By Dave McNary
Members of the Animation Guild have replaced their longtime business rep Steve Hulett with Jason MacLeod, a Disney Animation Lighting Artist. Hulett is retiring after serving in the post since 1989…
By Lawrence Yee
PBS NewsHour dedicated the first half of Monday’s broadcast to anchor Gwen Ifill, who died Monday at age 61. “Our lead tonight is news that we hoped we would never have to report,” an emotional Judy…
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By Justin Kroll
CBS Films has begun development on “Corduroy,” based on the classic children’s novel, with “Ride Along” helmer Tim Story in negotiations to direct. Based on the Don Freeman book, the story follows a…
By Elizabeth Wagmeister
CBS is developing yet another show with “The Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle King, Variety has learned. The untitled project, which hails from “Miss Congeniality” writer Marc Lawrence, has…
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In “Christine,” Rebecca Hall stars as journalist Christine Chubbuck, who committed suicide on live television. Hall and director Antonio Campos talked about Chubbuck’s life and portraying depression…
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister
NBC is developing a series set to star Morena Baccarin, Variety has learned. She is also attached as an executive producer. While the series is in early development with just a script commitment…
By Mark David
SELLERS: Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber LOCATION: Malibu, CA PRICE: $60,000,000 SIZE: 5,254 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMA'S NOTES: Cindy Crawford, in her catwalking salad days one…
By Janko Roettgers
Google is responding to the growing backlash against politically charged fake news with a change to its Adsense advertising network policies. The company will prohibit the use of Adsense ads on…
By Dave McNary
Imax Corp.’s board of directors has extended CEO Richard L. Gelfond’s contract for three years, to the end of 2019. The giant-screen specialist made the disclosure Monday in an 8k filing with the…
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Cris Collinsworth, a former NFL wide receiver, didn’t take too well to a critical lob thrown his way by sports columnist Bill Simmons over the weekend. Simmons, whose new TV show “Any Given Sunday”…