Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has nabbed a lead role alongside Nicholas Denton in Anne Rice’s The Talamasca drama for AMC Networks. McGovern will play Helen in the third series of AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe to bow on AMC and AMC+ in 2025. Joining the earlier two series Interview With The Vampire and Mayfair […]
Eduardo Xol, a TV designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, has died. He was 58. Xol died Friday at the Desert Regional Medical Center after sustaining injuries during an apparent stabbing on Sept. 10 in Palm Springs, according to a report issued by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. No specific cause of death for the reality […]
After failing to reach a new deal on Tuesday, casting directors and Hollywood studios are planning to continue negotiating this week ahead of a Sept. 30 contract expiration date. That’s according to a social media post from Teamsters Local 399, which along with Teamsters Local 817 represents a group of around 700 Los Angeles- and […]
As the conversation around UFOs/UAPs continues to heat up on Capitol Hill, documentarian James Fox has set his next feature on the subject. Fox directs The Program, which is described as exploring “the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP.” In July 2023, three […]
Christopher Ashley, the longtime artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse, will take over as artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway. He will begin his tenure in July 2026 for the 2027-2028 season. Scott Ellis, current interim artistic director, will continue in the role for the 2025-2026 season, and Ellis will work with Ashley […]
Some familiar voices will be coming to Meta’s AI chatbots on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. At the Meta Connect event Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the voice updates to the company’s suite of AI products, alongside other offerings like AI dubbing and tools to use AI to edit photos. Zuckerberg said that the voice […]
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit from authors involving the company’s artificial intelligence technology. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson on Tuesday rejected Meta’s bid to bar the deposition of Zuckerberg, pointing to evidence indicating that he’s the “principal decision maker” of the tech giant’s AI initiatives. Authors Sarah […]
Jane Schoenbrun has discussed “dancing with the devil” a.k.a., senior execs in Hollywood’s film industry, while making hit film I Saw the TV Glow. Trans director Schoenbrun spoke candidly at the San Sebastian Film Festival event Wednesday afternoon following a screening of the movie, taking the time to praise Emma Stone, whose production company Fruit […]
A dozen years ago, Netflix started a global media revolution in a Norwegian ski resort. Lilyhammer a fish-out-of-water series set in Lillehammer, Norway featuring ex-Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt as a mafioso on witness protection was the streamer’s first entry into the original series business. A year later came a little show called House of […]
Travis Kelce is revealing his guilty pleasure show. On Wednesday’s episode of New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end admitted he was a fan of Gossip Girl growing up. Toward the end of the conversation, the brothers fielded questions from fans, one of which asked what guilty pleasure show […]