Author: Madiha Ahmed

EXCLUSIVE: UMC, the AMC Networks streaming service with a focus on Black film and TV, has renewed four of its original series including the top-rated Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy and A House Divided, which will both return for their third seasons. The streamer also gave Season 2 renewals to rookies Double Cross and Stuck With You, part of a renewed focus on … Continue reading UMC Renews ‘Monogamy’, ‘Double Cross’, House Divided,’ More Amid Sub Surge Continue Reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Valentine, business agent of IATSE Stagehands Local 33 in Los Angeles, says he doesn’t expect concerts, sporting events and theatrical productions to return with audiences until 2021. Even so, he’s hopeful that the show will go on, even if it has to be without live audiences. “We have been in discussions with employers to think about … Continue reading L.A. Stagehands Local 33 Co-Chief Ron Valentine’s Harrowing Account Of Early Days Of Shutdown & Herculean Efforts To Get Town Back To Work Continue Reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Village Roadshow Pictures has acquired Legacy, a feature piece based on an original idea by T.J. Fixman with David Goyer and Keith Levine attached to produce via Phantom Four Films. The character-driven action film, which is said to be in the vein of The Bourne Identity, follows an enigmatic man who sets out to disrupt a powerful underworld run by the … Continue reading Village Roadshow, Phantom Four Films Team On ‘Legacy’ From T.J. Fixman Continue Reading →

  Riverdale‘s KJ Apa and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists‘ Sofia Carson have landed the lead roles as star-crossed lovers in the Adam Goodman and Michael Bay pandemic thriller production Songbird which started filming last Wednesday in Los Angeles. Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, Songbird takes place two years into the future, as a lockdown has been re-implemented after … Continue reading ‘Songbird’: ‘Riverdale’s KJ Apa & ‘Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists’s Sofia Carson Land Lead Roles In Pandemic Thriller Continue Reading →

Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that when the 2020-21 academic year starts August 18 it will not be with students at school facilities, owing to concerns about the recent spike in coronavirus cases in the city and across much of the country. The decision came after city’s teachers union last week called for … Continue reading L.A. Schools Rule Out In-Person Instruction To Begin 2020-21 Academic Year Continue Reading →

A federal judge Monday permanently struck down as unconstitutional an anti-abortion bill in Georgia — legislation that prompted protests from Hollwyood last year and had some threatening to move production out of the state if it was ever enforced. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled against  Georgia in a lawsuit filed by reproductive rights groups and several … Continue reading Federal Judge Strikes Down Georgia Anti-Abortion Bill Continue Reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Freestlye Digital Media has acquired the North American-rights to Ben Hickernell-directed coming-of-age mystery/thriller What We Found and released the first trailer for the movie. The digital distributor, which is part of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, will release the movie on DVD and North American VOD Platforms on August 4. Written by HIckernell, What We Found follows a group of … Continue reading Freestyle Digital Media Acquires Coming-of-age Thriller ‘What We Found’, Releases First Trailer Continue Reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Fallon has become the first late-night host to get back to the studio as The Tonight Show returns to 30 Rock. Fallon returned to a modified Studio 6A to film tonight’s episode of NBC late-night show and he and the show’s house band The Roots will continue to film in the New York studio with a limited crew. New York Governor … Continue reading ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Returns To Studio; Gov. Cuomo Welcomes Him Back To The City Continue Reading →

The Tonight Show returned to the studio tonight with Jimmy Fallon kicking off with an emotional message to viewers. Fallon, sitting on a stool in the middle of the studio, rather than behind the traditional desk, and dressed in a sweater and sneakers rather that his usual suit, said that “any type of normalcy feels great” during the … Continue reading ‘The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon Sings “It’s Starting To Look A Bit Like Normal” As He Returns To 30 Rock Studio Continue Reading →

Grant Imahara, a former MythBusters and White Rabbit Project host who earlier worked as a modelmaker for Industrial Light + Magic, died Monday. He was 49. A Discovery spokesperson confirmed that the news but did not provide details. Imahara co-hosted more than 200 episodes of Discovery’s MythBusters starting with Season 3 in 2005 and remained with the show until 2014. He … Continue reading Grant Imahara Dies: Former ‘MythBusters’ & ‘White Rabbit Project’ Host Was 49 Continue Reading →