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2007s An American Crime contains some of the most horrific abuse ever seen on-screen, and its made all the more disturbing due to being based on a true story. Directed by Tommy OHaver and starring Elliot Page and Catherine Keener, An American Crime tells the story of Sylvia Likens (Page), an Indianapolis teen who finds herself in the care of a family friend, Gertrude Baniszewski (Keener). However, shortly after arriving in the Baniszewski home, Sylvia finds herself subjected to a campaign of brutal torture at the hands of Gertrude, Gertrudes children, and many local neighborhood kids.

An American Crime is nothing short of disturbing. Whats even more disturbing, however, is the true crime on which its based. It would be unfair to say that An American Crime pulled no punches in its depiction of the abuse and murder of the real Sylvia Likens, because in reality it pulled several. The...

Kevin Turen, a producer on “Euphoria,” “The Idol,” and Ti West’s “X” trilogy,” died over the weekend. He was 44. A cause of death is not yet known.

Jay Penske, CEO of Variety‘s parent company Penske Media Corporation, was a close friend of Turen’s and released a statement on his passing.

“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Penske said. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars today.”

Turen was known for working alongside Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson, having co-founded Little Lamb Productions...

Kevin Turen, a producer on HBO’s Euphoria and The Idol and Ti West’s X, Pearl and MaXXXine, has died. He was 44.

A spokesperson for Penske Media Corp., the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed Turen’s death. No other details were immediately available.

“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of Pmc and a close friend of Turen, said in a statement. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars.”

Turen was closely associated with Sam and Ashley Levinson. The trio co-founded Little Lamb Productions,...

Exclusive: Emmy-nominee Richard Cabral has joined the cast of Peacock’s Twisted Metal. Cabral will star as Quiet’s (Stephanie Beatriz) overprotective brother Loud in the live-action video game adaptation.

From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith and based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Twisted Metal is a half-hour action-comedy about a motor-mouthed outsider (Anthony Mackie) offered a chance at a better life — but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief (Beatriz), he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all-too-familiar ice cream truck.

Neve Campbell, Thomas Hayden Church, and Will Arnett also star.

Mackie and showrunner Smith will executive produce alongside Kitao Sakurai — who also will direct multiple episodes — Reese,...

Station 19 alum Okieriete Onaodowan has been tapped to play the title role in AMC’s Demascus, a comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, Deadline has confirmed.

Desmascus, picked up in February as part of AMC’s straight-to-series development model, is executive produced by former Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul EP Mark Johnson, via his Gran Via Productions banner. The AMC Studios-produced series is expected to debut next year on both AMC and AMC+.

Created by Chisholm, Demascus follows Demascus (Onaodowan), a 33-year-old Black man on a mission of self-discovery and the burgeoning field of digital psychiatry that might be the key to defining his truest self. The series is a comedic, genre-fluid, coming-of-age story with a reality-bending premise that explores the gulf between Black male perspectives, while also attempting to answer Demascus’ personal question: “Who am I?”

American Crime’s Kirk Moore is showrunner with Myki Bajaj of Gran Via producing.

The King of Latin Pop, Ricky Martin, is set to lead the upcoming Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs. American Pie, based on the popular novel by Juliet McDaniel. As reported by Deadline, the multi-time Grammy winner will play the male lead, Robert, starring alongside the previously announced Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, and Laura Dern, who developed the series with her producing partner Jayme Lemons. Martin, who is scheduled to perform in Cannes at the American Foundation for Aids Research gala later this week, continues to take on bigger acting roles. He recently played Antonio D’Amico in Ryan Murphy’s FX drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace, part of the American Crime Story anthology. The role earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie. The 10-episode comedy is written, executive produced, and showrun by Abe Sylvia, who is also behind the upcoming Jessica Chastain series George & Tammy.

Exclusive: Global superstar Ricky Martin is to lead Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs. American Pie, Deadline can reveal.

The news comes with the multiple Grammy winner and Emmy nominee star in Cannes preparing to perform at the American Foundation for Aids Research gala alongside the likes of Christina Aguilera later this week.

Martin will star in Mrs. American Pie as the male lead, Robert, and is the latest to be added to a cast list that includes Kristen Wiig, Alison Janney and Laura Dern for the series that is exec produced by Dern.

The move is a huge lead role for Martin, who was last seen playing Antonio D’Amico in Ryan Murphy’s critically-acclaimed FX drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace, part of the American Crime story anthology.

He is understood to be seeking meatier roles as he develops his acting career and Mrs. American Pie is a perfect opportunity.

Saban Films has taken global rights to the John Travolta and Stephen Dorff feature, American Metal.

Writer and first-time feature director Nicholas Maggio’s film tells the story of a desperate and struggling family man who robs a pill mill. However, when the theft turns violent, he finds himself hunted by both the police and the Dixieland mafia. Filming just wrapped in Georgia with Saban Films looking at a 2023 release.

Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead) Ashley Benson (Spring Breakers) and Kevin Dillon also star.

The pic was produced by 308 Entertainment’s Corey Large and Bernie Gewissler in association with Bondit Media Capital.

The feature reps the second film with Travolta and Dorff for 308 Entertainment’s Large, following the upcoming Saban release Paradise City.

Travolta received two Best Actor Oscar nominations for 1977’s Saturday Night Fever and 1994’s Pulp Fiction.

Exclusive: Clayton Cardenas (Mayans M.C.) has signed on to star opposite Taraji P. Henson in Alessandro Camon’s drama Time Alone, based on his play of the same name, which will enter production in Los Angeles in July.

In the film, Cardenas will play Gabriel, a young man convicted of killing a gang rival. His journey intersects with Anna (Henson), the mother of a police officer murdered in the line of duty, as they both end up in the world’s most lonely places: a solitary confinement prison cell, and the silent house of a grieving mother.

Cardenas was originally slated to play Gabriel on stage when the Belle Rêve production premiered at Los Angeles Theatre Center, before scheduling complications arose. Time Alone went on to receive the Stage Raw Award and Critics Award for Best Play, along with other nominations. Emanuel Morretti’s Motus Studios will finance and...

A dramatic dead end of heavy-handed storytelling, AMC‘s 61st Street loads its deck so obviously that its best intentions and first-rate cast barely stand a chance. Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story) is, as always, excellent as an underdog public defender Franklin Roberts, who’s taking on one Last Big Case. And should you think it’s mere coincidence that he keeps struggling for breath and appears to be nursing a private pain all the time, welcome to the melodramatic style of series creator Peter Moffat, whose devices here are only slightly less ludicrous than in his Showtime series Your Honor (one of the biggest wastes in Bryan Cranston‘s brilliant career). (Credit: James Washington/AMC) Vance is matched at every step by King Richard Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis as his politically ambitious and decidedly outspoken wife Martha, whose run for public office in Chicago on a...

Regina King is a workhorse. There's no more delicate way to describe the sort of person who can sustain a career like hers, one that's not just still surviving some 30 years after it began, but truly thriving. The four-time Emmy winner has spent the last few years raising the game on television in prestige dramas like Southland, American Crime, The Leftovers, and Watchmen and snatched her first Golden Globe and Oscar wins for her work on the big screen in Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk. Plus, there's her work behind the camera in One Night in Miami... that earned her a Golden Globe and Directors Guild Award nominations. Amid all the accolades that have been thrown...

The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20 hosted by the WGA West and WGA East.

Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series winners Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, with newcomers to the list including several shows with multiple noms: HBO Max’s Emmy winner Hacks, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and Disney+’s Marvel series Loki. That group along with FX’s Reservation Dogs comprise the awards’ New Series nominees list.

The wide-ranging list also includes noms for Netflix’s Maid and Midnight Mass, HBO’s critically lauded The White Lotus and Emmy winner Mare of Easttown, Amazon Prime Video’s The Underground Railroad and Disney+’s WandaVision in the longform categories.

Other notables: noms for Taylor Sheridan’s...

Let the gussying-up begin. The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has applied the nominations for its ninth annual awards show next month. See the film list of nominations below.

Triple nominees on the film side are The Suicide Squad, House of Gucci, Coming 2 America and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Among the pics scoring two noms apiece are Dune, No Time to Die, Being the Ricardos and Cruella.

