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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Names Season 16 Winner

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SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Read If You Haven’t Seen Tonight’s Show Season 16 of MTV reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race is over, and America’s Next Drag Superstar has been crowned. This edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race featured 14 queens from across…

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Broadway Spring 2024: ‘Stereophonic’ & All Of Deadline’s Reviews

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April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the final weeks of the…

Bill Maher Says ‘Quiet On Set’ Made Nickelodeon Seem Like Neverland Ranch

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An exasperated Bill Maher, notorious for not having his own children, asked on Friday’s ‘Real Time’ why he is the one who is always left trying to defend them.

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‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Mini-Reunion Graces TCM Film Festival Red Carpet

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Who’d have thought they’d see ya? Certainly not John Travolta, who had a reunion with castmate Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs on the red carpet at the TCM Film Festival. The two were part of sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, which ran on ABC from Sept.…

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Tom Holland Short ‘Last Call’ Charms Sands International Film Festival Opening-Night Gala

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Ania Trzebiatowska has compiled an eclectic selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival, which kicked off Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland.

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‘So Help Me Todd’ Creator Reacts To Series Cancellation: “Best Professional Experience Of My Life”

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So Help Me Todd creator Scott Prendergast has reacted to news of the cancellation of the CBS comedy after two seasons.

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Continues To Break Spotify Records

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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has set yet another Spotify record, becoming the most-streamed album in a single day, reportedly exceeding 200 million streams. Swift now has the top three most-streamed albums in a single day,…

Tatiana Maslany Blames The Passion Of The Picket Lines For Her Smash Of Disney’s Bob Iger

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She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany won’t back down from her comments about Disney CEO Bob Iger that were made during the SAG-AFTRA strikes. But she seems somewhat sorry that she smashed the CEO of the company that produces her show.

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‘CSI: Vegas’ & ‘So Help Me Todd’ Canceled By CBS

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CBS has canceled CSI: Vegas after three seasons and So Help Me Todd after two. The news is not surprising as Deadline revealed earlier this week that both dramas were heavily on the bubble and in grave danger. That despite CSI: Vegas and…

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Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec Scripting ‘Space Mountain’ Movie For Disney

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Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm. While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction…

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Meta Golding Joins Netflix’s ‘Ransom Canyon’ Romantic Drama Series

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EXCLUSIVE: Meta Golding (Rabbit Hole) has been tapped for a key recurring role in Ransom Canyon, Netflix’s new romantic drama series, starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly. Created, written and executive produced by April Blair based on…

‘Civil War’ & ‘Abigail’ Fighting Over First Place With $11M+ Each – Friday PM Box Office Update

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UPDATED, Friday midday: Mish mosh at the box office with A24’s second weekend of Civil War at $3.5 million Friday and $11M+ for the weekend, and Universal and Radio Silence’s R-rated vampire pic Abigail with $4M today (that includes $1M…

Disney & Nat Geo Unveil Earth Day-Themed Programming Slate

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EXCLUSIVE: The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic have unveiled a slate of Earth Day-themed programming as part of their global cross-platform ourHome campaign. Beginning April 19 through April 22, Earth Day-themed content will be…

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Louis Gossett Jr. Cause Of Death Revealed

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Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. died of a lung condition, according to his death certificate obtained by TMZ. The actor died in Santa Monica on March 29 at the age of 87. According to the report, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…

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Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony Announces Cohorts For Spring Residency; Natalie Guerrero Appointed Artistic Director Of The Writers Colony

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EXCLUSIVE: The Writer’s Colony is an LA-Based three month screenwriting residency where writers have the chance to develop an original script that showcases their writing voice and vision. Throughout the residency they workshop their…

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Meet Alisha Weir, The 14-Year-Old Breakout Star Of Universal’s Vampire Flick ‘Abigail’

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Over the decades, vampire movies have made a star of many a young actor, from Kirsten Dunst to Kirsten Stewart. Soon, the same should be said of Ireland’s Alisha Weir, who at 13 years old, held Universal’s monster movie Abigail on her…

