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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning NYC studio Believe Entertainment Group has signed with Verve for representation. The news follows the announcement of a Grammy nomination for the company’s Peacock documentary Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story in the Best Film Music category. Believe has previously won both an Oscar and an Emmy for Dear Basketball, the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has snapped up the life rights of Brian Schwartz, an advertising exec turned lawn care philanthropist known as “The Lawn Ranger,” for the development of a dramatic feature titled Grassroots. Based on Schwartz’s true story, the film will explore his journey from corporate executive to a beacon of hope, as he selflessly […]

News Corp. has defeated a shareholder proposal to adopt a recapitalization plan to eliminate News Corp’s dual-class capital structure that includes regular shares and super-voting share, most of which are owned by the Murdoch family. At the annual meeting today, a majority of votes cast on the measure supported the company to leave the current […]

EXCLUSIVE: Hong Chau (The Instigators), Alison Oliver (Saltburn), and Shazad Latif (Magpie) have landed the three remaining major roles in Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell’s buzzy Wuthering Heights adaptation for Warner Bros, MRC, and LuckyChap. Sources tell us Chau is playing Nelly Dean, the film’s chief narrator, with Oliver as Isabella Linton. Stay tuned for […]

As Chappell Roan adjusts to a life of fame, the pop star an ally in fellow musician Miley Cyrus, who empathizes with her experience. The 2x Grammy winner was one of several celebrities to reach out to the Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess artist after Roan opened up on social media about her […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Alternative Television is the latest business to be hit with layoffs. The unscripted TV arm of the studio, which is behind series such as Discovery’s Naked and Afraid and Dirty Jobs, has begun a round of redundancies today. Deadline understands that around 5% of the division’s employees are impacted. The unit employs around 100 […]

Martha Stewart continues to hammer away at filmmaker R.J. Cutler over his documentary about the Queen of Hearths. She appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week, floating the idea that Netflix should do a “second version” of Martha that would, presumably, correct what she sees as deficiencies in Cutler’s take. She told […]

The Country Music Association has handed Disney alternative chief Rob Mills the 2024 CMA Founding President’s Award. Mills, who is EVP, Unscripted & Alternative Entertainment, Walt Disney Television, was feted last night during rehearsals for The 58th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville. It comes ahead of the event, which is hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning, […]

SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for Shrinking Season 2 Episode 7. Shrinking music supervisors Christa Miller and Tony Von Pervieux approach song selection for the Apple TV+ comedy series by isolating specific songs for certain scenes in the show. While they bank as many songs as possible in a shared playlist, they also come […]

Peacock’s The Office follow-up series from creators and executive producers Greg Daniels and Michael Koman has added 7 to its recurring cast including Duane Shepard Sr. (The Conners), Allan Havey (Billions), Nate Jackson (Young Rock), Mo Welch (Kwaczala), Nancy Lenehan (The Boys), Molly Ephraim (A League of Their Own), and Tracy Letts (Saturday Night Live). They […]