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Clyde Phillips Inks Overall Deal With Showtime & CBS Television Studios
Clyde Phillips is getting again in enterprise with Showtime. The previous Dexter and Nurse Jackie showrunner has signed a joint total cope with the premium cable community and CBS Tv Studios. Underneath the pact, Phillips will develop tasks for each entities that may air on platforms inside or outdoors the ViacomCBS umbrella. This marks the
Chaotic week after US-Taliban deal leaves Afghans’ fate unclear
A US-Taliban deal that was presupposed to kick-start peace talks between the insurgents and the Kabul authorities is trying flimsier by the day, with preventing raging throughout Afghanistan and nobody certain about what comes subsequent. Afghan safety forces stand guard at an Afghan Nationwide Military outpost after an assault by Taliban militants, in Kunduz Province,
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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony Will Be Closed To Public Due To Coronavirus Concerns
The standard Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame in Greece that kicks off the Olympics season will likely be held Thursday with out spectators owing to coronavirus considerations, organizers mentioned Monday. The Hellenic Olympic Committee additionally urged native communities to “comply with the directions of the Ministry of Well being and the Nationwide Public Well
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‘American Idol’ Tops Sunday Ratings; ‘The Rookie’ Hits Viewer Series High, ‘Good Girls’ Season-Best Rating
ABC’s American Idol held regular Sunday with a 1.Three score within the adults 18-49 demographic and seven.20 million viewers, ending because the night time’s top-rated present. The 2-hour episode led into The Rookie (0.8, 5.13M), which ticked up from final week and scored the sequence’ greatest viewers numbers thus far. The duo gave ABC the
Dorothy Byrne Stands Down as Channel 4 News Boss
Dorothy Byrne is to step down as head of stories and present affairs at Channel 4, taking up a specifically created function of editor-at-large for the U.Ok. broadcaster. A massively admired govt, Byrne’s resolution comes lower than a 12 months since she delivered an acclaimed and much-talked about MacTaggart lecture on the Edinburgh Tv Competition
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Former Endemol Shine International Chief Cathy Payne To Head Banijay Rights; Tim Mutimer Set To Exit
EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Payne, former head of Endemol Shine Worldwide, is ready to move Banijay Rights, the worldwide distribution arm of the Preserving Up With The Kardashians manufacturing group. Deadline understands that the transfer will see Tim Mutimer, who’s Head of Distribution at Banijay Group and CEO of Banijay Rights, go away the corporate. The transfer
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‘Dash & Lily’: Agneeta Thacker, Leah Kreitz & Ianne Fields Stewart Join Netflix’s Holiday YA Series From Shawn Levy & Nick Jonas
Agneeta Thacker (Chicago PD, The Blacklist), Leah Kreitz (AWOL), and Ianne Fields Stewart (The Daring Sort, Pose)are set for recurring roles in Sprint & Lily, Netflix’s 2020 romantic comedy sequence from Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and Nick Jonas’ Picture 32. Primarily based on the YA ebook sequence Sprint & Lily’s Ebook of Dares by Rachel
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Dorothy Byrne, Channel 4’s News Boss & ‘For Sama’ Commissioner, Steps Aside After 15 Years
Dorothy Byrne, a highly-regarded veteran of British tv, is standing down as Channel 4’s head of reports and present affairs and is taking up a brand new position as editor at massive. Byrne has been in submit for greater than 15 years, overseeing ITN-produced Channel Four Information and present affairs documentaries corresponding to For Sama,
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New York Governor: Port Authority Director Rick Cotton, Former Top NBC Universal Executive, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated on Monday that the chief director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Rick Cotton, has examined constructive for the coronavirus. Cotton was a longtime govt at NBCUniversal, together with serving because it normal counsel till his departure in 2013. Cuomo instructed reporters that Cotton “has
‘Some Like It Hot’ Musical Sets Chicago Pre-Broadway Engagement
The Marc Shaiman-Scott Wittman stage musical adaptation of Some Like It Scorching will make its pre-Broadway debut subsequent March in Chicago, with, as beforehand introduced, Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw directing and a ebook by The Inheritance playwright Matthew Lopez. The restricted engagement dates – March 2-April 4, 2021 – of the manufacturing had been reported
Gersh Signs ‘Madame Secretary’ & ‘Switched At Birth’ Producer Joy Gregory
EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed TV writer-producer Pleasure Gregory, whose credit embrace Madame Secretary, Switched At Delivery and Jericho. Gregory labored on greater than 100 episodes of CBS drama Madame Secretary, which ran 2014-19. She wrote on 15 episodes and was an government producer on 94. Tea Leoni starred within the political drama in regards to the
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A&E Networks Scraps Live Upfront Presentation For Virtual Event Week Of March 23
A+E Networks mentioned Monday it would maintain its first Digital Upfront beginning the week of March 23, changing a dwell occasion that had been scheduled for late March. The corporate mentioned it plans to “carry the A+E Networks’ Upfront on to our purchasers in a brand new and modern method, highlighting the success we’ve had
