Новости за 21.07.2020

A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit that was filed last year by the Cayuga Nation against Showtime and the showrunners of “Billions.”

(This article contains major spoilers for the time loop comedy “Palm Springs” on Hulu)

The body of Alonzo Brooks, a man whose case was featured in an episode of Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries,” has been exhumed.

Wall Street Journal editorial staffers sent a letter to the paper’s new publisher Monday, demanding a clearer distinction between digital news and opinion content.

Praveen Pandian has been promoted to head of CAA’s television literary department. He previously served as an agent in the TV department.

The movie adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing” in development at Sony has found a director, “First Match” filmmaker Olivia Newman, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

ABC’s long-running medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” will confront the coronavirus pandemic head-on when it returns next season.

“The Act” star Joey King has signed a first-look deal with Hulu, TheWrap has confirmed.

Elisabeth Moss has signed a joint first-look deal with Fox 21 and Hulu that includes a starring role in an upcoming anthology show “Black Match.”

“Elena of Avalor” will conclude with a primetime finale special in which the titular character, who is Disney’s first Latina princess, finally becomes queen. (“Blaze!”)

Chris Wallace’s “Fox News Sunday” interview with President Donald Trump garnered 5.8 million viewers across broadcast and cable, plus 3.9 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday morning.

ViacomCBS laid off dozens of New York staffers in June as job cuts at the recombined entertainment giant continued. The latest headcount reduction tallied losses of “mid-double digits,” a person with knowledge of the layoffs told TheWrap.

Walt Dohrn, director of “Trolls: World Tour,” has signed a first look deal with DreamWorks Animation, the studio announced on Tuesday.

New Regency will redevelop “Rub & Tug” as a TV series that will star a trans actor in the lead role of Dante “Tex” Gill.

HBO has ordered comedy series “Somebody Somewhere” that will star comedian and singer Bridget Everett.

Women’s soccer is coming back to Los Angeles, in part thanks to Natalie Portman, who leads an ownership group that was just awarded rights to a new expansion team in the city by the National Women’s Soccer League.

Netflix has decided to scrap production on a Turkish original series called “If Only” after Turkish officials refused them a filming license unless they removed a gay supporting character from the script.

ABC went back to “The Bachelor” on Monday, when the reality dating competition’s recap series, “The Greatest Seasons – Ever!,” proved to be no “CMA Best of Fest” special.

The Los Angeles Times Guild’s Latino Caucus sent a letter to the newspaper’s leadership Tuesday, demanding internal changes and better representation and service for the paper’s Latino audience.

Spotify added a video component to some of its podcasts on Tuesday in hopes of expanding show audiences and increasing engagement with its content.

Alex Trebek is revealing plans for how “Jeopardy!” will be taped when production on the syndicated game show resumes in a few weeks.

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota reacted Tuesday to the latest lawsuit filed against her former employer, Fox News, accusing one host of rape and others of sexual assault, calling the network “rotten to the core.”

ICM Partners is pushing Hollywood to get out the vote by launching two new initiatives aimed at boosting voter turnout in the 2020 election, including calling for an expansion of vote by mail access across the U.S., and urging young voters to participate as poll workers on election day.

“American Psycho” writer Bret Easton Ellis and “Trainspotting” writer Irvine Welsh are in final talks with Burning Wheel Productions to co-create a drama series based on American tabloid culture.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced Tuesday that “American Utopia” — the filmed version of David Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show directed by Spike Lee — will be its opening night film. “American Utopia” will debut on HBO Max later this year.