Новости за 13.07.2020

CBS is aggressively stepping up its efforts to be more inclusive to diverse television creators and writers, setting a slew of targets for the 2021/22 season. The broadcaster is committing 25% of its script development budget to projects from creators, writers and producers who are Black, Indigenous and people of color. The scheme will begin […]

ABC won Sunday’s primetime with the return of Celebrity Family Feud, which held steady at a 0.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.08 million viewers. The network’s game show block also included fresh episodes of Press Your Luck (0.6, 3.70M) and Match Game (0.5, 3.28M), both holding steady. On CBS, 60 Minutes (0.5, 6.98M) […]

A coalition of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) theater workers has released a detailed, 29-page set of demands and strategies to combat racism in the Broadway theater, recommendations that dive deep into the foundational structure of the industry. The coalition, known as We See You, White American Theater, calls for what would be […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners is reuniting with Tate Taylor, who directed the studio’s box office and award-lauded hits The Help and The Girl on the Train. The new feature project is Miss Macy and it’s based on the true story of Trisha Mitchell Coburn and her life after she meets her mentor “Miss Macy”. Three-time Emmy winner Jean Smart will star […]

CNN’s Jeff Zucker announced the expansion of its beat covering race, with plans for several new positions. Delano Massey will lead the beat, and the network is creating new positions for a senior editor, senior writer and breaking and trends writer. “This team will break news and cover the stories and conversations around race,” Zucker […]

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of her debut feature film, Pink Skies Ahead, writer/director Kelly Oxford’s spec feature script, Son Of A Bitch has been put into development at HBO Max with Oxford being brought on to direct. In the vein of Bridesmaids, the script is a raucous comedy about a young stoner who tries to […]

Disney+ has ordered the next Lucasfilm animated series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch with a premiere set for 2021. Clone Wars architect and The Mandalorian EP and director Dave Filoni will return for Bad Batch as EP, alongside Athena Portillo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Brad Rau (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance) and Jennifer Corbett […]

Expected to soon launch his long-anticipated appeal over being sentenced earlier this year to 23 years behind bars for a plethora of sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein now will also be facing confrontation over a proposed multi-million-dollar settlement for more women the producer sexually assaulted. “The class settlement, filed in the name of class representatives who […]

HBO Max has acquired the CNN four-part original series Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness for a August 27 premiere on the WarnerMedia streaming service. The buddy comedy docuseries follows actor/documentarian/philanthropist Ravi Patel (Meet the Patels) as he travels the world seeking answers surrounding life’s universal questions. Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness had been produced for […]

Shantay you stay, eh! The RuPaul’s Drag Race has traveled north of the border with its maple-flavored iteration of the franchise Canada’s Drag Race which releases new episodes weekly on the streaming platform Crave in Canada as well as WOW Presents Plus — but the streaming platforms aren’t enough to hold all the fabulousness the […]

Hong Kong Disneyland, which reopened June 18, is closing again temporarily due to the resurgence of COVID-19. Hong Kong cinemas also will be forced to close again starting Wednesday after a spike in local cases of the coronavirus led authorities to re-implement tighter lockdown measures. The government will close 12 types of businesses, including gyms, […]

After less than a month in the job, Brad Schwartz has exited as chief content officer of Amazon-owned digital audio platform Audible after a two-year-old sexual harassment and gender bias lawsuit resurfaced. The personnel move was confirmed by a person familiar with the situation after Bloomberg initially reported the news. In June, Schwartz had stepped […]

Turner Sports NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said that sports leagues and players have turned racial injustice issues into a “circus,” and warned that fans could be turned off by too much politics in sports. Barkley, speaking in a phone interview on CNBC, said players are placing more importance on kneeling […]

With about a month to go until the start of the new school year, the battle lines are being drawn over whether US students will return to campuses or continue online schooling. The stakes being anted include federal and state funding, health and safety issues, and union rules and compliance. None of the potential winners […]

YouTube star Nicole Thea died on Saturday morning. She was pregnant and her son, who she planned on naming Reign died as well. The cause of death has not been reported. She was 24. Thea’s family confirmed the news via her Instagram account. “To all Nicole’s friends and supporters it is with great sadness that […]