“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer announced the release of her new book “Midnight Sun,” a companion novel to her vampire love saga. “Midnight Sun” will hit bookstores Aug. 36 more words
via Stephenie Meyer to Release New ‘Twilight’ Novel ‘Midnight Sun’ — Variety
Country singer Cady Groves, best known for her 2009 EP “A Month of Sundays,” died in Nashville over the weekend, according to a statement from her label. 35 more words
After nearly two months in quarantine, you are probably running out of movies to watch and TV shows to binge. Well, Hollywood stars are here to help. 30 more words
CBS All Access has announced another round of casting for season 2 of its reboot of “The Twilight Zone.” The streamer has announced that Topher Grace, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Damon Wayans Jr. 27 more words
via ‘Twilight Zone’ Adds Topher Grace, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Damon Wayans Jr. for Season 2 — Variety
The coronavirus pandemic has hit stand-up comedy as hard as any other live event, and at this stage no one, including one of the most iconic American comics, Jerry Seinfeld, knows when live gigs will start up again. 21 more words
Nicole Kidman is attached to executive produce a series adaptation of the Kimberly McCreight novel “A Good Marriage” currently in development at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively. 30 more words
“The Morning Show” showrunner Kerry Ehrin has signed a multi-year extension of her Apple overall deal. Under the deal, Ehrin will continue to develop television projects exclusively for the streamer. 29 more words
via ‘Morning Show’ Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Extends Apple Overall Deal — Variety
Sports fans love to turn on the TV and watch baseball, football or hockey. Now they are monitoring a game of a different sort: a marathon ping-pong between cable and satellite distributors, sports networks and big-league sports organizations over who, if anyone, should get money back when live matches have been scuttled by a global…
via Sports-TV Fans: Your Rebate Check Is Not In The Mail — Variety
A single performer’s double act is among the showier maneuvers that can be attempted on film. There’s the technical aspect: Getting one actor, twice, into the same frame — or cutting to fool the mind into thinking that’s so — is inevitably showy. 14 more words
via ‘I Know This Much Is True’ Starring Mark Ruffalo: TV Review — Variety
Music session players and singers will received $62 million in royalties through SAG-AFTRA and the American Federation of Musicians, the unions jointly announced Monday. According to the two organizations, it was the largest distribution in the history of the unions’ Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. 12 more words
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