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Broadway held strong last week as a bevy of spring arrivals caught ticket-buyers’ attention, with Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman and Titaníque opening to strong reviews and full or nearly-full houses. Most of the nine shows still in previews last week also did well, especially Proof, The Fear of 13, […]

On the heels of The Madison‘s strong launch, Paramount+ has renewed Taylor Sheridan’s drama series starring Michelle Pfeiffer for a third season. As Deadline has reported, while a second season of The Madison was never officially announced, it was quietly filmed last fall and is in the can. It is unclear yet whether it will […]

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), the top Democrat on the Senate antitrust subcommittee, will hold a “spotlight hearing” on Wednesday on Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Booker also has invited Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify, follow up on previous letters asking him to appear. A “spotlight hearing” is not an official hearing on […]

His & Hers is now one of Netflix’s most popular TV series of all time. The mystery thriller starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal eked past the first season of The Night Agent to land at No. 10 on the streamer’s most popular list with 98.2M views since its release on January 8, according to […]

Film Independent said Tuesday that Juan Devis, the producer and former chief creative officer at the Los Angeles media company behind public broadcasters PBS SoCal and KCET, has been named president of the nonprofit arts organization. The hire formally completes the search fills to fill the spot held by Josh Welsh, the org’s president since […]

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger continues his streak of landing high-profile roles as he is set to star opposite Phoebe Dynevor in Beach Read, 20th Century Studios‘ adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel from Emily Henry. Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Maya Erskine is looking to move behind the camera for her next project as Deadline is hearing she is set to make her directing debut on an Untitled A24 Teen Comedy from writer Morgan Lehmann. Fruit Tree’s Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting are […]

Neon unveiled a new first look trailer for its big winter film, psychological thriller A Place In Hell, starring Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones, written and directed by Chloe Domont (Fair Play). The stars are two dueling powerhouse lawyers working a case where it seems there can be only one. “I’m not just going to replace […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mara Brock Akil’s Writer’s Colony has selected four emerging writers for their spring cohort which will run March 18 to June 6. The Spring cohort will include LA-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Jordan Rock; comedian and writer Domonic Diaz-Smith, a USC graduate and winner of the Warner Bros./truTV Comedy Writer’s Award; Porscha Williams, […]

Following a round of auditions last week, Adria Arjona has landed the role of Maxima in the upcoming Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow from DC Studios. James Gunn is directing, producing and penned the script, with David Corenswet back as the Man of Steel. DC Studios had no comment. Arjona joins an ensemble that includes […]