The movies vying for Best Contemporary Make-Up are Black Widow, Coming 2 America, Don’t Look Up, No Time to Die and The Suicide Squad. Films in the hunt for Best Contemporary Hair Styling are Coming 2 America, In the Heights, No Time to Die, The Matrix Resurrections and The Suicide Squad.

The Period and/or Character Make-Up nominees are Being the Ricardos, Cruella, Dune, House of Gucci and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. All of those also will compete for Best Period...

Former ABC head of drama Brian Morewitz and former ABC Signature head of comedy Melanie Frankel have joined Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment as heads of creative, TheWrap has confirmed. The two will share developmental oversight of comedy and drama projects for the company, which already has a full slate of series in the works.

Recent series from Kapital include ABC’s “A Million Little Things” and Showtime’s “The Chi.” The company, which was founded in 2009, has four new premieres this week alone: NBC comedy “American Auto” starring Ana Gasteyer debuts Tuesday; ABC limited series “Women Of the Movement” and its companion docuseries “Let the World See” both premiere Thursday, Jan. 6; and Fox comedy “Pivoting” with Ginnifer Goodwin and Maggie Q launches on Sunday, Jan. 9.

Morewitz and Frankel succeed Dana Honor, who left in November after five years at the company. Both Morewitz and Frankel have previously worked with...

Exclusive: Former ABC head of drama Brian Morewitz and former ABC Signature head of comedy Melanie Frankel have joined Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment as Heads Of Creative. Morewitz and Frankel will both run the creative and work across comedy and drama, spearheading projects from inception through on-air run as executive producers.

The duo will lead Kapital’s development team, which includes the company’s creative executives Jessie Abbott and Kevin Marco — both of whom have been promoted to VP — as well as Evan Terrell who has joined Kapital as creative executive.

Additionally, Kapital has brought in Matt Conner as VP of Production, reporting to the company’ head of production Michael Lohmann, and has promoted Sean Richards, who works for Kapital’s head of business affairs Sandra Ortiz, to VP of Business Affairs.

The slew of hires and promotions come as Kapital kicks off 2022 with four new series premieres this...

2021 was a great year for TV.

There was some great programming to get us through a difficult year.

But there were also some terrible returning dramas that squandered excellent opportunities to tell good storylines.

We spoke to the entire TV Fanatic staff to get insight into what worked and didn't work for returning dramas in 2021.

Have a look below.

Succession - HBO - Best

King Lear meets Desperate Housewives may be a silly comparison, but it seems to fit.

The narrative, the acting, the nuance, the close-to-home-ness of the struggles of the rich -- all is insane, and all is superb.

Season 3 is just as outrageous as its prior seasons, and we can't get enough. As is the case for every Succession season finale, the third one is enough to keep us up at night... again.

American Crime Story: Impeachment - FX - Best

Having Monica Lewinsky as a producer...

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The 2022 Golden Globe nominations are in, and the competition is fierce! Television and movies really stepped it up in 2021, and it shows - get it? On Monday, Dec. 13, Snoop Dogg announced the movies and television shows nominated for the 79th annual Golden Globe Awards, taking place on Jan. 9, on behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Power of the Dog and Belfast dominated in the film categories, whereas Pose, Succession, and Squid Game rose to the top in the TV categories.

The nominations for the 2022 ceremony come months after NBC announced in May that it would not air the Globes due to reports about the HFPA not having any Black members on the board of 87 journalists. Following the backlash, the HFPA revealed in August that it had made steps to make membership more inclusive by adding "21 new and predominantly diverse journalists (the largest in HFPA...

Allblk, AMC Networks’ streamer for Black content, has greenlit “Send Help,” a coming-of-age dark comedy created by “Insecure” recurring star Jean Elie and writer and story editor Mike Gauyo.

“Send Help” will follow Fritz (Elie), a young first generation Haitian American struggling to overcome the challenges of “making it” in Hollywood, while coming to terms with a recent family tragedy. He relocates to L.A. from Brockton, Mass., all while trying to be the new man of the family and exploring the Southern California dating scene. Throughout the series, Fritz fights to conquer his feelings of imposter syndrome, the Hollywood community and his family issues. Rather than address his shortcomings head on, he chooses to deny and avoid the issues that everyone else can see.

