Cristin Milioti on How ‘Made For Love’ and ‘Palm Springs’ Accidentally Mirrored Pandemic Life

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed writer and director Max Barbakow. Barbakow most recently directed Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, which broke the record for the largest sale in Sundance history when it was acquired by NEON and Hulu at the 2020 film festival.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock has ordered the series “The Resort” from writer Andy Siara with Sam Esmail set to executive produce.Titled “The Resort,” the eight-episode series is described as a darkly comic multi-generational exploration of love, marriage, and family vacations, set amidst one of the Mayan Riviera’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries“Andy and Esmail Corp have a distinct point of view exploring off-kilter, genre-bending storytelling that is infused with humanity and compelling

Peacock has ordered the dark comedic mystery series “The Resort,” from Sam Esmail and “Palm Springs” scribe Andy Siara.“The Resort” is described as “a multi-generational exploration of love, marriage, and family vacations, set amidst one of the Mayan Riviera’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries.”Siara will write and executive produce with Esmail, Allison Miller and Chad Hamilton. Sarah Matte of Esmail Corp serves as co-executive producer.

Elsa Hosk lets her hair down as she steps out of her hotel in Palm Springs, Calif., over the holiday weekend.

Haley Bosselman editorJust ahead of its 27th festival, the annual Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its 2021 lineup that will showcase nearly 300 films from June 22 to 28.“As we collectively move toward this next stage together, we feel a strong sense of gratitude to share the 2021 edition of ShortFest in person,” artistic director Lili Rodriguez said.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeABC is developing a new reality competition series that might be described as an “American Idol” for the social media influencer set. “#FollowMe,” from Venture 10 Studio Group, will feature aspiring online stars as they compete in various business-themed challenges to build their follower bases.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAfter 12 years of playing Penny on “The Big Bang Theory,” which became TV’s most-watched sitcom and ultimately earned her $1 million per episode, Cuoco was in the same space a lot of TV stars are in after the end of their long-running shows. Do you take a break? Tackle movies? Attempt to top that once-in-a-lifetime TV mountaintop? Ask the “Friends” cast: Sometimes it takes a while to find that next big thing.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorMarilyn Monroe would have turned 95 on June 1.What would she think of her 26-foot-tall image greeting visitors to the Palm Springs Art Museum with her skirt permanently blown up by a sidewalk air vent, exposing her underwear in an undeniably iconic yet rather suggestive pose?A number of residents in Palm Springs think she wouldn’t like it at all.

Oh, snap! Raven-Symoné wants a “big family” with her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeA year after the BET Awards became one of the first major awards to take place during the pandemic (two days after the Daytime Emmys ran via a virtual event), the ceremony will return next month as the first to invite vaccinated fans to be a part of the audience.BET announced Tuesday that the 2021 BET Awards will return with a live event on Sunday, June 27, from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live.

told NPR. With more 40,000 signatures collected, Armstrong’s online call-to-action demands Monroe’s backside get the boot out of Coachella Valley. The cheeky sculpture — aptly named “Forever Marilyn”— is a stainless steel shrine inspired by Monroe’s iconic dress-billowing subway grate scene in 1955 blockbuster “The Seven Year Itch.” The statuesque stunner stood as one of the desert’s hottest tourist attractions during its initial run as a Palm Springs landmark from 2012 to 2014. But now, as

Marilyn Monroe is once again causing controversy.

Suzanne Somers and her husband Alan Hamel just sold their glamorous Palm Springs estate.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNBC is getting a New Deal for Christmas, as it gets back into the live TV musical business with “Annie Live!” Set to air during the holidays, “Annie” also represents a homecoming of sorts for producers Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron.Greenblatt, of course, is the former NBC Entertainment chairman who found success in bringing live musicals to the network, starting with “The Sound of Music Live!” in 2013.

Suzanne Somers and husband Alan Hamel have sold the Palm Springs, Calif., compound they’ve called home since 1977, and will head to a "sexy" new abode, the couple tell us. The duo are staying in the home ’til September while they turn their next luxe pad into an ecological oasis nearby.