Новости за 24.06.2020

Stock plunged with showbiz knocked hard as COVID-19 infections surged, three governors issued travel restrictions and investor hopes for a recovery fizzled. The DJIA plunged more than 700 points, or 2.7%, its worst showing in weeks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were both down sharply. Media and entertainment stocks, sensitive to advertising, film and TV […]

Another of comedian Chris D’Elia’s co-stars has spoken out about recent allegations that he solicited underage girls on social media. D’Elia had a three-episode arc on the Netflix series You last season. In it, he played a man who menaces a 15-year-old girl. That series’ star, Penn Badgley, addressed the allegations in a podcast with […]

With his Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel, comedian Duncan Trussell embraced a novel technique and challenge, juxtaposing fantastic interstellar adventures with audio from a series of podcast interviews. A collaboration between Trussell and Adventure Time’s Pendleton Ward, the adult animated series centers on Clancy, a spacecaster (or video podcaster in space) living in a […]

New York State Wednesday issued guidelines for film and TV production to restart in Phase Four of its regional reopening — as New York City entered Phase Two this week, allowing for principal photography with no more than ten people on a shoot, in-office pre and post-production work, location scouting and construction. The city also […]

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, more than 700 actors, recording artists and entertainment and music industry organizations and their supporters have signed a letter urging swift passage of the Justice in Policing Act. The bill pending in the House of Representatives would ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants, limit military-style equipment […]

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation is selling international rights for Sundance darling Palm Springs, which previously sold to Hulu and Neon in a whopping $22M global deal at Park City. Hulu currently has a limited international footprint (which is set to expand in 2021) so this gives the well-received rom-com a chance at reaching a broader audience overseas. […]

Disney Television Studios has set its panel lineup for Comic-Con@Home, the virtual program for San Diego Comic-Con that runs from July 23-26. The panels include veteran animated Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy and The Simpsons as well as first looks for newcomers NeXt and Hoop. The schedule kicks off with a conversation with Nathan Fillion with […]

On Wednesday, before California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed the coronavirus crisis in the state, he took some time to deliver details about a 5.8 earthquake in the Owens Valley. It was an appropriate preface, as Newsom went on to announce the state had seen another record number of newly-diagnosed COVID-19 cases, 7,149 new infections. That’s […]

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon Tuesday night that he had never seen the noose alleged to have been hung in his garage, but his crew had photos. While the FBI concluded earlier in the day that the alleged noose was simply a door pull tied by a previous […]

Anna Schafer (Elizabeth Blue) has been tapped to star in Whose Child, a socially conscious film about undetected domestic child abuse from director Roxy Shih and producer Autumn Federici. The pic, which is slated to shoot in Los Angeles this fall with plans for a theatrical release, follows a woman (Schafer) working in public relations […]

In a clip released from tonight’s Late Show, host Stephen Colbert relentlessly questions former Trump national security advisor John Bolton about the president. Bolton, of course is promoting a book about his time in the West Wing, and Colbert goes after him for for his previous support of a man Bolton has called “unfit” to […]

We’re The Millers and American Horror Story actress Emma Roberts is attached to star with UK comedian Jack Whitehall in Robots, a comedy feature in which a womanizer and a gold digger learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves. Anthony Hines will direct the film, which Rocket Science is […]

Lewis John Carlino, who scripted and directed The Great Santini and earned an Oscar nom for penning I Never Promised You a Rose Garden among many other credits, has died. He was 88. Carlino died June 17 on Whidbey Island off Washington. Michael O’Keefe, who starred opposite Robert Duvall in 1979’s Great Santini, confirmed the news and posted a […]

Beat the drum and hold the phone — the sun came out today. Nearly three months after Opening Day was canceled amod the burgeoning coronavirus outbreak, Major League Baseball and its players union have agreed to play a truncated 60-game regular season starting in late July. The sides finally sorted out their differences after the […]

UPDATED, TUESDAY 6 PM After the Los Angeles District Attorney hit Ron Jeremy with three counts of rape this morning, the adult film star responded on Twitter. “I am innocent of all charges,” said Jeremy. “I can’t wait to prove my innocence in court!” I am innocent of all charges. I can’t wait to prove […]

The California state health department on Tuesday reported a record number of new coronavirus cases. The new daily tally of 5,019 was a big jump from the previous record of 4,230, which was recorded on Monday. Hospitalizations, a confirmation that these are new infections vs. the result of increased testing, also rose to a record […]

Just when you thought your favorite DC Comics movies were departing HBO Max this month, the new streaming platform turns around and extends their stay a little longer. Starting July and continuing through December, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Wonder Woman Suicide Squad, Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV, […]

Adam Carolla has defended his The Man Show co-star Jimmy Kimmel after the ABC late-night host apologized for his blackface impersonations of Karl Malone and other black celebrities. Comedian Carolla, who hosts his own podcast on the PodcastOne network, said that Kimmel was “in my top three of all time of decent people I’ve ever […]

EXCLUSIVE: Valorie Curry (The Tick) and Eddie Izzard (Six Minutes To Midnight) are set to star opposite Ashley Zukerman in Langdon, NBC’s drama pilot based on Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel The Lost Symbol. The project, which hails from Imagine Television, CBS TV Studios and Universal Television, was among five 2020 pilots which NBC yesterday […]

Just over 24 hours after David Guillod surrendered to authorities over sexual assault charges, the Extraction executive producer has entered a plea of not guilty and been released on $1 million bail. Looking at more than 20 years in prison if found guilty on the 11 felony charges, including kidnapping to commit rape, Guillod is […]