In “Insecure,” Elie played Issa’s (Issa Rae) younger brother Ahmal. He has also appeared in episodes of “The Eric Andre Show” and “American Crime.

Spoiler alert: This column contains light spoilers about the Nov. 2 episode titled “The Grand Jury.”

On the penultimate episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) closes her testimony before the grand jury in the Clinton perjury case by tearfully declaring “I hate Linda Tripp.” The jury, which had begun its service in an adversarial position and asked Lewinsky some tough questions, has fallen for her: “I know, that’s right,” declares an unseen juror. “Forget her!” What sounds like a second voice says, “What goes around comes around.”

The “American Crime Story” franchise hasn’t been shy about a certain narrative gaudiness in the past. But this strikes the viewer as, finally, too much. That Lewinsky actually said this is a matter of historical record. Whether or not they really did, the jurors rooting for her represents one more instance of the show throwing its narrative power behind one character.

Ventana Sur’s Blood Window Works in Progress sidebar, along with the event’s Screenings and project pitchings, have firmly cemented the annual event as one of the standout dates for genre cinema in Latin America and abroad. This year, six works in progress will screen as part a hybrid Ventana Sur market which will run Nov. 29 through Dec. 3.

The 2021 selection of works in progress can, in some ways, be seen as a return to form for the event. Over the past several years, the types of films screened in the section have diversified to include science fiction, fantasy and thriller propositions, in addition to the traditional horror flicks on which it was founded. For 2021, however, terror is the name of the game once again, with all six films self-defining as either horror, thriller or a combination of the two genres.

Also notable is the impressive spread of countries contributing to the section.

David Magidoff is a busy guy! From roles on The Morning Show, American Crime Story: Impeachment, to crafting original comedy -- he's got a lot on his plate.

We talked with him about his role as rookie police officer Teddy Reed on the highly-anticipated Showtime reboot Dexter: New Blood, other upcoming projects, and how he lives for the funny moments in dark situations.

Check out portions of our discussion below!

Mary Littlejohn: Were you familiar with the first series of Dexter? Had you watched it prior to being cast?

David Magidoff: I knew that people loved it. It's amazing to see, in a beautiful way, how many people absolutely loved, missed, obsessed, were passionate about the show. 

I loved doing The Morning Show, but that was a brand new thing -- we were all learning about something new together. Jumping into something that's both new and also this wonderful thing...

The Television Academy Foundation named two new members to its board of directors: Nne Ebong, vice president of overall deals for series at Netflix, and Jamila Hunter, executive vice president of programming and development at Freeform. Both have been elected to three-year terms.

At Netflix, Ebong leads the development of original series under creative partnerships with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and others. She joined Netflix after serving as creative lead at film and television studio Wiip, where she developed and produced projects for cable, streaming and the international marketplace. Her projects at Wiip included HBO’s “The White House Plumbers” and Amazon’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Ebong also developed series such as “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” and “American Crime” while heading drama development for ABC Studios from 2013 to 2018.

Ebong’s humanitarian work includes being a “big sister” through...

Exclusive: Rising actors Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us) and Kiana Madeira (Fear Street Trilogy) have been set to star in feature drama Brother, which is filming in and around Toronto.

Written and directed by Clement Virgo (Greenleaf) and based on David Chariandy’s novel, Brother is set against Toronto’s early hip hop scene. The film charts the story of Francis and Michael, sons of Caribbean immigrants, who are maturing into young men during the sweltering summer of 1991. Escalating tensions set off a series of events that change the course of the brothers’ lives forever.

Producing are Virgo and Damon D’Oliveira of Conquering Lion Pictures, along with Aeschylus Poulos and Sonya Di Rienzo of Hawkeye Pictures.

The pic will be distributed in Canada by Elevation Pictures. Foreign sales will be handled by Bron Releasing. Filming will run...

Ayo Davis, who most recently served as the EVP, creative development and strategy at Disney Branded Television, has been promoted to president by Peter Rice, chairman of Disney General Entertainment. In her new role, Davis will take on the creative and operational leadership of the content group, which helps fuel the Disney Plus streaming platform and Disney Channel, Disney Xd and Disney Junior linear networks with content geared toward kids, tweens, teens and families. Davis will work closely with Gary Marsh to facilitate the transition, as he exits the president position and begins his new pursuit heading a production company focused on developing programming for Dge. Davis will report to Rice.

