‘Call Me Kat’: Jim Patterson & Maria Ferrari Take Over As Showrunners

NBC has set Ukraine: Answering The Call, a one-hour primetime special aimed at education and raising funds for those whose lives have been shattered by the escalating war in the country.

The Game of Thrones sequel starring Kit Harington will be called Snow, and it has all been instigated by the actor, author George R.R. Martin says.

2022 BET Awards! On Thursday, the network released the names of the night's big performers taking the stage on Sunday, June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The annual awards show will be hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for the second year in a row, and features an impressive lineup of musicians putting on their best moves for their fans.The star-studded list includes Lil Wayne, Babyface, Chance The Rapper, Chlöe, Doechii, Ella Mai, Fireboy DML, GIVĒON, Jack Harlow, Joey Bada$$, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin, Latto, Lizzo, Muni Long, Roddy Ricch and more to be announced.Up-and-coming artists GoGo Morrow and OGI will also be gracing the BET Amplified Stage, getting BET Music's stamp of approval on the next big thing in music.Additionally, BET announced this year’s list of presenters, which includes Big Freedia, Bleu, Carl Anthony Payne II, Crystal Hayslett, Daniel Kaluuya, Ebony Obsidian, Eva Marcille, Idris Elba, Irv Gotti, Janelle Monáe, Keke Palmer, KJ Smith, Luke James, Marsai Martin, Mignon, Nene Leakes, Ne-Yo, Novi Brown, Ray J, Sanaa Lathan, Serayah, Tamar Braxton, Terrence J, Tisha Campbell and Will Packer.

Before Legendary Entertainment Godzilla franchise scribe Max Borenstein became attached as showrunner to Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty series, it took co-creator Jim Hecht some years after optioning Jeff Pearlman’s 2014 book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, to get HBO to sign on.

APPOINTMENTSDowntown-owned music distributor FUGA has announced some new hires in its marketing teams. UK-based Helen Barrass – most recently with AWAL – becomes Head Of Marketing Strategy at the firm’s London office, while US-based Ryan Stockwell – previously working for Create Music Group – becomes Senior Marketing Services Director for the Americas based out of LA. Other new marketing hires included Juli Miranda as Digital Campaign Manager; Gemma Hart as Digital Accounts Manager UK; and Chiara Benedetti as Marketing Operations Coordinator.————————————————–RELEASESKasabian have released the video for ‘Chemicals’.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has expressed his desire to play Popeye in a live-action movie if another one ever gets made.Taking to Twitter this past weekend, the musician and actor – who recently starred as a bounty hunter in Disney+‘s new Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi – pitched the idea of him taking on the role of the much-loved cartoon sailor.“If a good director decides to make a popeye movie, I’m your man,” he tweeted on Sunday (June 19).If a good director decides to make a popeye movie, I’m your man.— Flea (@flea333) June 19, 2022Although he’s predominantly known as the bassist for the California rock titans, Flea has been acting in TV shows and major motion pictures for decades.Some of his most notable roles include Back To The Future II and III, The Big Lebowski, Baby Driver, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Chase, My Own Private Idaho, and he’s voiced characters in The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad.Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye initially started off in 1929 as a comic book. The character made its way to the big screen in a 1980 with the release of a live-action musical directed by Robert Altman and starring Robin Williams as the titular character.Whether a new Popeye movie is in the works is not known at this point, but judging from the responses to Flea’s tweet it looks like people would be into the idea.Hollywood Heights actor Meredith Salenger was among those in his replies, telling the bassist: “Robert Altman’s was one of my favs.

Chloe Ferry was seen enjoying a night out with Nathan Henry in London on Monday 20 June after missing ex co-star Holly Hagan’s wedding.The Geordie Shore duo had attended the Paramount+ UK launch event at Outernet in the capital and continued on partying into the night afterwards. Chloe, 26, appeared in happy spirits following her late night shenanigans – though it looked like events had taken a toll on her feet, as she was seen walking with her heels in her hands on the pavement.The reality star showed off her figure earlier that evening at the launch event in a black form-fitting black mini dress with lace panelling at the chest, which she paired with nude Perspex heels that she later removed.

EXCLUSIVE: Armani Jackson (Honor Society, Chad), Bella Shepard (iCarly, The Wilds), Chloe Rose Robertson (Wildflower) and Tyler Lawrence Gray (Our Town, Macbeth) are set as the young leads in Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. The series hails from Jeff Davis, developer and executive producer of the 2011 MTV series Teen Wolf, and MTV Entertainment Studios where Davis is under a deal.

2022 BET Awards! On Thursday, the network dropped the first round of performers taking the stage on Sunday, June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The annual awards show will be hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for the second year in a row, and features an impressive lineup of musicians putting on their best moves for their fans.The star-studded list includes Babyface, Chance The Rapper, Chlöe, Doechii, Ella Mai, Fireboy DML, GIVĒON, Jack Harlow, Joey Bada$$, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin, Latto, Lizzo, Muni Long, Roddy Ricch and more to be announced.Additionally, up-and-coming artists GoGo Morrow and OGI will be gracing the BET Amplified Stage, getting BET Music's stamp of approval on the next big thing in music.This year's list of nominees is also filled with familiar famous faces.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK representation scene was all abuzz about the next steps of respected former Troika co-founders Michael Duff and Conor McCaughan after they left their long-time agency back in 2020. We’re now getting more clarity on their next steps.

Offering his take. James Patterson shared his thoughts on the publishing industry in a new interview, and his opinions raised plenty of eyebrows.

Like it or not, city-folk, “Yellowstone” has officially gone mainstream. That’s right, after years of being relegated to underground middle American word-of-mouth, Taylor Sheridan’s modern western Paramount series is finally getting its due.

Chloe Madeley and her husband James Haskell are currently enjoying a romantic getaway together, with the pair keeping fans updated by posing for a "piccy" in their accommodation.The sweet snap was shared on the 34 year old star's Instagram page in which she made fun of her "angry" partner, 37, and showed off her baby bump. Chloe could be seen sitting on James' lap in a navy blue bikini with white polka dots while the former rugby player donned snug pink swimming trunks. Captioning the post, Chloe wrote how her husband had blamed her "giant drum" for breaking a chair when asking for the "piccy".

K.J. Yossman Top British drama academy the Guildhall School has apologized to former students Michaela Coel and Paapa Essiedu over the racism they experienced while attending the institution.In an interview with the Guardian, Essiedu revealed that he and Coel were in an improvisation class together when a teacher, playing a prison officer searching for drugs, addressed him with a racial slur. “Suddenly she shouted: ‘Hey you, N-word, what have you got behind you?’” Essiedu told the newspaper.

Jim Seals, of Seals & Crofts, has died at the age of 80. The '70s music star's death was announced by his cousin Brady Seals on Instagram. "I just learned that James ‘Jimmy’ Seals has passed," Brady wrote.