AFI & AGBO Tap Marina Kato For Conservatory Development Grant

Kate McKinnon's Carole Baskin project has received a straight-to-series order at NBC. The network announced the news on Tuesday, sharing that the limited series — in which McKinnon will star as Baskin — will roll out across NBCU’s scripted entertainment platforms, NBC, Peacock and USA.

a major reorganization of the company’s television business. That reorganization placed a clear emphasis on the company’s future streaming plans while deemphasizing the importance of certain cable networks in the NBCU portfolio in order to cut costs.The bizarre world of Exotic and Baskin was most famously documented in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” The series dropped on March 20 and quickly became a media sensation.

the upcoming film “Ammonite.”Written and directed by Francis Lee, the film will be released by Neon in the United States and Lionsgate in the U.K.Set in England in the 1800s, Winslet plays Mary Anning, a fossil hunter who works alone on the rugged coastline in the south of the country. With her days of making famous geological discoveries behind her, she now searches for common fossils to sell to tourists to support herself and her sickly mother.

Sure, it was only like five months, but it sure does feel like Netflix’s “Tiger King” took over the public discourse years ago, doesn’t it? Oh, how quickly the world can change in 2020, with each new month bringing yet another ridiculous obstacle. Frankly, I miss the good ol’ days of March 2020, when the pandemic seemed like only a minor inconvenience that would pass relatively quickly.

NBCUniversal is going to make the most of the interest in Tiger King. The company on Tuesday announced that its Joe Exotic drama starring Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon has been formally ordered to series and will air as a cross-platform venture on NBC, USA Network and streamer Peacock.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBCUniversal is going all in for Joe Exotic (working title), UCP’s limited series starring and executive produced by Kate McKinnon, which has received a joint straight-to-series order by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming divisions.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Kate McKinnon-led series about Carole Baskin and the “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has received a multi-platform series order at NBCUniversal Television, Variety has learned.The limited series, currently titled “Joe Exotic,” is now set to air on NBC, Peacock, and USA Network. In addition, Etan Frankel has boarded the project as writer and executive producer under his overall deal with series producer Universal Content Productions (UCP).

Donald Trump following a recent order from the Trump administration to ban the app in the US.Earlier this month, the US president ordered a ban of “transactions” with the owners of TikTok and fellow Chinese app WeChat.TikTok then said they were threatening legal action against the government, and this action has now arrived.In a new statement, TikTok says that Trump’s comments about the app violates TikTok’s right to due process, and that the president offers no reasoning for his claims that the

Jordan Moreau Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are searching for ancient fossils and budding romance in the trailer for the upcoming film “Ammonite.”Written and directed by Francis Lee, the film will be released by Neon in the United States and Lionsgate in the U.K.Set in England in the 1800s, Winslet plays Mary Anning, a fossil hunter who works alone on the rugged coastline in the south of the country.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMONDAY, AUG. 24The American Film Institute and Universal Pictures have launched a week-long “Black Stories Matter” series with  “BlacKkKlansman,” “Get Out,” “Girls Trip,” “Loving” and “Straight Outta Compton” available for free through Aug.

TikTok is moving forward with their lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Variety reports.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok has a message for Donald Trump: See you in court.The short-form video app company, currently owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, confirmed that it plans to file a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Trump’s Aug.

Maren Morris opened up about the “eerie” experience of giving birth to a child amid the coronavirus pandemic. The singer welcomed her first child, a son named Hayes, with husband, Ryan Hurd, in March in what was an already difficult delivery that she says was compounded by the fact that hospitals across the country were just starting to crack down on visitors and safety precautions as the coronavirus made its way to the United States.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Hell On Wheels creators Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton have signed with APA.The sibling writing/producing duo created the praised historical drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired for five seasons on AMC.

for a ban of the Tencent-owned company’s operations in the U.S.Installations of Signal, an encrypted texting app based in the United States, rose 30% in the six days following Trump’s Aug.

Mads Mikkelsen was this close to not being cast in the crime-thriller series “Hannibal.”

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Naman Ramachandran A contemporary adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic 19th century novel “Black Beauty” will premiere on Mouse House streamer Disney Plus later this year.Oscar winner Kate Winslet (“The Reader”) stars as the voice of wild mustang Black Beauty and the film features Mackenzie Foy (“Interstellar”) as Jo Green, alongside Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”) and Claire Forlani (“Meet Joe Black”).The story turns on the classic premise in which Black Beauty, born free in the American west, is

It looks like “Black Beauty” will ride again, as Disney+ announced today that a contemporary adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic 19th century novel of the same name is set to premiere on the streaming service later this year. Black Beauty (this time round voiced by Oscar winner Kate Winslet) is a wild mustang born free in the American west.