“Ayo is a focused leader with impeccable creative instincts who’s excelled in every role she’s held at Disney,” said Rice in a statement. “Her creative eye for talent has made meaningful impact in front of and behind the camera,...

Once again, Disney has reached within to fill a top job on the TV side. Ayo Davis, most recently EVP, Creative Development and Strategy for Disney Branded Entertainment, has been promoted to President of the division.

Davis succeeds Gary Marsh, who is stepping down as President and Chief Creative Officer of Disney Branded Television, leaving the Disney executive ranks after 33 years to become a producer with a deal at the studio.

This is the second big promotion in 10-month for Davis who had spent 18 years at Disney as a casting executive, most recently EVP, Talent and Casting, ABC Entertainment and Disney+, when she was named EVP, Creative Development and Strategy for Disney Branded Entertainment last November.

Davis, who will report to Peter Rice, Chairman Disney General Entertainment, takes on the creative and operational leadership of the content group tasked with development and production of Disney branded programming for the company...

Ready or not, here comes the fall TV season. Unlike 2020, there’s actually a Premiere Week this year, with the broadcast networks kicking off their 2021-22 campaign on September 20 — the day after the Primetime Emmy Awards, as was the old normal. Here is Deadline’s comprehensive annual list of fall premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning series. It covers more than 450 broadcast, cable and streaming shows bowing from September 1 through December 31 in all dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.

September 1:

Future of Work (PBS, new documentary miniseries)

Expedition X (Discovery, Season 4)

Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories

September 2:

Q-Force

What We Do in the Shadows

A.P. Bio (Peacock, Season 4)

Trolls: Trollstopia (Hulu,...

Last Year’s Winner: “Watchmen”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: Repeat winners aren’t the norm in Limited Series, and while they do happen, it’s more common to see networks go on hot streaks — albeit brief ones. Currently, HBO has won the Best Limited Series category in back-to-back years, first for “Chernobyl” and then for “Watchmen.” The premium cable giant has also won in three of the last four years and seven of the last 11. Its last win gave it more trophies for Best Limited Series than any other network in history, and yet HBO has still never won more than twice in a row. Only one network has: NBC, from 1986 – 1988.

Fun Fact: Speaking of repeats, only four series have earned more than two nominations in the Limited Series category: “Horatio Hornblower” and “Fargo” both have three, “American Horror Story” has four, and “Prime Suspect” is the all-time leader with five.

Sarah Paulson is one of the most popular stars of American Horror Story.

The actress has been with the show since the beginning, appearing in all but one season.

When she was absent from American Horror Story 1984, fans had one question:

Where is Sarah Paulson?

Now, it seems like fans will have that question for the years to come.

The 46-year-old appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday night and got candid about her future with the series could be.

"I don't know," she responded when asked about what she could be working with Ryan Murphy on in the future.  

"It's the first time in about three years where I don't know," the star added. 

"I think this is my last season of Horror Story, probably. I mean, I don't know."

"Every time he comes to me with some wackadoodle-stoodle character I tend to be like, 'Yes! Let's do it!

James Corden announced he’d joined the “Impeachment: American Crime Story” fan club on Wednesday’s “Late Late Show” and recapped the first episode for viewers who have yet to jump on the bandwagon. But while he was giving everyone a synopsis of the Ryan Murphy-created anthology’s Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton scandal installment, he also managed to slip in a plug for a company near and dear to his heart: Weight Watchers.

“There’s a lot of ’90s references, but sometimes, they’ll reference something that you didn’t know was a ’90s reference because it is something that has really endured across the decades, showing how truly great the product actually is,” Corden said, before cutting to an actual “Impeachment” scene between Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) and Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), where the two former White House employees discuss the lacking quality of the meals...

