Zendaya could have been part of Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise. Former Vice President of Casting and Talent Relations at the children’s network Cornelia Frame revealed that the Euphoria star wanted to be part of the franchise and auditioned multiple times. “Zendaya did audition many…

Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, and this ain't your grandfather's election anymore. If Donald Trump figured his usual petulance was going to put new Democratic ticket-topper Kamala Harris on the backfoot, the 78-year old ex-president might want to think again. In her first big rally as…

Hailey Merkt, a contestant on The Bachelor Season 21, has died. She was 31. Merkt, who appeared on the ABC dating reality series in 2016 with Nick Viall as The Bachelor, died July 26 following a battle with leukemia. “It is with broken hearts we share that our beloved Hailey has passed away…

Netflix has filed to sell $1.8 billion in debt, the first such offering since the company received an upgrade last year from credit ratings agencies Moody’s and S&P to investment-grade status. The move, telegraphed in its quarterly letter to shareholders released in its earnings report this month, is…

The return of Chicken Run after a 20-year hiatus saw viewers flock to the movie, which was crowned the most-watched streamer title in the UK last year by Ofcom’s Media Nations report. Aardman’s sequel Dawn of the Nugget starring Bella Ramsey and Thandiwe Newton drew an average audience of 7.5 million…

Streamer revenue soared again in the UK last year, with Prime Video generating more than £1B ($1.28B) for the first time, according to Ofcom’s Media Nations Report, but commercial nets saw turnover tumble to a four-year low. Combined revenue for the deep-pocketed U.S. giants shot up by 20% — akin to t…

Joe Locke stars in Marvel’s Agatha All Along, playing a mysterious role in the Kathryn Hahn-led Disney+ series. The Heartstopper star said that his character was kept a secret from him even while filming for the series was still underway. “He's a familiar; he's like the assistant to the coven,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Tiye and Keisha Mennefee's audiobook Rifts and Refrains from the latter’s Honey Magnolia Media is being adapted for TV by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Rifts and Refrains centers on an aspiring Black female writer and musician…

Lisa Kudrow looked back at her television career, opening up about getting fired from Frasier, the sitcom role that changed her trajectory, and being the only Friends cast member to audition. In a new interview, Kudrow revealed that she was cast as Roz Doyle in the Frasier pilot that ultimately Peri…

NBCUniversal is exceeding its own bullish forecasts for the Summer Olympics in Paris, with total ad revenue projected to come in north of $1.25 billion. The tally will set a new Olympics record, the company said Tuesday, eclipsing the 2020 Tokyo Games, which were held in the summer of 2021 due to…

Bobby Banas, who played Jets member Joyboy in 1961’s West Side Story, appeared in other film musicals and had a long career as a choreographer, died Monday. He was 90. His official Instagram account posted the news but did not provide other details. “Fly on, Joyboy,” it read in part. “I know the…

John Carroll Lynch has been cast as a series regular opposite Maggie Q in Prime Video's Untitled Renée Ballard Series, a Bosch spinoff. The new series follows Detective Renée Ballard (Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD's new cold case division — a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the…