From her very first role in “Freaks and Geeks” to her scene-stealing performance in “Mean Girls,” Lizzy Caplan has cemented herself as an on-screen chameleon. Turns in “Party Down,” “New Girl,” “Masters of Sex” and “Das Boot” only added to an eclectic mix that continues on the second season of Hulu’s “Castle Rock,” in which
October 10, 2019 9:50AM PT Add ESPN to the growing list of news outlets trying to catch consumers ear in the A.M. The Disney-owned sports-media giant said Thursday it would launch “ESPN Daily,” a weekday morning podcast that will “take a deep dive into a specific story in sports,” all the while using the company’s
October 10, 2019 9:36AM PT German virtual reality (VR) startup Holoride has teamed up with Universal Pictures and car maker Ford to launch a new location-based Frankenstein VR experience, with a twist: The “Universal Monsters Presents Bride of Frankenstein” ride is being shown in a moving car. The experience gives viewers a chance to accompany
Viewpark has formed a strategic partnership with Phoenixx Digital Studios and the For Us by Us Network to co-finance a slate of content for the African-American market, headed by reality show “Lamar and Sabrina,” starring Lamar Odom and his girlfriend, Sabrina Parr. Streaming platform Forusbyus.com will debut a slate of docu-reality shows, starting with “Lamar
October 10, 2019 9:02AM PT [embedded content] Apple dropped the first trailer for its upcoming original series “Truth Be Told” on Thursday. The series follows podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) as she is compelled to reopen the murder case that made her a national sensation and comes face to face with Warren Cave (Aaron Paul),
October 10, 2019 9:00AM PT ABC’s upcoming live staging of “The Little Mermaid” has added Amber Riley to its cast. Riley will appear as the emcee for the show and will present the Daughters of Triton with a special performance for King Triton and his subjects. She joins previously announced cast members Auli’i Cravalho (Ariel), Queen
Vice Media, in another bid to diversify its revenue mix, struck a deal with Spotify to distribute three podcast series exclusive on the streaming platform. Vice News will produce the trio of original podcast series, combining long-form narrative, talk, and investigative journalism, covering the 2020 U.S. election and current events worldwide. The deal follows Vice
The International Documentary Association has announced its shortlist for best feature, a category that includes “Apollo 11,” “American Factory,” “Diego Maradona,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” and the Aretha Franklin concert film “Amazing Grace.” The 2019 awards will be presented during a ceremony at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Dec. 7. Up to 10 nominees
Among the performers being set for Wednesday’s “CMT Artists of the Year” telecast, “This Is Us” actress Chrissy Metz has been slated to perform a salute to one of the annual honorees, Luke Combs. Sam Hunt and Lady Antebellum will each do the same for an artist who’s getting a lifetime achievement award, Reba McEntire.
Amid the disruption and uncertainty wrought by Brexit and fears of a recession, the U.K.’s film and TV business continues to shrug off the jitters and provide the British economy with a much-needed boost. Figures issued Thursday by the U.K. Office for National Statistics show that, in the wider services sector, film and TV constitute
News and opinion website Splinter is getting shut down six months after G/O Media acquired the assets of the former Gizmodo Media Group. Paul Maidment, executive editor of G/O Media, informed company staff in a memo of the decision Thursday. He said the company will “reallocate” Splinter’s seven-person team to other sites in the portfolio,
Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions now wants to strike fear through people’s earbuds. Blumhouse and radio and podcasting giant iHeartMedia reached a deal to produce a series of fictional podcast series for potential future film and television development, the companies announced. Under the pact, the companies will collaborate to develop and produce scripted podcasts in the
One of the biggest stories in technology and music is the proliferation of smart speakers — there are an estimated 100 million of them in homes at the moment, and the No. 1 use for these devices is listening to music. Along with automotive voice devices, smart speakers are proliferating even faster than smartphones did
October 10, 2019 7:53AM PT “MJ,” a musical based on the life and career of Michael Jackson, will open on Broadway in summer 2020. Preview performances will start July 6 before its official debut on Aug. 13. The stage show, which will include songs like “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,”
Ahead of the July 2020 opening of SoFi Stadium, the future home of the Chargers and Rams, it was announced today that PepsiCo has landed the exclusive contract to provide soft drinks and snacks at the stadium and Hollywood Park, the 298-acre global sports and entertainment complex adjacent to the venue in Inglewood, Calif. To celebrate
