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At today’s TCA panel on Lifetime’s TV movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, based on the true-life story of the real singing siblings, one question was gotten out of the way early:  Was estranged sister Denise Clark-Bradford consulted in the making of the movie? “Yes, she was absolutely given the opportunity to participate […]

At today’s Lifetime Supernanny panel at TCA, Executive Producer/Supernanny Jo Frost and EP Dan Peirson said the reality series is returning to the screen for an 8th season with 20 new episodes at a time when families are suffering from general fear and angst brought on by the times, as well as the disconnection caused […]

Paris Hilton opens up about her life in YouTube doc This Is Paris – a far cry from the “character” that the hotel heiress has been playing for over 15 years in shows such as The Simple Life. Hilton was at the Winter TCA press tour to discuss the film and it was a relatively […]

YouTube has handed Liza on Demand, the half-hour comedy created by and starring Liza Koshy a third season and has ordered a David Blaine live special and a doc series about the world of women’s gymnastics. Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content at YouTube, announced the projects at the Winter TCA press tour, where […]

An agreement has been reached that will see Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stop using their royal titles, forego state funding, and repay taxpayer money used to refurbish their official residence in Windsor. Buckingham Palace made the announcement today, the culmination of negotiations that started when the couple announced plans to step back […]

Hip-hop icon Chuck D has slammed the Recording Academy for placing its CEO/president Deborah Dugan on administrative leave shortly before the Grammys With his group, Public Enemy, scheduled to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy this April, his words took on added resonance. He claimed she was placed on leave for “having her […]

As negotiations enter the homestretch for IATSE’s first national contract with Netflix, members from a dozen of its locals are urging IATSE president Matt Loeb “to be relentless” at the bargaining table in order to provide “much-needed income to secure the future funding of our pensions.” In April, the trustees of the union’s Motion Picture […]

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has teamed with History on Black Patriots, a one-hour documentary chronicling the role of African Americans during the Revolutionary War. It’s set to premiere Wednesday, February 19 at 10 PM on History. It was announced today as part of History’s presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour. Per History’s official description, […]

UPDATED, SATURDAY AM: w/chart When it comes to releasing a long-delayed sequel, or rebooting an old popular franchise, it’s risky business. Yes, sometimes, there’s slam dunks like Jurassic World, but then you have disasters like Terminator: Dark Fate. But with Bad Boys for Life, the third title in the franchise in 17 years with two stars, who some may […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Los Angeles on Friday for HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and was welcomed with a fist-bump, some softball questions, and a PG-13 monologue from the show’s deferential host. The Friday night episode was Season 17 premiere and Pelosi, the most visible and calmly capable of President Trump’s Washington […]

Nat Geo talked up feature doc The Cave, Aretha Franklin’s Genius drama and reality competition series Race to the Center of the Earth today at TCA. The Disney-owned broadcaster also had a busy day of announcements with a new science series fronted by Chris Hemsworth, a short-form digital doc series from Wonder Woman star Gal […]

Bong Jong Ho’s South Korean film Parasite continued its remarkable awards-season run tonight, winning the top prize for editor Jimmo Yang at the 70th annual ACE Eddie Awards. It’s the first time the American Cinema Editors has given its marquee Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) award to a foreign-language pic. Searchlight Pictures’ Nazi sendup Jojo Rabiit won […]

Two of AMC Networks’ most offbeat hits are musical comedy Sherman’s Showcase and short-form series State of the Union. The group is now looking at the future of both shows. State of the Union aired on SundanceTV and Sherman’s Showcase airs on IFC. The good news for the latter is that the company is set […]

As The Amazing Race co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri are making Race To the Center of the Earth, NatGeo’s first global competition series, they’re incorporating the same type of efficiency and organization as they plan the complicated routes four teams will take in the nonstop sprint around the world. Although […]

“Aretha not only makes art that is timeless that runs through the fabric of our lives and endures through time, but she does what genius also should be doing and does do. She’s inclusive and ignites the genius in each and every one of us,” said Suzan-Lori Parks, executive producer and showrunner of Nat Geo’s […]

Freeform’s new drama series Motherland: Fort Salem is set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution more than 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country. At TCA on Friday, creator by Eliot Laurence (Claws) said most of the show pays homage to witch history and […]

With Sony’s Bad Boys For Life in the midst of raking in what looks like the second-best MLK Weekend opening of all time at the domestic box office, the wheels are in motion for a sequel to the franchise. Deadline confirmed Friday that Bad Boys For Life screenwriter Chris Bremner has been set to return […]

Thor star Chris Hemsworth is to front a science series for Nat Geo from the producers behind One Strange Rock. The actor will host Limitless from Jane Root’s Nutopia and Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures. The series will ask questions such as what if aging is not inevitable or what if it’s a disease that can […]

Streaming and other leisure-time enticements appeared to take a bite out of movie ticket sales in 2019, with total admissions declining nearly 5% to 1.244 billion, according to the National Association of Theater Owners. Although the 2019 tally was slightly higher than the 1.236 billion recorded in 2017, the totals for both 2017 and 2019 […]

On-location film and TV production in Los Angeles hit a five-year low last year, down 5.8% from 2018, according to FilmLA, the city and county film office. On-location feature film shooting days were off by 15.1% last year, commercials were down by 12.3%, and TV was down 6.6%. In one of the few bright spots, […]

Input from When They See Us film director Ava DuVernay was a factor in Oprah Winfrey’s process of deciding to withdraw as an executive producer from the Sundance Film Festival-bound documentary On the Record, according to Winfrey in an interview published Friday in the New York Times. Winfrey’s stunned filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering […]