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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,

BBC Studios has taken 25% of The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore exec Sarah Tyekiff’s new indie, Mettlemouse Entertainment. Tyekiff recently exited TOWIE producer Lime Pictures, where she ran the UK and U.S. slates, and has now re-emerged with Mettlemouse. Former Youngest Media Chief Creative Officer Shaun Parry is joining her as Creative

Charter Communications, the No. 2 cable TV provider in the U.S., has unveiled a significant revamp of its Spectrum pay-TV subscription offerings. The new scheme, which will roll out this fall, overhauls the long-problematic situation for regional sports networks, like the company’s own SportsNet LA, which airs Dodgers baseball and Lakers basketball. As the cost

The BBC presenter suspended for allegedly paying a teenager for explicit images is said to have made panicked phone calls to the young person last week as The Sun reported on the claims. The British tabloid reported on Monday that the star, who is not being named by UK media for legal reasons, phoned the

Rapper/actor 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson)said on Instagram that Los Angeles is “finished” now that they’ve instituted a zero-bail policy that took effect in May. The policy is that police won’t detain people who are accused of misdemeanor crimes, and will release those currently incarcerated on those charges. The no-bail extends to such crimes

Paul Finebaum, an ESPN contributor for a decade, is weighing in on the layoffs that saw about 20 on-air personalities exit the sports network. “It’s pretty tough, and I say that loving my job and loving the company,” Finebaum said during an appearance on The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast. “But it was the

The Writers Guild will picket Amazon’s upcoming “Prime Day,” the retail giant’s biggest sales event of the year. Recasting it as “Crime Day,” the guild says it will take to social media to let the company know, “We won’t let Amazon turn Hollywood into a gig economy with its Silicon Valley business practices.” The guild,

On day 67 of The Writers Guild of America strike, the cast and creatives behind three popular shows joined the picket lines across Los Angeles. Bright and early at 9:30 a.m. over at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, there was an Ugly Betty reunion with stars Ana Ortiz and Chris Gorham joining writers Brian Tannen, Gabrielle

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Season 2 of FX’s The Bear. In the Season 2 finale of FX’s The Bear, Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy gets locked in the walk-in fridge during friends and family night at his new restaurant. He’d just issued a loaded apology to Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) for losing his temper,

The final wishes of singing star Aretha Franklin will be adjudicated starting next Monday in a trial that will determine which of two handwritten wills will be honored. Millions in royalties are at stake in the legal action. Franklin was a music superstar, known for massive hits like “Respect” and “Think.” She had four sons,

UPDATED with report of lawyer’s letter: Actual fisticuffs between longtime tech industry rivals Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have recently become a looming possibility. Now, Musk could be expanding the conflict to the courtroom. Hours after Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms launched Threads, a new service billed as a “Twitter killer,” a lawyer for the Musk-owned service

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton is to voice Lee Harvey Oswald in a True Spies podcast narrated by Daisy Ridley. Old interviews and diary entries from JFK’s assassin have been put together to form Oscar nominee Norton’s script for the historical true crime show, which will be scripted for the first time. Star Wars star Ridley is

Once again, no scripted TV series are shooting on location in Los Angeles due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. “In a normal week at this time of year, there would be dozens of scripted television projects in production,” FilmLA said Wednesday of

Stephen A. Smith is opening up about the ESPN layoffs that saw about 20 on-air personalities become redundant at the sports network. “ESPN laid off about 20 members of its on-air talent … friends of mine, actually, definitely respected colleagues who’d done a phenomenal job and deserved better,” the sports analyst said on The Stephen