Deadline’s The Contenders Television Phase Two Virtual Event Set For Sunday August 16 – 75 Actors/BTS Nominees Set To Participate

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDC superfans are prepping their cosplay as we are days away from DC FanDome — but the virtual confab is just too big to contain in 24 hours. That said, the massive confab has now expanded into two global events: DC FanDome: Hall of Heroes on August 22 and DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse which is set for September 12.

Will Smith encouraged movie-goers to follow the social distancing rules in China in a new safety PSA.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorContenders Television: The Nominees, Deadline’s livestream telecast Sunday that featured 28 of the year’s most celebrated shows hailing from 17 networks and studios, will launch its streaming site Monday with access to all the panels.The site will go live Monday mid-morning.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticDeadline’s all-day Contenders Television: The Nominees virtual event gets underway Sunday beginning at 8 a.m.

Wilmer Valderrama and Amanda Pacheco are enjoying a day at the beach!

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's new Santa Barbara house has 16 bathrooms. 16! One six! I could have one shower to wash my hair, and another to condition, and another to exfoliate my legs, and still have an entire 13 bathrooms still unused! According to Page Six, the property cost Meghan and Harry $14,650,000, and stretches over 18,000 square feet.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGenre-driven film fests Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook and Popcorn Frights are teaming up for the collective virtual event Nightstream which will run October 8-11.The event is a response to the challenges the film community is facing during the pandemic and the aforementioned banded together for Nightstream.

Green Man Festival has announced that a virtual event will take place next week, after the coronavirus forced the widespread cancellation of music festivals this summer.From 22-23rd August, fans can expect never-before-released sets from the Brecon Beacons festival, including Father John Misty, Eels and Stella Donnelly.Festival-goers seeking their fix of the celebrated event can also watch a selection of specially commissioned shows from several acclaimed Welsh performing artists including –

Informa Tech, the organizer of the annual Game Developers Conference dedicated to the art and science of making video games, revealed Wednesday that GDC 2021 will be held as a hybrid physical and virtual event. The event, which is debuting this new format as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic making in-person meetings challenging, will take place online and at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from July 19-23 with a choice of attendance options.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Douglas Smith, who currently stars in the Emmy-winning TNT series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.The Canadian actor and musician portrays Marcus Isaacson in The Alienist, alongside Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.Smith recently portrayed Corey Brockfield in the second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed Big Little Lies.

Moving on—literally. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry bought a house in Santa Barbara and secretly moved into it six weeks ago.

Happy homeowners! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have purchased their first home in Santa Barbara, California.“They have settled into the quiet privacy of their community since their arrival and hope that this will be respected for their neighbors, as well as for them as a family,” a rep for the couple confirmed to E! News on Tuesday, August 11.The former military pilot, 35, and the former actress, 39, moved into the house with their son, Archie, 15 months, last month.According to Page Six, the

For the past few months, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had chosen Tyler Perry's luxurious 12-bedroom, eight-bathroom Beverly Hills mansion worth USD 18 million as their quarantine home base along with baby Archie. However, as per a report by Page Six, Harry and Meghan have secretly bought a private family home in Santa Barbara, California and are quietly living there since early July.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are officially residents of Santa Barbara, California after settling into a family home there in July. After Page Six first reported the news, a rep for the couple confirmed it.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the latest of what is likely to be a raft of landmark TV projects to mark 20 years since 9/11, Inside Obama’s White House producer Brook Lapping will make a feature-length film driven entirely by video and audio material from the day itself.British broadcaster ITV and France Televisions have teamed to commission the documentary, which is working titled 9/11: We Have Some Planes, while Deadline hears that A+E Networks is poised to acquire the film

In response to the pandemic, this year's Environmental Media Association's awards ceremony is going virtual, offering global access to its celebration of environmental messaging in media through a live-streamed event. The advocacy organization has set the date of its annual television and film awards program for Thursday, Aug.