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A writer whose most famous work became a Tony Award-winning play and an acclaimed film that earned eight Oscar nominations has died. USA Today reports that Bernard Pomerance, best known for writing “The Elephant Man,” died Saturday of complications from…
CBS, where police dramas including “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds” and the “CSI” franchise have all thrived in recent years, is bringing another one into the fold. Deadline reports that the network won the rights to “Chiefs,” from David Hudgins, Carol Mendelsohn…
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that a film about a legendary U.S. rock band cannot be distributed because it “violates a ‘blood oath’ surviving band members made not to exploit the band’s name and history,” the AP reports. The…
Showtime said it will issue full refunds for Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight to customers who were unable to watch it, after it was revealed that a number of technical glitches interfered with viewing for some of those who shelled…
A telecast that has previously delivered a strong viewership number slipped to an all-time low this year. TVbytheNumbers reports that MTV’s Video Music Awards, which aired Sunday, dipped for the fourth year in a row, sinking to an all-time low…
An actress who was one of the key players in a secretive meeting between Mexican drug lord Juan “El Chapo” Guzman and actor Sean Penn will tell her side of the story in “The Day I Met El Chapo: The…
A newly released track is off to a record start, shattering a mark held by Korean pop star Psy. The new track is Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” which was released Friday. Variety reports that the video…
The appointment of a new president and chief executive officer was announced today by the cable TV service iN Demand. The company, owned by Comcast, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, is bringing aboard cable industry veteran Dale Hopkins for the…
The eagerly anticipated project “Jerry Before Seinfeld” is due out in a few weeks, and today we get a look at it in a trailer posted by Netflix. The production unspools on the streaming service Sept. 19. Check out the…
Syd Silverman, the longtime owner and publisher of the trade publications Variety and Daily Variety, has died. The New York Post reports that Silverman died Sunday at his home in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 85. “Silverman was the grandson…