Last Year’s Winner: Regina King, “Watchmen”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: Rare is it to see an acting hot streak in the limited series categories, but we kind of, sort of, have one! Regina King has won two of the last three trophies for Best Actress in a Limited Series, after pulling off the upset in 2018 to win for “Seven Seconds” and then rolling to a well-deserved win for “Watchmen” in 2020. And if you extend the streak beyond Best Actress to Best Supporting Actress, then King has won in four of the last six years. (She took home the Emmy for “American Crime” in 2015 and 2016.) And her hot streak could continue if she’s nominated for hosting “SNL” this year, though not in the Limited Series section.

Fun Fact: A comedy has not been nominated in this category since 2014, when TV Academy voters saw fit to nominate Kristen Wiig...

Collecting her second Emmy on Sunday night, Maya Rudolph not only became the first person in 20 years to win twice consecutively in the same category, twice–she won her second consecutive Emmy for her Big Mouth voice role, and another second consecutive Emmy for guesting on SNL—but she also became the third Black woman ever to win back-to back Emmys. Picking up the gold for Comedy Guest Actress for hosting Saturday Night Live, Rudolph was thrilled to learn of the latter achievement backstage.

“Wow that’s amazing,’ she told reporters. “I feel honored to be part of something like that. I feel like this Emmy is very fitting in that it’s for something that feels like such a personal achievement. It’s for hosting my childhood love and dream and at a place in my life I finally realized it’s what I do best, and what makes me happiest when I perform.

Maya Rudolph has picked up a second consecutive guest comedy actress Emmy for “Saturday Night Live,” just hours after she picked up her second consecutive character voice-over performance Emmy.

With these wins, Rudolph also becomes only the second woman of color and the fourth person of color overall to pick up back-to-back acting wins in the same category from the Television Academy. Bill Cosby was the first to achieve this, with consecutive lead drama actor wins for “I Spy” in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Charles S. Dutton became the second, winning a guest drama actor statue in 2002 for “The Practice” and then the same race in 2003 for “Without A Trace.” Regina King was the first woman to do this, winning the supporting limited series/TV movie actress race first in 2015 and then again in 2016, both times for “American Crime.”

“I feel really honored to be a part of something like that,” Rudolph told...

Now that NBC’s cancelled Manifest has been officially saved for a fourth — and final — season on Netflix, it’s time to take stock of which actors will be back, and which… won’t.

For starters, it should come as little surprise that Athena Karkanis, whose Grace Stone was fatally stabbed in the Season 3 finale, has exited the series, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Exclusive: Netflix and Warner Bros. Television have secured all key Manifest cast members for the upcoming supersized, 20-episode fourth and final season of the missing plane drama.

Series regulars Parveen Kaur, Luna Blaise and Holly Taylor have closed deals to return for the new season, joining Josh Dallas, Melissa Roxburgh and J.R. Ramirez who had completed their negotiations on the eve of the 8/28 announcement of Manifest‘s resurrection by Netflix two and a half months after the show’s cancellation by NBC.

Additionally, Ty Doran who guest-starred as an older version of Cal Stone in one of the big twists during the Season 3 finale, is joining the cast as a series regular for Season 4.

Spoiler Alert: Doran will be taking over playing the character from Jack Messina who portrayed younger Cal Stone for the first three seasons of the show. He is leaving the series alongside Athena Karkanis who played...

American Crime Story is one of the best anthology series that has focused on some of America's most notorious events, like the O.J. Simpson murder case and the death of Gianni Versace. Now, it returns with a new story Impeachment, premiering on September 7 on FX.

Related: 10 Things We Know So Far About Impeachment

Impeachment follows the Clinton Scandal, one of the most infamous presidential bombshells in history when it was revealed that President Clinton had abused his power to initiate a sexual relationship with an intern. The scandal is still referenced today, and the event has been spoofed and joked about in the media. Therefore, it is important to learn the background of this case, including the developments and the aftermath.

Half a decade has passed since Lin-Manuel Miranda finished his Broadway run as the star of “Hamilton,” but the adulation for his work just keeps coming. The Tony-winning smash, which Miranda also wrote, experienced a surge in popularity after a filmed version featuring the entire original cast premiered on Disney+ last July. Miranda and six of his castmates have been recognized for their acting, which makes most of them part of an exclusive group of performers who have earned Tony and Emmy bids for the same role.

