CBS Layoffs: Business Affairs, Development, Specials, Current & Casting Executives Among Those Impacted

Paula Abdul claimed that she almost left American Idol after the judges fought over contestant David Cook.“I threatened to quit the show because I believed so much in David Cook, and Simon [Cowell] and Randy [Jackson] weren’t big believers,” Abdul, 57, recently told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her partnership with Voltaren. “I said, ‘This is crazy.

Via social media, the ex-girlfriend of Chris Brown, shared an adorable photo of her baby boy. Brown, 30, and Ammika Harris, 26, share a baby boy named Aeko Brown.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVA month ago, several TV studios, including Disney TV Studios, Warner Bros. TV and Universal TV, started to pay actors on broadcast pilots, which could not be produced because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIn today’s film news roundup, the Winklevoss twins are coming to Hollywood via a Bitcoin movie, the Newport Beach Film Festival announces its opener and Mutiny Pictures becomes a distributor.PROJECT LAUNCHThe Winklevoss Twins — Cameron and Tyler — are teaming with Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures on a feature film adaptation of “Bitcoin Billionaires,” the 2019 book by Ben Mezrich.Jon Berg will also produce with Silverman and the twins, who became famous in Mezrich’s

Longtime Kew Media Group exec Steven Katz has landed at Shout! Factory to head up its business and legal affairs. Named vp of business and legal affairs at Shout, based in Los Angeles, Katz will oversee dealmaking in film and TV acquisitions, development, production, distribution and other company divisions.

Like millions of people, Ammika Harris has been supporting the protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement via social media. Chris Brown’s baby mama has been actively sharing posts about protesters demanding the end of systemic racism after the brutal killing of George Floyd.

Thomas John, who bills himself as a psychic medium, is getting his closeup in a new series.

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Chris Brown, 31, is definitely attracted to Ammika Harris, 26, and he wasn’t shy about it in the response to her latest pics! The singer didn’t hesitate to leave the flirty compliment, “Damn girl”, in the comments section of the mother of his six-month-old son Aeko‘s May 31st post, which included three photos of her posing while appearing mostly topless with just a black strap of what could be a bra showing.

This week, Ammika Harris took to social media where she shared several personal pictures, including a special drawing that hints that she is indeed back with her baby daddy, Chris Brown. The model, who is currently in Germany with her baby boy, Aeko, posted a photo in a revealing top.

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“The Carol Burnett Show” is making its streaming debut.

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing has promoted Peter Brodsky to general counsel to compliment his longtime role as executive vp, business affairs. In the expanded role, Brodsky will oversee the company’s global business strategy and all legal matters, as well as major catalog acquisitions and North American digital strategies.

A developer has been given the green light to build 52 houses along a brook in a park in Bury.

Bill Small, the former Washington bureau chief for CBS News and president of NBC News, died Sunday in a New York hospital after a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced. He was 93.

Maintaining your mental health is incredibly important, especially in this unprecedented time of isolation and the unknown. Actress Busy Philipps has used her platform to discuss her own mental health struggle throughout the years, and most recently, opened up to HollywoodLife.com in an EXCLUSIVE interview about how she’s ensuring self-care in quarantine.