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As almost every week brings new twists and brighter media glare to Britney Spears’ restrictive 13-year conservatorship, the filmmakers behind the documentary that turned the spotlight on the long-hidden situation found a lot of their own perspective by flipping the script. “A revolutionary thing that we did, and surprising that it is revolutionary, is we […]

UPDATE: Prosecutors said Friday that intend to go forward with a new complaint charging a former reality star and his girlfriend. Grant Robicheaux, 40, and girlfriend Cerissa Riley, 34, were accused of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women. The new charges will involve downsizing the cases to at least two alleged victims. Julie Garland and […]

A Fox News television host was mailed an envelope containing what police described as a “white powdery substance,” triggering an emergency response on Friday. The host, who was not identified by authorities or Fox News, was said to be Greg Gutfeld in numerous other media reports. He reportedly isolated himself in his office and the […]

Deadline’s two-day Contenders Television: The Nominees kicks off Saturday morning, with a total of 34 shows and 117 speakers from 16 networks and studios joining our annual award-season gala event across two days as the industry gears up for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be hosted by Cedric the Entertainer on September 19. […]

Saturday AM Update: In what is a big win for an original piece of IP in the middle of August when kids are heading back to school, in particular during the pandemic, Disney’s 20th Century Studios’ Free Guy was truly vibrant yesterday with $10.5M, including $2.2M in Thursday night previews. This puts Shawn Levy’s directed Free Guy on […]

The first case of the much-talked-about Lambda variant of Covid-19 was reported by Los Angeles health officials on Thursday. But for all the fanfare, Lambda doesn’t seem to have been much of a match for Delta – yet. “We’ve only seen one Lambda variant among tests sequenced in our labs, and this was a sample […]

Camryn Manheim, SAG-AFTRA’s national secretary-treasurer, and nine other members of her Unite for Strength ruling party have filed an election campaign violation complaint against Matthew Modine, Joely Fisher, Sam Rubin and their MembershipFirst opposition party. The complaint, filed with the union’s national election committee, alleges that Rubin’s interview with Fisher on his Aug. 4 KTLA […]

Bill Maher turned his New Rules segment against a preferred target, woke culture, this time in defense of Matt Damon, now “flailing around in cancel culture quicksand” for acknowledging he used a gay slur that was thrown around when he was coming of age in Boston, but stopped. “Okay, he was late to the party. […]

Archer, one of television’s longest-running animated series, is launching its 12th season Aug. 25 on FXX. It is the last season featuring the voice of core cast member Jessica Walter who died on March 24 at the age of 80. With a show so deep into its run, the question whether to continue always comes […]

Audio entertainment company Realm has added Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, Empire) to the cast for If I Go Missing the Witches Did It, a thriller with satirical and paranormal elements. The nine-episode podcast will premiere its first episode on Sunday, September 26, followed by one new episode every Sunday thereafter, on all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, […]

The long concert career of singer Tony Bennett is finally finished after 70 years. Bennett’s son, Danny Bennett, his manager for more than 40 years, canceled his remaining tour dates on Thursday. He said on Friday that Bennett’s two recent dates with Lady Gaga at New York’s Radio City Music Hall would be his last. […]

EXCLUSIVE: A collection of documentaries from acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Sachs is coming to the Criterion Channel in October.  The streaming platform will showcase seven Sachs films beginning October 1, ranging from the 1994 short Which Way Is East to her most recent work, including E•pis•to•lar•y: Letter to Jean Vigo, an exploration of the French director’s […]

The upcoming 10-episode 10th season of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story is titled Double Feature, reflecting the installment’s unusual structure — it contains two separate stories. Part I: Red Tide is set by the sea, while Part 2: Death Valley is set by the sand. In an interview with Deadline as part of FX’s TCA virtual […]

MLB’s Field of Dreams game between the White Sox and Yankees on Thursday night was magical. It included a cinematic pre-game with an on-field appearance by Kevin Costner and a battle that saw eight(!) home runs, capped by a walk-off to win the game for Chicago. The morning after may have been even more astonishing […]

Even though Fargo creator Noah Hawley is prioritizing FX’s new Alien series with Ridley Scott executive producing, the network’s boss John Landgraf is “hopeful” about a Season 5. FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Complete Coverage  “That’s really up to Noah,” Landgraf told Deadline today, “I’m optimistic that he’ll want to do another.” “He’s very focused on Alien […]

UPDATED, 3:52 PM: Fox’s “Field of Dreams” game Thursday drew 5.9 million viewers in time-zone-adjusted numbers — making it the most-watched regular-season Major League Baseball telecast on any network since 2005. Fox said today that the Yankees-White Sox matchup also was the most-streamed regular-season tilt in its history. ‘Field Of Dreams’ Pops To The Top Of […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Carlos Watson Show, which has been been broadcast on the OZY YouTube channel, is heading to Prime Video for its upcoming third season. After recently releasing its 200th episode, the daily talk show, hosted by OZY co-founder and CEO Watson, will be streaming episodes on both YouTube and Prime Video in the U.S. […]

EXCLUSIVE:  We hear that New Line’s 8-Bit Christmas will premiere exclusively on HBO Max on Nov. 25th, in all countries where the service is available, meaning U.S. and Latin America. Here in the U.S., that date is Thanksgiving Day, a prime time for watching holiday movies on the couch. 8-Bit Christmas will be distributed by […]

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to The Gig Is Up, Shannon Walsh’s feature documentary that explores the real costs of the controversial gig economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. The deal comes after London-based sales outfit Dogwoof acquired world rights at the European […]

FX this morning announced a Season 4 renewal for Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s vampire mocumentary series What We Do In the Shadows, and Scott Rudin, who has been on the show since its inception, was not listed among the executive producers for the upcoming season. An FX rep confirmed for Deadline that Rudin is […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Emma Stone has closed a deal to star in the sequel to Cruella, in what is a very good sign for Disney as it secures talent in the wake of some criticism of its theatrical-Disney+ Premier model. Cruella, due to the pandemic, was released in theaters and on Disney+ PVOD tier on May […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vincent Kartheiser is a major new cast addition to Season 3 of the DC series Titans, which is currently airing on HBO Max. But the Mad Men alum, who plays the villain Scarecrow, is not on the poster for the new season and was not actively involved in publicity efforts for the new season […]

EXCLUSIVE: Some cast and crew members on films and TV shows soon might be required to wear identification that “clearly and visibly” verifies their Covid vaccination status while working on set. “Various things have been discussed, from wristbands to credential badges,” a union source tells Deadline. “I have not seen what this is to look […]

A federal judge has tossed attorney Michael Avenatti’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its coverage of his 2018 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence. Avenatti, whose representation of Stormy Daniels made him a ubiquitous media presence as a pugnacious foe of President Donald Trump, was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison on charges […]