UPDATE: The latest Democratic presidential debate drew a record 19.7 million viewers for NBC News and MSNBC. The networks said that it was the most watched Democratic debate in history. 28 more words
via Democratic Debate Draws Record Audience Of 19.7 Million Viewers For NBC and MSNBC — Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Dyer (The InBetween) is set as a lead in NBC single-camera comedy pilot American Auto, from Superstore creator Justin Spitzer, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television. 28 more words
via Harriet Dyer To Star In Justin Spitzer’s NBC Comedy Pilot ‘American Auto’ — Deadline
Eli Roth is set to direct a feature take on the 2K first-person shooter PC-console game Borderlands for Lionsgate. Production will begin later this year. Borderlands is set in the distant future, in which four “Vault Hunters” travel to the distant planet Pandora to hunt down an alien vault, rumored to contain advanced alien technology.…
via Eli Roth To Direct Adaptation Of Sci-Fi Videogame ‘Borderlands’ For Lionsgate — Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: In an intriguing Berlin EFM addition, Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins has been set to star in Cus And Mike, the story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming the youngest heavyweight title winner ever and one of the most ferocious boxers of his generation. The Patriot Pictures…
HBO Max has given out a pilot order to the comedy “Minx,” Variety has learned. The half-hour project is set in 1970s Los Angeles, in which an earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women. 15 more words
via HBO Max Orders Erotic Magazine Comedy Pilot From Ellen Rapoport, Paul Feig — Variety
It was an evening of elegance at the Los Angeles premiere of Focus Features’ “Emma” on Tuesday night. The red carpet was lined with pastel floral arrangements at the DGA Theater, priming visitors to be transported to the ornate pageantry of Georgian-era England, as depicted in this new adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale. Anya…
via Anya Taylor-Joy on Playing Jane Austen’s Clever, Callous Protagonist in ‘Emma’ — Variety
Veteran sportscaster Lesley Visser will be honored with the lifetime achievement award at this year’s 41st annual Sports Emmys. It reps the first time a woman has received the accolade. 29 more words
via Lesley Visser to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 41st Sports Emmys — Variety
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 3, episode 4 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired Feb. 19 on Fox. That’s a wipe out for Tony Hawk. 28 more words
via ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identity of Elephant: Here’s The Star Under the Mask — Variety
Neil Young plans to keep on resistin’ in the free world. Just weeks after the Canadian rocker officially became a dual citizen of th eUnited States as well, he’s penned an excoriating letter to Donald Trump, calling him “a disgrace to my country” and endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. 8 more words
via Neil Young Calls Trump ‘a Disgrace,’ Says Sanders Will ‘Make America Great Again’ — Variety
After what seems like countless Democratic debates, February 19th’s had a giant curveball in Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor whose enormous fortune has given him a late, but undeniable, leg up in the race. 20 more words
via MSNBC Democratic Debate Moderators Lost Control of a Messy Night (Column) — Variety
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