Diamond Princess passengers speak out their gruesome quarantine in the sea
A passenger (left) disembarks from the Diamond Princess cruise ship – in quarantine because of fears of the novel coronavirus – on the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on Wednesday. Photograph: AFP Yardley Wong’s nightmare didn’t finish the day she disembarked from the Diamond Princess. After testing damaging for COVID-19, Wong collectively along with
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European Film Academy, Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam Festivals & More Protest Mohammad Rasoulof Incarceration
A number of high-profile European organizations have right this moment known as for the liberty of Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who final week was ordered to serve a one-year jail sentence by his dwelling nation’s authorities. The European Movie Academy, Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant, Cannes Movie Pageant, Deutsche Filmakademie, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmfest Hamburg, Worldwide
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CPH:DOX Cancels Opening Over Coronavirus; Dublin & Glasgow Fests Wrap; Aardman Promotes Duo – Global Briefs
CPH:DOX, the Danish documentary movie pageant, has cancelled its opening night time gala after Denmark’s authorities responded to the rising unfold of coronavirus by asking organizers to tug occasions that includes greater than 1,000 individuals. The occasion had been on account of kick off with a screening of Kenneth Sorento’s The Struggle For Greenland. The
Market Crashes At Open: Trading Halted As S&P Falls 7%
The inventory market crashed on opening and buying and selling was halted for 15 minutes because the S&P fell 7%, triggering circuit breakers. The transfer got here after fears over the spreading coronavirus in the usand overseas. That sank worldwide markets in Asia and Europe with the Nikkei index in Japan down greater than 5%
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Twitter In Peace Deal With Activist Investor Elliott Management: Jack Dorsey To Stay CEO, Silver Lake Invests $1B
Twitter mentioned Monday it has entered right into a cooperation settlement with Elliott Administration, an activist funding agency that had been urgent for adjustments together with the attainable ouster of CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey will hold his job and Twitter right this moment introduced that funding agency Silver Lake, will make a $1 billion funding within the social
Sharon Osbourne’s F-Bomb Lands Piers Morgan’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ In Hot Water
A particular Oscars version of Piers Morgan’s UK breakfast present Good Morning Britain is to be investigated after Sharon Osbourne dropped an f-bomb dwell on air. UK media regulator Ofcom is reviewing the present to find out whether or not it broke British broadcasting requirements after Osbourne’s expletive was broadcast to the nation on February
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PGA Tour Ads ESPN+ To Sweeping New Golf Rights Deal With ViacomCBS, Comcast And Disney
The PGA Tour has introduced a brand new nine-year home media rights portfolio for 2022 to 2030, extending offers with ViacomCBS and Comcast/NBC Sports activities and establishing a brand new long-term relationship with Disney and ESPN+. The PGA known as the bundle “the end result of a long-term strategic planning course of to finest serve
Pete Buttigieg To Guest Host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Pete Buttigieg has revealed his first massive gig since ending his presidential marketing campaign: He would be the visitor host on Jimmy Kimmel Stay on Thursday. “We’re lining up an excellent slate of friends,” Buttigieg instructed In the present day host Craig Melvin. “Patrick Stewart is approaching, so we’re very enthusiastic about that.” Melvin requested
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AMC Entertainment Hires A Chief Strategy Officer, Seeks Alliances With Streaming Services Worldwide
AMC Leisure mentioned Monday it employed Mark Pearson within the newly created position of chief technique officer to steer technique, enterprise improvement, alliances and partnerships, together with with streaming companies worldwide. Pearson was beforehand government VP, Enterprise Growth, Operations and Technique at 20th Century Fox Tv. He’s based mostly at AMC’s Los Angeles workplace and
PGA Tour Strikes Nine-Year Golf Deal With NBC, CBS & ESPN+
The PGA Golf Tour has struck a nine-year broadcasting cope with CBS and NBC sustaining TV tee occasions and ESPN scoring digital rights. The settlement will see CBS and NBC air many of the FedExCup tournaments, with CBS averaging 19 occasions and NBC eight occasions every season by means of the lifetime of the agreements.
Media Stocks Caught Up As Global Markets Tumble
Inventory markets have fallen sharply world wide after Saudi Arabia launched an aggressive oil worth conflict that precipitated oil costs to fall by nearly a 3rd. The U.Okay.’s FTSE 100 index plunged by over 8% on the open, whereas Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ended 7.3% decrease on Monday, the index’s greatest plunge since October 2008. Japan’s
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‘Parasite’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Foreign-Language Film Of All Time At UK Box Office
One other milestone for Parasite. The Oscar-winning Korean sensation has now turn out to be the highest-grossing foreign-language movie in UK field workplace historical past, surpassing The Ardour Of The Christ. The movie already posted a record-breaking debut within the UK, opening with $1.8M together with previews from an preliminary 136 websites, a brand new