Wayne Brady is opening up about receiving a racist, expletive-filled voicemail at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorCBS Studios has begun rolling cameras in the Netherlands on its series “Bestseller Boy” for Dutch broadcaster Avrotros.The contemporary comedy drama is inspired by the eponymous best-selling novel and the real life of rising literary star Mano Bouzamour, and his struggles as a Dutch-Moroccan millennial navigating two cultures, overnight success and identity in Amsterdam.
Emerging talent Shahine El-Hamus, who starred in “Promise of Pisa” and recently won the
.Wayne Brady is opening up about receiving a racist, expletive-filled voicemail at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAlex Kurtzman, the prolific producer who pilots the Star Trek franchise for CBS Studios and Paramount Plus, has extended his exclusive overall TV deal with the ViacomCBS units through 2026.Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout banner will expand under the new agreement to add an executive to help manage its growing slate of series.
Alex Kurtzman, the top producer on CBS Studios’ roster and architect of the studio’s Star Trek universe, has closed a massive new nine-figure overall deal there for his Secret Hideout banner. No financial terms are being disclosed but I hear the pact is in the $150 million range, putting Kurtzman in the very top tier of television writer-producers.
EXCLUSIVE: Black-ish co-executive producer Robb Chavis has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the pact, he will develop new half-hour series for the studio.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Shah (Central Park) has been tapped as writer and executive producer on Everybody Hates Chris, an animated series reboot of Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family sitcom. Rock is poised to return as narrator and executive producer of the animated project, which is currently in development at CBS Studios, the studio behind the 2005 coming-of-age single-camera comedy, created by Rock and Ali LeRoi based on Rock’s teen years.
Social Security Scotland is launching a pilot scheme for the new Child Disability Payment benefit in three local authority areas from Monday, July 26, ahead of national roll out in autumn 2021. Child Disability Payment will replace Disability Living Allowance Child (DLA Child) in Scotland and will be the next new benefit to be introduced by the Scottish Government.
The richest man in the world has officially launched into space. Jeff Bezos continued the Billionaire Space Race on Tuesday (July 20).
EXCLUSIVE: Al Madrigal is expanding his relationship with CBS Studios. The multi-hyphenate writer, producer and actor has signed a multi-year overall deal with the Studio to develop new series for broadcast, cable and streaming services.
Amazon Studios has picked up the eight-episode docuseries “Tampa Baes,” following a group of lesbian friends from Florida.The series will center on 12 women from the “young lesbian ‘it-crowd’ navigating and celebrating life in Tampa Bay,” according to Amazon’s description.
Amazon Studios has greenlit Tampa Baes, an unscripted docuseries from 3 Ball Productions that centers on a group of young lesbian friends in the Florida harbor.
Elle Darby has finally shared a photo of her baby boy after giving birth to him earlier this month. It was only recently that her celebrity friends rushed to congratulate the social media star on welcoming her baby boy into the world and now Elle has opened up about giving birth to him.
The Duchess of Sussex reportedly teamed up with David Furnish to begin working on a new series for Netflix back in 2018.
French detective Julien Baptiste made such a big impression in The Missing that he was awarded his own spin-off series – a dark tale of lies, murder, sex workers and gangsters, set in Belgium, the Netherlands and England. It ended tragically, when the young man Julien had found out was his son murdered his own mother, a Dutch detective.
When the dust settled on the Emmy nominations announcement Tuesday morning, Sony Pictures Television Studios found themselves with nominations in three top series categories, an expected 10th Outstanding Reality/Structured Reality Series nomination for ABC veteran Shark Tank, and surprise nominations for Netflix’s Cobra Kai as Outstanding Drama Series and Amazon’s The Boys as Outstanding Drama Series. (Sony scored an additional drama series nom for Left Bank’s The Crown.)
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters are unleashing their inner disco kings with their new cover of “You Should Be Dancing,” the Bee Gees’ hit from the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, adding some Foo-style edge to the toe-tapping tune.
Christopher Vourlias Moroccan producer Khadija Alami and Nigerian producer and Africa Intl.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Alice Rohrwacher, whose “The Wonders” and “Happy as Lazzaro” are both Cannes prizewinners, will direct her first TV series that, similarly to her fable-like films, will explore the world of Italian folk tales.The Alice Rohrwacher-directed series, which is scheduled to start shooting next year, is titled “Ci Sarà Una Volta,” which translates as “There Will Be a Time.” Casting and other details are still being decided.Rohrwacher is back