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kenya Moore‘s returning for the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” but it seems the war with her nemesis has fired up again … even though Kenya says she comes in peace. Moore was at Sally Beauty in Atlanta Wednesday for the launch of her haircare line, when
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With a hip-hop theme and judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I., Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” is hardly your ordinary music competition. Over 10 episodes staggered across three weeks, the judges scour the country for promising hip-hop artists who can also perform and produce their music. They take in auditions in four cities and
Joann Sfar, the French comic book artist and filmmaker, recently wrapped “Fashion Week,” a graphic novel inspired by the headline-making robbery of Kim Kardashian West in her Paris hotel room in 2016. Sfar is also developing a French film loosely based on the incident. Sfar is co-writing the script with Marion Festraëts (“Chefs”) and will
Songwriter and producer Teddy Geiger, recently best known as music superstar Shawn Mendes’ key behind-the-scenes collaborator, has renewed a global publishing deal with Big Deal Music Group and Family Affair Productions, the companies announced Thursday. Big Deal and Family Affair first signed Geiger five years ago, when she was first beginning to partner with Mendes
October 10, 2019 5:15AM PT The first footage from psychological thriller “Muscle” has dropped ahead of its world premiere Friday at the London Film Festival. Gerard Johnson’s feature, which is filmed entirely in black and white, is set in a testosterone-fueled world of hardcore gyms. It follows Simon (Cavan Clerkin), a directionless and unhappy office
Austrian writer Peter Handke, who helped pen the screenplay for Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire,” and Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, one of whose novels was adapted into the Berlinale film “Spoor,” have been named winners of the Nobel Prize for literature. Handke was awarded the prize for 2019, and Tokarczuk was retroactively named as the
The Hamptons Intl. Film Festival continues its 27-year run as a premier showcase for both contemporary global cinema and the most eagerly awaited awards season prestige movies. Unspooling among the tony beach towns of New York’s Long Island, it’s earned a reputation as a kind of East Coast Telluride. “It’s pretty busy,” says executive director
Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects announced today that it has signed producer-songwriter Taz Taylor and his creative collective Internet Money to a joint venture label deal. The first track released under the new agreement is “Somebody,” by Internet Money featuring Lil Tecca and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, which is being released on all platforms tomorrow
MADRID — “Dry Water” starts with a steadily advancing aerial shot of Lisbon, then its iconic squares, next cuts to stables used to fence firearms, then to Teresa, as she mounts her motorbike to pick up younger brother Paulo, whom she dotes on, at Lisbon’s extraordinarily modern central railway station. After they meet their mother,
HBO has announced it will add mental health awareness “bumpers” ahead of select shows in order to identify specific mental illnesses that appear in the episode and provide a call to action for anyone seeking help. The move comes as part of an initiative at the network called “It’s OK,” which aims to destigmatize mental
October 10, 2019 3:59AM PT Altitude Film Entertainment has landed the rights to a raft of classic movies, including Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits,” after acquiring the library of Handmade Films, the British banner co-founded by former Beatle George Harrison. Altitude, a seasoned seller at the major film markets, will add the Handmade titles to its
The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) have been a major platform for stars on the precipice of a career launch, among them Katy Perry, who hosted in 2008, Bebe Rexha (2016), Rita Ora (2017) and Hailee Steinfeld (2018). For the 2019 show, broadcasting live from Seville, Spain on Nov. 3, Becky G will handle emcee
Now you can make Google Assistant talk — and sing — like Issa Rae, star and co-creator of HBO’s “Insecure.” The actress-writer-producer is the latest celebrity to bring her voice to a digital virtual assistant. Rae is the second celeb cameo for Google Assistant, after singer John Legend’s mellifluous vocalizations came to the platform earlier
October 10, 2019 12:01AM PT Showtime has picked up a feature length documentary about iconic British band New Order. Mike Christie (“Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90″) produced and directed “New Order: Decades.” It follows the group’s preparations as they re-stage their collaboration “So It Goes” with the artist Liam Gillick and a 12-piece synthesizer