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‘The Pitt’ Star Supriya Ganesh on Wanting to See More of Samira’s Personal Life in Season 2 and Using She/They Pronouns: ‘Hey, I’m Queer. See Me’
"The Pitt" star Supriya Ganesh was close to quitting acting before she booked the role of Dr. Samira Mohan on the hit Max medical drama. She was seriously considering going to medical school. Yes, bef...
May 28, 2025
Complete ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ Books Box Set Discounted to $20 on Heels of Season 3 Premiere
Amazon has discounted the paperback boxed set of Jenny Han’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” trilogy, on the heels of the third and final season of the hit Prime Video series. For a lim...
May 28, 2025
CAA Hires Former UTA Partner Brent Weinstein
Brent Weinstein, who in nearly 20 years at UTA launched and grew the agency’s pioneering digital media business, is joining rival CAA in a senior role overseeing multiple areas. Weinstein will b...
May 28, 2025
Ed Gale, Chucky and ‘Howard the Duck’ Actor, Dies at 61
Ed Gale, who made his film debut wearing the “Howard the Duck” suit and went on to play Chuckie in “Child’s Play” and two other films in the series, died Tuesday in Los A...
May 28, 2025
J.K. Simmons to Lead ‘Westies’ Series at MGM+ as Premium Cabler Greenlights Crime Drama
J.K. Simmons is set for a lead role in the MGM+ drama “The Westies,” which has now officially been ordered to series. The show was first reported to be in development in March 2025. The se...
May 28, 2025
Andrew Tate Charged With Rape in the U.K.
British prosecutors have greenlit a sweeping set of criminal charges against controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, marking the first official confirmation of the extent of alle...
May 28, 2025
‘Call Me by Your Name’ Producers Reunite for Animated Doc About Fredy Hirsch, a German-Jewish Athlete Who Led Children’s Programming in Auschwitz (EXCLUSIVE)
Paradise City, the production company run by Emilie Georges and Naima Abed, is set to make an animated documentary about the life of Fredy Hirsch, the German Jewish and gay prisoner who led children's...
May 28, 2025
California Is Doubling Its Film Incentive, but It May Be Too Late to Stop Runaway Production
"Mad Men" was set in 1960s New York, but it was mostly filmed at a studio just west of downtown Los Angeles. Sienna DeGovia was one of hundreds of people who worked on the show. Someone needed to re-c...
May 28, 2025
WPP Erases ‘GroupM,’ One of Madison Avenue’s Most Influential Names
TV’s annual “upfront” negotiations, when networks try to sell as many TV commercials as possible, is a tough, high-pressure moment. But here’s some relief for NBCUniversal, Dis...
May 28, 2025
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Joins Board of AI Company Anthropic, a Rival to OpenAI
Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings has joined the board of directors of Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company whose major investors include Amazon. Anthropic, a rival to OpenAI, was...
May 28, 2025