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Patrick Carlin, author, actor, podcaster, comedy writer and brother of stand-up legend George Carlin, has died. He was 90. Carlin’s death was confirmed by Kelly Carlin, daughter of George Carlin, yesterday via Twitter. “My dear Uncle Patrick has moved onto the spirit world. He’s currently spinning tunes, smoking a jay with my Aunt Marlane and

In the very first episode of the new season of Britain’s Got Talent, a contestant wowed the audience and viewers at home in a scene that could have come straight from a Hollywood movie. Loren Allred walked on stage and told Simon Cowell and his fellow judges that she was the original singer of Never

Can you believe it’s been 15 years since the hit show Mad Men aired on AMC? The show debuted July 19, 2007, and the last episode took place on May 17, 2015. The Matthew Weiner drama lasted seven seasons and became a cultural phenomenon.  Many shows from the 1980s, and 1990s are seeing a reboot

Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno weighed in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Leno, who called Smith a “good guy,” said that the most shocking moment to him came after the slap. “To me, the thing that’s most disturbing wasn’t the slap, because he was kind of

Los Angeles County reported 1,355 new Covid cases on Friday, continuing an upward trend that began about a week ago as the more-infectious BA.2 subvariant continues to spread. Last week, the 7-day average daily number of new cases in the county was 878. By yesterday, the county was averaging more than 1,000 new Covid cases

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds will narrate the Discovery+ documentary Curb Your Carbon which uncovers the 10 simple and effective things we can do right now to help fight climate change. The streamer also revealed its Earth Day programming slate to be featured from April 15-24. Included as part of the line-up is content that celebrates the

A new state study suggests the number of people in Los Angeles County who have been infected with Covid-19 during the pandemic is far greater than the number confirmed through standard testing. That’s due largely to the number of people who never developed symptoms and so never got tested, or who couldn’t access tests, L.A.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Literary Manager James Engle has launched Navigation Media Group, a management and production firm that will rep creators in film and television. Partnering with Engle is Vancouver-based Literary Manager and media investor Ben C. Silverman, whose investments include interests in distribution, production and talent management. Navigation will look to combine a passion for creativity with

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Juvenile Division, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has announced the arrest of actor Joseph Gatt on an outstanding felony warrant for Contact with a Minor for Sexual Offense under the California Penal Code. Gatt, 50, had supporting parts in 2011’s Thor, Star Trek Into Darkness and Dumbo. On the

EXCLUSIVE: Game Of Thrones alum Rosabell Laurenti Sellers is a new name in the cast of anticipated Disney+ and Lucasfilm series Willow. In the TV spinoff of the 1980s fantasy classic, which is now in post-production, a princess assembles a party to join her on a quest to rescue her twin brother. Among previously revealed cast

Karen Westerfield has been elected business representative of Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, IATSE Local 706, becoming the first woman — and the first Asian-American — to hold the guild’s top post since it was chartered in 1937. She previously served as the guild’s vice president, recording-secretary and sergeant-at-arms. Westerfield, a three-time Emmy-winning makeup

Apple TV’s six-part mini-series Slow Horses, adapted from the novels of the same name by Mick Herron, landed on 1 April with a one-two punch and promptly kept viewers waiting, having decided to parse out the remaining four episodes out on a weekly basis. “It was Apple’s decision,” says director James Hawes. “But if the

Anderson Cooper missed his CNN program tonight after saying on social media that he has tested positive for Covid. “Just tested positive for Covid,” Cooper posted on Instagram. “Thankfully the kids are negative. Hope to get back to work soon.” The veteran host has two sons: toddler Wyatt and 2-month-old Sebastian. Cooper did not mention

The production designer on Netflix’s Bridgerton prequel Queen Charlotte has been removed from the Shonda Rhimes show due to allegations of bullying behavior on set. Netflix confirmed to Deadline that David Arrowsmith is no longer working on the show but did not comment on why, after The Sun reported his behaviour with colleagues had “crossed the line” and he

Emily’s love life will continue to be complicated in Darren Star’s Netflix dramedy Emily In Paris. Lucien Laviscount, who played Emily’s (Lily Collins) Season 2 love interest Alfie, will be back next season and has been promoted to a series regular. The announcement was made during Emily In Paris‘ panel at Paley Fest. Born and

