CNN Programming Chief Michael Bass, A Longtime Jeff Zucker Lieutenant, To Exit The Network At End Of Year

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Saw cast member Shawnee Smith is circling the newest installment in the billion-dollar horror franchise from Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures, which is currently in production in Mexico City, Deadline hears. 

Attorney Michael Avenatti, once a cable news fixture for his commentary on Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for defrauding clients and for obstructing an IRS collection effort.

Sky News Boss John Ryley Steps Down

Kanye West has been making headlines all week following his continued antisemitic statements and Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” covered it all.

It’s rare that a sequel competes in the International Oscar category, especially when the first part didn’t get selected. It’s a measure of Erik Matti’s latest film that, though it follows on from 2013’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title On the Job—or rather, starts in the aftermath—this second instalment stands alone. “The big difference between the two,” said Matti, “is that the first one was set in urban Manila, and the second one is set in the countryside of the Philippines, just to show two contrasts that exist within both worlds.”

UPDATED, 9:16 AM: Some of the major cutbacks at CNN are occurring at HLN, which will cease live programming and will partner with Investigation Discovery to produce its true-crime slate.

OK, this feud is just getting funny now.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Laika executive Jeff Stringer has been upped to the post of Chief Technology Officer at the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio.

Phil Mattingly is being promoted to CNN’s chief White House correspondent, following the departure of Kaitlan Collins to the network’s revitalized morning show.

One of CBS’s West Coast subsidiaries has paused its postings and interactions on Twitter, in light of ongoing uncertainty over the future of the social media platform.

Jim Goodwin is hopeful that he can keep on-loan Celtic star Liam Scales at the club for the rest of the season after praising Parkhead chiefs for their transparency on the terms of his temporary deal.

The estate of Tom Petty blasted the campaign of Republican Kari Lake for using the late singer’s work I Won’t Back Down as she refuses to concede the Arizona governor’s race to Katie Hobbs.

OMG, was this why he was friends with Donald Trump?! A shared interest in charity self-dealing?

Networks covered Donald Trump’s presidential announcement, but the once-loyal New York Post brushed it off.

It wouldn’t be a wedding without a little family drama, right?

A globe-trotting love story. Tiffany Trump and husband Michael Boulos took their romance all over the world before tying the knot in November 2022.