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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

Jovita Moore, a longtime and beloved TV news anchor in Atlanta died last night, seven months after disclosing that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 53. Her death was announced by Atlanta station WSB-TV in a statement that said Moore died overnight. “Back in April doctors discovered two

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight’s Season 3 finale of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows.  FX’s What We Do in the Shadows nearly made fans cry with the Season 3 finale Thursday night, but baby, it’s all going to be OK. Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) died on his 100th birthday and the vampires

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Fox News for plans to air a documentary on the January 6 insurrection, as she said that the network was giving its top rated host “a platform to spread the same type of lies that provoked violence” on that date. Carlson introduced the trailer on Wednesday, with plans to

Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $288M in operating profits for the three months ending September 30, repping a 7% dip from the same period last year. Revenues in the division, however, were up 35% to $2.37B. Reporting its full fiscal 2021 second quarter earnings this afternoon in Tokyo, Sony Corp said overall operating income at the

California officials today announced plans to vaccinate 3.5 million kids ages 5-11 against Covid as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at a news conference that the state expects to have 1.2 million doses on hand as it begins to inoculate pre-teens. That rollout will

On tonight’s episode of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert discussed the UK as supermarkets have come are with an interesting way to reassure customers about missing items: by  filling empty produce sections and bare store shelves with pictures of items instead of the items themselves. The late-night host keeps British baking shows in mind and

EXCLUSIVE: I’m a Virgo creator, executive producer and showrunner Boots Riley has signed a two-year overall television deal with Media Res, the indie studio behind the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series starring Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us). Filmmaker Riley got the attention of Media Res founder and CEO Michael Ellenberg with his

On tonight’s episode of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert went after embattled social network Facebook. “Today’s been a monumentally bad day for Facebook, the world’s top social media network and uncle radicalizer,” he said. The late-night host addressed the role and influence of Facebook groups.  “Facebook does, for example, have coordinated groups on Facebook that

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Beatriz launched the fictional true-crime podcast Tejana on Monday in collaboration with Sonoro and Telemundo that will be adapted for television. The 6-episode first season is available now across all podcast formats. The drama tells the story of Eileen Castillo, a Texas Ranger who is the only Latina on the force and at

Stu Billett, a veteran TV producer and creator of the venerable TV show The People’s Court, died Oct. 22 from natural causes in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family. He was 85. Billett served in the U.S. Marine Corps and later attended New York University. After college, Billett landed a position as a producer’s assistant

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ death last Thursday on the set of Rust is the latest in a long list of camera crew members who have been killed on the job, making camera work far and away the most dangerous work in Hollywood, more deadly than even stunts. In the last 10 years, four members of camera

On tonight’s Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live, Jason Sudeikis returned to Weekend Update to reprise his role as The Devil, catching co-anchor Colin Jost up on the latest in his life. Jost noted that it has been four or five years since The Devil last graced the desk at Studio 8H. “It’s because I’ve been