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EXCLUSIVE: This is quite the break for up-and-coming comedy performers Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline who will get to join NBC’s venerable late-night sketch program Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season that will be marked by celebrations, reunions and high profile…

Search is underway for a new trio to play the iconic roles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger on screen. An open casting call was officially launched yesterday for children from the UK and Ireland to audition for the leads in the upcoming HBO original series. The note possibly…

The Hulu half-hour comedy series Chad Powers has added Clayne Crawford (The Finestkind), Xavier Mills (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire), Colton Ryan (Poker Face) and Toby Huss (Fatal Attraction) to its recurring cast. They join previously announced series regulars Glen Powell as Russ…

Floriana Lima (A Million Little Things, Supergirl) has joined Season 21 of Grey’s Anatomy in a recurring role, Deadline has confirmed. Lima will play Nora, a childhood friend of Owen (Kevin McKidd) and Megan Hunt’s (Abigail Spencer). Nora comes to Grey Sloan when a routine operation at another…

Brendan Gleeson has been officially confirmed as a series regular opposite Nicolas Cage in Spider-Noir, the upcoming MGM+ and Prime Video live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. From executive producers/co-showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot and Sony Pictures TV, Spider-N…

EXCLUSIVE: Nate Mann (Masters of the Air), Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars) and Tony Award winner Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance) have signed on to star in The Up and Comer, a new thriller directed by Golden Globe and Peabody Award winner Chris Long (The Americans). Based on the novel from New…

EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Galitzine, the rising star recently tapped to lead Amazon MGM and Mattel’s live-action Masters of the Universe, has signed on to star in 100 Nights of Hero, an adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s same-name graphic novel from director Julia Jackman (Bonus Track). A feminist fairy…

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has set six new original films to premiere this fall as part of its “Ripped from the Headlines” movie slate starring Heather Locklear, Ana Ortiz, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jackie Cruz, Sheila E. and Karrueche Tran. The new movies will air on Saturdays at 8 p.m./7 c. These films join the…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael McKean will join the previously announced Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr in the upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. McKean will play George Aaronow, the meek and timid real estate salesman played by Alan Arkin in the 1993 film adaptation. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsey Crisp (Fresh Off the Boat) has come aboard for a supporting role in Balls Up, Amazon MGM Studios’ action comedy from director Peter Farrelly. Details as to Crisp’s role are under wraps. As previously announced, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser lead an ensemble that also…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again) has boarded Darren Aronofsky’s Sony crime thriller Caught Stealing, starring Austin Butler, in a supporting role. D’Onofrio’s role is under wraps, as have been all supporting parts thus far. Based on the books by Charlie Huston, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Shea Whigham and Will Patton have been tapped for major roles opposite Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen in JonBenét Ramsey (working title), a limited series for Paramount+ from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios. JonBenét Ramsey explores the tragic unsolved murder of the eponymous…