Новости за 20.02.2021

Comedian Chris D’Elia broke a long silence Friday, posting a nearly 10-minute video to his YouTube page to talk about his past behavior. D’Elia was accused by two women of exposing himself in separate incidents, one in 2011 and one in 2018, with their stories detailed in a report on CNN.com. Earlier D’Elia was accused […]

Australian Open winner Naomi Osaka got the name game wrong. After Osaka’s match with runner-up Jennifer Brady, Osaka had a gaffe during her acceptance speech. The unforced error was viewed in some quarters as a tweak of her opponent. Osaka defeated Brady 6-4 6-3 to win her second Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam. […]

Another week, another Friday night ratings demo win for ABC’s Shark Tank. The business entrepreneur reality series took home the crown yet again, scoring an 0.6, down a tenth from last week but still enough to take top honors. Sharks Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner, Barbara Corcoran and guest Shark Kendra Scott heard funding […]

Nick Jonas is to make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut next week and will also perform as the musical guest. The Voice coach will perform double duty on the NBC on Saturday February 27. Although he has never hosted before, Jonas has performed, including as a solo artist in 2016 and alongside his brothers, […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday that New York City’s indoor dining can expand its capacity to 35 percent, and also set several other landmark easings of pandemic restrictions. Currently, indoor dining is limited to 25 percent of capacity. The new limits will be pushed starting Feb. 26. The move comes as the state is gradually […]

House Democrats unveiled their plans today for the third round of economic stimulus, releasing the full bill text. The $1.9 trillion package proposes a $15 federal minimum wage, $1,400 checks for Americans making $75,000 or under per year, extended $400 federal unemployment benefits, and money for struggling small businesses. The House Budget Committee will take […]

Outspoken actress Rose McGowan has moved to Mexico and says she will never return to live in the USA. Speaking on the YouTube series The Dab Roast, McGowan said she moved to Mexico in early 2020. “I just got my permanent residency card from Mexico, and I’m so grateful to have it,” McGowan said. “This […]

On Friday evening — the witching hour for bad news — California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reported that 1,094,457 signatures had been received in the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Of those signatures 668,202 had been verified by local election officials, a process which must take place before they can be counted. About […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a surprising turn, we have learned that Brett Ratner is lining up a directing comeback on his long-time passion project about pop duo Milli Vanilli. Millennium Media is teaming up with Ratner’s RatPac Entertainment on the project and is launching sales ahead of the upcoming virtual EFM. This would mark Ratner’s first feature […]

Controversial Nick Cannon is continuing his comeback, returning to morning hosting on radio station KPWR, better known as Power 106, a Meruelo Media outlet in Los Angeles. The Top 40/rhythmic station sidelined Cannon in July 2020 after he made anti-Semitic comments on a podcast. He will also continue on the Skyview Networks syndicated show Nick […]

EXCLUSIVE: Even though the domestic box office remains in a funk due to the pandemic, moviegoers’ confidence has hit a record high near 50%, according to recent data by NRG. The recent upbeat attitude to return to the cinema outpaced poll results from the fall, which was the last time confidence was at a notable […]

UPDATED, 5:14 PM: Those wishing to see Elle and Dakota Fanning in WWII drama The Nightingale will have to wait even longer. Sony is pushing the film to Dec. 23, 2022. It previously had been moved to December 22 of this year. Elle Fanning currently is in production on Hulu/MRC’s second season of The Great.  Christmas falls […]

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. ‘Tis the season to offer your Oscar contenders for free for the whole world to see. In a follow-up to last week’s column where I questioned how Searchlight’s so-called “world premiere,” as listed on the invite for the February 18 event for Nomadland, could possibly be […]

After putting music mogul Russell Simmons in checkmate with their documentary On the Record, which drew plenty of controversy prior to its 2019 Sundance premiere with Apple and producer Oprah Winfrey subtracting themselves from the project, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick set their sights on Woody Allen and the long-standing sexual child abuse accusations […]

Awards crisis averted. The late-night community has breathed a sigh of relief after the Television Academy capitulated and decided against merging the late-night talk category with sketch for this year’s Emmys. Deadline has spoken to a few late-night sources this morning and there’s a general sense of jubilation, meaning that there will likely be five […]

Paramount+ is eyeing a comeback for the popular long-running CBS procedural Criminal Minds. A revival series is in very early development at the forthcoming streamer, sources close to the project tell Deadline. The project is in early discussions, and a creative team is currently being assembled, we hear. Reps for CBS Studios, Paramount+ and ABC […]

Biotech billionaire investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Friday blasted a report that he’s exploring a sale of the Los Angeles Times, saying he’s “committed” to the paper. He tweeted his commitment shortly after a story in The Wall Street Journal said Soon-Shiong was exploring a sale of the publication he acquired three years ago for $500 million, […]

Is it merely coincidence that NASA’s Perseverance landed on Mars yesterday and the alt-history space race drama For All Mankind saw its second season debut today on AppleTV+? Not according to some of the series’ creators and cast. “The timing isn’t bad either I have to give Apple credit for making it right for our […]

EXCLUSIVE: Marc Buhaj, most recently SVP, Programming, and general manager, Disney XD, has been named VP, Unscripted Series and Specials, Disney Branded Television. He will oversee a nonfiction portfolio spanning documentaries and docu-series, unscripted formats, variety and specials for Disney+, and unscripted series and specials for Disney Channels. Buhaj will report to Ayo Davis, EVP, […]