Exclusive TMZ/Getty Michael Lohan‘s estranged wife, Kate Major, was arrested for DWI a day before Mike got busted for allegedly hurting her — and one incident allegedly caused the other. TMZ has learned Kate was arrested and booked for driving while intoxicated on Sunday out in the Hamptons. According to law enforcement, troopers got a
Month: February 2020
February 12, 2020 11:15AM PT Swoosie Kurtz has signed on to the multi-cam comedy “Call Me Kat,” formerly “Carla,” at Fox opposite Mayim Bialik. The project is based on the BBC original “Miranda” created by Miranda Hart and received a series commitment at Fox back in September. It follows Carla (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has found a new, permanent telecast home for the Daytime Emmys: Its own site. NATAS is launching a streaming service that will serve as the place to watch the Daytime Emmys and its other awards shows. The new over-the-top platform is expected to launch in the first
Pay-TV operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered. Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event
Rick Moranis is leaving his decades-long hiatus from live-action acting to join Disney’s sequel to its 1989 blockbuster “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” Variety has confirmed. Moranis will reprise his role as Wayne Szalinski, the crackpot scientist who accidentally shrunk his children (and the neighbor’s kids), then accidentally made his infant child enormous in 1992’s “Honey, I
February 12, 2020 11:50AM PT Michael B. Jordan has joined Christian Bale and Margot Robbie in David O. Russell’s untitled new film at New Regency. Russell will direct from his own script. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Executive are hoping to start production in the spring. Matthew Budman (“Joy,” “American Hustle”) is producing.
February 12, 2020 11:58AM PT Awkwafina is set to star in “The Baccarat Machine,” a gambling drama inspired by a Cigar Aficionado article by Michael Kaplan. The film, set up at SK Global, centers on Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun and her unlikely partnership with poker player Phil Ivey. Sun amassing millions of dollars of winnings
February 12, 2020 11:07AM PT Two years on from “step up,” things in the music world seemingly have stepped back in time, from the Recording Academy’s epic diversity failures to the return to male-dominated headliners at many major festivals, including a testosterone-heavy Coachella — as called out by Variety and many others — and Britain’s
Just a few days after the trophy for best original song was given out at the Oscars comes news of the first significant new original song of this movie year. The end-titles theme for the upcoming Pixar film “Onward” has been recorded and co-written by multiple Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, Disney announced Wednesday. Carlile co-wrote
February 12, 2020 10:15AM PT John Corbett has signed on for a lead role in the ABC drama pilot “Rebel,” which is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. He joins previously announced series lead Katey Sagal. The show centers around Annie “Rebel” Bello (Sagal), a blue collar legal advocate without a law degree. Rebel
There’s some quacking news over at Disney Plus. The streamer has issued a 10-episode series order for a sequel to “The Mighty Ducks,” and has tapped “Gilmore Girls” star Lauren Graham to play the lead. Graham will star as Alex and “Good Girls” standout Brady Noon is set to portray her son, Evan. Based on
Many in Hollywood would concur that this year’s Oscar show was by far one of the best. The pacing of the three-hour-plus telecast was better, as was the choice of some offbeat musical acts like Eminem and Billie Eilish. These and the momentous triumphs of director-writer Bong Joon Ho and his exceptionally original film, “Parasite,”
Whatever you do, don’t ask “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” star Lana Condor if she’s Team Peter or Team John Ambrose. “This question keeps me up at night. It does,” Condor told Variety of the love triangle her character, Lara Jean, finds herself in the sequel to Netflix’s teen rom-com “To
WhatsApp now has more than 2 billion users globally, according to Facebook — and the company says it “will not compromise” on the messaging app’s end-to-end encryption, despite warnings from law enforcement officials. WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired for $19 billion in 2014, uses strong crypto to keep information sent over the service private, “helping protect
ABC Signature’s senior vice president Tracy Underwood has been upped to the newly created position of executive vice president of creative affairs of ABC Studios, where she will broaden her purview to oversee all scripted development of comedy and drama at ABC Studios and ABC Signature. The promotion, which is effective immediately, puts Underwood in
