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“We will not reach the 80% threshold by the beginning of the year,” said Los Angeles County Health Director Barbara Ferrer today about the county’s vaccination progress. She then noted, “This is one of the 4 measures we must meet to lift restrictions.” Translation: L.A.’s indoor public masking and vaccination requirements will be in place

Death is a common theme, it seems, in each of the six-part limited documentary series National Geographic previewed at Disney+ Day. “There is a real risk you could die,” one expert tells Chris Hemsworth in the trailer for the actor’s sojourn into biohacking and self discovery, Limitless. The series follows Hemsworth’s mission to discover how

UPDATE:  Taylor Swift has now released the full version of her new short film, All Too Well. EARLIER: A new music video short film written and directed by Taylor Swift for her song “All Too Well” was teased by the singer on social media today, and will be released Nov. 12. The short stars Swift

Good afternoon International Insiders. Max Goldbart here with your weekly batch of headlines and analysis. To get this sent to your inbox every Friday, sign up here. Disney+ Day  Height of fashion: As we eagerly await news of what promises to be a packed Disney+ US slate, the streamer delved deeper into its European originals

EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has hired Luis Pineiro as an agent within its TV Literary Division. “In the midst of the shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we bolstered our literary team and continue to grow it today with the addition of Luis,” said A3 Artists Agency President Brian Cho. “With his experience in representing

Adam Adler, creator of global hit format The Cube, has joined ITV Studios non-scripted label Potato as creative director, as the label is rolled in with Adler’s former employer Gameface. ITV Studios-backed Gameface’s IP including ITV format The Void and Britain’s Brightest Family will integrate with The Chase producer Potato’s roster, with Adler joining Potato creative directors Martin Scott

Bear with us. That was basically the message from Disney CEO Bob Chapek as he sought to allay Wall Street anxiety about a sharp decline in growth at streaming service Disney+. The service added just 2.1 million subscribers during the fiscal fourth quarter, reaching 118.1 million. “We’re real pleased with where we’re sitting, but again,

EXCLUSIVE: Moonshine, the Canadian comedy-drama created by Sheri Elwood, will return for a second season on CBC. Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) is joining the cast of the series, which is produced by Six Eleven Media and Entertainment One. Picking up where the first season ends, season two will include dance routines, dirty bingo, snow

EXCLUSIVE: Brandon Jay McLaren (Turner & Hooch) DeVaughn Nixon (Prom) and Tiffany Lonsdale (Siren) are set for heavily recurring roles opposite Damson Idris in the upcoming fifth season of FX drama Snowfall. The series hails from the late Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron. In the most recent fourth

Former Quantum Leap star Dean Stockwell, an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor whose career on stage, in film and TV spanned more than 70 years, passed away in the early morning of November 7. He died peacefully at home of natural causes, a rep for the family confirmed to Deadline. He was 85. Stockwell was born

As IATSE members prepare to vote this weekend on a proposed new film and TV contract, membership discontent is evident not only on social media but also is a playing out in the Editors Guild’s upcoming board elections. In their campaign statements, none of the guild’s 23 board candidates openly opposes the tentative agreement, but

World Productions Boss and YouTube EMEA Head Win RTS Fellowships Line of Duty (pictured) producer World Productions CEO Simon Heath and YouTube Regional Director, EMEA, Ben McOwen Wilson are among the six winners of this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Fellowships. CPL Productions MD Danielle Lux, BBC News At Ten‘s Clive Myrie, ITV Continuing Drama

Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors welcomed Ice Cube (Kenan Thompson) to the desk to discuss reports that he’d exited Sony comedy Oh Hell No after declining to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Cube sported a full beard, noting that he’s going through “a gangster lumberjack phase,” only to have his feet held to the fire

Tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live saw longtime cast member Tracy Morgan return in a brief cameo. He appeared alongside Bowen Yang, Chris Redd, host Kieran Culkin, Andrew Dismukes and Alex Moffat in a sketch set in a men’s restroom, which saw office co-workers exchanging banal small talk and jokes, before breaking off to make

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 25 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 1,647 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But at present, 664 County residents are hospitalized with Covid-19. Covid test results have now been made

