Новости за 03.04.2021

On Saturday, Bill Murray appeared virtually to accept the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award. Presented by Sofia and Roman Coppola, the award recognized the screen icon for his long-standing contributions to the film industry. Most recently, Murray starred in Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks, opposite Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans, earning Golden Globe and […]

More than two years after CBS Studios was sued over the current MacGyver series, the company has hit back, claiming that the case “suffers from fatal, incurable deficiencies.” Back in December 2018, Hanzer Holdings and Arlita Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming that CBS’ update of the drama series entitled them to payments based on a deal […]

Emmy winner Zendaya has joined the cast of Space Jam: A New Legacy, in the role of Lola Bunny. First reported by Entertainment Weekly, the news follows this morning’s unveiling of the film’s first official trailer. “@Zendaya is joining @kingjames and the #TuneSquad as the voice of #LolaBunny in @SpaceJamMovie!” the publication tweeted, with the film’s […]

Mossimo Giannulli has been released from prison three weeks early, after pleading guilty and being sentenced to five months for his role in the infamous college admissions bribery scandal of 2019. The 57-year-old American fashion designer, and husband of former Full House star Lori Loughlin, is now under confinement at home. Giannulli’s release to home confinement is […]

This week, the Native American Media Alliance and its partners announced selected fellows for the 6th annual Native American TV Writers Lab. Founded in 2016, the Native American TV Writers Lab is an intensive TV scriptwriting workshop, which prepares Native Americans for careers as writers. Its mission is to expand the amount of Native Americans […]

On Friday night, DMX was rushed to a New York Hospital, after reportedly suffering a heart attack, following a drug overdose. Born Earl Simmons, the 50-year-old rapper is said to be in the critical care unit of a hospital in White Plains. TMZ first reported the news. Subsequently, Billboard followed up with the rapper’s representatives, […]

Arthur Kopit, whose 1969 Broadway play Indians was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and later adapted as the film Buffalo Bill and the Indians starring Paul Newman, died Friday in New York. He was 83. His death was announced by spokesman Rick Miramontez. No cause of death was disclosed. Kopit’s seven-decade stage career began when he was […]

The announced relaxation of Covid-19 guidelines across California on Friday is likely the prelude to a much wider reopening. For weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom has been reminding residents that the state tied the loosening of restrictions to vaccine equity. That is: The faster the most underserved communities in the state are vaccinated, the faster the […]

UPDATED with latest: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah and her assistant, Stuart Smith, both pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud, according to reports from CNN and NBC News. The charges were filed on March 30 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Boykewich, a 16-year Freeform/ABC Family veteran, has departed the Disney cable network where she most recently served as SVP, Casting and Talent. Boykewich is the latest senior executive to depart Freeform following the regime change at the network last May when Tara Duncan was named President. Lauren Corao stepped down as EVP, Original […]

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has opted not to order a second season of space race series The Right Stuff. The Mercury 7 period drama, starring Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman, originated at National Geographic before launching as a Disney+ original last October. It is Disney+’s first scripted series cancellation. Warner Bros. Television, the studio behind The […]

On the same day that the federal government loosened restrictions for fully-vaccinated travelers in the U.S., the nation’s most-populous state also modified some Covid-19 guidelines based on vaccination status. Fully-vaccinated Americans no longer need to test before or after travel, nor do they need to quarantine after arrival according to the new federal guidelines. California […]

Thousands of DGA retirees and their beneficiaries will be receiving a 13th pension check later this month on top of their regular monthly benefits. The DGA said that the additional payments were made possible “because the DGA prioritized the long-term health of the pension plan in collective bargaining where it achieved hard-fought pension gains, and […]

Linda Torres, who appeared on VH1’s reality series Big Ang and sometimes on Mob Wives, has died. Janine Detore, the sister of late Big Ang star Angela Raiola, told TMZ that Torres died Thursday at Staten Island University Hospital, shortly after being diagnosed with Covid-19. She was 67. Big Ang, a spinoff of Mob Wives in […]

Makeup and special effects artist Cleve Hall, whose work included Ghoulises, Twisted Nightmare and Book of Fire, has died. Hall’s publicist, Mike Arnold confirmed the artist’s death to Deadline. He died Wednesday from a heart attack at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He was 61. His daughter, Constance Hall, announced his death and launched a Go Fund […]

EXCLUSIVE: Moxie 88, the production company behind the upcoming Disney Channel luchadora series Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, is elevating Maria Eugenia Esponda to EVP Development. In the new role, she will oversee development for Moxie’s slate of film and TV projects and lead the company’s outreach to potential collaborators, keying on highlighting diverse voices. […]

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish’ total pay package last year came in at $38.97 million, the company said Friday. It included base pay of $3.1 million, stock awards of $15.9 million and non-equity incentive compensation (like a cash bonus) of $19.7 million. Viacom and CBS merged in late 2019. Bakish earned $8.3 million as CEO of […]

Jerry Seinfeld will be first comic on the reopened stage of the Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan tonight, the sitcom great confirmed in a tweet today. “I asked @GothamComedy if I could be the first on stage at 7:00pm,” Seinfeld wrote. “They said ‘Yes’. So that’s when.” In another tweet, Seinfeld wrote, “You better believe […]

Armie Hammer has withdrawn from the planned 2022 Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, producers confirmed today. The news is the latest hit to Hammer’s career in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations and an LAPD rape investigation. “I have loved every single second of working on The Minutes with the family I made […]