Molly Shannon To Headline & EP Comedy Series In Works At HBO From Steve Koren

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EXCLUSIVE: Almost 30 years after they first started working together on Saturday Night Live, Molly Shannon and Steve Koren have re-teamed for a comedy series, which is in development at HBO. Shannon and Koren are executive producing the…

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Fox Renewal Status Report: ‘The Cleaning Lady’ & ‘Alert’

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Fourth in a series on broadcast network series renewals. Fox is looking forward to the 2024-25 season after a strike-disrupted 2023-24 lineup which featured only three live-action scripted series, returning dramas The Cleaning Lady and…

Kelly Marie Tran & Miles Robbins To Lead Shal Ngo’s Film ‘Control Freak’

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EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker) and Miles Robbins (Blockers, Halloween) will star in Shal Ngo’s Control Freak, a psychological thriller from WorthenBrooks…

Joe Manganiello To Produce & Star In Zombie Thriller ‘Mountain Man’; Film Bridge International Launching Sales At Cannes

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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Manganiello has come aboard to produce and star in Mountain Man, a zombie thriller set to enter production later this year, which will launch sales via Film Bridge International at Cannes. An adaptation of the popular book…

Daytime Emmy Nominations: ‘African Queens’ & Three Veteran Soaps Tie For Lead – Full List

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All of the nominations are in for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air live in June 7 on CBS and Paramount+. See the full list below. Netflix’s African Queens: Njinga is tied with three daytime drama staples — CBS’ The Bold…

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Cannes Film Festival Celebrates Japanese Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa With 2024 Poster

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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the poster for its upcoming 77th edition which pays tribute to Japanese master Akira Kurosawa and his late career feature Rhapsody in August. The image shows a scene from the pic with a family seated…

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Mandisa Dies: ‘American Idol’ Contestant And Grammy-Winning Christian Music Artist Was 47

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Mandisa, a Season 5 Top 10 American Idol competitor who went on to a Grammy-winning career in Christian music, died at her home in Nashville yesterday. She was 47.

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BAFTA Sets Date For 2025 Film Awards

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BAFTA has confirmed that the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday 16 February, 2025. This means the event will take place two weeks before the Oscars, which are due to take place March 2, 2025, and once again during the Berlin…

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Taylor Swift Drops ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ As Surprise Double Album With 15 Extra Tracks; Sparks Speculation Over Which Ex Is Target Of Lyrics

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Taylor Swift’s eagerly awaited new LP The Tortured Poets Department dropped in the early hours of Friday with a surprise double album format and 15 additional songs. “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE…

Netflix Boards Movie Adaptation of Spanish Director Cesc Gay’s Hit Play ’53 Domingos’

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Netflix has boarded a big screen adaptation of Spanish director Cesc Gay’s award-winning theatre play 53 Domingos, which he will direct. The drama, exploring family relationships, follows three brothers who meet to discuss what to do with…

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John Cleese’s Channel 4 Cancel Culture Show Has Been All But Canceled…By John Cleese’s Diary

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EXCLUSIVE: John Cleese’s Channel 4 show about cancel culture appears to be a dead parrot. The Monty Python legend announced the project in 2021, pledging to discover how the “impeccable idea of ‘Let’s all be kind to people’ has been…

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Chris Pratt Reveals Ankle Injury Sustained While Filming Sci-Fi Movie ‘Mercy’

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Chris Pratt is off to a rough start on his latest film. “Mercy filming day 4,” he wrote on IG Thursday next to a photo of his elevated ankle wrapped in an ice pack. “I have such a great stunt team! AND I sometimes try to get in there and…

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Happy 30th To ‘Pulp Fiction’: Cast Reunites For TCM Classic Film Festival Opening

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Pulp Fiction stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel reunited Thursday to celebrate the movie’s 30th Anniversary as part of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival. The theme of this year’s festival, which runs…

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Leonardo DiCaprio As Lex Luther? Zack Snyder Considered Him For ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’

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Before asking Jesse Eisenberg to rock a bald head, Zack Snyder considered Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of Lex Luthor. While chatting recently with Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast, Snyder admitted that he discussed the…