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Vanessa Bryant has settled her lawsuit against Island Express Helicopters and the estate of pilot Ara Zobayan, over the wrongful death of husband Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash last January. Bryant reached a settlement, in concert with the three families, whose loved ones were also killed in the accident.

Damian Keogh and Simon Vaughan, formerly of Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Point, and former BBC Worldwide exec Helen Jackson have launched a new UK-based content studio backed by Endeavor Content. The trio have launched The Story Company, which is designed to back script development and new scripted production companies. They aim to acquire rights, commission

Filming is underway on the third and final season of His Dark Materials, the BBC and HBO’s adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy adventure novels. Season 3 will be based on The Amber Spyglass, the most complex and ambitious of Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy of novels, as Lyra and Will travel through different worlds

On Sunday, creator Valerie Armstrong was joined by Annie Murphy and Mary Hollis Inboden for a virtual ATX panel to talk about their new dark comedy series on AMC, Kevin Can F**k Himself. For those wondering at home, Armstrong insisted you say the profanity to properly pronounce the show’s title. “I just needed a title

When they met: “It instantly worked” Olly Alexander and Lydia West were set to play best friends Ritchie and Jill on It’s a Sin, but their very first meeting wasn’t a bonding sit-down. Right away, they had to sing a duet their characters would perform. Luckily, they clicked. “I was already in the room, and

Blindspotting creators Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal joined writers Priscila García-Jacquier, Alanna Brown, Nijla Mumin and actor Benjamin Earl Turner on Saturday to talk about the unique challenges adapting a film for television. The show is a spinoff of the 2018 film of the same name written and produced by Casal and Diggs. The half-hour

Last year, Elisabeth Moss made her first foray into directing, helming three episodes out of 10 for The Handmaid’s Tale’s fourth season. For the Emmy-winning actress and producer, who has worked on sets since she was a child, this moment of creative transition proved revelatory. “Here’s what’s interesting that I found out when I started

On Friday, the creators and stars of Paramount+ legal drama The Good Fight gathered for a virtual ATX panel, teasing what’s to come in Season 5. As has always been the case, the show will be shaped, this go-round, by events playing out on the world stage. Some of the most influential, per co-creator, showrunner

EXCLUSIVE: AJ Michalka has joined the cast of the upcoming Ray Donovan feature-length film. Michalka will play the younger version of Abby in the film, which will continue Ray’s journey following the hit drama series’ seven-season run on Showtime. Star Liev Schreiber returns in his titular role and co-writes the script along with series showrunner

Some HBO Max subscribers received a strange email Thursday night with the subject line “Integration Test Email # 1.” The body of the email said only, “This template is used by integration tests only.” There were no attachments or images included. Given the proliferation of data breaches of late, it could have been a phishing

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has renewed The Challenge for season 37. The latest season of the MTV competition series will take place in Croatia, long-time host T.J. Lavin revealed in a teaser, which you can watch above. Contestants must go through extreme challenges and avoid eliminations to walk away the winner. “This is going to be the

Jimmy Kimmel has hosted the Oscars, the Emmys and the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner. He’s hosted his eponymous late night show for 17 years. How does one top that? answer: Get a college bowl game named after you. “Never before has a bowl game been named after a human being (as far as I

Vladimir Putin followed up a short-than-expected summit with President Joe Biden with a longer-than-expected press conference, with a standout moment coming when he expressed some exasperation when pressed by ABC News’ Rachel Scott on his treatment of his political opponents. Scott initially asked Putin, “President Biden has said he will respond if cyber attacks from

On Tuesday, Covid restrictions officially lifted in L.A. County, and Jimmy Kimmel was ready to celebrate. “Now, if you see a white woman screaming in Trader Joes, she’s not an anti-masker. She’s just mad they’re out of oat milk,” said the ABC late-night host. “It’s going to be a magical summer.” In his opening monologue

Veteran communications executive Wendy Luckenbill has joined Fox Sports as SVP of Brand Communications. Luckenbill moves to Fox Sports after 10 years at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Harpo Inc. where she served as SVP, Brand Strategy Communications. Luckenbill will lead digital, brand and entertainment public relations as well as corporate responsibility strategy for Fox

EXCLUSIVE: Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is set to debut a third season of its female-led crime drama series Honour on its Viaplay streaming service in 2022. Filming is set to start this autumn. One of the most viewed Viaplay Originals so far, the drama has already been sold in 60 territories worldwide with four

Paramount+ today offered up a first-look at the alien starship crew – and the voice actors behind it – for the upcoming all-new animated children’s series Star Trek: Prodigy. See all of the new images below. Joining the previously announced Kate Mulgrew, who will reprise her Star Trek: Voyager of Kathryn Janeway, will be Rylee Alazraqui, Brett

During an ATX reunion panel celebrating his trailblazing MTV series Faking It, showrunner and executive producer Carter Covington expressed the opinion that the show would be much trickier to get off the ground today than it was just seven or so years ago. “I do think [today] our original premise probably would have been blasted out

When White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre first stood before the media in the White House briefing room last month, the moment made history: She was the first African-American woman to do so in 30 years and the first LGBTQ woman to do so, period. While the briefing itself played out as many