WASHINGTON — Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), a key House Democrat who sits on the Judiciary Committee, says that he is not serious about calling Sean Hannity as a witness in the Cohen case, even though he suggested in a tweet that the Fox News personality should testify under oath. On Thursday, Hannity said on Fox
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March 4, 2019 5:40PM PT Warner Bros. has moved “Sherlock Holmes 3” back a year, with the studio announcing a Dec. 21, 2021 release date. The studio had originally announced last May that “Sherlock Holmes 3” would open on Christmas Day of 2020 with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as the titular British detective
Since breaking out with Rihanna’s 2007 smash hit, “Umbrella,” five-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Kuk Harrell has worked with some of the industry’s top voices, including Beyonce, Usher, Celine Dion, Shakira, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, among others. It’s hard to believe that the musical savant was once making ends meet by holding down a
March 4, 2019 5:15PM PT NBC is not moving forward with “Law & Order: Hate Crimes” as planned. The drama, which received a straight-to-series order at NBC in September, was originally set to debut in a planted spinoff episode during “Law & Order: SVU” this season. That plan has now been scrapped, but the show
In today’s film news roundup, National Geographic is making a Thai cave rescue movie, AMC has a big weekend at the box office, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s “Fast Color” gets a release date. MOVIE DEVELOPMENT Yet another movie is in the works about last year’s cave rescue in Thailand. National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a
Major media companies like Disney, Comcast, CBS and Fox are always jockeying for the rights to broadcast America’s most popular sports. AT&T may join their ranks. The telecommunications giant, through its WarnerMedia subsidiary “will certainly continue to be a significant player in the sports-rights arena,” says Jeff Zucker, who was just named chairman of WarnerMedia’s
21 Savage Gets Something Off His Chest … I Got ‘Nothing to Lose’ 3/4/2019 4:24 PM PST It appears ICE has chosen the wrong dude to mess with, because 21 Savage is making it clear — he’s got nothing to lose. 21 was spotted leaving a meeting Monday in L.A. and his hoodie read, “nothing
Luke Perry, the actor who made a generation of viewers want to pack up their JanSports and move to Beverly Hills, died Monday at the age of 52. As Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” the Ohio native evoked a Pepsi-era James Dean. Perry’s Marlboro Lights, golden tresses and furrowing brow made him dangerous, caused
March 4, 2019 3:39PM PT Joe Wright is in final negotiations to direct an adaptation of “In the Garden of Beasts” for StudioCanal and Playtone Productions. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce the pic through Playtone. The company optioned the rights to Erik Larson’s book in 2011, when it was originally set up at
In today’s roundup, Netflix has released the official trailer for season three of “Queer Eye” and Hulu gives the first look at true crime series “The Act.” CASTING Netflix has added more cast members to “Cursed,” the upcoming reimagining of the legend of King Arthur. Based on the novel of the same name by Frank
March 4, 2019 3:30PM PT “The Masked Singer” narrowly came out on top in the Live+7 ratings for the week of Feb.11. With a final Live+7 rating of 3.6 in the key adults 18-49 demographic, Fox’s “The Masked Singer” was the highest rated show of the week, with NBC’s “This Is Us” very close behind
Tragedy, resilience, and family ties are at the heart of Netflix’s upcoming family drama “Northern Rescue.” Created by David Cormican, the series debuted on the streaming service March 1. Following the West family in the midst of tragedy and loss, the first two of the series’ ten episodes seethe death of the family matriarch, which
DJ Marshmello has landed a historic Las Vegas residency deal, signing up for an exclusive two-year engagement at KAOS Dayclub and Nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort. According to a source close to the situation, the deal is valued at $60 million. The Palms recently underwent a $690 million renovation. Marshmello is the fourth-most-streamed artist
March 4, 2019 3:00PM PT “Superstore” has been renewed for a fifth season, NBC announced Monday. The single-camera comedy series takes place in fictional big box store Cloud 9 and stars America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom, Mark McKinney. It was created by Justin Spitzer, who serves as an
March 4, 2019 2:54PM PT WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s legal team alerted Judge Amy Berman Jackson of an image briefly posted to Roger Stone’s Instagram with the title “who framed Roger Stone.” Under the terms of a gag order put in place last month, Stone and his associates are prohibited from talking about
As a storm of controversy swirls around HBO’s documentary “Leaving Neverland” — in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys — former child actor Corey Feldman posted a series of tweets Monday in which he insists the late singer “never touched me inappropriately”
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, MPAA chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin, Lorenzo De Maio, head of TV advisory and partner, Endeavor Content, and Georgia Brown, Amazon Studios head of European Originals will all deliver keynote speeches at the 2nd Lille Transatlantic Dialogs. They will be joined by an effective French TV high command featuring Gilles Pélisson, CEO, TF1
Slavery is not a term or a concept to be thrown around lightly. But if Kanye West’s statements last year about slavery being a choice were out of bounds, he’s taking more of a Prince-like tactic in his ongoing efforts to extract himself from his record and publishing contracts, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter.