Just as they did at the 2016 Tonys, leading men Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. face each other directly in this year’s Best Movie/Limited Actor Emmy race. Nominated for their supporting turns are Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Anthony Ramos, and Phillipa Soo. Ramos is the only one to have not originally competed at the Tonys, as that slot was instead filled by Christopher Jackson.

It’s been so long since FX’s American Crime Story debuted (Obama was still president!) that it’s easy to forget how much trepidation surrounded that first season, The People v. O.J. Simpson. The O.J. trial was a circus at the time it unfolded. Producer Ryan Murphy’s track record seemed even more fragile in 2016 than it does now, circa the death rattle of Glee and misfires like Scream Queens. And the casting felt odd in so many places: David Schwimmer as Kim Kardashian’s dad? John Travolta...

Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story anthology series made its bones in uncanny wigs and makeup. In the first season of the show, The People V. O.J. Simpson, Murphy drove right to the edge of camp, parked his car, and screamed, “Sarah Paulson shall wear this obvious wig and it will be glorious.” And it was. But this…...

Hard to believe that the Halloween season is nearly upon us, but after taking 2020 off due to the ongoing pandemic, Universal Studios Hollywood’s Horror Nights is set to kick off in less than two weeks when it opens on Thursday, September 9th. Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to tour two of the 2021 Hhn mazes along with a group of our fellow haunt enthusiasts, and we brought back some insights to get you fright fiends ready for what you can expect from both The Haunting of Hill House and The Bride of Frankenstein Lives mazes that will be part of Universal Hollywood’s Horror Nights this year.

For The Haunting of Hill House maze, it was up to John Murdy, Chris Williams, and their team to recreate the titular locale that was front and center in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series. When you go through the maze, every room...

TV docudramas always walk a fine line between illumination and exploitation. But American Crime Story‘s first installment, The People v. O.J. Simpson, broke the mold by doing the impossible: It gave us a fresh perspective on a story we thought we already knew so well. It had depth, it had nuance, it made us rethink the legacies of infamous media pariahs… and I say all that to emphasize that Impeachment: American Crime Story does none of this.

Despite its lofty pedigree, Impeachment is a disaster: a schlocky, overheated melodrama that’s only a degree or two removed from a Saturday Night Live parody.

“Impeachment: American Crime Story” is empty. Season 3 of FX’s anthology series, following 2016’s lauded debut “The People vs. O.J. Simpson” and 2018’s divisive follow-up “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” is stark in its tomb-like depiction of Washington D.C., from the desolate corridors of the White House to a lonely residence at the Watergate. But the series, which dramatizes the investigation into Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky in the lead up to his impeachment, is also obsessed with its own recreation; tawdry character reveals and nostalgia traps overwhelm the exigent reframing of a well-known story, now seen (in part) from the victim’s point of view. Better appreciating America’s past abuses of power — by the president, by the media, by anyone who can benefit from punching down — is a compelling ambition, but “Impeachment” is far more beguiled by the trappings of history than excavating telling angles for today.

Chernin Entertainment has expanded its executive leadership with three key hires: NBCUniversal veteran Bill McGoldrick, Starz exec Juan Alfonso , and Fox 21 legal pro Vibiana Molina.

McGoldrick has been named executive vice president of film and television, with Alfonso serving as senior vice president over those two portfolios. Molina was named executive vice president of business affairs earlier this year. In addition to their hires, Christina Porter and Jordan Compton have been named creative executives.

The three senior roles will report into Jeno Topping, Chernin’s president of film and TV who announced the additions on Thursday.

The expansion comes as the company ramps up development and production, having closed several key content deals in the past year including a multi-year first-look partnership with Spotify to adapt original podcasts for television, film, and digital video. They also partnered with Award-winning producer Connor Schell, former senior executive at ESPN, to produce high-end unscripted.

Bill McColdrick has found his next job after stepping down as President of Original Content at NBCUniversal Entertainment Networks and Direct-to-Consumer last November amid restructuring. The well-liked veteran TV development executive has joined Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment as EVP of Film and Television.

