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To Everything There Is A Season - With Season 3 of The Mandalorian dropping this Wednesday and our hero Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) headed to Mandalore dark saber in hand, show EP Rick Famuyiwa addresses how the show will deal with the departure of Gina Carano’s fan fave bounty hunter character Cara Dune. >>>Continues As A Character
CAA Lands A Whale - Brendan Fraser, one of the hottest actors right now and an Oscar Best Actor nominee for A24’s The Whale, has signed with CAA as he plots the next step in his career comeback. >>>Left Gersh In January
'Night' Music - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt’s 1994 bestselling book, is being developed into a new musical by playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, choreography by Tanya Birl and Sarah O’Gleby and direction by Rob Ashford. >>>Upcoming Industry-Only Reading
In Brief - Alec Baldwin and Rust producers are being taken to court by three crew members... Sony has acquired remake rights to Latvian comedy hit Accidental Santa... Kevin Garnett’s Content Cartel Studios & Ronin Media Networks launch global channel VEEM.TV... DeVon Franklin is set to star in & EP comedy Played and EP family drama Closure at BET+. |
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The first season of 1923 ended Sunday with Cara’s (Helen Mirren) nephew Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) still far from saving the day in Montana, while the ruthless Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) informed Jacob (Harrison Ford) that he pretty much owns the Duttons' ranch. In other words, life will probably get a whole lot worse for Cara and Jacob before it gets any better.
In her only post-season interview, Mirren talks with Deadline about what attracted her to 1923, why her character is Irish, and what she expects from Spencer in Season 2. >>>The Interview |
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Shondaland and Netflix have assembled a formidable ensemble cast for murder-mystery drama The Residence - joining previously announced lead Uzo Aduba are Andre Braugher, Susan Kelechi Watson, Ken Marino and many more. Exclusive Jackie Earle Haley and Ross Marquand have signed on to star alongside Daniel Roebuck in crime thriller Tuesday’s Flu, which Roebuck is directing from a script by brothers Stephen and Brian Parri. Damian Lewis is bringing back Bobby Axelrod as he sets his return to the Showtime series Billions for Season 7. Exclusive Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is joining the cast of The Santa Clauses as a series regular. The BBC is moving forward with a second season of The Tourist, with Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald set to return. In Brief - Jesse Garcia will star opposite Eva Longoria and George Lopez in Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day… Gary Cole and Alex Breaux have joined Waco: The Aftermath, a sequel to Paramount Network’s 2018 miniseries… Lea Salonga will join the Broadway cast of Here Lies Love by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim for a special guest engagement this summer… Alan Ruck is attached to star opposite Sean Whalen in the horror-comedy Crust |
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"I could have. But I didn't." - Rupert Murdoch, in a Dominion lawsuit deposition, admitting that he could have told Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott or the Fox News hosts to stop putting Rudy Giuliani and other election-denier guests on the air |
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📺 New CW parent Nexstar Media Group says its acquisition of the broadcast network last fall has already paid for itself in terms of added muscle in distribution negotiations. Nexstar paid no up-front cash or stock for the CW, but instead agreed to assume its debt.
🚦 A second season of the smash John le Carré adaptation The Night Manager is in the works at Amazon Prime Video and the BBC, with Tom Hiddleston set to reprise his role as protagonist Jonathan Pine.
🏆 The Cannes Film Festival has appointed Swedish director and two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund as jury president for its upcoming 76th edition, running from May 16 to 27.
🦊 Rupert Murdoch said in a recent deposition that he "would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing" Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election and conspiracy theories. But, while he admitted that some Fox hosts "endorsed" those claims, he denied they were applicable to the network. "Not Fox, no," he said. "Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators."
❓ Hoda Kotb continues missing from Today and Today with Hoda and Jenna after a week-long absence from the NBC morning shows. In her absence, other Today personalities have been filling in for Kotb, who has been posting cryptic messages on Instagram.
🙏 "Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life decision," Tom Sizemore's manager Charles Lago said in a statement Monday after the actor suffered a stroke.
In Brief - Oscars: David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu & Son Lux are set to perform "This is a Life" during the ceremony... Dilbert's syndicator terminated the comic strip and Scott Adams' publisher dropped a planned book following the creator's racist remarks. |
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Trending  Hot off his David O. Selznick honor from the PGA this past weekend, Tom Cruise — along with Jerry Bruckheimer & Christopher McQuarrie — is set for the ICG Publicists Honor.
🔻 Ron DeSantis stripped Walt Disney World Resort of control over a local "special district" near Orlando, giving his appointees oversight over the district’s infrastructure and services, as well as taxing authority. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Animator, director, producer and story artist Burny Mattinson, who joined the Walt Disney Company at the end of its first great run of films, when Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942) were new and an in-his-prime Walt Disney was just 42-years-old, died Monday. He was 87. He was the last full-time Walt Disney Studios employee who had worked at the company when Walt Disney still ran it. 🕯 British screenwriter Ray Jenkins , who wrote on some of the UK’s biggest TV hits across several decades, has died aged 87. Jenkins died last month and leaves behind his two children, Pascale and Ceri. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar Tues - London TV Screenings begins; Endeavor, AMC Entertainment & Nexstar report earnings
Wed - The Mandalorian S3 premiere; CPAC begins
Thu - Steven Spielberg and John Williams on Colbert
Sat - Independent Spirit Awards
Sun - WGA Awards |
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Still 'Friends' - Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow were on hand yesterday for Friends co-star Courteney Cox's Walk of Fame ceremony. "To be friends with Courteney is to be family with Courteney,'' said Aniston. "And she is responsible for all of that. From the beginning of when we met her, she was immediately inclusive, warm, loving, interested in everything about you." |
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