Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), award-winning “Ramona” series author

Neon has landed the North American right to Ryan Gosling starrer The Actor. Duke Johnson is behind the movie based on best-selling novelMemoryby Donald E.

Paula Abdul is the guest judge on the latest episode of American Idol and she made a comment about former co-star Simon Cowell that completely shocked host Ryan Seacrest.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Parasite distributor Neon has come out on top for North American rights to Ryan Gosling package The Actor, the next movie from Anomalisa director Duke Johnson. We hear the pre-buy is in the mid 7-figure range.

American Idol has announced it’s Top 16!

The 21st Annual Black Reel Awards took place today with Warner Bros’ rousing drama, Judas and the Black Messiah, taking the marquee Outstanding Film award. In addition, stars Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback were bestowed with the Outstanding Supporting Actor and  Outstanding Supporting Actress award, respectively. Producers Charles King, Ryan Coogler, and Shaka King become the first all-African American team to win Outstanding Picture.

After a year of facing the wrath of the Coronavirus pandemic, 2021 is promising a better future considering the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been going on in full swing in the US and other countries.  Several celebrities who have been getting vaccinated for COVID-19 have taken it upon themselves to further raise awareness about the need for early vaccination and also to encourage people's trust in the safety of the vaccine.

American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has asked fans to choose a theme for the show’s expansion.In a Twitter poll launched last week, Murphy has given fans the option to vote for ideas the show could explore in future, while remaining vague about the extent to which they will be used.“X-Mas Horror” and “Piggy Man” were removed as options, with the final four being presented yesterday (April 7).It is now between Aliens, Bloody Mary, Sirens and Plague.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to Rock Bottom Riser, a documentary that received a Special Mention from the Encounters jury at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival where it premiered earlier this month. It’s the first film by Fern Silva, who wrote, directed, and produced the documentary. Cinema Guild has slated it for a 35mm theatrical tour planned for 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Röhm (American Hustle, Joy) and Malik Yoba (New York Undercover, Designated Survivor) have teamed with veteran reality TV executives Dorothy Toran (The Real Housewives of New Jersey) and Leslie D. Farrell’s Lauren Grace Media on a true-crime docuseries.

The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs.

Walter played the leading role as title character, Amy Prentiss, in the miniseries by the same name - for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead ActressAmerican actress and Hollywood icon Jessica Walter has died at the age of 80, peacefully at her home in Manhattan. Walter was best known for her role in Play Misty for Me (1971), as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development, and latterly, the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer.

Ryan Murphy didn’t need to go far to find the man who will play his monster. Evan Peters, a mainstay on Murphy’s American Horror Story, will portray Jeffrey Dahmer in the Netflix limited-series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

Evan Peters has played some pretty unhinged, maniacal characters over the years on “American Horror Story”, and for his next collab with “AHS” co-creator Ryan Murphy he’ll be playing a real-life maniac.

Ellise Shafer administratorRyan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest project, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has found its leads.Evan Peters, a longtime staple of Murphy’s “American Horror Story” anthology series, will take on the role of notorious serial killer Dahmer. Niecy Nash, who starred in Murphy and Brennan’s 2015 series “Scream Queens,” has been cast as the show’s female lead, Glenda Cleveland.

Ryan Murphy unveiled even more details about the upcoming American Horror Story season 10 on Tuesday, sharing that model Kaia Gerber will join the cast.

ROME -- Cristiano Ronaldo’s games with Juventus are moving from ESPN to CBS in the United States starting next season.The Italian league on Tuesday approved a contract with CBS for Serie A and Italian Cup rights worth about 64 million euros ($75 million) per year for the next three seasons.Ronaldo has one more season remaining on his contract with Juventus.Serie A is concluding a three-year stay on ESPN, which streams most of the Italian games online — with a few matches on ESPN2.Previously, the

Aretha Franklin’s family have spoken out against the new Genius biopic series depicting the star, saying they “do not support” it.The series has been produced by National Geographic and stars Cynthia Erivo as the late soul singer. It premieres in the US today (March 21).Franklin’s granddaughter Grace recently posted on TikTok about the show and her family’s feelings on it.