Joe Morton has been cast in Lee Daniels and Karin Gist’ series “Our Kind of People,” a drama headed to Fox on Tuesday nights this fall. The Emmy winner joins previously announced cast members Yaya DaCosta (“Chicago Med”), Morris Chestnut (“The Resident”), LeToya Luckett and newcomer Alana Bright. The series is inspired by Lawrence Otis
The “She-Hulk” series at Disney Plus has cast Jameela Jamil in a major role, Variety has confirmed with sources. The series centers on lawyer Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), cousin of Bruce Banner, who inherits his Hulk powers after she receives a blood transfusion from him. Unlike Bruce, however, when she hulks out Jennifer is able to
Had “The Misfits” been made 22 years earlier — say, in the sweet spot between James Bond globe-trotter “The World Is Not Enough” and the release of Guy Ritchie’s “Snatch” — chances are, audiences would’ve had a pretty good time watching “Die Hard 2” director Renny Harlin’s idea of a cutting-edge heist movie. “The Misfits”
In a dramatic twist that rivals all on-screen antics from “The Bachelor,” Chris Harrison officially departed the hit dating franchise this week, after nearly 20 years as host of the series. As the face of “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” “Bachelor in Paradise” and all of the other spinoffs within the ABC juggernaut, Harrison has hosted
Mariah Carey has teamed up with legendary producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to release a new single, “Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin’ My Heart),” out now. The song is from Jam & Lewis’ upcoming debut studio album as recording artists, titled “Jam & Lewis, Volume 1.” Slated for a July 9 release, the
In December, the Small Business Administration set up a $16.1 billion fund to provide eligible movie theaters, live venue operators and performing arts organizations with grants that could help save their businesses. Yet almost six months later, many independently owned companies haven’t gotten proper funds. The delay, trade organizations that back these businesses argue, puts
Lisa Sugar, more than 16 years after launching PopSugar as an entertainment blog, has stepped away from day-to-day management of the brand. Leadership of PopSugar, which was acquired in the fall of 2019 by Discovery-backed Group Nine Media, will be assumed by Angelica Marden — herself a 15-year PopSugar veteran — who has been named
The past year has been “terrible” for Emily Tatum, a New Orleans makeup artist who works on television, film and commercials. Both she and her husband, a construction foreman on film sets, lost their jobs “completely out of the blue” last March when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. “It was just a complete nightmare
CNN said it would bring legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin back to its roster of contributors after he was suspended from his main place of employment for exposing himself during a Zoom call with colleagues. “I hope to be a better person off camera as well as on camera,” Toobin told anchor Alisyn Camerota in one
Rose Byrne will star in “They Are Us,” a new drama about the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks on New Zealand’s Muslim community that will be written and directed by Andrew Niccol. FilmNation Entertainment, the company behind “Late Night” and “Arrival,” will unveil the project to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market with
After a COVID-induced hiatus, Tribeca Festival returns with in-person premieres and an exciting mix of studio productions and low-fi indies. The festival has ditched the word “film” from its title in order to emphasize the fact that Tribeca now encompasses podcasting, gaming, TV and so much more. But who are they kidding? For most New
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New Line Cinema is returning to Middle Earth. The studio behind the feature film trilogies “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” is partnering with Warner Bros. Animation on the original anime theatrical feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.” The stand-alone feature will depict the bloody saga behind Helm’s
“Skater Girl” director Manjari Makijany intentionally built a set that would live after she called cut: the first skatepark in Rajasthan, India, where rural children can find freedom and confidence on four wheels, and even mingle beyond their caste. Her gentle drama is a promotional piece for the project from need to execution to totally
The new year should have marked hopeful new beginnings for the artist Tones and I, following a period which saw her halt her first world tour amid the pandemic, endure strict lockdowns in Australia and retreat from social media to escape the “nasty” bullies who’ve plagued her since the explosive success of her 2019 smash,
When Pearl Jam’s 2020 world tour was scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, bassist Jeff Ament turned off CNN, put his phone away and got busy in his Montana home studio to record a batch of new songs inspired by that unprecedented year. The result is his fourth solo album, “I Should Be Outside,” which will be released Aug.