Inside Content, the company responsible for the organization of Spain’s Conecta Fiction TV meet and marketplace, will host its first edition of ONSeries Lisboa, a Portugal-based showcase for TV series to find international buyers, sales agents and exhibitors. ONSeries Lisboa will run April 28-29 at the Belém Cultural Center in the Portuguese capital city. Additionally,
February 12, 2020 9:44AM PT Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner Cynthia Erivo is bringing her podcast “Carrier” to the big screen. The Oscar nominee will star in and produce the sci-fi thriller for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. The movie is based on the podcast “Carrier,” created by audio studio QCode and Dan Blank, who will
Wondery, the podcast industry’s largest independent publisher, is bringing back hit true-crime show “Dr. Death” for a second season in the fall of 2020. Season 2 of “Dr. Death,” hosted by journalist Laura Beil, will feature two new cases of doctors betraying their oath — leading to fatal outcomes for their patients. The sophomore season
February 12, 2020 8:26AM PT [embedded content] Comedian and “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson has set his first Netflix standup comedy special. Entitled “Pete Davidson: Alive From New York,” the special will premiere globally on the streamer on Feb. 25. In the first trailer released for the special, Davidson, who is known for
Rose McGowan called Natalie Portman a “fraud” for her Oscars ensemble that featured the names of snubbed female directors, including Greta Gerwig, Marielle Heller and Lorene Scafaria. “The kind of protest that gets rave reviews from the mainstream media for its bravery. Brave? No, not by a long shot. More like an actress acting the
Amanda Samii has been named senior vice president of A&R for Capitol Records, the flagship label of Capitol Music Group, it was announced today by label president Jeff Vaughn, to whom Samii will report. She will assume her post on March 2 and will be based at the company’s Hollywood headquarters. Samii comes to Capitol after
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The Writers Guild of America has made progress in recent weeks in enlisting small- and medium-sized Hollywood talent agencies to agree to its new rules of engagement for representing guild members. The town’s five largest agencies have also made their own progress in recent weeks by resuming working relationships with dozens — if not hundreds,
February 12, 2020 7:30AM PT For her directorial debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal has tapped Oscar-winner Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley and Peter Sarsgaard to star in the feature adaptation of “The Lost Daughter.” Gyllenhaal also penned the script, which is based on the novel by best-selling author Elena Ferrante. “The Lost Daughter” tells the story
February 12, 2020 7:20AM PT Now in its 18th year, the Forecastle Festival will return to Louisville, Kentucky on July 17-19, 2020 and be headlined by local natives Cage the Elephant, British quartet the 1975 and acoustic rocker Jack Johnson. The full lineup appears below. Nominated as Pollstar’s Music Festival of the Year for 2019,
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Composite Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have checked off another big box in wrapping up their divorce … a judge has signed off on an official parenting schedule. As you may recall … things turned a little nasty between the ex-couple and resulted in a custody battle, but they’ve reached an agreement that
Mariah Carey has moved her 30-year songwriting catalog to ASCAP, the performing rights organization announced Wednesday. The library of hits that will now be administered for public performance by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers extends back three decades to the smashes “Vision of Love” and “Love Takes Time,” from her 1990 debut album.
Condé Nast Entertainment is upping its TV and film ambitions, announcing the formation of multiple “studios” dedicated to its major publishing brands. The New York-based media and publishing company is launching studios initially for five magazine titles: The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Wired and GQ. With the move, CNE plans to hire a studio
Amid the run-up to the 2020 U.S. election, Reuters announced a deal with Facebook under which the giant social-networking corporation will pay the global news service to fact-check information, images and video on Facebook and Instagram. Reuters has formed a four-person fact-checking team that will work to verify content posted on Facebook and Instagram —
February 12, 2020 6:55AM PT Spotify today launched its Songwriter Pages, which it describes as “a new way for fans, collaborators and industry partners to dive deeper into the creators behind their favorite songs.” Among other features, the program allows fans to click on songwriters’ names in the credits and see the songs on the platform
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