Posts by Nathan Pine
HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Casting Colin Creevey For Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline brought you news last month that HBO was recasting Ginny Weasley for Season 2 of the Harry Potter series. Now, we hear that another desirable role is up for grabs in the eagerly anticipated TV show. Sources said Harry Potter casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann are out to agents as they…
Read MoreU.S. Added 127,000 Jobs In May, Beating Expectations
The U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, beating expectations, as the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%. With gains in leisure and hospitality, health care and local government, the job situation again showed signs of improvement after a lackluster year in 2025. But the gains were not felt across industries. Jobs in movies and music…
Read MoreKevin Jonas Reveals Why Michael Bublé Is on His Sex Playlist
There’s one artist burnin’ it up on Kevin Jonas’ NSFW playlist. The 38-year-old shed some insight into the backing to his and wife Danielle Jonas’ bedroom time during conversation with, of all people, Bill Nye the Science Guy. The TV host appeared on the Jonas Brothers’ Hello Jonas! podcast, asking during the June 4 episode…
Read MoreDaniel Peddle’s ‘Aggressives’ & Land At Criterion
Daniel Peddle’s seminal twin documentaries on queer life, The Aggressives and Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, have been picked up by The Criterion Channel and are now available to stream. The Aggressives first premiered in 2005 at SXSW and has since become a landmark piece of non-fiction filmmaking for its intimate portrait of masculine-presenting…
Read More2026 SDSA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Euphoria,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Pluribus,’, More
The Set Decorators Society of America is out with the nominees for its 2025-26 SDSA Awards for Television, which recognizes a number of series that wrapped in recent months. The list includes such shows as Euphoria, Stranger Things, Hacks, Outlander, The Boys, For All Mankind and The Neighborhood. See all of the nominations below. Covering…
Read MoreDancing With the Stars’ Bruno Tonioli Reveals Whether He’s Leaving the Show
How Much Do the Celebrities Get Paid to Be on Dancing With the Stars? Citing multiple sources, Variety reported in 2019 that Dancing With the Stars contestants make $125,000 for the rehearsal period and first two weeks of the show. If they progress beyond that point, the outlet continued, they earn more money each week.…
Read MoreKino Lorber Acquires Maya Annik Bedward’s Doc ‘Black Zombie’
EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary Black Zombie, which debuted at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. The doc traces the origin and evolution of zombies from Haitian spiritual traditions to fixtures of Hollywood horror, examining the cinematic and historical context and reclaiming their deeper cultural significance as powerful…
Read More‘That Thrifting Show With Lara Spencer’ Renewed For Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer has been renewed for a second season on Hulu and Freeform. The unscripted competition series, from executive producer and host Spencer, will return in 2027. Season 1, which premiered in March, is currently streaming. In the competition series, vintage design expert Spencer presents two designer duos with identical rooms. With just 48 hours and a…
Read MoreSesame Street’s Elmo Reacts to Being Bullied for Not Supporting New York Knicks
Elmo wasn’t ready for the rebound on his latest tweet. The Sesame Street star walked back his X post declaring that he “hopes both teams have fun” in the NBA Finals as the New York Knicks took on the San Antonio Spurs June 3. His latest comment came after receiving blowback by Knicks fans, who pointed out that his…
Read MoreInternational Insider: Reality TV Summit UK; Netflix’s Euro Rights Warning; ‘Buena Vista’ Interview
Good afternoon Insiders, happy Friday and welcome back to the Insider. Max Goldbart here steering you through. Sign up here. Reality TV Summit UK @ SXSW London Squid Game: The Challenge. Episode 201 of Squid Game: The Challenge. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025 The reality of it all: There were all sorts of headlines…
Read MoreKanya King Dies: Founder Of The UK’s MOBO Awards Was 57
Kanya King, the founder of the UK’s popular Music of Black Origin awards show, colloquially known as the MOBOs, has died. She was 57. King’s death was announced this morning by the MOBO Organisation with a post on Instagram. The statement said King died on June 3rd after a “courageous and characteristically determined battle with…
Read MoreNext Wave Of European Showrunners Revealed
EXCLUSIVE: As Europe pushes for more showrunners, a dozen writers from across the continent have been selected for an EU-backed programme headed by some big names from Borgen, Doctor Who and Neumatt. The European Showrunner Programme is for experienced series writers who want to make the jump to showrunner. It is overseen by Jeppe Gjervig…
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