After less than four months on the job, the chief executive of Imagine Entertainment has left the company. Variety reports that Rich Battista is out after joining the company in August. Company founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are quoted…
As employees of NBC News Digital await the results of a formal vote held Wednesday on whether to form a union with the NewsGuild of New York, The Hollywood Reporter says some employees have begun an anti-union effort. Meanwhile, results…
Two new morning shows will be launching next month, with both shows to be based in New York and focusing on pop culture. E! announced launch plans Thursday for a coast-to-coast morning edition of “E! News” at 7 a.m. ET/PT…
A new one-hour sci-fi thriller crime drama has landed at NBC, which gave a script commitment with penalty to “Fallback,” Deadline reports. The project comes from “Blindspot” creator Martin Gero, his frequent collaborator Brendan Gall and Warner Bros. TV. Gero…
Singer R. Kelly has been hit with new charges that appear to be related to his 1994 marriage to a teenager, the AP reports. “A revised indictment in federal court in Brooklyn accuses R. Kelly of scheming with others to…
A high-ranking Comcast executive who has been a key adviser to CEO Brian Roberts is stepping down. Deadline reports that David Cohen, a senior executive VP who has led the company’s diversity efforts in recent years, “will end his operational…
A veteran film and television executive who was head of programming for ABC and president of 20th Century Fox has died. Variety reports that Leonard Goldberg died Wednesday from injuries he sustained in a fall. He was 85. “Goldberg most…
When Eddie Murphy gets up on stage and grabs a microphone, you wouldn’t expect anything less than the audience rolling on the floor laughing with what comes out of his mouth. And that was what happened Monday night at the…
Press release from E!, Dec. 5, 2019: E! announced Emmy-winning TV host and personality Lilliana Vazquez and Australian TV and entertainment reporter Scott Tweedie as new co-hosts of its 30 Rock-based daily morning shows “E! News” at 7am ET/PT and…
When Eddie Murphy gets up on stage and grabs a microphone, you wouldn’t expect anything less than the audience rolling on the floor laughing with what comes out of his mouth. That was exactly the scenario Monday night at the…