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Mark Monroe, writer-producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary Lucy and Desi, calls Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz “the most powerful couple probably Hollywood has ever seen.” Not only did the pair found Desilu Studios, a major independent production company, but they created one of the most beloved TV programs of all time with I Love Lucy....
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Director W. Kamau Bell, executive producer Katie A. King and editor Jennifer Brooks joined Deadline's Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season event to discuss working on the Showtime docuseries We Need To Talk About Cosby, and navigating triggering material. The four-part series is nominated for three Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Narrator, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction...
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Part survival story, coming-of-age drama and horror saga, Showtime's Yellowjackets follows a plane crash in 1996 that leaves a high school girls soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness, as well as the lives of the survivors 25 years later. Karyn Kusama, who directed and executive produced the pilot, said the intention was always to...
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On the morning they opened the writers room for the fifth and final season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, Emmy-nominated creators Matt & Ross Duffer teamed with prosthetics designer Barrie Gower to relive for Deadline Contenders the events of Season 4. Stranger Things got 13 Emmy nominations for a season that featured shocking cast...
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There's always plenty of fun to be had on RuPaul's Drag Race, but Season 14 of the VH1 show was a standout because of the emotional moments. And there were many. From Jasmine Kennedie coming out as a trans woman to Willow Pill's frankness about battling a rare chronic illness, the latest season of the...
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The Apple TV+ series Severance earned a total of 14 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing For a Drama Series , Outstanding Production Design (Jeremy Hindle, Nick Francone, Angelica Borrero-Fortier, and Andrew Baseman), Outstanding Music Composition and Outstanding Directing For a Drama Series. From all the accolades, it's...
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The creators of the music, design and choreography for Apple TV+'s musical series Schmigadoon! drew on classic stage and screen musicals. Co-creator Cinco Paul, production designer Bo Welch, composer Christopher Willis and choreographer Christopher Gatelli each shared their musical influences on a panel for the Apple TV+ series at Deadline's Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season...
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There's no shortage of villains in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero , though perhaps the most essential to the plot is the mysterious Dr. Hedo. The first half of the film drops a... Read more ...
The Handmaid's Tale season 5 star Genevieve Angelson teases details about her new character. Adapted from Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale made its debut on... Read more ...
Drama is unfolding in the Big Brother house as the houseguests are not too happy with the latest Power of Veto winner. Following last week's live eviction, the remaining... Read more ...
Joe Keery is set to join the star-studded cast of the upcoming indie drama Finalmente L'alba. Keery is best known for playing '80s teen Steve Harrington in Netflix's Stranger... Read more ...
Now that she's out of the villa, Love Island UK star Tasha Ghouri has penned an essay about the importance of deaf representation, as well as the ableism she's experienced... Read more ...
Despite being released over 21 years ago, Shrek remains a large part of pop culture even today, with many fans eagerly awaiting the rumored fifth installment of the series. Read more ...
This article contains spoilers for the first episode of Tales of the Walking Dead. Read more ...
Batman villains are some of the most iconic villains in all of media. Villains such as the Joker , Scarecrow, Bane, and Riddler, who recently returned to the big screen in The... Read more ...
Fans of the Harry Potter franchise are gearing up for the expected holiday 2022 release of the upcoming open-world video game Hogwarts Legacy. The title will give audiences the... Read more ...
When a series hasn't had any competition for well over a decade, stagnation is likely to occur as fresh ideas run dry and there's little pressure to innovate. This has resulted... Read more ...