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Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to order grand jury transcripts and exhibits sealed in the case of the disgraced film producer, contending that the documents’ release could prejudice Weinstein’s right to a fair trial on charges involving five women. Those charges include forcible rape. “Few cases in recent history have garnered the amount

EXCLUSIVE: We told you earlier about the cast for the Andy Palmer-directed indie feature The Re-Education of Molly Singer, and we just learned that Mom actress Jaime Pressly is joining Britt Robertson, Ty Simpkin, Nico Santos, Holland Roden and Wendie Malick in the film which is currently in production. Robertson plays a former college party girl by the

EXCLUSIVE: With their action thriller Beckett set to land on Netflix on August 13, Deadline sat down with star John David Washington and director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino to chat about putting together the story of an American on the run amidst political unrest in Greece. Washington has had a remarkable 12 months, finding himself at

It is turning out to be quite a year for Lin-Manuel Miranda. His Tony-winning In the Heights hit movie screens, his Hamilton has 12 Emmy nominations including one for him, his directorial effort Tick Tick…Boom is about to take off on the fall festival circuit, and he has two animated films including the fall release: Encanto for Disney and the August 6 Netflix release

YouTube Names VP For Europe, Middle East & AfricaYouTube has appointed Pedro Pina as VP, YouTube, responsible for all aspects of the business across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The exec arrives with 30 years of experienced in global marketing. He first joined Google in 2013 as leader in the Global Client & Agency

Sam Rubin, the longtime entertainment reporter at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, will face off with Joy Benedict, a reporter at L.A.’s CBS 2 and KCAL, in the election to represent broadcasters on SAG-AFTRA’s L.A. board of directors. Rubin is running on presidential candidate Matthew Modine’s Membership First opposition slate, while Benedict was announced earlier this

Lucy Liu has gotten candid about an altercation with Bill Murray on the set of Sony’s 2000 film Charlie’s Angels. The actress shared her perspective on the matter for the first time, on an episode of the Los Angeles Times podcast Asian Enough, hosted by Johana Bhuiyan, Tracy Brown, Suhauna Hussain and Jen Yamato. Liu said

Rick Aiello, the son of late actor Danny Aiello who appeared with his father in such films as Do the Right Thing, A Brooklyn State of Mind and Harlem Nights, died Monday of pancreatic cancer in a Warwick, New York, hospital. He was 65. His death was announced by family members. The younger Aiello also

More than six months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, viewers will get to hear firsthand accounts of what happened on January 6 at the first hearing of a select House committee set up to investigate the insurrection. Broadcast and cable networks plan to carry all or parts of the first hearing of the

Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array has taken the wraps off plans for its first masterclass, headlined by Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Liberated Territory: A Masterclass by Haile Gerima will be a five-day workshop at the Array Creative Campus in Glendale that explores the catalyst of storytelling and a story’s structure crafted from

Venice Film Festival will stick with last year’s coronavirus protocols, director Alberto Barbera confirmed during this morning’s lineup announcement. The 2020 edition of the fest became the first major event of its type to stage a significant physical edition during the pandemic, and was widely celebrated for successfully implementing protocols including testing, temperature scanning, enhanced

Exactly a year after Jungle Cruise‘s previous July 24, 2020 release date, the Disney movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt had its world premiere Saturday night at the place where it all began — Disneyland. Johnson, also a producer on the film, in an on-stage speech paid tribute to Walt Disney who opened the

Jackie Mason, the rabbi who later cultivated careers as a comedian, actor and author, died in a Manhattan hospital on Saturday, according to the New York Times. He was 93. Mason’s longtime friend, attorney Raoul Felder, confirmed his passing to the Times. A cause of death was not disclosed. Mason was born Yacov Moshe Maza

At Comic-Con@Home on Friday, Netflix unveiled a never-before-seen blooper reel for its acclaimed horror trilogy, Fear Street. The three-parter directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series of the same name, taking place in the years 1994, 1978 and 1666. Part One picks up in ’94, watching as a group

Since hitting screens in 2004, the romantic tearjerker The Notebook has had many imitators, but none has quite made audiences, mostly female, swoon quite like that one did. The litmus test for this type of film, generally from some sort of connection to author Nicholas Sparks, is still that Ryan Gosling-Rachel McAdams box office hit. The latest

EXCLUSIVE: The Chi’s Cory Hardrict is set to star in the indie thriller Die Like a Man. Eric Nazarian is writing and directing the pic which is the first part of a street trilogy revolving around themes of masculinity, violence, and gentrification in 21st century America. Hardrict portrays a recently paroled west side gangster who after serving a

EXCLUSIVE: Following its well-received debut in Cannes Film Festival’s inaugural Premieres section, Andrea Arnold’s latest feature, Cow, is recording brisk business for Paris-based Mk2 Films. Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has boarded the movie for Italy, Germany, Austria and Latin America, adding to the deal it did for UK, Ireland and Turkey pre-festival. Pic

The National Association of Latino Independent Producers has partnered with Disney, Amblin Partners, Starz and the MPA to launch Latino Lens, an industrywide incubator designed to mold and cultivate the next generation of executive producers. NALIP’s program will accept up to 12 participants in its first year. It will offers eight weeks worth of active,

HBO and HBO Max added 2.8 million subscribers in the second quarter, reaching 47 million in the U.S. and helping parent AT&T beat Wall Street forecasts. Total AT&T revenue of $44 billion rose almost 8% from the year-earlier period and topped analysts’ consensus estimate of $42.6 billion. Earnings per share went up 7% to 89

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy winner Merritt Wever is boarding Midday Black Midnight Blue, the upcoming feature debut from Samantha Soule (The Queen’s Gambit, Outer Banks, Godless) and Daniel Talbott (The Conners, The Mist). Actors Dale Soules (Orange is the New Black) and Shane McRae (Sneaky Pete) have also signed on to the previously announced cast, which