Новости за 12.12.2020

As expected, President Donald Trump received cheers and applause from the mostly military attendees at today’s Army-Navy football game in New York. Trump has always received support from football crowds (baseball, not so much), and has reveled in his past positive receptions at the Army-Navy game. The game was held in rainy weather at the US […]

Recorded music sales are expected to rise by about $1 billion this year. That’s the good news for the music business. The bad news was revealed by Pollstar this week in its year-end issue. The media outlet, which focuses on the live events and touring industry, said total lost revenue is anticipated to be more […]

Refresh for latest…: The European Film Awards are being held virtually this evening, culminating a series of online events over the past few days. Tonight’s categories include the EFAs for European Documentary, European Discovery, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter, European Director and European Film. See below for winners as they are announced. Leading nominees […]

Fox Nation host Nancy Grace, her husband, mother and teenage twins have all tested postive for COVID-19 and are isolating at home.Grace’s 88-year-old mother was the initial positive test in the family on Monday. She is hospitalized in Georgia. On Wednesday, Grace, her husband, David Linch, and 13-year-old twins John David and Lucy Elizabeth also […]

It survived Prohibition, the Great Depression, two World Wars and countless economic downturns. But New York CIty’s famed 21 Club couldn’t outlast the coronavirus pandemic. The iconic restaurant has reportedly told its nearly 150 employees that it’s going out of business and that they’ll be let go in March. Opened as a speakeasy during Prohibition, […]

Carol Sutton, whose half-century long acting career spanned stage, movies, and television, died Thursday at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. She was 76 and died of complications of coronavirus infection, said Tommye Myrick, a friend and local theater director. “Among actors in New Orleans, there was Carol Sutton – and there was everybody else,” said […]

The day after Christmas is known in the UK as Boxing Day. For millions of Americans, it could literally be the day they start packing, as enhanced unemployment benefits expire on Dec. 26 and a federal moratorium on evictions ends on Dec. 31. The negotiations over a new round of stimulus are now batting around […]

It was one of the tightest ratings races in some time on Friday evening, as viewers apparently were split between wrestling, crime drama procedurals, and newsmags. Coming out on top in the scrum was Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which drew an 0.6. The big draw was the contract signing between Sasha Banks and Carmella […]

Having declined a proposed bylaws revision requiring an annual membership survey—which led to a still-pending lawsuit by producer Michael Shamberg—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday sent its members an 18-point questionnaire that touched on several hot-button issues, including streaming, the Academy’s inclusion initiative, and the quality of the last Oscar show. […]

UPDATE, 6:13 AM PT: President Donald Trump continued to rail against the Supreme Court’s rejection of a Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the election results in favor of Joe Biden in four states. “WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!” Trump tweeted. But he, his campaign and his supporters have all but run out of […]

WME president Ari Greenburg told a federal judge today that many of the WGA’s members are afraid of their own guild. Greenburg said so in a supplemental declaration in support of the agency’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop the guild’s ongoing boycott of WME and CAA until the case goes to trial. “Many […]

California’s notorious Zodiac Killer, the subject of numerous films, television series, podcasts and books over the last half-century, has finally had one of his taunting messages decoded. A letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle was finally cracked by experts, revealing a message in which the serial murderer mocked efforts to find him. “I hope you […]

“I again want to sound an alarm that we’ve been sounding for the last month,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “We’re on a very dangerous track to seeing unprecedented and catastrophic suffering and death,” she warned. “I’m making a request to everyone to stay home.” Ferrer reported a record number of 13,815 […]

Josh Sapan, who has guided AMC Networks since it was a Cablevision subsidiary known as Rainbow Media a quarter-century ago, has signed a contract renewal to remain its president and CEO for two more years. The new deal lasts through January 1, 2023, and was disclosed in an SEC filing late this afternoon. Sapan will […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Taylor (Altered Carbon) is set for a recurring role on David E. Kelley’s ABC drama series Big Sky. The series, created by Big Littles Lies’ Kelley and based on C.J Box’s book, follows private detective Cassie Dewell, played by Kylie Bunbury, and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt, played by Katheryn Winnick, who join forces to […]

CAA, WME and the WGA East and West have recently filed a flurry of motions in advance of next Friday’s hearing on the agencies’ request for a preliminary injunction that would end the guild’s boycott against them. In its latest filing, CAA says that the ongoing dispute is no longer about reaching a deal but […]

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is in negotiations to join Jake Gyllenhaal in the Michael Bay action-thriller Ambulance. Universal recently finalized the deal to distribute the film with Endeavor Content handling the packaging of the project. Chris Fedak penned the original script, which is based on the original Danish Film Ambulancen produced by Nordisk Film Productions. James Vanderbilt, Bradley […]

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell today updated the agents at WME on how egregious he felt last week’s blindside by WarnerMedia was, when the studio announced that Warner Bros’ entire 2021 slate would play HBO Max as the films open in theaters. Here is the note Whitesell sent to staff. The agency is heavily […]

Lorne Michaels, who is the most nominated individual in Emmy history, may find his chances of winning an award in 2021 a little tougher after the Television Academy introduced a swathe of changes to the rules. The Saturday Night Live creator will now see his weekly NBC sketch series go head-to-head for nominations against two […]

EXCLUSIVE: After missing out on Thor: Ragnarok, Jaimie Alexander is set to make return to Asgard. Sources tell Deadline Alexander will return to the next installment in the Thor series, Thor: Love And Thunder in the role of Sif. Marvel had no comment. Sources also add this may not be the only property Sif appears […]

Actress Victoria Racimo, who starred in John Frankenheimer’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Prophecy and Mike Nichols’ 1973 The Day of the Dolphin, died Nov. 29 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was 69. A cause of death was not announced. Through the 1960s to the 1990s, Racimo appeared in, among others, 1970’s The Magic Garden of Stanley […]

UPDATED with closing price. Disney shares exploded Friday, rising almost 14% to finish at $175.72. Trading volume was about nine times its normal level. The investor euphoria follows the company’s long-anticipated investor day. The Thursday afternoon event stretched into the evening, featuring four hours of plugs for 100 new film and TV titles coming to […]

Chris Messina has been tapped as the lead in HBO Max pilot Verbatim, an anthology series from Brett Weiner (Honest Trailers), Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, Left/Right Productions and The New York Times. Created and directed by Weiner, Verbatim is based on his New York Times Op-Docs digital series. It tackles actual events with all […]