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SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the eighth and final episode of Season 1 of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which dropped on October 13. Watch past episodes of Inside the Ring here. The true identity of the villainous Sauron is unveiled, the Stranger’s journey begins, the

In the 1960s, an activist group of mothers coined the slogan, “War is not good for children and other living things.” Evidently, that message didn’t sink in to Bill Maher and his guests on Friday’s Real Time panel, as all talked openly about how we need to ramp things up in Ukraine based on some

Beloved Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane has passed away aged 72, his agent has confirmed to Deadline. The Harry Potter, James Bond and Cracker star died at a hospital near his home in Larbert, Scotland. The award-winning actor had been in ill health for the past two years. Coltrane, the larger than life comic star, memorably

The Grammys are reclassifying the song “Super Freaky Girl” from the rap category to the pop category. The song’s co-creator, Nicki Minaj, wants to know why. And she was thinking out loud on Twitter today, stirring the pot on the mystery of it all. “I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as

EXCLUSIVE: Game Of Thrones, Obi-Wan and Carnival Row actress Indira Varma is the third actor to join anticipated prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood (working title) from HBO Max and Legendary Television. Varma will play Empress Natalya, described to us “a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrino”. She joins the previously

UPDATED with latest: The Congressional Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will hold what looks to be its final hearing before the mid-term elections tomorrow, October 13 at 1 p.m. ET. It is expected to last for about two hours. A tweet from the committee today promised tomorrow’s conclave will

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ and ID are exploring the real story behind Fox’s hit series Glee. The streamer has ordered a three-part docuseries from Ample Entertainment, the company behind HBO docuseries The Invisible Pilot and Facebook’s 9 Months with Courteney Cox. The series will have access to key cast and crew members, who will share first-hand stories

Joe Biden, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, said that he doesn’t think that Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon but that it was “irresponsible” for him to talk about it. In the first night of his stint as host of CNN Tonight, Tapper was following up on comments that

Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose conviction on murder charges was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial. Syed was released from prison last month when a Baltimore judge vacated his conviction on the recommendation of prosecutors. Ayed served 23 years in prison for the murder of his high-school girlfriend

The age-old tradition of featuring a Disney-themed night on Dancing With The Stars is now a thing of the past. That’s because it’s been replaced by a Disney+ Night! Nothing like taking synergy to a whole new level, right ballroom fans? And boy, did the celebrities fully commit. Everyone danced to a song from a

Pity the purple dinosaur. He came to spread a message of love, and got the stuffing knocked out of him. I Love You, You Hate Me, the two-part documentary series premiering on Peacock on Wednesday, explores the way Barney became a runaway hit with tots, and how the tubby T-Rex ignited one of the most

Cast members from Veep and The West Wing reunited for a virtual fundraiser for the Wisconsin Democratic Party on Sunday, an event that was a mix of amusing memories, their own brushes with fame and warnings about what was at stake in the upcoming midterms. During the event, actors re-enacted an abortion-themed scenes from each

The state broadcaster of Iran appeared to be hacked on air this weekend, including a news bulletin being interrupted with a protest. On screen, the news was interrupted for a few seconds at 1800 local time by the image of a mask, followed by a depiction of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a target on

Don Lemon bid farewell to his primetime show on CNN after more than eight years of hosting Don Lemon Tonight. The television presenter got emotional during his farewell recalling all the ups and downs he lived through during his tenure on the show. “It is not goodbye but it is certainly the end of an

Chris Wallace, the CNN Anchor and host of Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on HBO Max, had a startling confession during his segment on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher. During a conversation between Maher and Wallace lamenting today’s conservative/liberal polarization of the news, Wallace traced the problem back to the golden days of three major

As negotiations on negotiations on new Covid protocols drag on between the AMPTP and DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the Teamsters and the Basic Crafts, CBS Studios has modified some of their rules about testing and contact tracing. They were spelled out in a note sent to crews earlier this week, a copy of which was obtained

