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Paramount Layoffs Hit UK As MTV Axes ‘Gonzo’ & ‘Fresh Out’
EXCLUSIVE: The layoffs sweeping across Paramount Global this month have hit the UK. Paramount-owned MTV UK is axing original shows Gonzo and Fresh Out UK and the majority of...
BBC News Presenters Back Demand For Strike Vote As Colleagues Face Compulsory Layoffs
EXCLUSIVE: BBC News presenters are among those calling on their union to hold a strike ballot over colleagues facing compulsory redundancy. In a letter seen by Deadline, nearly 80...
Sky Deutschland Acquired By RTL For $175M
Sky Deutschland has been acquired by RTL, ending years of speculation on its future and representing RTL’s biggest ever buy. The channel group paid €150M ($175M) for Sky’s German...
Amanda Seyfried Recalls Auditioning “Six Times” For ‘Wicked’: “I Worked My A** Off”
Because she auditioned, Amanda Seyfried has been changed for good. The Oscar nominee recently opened up about the audition process for Wicked, noting she went in “six times” for...
Sam Rockwell Says He “Still” Gets Residual Checks For ‘Lean On Me’ “Even Though I’m Not In It”
Of his many memorable performances, Sam Rockwell is apparently still getting paid for one that never happened. The Oscar winner recently recalled when he, Michael Imperioli and Kevin Corrigan...
Rick Hurst Dies: ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ & ‘Steel Magnolias’ Actor Was 79
Rick Hurst, the actor known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He was 79. According to the actor’s wife Candace Kaniecki, he died...
Donald Trump Makes Legal Threat To CNN And The New York Times Over Their Reporting On Iran Intel Assessment
Donald Trump has again threatened news outlets over coverage he dislikes, this time The New York Times and CNN over their reporting on a preliminary intelligence assessment that raised...
Nicholas Hoult On Auditioning Against David Corenswet For Superman: “Very Awkward”
Although Nicholas Hoult is entering his onscreen villain era, the Superman star was up for the title role as the Man of Steel. Ahead of the July 11 premiere,...
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Gerry Cardinale’s Artists Equity Inks Theatrical Pact With Sony Pictures
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and RedBird Capital Gerry Cardinale‘s independent artist-led studio, Artists Equity, has signed an overall three-year theatrical feature film agreement with Sony Pictures. The deal calls...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Argues At UN Internet Forum, “Your Digital Self Should Belong To You”
Addressing this week’s UN Internet Governance Forum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt said he wanted to focus on one basic principle. “Your digital self should belong to you. That the data that...
Bill Moyers Dies: Influential Public Media Journalist And Commentator And Former White House Press Secretary Was 91
Bill Moyers, who followed a tenure as a young top aide to Lyndon Johnson with a long career as a much-acclaimed journalist and commentator on public broadcasting, has died....
Tony Award Winner Diane Paulus Unmasked As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Director
Diane Paulus, a 2013 Tony Award winner for her direction of Pippin whose other Broadway credits include Waitress, Jagged Little Pill and Real Women Have Curves, is directing Masquerade,...