EXCLUSIVE: Economic gains contained in IATSE’s tentative agreement with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract are expected to exceed half a billion dollars over the next three years. To put those gains into context, last year, when SAG-AFTRA negotiated its new film and TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and

Most every indoor public space in Los Angeles — including movie theaters, concert venues, indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, shopping centers, large outdoor events and some city buildings — will technically nrequire proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 starting Monday, though enforcement of the new law won’t begin until Nov. 29. The city’s SafePassLA ordinance is

EXCLUSIVE: Domina and The Terror actor Matthew McNulty has joined Sky’s supernatural crime thriller The Rising. McNulty replaced actor Daniel Ings in pre-production with filming ongoing in the UK on the series. Clara Rugaard, the Danish actress who starred in Netflix’s I Am Mother, leads cast on the series inspired by Belgian drama Hotel Beau Séjour. The

Almost a month after IATSE and the AMPTP said that they had reached a deal on a new film and TV contract to avert a major Hollywood strike, the completed general memorandum of agreement was finally released Thursday to union members. “This Memorandum of Agreement reflects the complete understanding reached between the parties,” reads the

ViacomCBS cracked the $1 billion mark in streaming revenue in the third quarter, but overall results were more mixed, with total revenue rising 13% to $6.6 billion and earnings per share declining to 69 cents. The revenue number just slipped past Wall Street analysts’ expectations, while the earnings tally, down from 92 cents in the

FIFTH UPDATE, 7:10 PM PT: Minneapolis voters rejected a ballot measure to replace the police department with a Department of Public Safety, according to the AP. The current vote showed that the ballot measure would lose handily. The proposal would have left it up to the City Council to determine how to structure the new

Discovery ended the September quarter with 20 million DTC subscribers, up 3 million from the prior quarter in June. The paying subs are largely Discovery+ but also include a handful of other services, most based in Europe. Discovery is inching closer to a merger with WarnerMedia, expected to close in the middle of next year,

NBC’s Chicago Fire has added Brett Dalton to the cast in a recurring role on the heels of Jesse Spencer’s departure from the series after 10 seasons, Deadline has confirmed. Dalton will portray interim Lieutenant Jason Pelham, who will make his debut on Wednesday night’s episode airing at 9 p.m. Spencer’s character Matt Casey exited

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacy Snider’s Chernobyl producer Sister has hired an in-house Covid Supervisor for at least the next six months to oversee protocols on set. Neil Chordia, who runs Urban Hymn producer ChorMedia but has been Covid-supervising on various productions since the pandemic started, commences with an initial six-month contract having performed

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Dewan has been promoted to series regular for the current fourth season of ABC cop drama The Rookie. Dewan plays firefighter Bailey Nune. Fun and unpredictable with a subversive sense of humor, Bailey was asked out by Nolan (Nathan Fillion) after a meet-cute in the Season 3 finale of The Rookie. Dewan, who

EXCLUSIVE: A Spanish production services outfit with credits including The Crown, The Night Manager and Love Island has entered the original drama game. Palma Pictures, which has serviced more than 25 features/TV series and 2000 commercials over the past three decades, will open Palma Pictures Studios in London with immediate effect. The Studios opens with a number of

Kal Penn announced his engagement to Josh, his partner of 11 years, in his new book You Can’t Be Serious. The former White House staff member confirmed his relationship in an interview with People on Sunday and gave his reasons for keeping mum all these years. “I’ve always been very public with everybody I’ve personally

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Oct. 29 Episode of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show Mitch Kessler is dead. That’s right, Steve Carell’s character from The Morning Show is gone forever.  USA TODAY reports that in the show’s last episode, it seems the power hungry, abusive broadcaster Mitch Kessler drove his car off a

The WGA has told its members not to work for Constantin Film Development, the powerhouse German production company behind such films as the Resident Evil franchise, Downfall and The Baader Meinhof Complex. “The Guild has an ongoing serious dispute with Constantin because of its refusal to pay residuals for most foreign reuse. Constantin has also

Always a big delayed viewing gainer, ABC’s A Million Little Things set new high bench marks with its Oct. 6 episode. After  seven days of TV playback, the ensemble drama more than tripled its Live+Same Day adults 18-49 rating, posting growth of +250% from Live+SD to Live+7 (0.2 rating to 0.7). A Million Little Things