries within it, continues to be honored with numerous regional, national and international accolades for its innovative approach to sharing the real-life stories

It’s Day 5 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 79 of the WGA strike.  Rachel McAdams, The Simpsons’ James L. Brooks, Succession duo Alan Ruck and Justine Lupe, Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel, and spiritual advisor/Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson were some of the broad range of people out on the picket lines across LA. This comes after the

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 is cutting around 400 roles, as it continues to reshape its business into a digital-first operation. The number accounts for about 10% of its entire workforce, with the changes focused on the company’s entertainment businesses. The plan is for a voluntary redundancy program rather than compulsory redundancies “as far as possible.” ProSiebenSat.1 said this

EXCLUSIVE: The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins has said he is thankful that SAG-AFTRA has granted one of its first interim agreements to season four of his hit faith drama, allowing it to continue filming despite the strike. Jenkins told us today: “As an independent show with two weeks remaining to film our current season, we

EXCLUSIVE: The prayers of The Chosen fans have been answered with news that season four of the popular Jesus of Nazareth series has been granted a waiver from SAG to continue filming amid the strike. The series’ official Twitter account tweeted yesterday afternoon PST: “Great news! We just received word from SAG that we have

Rob McElhenney is opening up about his health and saying he was diagnosed with “neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities.” The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor said he will be going into detail about the diagnosis and prognosis during an upcoming episode of The Always Sunny Podcast which drops new episodes every Monday and that

The San Diego County Medical Examiner has ruled that reality star Denise Russo died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and methamphetamine. She was 44 at the time of death. The X-Life ran for one season and chronicled three extreme athletes and their wives as they juggled competitions with their famous careers. Russo was dating

It’s a wrap for Buying Beverly Hills Season 2 filming. The Netflix occu-series has concluded filming for the second season of the show that follows agents and clients within Mauricio Umansky’s The Agency in Beverly Hills. Umansky’s daughter Alexia Umansky shared a post on Instagram Stories confirming the cast had finished the principal filming of

The New York Jets aren’t happy that they’re being showcased as part of HBO’s series, “Hard Knocks.” The Jets were announced today as the next team selected for the behind-the-scenes look at operations. The Jets couldn’t refuse, as the league mandates an appearance if you haven’t been on the show in a certain number of

UPDATE: Rex Heuermann, the suspect in at least some of the “Lost Girls” murders along Gilgo Beach in New York’s Long Island has been charged by a grand jury with six counts of murder, according to information from the Suffolk County District Attorney. The charges are connected to the deaths of three – Melissa Barthelemy,

It doesn’t look like ITV will be The Traitors producer All3Media. In a statement issued this morning, the UK commercial network said it “continues to monitor but is no longer actively exploring the possible acquisition” of the indie production giant, which is owned by Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global. It didn’t give a specific

Actress and singer Lea Michele has taken to Instagram to remember her Glee co-star Cory Monteith, who passed away, at age 31, on this day 10 years ago. “Hey you. 10 years,” Michele started her note. “It feels like only yesterday that you were here and yet a million years ago all at the same

Peter Moffat is forging a TV adaptation of UK journalist Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist with Mood production outfit Bonafide Films. The Your Honor and Criminal Justice BAFTA winner is onboard to write the show telling the astonishing, true-life story of how Rudolf Vrba, a 19-year-old Slovakian Jew, along with fellow inmate Fred Wetzler, escaped from Auschwitz

EXCLUSIVE: Neon has added Grammy-Award Winning Reggaeton Producer Tainy – along with Lex Borrero and Ivan Rodriguez  –  all from Ntertain and Neon16, collectively known as Tainy & One Six, to serve as Executive Music Producers.  The group is writing and producing original songs for the series.  The Music Supervisors are One Six of Neon16

Bravo has renewed Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard for a second season. The reality series premiered on May 7 of this year and the format is based on the long-running Summer House set in the Hamptoms that premiered back in 2017. “We’re headed back to the Vineyard,” read the tweet by the cable network confirming the

Jimmy Weldon, a 1940s-era disc jockey and later kids TV host and voice actor whose ability to mimic a Donald Duck-like quacking voice led to his signature portrayal of a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon duckling named Yakky Doodle, died July 6 in Paso Robles, California. He was 99. Weldon, a Texas native born Ivy Laverne Shinn,