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The WGA officially ended its historic 148-day strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers on September 27, 2023. The union managed to secure just about everything members had picketed for, but while many writers hoped that the new deal would bring relief after more than five months without work, the reality has been much less promising: Many members still are unable to find a writing job. Deadline’s Katie Campione spoke with WGA West Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman to get an update.
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News Networks Offer Dueling Chyrons & Plentiful Punditry In Coverage Of Kamala Harris’ Border Visit
By the time that Kamala Harris took the stage to speak about her visit to the southern border tonight, the chyrons were at the ready.
Her speech was billed as a major effort to make inroads on rival Donald Trump’s signature issue and one that is perhaps her greatest weakness as a candidate.
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Haley Joel Osment Recalls Bruce Willis Would Call “Out Of The Blue” Years After ‘Sixth Sense’
After 25 years, Haley Joel Osment is fondly remembering his on-set experience with Bruce Willis.
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Sitting in Brooklyn's notorious Metropolitan Detention Center after being arrested last week for sex trafficking and more, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is now facing yet another sexual assault lawsuit, with dozens more potentially looming.
In an action filed today in New York City, a Florida-based former model…
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Dies: British Stage Star Who Appeared In Hitchcock’s ‘Frenzy’ Was 88
Barbara Leigh-Hunt, who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, dozens of other films and TV and on West End and Broadway stages, has died. She was 88.
Her family said today that she died September 16 at her home in Warwickshire, England, but did not give the cause.
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After the first promo for this week’s Season 50 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live leaned heavily into nostalgia, clips released today teased more topical subject matter.
The first of three 30-ish second snippets contained in a video newly shared to YouTube featured the typical triptych of host…
Daniel Radcliffe And ‘Harry Potter’ Cast Remember Costar Maggie Smith For “Fierce Intellect” And “True Definition of Greatness”
UPDATED with the latest: Several Harry Potter cast members have paid tribute today to their costar Maggie Smith, who died this morning at 89.
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Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal With AMPTP On New Casting Agreement
The Teamsters have a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new casting agreement.
Locals 399 and 817 made the announcement Friday, just ahead of the current contract’s expiration on September 30. The agreement will now go before all Los Angeles and New York…
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Paul Feig Says Trump Turned Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Into A “Political Statement”
Paul Feig never intended to make “who you gonna call?” such a politically-charged question.
The Emmy-nominated writer and director explained that he made his 2016 female-led Ghostbusters reboot as it would have “felt weird” to continue with only part of the original cast after star Bill Murray…
‘Monsters’ Star Nicholas Alexander Chavez Addresses Grim Backstory of Lyle Menéndez’ Hair Loss
When Nicholas Alexander Chavez began researching his role as Lyle Menéndez for Monsters, he paid special attention to the “mask” that Lyle’s dad Jose forced him to use when he began losing his hair.
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‘Chucky’ Canceled By Syfy & USA After 3 Seasons, Leaving Creator Don Mancini “Heartbroken” But “Grateful” Amid NBCU Cable Scripted Shift
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Donald Trump Threatens Prosecution Of Google Over The Display Of Negative Stories In Search Results
Donald Trump says that he will seek the prosecution of Google, claiming that the tech giant was only “revealing and displaying” bad stories about him but positive ones about his rival, Kamala Harris.
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