After six seasons and 113 episodes, “Superstore” wrapped things up with a well-received finale on March 25. The episode ended with Cloud 9 Superstore #1217 shutting its doors and turning into a warehouse fulfillment center for parent company Zephra, and the team from the Ozark Highlands store splitting up. But even as the show —
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In recent years, class has been the great unspoken element of TV family comedies. The genre that gave us the Bundys, the Conners and the Simpsons — all families who were whose neighborhoods lay an unbridgeable distance from great wealth — had moved, in the past decade, onto “Modern Family’s” Pritchetts and “Black-ish’s” Johnsons. These
Melissa Harper, most recently the executive vice president of scripted production at Fremantle North America, has been tapped to lead NBCUniversal Television and Streaming as executive vice president of production management and operations. Harper will oversee the team that supports all physical production with external production partners, working with Universal Studio Group to support in-house
SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses events from Season 1, Episode 3 of Disney Plus’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The last time Emily VanCamp appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter, she was illegally aiding Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War” — and stealing a kiss from
ViacomCBS Networks International is set to acquire WarnerMedia’s Chilevisión and its Spanish- language content library as well as its production capabilities. The top Chilean network will complement VCNI’s current global production, distribution and advertising solutions across more than 180 countries and will further expand the network’s presence in Latin America (particularly in South America). ViacomCBS
Harvey Weinstein‘s appealing his rape and sexual abuse conviction in New York, and has a laundry list of reasons why he believes he got a raw deal. According to new legal docs … Weinstein claims he was deprived of a fair and impartial jury trial, which resulted in guilty verdicts and a sentence of 23
Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal on Monday of his conviction on counts of sexual assault and rape, arguing that the judge made numerous errors that resulted in a rigged trial. Weinstein’s attorney, Barry Kamins, argued that the judge should have excluded Juror 11, saying she could not have been impartial because she had written a
The WGA East has come to terms with ITV Entertainment on a contract for “The Chase,” ending a two-week strike by the show’s writers. WGA East issued a statement Monday stating that the U.K.-based TV giant had agreed to a WGA contract for the nine writers who work on the show. “We are in agreement
Zola Mashariki, former senior exec at Fox Searchlight and BET, is the new head of Audible Studios. In the role at the Amazon-owned audio content platform, Mashariki will lead the creation of all original programming from concept to release, overseeing the entire studio operation including the development and implementation of content strategy. Based in Los
The Sun Valley Film Festival has announced its film slate and honorees, who will include Ethan Hawke, Shaka King and Gal Gadot. As SVFF Vision Award Recipients, Hawke and Gadot are recognized for their contributions to the art of cinema. Over his three decades in the industry, Hawke has earned four Academy Award nominations, acted
“Godzilla vs. Kong” proved that buzzy new movies can sell tickets, even if they’re already available to watch at home. After months of new releases bringing in lackluster box office ticket sales, “Godzilla vs. Kong” racked up $48.5 million in its first five days in theaters. It was the best showing, by a landslide, for
When director Shaka King was looking for an artist to deliver the end credit song for “Judas and the Black Messiah,” he went to Grammy winner H.E.R. Of the qualities that made her the perfect artist to complete the task, he says, “versatility in musicianship, soul, artistic and personal integrity. She’s a throwback.” King’s approach
Campfire, a producer of scripted and non-scripted content, has been on a tear. The company debuted three films at this year’s SXSW, the buzzy documentaries “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” “Hysterical,” and “The Lost Sons,” and also fielded “A Glitch in the Matrix,” which scored rave reviews at Sundance.
