Loren Ruch Dies: HGTV Content Chief Was 55

Loren Ruch Dies: HGTV Content Chief Was 55

HGTV programming boss Loren Ruch has passed away at the age of 55. Ruch, who head of content at the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network, had been battling acute myeloid leukemia. Ruch was a popular figure within the unscripted television business, who had been with the network and company for around 20 years. He was…

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It Starts On The Page (Drama): Read ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Finale Script With Foreword By Eric Kripke, Jessica Chou & David Reed

It Starts On The Page (Drama): Read ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Finale Script With Foreword By Eric Kripke, Jessica Chou & David Reed

Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page (Drama) features standout drama series scripts in 2025 Emmy contention. The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke‘s grand five-season plan for Prime Video‘s comic book adaptation came into focus with its penultimate chapter, which escalated the stakes to super proportions in a shocking “Season Four Finale” episode (originally titled…

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Surfs Past $800M Worldwide Box Office

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Surfs Past 0M Worldwide Box Office

Disney’s live-action charmer Lilo & Stitch has surfed past $800M at the global box office. It crossed the milestone with Wednesday’s business included, and through yesterday counts $807.6M worldwide.  The bubbly Dean Fleischer Camp-directed update on the 2002 animated hit is expected to reach $1B global, which would make it the first studio movie to…

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph On Emerging Industry “Sisterhood” & Power Of Sharing Info On Salary Talks – Taormina

Da’Vine Joy Randolph On Emerging Industry “Sisterhood” & Power Of Sharing Info On Salary Talks – Taormina

Oscar winners and Taormina Film Festival jury members Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Sandy Powell joined a panel here dubbed “Women, Not Divas” to speak about the state of the industry and provide insight into their own experiences. The Holdovers star Randolph, who is jury president, was fairly bullish on the future, noting the emergence of…

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‘The Pitt’ Casts Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard & Lucas Iverson For Season 2

‘The Pitt’ Casts Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard & Lucas Iverson For Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max‘s The Pitt has added four to its recurring cast for Season 2, including Charles Baker (Breaking Bad, The Blacklist), Irene Choi (Insatiable, Truth Be Told), Laëtitia Hollard (Trauma, Or Monsters All) and Lucas Iverson (Shakespeare Theatre Co.’s Frankenstein). Sources tell Deadline the names and brief descriptions of each character; however, these are…

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Tubi And Kickstarter Launch FilmStream Collective, Aiming To Give Indie Films Funding & Distribution Support

Tubi And Kickstarter Launch FilmStream Collective, Aiming To Give Indie Films Funding & Distribution Support

Tubi and Kickstarter have launched FilmStream Collective, an initiative designed to help offer indie filmmakers funding and distribution support. The Fox-owned free streamer and the long-established crowdfunding platform are coming together at a time of seismic change for the specialty film business. The marketplace has been in a state of upheaval over the past few…

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Dylan O’Brien Latest To Join Apple’s ‘Being Heumann’

Dylan O’Brien Latest To Join Apple’s ‘Being Heumann’

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan O’Brien (upcoming Twinless) is set to star alongside Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo in Being Heumann, Apple‘s adaptation of the bestselling memoir from disability activist Judy Heumann. In the film from CODA Oscar winner Siân Heder, O’Brien will play Evan White, one of the few reporters covering the San Francisco disability rights protests…

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Bachelorette Alum Michelle Young Marries Jack Leius

Bachelorette Alum Michelle Young Marries Jack Leius

The only roses Michelle Young is worrying about these days are in her bridal bouquet. Indeed, her days of receiving or giving roses for love are long behind her, with the Bachelorette alum having tied the knot with Jack Leius in a beautiful, Minnesota-based ceremony June 7. “It’s been a whirlwind of emotions and our…

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Late-Night Talk Emmy Category Reduced To Three Nominations

Late-Night Talk Emmy Category Reduced To Three Nominations

The likes of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Sean Evans and John Mulaney will be battling it out for one of only three Emmy nominations. With Emmy voting opening, it has emerged that there were only 13 submissions in the Outstanding Talk Series category, meaning that the category has lost one nomination…

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