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More NBCU Pre-Split Layoffs: NBC’s SVP Drama Deepak Jesrani Among TV Executives Departing
EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal’s Television Entertainment Group has undergone layoffs, Deadline has learned. The staff reduction, which I hear impacted under 20 people, is part of the ongoing process of consolidation...
Michael J. Fox Has “Friendly Correspondence” With Eric Stoltz After Replacing Him In ‘Back to the Future’
Although Michael J. Fox can’t actually go back in time, the actor found a way to move forward after replacing Eric Stoltz for his breakout movie role. In his...
Talent Reps Threaten To Boycott Casting Networks Over Plan To Charge For Use Of Platform
More than 1,700 talent reps are petitioning Casting Networks to reconsider a controversial plan to charge a monthly fee for access to the platform. Up until now, talent reps...
Disney Gives 2-Year Contract Extension To Communications Head Kristina Schake
Kristina Schake, whose duties as Disney‘s communications head encompass the company’s closely watched CEO succession process, has been given a two-year contract extension. In an SEC filing, Disney said...
John Bolton Indicted: Former National Security Adviser Is Latest Foe Targeted By Trump’s DOJ
John Bolton, who served as national secutiry adviser to Donald Trump in his first term, has been indicted by a grand jury in Maryland, CNN and other media outlets...
Warner Bros Discovery Follows Paramount In Rejecting Israeli Film Industry Boycott
A potential corporate purchase notwithstanding, Warner Bros Discovery today followed Paramount‘s lead in rejecting an A-lister heavy boycott of the Israeli film industry over the war in Gaza. “Warner...
Almost Friday Comedy ‘Last Night Was A Movie’ Heading To FX For Development
EXCLUSIVE: Last Night Was a Movie, the comedy series being shopped by buzzy sketch group Almost Friday, on which we first reported in August, is heading to FX for...
PJ Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts & Jay Duplass Cast In Amazon MGM Studios Film ‘I Play Rocky’
EXCLUSIVE: PJ Byrne (Green Book, The Wolf of Wall Street), Toby Kebbell (For All Mankind, Servant), Tracy Letts (Lady Bird, The Post), and Jay Duplass (Industry, Transparent) are the...
Kyra Sedgwick To Narrate ‘The Ark,’ Documentary On Ukrainian Family’s Quest To Save A Thousand Animals Imperiled By War; Watch Clip
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick is taking on the role of narrator for the documentary The Ark, set to hold its world premiere Saturday at the Woodstock Film Festival...
Netflix Canada Orders Romantic Drama ‘The Granville Girls’ From Adriana Maggs & Shaftesbury
Netflix‘s newest Canadian scripted series is The Granville Girls, a romantic drama from Adriana Maggs and Shatesbury. The eight-part series is based on Cat Cahill’s book series The Gilbert...
