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While Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav on this morning’s Q2 earnings call for the conglom is “hopeful that all sides will get back to the negotiating room soon and that these strikes get resolved in a way that the writers and actors feel that they are fairly compensated,” WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels served up

EXCLUSIVE: Not much has changed on Days of Our Lives following an investigation into misconduct allegations against co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr and a toxic work environment he and his team allegedly fostered, with Alarr still in charge at the venerable daytime drama. Now the DoOL cast are taking things into their own hands, with a

Leonine’s Fred Kogel To Be Feted In Zurich Leonine CEO Fred Kogel is to receive the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award, which has previously gone to executives including Pamela Abdy, Patrick Wachsberger, Michael Barker and Tom Bernard. The Leonine boss will accept the award during the Zurich Summit industry conference on Sunday, October 1.

The man who was driving a car and crashed into Treat Williams riding a motorcycle has been charged following the fatal accident. Almost two months after the accident that killed the Everwood actor, the Bennington County State’s Attorney has completed its review. The driver identified as Ryan Koss has been charged with “grossly negligent operation

The NFL is expanding its alternate broadcasts with Nickelodeon and CBS Sports to the Super Bowl. This year’s championship game, slated for February 11 in Las Vegas, will be the first to get the slime- and graphics-filled treatment for kids audiences, with the telecast airing exclusively on Nickelodeon. In the leadup to Super Bowl LVIII,

Euphoria‘s cast and crew have begun delivering their remembrances of Angus Cloud, the beloved actor known for his role on the drama as good-hearted drug dealer Fezco, following the revelation today of his death at age 25. “There was no one quite like Angus. He was too special, too talented and way too young to

The BFI has found a new way to give indies a helping hand. The TV and film organization this morning launched the UK Global Screen Fund Data Hub, a free resource aimed at providing the independent sector international VoD data and insights into demand and content value. The BFI says the ultimate aim is “assisting

EXCLUSIVE: A second major transatlantic drama series on the Lockerbie bombing terror attack is in the works — this time at the BBC and Netflix. The British broadcaster and U.S. streamer will co-produce Lockerbie, a factual drama that will explore the joint investigation into the 1988 disaster by Scottish and American authorities. Pan Am Flight

One of the titles in the bestselling Arthur children’s book series faces a potential ban after a conservative claimant said that it “damaged souls.” The Arthur series, penned by US author Marc Brown, tell the stories of a fictional young aardvark Arthur and his family and friends. Of nearly 50 titles in the series –

Kerry Washington posted several snapshots with her Scandal costars Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young on Instagram on Friday. The reunion showed them filing out picket signs in support of the strike initiated by SAG-AFTRA. “Volunteered with some fellow @sagaftra members that I LOVE today,” Washington captioned an image of her holding a sign that read,

Actor-comedian Sarah Silverman is confused about the large volume of projects that have been granted interim agreements by SAG-AFTRA to film during the actors strike. And she is not alone. “I feel f—ing pissed off, and I know I just must not be understanding something. There are like 40 movies being made right now,” Silverman

Lou Alexander, a comedian who worked the national nightclub circuit in the U.S. and Canada in the 1950s and 1960s before becoming an agent and manager, died earlier this month in Beverly Hills. He was 91 and no details on the cause were available, according to his friend, Jeremy Vernon. Alexander grew up as the

Welcome back, Insider. It’s been another breakneck week in entertainment. Jesse Whittock here guiding you through the most important TV and film stories. Spacey Wins Sex Crimes Case “Humbled”: Kevin Spacey is a free man. On Wednesday, a UK jury found him not guilty of nine sex crime charges — the most serious of which could have seen

Randy Meisner, whose soaring voice powered the Eagles massive hit “Take It To the Limit,” died Wednesday night from complications caused by chronic pulmonary disease, a statement from the band said. Meisner was a founder of the band. Commonly known as the Eagles but with no “the” on album covers, the group started out as Linda Ronstadt’s backup band in

Leslie Wood, a noted data science expert and advertising industry veteran, is joining ad tracking firm iSpot as the company’s chief research officer. She will lead new currency initiatives across linear and streaming and oversee the data science department responsible for measuring ads and programming. Wood comes to iSpot after maintaining a longtime partnership with

It’s Day 13 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 86 of the WGA strike. Actor Adam Faison took a break from marching outside Disney in Burbank on Wednesday to speak with Deadline, calling artificial intelligence one of his primary concerns for the future of his profession and the industry at large. His trepidation was informed by an unnerving encounter with the technology

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