Jen Shah from Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” has been indicted and arrested for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges, brought about from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, were announced on Tuesday. Shah was arrested
Month: March 2021
Isha Sesay, who spent 13 years at CNN International as an anchor and reporter, is the new CEO of OkayMedia, a media company dedicated to Black culture and uplifting Black voices. Sesay has also been appointed to the OkayMedia board of directors, which includes Sam Hendel, co-founder of Dataminr, and Shawn Gee, president of Live
“Dancing With the Stars” is waltzing its way back onto our screens yet again, with ABC picking up the reality competition series for a milestone 30th season. Host Tyra Banks and judges Len Goodman, Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli are all expected to return to the dance competition series. A premiere date
Emmy winner Jeremy Strong will star as Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, in the upcoming film “Splendid Solution.” Produced by Bron Studios and 21 Laps, the feature film adapts Jeffrey Kluger’s 2004 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, which follows Dr. Salk on his quest to find a cure
Hollywood is full of filmmaking collectives — camps of creative people who met at the bottom and carry each other, hopefully, to great heights. Particularly sacred (and occasionally fraught) is the relationship between producer and director, a delicate balance of trust and honesty. Approaching nearly 20 years in that dynamic are Oscar nominee Lee Daniels
The pandemic isn’t over yet, but the picture of moviegoing in Los Angeles is looking brighter. The country’s most populous county is moving into California’s orange tier, the third step in the state’s reopening plan, on Tuesday. Hitting that milestone requires fewer new coronavirus cases daily per 100,000 people and a test positivity rate under
Thumbs up or thumbs down? For years, YouTube has allowed viewers to rate the videos on the site using either the “like” or “dislike” icons. But only now has the Google-owned video platform gotten the message that the thumbs-down button might be a means of bullying individual YouTube users. YouTube on Tuesday announced that it
Universal Studios Hollywood is back: The Universal City, Calif. theme park has set an April 16 reopening date and will be limited to California residents for the time being. The decision follows adjusted guidelines from state officials that allowed theme parks, ballparks and stadiums to reopen as early as April 1, as vaccinations increase and
Longtime 20th animation exec Marci Proietto has been tapped to lead Disney Television Studios’ new production unit, 20th Television Animation, which currently has 11 series in production. Under Proietto’s leadership as executive vice president of the unit, 20th Television Animation will continue to manage and produce the company’s long-running series, including “Family Guy,” “American Dad,”
Film and television producer Will Packer will serve as the jury president for the 2021 American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The annual festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a hybrid model, with live events held Nov. 3-7 in Miami Beach, Fla., followed by a week of virtual events on abffplay.com (available from Nov.
He’s been dissolved at the bottom of the ocean, frozen solid in an iceberg, blown up in a volcano, disintegrated in an atomic meltdown, and killed by missiles on the Brooklyn Bridge, but thanks to the millions of fans who love him, Godzilla will never die. Japan’s biggest star returns again in “Godzilla vs. Kong,”
In a Tuesday meeting for the studio and personal reps of Oscar nominees, producer Steven Soderbergh called the logistics of organizing this year’s ceremony “mind-numbing.” The producers announced they would add venues in London and elsewhere for participants who are not able to travel because of COVID restrictions. “London is 100 percent confirmed. We’re in
Back in my early days as a film critic, I took a certain unseemly pleasure in mocking inadvertently funny flops — fiascoes like “The Lonely Lady,” “The Room” and pretty much anything by Uwe Boll — so it’s easy to recognize the impulse with which “Alien on Stage” directors Lucy Harvey and Danielle Kummer drove
TikTok is launching a new interactive live series called “Headstream” that, according to the announcement, “invites fans to enter the minds of their favorite artists.” The first session drops this Friday, April 2 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT and features Demi Lovato on the launch day of her new album, “Dancing With
YouTube is declining to ban a video by hip-hop artist YG containing anti-Asian lyrics, despite a drive among staffers to have the song, “Meet the Flockers,” removed from the platform. The rapper’s 2014 song is about how to pull off a burglary and begins with a verse recommending Asians as the easiest targets for a
Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Indeed have teamed up to spotlight 10 Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) filmmaker teams, debuting each of their films at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Under the companies’ “Rising Voices” partnership, the filmmakers have been awarded a $100,000 production budget and crew (via
“Diana,” a musical about the people’s princess, will premiere on Netflix ahead of its Broadway debut. The show had completed only a few preview performances (and was expected to officially open last March) before Broadway went dark due to the pandemic. In an unprecedented move, a live stage recording of “Diana” is coming to Netflix
Ariana Grande is joining Season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice” in the fall. She is “beyond thrilled, honored, excited” to be joining fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Blake Shelton on the series, she tweeted Tuesday morning. “I’m so honored and excited to join ‘The Voice’ family!” said Grande in a separate statement through
Objective Fiction, producer of Netflix/Channel 4 show “Feel Good,” is setting up a permanent U.S.-based operation. Hannah Mackay, previously the outfit’s head of scripted, will be relocating to Los Angeles to take up the role of senior VP, Objective Fiction America, with immediate effect. Mackay’s focus will be on North American original commissions, alongside U.S./U.K.
Memphis rapper NLE Choppa was arrested Sunday in Davie, Fla. and charged with carrying a concealed firearm, possession of Xanax, possession of cannabis and burglary of an unoccupied structure, according to an arrest report cited by the South Florida Sentinel and Memphis’ Fox 13. According to the reports, the rapper, whose real name is Bryson
Spotify will roll its own rival to the buzzy Clubhouse live-audio chat app — saying it will launch a range of new live and interactive programming in the next few months. Spotify announced the acquisition of Betty Labs, the creators of Locker Room, a live audio app focused on sports talk. Terms of the deal
BBC Drama has revealed eight new commissions from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England and announced four new commissioning roles. From Northern Ireland, six-part BBC One series “Blue Lights” is a police drama created by the writers of “The Salisbury Poisonings,” Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. It follows probationary police officers working in contemporary Belfast,
U.K. channel BBC Three has commissioned “Wrecked,” a six-part comedy horror series from Fremantle’s Euston Films (“The Sister,” “Dublin Murders”). Written by emerging talent Ryan J. Brown, the six-part series is set aboard a mega cruise ship. It follows 19-year-old new recruit Jamie as he joins the crew in search of his missing sister. She
“Rick and Morty” Season 5 will debut this summer on Adult Swim. The network announced Tuesday that the hit animated series will return with new episodes on June 20 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. In addition, the network is declaring the date Rick and Morty Day. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer. Rick and
Kayleigh McEnany, the former White House Press Secretary during the Trump administration, will take on a regular anchoring job at Fox News Channel, co-hosting the daytime program, “Outnumbered,” a move that helps cement the Fox Corporation-backed outlet’s Trump ties in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Starting April 6, McEnany will appear regularly on the
Check out the official Spiral Trailer starring Samuel L. Jackson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Spiral: https://www.fandango.com/spiral-2021-222455/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US
Netflix says it has a plan to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022, with a big part of the streaming giant’s efforts aimed at operating more eco-friendly film and TV productions. The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined
After more than 50 years as Entercom Communications, the radio and podcasting company is unfurling a new banner: Effective immediately, it is changing its name to Audacy. With the rebranding, the company also has retired the Radio.com name for its direct-to-consumer platform, which has adopted the Audacy moniker. The company’s new website is audacyinc.com. “The
Netflix says it has a plan to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022, with a big part of the streaming giant’s efforts aimed at operating more eco-friendly film and TV productions. The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined
WWE and NBCUniversal have signed a new multi-year deal that will keep NXT on USA Network. In addition, NXT will be moving from Wednesday to Tuesday nights beginning April 13. Speaking with Variety, WWE executive vice president of global talent strategy and development Paul Levesque said that the decision to initially have the show on Wednesdays
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