Michael Che was humbled by basketball star Caitlin Clark when she crashed Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment after the comedian made a sexist joke at her expense. “The University of Iowa announced that basketball star Caitlin Clark will have her jersey retired and replaced with an apron,” Che said. Che then introduced Clark ahead […]
Singer Dua Lipa will return to NBC’s Saturday Night Live for her third turn as a musical guest on May 4. This time, she will also take on hosting duties. Winner of seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards, Lipa’s recent hits include her 2021 Elton John duet “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)” as well as […]
Ryan Gosling attempted to break up with Ken during the Saturday Night Live monologue, but the “Kenergy” was too strong. “I’m here because of my new movie, The Fall Guy with Emily Blunt,” Gosling said at the beginning of his monologue. “So don’t worry, I’m not going to make any jokes about Ken because it’s […]
Kate McKinnon returned to Saturday Night Live for yet another “Close Encounter” alien abduction cold open, joining with this week’s host Ryan Gosling for the popular sketch. And as he has before, Gosling struggled not to laugh and to stay in character. As she has in the past, McKinnon played Colleen Rafferty, one of her […]
Rebecca Ferguson shared an update on what happened after she revealed an unnamed co-star “screamed” at her during filming and reduced her to tears. In a new interview, the star of films like Dune: Part Two and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning talks about the panic among her former co-stars, worried that they would come […]
James Gunn is teasing DC fans that Peacemaker Season 2 is officially filming and shared a photo from the set. The DC Studios co-head snapped a picture as production for the John Cena-starring series commenced. “Day 1 S2,” Gunn posted on Threads along with a photo of Peacemaker’s helmet. A fan asked how he could […]
Jax Taylor, star of The Valley, got hit with reality and is now walking back claims that the former show he starred in, Vanderpump Rules, is scripted. Onlookers recorded the reality TV personality at his bar in the valley, saying the Bravo reality series was not as authentic as many believed. Taylor now apologizes for […]
Lily Gladstone, creator Quinn Shephard and executive producer Samir Mehta joined Deadline’s Contenders TV to discuss their Hulu series Under the Bridge. Based on Rebecca Godfrey’s account of the murder of Reena Virk, all three said they were careful not to sensationalize Virk’s death. “A lot of times, the human element, particularly the people who […]
Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard Season 2 is heating Bravo up, and the cast is ready for a reunion. The reality series set in New England is finding its groove in its second season with more drama among the friend group. Some of the issues that need to be cleared up include Alex Tyree seemingly excluding […]
Executive producers Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood and co-showrunners Raphael Jackson Jr. and Damione Macedon were at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Saturday to discuss the historical importance of showing Black stories onscreen in the latest season National Geographic’s anthology series Genius. Season 4 focuses on Civil Rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison) and […]
We Were The Lucky Ones is a harrowing tale based on a true story about a Jewish family who is trying to find their way back to one another after being separated during the Holocaust. Because the series follows one family, it has a more “intimate lens” into the Holocaust, giving showrunner Erica Lipez an […]
Creator Victor Levin and star Andrea Riseborough discussed their Masterpiece on PBS miniseries Alice & Jack at Deadline Contenders TV on Saturday. Riseborough plays Alice and Domhnall Gleeson plays Jack in the six-episode show that follows their relationship over 16 years. Riseborough said she often is frustrated that most conventional love stories worry about making […]
Bill Pullman thinks he was the last person on earth who hadn’t heard of Alex Murdaugh, the personal injury attorney who was found guilty in the double homicide of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul. Fortunately for the veteran actor, there was gobs of video to help him prepare for his role in Murdaugh Murders: […]
SPOILER ALERT: This article details X-Men ’97 Season 1, Episode 5, “Remember it!” Beau DeMayo breaks his silence after exiting X-Men ’97. The creator of the Disney+ animated series took to social media to discuss Episode 5, “Remember it!” and give context to the shocking episode. “Lotta questions and so I’ll momentarily break silence to […]
Platonic creators and real-life husband and wife Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller took a break from writing Season 2 of their Apple TV+ and Sony Pictures Television show to speak with Deadline about Season 1. But, looking ahead, they promised fans can expect the same screw-ups out of Sylvia (Rose Byrne) and Will (Seth Rogen). […]
There’s at least one extended scene from AMC’s Parish that didn’t make it into the final cut of the series. During Deadline’s Contenders TV panel on Saturday, star Skeet Ulrich told the story of one 15-minute take where he and co-star Giancarlo Esposito ad-libbed far past where the cameras were supposed to stop rolling. “The […]
Loki stars Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson and Sophia Di Martino joined Deadline’s Contenders TV event Saturday to discuss set design, character motivations and the potential future of the Disney+ series beyond Season 2. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to churn out box office hits, it’s hard to believe that Hiddleston’s star-making turn as the […]
After Monk ended its run on USA in 2009, creator Andy Breckman never stopped taking notes and coming up with movie ideas for Tony Shalhoub’s alter-ego. But nothing ever quite worked out, recalls Breckman on a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television — that is, until the pandemic “nudged things along for us.” That’s when Shalhoub […]
Survivor host Jeff Probst is happy that CBS ordered the show to be more inclusive. In 2020, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks mandated the 50% of Survivor be BIPOC. The show is one month away from filming Season 47, but Probst already has seen the impact. “That will go down as one of the […]
Showrunner Todd A. Kessler and executive producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura joined Deadline’s Contenders TV: Los Angeles event to discuss inspiration, casting and balancing facts with fiction for Apple TV+’s latest historical series The New Look. The series, set under the Nazi occupation of Paris during WWII, tells the story of fashion designers Christian Dior (Ben […]
On Friday, Google began removing California news websites from some people’s search results. The move comes as a test of what would happen should the state Legislature pass a new law requiring the search engine to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google said in a blog post that it is using a […]
Iran has launched drones toward Israel today, in highly anticipated retaliatory strikes that the White House said is “likely to unfold over a number of hours.” “Iran has launched a direct attack from Iranian soil towards the state of Israel,” IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said. “We are closely monitoring Iranian killer drones that are en […]
“Molly at the start of Season 2 is nursing her wounds a bit, but has really taken charge of her life,” Maya Rudolph said of her Loot character at the show’s Deadline Contenders TV panel Saturday. “For her, that includes a wellness, a real growth at the Wells Foundation and really stepping into the role […]