“Smartmatic’s 285-page, $2.7 billion complaint is not just meritless; it is a legal shakedown designed to chill speech and punish reporting on issues that cut to the heart of our democracy,” Bartiromo’s attorneys wrote in her response to the election systems company’s lawsuit. Bartiromo’s response calls for dismissal of the lawsuit under New York’s anti-SLAPP
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The Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell has spoken out for the first time since coming under intense criticism for photos that resurfaced online recently, including one that showed the 24-year-old attending an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal in 2018. In an Instagram post on Thursday night, Kirkconnell apologized. “I was wrong,” she wrote. “I was ignorant, but
Just dubbed Rising Star 2021 by The Hollywood Digest, Steve Hamm has a had a stellar year working at his craft in between his helicopter piloting and his voice over career. Hamm has a promising future in the entertainment industry and I’d predicted to have elevated success in 2021. I exchanged some intimate questions with
PBS’s Frontline has acquired a 9/11 documentary from Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed after the film was originally commissioned by UK broadcaster Channel 4. In the Shadow of 9/11 tells the story of the so-called ‘Liberty City Seven’ — a group of young Black men accused of assisting Al Qaeda in a plot to blow
HBO has found one of its leads for the upcoming The Last Of Us series. Deadline confirmed that Game of Thrones breakout star Bella Ramsey, known for appearing as the pugnacious but brave Lyanna Mormont, will play Ellie. Though HBO has yet to announce who will appear as Ellie’s companion Joel, the series based off
Netflix has snapped up the rights to Brian Jacques’ entire series of Redwall books and is plotting an animated feature film and TV series based on the animal adventure franchise. Netflix inked a deal with Penguin Random House Children for the rights to the books, which have sold 30 million copies worldwide and chronicle the
ViacomCBS-owned fight circuit Bellator MMA will have its matches air on corporate cousin Showtime as the premium network continues to ramp up its investment in ring sports. On three straight Fridays in April, primetime Bellator matches originating from Mohegan Sun Arena in southeastern Connecticut will inaugurate the relationship. The arena is part of a casino
Fox Corp. beat Wall Street expectations in its second fiscal quarter, with revenue of nearly $4.1 billion improving 8% from the year-earlier period. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share rose to 16 cents from 10 cents a year ago. The consensus forecast from analysts called for revenue of $4 billion and a loss of
Vubiquity, which was acquired in 2018 by media and communications tech vendor Amdocs, has made two senior executive appointments as it shores up its dealings with North American studio clients. The company, which is led by former Warner Brothers technology chief Darcy Antonellis, said John Smith has been promoted to SVP of studio sales in
The BBC and AMC’s SundanceTV have renewed Sister relationship series The Split for a third and final season. Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay and Chukwudi Iwuji are all set to reprise their roles in the drama, which is set in the fast-paced, complex world of London’s high-end divorce circuit. Created
A new trailer for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier flew into and strong-armed its way into this year’s slim lineup of trailers at this year’s Super Bowl — and it gave us the hype we need for the second Marvel Studios TV series on Disney+. The trailer shows both titular characters working through their dysfunctional relationship
Check out the new What We Do in the Shadows Season 1 Featurette starring Taika Waititi! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Learn more about this show on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/what_we_do_in_the_shadows/s01?cmp=RTTV_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest TV shows? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon
Super Bowl LV pitting the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers is Sunday, with the kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on CBS. CBS Sports, broadcasting its 21st Super Bowl, will have Jim Nantz and Tony Romo calling the game from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, along with sideline
The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be facing off tomorrow at the Super Bowl, but health officials say viewing parties and similar events aren’t worth the risk as the coronavirus continues to spread. Los Angeles Public Health officials warned that Super Bowl parties “can become super-spreader events” and encouraged sports enthusiasts to
Check out the new A Discovery of Witches Season 1 Trailer starring Teresa Palmer! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Learn more about this show on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_discovery_of_witches/s01?cmp=RTTV_YouTube_Desc US Air Date: January 17, 2019 Starring: Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Alex Kingston Network: Sundance Now, Shudder Synopsis: Diana Bishop, historian
Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher had a wide-ranging, late-night comedy love-in to kick off tonight’s episode of Real Time, with the guest comparing the host to starting Super Bowl quarterback Tom Brady. Sunday’s Super Bowl LV pits Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers against quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Maher groaned, “If I have
The WGA has won its historic campaign to reshape the talent agency business, today signing WME – the last agency holdout – to its franchise agreement. All the major agencies have now signed the agreement, which will return them to a 10% commissioning business model not seen in decades. The sides also agreed today to
The BBC is once again turning to Oscar-nominated Magic Light Pictures for its latest animation special. The studio behind The Gruffalo will bring Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s book Superworm to life with a cast including Olivia Colman and Matt Smith. Colman will narrate, while Smith will feature as hero Superworm. They are joined by
Consequences for Morgan Wallen continue to roll in as WME confirmed that it had dropped the country singer after a video of him saying the N-word made the rounds on the internet. The agency’s retaliation adds to the growing list of actions previously taken by Viacom’s CMT and the singer’s former label Big Loud Records.
BBC & PBS Team For ‘Unsolved Histories’The BBC and PBS are co-producing a four-part series in which historian Lucy Worsley will attempt to shed light on some of British history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Unsolved Histories with Lucy Worsley (working title) will ask questions including, who killed the Princes in the tower in 1483? What actually