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Warner Bros. Discovery’s search for a new comms chief is over with the media giant expected to name Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary for former president Barack Obama, to the job, Deadline has learned. The post has been open since January when former corporate communications boss Nathaniel Brown exited. He had been at
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Jason Oppenheim, co-owner of the Oppenheim Group real estate agency and star of Selling Sunset, is open to having Christine Quinn return to the Netflix reality series. In a new interview, Oppenheim said he was not opposed to having Quinn come back to the show but clarified that the decision was not up to him.
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From the moment he exploded onscreen mano a mano against Eminem in 8 Mile, Anthony Mackie has been on a steady course to a career peak where he will carry his first major Marvel film playing the title character in Captain America: Brave New World. He is also getting some awards buzz as star and
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No surprise here — Bridgerton was the talk of the ton during its Season 3 debut week last month. The series easily made it to the top of Nielsen‘s streaming charts for the week of May 13 to 19, despite the first four episodes of Season 3 launching about halfway through this interval. Nevertheless, Bridgerton
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A birthday dinner for Stephen Colbert turned into a humbling experience for John Oliver. While guesting Wednesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers recalled an outing the two had with Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to celebrate Colbert’s 60th birthday. Before the festivities began, Meyers, Kimmel and Oliver were waiting for
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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gabrus is set as a series regular opposite June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer in DINKS, an improvisational style multi-cam comedy pilot, from Grace & Frankie creator Marta Kauffman and her Okay Goodnight banner, Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate Television. Additionally, Nicole Byer, Carl Tart, and Lennon Parham join as guest stars in
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EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Nicole Black is doubling down on both sides of the camera. The two-time past Emmy winner has joining the second season of Shrinking and the upcoming first season of Bad Monkey, I’ve learned. However, Brown’s addition to the two Bill Lawrence executive produced AppleTV+ series is both a little unconventional and playing to
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BBC Studios is working on big production and coproduction moves in Central and Eastern Europe as part of a long-term plan have a much deeper presence in the region. Bartosz Witak, General Manager for BBC Studios in CEE, was speaking at NEM Dubrovnik. He said that a push into production is part of wider plans
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Jon Stewart was back on The Daily Show this week to kick off Pride Month. The Emmy Award winner ripped into the hypocritical nature of rainbow capitalism on Monday’s episode, but not before he paid tribute to Pat Sajak following his final Wheel of Fortune episode. “I would be remiss if I did not comment
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Yet another name has surfaced in the Paramount Global scrum as former entertainment executive and beverage billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. is eyeing control of the company in a deal scenario with multiple moving pieces even as Shari Redstone‘s camp remains deep in talks with Skydance. Takeover speculation has engulfed Paramount since last October and Skydance
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Lada Guruden Singh Steps Down From Sony Pictures India Role Lada Guruden Singh has stepped down from his role as General Manager, Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP), India, where he oversaw local production, and has entered a producing deal with the studio. At SPIP India, Singh has been instrumental in acquiring and developing superhero IP Shaktimaan while
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The Peabody Awards made its long-overdue Los Angeles debut at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday. Hosted by Kumail Nanjiani, the 84th annual awards ceremony recognized Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson, Star Trek and more storytellers for its first time on the West Coast since it launched in 1940. Brooks received the Career Achievement Award for
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith composer David Fleming joined Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television live-music event to discuss the nuances of creating the perfect spy score built on the foundation of trust.  Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith centers on two lonely strangers who land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world
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After a tense morning with IATSE threatening to picket over the use of a non-union crew, the Daytime Emmys are underway at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. IATSE leadership met with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Friday afternoon in an effort to reach an agreement prior to showtime. Now the ceremony
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