McGoldrick is one of three senior executive additions at the company’s team over the past several months, along with Starz’s Juan Alfonso, who was appointed SVP of Film and Television, and Fox 21’s Vibiana Molina, tapped as EVP of Business Affairs. Additionally, Christina Porter and Jordan Compton have joined the team as Creative Executives.

Following the existing company structure, all executives will work on projects for both the film and television slates. They all report to Jenno Topping, Chernin Entertainment’s President of Film and Television.

Chernin Entertainment has a first-look film deal at Netflix. Additionally, the company closed several major content deals in the past year,...

Bill McGoldrick, former president of original content for NBCUniversal Entertainment Networks, has joined Chernin Entertainment as Executive Vice President of Film and Television, the company announced Thursday. In addition, Starz veteran Juan Alfonso was named SVP of Film and Television and Vibiana Molina as EVP of business affairs.

All the executives will report to Jenno Topping, Chernin Entertainment’s president of Film and Television.

Chernin has grown its content production in the last year, including a multiyear first-look partnership with Spotify to adapt the audio streamer’s original podcasts for TV, film and digital video. The company also partnered with award-winning producer Connor Schell, former senior executive at ESPN, to produce high-end, unscripted content.

“We are thrilled to welcome Bill, Juan, Vibiana, Christina and Jordan to our existing team of powerhouse creative executives,” Topping said in a statement.

While at NBCUniversal Entertainment Networks, McGoldrick oversaw development and current for all...

Court will remain in session at Showtime with a second-season renewal of Your Honor , the network announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour.

It was also confirmed that Bryan Cranston will return as New Orleans judge Michael Desiato, a role which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. The 10-episode second season is expected to premiere sometime in 2022.

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Beanie Feldstein understands Monica Lewinsky unlike anyone else, because she had a great teacher: Monica Lewinsky. Season three of American Crime Story stars the 28-year-old actress as the former White House intern-turned-activist, who happens to also be a producer for this installment. The highly anticipated season, which premieres Sept. 7 on FX, unpacks the affair between former President Bill Clinton and his 22-year-old intern, Lewinsky. In her cover story interview for W Magazine, Feldstein revealed that she fully understands how Lewinsky found herself at the center of this political controversy. "My task is to be Monica's bodyguard—to put my body in front of hers,"...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Timothy Hutton (American Crime) is set for a recurring role in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Inspired by the book Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement by Devery S. Anderson, the six-episode limited series is set in 1955. It centers on Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren), who risks her life to find justice after her son Emmett (Cedric Joe) is brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chooses to bear her pain on the world stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today.

Hutton will play Jesse J. Breland, lead defense council in the trial of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant...

Impeachment: American Crime Story Trailer and TV Spots — FX‘s American Crime Story: Season 3 (Impeachment) TV show trailer and TV show commercials have been released. The Impeachment: American Crime Story trailer and TV spots stars Beanie Feldstein, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Paulson, Clive Owen, Edie Falco, Joseph Mazzello, Taran Killam, Margo [...]

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Last Year’s Winner: Uzo Aduba, “Mrs. America”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: The same actor hasn’t repeated in this category since Regina King took home back-to-back trophies for “American Crime” in 2015 and 2016 — which is the only time anyone has garnered consecutive wins in a category not exactly conducive to repetition — but nominees from streaming series have won the last three years running.

Fun Fact: As is the case surprisingly often with the Emmys, the actor with the most nominations in category history is not among the most awarded winners. Kathy Bates has seven nominations here

Notable Ineligible Series: “American Crime Story: Impeachment” (the season did not air in time to be eligible); “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” (submitted as a Drama Series)

At the bottom of this page are IndieWire Deputy TV Editor Ben Travers’ predictions for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie.

Ryan Murphy has more stories to scare, uh, we mean share. On Friday, Aug. 13, FX announced that the critically acclaimed TV producer and his producing partner Brad Falchuk will be expanding their empire at the network with two new anthology shows, American Love Story and American Sports Story. And, much like its predecessor American Crime Story, the spinoffs will dive into prominent, real-life moments that shaped the cultural landscape. For starters, season one of American Love Story is said to depict John F. Kennedy Jr.'s headline-making courtship with Carolyn Bessette. "What started out as a beautiful union for the young couple, widely regarded as American royalty, began to fray under the stress of...