“So America is no longer the world’s policeman, we’re the world’s student loan officer,” said Bill Maher tonight of Joe Biden’s pledge to “hunt you down and make you pay” the perpetrators of yesterday’s horrific attack outside Kabul Airport. “I’ll tell you, America not so good at wining wars, but the getting the fuck out
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The Disney+ schedule for September 2021 is packed with programming from the Disney mothership, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and more. The streamer will debut Doogie Kamealoha, a modern-day reimagining of the classic series Doogie Howser, M.D., on September 8. Also on offer are new episodes of Marvel’s What If…?, the series premiere of
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is rounding out its cast for Wednesday, Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series, adding 10 series regulars. Joining Jenna Ortega, who stars in the titular Wednesday Addams role, are Thora Birch (Ghost World, The Walking Dead), Riki Lindhome (Knives Out, Another Period), Jamie McShane (Mank, Bloodline), Hunter Doohan (Your Honor, Truth Be Told),
Towanda Underdue has been elected to the national board of SAG-AFTRA representing the union’s Washington-Mid Atlantic local. Underdue, whose many credits include House of Cards and Veep, defeated Lance Lewman 486 votes to 425. Fran Drescher, running for national president at the top of the Unite for Strength slate, posted a campaign video supporting Lewman,
EXCLUSIVE: Inanna Sarkis (After) has set a strong cast for her new scripted podcast Zaya, including Suki Waterhouse (The Divergent Series: Insurgent), Hayley Law (Riverdale), Evan Ross (Star), Samer Salem (The Expanse), Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Far from Home), Matthew Noszka (Star), Lamorne Morris (New Girl), Melvin Gregg (Snowfall), Ghaith Mansour (Cherry) and Matthew Reis (Last
On September 1, all eight Harry Potter films return home to HBO Max. September also brings Clint Eastwood’s latest film Cry Macho on the 17th and director James Wan’s Malignant on the 10th. Both Cry Macho and Malignant will be available in theaters and on HBO Max the same day. They will stream on the
Netflix has unveiled Tudum, a global fan event set to provide fans with exclusives and first looks at some of their favorite original titles. Tudum, named after the streamer’s opening signature tone, will take place on Saturday, September 25. The fan event will bring together the stars and creators from around the world, representing over
Back in March, Showtime’s series Halo, based on the hugely popular Xbox video game franchise, moved to Paramount+, while Paramount+’s The Man Who Fell To Earth, based on the Walter Tevis novel and the cult classic 1976 film, migrated to Showtime. (It had been ordered to series by Par+ predecessor CBS All Access which was
Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers has gotten off to a strong ratings start. As usual, no hard numbers are being released, but the high-profile limited series, starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy, was the most-watched Hulu original ever — drama, comedy, limited series or unscripted — on premiere day as well as after five days on
UPDATED with Chateau Marmont statement: The Offer, Paramount+’s miniseries on the making of The Godfather, has honored an ongoing boycott of the Chateau Marmont, ditching plans to shoot at the legendary Los Angeles venue, Deadline has confirmed. Sources tell labor union Unite Here Local 11 that the production starring Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Justin Chambers,
EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is heading down under for its latest straight-to-series order. The streamer has handed a ten-part order to Irreverent, an Australia-set crime drama from Matchbox Pictures, the production company behind Cate Blanchett’s Stateless. Irreverant was created by Paddy Macrae (Wanted) and follows a criminal from Chicago bungles a heist and is forced to hide
In addition to her show, Maddow will be developing projects in a new partnership with NBCU, according to a person familiar with the matter. Further details were not immediately disclosed. Earlier this month, sources said that Maddow was considering the possibility of exiting the news network, where she hosts its No. 1 program. The Rachel
Phil Valentine, the Nashville-based radio talk show host known for his skepticism of Covid-19 vaccines, has died following a battle with the virus. He was 61. His station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, confirmed the news in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday afternoon. “We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine
On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 32 new deaths from Covid-19, and 3,891 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases announced today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 25,061 deaths and 1,380,415 positive cases. At time of
Bill Maher took on the most valuable company in the world on Friday. He used his “New Rules” segment on Real Time to decry Apple’s announcement that it would soon scan users’ phones for child pornography. Maher said repeatedly that he was against pedophilia, but also against invasions of privacy. He called Apple’s move a
