Новости за 26.02.2022

There was something for everyone this Friday night, and that’s reflected in the demo numbers. ABC’s Shark Tank, Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown, and ABC’s20/20’s recap of a family’s murder by antifreeze all tied atop the stack with an 0.5. At NBC, the return from hiatus of The Blacklist brought in an 0.3, buoyed by […]

President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT. The speech comes as Biden — and the nation — face a host of generational crises including a burgeoning war in Ukraine, an ever-shifting pandemic and the overarching threat […]

Marquette University President Michael R. Lovell announced today that alumnus Marcus Lemonis, star of HGTV’s upcoming The Renovator and CNBC’s The Profit, and his wife, Bobbi, have donated a $15 million gift to create the Lemonis Center for Student Success. The Lemonis Center for Student Success will provide wraparound services for students across all majors, […]

Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 has reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP for a new three-year contract covering some 800 location managers and assistant location managers. The local’s negotiating committee is unanimously recommending that members ratify it. “Location professionals in Hollywood serve as the liaisons for the studios between businesses, neighborhoods, historic landmarks and the […]

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard and its board of directors are facing a shareholder lawsuit that claims they are merely enrching themselves by selling the company to Microsoft. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in California by shareholder Kyle Watson. alleging Securities Exchange Act violations in its proposed sale plan. Microsoft said in January that it […]

The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, as Poland and Sweden have said they will refuse to play Russia in World Cup qualifying playoff matches. The FIFA World Cup is the Super Bowl of soccer. Played every four years, it brings the top 32 national teams together in a month-long tournament. The next edition is […]

The Ukrainian Film Academy, the membership body comprised of film professionals and cultural figures from across the country, has released a petition calling for an international boycott of Russian cinema. In a statement, the organization said that despite governments around the world imposing sanctions on Russia, the country remains active in the cultural field. “Several […]

Chris Licht, the executive producer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert who also helped launch Morning Joe on MSNBC, is poised to take over the reins of CNN after the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger closes, a source confirmed. An announcement is planned as early as next week. Puck News first reported on Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s […]

LeBron James has had a change of heart or a change of mind. Either way, he’s clarifying comments he made last weekend that indicated he was thinking about leaving the Los Angeles Lakers. James spoke to reporters on Friday to tamp down the crisis he fueled by remarks during the All-Star game weekend. There, he […]

SATURDAY AM: Refresh for more analysis and chart  Before a big tentpole comes into the marketplace, there’s typically a lull at the box office, but it’s an even bigger lull when the major studios don’t have any new wide entries. Everyone is waiting for Warner Bros. The Batman and many sources tell me it’s bound easily for […]

Ukraine’s biggest media groups have united to broadcast one all-encompassing news service to cover the conflict, as they urge the world to impose “media sanctions” and turn off Russian channels. In a statement in the past hour, 1+1 Media, StarLightMedia, Media Group Ukraine and Inter Media Group said they are now showing one newscast entitled […]

Piers Morgan vows to “cancel cancel culture” with his new TV talkshow and “take those ultra woke lunatics head on.” The journalist and broadcaster was speaking to Sky News Australia on a visit to the country to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the channel, attending a party at the Sydney Opera House. And he told […]

Sean Penn has released a passionate statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that if Americans allow the Ukrainian people to fight alone, “our soul as America is lost.” The Oscar-winning actor is in Ukraine, where he is filming a documentary for Vice about the country’s recent tumultuous events. He appeared Friday at a […]

On the heels of Britney Spears’ successful battle to end the conservatorship that allowed her father to control her money and her life, another former child star, Amanda Bynes, is looking to do the same. According to multiple reports Bynes, now 35, filed a petition today at a Ventura County court to regain her independence. […]

In his last HBO Real Time before a short hiatus, Bill Maher had the unenviable task of trying to find laughs in the situation in Ukraine. Amazingly, he was able to pull it off within the boundaries of good taste, all while allowing his guests to run with the notion that more must be done […]

The César Awards ceremony held tonight in Paris included a poignant tribute by Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan to late actor Gaspard Ulliel who died in January at age 37 following a skiing accident. Ulliel, a star of Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight series, previously won the Best Actor César for 2016’s It’s Only The End Of […]

The 53rd NAACP Image Awards will be held Saturday, February 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET. The show returns to an in-person gala this year live from the Pasadena Civic Center, and in addition to BET will run as a simulcast across 11 Paramount Global networks: BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV2, […]

I tweet, you tweet, we all tweet about Euphoria, the teen angst drama on HBO that has healthy doses of sex, drugs, violence, and other juicy stuff. Tweets about the latest Euphoria episode fill the time line and trend on Twitter — from memes about who could “end Nate Jacobs,” to reactions about when Rue […]

EXCLUSIVE: There is a change at the helm of Dick Wolf’s NBC drama Law & Order: Organized Crime. Ilene Chaiken is out after a 14-month stint as executive producer/showrunner of the Law & Order spinoff starring Chris Meloni. She is being replaced by Barry O’Brien, who will serve as showrunner for the remainder of the […]

Black History Month is nearly over but Amber Ruffin is celebrating after returning from hiatus. The Amber Ruffin Show returned to Peacock for the first time since December as the weekly late-night comedy variety show is in its second season. “Tonight is a very special show for two reasons; it’s our first show of 2022, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Even as he juggles an awards-season campaign for West Side Story and post-production on his semi-autobiographical pic The Fablemans, Steven Spielberg looks to be getting that future dance card in order. Sources tell Deadline that he is attached to direct a new original story centered on Frank Bullitt, the iconic character played by Steve McQueen in […]

UPDATED with more presenters: The structure of the 28th annual SAG Awards is continuing to take shape, with organizers saying Friday that SAG and Oscar nominees Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessica Chastain are among the presenters set for Sunday’s ceremony. The newly added presenters also include Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons and SAG nominees Jung Ho-Yeon, Martin Short, Oscar […]

EXCLUSIVE: The story of former First Daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a socialite, a writer and a force in 20th Century American politics, will be the subject of a half-hour comedy series in development at HBO Max. Based on the book Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy A. […]