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Amazon Prime Video has taken another big leap into the UK film and TV industry by acquiring the 70-year-old studios where Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is filmed. Financials were not disclosed on the deal for Bray Film Studios, with the first Amazon production rolling cameras there set to be the second

Thom Brennaman will be returning to the airwaves this fall as their lead play-by-play broadcaster for nationally televised  games this coming season, according to The Athletic.  Brennaman will make his season debut Aug. 31 when Oregon State meets Idaho State.  Brennaman, age 60, was sidelined from broadcasting since 2020, when he made a homophobic slur on a

Richard Simmons is continuing to spread love as fans mourn his passing. One week after his death, the late fitness guru’s team shared a previously approved post that Simmons had prepared before he died at age 76 on Saturday, August 13 at his home in Los Angeles. “Richard worked very hard on his posts for

He may not be fighting in the ring anymore, but Dave Bautista still has some moves in his back pocket. The WWE alum confirmed that he snuck his signature Bautista Bomb into a fight scene in his new action comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City, which is now available to stream on Prime Video.

The lawyer of the woman suing Netflix for how she is allegedly portrayed in its hit drama Baby Reindeer has called its haul of Emmy nominations “a slap in the face.” Fiona Harvey, a Scottish woman who used to know Richard Gadd, the writer and lead actor of the drama, is suing Netflix for, among

Ariana Madix joined Love Island USA Season 6 as host for the Peacock reality competition. The Vanderpump Rules star has injected new life into the reality series, and every time she enters the villa to deliver important news to the Islanders, she makes a grand entrance. RELATED: ‘Love Island USA’ Season 6 Finale Date Set On Peacock

Sky News and other international broadcasters suffered outages on Friday morning amid a global tech meltdown linked to Microsoft systems. The Comcast-owned news channel was off air for around an hour, restoring a service just before 9am local time but with a stripped-back studio, a lack of chyrons, and presenters apparently reading from printed papers

Paramount+ has cancelled Halo, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes a few months after Season 2 of the live-action video game adaptation premiered on the streamer in February. Amblin Television, Xbox and 343 Industries are currently shopping Halo in hopes of finding it a new home, Deadline understands. “We are extremely proud of this ambitious

Viaplay Results: Focus On Core Ops Working Slowly Viaplay’s focus on doing what it does best willed out in its latest quarterly results, with total turnover down slightly but turnover in core operations increasing by a similar margin. Since the exit of former CEO Anders Jensen amidst financial turmoil last year, the Scandi outfit has been focused

Hulu announced on Wednesday that Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show) will tape his first comedy special for the streamer at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. in early September, seeing it launch on Hulu and Disney+ internationally. The as-yet-untitled special comes on the heels of three for Comedy Central: Imperfect Messenger (2021), No One

CAA Signs Gary Neville CAA has signed British former soccer player and pundit Gary Neville. The U.S. agent’s sports division has signed the ex-Manchester United and England international for exclusive representation in all areas. Neville was part of one of the most successful Man United teams of all time and has subsequently been a fixture

EXCLUSIVE: Hannah Einbinder has signed with CAA for representation. Einbinder currently stars as Ava Daniels in Max’s Hacks, which premiered its third season this summer. She has been nominated for two Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards for her performance in the comedy. Her debut comedy special, Everything Must Go, also premiered this summer on Max with The

Ex-Strictly contestant Zara McDermott has broken her silence on the firing of her former partner Graziano Di Prima, saying that watching videos back of her time on the show has been “incredibly distressing.” Di Prima has left the lineup of the BBC stalwart this year after allegations of “gross misconduct” against one of his female

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! Showrunner, writer and executive producer Little Marvin, and actor-singer Luke James, chat about the second season of Prime Video‘s Them: The Scare on today’s episode. The series’ cast also includes Deborah Ayorinde (Riches, Harriet) and Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Bones, Ghost of Mars, Jackie Brown). Them: The Scare

England and Spain‘s nail-biting Euro 2024 final was watched by a peak of around 24 million viewers last night, failing to match the England vs Italy final three years ago. The coverage on both the BBC and ITV averaged around 15 million across its hours-long run time, which was just ahead of the semi-final victory

