Новости за 13.05.2021

Jeff Blackburn, a longtime top Jeff Bezos lieutenant, is returning to Amazon in a new position, SVP of Global Media & Entertainment. He will oversee all entertainment business that are being consolidated in one unit, including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, Music, Podcasts/Wondery, Audible, Games, and Twitch. Blackburn, who starts June 7, will report to […]

After a weird but successful campaign amid the Covid pandemic last year, the NFL has released its full 2021 schedule today. It’s the first one to include the newly added 18th regular-season game for all 32 teams. The slate was revealed live on NFL Network from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles — site of Super […]

On Wednesday a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that, among other things, fires related to homeless encampments have nearly tripled. According to the paper, in the first four months of this year there were 24 such blazes a day. Those calls accounted for 54% of all fires responded to by LAFD. Also on Wednesday, in […]

American Idol finalist Caleb Kennedy has been cut from Season 19, after a racially insensitive video surfaced online, in which he’s seated opposite someone who appears to be wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood. The 16-year-old crooner took to Instagram on Wednesday to break the news to his fans. “Hey y’all, this is gonna be […]

Yaya DaCosta and Torrey DeVitto have taken to Instagram with reactions following news today of their exits from NBC’s Chicago Med after six seasons. DaCosta gave a special shout-out to series creator Dick Wolf, showrunners, producers and directors, cast and crew of the medical drama, as well as fans. “After six amazing seasons of working […]

EXCLUSIVE: Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project. The project, stemming from a partnership between the Black List and the New Zealand Film Commission, is a professional development workshop and mentorship series. Bolstered by the presence of global screen industry executives, who will head up panels, […]

Producers, showrunners, APs and other freelance employees at Jigsaw Productions, the producer behind such recent documentaries as Totally Under Control, The Crime of the Century and Generation Hustle, have voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East. The Jigsaw Organizing Committee broke the news on social media today, writing: “Our goal is to work with the […]

We have a date and timeline for the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. The Critics Choice Association said Wednesday that the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards will air live on The CW Network on Sunday, January 9, 2022 from 7-10 pm ET (delayed PT). The show will continue its combined film and television awards format, honoring […]

At a virtual junket for Law & Order: Organized Crime today, stars Christopher Meloni and Dylan McDermott teased the inevitable face-off to come between Meloni’s Detective Elliot Stabler, and McDermott’s mafia boss, Richard Wheatley, as the NBC spin-off’s Season 1 finale approaches. “We have an altercation or two, or an interaction or two. You know, our […]

James Corden has done Carpool Karaoke with his wife Michelle, but now it’s time for President Barack Obama to make an appearance on The Late Late Show. Obama will make his debut on the CBS late-night show on Monday May 17, where he will talk with the Brit host over Zoom. Can The Prom star […]

As we head into the first broadcast upfront presentations on Monday, the two networks that are going up first, NBC and Fox, have made the decisions on their outstanding pilots. This leaves ABC and CBS, which also are presenting next week, as well as the CW, which has some leeway as it is not unveiling […]

HBO is rounding out the cast for its upcoming limited series The White House Plumbers. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina alumna Kiernan Shipka, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project), Yul Vazquez (The Outsider), David Krumholtz (The Deuce), Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) and Liam James (Psych) join Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured the U.S. distribution rights to A Day to Die, an action-thriller starring Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Leon, and Kevin Dillon. Wes Miller directed the indie from a script he co-wrote with Scott Mallace and Rab Berry. The pic is expected to be released in 2022. In the film, a disgraced […]