March 4, 2019 2:30PM PT Will Smith will play Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in the movie “King Richard.” The film, based on a script by Zach Baylin, will center on Richard Williams overcoming hardship, skepticism, controversy, and his own troubled past to instruct his daughters, starting when they
Jonas Brothers fans, remember to breathe. Amazon Studios has announced it is partnering with Philymack, and Federal Films, a division of Republic Records, on an upcoming documentary about the Jonas Brothers, to premiere on Amazon Prime Video. The doc will give fans “an intimate look” into the lives of Kevin, Nick and Joe. “Our fans
March 4, 2019 2:30PM PT Fran Drescher has joined the NBC multi-camera comedy pilot “Uninsured” in a lead role, Variety has learned exclusively. She joins previously announced cast members Adam Pally, Abby Elliot, Jessy Hodges, and Amer Chadha-Patel. The story centers on young parents Dave (Pally) and Rebecca (Elliot), who end up having to take care
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruling Monday could make it more difficult to fight online copyright infringement, according to groups representing record labels and other content creators. The justices rules in the case of Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall Street.com LLC that copyright holders can only file a lawsuit when the U.S.
March 4, 2019 1:45PM PT The cast of the Captain Jean-Luc Picard series at CBS All Access has begun to take shape. Santiago Cabrera and Michelle Hurd have both joins the upcoming “Star Trek” streaming show in series regular roles. The exact nature of their roles is being kept under wraps. As previously reported, the CBS All
Fat Joe, French Montana Sued for Jacking ‘All The Way Up’ 3/4/2019 2:26 PM PST Breaking News Fat Joe and French Montana pocketed tons of cash off of their monumental hit “All The Way Up” … but one rapper claims he co-wrote the track, then got the short end of the stick. According to docs obtained by TMZ
A project from Critical Role billed as “‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ meets Dungeons & Dragons” has smashed Kickstarter crowdfunding records for a campaign of its size — raising more than $2 million in less than four hours. Critical Role, a popular D&D role-playing game that live-streams new episodes weekly on Twitch, teamed with animation studio
For Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara, job one in the restructuring of WarnerMedia assets unveiled Monday is make the studio a major player in the business of kids, family, and young adult entertainment. The decision to move Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang under the studio’s management is an effort to better marry the linear
Writers Guild of America West president David A. Goodman has announced that the guild is at an impasse with Hollywood agents in negotiations over tough new rules. Goodman made the assertion in a message to members on Monday. The guild and the Association of Talent Agents have held two acrimonious sessions on Feb. 5 and
The Woodstock 50 event, meant to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the festival this August, is reportedly running into financial and logistical issues staging the concert. Due to take place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen in Upstate New York, the event promised to “give generations of fans the opportunity to join together in the festival’s
Berkeley-based animation studio Tonko House, founded by the creators of the 2015 Oscar-nominated short “The Dam Keeper,” has big plans for 2019, starting with a slate of four projects in development, including a feature-length version “The Dam Keeper.” Until recently, “The Dam Keeper” feature had been in development at 20th Century Fox, but following Fox’s
March 4, 2019 12:06PM PT Facebook is looking to launch enterprise edition versions of its Oculus Go and Oculus Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets this year, according to a job listing published late last week. The listing spells out broader plans to bring augmented and virtual reality technology to the enterprise, starting with dedicated enterprise