Netflix has been selling its subscription products direct-to-consumer since it was founded more than two decades ago. Now the streaming giant has launched Netflix.shop — the company’s first owned-and-operated retail outlet to sell products directly. Of course, Netflix already has licensing deals for hundreds of products based on its original programming, sold by Target, Walmart,
In the opening moments of “Genius: Aretha,” Cynthia Erivo’s Aretha Franklin is seen on stage as her career begins to skyrocket. The scene then cuts to Franklin in a gaggle of reporters, peppered with questions, one of which comes from a man asking whether her children were in the audience. Franklin responds, “It’s past their
Jaboukie Young-White is set to develop the book “The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members” by Vanessa R. Panfil at HBO with Issa Rae attached as an executive producer. In the half-hour series, a closeted twenty-something in Chicago, grieving a gang-related death, ditches college to find reckless closure. Young-White will write and
The Denver-based TV festival SeriesFest is once again going virtual this year, unveiling a lineup of events that include the world premiere of Peacock’s docuseries “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell,” as well as conversations with guests including actors Jennifer Garner and Mark Duplass, and YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl, and panels dissecting “The Daily Show
This year’s upfront ad-sales session is shaping up to be one of the fastest in recent memory. But some TV companies are working to slow things down. At a time when advertisers appear willing to capitulate to significant pricing increases, they are still balking at demands from both Discovery and ViacomCBS, according to three media
There’s rarely been a TV moment as purely joyous, strange and poignant as the final scene of “Girls5eva,” Peacock’s new comedy about a ‘90s girl group reuniting 20 years later to recapture their old magic. As women who are — as fearsome diva Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry) puts it — “40-blah blah” years old, the
Michelle Visage, who serves as a judge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” opens up about her decision to have her breast implants removed in the new documentary “Explant.” Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 13, Visage allows director Jeremy Simmons into her home and operating room as she goes through surgery. Visage, who was
“I’m healing the world with comedy,” Bo Burnham sings at the beginning of his latest comedy special, “Inside,” a hilarious and harrowing glimpse into the mind of an artist in quarantine. While the assertion is clearly said in jest, poking fun at his egoistic urge to be heard amid a deadly pandemic, Burnham’s songs —
Bruce Springsteen is getting back to work this summer, playing a big role in Broadway’s return by bringing back his $108-million-grossing “Springsteen on Broadway” for the entire summer, but that isn’t all he has in the works, as he revealed in a call on Sirius XM’s E Street Radio. “I am looking forward to being
After being banned from the airwaves by major radio chains for the better part of four months, Morgan Wallen has quietly slipped back onto the air at most country stations in the last few weeks, even as he remains persona non grata at awards shows and other high-profile events. “There was no fanfare at all
The Tribeca Festival screening of “In the Heights” on Wednesday was the first major movie event to take place in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic. And what a celebration it was. The festivities took place at the United Palace theater in Washington Heights. “We deserve to have fun today,” Daphne Rubin-Vega, who plays
There’s another limited series in the works about the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, an event that catalyzed a national civil rights movement for Asian Americans, this one from Participant. Participant announced that it is developing and producing a new limited scripted series inspired by the true story of Chin, a Chinese American who was
Christina Choe and Susanna Fogel have served as writers and directors of film projects including “Nancy” (Choe) and “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (Fogel). In television, though, they have both racked up impressive episodic credits as directors, with Choe most recently working on “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 4 and Fogel helming the first two episodes
“Made for Love” showrunner Christina Lee usually prefers to write at coffee shops in her Los Angeles neighborhood because at home “there’s always some laundry to fold or toys to put away or a bed to lie down on,” she says with a laugh. So, adjusting to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic meant