Top Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has been hospitalized and his much awaited blockbuster “Sooryavanshi” has been postponed as COVID-19 rampages across Mumbai, capital of the Hindi-language film industry. Kumar was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday and he was hospitalized on Monday. According to Indian media reports, along with Kumar, 45 people working on “Ram Setu,”
“Summer of Soul,” an acclaimed documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, will fittingly debut over the summer. Searchlight Pictures is releasing the film in theaters on July 2. On the same day, it will be available to stream on Hulu. Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson in his feature-film directorial debut, “Summer Of Soul (…Or, When
“Fire in Little Africa,” an album of original material, written and recorded by a collective of Oklahoma hip-hop artists to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, will be released on May 28 by Motown Records/Black Forum in partnership with Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center. According to the announcement, the 21-track album
Republic Records has promoted Xiarra-Diamond Nimrod to vice president of marketing strategy, the label’s EVP and general manager Jim Roppo and SVP of marketing Marleny Reyes announced. She is based in Republic Records’ New York headquarters. According to the announcement, Nimrod will continue to architect, implement, and oversee marketing, rollout, and release strategy for label artists including Pop Smoke, Metro Boomin, Ski Mask the Slump
A prayer vigil for DMX will take place outside the hospital in White Plains, New York, where the rapper remains on life support. The event will take place Monday beginning at 5 p.m. and will be hosted by the Ruff Ryders to the Rescue Foundation, according to a statement from the rapper’s family, as reported by Rolling
Sound Ventures, the venture capital fund founded by Guy Oseary (pictured at left) and Ashton Kutcher, is jumping into the NFT game, announcing an investment of $1 million for a pitch competition set to launch on April 21. Teaming with Mark Cuban and Snoop Dogg, “NFTs: The Pitch” will feature a judging panel that includes
The Academy of Country Music has revealed what it says is the full performance lineup for its April 18 awards show on CBS, a list of 29 performers that includes co-hosts Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton as well as major stars of the genre like Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Maren Morris and Luke Combs. Also
The first official trailer for “In the Sun,” a documentary executive produced by Kerry Washington, has landed. The documentary, which will premiere on April 27 for streaming and on-demand, highlights seven families who face the consequences of living life in the sun. It spotlights an array of characters from all walks of life bound by
British actor Thandiwe Newton is reverting to the original Shona spelling of her name, after decades of being known and credited as “Thandie Newton.” The Emmy-winning “Westworld” actor was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker. “That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine,” the actor said in an interview with British
Each weeknight, Fox News Channel’s primetime opinion hosts seek to own the libs. Greg Gutfeld says he wants to own some laughs. In an unorthodox maneuver, executives at the Fox Corp.-owned cable-news outlet will explore whether jokes and satire can capture a crowd after 11 p.m. with “Gutfeld!,” which debuts Monday night. Fox is the
Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone will star in the Bollywood remake of Warner Bros.’ “The Intern.” Bachchan replaces the late Rishi Kapoor who was due to star in the project alongside Padukone, but died in 2020. Directed by Nancy Meyers, “The Intern” (2015) collected $194 million globally. Bachchan (“Gulabo Sitabo”) and Padukone (“Chhapaak”) will play
“Hi, Mom” begins as a pleasant enough comic fantasy about a young Chinese woman who time-travels from 2001 to 1981 and becomes friends with her late mother. That’s before it flicks an inspired story-telling switch and turns into a top-notch tearjerker that will have viewers everywhere reaching for the tissues. The deeply personal debut feature
By now, more than a year deep into the social disruption wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had several examples of awards shows trying their best to accomplish something like the traditional experience for viewers at home. What we hadn’t seen, exactly, was a show deciding to lean into the alienation and isolation of
In a pandemic year where most viewers consumed movies and TV shows from their couches, Netflix had a big night Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday with “The Trial of the Chicago 7” winning best motion picture and “The Crown” being named best TV drama. Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek” continued its hot streak on its
Usually the SAG Awards are the first of the major peer groups to hand out statues in the new year, but 2021 is proving to be even more change-inducing than 2020. The 27th Annual SAG Awards were pushed a couple of times, first due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and then when the Grammys decided
The SAG Awards have weighed in with their winners and have set in motion on what could be the most diverse slate of major Oscar winners in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards. The celebration of the 27th annual ceremony, which is voted on by the approximate 160,000-person membership of actors, was revealed during
There’s a double-edged sword to being singled out as an awards frontrunner. Yes, it’s a positive sign when pundits consider you the top contender to score a top prize. But be identified as the top of the pack too early, and you’ve immediately been handed a target on your back as the one to beat.