Imagine if Chucky was a workplace comedy. That was the basis for a nice bit of NBCUniversal synergy as Saturday Night Live parodied the Syfy drama star. Sarah Sherman starred as the killer doll in a sketch that saw the knife-wielder brought in front of Jake Gyllenhaal’s HR manager after attempting to stab Chloe Fineman,

Deadline’s photo studio at the 2022 edition of Contenders Television kicked off its first day by hosting fest-goers such as Ben Stiller of Severance,  Amy Poehler of Russian Doll, Selena Gomez of Only Murders In The Building, Jared Leto of WeCrashed and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Contenders TV

Deadline’s Contenders Television launches the small-screen awards season in a big way beginning Saturday morning with a weekend-long in-person extravaganza that will see the stars and creatives from 48 buzzworthy series take the stage at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles. We trust that you, like us, have just about had it with anything Zoom-related

In one of the the most head-scratching reporting changes under the new Warner Bros. Discover leadership, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network moved from the Discovery to the Warner Bros. side of the company under HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys. Upon closer examination, the move, which could lead to a Magnolia-branded

EXCLUSIVE: REinvent International Sales has inked a North American deal on The Dark Heart, the Swedish true-crime series from The Guilty director Gustav Moller, with streaming service Topic taking U.S. rights and public broadcaster CBC Gem grabbing Canada. The show, co-created with Oskar Söderlund (Easy Money), premiered at Sundance this year and recently screened at

UPDATE, 7:33 PM PT: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said that he tested positive for Covid. “Late this afternoon after a routine test, I tested positive for COVID-19. I’m so thankful to be both vaccinated & boosted, and at the advice of the Attending Physician I plan to isolate. If you haven’t gotten your shot yet,

BAFTA TV-winning actress Lydia West (It’s A Sin) has been set to star alongside Patricia Clarkson in Gray, the espionage thriller series from AGC Studios. Clarkson stars as CIA spy Cornelia Gray, who comes in from the cold after twenty years in hiding, dodging the Ggvernment agents who suspected her of being a traitor. She

With a strike authorization vote now underway in British Columbia among members of the Directors Guild of Canada, the AMPTP and the Canadian Media Producers Association are warning that labor instability in the region could force producers to think twice about filming there. The two employer groups, which have been bargaining with the union for

A new report from Nielsen finds that total time spent streaming jumped 18% from February 2021 to February 2022. The “State of Play” report, drawing on Nielsen panel data, estimated weekly time spent streaming at 169.4 billion minutes, up from 143.2 billion last year. There has never been more to watch, certainly. Nielsen pegs the

The Cherokee Nation Film Office is partnering with the Native American Media Alliance to help grow Native representation in film and television. The collaboration, which includes support from major industry allies and the Motion Picture Association, aims to expand diversity and inclusion throughout the entertainment industry, both in front and behind the cameras. The Native

Apple TV+ has set a June premiere date for the Season 2 premiere of its praised dark comedy series Physical. The streamer also released first-look photos of the new season (see above and below). Starring and executive produced by Rose Byrne, from creator, writer and EP Annie Weisman, the 10-episode second season will premiere with

EXCLUSIVE: TV executive Chris Regina left Netflix last week, I have learned. He spent the last several years at the streamer, most recently as Director, Original Series, Drama Development. In that capacity and his previous role as Director, Scripted Co-License and Original TV, Regina oversaw original sci-fi, genre and thriller series like Another Life, Wu

EXCLUSIVE: Billie Piper, star of series such as Doctor Who and Penny Dreadful, has landed her next TV gig. The actor has signed up to star in a series adaptation of Coming Undone, the memoir from former Empire magazine editor-in-chief Terri White. The project, which is currently in development at Netflix, comes from Sony-backed Bad Wolf,

“The war. What’s more opposite to music?” asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky when he appeared on the Grammys telecast via video. Zelensky went on to an extended explanation of how war silences music and music can end war. “Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded. In hospitals. Even to

As the Peaky Blinders make their final farewell this evening on British television, the BBC will offer us a first glimpse of a brand new show from its creator, Steven Knight. Filmed on location in the UK and Morocco, SAS: Rogue Heroes is the dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the