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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

We’re getting the first look at Lori Loughlin in her return to acting in When Hope Calls, a spinoff of the popular Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart, which is coming back for a second season on new network, GAC Family. The network has released a scene featuring Loughlin and Carter Ryan ahead of season

It is ironic since Fraturdays were a focal point in IATSE’s contract demands that it took a Fraturday to thwart a potentially devastating Hollywood strike. The virtual negotiations between the union representing roughly 60,000 members covered by the locals, and AMPTP, the trade association representing the major Hollywood studios, had a marathon bargaining session last

The creative team and cast of CBS’ Evil honored Peter Scolari, who died on Friday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66 years old. For Evil co-creator Robert King, Scolari “was one of the funniest – sneakily funny – actors we’ve worked with.” “He always took a nothing scene and found different ways

President Joe Biden returned to CNN for another town hall amid slumping poll numbers, the continued Covid pandemic and drawn out negotiations for his Build Back Better agenda. Biden, though, came across with a sense of confidence that he’d get his legislative cornerstone passed — with a bit of irreverence and a reality check. “Look,

EXCLUSIVE: Don’t expect juggling or magicians on Conan O’Brien’s upcoming HBO Max “variety” series. The comedian, who exited the late-night space with the end of TBS’ Conan in June, has lifted the lid on his streaming plans on the opening episode of season three of the Inside Conan podcast. The audio series, which is produced

Jesse Spencer said goodbye to NBC’s Chicago Fire after 10 seasons on Wednesday night and the actor says his character Matt Casey’s departure was “perfect.” “It wraps up ten years for me,” Spencer told members of the media about his exit from the series. “I think it was pretty organic that he’s leaving and he’s

Skydance Media is branching into sports, and has tapped veteran producer Jon Weinbach to lead the effort. Weinbach, a former EVP at Mandalay Sports Media and Tollin Productions whose credits include The Last Dance and Kareem: Minority of One, will be president of Skydance Sports. He will report to Skydance president and COO Jesse Sisgold.

Chris Ayres, an actor most known for voicing Dragon Ball character Frieza, has died at 56. A cause of death has not been specified. His passing was announced by Ayres’ girlfriend, fellow voice actor Krystal Laporte, on social media. “On October 18th at 8:40 pm, my world went dark,” Laporte wrote. “Christopher Owen Ayres passed

EXCLUSIVE: NBA forward Patrick Patterson has partnered with producer Joel Reilly to launch Undisputed Pictures, a new production company with operations in both the U.S. and Canada, which will develop, finance and produce a slate of film, TV, media and entertainment projects, teaming up with Oscar nominated producer David Permut (Hacksaw Ridge, Face/Off) on its

On tonight’s episode of Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Colbert celebrated comic superhero Superman, and his new motto: “truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.” In typical fashion, he couldn’t let this one go without adding his own two cents. “This of course is a big change from his original motto: wearing underwear on the outside

Another week another Sunday victory for NBC as its coverage of last night’s football match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks drew in primetime’s top numbers. The match, which saw the Steelers win 23-20 against the Seahawks, drew in a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demo and 13.12 million viewers, in pre-adjusted fast affiliates.

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell says the beloved HBO adaptation should not serve as a guide for how women should live.  “We never talk about this, but that’s something that women need to think about: You can do a lot less . . . when you have to rely on a man,” Bushnell said in

It’s a longstanding Saturday Night Live tradition for celebrity guests to appear alongside the cast member that impersonates them on the show. Previous pairings have included Mick Jagger and Jimmy Fallon, Hillary Clinton and both Amy Poehler and Kate McKinnon, Sarah Palin and Tina Fey as well as Donald Trump and Darrell Hammond. Rami Malek

An audition for a fictional Jordan Peele biopic about music icon Prince saw a surprise guest on Saturday Night Live. Chris Redd took on the Get Out director alongside casting directors played by Punkie Johnson and Ego Nwodim. After rounds of auditions, the two actors standing were Keenan Thompson and Rami Malek who, donning their

A day after the European premiere of season three of his HBO series Succession at the London Film Festival, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, took to the stage with comedian Nish Kumar to discuss the art of screenwriting. In between dispensing pearls of wisdom for aspiring comedy writers (“Don’t write any jokes,” was especially memorable),

EXCLUSIVE: B Positive creator and co-showrunner Marco Pennette has left the sophomore CBS comedy. Deadline understands that former Mom co-exec producer Pennette exited the series, which he exec produced with Chuck Lorre and former Two and a Half Men executive producer/co-showrunner Jim Patterson, at the end of the first season. The show, which returned for

EXCLUSIVE: UK broadcasting union Bectu has urged members to “do nothing to undermine the IATSE action” and say no if offered the work of a striking IATSE member. In an email sent by Bectu head Philippa Childs this afternoon to thousands of UK behind-the-camera workers, seen by Deadline, the union boss said Bectu is “fully

For the first time in its 128-year history, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees could go on strike this weekend and shut most of Hollywood down, unless the studios, networks and streamers agree to a new contract for below the line workers. In that context of conflict, which show is the one you have