Bill Maher is no fan of Donald Trump, frequently stating on his HBO Real Time show that he’d vote for Joe Biden over the Republican challenger even if Biden’s head was in a jar of blue liquid. Yet Maher was as appalled as anyone at Saturday’s Trump assassination attempt. The talk show host posted a

Barbie was named Favorite Movie and its star Margot Robbie Favorite Movie Actress at the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards tonight. Other big winners included Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Favorite Kids TV Show, along with the show’s Walker Scobell as Favorite Male TV Star (Kids). Young Sheldon and star Iain Armitage also took

What started out as a fun accessory now represents so much more for the title character on Elsbeth. While talking with reporters Saturday at the Television Critics Tour, Carrie Preston explained why her quirky character Elsbeth Tascioni carries not one, but three bags at any one time on her CBS drama. For the uninitiated, Elsbeth’s

In an opinion piece for USA Today published on Friday, Ashley Judd called on Joe Biden to “voluntarily, gracefully step aside” so that a “talented, robust Democrat” can run for the presidency. She wrote that Biden demonstrated during the debate he was “incapable of countering Trump, while he, unchecked, gushed a firehose of galling lies.” Judd visited the

All-star Shohei Ohtani has decided to sell his sprawling mansion in La Cañada Flintridge, California for $7.85 million without ever moving in. La Cañada Flintridge is located about 10 miles north of Dodger Stadium. The home was purchased through a limited liability company, Decopin LLC, the name of Ohtani’s dog. A report in Japanese media

Armando Nuñez Sr., the longtime international television distribution executive who worked for CBS, 20th Century Fox and ITC Entertainment, died of natural causes July 10 in Miami. He was 96. The Cuba-born Nuñez worked for 20th Century Fox both in Havana and New York before moving to ITC Entertainment in 1964. He remained with ITC through

Fat Joe is set to host a new interview series for Starz. Fat Joe Talks will “give viewers unique access into the lives of today’s most influential personalities who drive the cultural zeitgeist,” the network announced Thursday. The 30-minute episodes will follow Fat Joe as he travels throughout the U.S. to conduct conversations with cultural

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has boarded Shared Custody, the comedy-drama series that marks Champions maker Javier Fesser‘s first directing gig in TV. We can reveal that the streamer will launch Shared Custody in January 2025, with filmmaker Fesser (Campeonex, Camino, La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón) directing the eight-episode series, which was announced over two years

Mireille Enos (Hanna, The Killing) has joined the Season 5 cast of Apple TV+‘s For All Mankind as a new series regular. Season 4 of For All Mankind picked up eight years after the events of Season 3, when Happy Valley rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus

Disney+ will release Korean drama The Tyrant on August 14, starring Jo Yoon-su, Kim Seon-ho and ChaSeoung-won. The plot revolves around the development of a cutting-edge virus as part of ‘The Tyrant Project,’ directed by a group of rogue scientists working within the South Korean government. The project aspires to elevate their country’s political power

John Corbett is looking back at his career and Hollywood and says he regrets becoming an actor as “it’s been unfulfilling.” The actor known for playing the character of Aidan Shaw on Sex and the City and reprising the role in the sequel series And Just Like That… shared his thoughts about his career. “Look,

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television has landed its first Israeli drama series. The U.S. major is teaming with Israel’s Yes and Gil Formats on a spy drama based on the hunt for Doctor Josef Mengele starring Dark’s Oliver Masucci. The as-yet-untitled show comes from vet Israeli producer Assaf Gil, who is creating with Moshe Zonder (Tehran) and

Actor Doug Sheehan, known for his breakout role as Joe Kelly on General Hospital, and as Ben Gibson on Knot’s Landing, among many other credits, has died. Sheehan “passed away peacefully” June 29 at his home in Big Horn, Wyoming, with his wife his side, according to a Kane Funeral Home announcement. He was 75.

David Ellison‘s Skydance Media has announced it and its backers will invest $8 billion in a takeover of Paramount Global, capping a seven-month quest. The company had received approval earlier Sunday from a special committee of Paramount’s board of directors. The full board then OK’d the plan for a two-step transaction. First the acquisition of

Southern California firefighters are trying to get a grip on raging wildfires, with the fast-moving Lake Fire near Santa Barbara exploding to more than 13,000 acres with zero percent containment. Evacuation orders have been issued to residents near the fire, which is threatening homes, including Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, officials said. The Lake Fire began