Forever Dog is barking up a batch of new content. The comedy podcast network, which recently announced a TV and streaming development partnership with National Lampoon, is launching 11 new shows to add to its lineup of over 30 podcasts. Each series is helmed by a different comedic talent, with hosts including Jamie Lee, who
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June 6, 2019 1:05PM PT Madonna had some choice words for the New York Times Magazine feature “Madonna at Sixty” by Vanessa Grigoriadis that published Wednesday. “It makes me feel raped,” the pop icon wrote on Instagram. The turn of phrase calls back to an instance chronicled in the article where she likens the online
June 6, 2019 1:00PM PT CAA has asked a judge to dismiss claims made against the agency by showrunners David Simon and Meredith Stiehm as part of the Writers Guild of America’s lawsuit against four Hollywood talent agencies over the issue of packaging fees. CAA’s response to the WGA lawsuit filed in April asserts that
There’s safety in numbers, so people often say. Yet Madison Avenue thinks TV is getting safer even as many of its viewer numbers continue to decline. The big broadcast networks should secure an increase in advance advertising commitments – somewhere in the mid-single-digit percentage range – for their fall prime time schedules, according to six
The Recording Academy has revealed its newly elected officers of its board of trustees. Music producer Harvey Mason Jr. serves as chair of the board, Placement Music’s Tammy Hurt was elected vice chair, music executive Terry Hemmings was re-elected secretary/treasurer and Swan Songs’ Christine Albert takes the position of chair emeritus. The appointments became effective
Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975-76 is a paradox in the well-stuffed annals of his concert career: It is at once his best-documented and most elusive trek. The legendary aura that surrounds the Revue is being burnished anew by two retrospectives focusing on the more celebrated ’75 leg of the tour: Columbia Legacy’s
Got Me In My Leggings is ELLE.com’s leggings review column. I love leggings. I own 25 pairs. Yes, it is more than any one person should have. No, I do not feel like I have enough! That’s my cross to bear, thanks to the human condition. Look, leggings are perfect. They are skin for your
WarnerMedia’s entry into the streaming wars may not just be built around HBO — it will reportedly include the premium service bundled in the initial baseline package. The AT&T-owned media company is looking to launch the still-unnamed WarnerMedia subscription VOD service at a price point of $16-$17 per month and is likely to bundle together
June 6, 2019 11:45AM PT “Blockers” director Kay Cannon is looking to strike gold with Lionsgate’s latest treasure-hunting story “79ers.” Cannon will work alongside Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s production company Point Grey, as well as Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions, who are partnering to produce the film. Dylan Meyer is writing the script, based
June 6, 2019 11:31AM PT Entertainment Weekly is going monthly – at least in print. Publisher Meredith Corp. said it intends to boost the outlet’s social video, events and digital platforms while scaling back its magazine publication schedule to once a month. The first monthly issue, slated to debut in August, will focus on Comic-Con.
As the United States steels itself for a new presidential election next year, TV-news viewers will still get horse-race stories – but, also, say three of the industry’s top executives, a lot more. The heads of CBS News, NBC News and ABC News jointly vowed Thursday that their outlets would cover the 2020 election in
Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius is set to adapt Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling tale “La plus precious des marchandises” into an animated feature film. The Dardenne brothers are co-producing the film with Studiocanal, which will handle all rights, including international sales. The tale, set during World War II against the backdrop of the Holocaust, is produced by
Sienna Miller wants more female stories in Hollywood. In “American Woman”, the actress plays a mother grappling with the tragedy of losing a child over the course of a decade. On the red carpet at the film’s Hollywood premiere, Miller noted the lack of roles for women in character studies like this one. “A woman
James Corden is very nervous. Sure, he’s hosted the Tonys once before, but he’s doing it again on Sunday and he’s worried about the opening number. “As it stands right now, a potential disaster,” Corden told Variety on Thursday morning during a break from Tony rehearsals, adding, “It’s ambitious. Look, we want to make an
Daniel Dae Kim has entered into business with Amazon. The actor and producer, along with his 3AD production label, has signed a new first-look deal with Amazon Studios. As part of the deal, Amazon will have first-look rights on projects developed by Kim and 3AD. Any collaborations between the two parties will premiere exclusively on
Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er. Hulu announced that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the cult hit Canadian comedy series, meaning when the seventh season debuts on Oct. 14, it will do so as a Hulu original, as will all future seasons of the show. Hulu already had the rights to the
It wasn’t so long ago that the mention of “runaway productions” would send the California below-the-line community into a panic. But in this era of peak TV and the demand for more and more content, California’s attractive rebates have lured producers back from other states. They have created a booking boom not only in the
June 6, 2019 10:30AM PT Ayo Davis, the head of casting at ABC, is expanding her role to include Disney Plus. Davis has been promoted to the newly created role of executive vice president of talent and casting at both ABC and Disney Plus, ABC president Karey Burke announced. In her new role, Davis will
Why should the film folks have all the fun? In features, the Oscar race is the stuff of constant conversation as contenders are continually placed on the field — first at various film festivals, then at a litany of awards shows before the Academy Awards picks the ultimate season-ending victors. In TV, the Emmy march
R. Kelly Former Manager Indicted … For Alleged Death Threat 6/6/2019 10:27 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE R. Kelly‘s former manager has just been indicted in Georgia for allegedly threatening to kill the father of one of Kelly’s girlfriends. The Henry County District Attorney tells TMZ … James Mason was indicted Thursday on one felony count of making
Writer-director Juan Antin worked for 14 years to make “Pachamama,” which tells the tale of a young boy growing up in the Andes in the time of the Incas and the Spanish explorers, and now the animated film will be seen by a global audience when it debuts on Netflix on Friday, June 7. “The
To quote the late great Mac Miller, “Dang!” It’s been nearly nine months since the untimely passing of rapper-producer Miller from an accidental overdose of cocaine and fentanyl, and hardly a week goes by without news of unreleased songs discovered (“Benji the Dog” was leaked in May) or tributes being released (Flying Lotus has the
In her first series regular role, Aliyah Royale had to run the gamut of emotions. Starting with the initial episode of “The Red Line,” her character, Jira, loses one of her fathers to gun violence and decides she wants to meet her birth mother. The latter decision draws disapproval from her other father (Noah Wyle),
June 6, 2019 10:00AM PT This year’s recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal is Melina Matsoukas, an alumna of the AFI class of 2005 who has directed such seminal works as Beyonce’s “Lemonade” visual album and the “Thanksgiving” episode of “Master of None.” Later this year, her feature film debut “Queen & Slim”
Considering Denzel Washington is a two-time Academy Award winner and widely agreed upon as one of the greatest actors of all time, it’s strange to think he never considered acting until he was in college. “I kind of backed into it,” Washington admits. “I never thought about acting, I didn’t know anything about it. But
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June 6, 2019 9:46AM PT A sequel to “Steel Rain,” a Korean hit political drama from 2017, is now preparation. “Steel Rain” earned $30 million from the local box office and was sold to Netflix. The sequel is known to keep most of the key elements from “Steel Rain.” Director Yang Woo-seok and investor-distributor Next
How do you strike the correct musical tone when a piece of storytelling rides the line between comedy and drama? For many composers working in the limited series and television movie formats this year, the cues were taken directly fromthe scripts, but elements including choral music, jazz and even a detuned piano offered additional creative
Television’s fascination with crime stories dates back decades, but in order to capture an audience’s attention today, when it is pulled in multiple directions by 500 scripted series alone, a deeper dive inside the mind of those who do wrong has proven to be a recipe for successful storytelling. More specifically, there has been an