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Longtime Warner Bros. animation boss Sam Register is departing the company next week as his contract expires, Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey announced in a memo to staffers this afternoon. Dungey said she and Register “mutually agreed not to renew his contract,” and that he will be exiting his long-running role as president […]
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There’s been a lot of talk about approval ratings lately, so let’s pour one out, or a few billion, for Dolly Parton, the only superstar in the history of entertainment to rise to a 100% public approval rating for even a moment, let alone 60 years. It doesn’t matter that no empirical surveys were regularly […]
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Dolly Parton’s “Dolly: A True Original Musical” will open on Broadway “as was Dolly’s wish.” The news follows the death of the country music superstar on Tuesday. In a statement to Variety, the producers confirmed, “As was Dolly’s wish, the Broadway production of ‘Dolly: A True Original Musical’ will begin previews December 7 at the St. James […]
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A “Bel-Air” spinoff is in the works at Peacock. “Hilary,” an offshoot of the Will Smith-inspired drama series starring Coco Jones, is in development at the streamer. The project hails from writer-producer Tracy Oliver, co-writer of “Girls Trip” and “Little.” If the series moves forward, “Bel-Air” will become Peacock’s first scripted original series to get […]
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Leonard Morpurgo, the London-born international film publicist and communications executive who had senior posts at companies including Rogers & Cowan, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures, CBS Theatrical Films and Lorimar Pictures, died of cancer on Aug. 12. He was 93. Morpurgo’s career spanned over 50 years. He worked at newspapers before becoming a publicist. A gentlemanly […]
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Shannon Wallace, Curtiss Cook, Lauren E. Banks, Liv Symone and Jason Dirden are set to join the cast of a Starz drama series within the world of Black rodeo in Southeast Texas. The untitled, one-hour series received an eight episode order in April. The drama is Starz’s second self-owned series following its 2025 spin off […]
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Dollywood, the Tennessee theme park and resort owned by legendary country singer Dolly Parton, was closed Tuesday as previously scheduled. The company, in a statement after news of Parton’s death broke, said the park will be open Wednesday. “In her spirit, Dollywood will be open Wednesday as Dolly wanted, always reminding everyone with her signature […]
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Disney’s villains are getting some new bling just in time for spooky season. Disney and Pandora are expanding their long-running jewelry collaboration with a new collection inspired by three of the studio’s most recognizable villains: Scar from “The Lion King,” Lucifer from “Cinderella” and Lotso from Pixar’s “Toy Story 3.” The new charms arrive on […]
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Haim Saban, Teddy Schwarzman and Lawrence Bender are among a group of industry figures who have put their names to a statement condemning “antisemitic theories” in Mark Ruffalo’s Paramount discourse. “Singling out Jewish executives and describing them in terms lifted from centuries-old antisemitic conspiracy theories, while invoking Israel as the frame for that attack, is […]
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Plans for the phased rollout of “The Gentlemen” Season 2 had been in the works for months. Netflix’s Sept. 3 launch date was set with all the usual components in place for one of the streamer’s starry dramas: a trailer, a Season 3 renewal announcement, a junket, a press conference and a red-carpet premiere at […]
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Shonda Rhimes is staying put at Netflix, with the superproducer and her Shondaland production banner renewing their overall deal with the streamer for a further five years. Rhimes and her producing partner, Betsy Beers, has been based at Netflix since 2017. Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer, said of the renewal, “I am thrilled to […]
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“Outer Banks” returned to Netflix with its fifth and final season on Aug. 20 and reached 9.4 million views in four days. That made the teen drama the streamer’s No. 1 most-watched series during the week of Aug. 17-23 — the fourth consecutive season in which it has debuted at the top of the TV […]
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