EXCLUSIVE: Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens returned to Comedy Central for Season 2, scoring a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demo, per Nielsen; L+SD. The Comedy Central series, starring the Shang-Chi and Crazy Rich Asians actress, returned with a two-episode launch on Wednesday in the 10 p.m. hour. The series saw a 20% increase on
EXCLUSIVE: Season two of mythological fantasy animated series The Legend Of Hanuman is making waves in the competitive Indian streaming market, having topped all other shows and movies on paid VOD services over the last week, according to Mumbai-based consultancy Ormax Media. Ormax’s figures estimate that the show has attracted 8.5 million viewers in its
Los Angeles County Health Department officials today released the first data on Covid cases during the first week of school: In the 24 hours between Tuesday at 8 a.m and Wednesday at 8 a.m, the Los Angeles School District recorded 118 new cases. Classes resumed on Monday. The vast majority of those cases — 107
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the American Horror Stories Season 1 finale, “Game Over.” In the final installment of American Horror Stories‘ first Season, the sprawling reach of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s original franchise comes to the gaming world. In “Game Over,” the meta season ender, all roads lead back to the Murder
EXCLUSIVE: Fourteen of Hollywood’s top cinematographers – including Oscar winners John Toll, Roger Deakins, Emmanuel Lubezki and Erik Messerschmidt – have signed a letter urging the member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to finally address “the hazards of unsafe working hours” that have been common in the film and TV
Comcast and ViacomCBS have announced the next phase of their expected joint streaming venture into international markets in the form of SkyShowtime, which is looking to roll out in 20 European territories in 2022. Deadline reported last month that the two entertainment majors were exploring combined opportunities in the international sphere, rather than planning a
EXCLUSIVE: Gamechanger Films has partnered with Angry Little Girls, the 27-year-old brand from artist and webcomic creator Lela Lee, with plans to adapt Lee’s cult classic comic strip of the same name into a television series and a number of holiday movies. Lee’s webcomic previously inspired a 12-episode animated series that aired on Asian American network Mnet
EXCLUSIVE: Leonine Studios will handle world sales for Odeon Fiction’s new high-end German-language spy series Bonn. The six-part political-thriller, which follows Odeon’s AMC+ series Spy City with Dominic Cooper, recounts the rise of Germany’s Federal Republic after the terror of World War II. It focuses on a young woman who struggles to find her own
The battle for control of SAG-AFTRA has turned ugly, with allegations and threats of lawsuits flying between the feuding factions. Unite for Strength, the union’s ruling party, is calling on Matthew Modine and his MembershipFirst opposition party to publicly denounce the “rhetoric of hate” allegedly espoused by unnamed supporters of his who sit on the
When the new Starz wrestling drama Heels began production last fall, the pandemic posed challenges that were both very new to the industry and also costly. And when dealing with a high contact sport, the stakes are even higher. “Everybody had to be very disciplined,” executive producer and showrunner Mike O’Malley told Deadline. “We started
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the Season 1 finale of HBO’s The White Lotus. “Now, we are starting down a very dark road,” Shane Patton (Jake Lacy) says in tonight’s episode of The White Lotus, “and you’d better be sure you really want to go there.” While the wealthy man-child’s comments are directed
John Oliver isn’t too pleased about the new host of Jeopardy! either. The HBO Max host noted his disgruntlement on today’s episode of Last Week Tonight while discussing school mask mandates. Early in the episode, Oliver played a clip of an angry mob accosting a school board member over mask mandates with a man screaming,
The first case of the much-talked-about Lambda variant of Covid-19 was reported by Los Angeles health officials on Thursday. But for all the fanfare, Lambda doesn’t seem to have been much of a match for Delta – yet. “We’ve only seen one Lambda variant among tests sequenced in our labs, and this was a sample
Archer, one of television’s longest-running animated series, is launching its 12th season Aug. 25 on FXX. It is the last season featuring the voice of core cast member Jessica Walter who died on March 24 at the age of 80. With a show so deep into its run, the question whether to continue always comes
EXCLUSIVE: The Lincoln Lawyer is heading to court, literally. In what could become both a very revealing and grueling affair for all concerned, A+E Studios subsidiary Frankl & Bob Films II, LLC have sued ViacomCBS for “millions of dollars” in losses over the latter’s spring 2020 decision not to go ahead with a series based