Новости за 18.09.2021

ESPN’s national coverage of high school football this year has now seen two strange events. Where before the network was somewhat bamboozled when it aired a game featuring a bogus high school team, this time, the story was more straighforward. Arizona’s Hamilton High School, down 17 points with a minute left, amazingly rallied to win […]

UPDATE, with Lauren Patten statements When Boston area audiences saw a pre-Broadway performance of the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill in 2018, they saw actor Lauren Patten sing a powerful, showstopping rendition of the hit song “You Oughta Know,” with the young performer delivering the blistering number as a lovestruck – and gender non-conforming […]

The venerable CBS reality show Big Brother 23 topped the Friday demo wars with an 0.6, as Thursday’s two-hour special was followed by a rare Friday appearance to tuck into the nominations following the double eviction from the day before. The show was moved up two days because of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. CBS also […]

Michigan television station WLUC, an NBC affiliate, has fired its longtime meteorologist over his refusal to get a Covid-19 vaccination. Karl Bohnak, who spent 33 years at the station, revealed his dismissal in a Facebook post. “I am leaving TV6 because the station’s corporate owner, Gray Television, has mandated vaccination against COVID-19 for anyone entering […]

For Oscar Best Picture contenders, the time has come to deliver an inventory of the racial/ethnic identity and sexual/gender orientation of those involved with your film. On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, quietly launched its new RAISE platform, an online system designed to collect identity and content […]

Refresh for more analysis Any doubts about the health of the overall domestic box office continue to wane with Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings continuing to reign a top in its third weekend $21M, the second-best third weekend result for a September release after Warner Bros.’ It ($29.75M). That’s a great -39% hold after a Friday […]

As cultural activities have begun drawing crowds again after the Covid-19 abyss of 2020, masks and other protocols have been a work in progress — especially when red carpets are involved. Real Time host Bill Maher, during tonight’s panel segment on the show, criticized what he saw as a disconnect at this week’s Met Gala […]

An earthquake that rattled homes and businesses across the Los Angeles area spurred a flurry of social media on Friday night. The quake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey page. It was measured 9.2 miles deep and centered in the Carson area. The quake was first reported as a […]

Los Angeles firefighters filed a lawsuit Friday against the city over its mandate that all employees must receive the Covid-19 vaccination. The 500 firefighters who are signatories to the Superior Court suit arrive after a similar action by the Los Angeles police. The firefighters lawsuit claims the mandate violates employees’ constitutionally protected autonomous privacy rights. […]

UPDATED: ViacomCBS has become the first major Hollywood film and television conglom to set a January date for all employees to return to the office. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish made the announcement in a company memo last Friday, saying that the “Green  phase” of the return-to-office process “will now launch  no sooner than January 10, […]

IATSE, which has made brutally long workdays a key safety issue in its negotiations for a new film and TV contract, says that between January and July of this year it “received well over 50 reports of workdays 14 hours or longer, and it is likely that is just the tip of the iceberg. Nobody […]

Roger Brown, who terrorized a generation of pro and college football players as one of the most prolific defensive tackles in history, has died at age 84. No cause of death was given by his family, which confirmed his death. A six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, Brown played seven seasons for the Detroit Lions, then […]

The show about nothing now has something. In this case, an official trailer to tout its debut next month on Netflix. The show streamed earlier on Hulu, where it was a perennial favorite, but moved on after a five-year run. That left fans to search out the TV versions or DVDs to get their fix […]

Robert Durst, the infamous millionaire real-estate heir on trial for the 2000 murder of close friend Susan Berman in Benedict Canyon, was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday by a Los Angeles jury. Durst, whose appearance in HBO’s six-part documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst reignited interest in the case, […]

Len Tepper, who has led the investigative unit at CBS News, is leaving the network. Meanwhile, Caitlin Conant announced her departure as political director. Tepper has been executive director of CBS News Investigations, which just last week produced a series on military domestic violence, a two-year investigative project in which almost 40 survivors were interviewed. […]

The first movies in the lineup for the Montclair Film Festival were unveiled Friday, with the 10th annual New Jersey fest to open with Wes Anderson’s The Last Dispatch on October 21 and close October 30 with Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. The fest, which will be in-person with attendees vaccinated and masked, […]

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that Chris Petrikin, EVP of Global Communications and Corporate Branding, is leaving Paramount. The news comes in the wake of Jim Gianopulos’ planned departure from the Melrose Lot as Chairman and CEO, and Brian Robbins adding oversee of the motion picture studio to his growing portfolio. A Paramount spokesperson could not […]

Lost alum Matthew Fox is set to star alongside Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) in Peacock’s Last Light, a series adaptation based on Alex Scarrow’s bestselling apocalyptic thriller novel. Fox also will executive produce the series from MGM International TV Productions in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay. Production is set to begin soon in Prague […]

There’s no crying in baseball. Or in spying. But there is in acting, and an emotional Daniel Craig was caught on camera giving a short farewell speech to his friends on the crew of the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. “A lot of people here worked on five pictures with me, and […]

The revival of 1987 cult classic vampire feature The Lost Boys continues. After the CW opted that Rob Thomas’ pilot was a no-go, Warner Bros. is prepping a new take with screenwriter Randy McKinnon and Jonathan Entwistle directing, Deadline has confirmed. A Quiet Place franchise actor Noah Jupe will star alongside It actor Jaeden Martell. Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger […]

A month after Joe Biden laid out a plan for Americans to get a vaccine booster shot to help contain the coronavirus pandemic and the deadly Delta variant, a pivotal advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration today kicked a lot of the legs out from the President’s proposal. In a whirlwind of mixed […]