Drama Series Renewed
A drama series that has sparked a fair amount of controversy was just picked up for a third season. Netflix announced the renewal today for “13 Reasons Why.” Season three, which will arrive in 2019, will consist of 13 episodes….
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What ‘Fixer Upper’ TV Series Team Did to Draw EPA Fine
Chip and Joanna Gaines, the husband and wife who star on the HGTV series “Fixer Upper,” will pay a $40,000 fine levied by the EPA for the improper use of lead-based paint in their renovations, Deadline reports. “The couple, who…
Rocker Bruce Springsteen Set for Rare TV Performance
Bruce Springsteen will be performing live on TV in a few days. The rocker will take a break from his “Springsteen on Broadway” engagement to take part in “The 72nd Annual Tony Awards,” to be televised Sunday, June 10, by…
Trump Grants Kim Kardashian Her Wish
Donald Trump may have had his own wish come true last week when Kim Kardashian West visited the White House, but he returned the favor this week by granting something that Kardashian has been campaigning for: a commuted sentence for…
‘America’s Got Talent’ Winner Wins Lead in Upcoming Movie
A former winner of ‘America’s Got Talent’ will star in the movie version of a young adult novel that “flew off shelves when President Obama was spotted buying the book from a Washington D.C. bookstore for his girls in 2015,”…
Joss Whedon (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) Producing Series in Development at Freeform
The primary creative force behind the hit TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and two of “The Avengers” movies, Joss Whedon, is involved in another TV project. Whedon “is set to executive produce a half-hour comedy series currently in development”…
President Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson
Statement from the White House, June 6, 2018: Today, President Donald J. Trump granted a commutation to Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother who has served almost 22 years in Federal prison for a first-time criminal offense. Ms. Johnson has…
Oscar and Emmy Winner Inks First-Look TV Deal With Amazon
“Amazon Studios continues to ramp up its roster of TV talent, signing an exclusive first-look television deal with Oscar and Emmy winner Jordan Peele (‘Get Out’) and his Monkeypaw Productions,” Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com. “Peele and his company most…
Things Get Crazy During ‘Today’ Show Interview With Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson
An interview during NBC’s “Today” show went off the rails when Sarah Paulson and Cate Blanchett, who were promoting their new movie “Ocean’s 8,”kept upstaging each other. Their antics got “Today” host Hoda Kotb laughing so hard she cried. Check…
Study Reveals How Netflix Is Reshaping the Entertainment Economy
Streaming giant Netflix is “forcing traditional TV players to cannibalize their business models as music, VR and even box office are poised for big gains,” according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites the just-released annual report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report…