Blumhouse and K Period Media Screamwriting Fellowship Names Inaugural Group

Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe got a ton of support from their famous friends at the premiere of their new Netflix series, Unstable!

Droughtlander is nearly over as Starz sets the premiere date for Outlander‘s seventh season for Friday, June 16 at midnight ET via streaming, and internationally on the Lionsgate+ premium streaming platform in the U.K. For linear viewers, the show premieres on the same day at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the U.S. New episodes will be released weekly on Fridays.

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Lail has joined the cast of Blumhouse’s feature take of videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s, which is currently shooting in New Orleans. 

How does a show as complex as “Succession” end? A better question to start with might be, why is creator Jesse Armstrong bringing in his Emmy juggernaut for a landing when it seems to be at the peak of its cultural and critical popularity? At the start of the fourth and now final season, it seems easy to answer that part of the dynamic in that it does feel like the drama between Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his children could start to get repetitive.

EXCLUSIVE: Kat Conner Sterling has been cast in Blumhouse’s feature film adaptation of the popular video game Five Nights at Freddy’s. Cameras are rolling on the film in New Orleans. 

Kendall Jenner's relationship status was always going to garner interest. Despite the model's insistence on keeping her private life, well, private, fans have been curious about who she was dating. And now, as publications report on her relationship with musician Bad Bunny, fans want to know more. Watch Below: Kendall Asks Harry Which Songs He's Written About HerIn February 2023, gossip site DeuxMoi reported that Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny were spotted making out at a party. "This single, famous model sister was seen playing tonsil hockey with Bad Bunny at a private L.A.

Emma Willis became emotional during the Big Red Nose Day Challenge as she received a video message from her husband Matt as she climbed Cairn Gorm Mountain alongside TV star Rylan and dancer Oti Mabuse. As the trio stopped for the night, they each received video messages from a loved one, with Emma's being from her husband, Busted star Matt Willis. He began: "Hi baby, it seems so bonkers what you're doing right now.

Al Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts have been enjoying a well-earned break in Puerto Rico after several months of health battles, and the pair look happier than ever. ABC News anchor Deborah looked radiant in the pictures, as she rocked a geometric-patterned swimsuit with a low V-neckline and appeared to have a refreshing sparkling drink in hand.Al, who helps to host rival network NBC's Today Show wore a Team USA tee and board shorts in the pictures and kept safe with a baseball cap covering his head.

Bad Bunny will be returning to his native Puerto Rico in May to host the upcoming “Backlash” event for WWE.

Bad Bunny is bringing one of his passions to his home of Puerto Rico. He’ll serve as host of WWE’s “Backlash,” one of the sport’s most famous and viewed live events. The show will be hosted on May 6th, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan.

William Earl Music superstar Bad Bunny is set to host the live WWE event “Backlash” in his native Puerto Rico. It will take place on Saturday, May 6, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan. It’s the first live WWE event taking place in Puerto Rico since 2005. “In 2005 when I was a kid, I wasn’t able to attend New Year’s Revolution at el Coliseo,” Bad Bunny said in a statement. “Finally, 18 years later WWE returns to the island with a massive event and this time I won’t miss it.” Bad Bunny is no stranger to the world of the WWE. In 2021, he performed “Booker T” at that year’s Royal Rumble event, and then started appearing on Monday Night Raw. He eventually won the WWE 24/7 Championship that year. In 2022, he appeared at the Royal Rumble as a contender, advancing past noted wrestlers Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler to make the final five. He will also be a character in the upcoming wrestling video game “WWE 2K23.”

Julia MacCary editor Blumhouse and K Period Media have announced the inaugural fellows for its “Screamwriting” program for emerging horror film and TV writers from underrepresented groups. The program, in partnership with the Sundance Institute, provides mentorship for the participants from industry leaders including Ryan Murphy, Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, Mike Flanagan and Crystal Liu. “Some of the most daring storytelling is being created today in the horror genre,” said Michelle Satter, founding senior director of Sundance Institute’s artist programs, in a statement. “This great collaboration with K Period Media Foundation and Blumhouse is an opportunity for Sundance to continue and expand on our existing work and support their creation of the ‘Screamwriting’ fellowship.”

Independent TV and film studio MRC has named Jenna Santoianni its president of television.MRC CEO Scott Tenley made the announcement Tuesday morning. Santoianni will oversee MRC’s current programming, its development slate, joint ventures, production partnerships, operational unites, business, legal affairs and production finance.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer MRC has set Jenna Santoianni as the studio’s new president of television, following the exit of former president Elise Henderson. In her new role, Santoianni will oversee MRC’s current programming, its full slate of development, all joint ventures and production partnerships, as well as all of the television studio’s operational units, including production, business and legal affairs and production finance. Reporting to recently named MRC CEO Scott Tenley, Santoianni is expected to begin this week. She joins the studio amid a restructuring that saw Tenley elevated, while co-founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu assumed the new roles of chairmen. Jonathan Golfman and Brye Adler remain co-presidents of film and Amit Dey as head of non-fiction.

Former Paramount Television Studios executive Jenna Santoianni has joined MRC as President of Television. She will replace Elise Henderson who is leaving the company after a four-year stint. The personnel change comes on the heels of Scott Tenley’s elevation to CEO as part of a new executive structure the studio announced last week, with co-founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu assuming the new roles of Chairmen. (Jonathan Golfman and Brye Adler continue as co-Presidents of Film and Amit Dey as Head of Non-Fiction.)

A woman who was declared dead in the United States after she went missing for more than three decades has been found alive in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta, then 52, disappeared suddenly in 1992 from Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, US after her husband came home and she was nowhere to be seen.

Babatunde Aleshe has said Matt Hancock is no longer a member of the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! group chat.

Babatunde Aleshe has said Matt Hancock is no longer a member of the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! group chat with his former campmates. Comedian Babatunde, 36, and the former Health Secretary, 44, were contestants on the hit ITV reality show in 2022.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Pratt’s voice role as Mario in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has been a point of debate ever since he was cast. Pratt is not Italian, after all, and many fans were left baffled when the movie’s first trailer dropped last October and revealed Pratt’s Brooklyn-heavy Mario voice. It’s not a concern for the film’s directors, Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath. The filmmakers told Total Film magazine that casting Pratt made sense given the Mario at the center of their story. “It’s a bit of an origin tale. It’s the story of Mario becoming Super Mario,” Horvath said about the film, adding that finding the perfect Mario voice meant finding an actor who could believably portray a plumber from Brooklyn who is “a blue-collar guy from a family of Italian immigrants.”

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Nick Panella has been named the leader of a new podcast and audio group at Agency for the Performing Arts, Variety can report exclusively.  Panella joins the company from Workhouse Media, where he worked extensively with names like Shonda Rhimes, Ellen DeGeneres, “Modern Family” co-creator Chris Lloyd and Oprah Winfrey.  Announced by APA’s head of content development Kyle Loftus, the hire is yet another strategic move from the agency to pick up slack lost in CAA’s acquisition of ICM Partners, the hulking-up of Endeavor, and other dramatic shifts in the representation landscape. Panella has produced over 2,000 podcast episodes and led Workhouse clients to over 1 billion downloads, the agency said.