It’s Friday, you’re starting to think of the weekend, so it must be Insider time. Join me once again as the Deadline International team cast a critical eye over the big news stories this week. Read on. NATPE AND EDINBURGH IN TURMOIL Nasty news from NATPE: This month was supposed to be all about people getting

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of the Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 premiere on Thursday. “Everything Has Changed” is the title of Grey’s Anatomy‘s Season 19 premiere, which aired tonight. Yet, a lot of it also felt very familiar. In a throwback to Grey’s Anatomy‘s pilot, the season opener, set six months after the Season

EXCLUSIVE: An estimated 20 million Americans live in mobile home parks, according to U.S. Census figures. For many, it’s the best and perhaps only way of achieving the American Dream of home ownership. But this way of life is endangered by a new trend – Wall Street investors and multi-billionaire Warren Buffett gaining control of

EXCLUSIVE: Great Expectations has found its Young Pip. FX and the BBC’s upcoming adaptation from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has cast up-and-comer Tom Sweet in the role. He will star as the main character in the first two episodes mainly opposite Olivia Colman, who is playing Miss Havisham. Sweet also starred as young Robert

When President Joe Biden visits Florida on Wednesday, he will be seeing for himself the destructive impact of Hurricane Ian, which has claimed more than 100 lives, wiped out entire neighborhoods and left questions of the timing of evacuation orders.  Before the storm made landfall, networks dispatched crews, and eventually their major anchors, but even

Emma Caulfield Ford, known for portraying Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and Dotti on WandaVision, has revealed she has multiple sclerosis. “Once upon a time, I had zero health problems,” Caulfield Ford told Vanity Fair. “I woke up one morning and the left side of my face felt like

EXCLUSIVE: Fast-growing European production group Leonine Studios has bought into compatriot Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, the company behind Netflix’s first German docuseries, we’ve learned. Munich-based Leonine has bought 50% of Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne) and 100% of Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Lüneburg GmbH, both of which are part of Gebrueder

Nancy Pelosi stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and made a bold prediction about the midterm elections coming in November. “I believe that we will hold the House,” the current Speaker of the House said to the roaring applause of the in-house audience. “We will hold the House by winning more seats. We

Natalie Morales will be a correspondent for CBS News, with duties that will include the true crime series 48 Hours. Morales continues to co-host The Talk. She joined CBS last year after 22 years at NBC News. She had served as the west coast anchor of Today, correspondent on Dateline. She also had a tenure

The 37th annual Imagen Awards honor the best in Latino storytelling in film and television. Ahead of the event held at LA Plaza de la Cultura y Artes, attendees walked on the red carpet. Ana de la Reguera (Ana), Alfonso Herrera (Ozark), Judy Reyes (Scrubs), Michael Cimino (Love, Victor) and more stars came together to

The creators of hit HBO/BBC drama Industry have defended its high number of raunchy scenes, pointing to its authenticity.  Industry, whose second season began last week, has drawn big audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for its portrait of young graduates working competitively at a City of London bank, seeking to out-do each other

Madame Sylvia Wu, whose Santa Monica Chinese restaurant served generations of Southern Californians and many celebrities, died on Sept. 29 at 106, her family confirmed. In her later years, Wu stayed in the West side’s mind with cookbooks, television shows, and charity work, particularly at the City of Hope cancer center. Her restaurant was one

Following the announcement of huge cuts to the BBC World Service, with many staff being asked to relocate overseas, journalists have said plans to move the Vietnamese service to Thailand will pose dangers to press freedom.  The Guardian reports several reporters raising concerns that there is history of the Vietnamese state abducting journalists from Thailand

There probably has been no other television network that has changed its brand identity more times than Freeform. Starting as CBN Satellite Service 45 years ago, it was subsequently renamed CBN Cable Network, CBN Family Channel, The Family Channel, Fox Family Channel and ABC Family until Disney’s younger-skewing network adopted its current Freeform moniker in