Remember that story a few weeks about Florida governor Ron DeSantis stripping Disney of its de facto control over the 27,000 acres of land encompassing Walt Disney World, as political retribution for Disney’s public opposition to Florida’s anti-gay education legislation? The New … | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired global rights to the award-winning comedy Americanish , marking the feature directorial debut of Iman Zawahry. Specifics as to plans for the pic's distribution have not yet been disclosed.(deadline.com) | Continue reading

Jon Stewart appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday evening, and addressed recent controversies surrounding Kanye West, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and comedian Dave Chappelle. … | Continue reading

Those who run the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences might want to keep an eye—just one eye, not two, but a sharp one nonetheless—on the Supreme Court of the United States, as the court de… | Continue reading

Nikki Finke, the veteran entertainment journalist who founded Deadline in 2006 and helped grow it into a major player among Hollywood trades, died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, FL after a prolonged illness. She was 68. The famously reclusive Finke founded her site as Deadline Hol … | Continue reading

A new unauthorized biography of Anthony Bourdain, which includes for the first time the celebrity chef’s text messages from the days leading up to his death by suicide in 2018, reveals Bourda… | Continue reading

James Earl Jones – one of the most distinctive voices in the history of film – appears to have made steps to step back from voicing the Star Wars character, Darth Vader, after nearly 40… | Continue reading

Even though Batgirl is in the final stages of post-production, Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros. and DC Films will not be releasing the movie on any platform, including theatrically. This fa… | Continue reading

UPDATE, with statements from Dow’s son & management Tony Dow’s son and management team have confirmed that the actor is still alive, with his representatives attributing the earlier… | Continue reading

Netflix revealed today that’s it’s teaming up with Microsoft to launch its new advertising-supported subscription plan. “In April we announced that we will introduce a new lower priced ad-supported… | Continue reading

Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination. The settlement was reached im… | Continue reading

Eric Boehlert, a media critic devoted to calling out right-wing misinformation through his writing at Media Matters for America, Salon, Daily Kos and most recently as the founder of the Press Run website, died Monday in a bike accident. He was 57.(deadline.com) | Continue reading

William Hurt, an Oscar winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman who often played a quiet intellectual in his early acting roles but later took more strident turns in science fiction and Marvel films, di… | Continue reading

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is taking on one of the bigger questions of our time: “Who gets to decide” what information constitutes “misinformation.” Speaking on his … | Continue reading

Spotify subscribers will notice a new content warning airing ahead of any podcast episodes discussing Covid-19, CEO Daniel Ek announced on Sunday. The news arrives on the heels of Neil Young removi… | Continue reading

Netflix has been accused of funneling as much as $430M of its international profits into tax havens, while at the same time receiving more than $1M in tax relief in the UK. A report by British thin… | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s just opened Tom Hanks-starrer Finch has set audience records for Apple TV+ since it debuted on the service last Friday. While Apple isn’t generally transparent about … | Continue reading

UPDATED with more law enforcement information: The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday night that Alec Baldwin “discharged” the prop gun that killed Rust cinematograp… | Continue reading

Friday Update: What the House of Atreides lacks in spice, it’s making up for at the foreign box office with sheer American dollars during the pandemic. Deadline has learned that the Legendary… | Continue reading

Norm Macdonald, whose laconic delivery of sharp and incisive observations made him one of Saturday Night Live’s most influential and beloved cast members, died today after a nine-year private… | Continue reading

The heat on new Jeopardy! host Mike Richards increased today, following news that the Anti-Defamation League has called for an investigation into his “pattern” of offensive comments. The ADL publis… | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Fraser (No Sudden Move) has joined the casts of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers. The former title from Apple TV + and Paramou… | Continue reading

Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, currently nominated for 20 Emmy Awards, debuted its second season on July 23 delivering the streamer’s biggest premiere day ever, largest opening weekend ever and… | Continue reading

When this is all over—Covid, unrest, financial reconstruction—will Los Angeles still be the Movie Capital? Perhaps not. This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency put Los Angeles County at … | Continue reading