‘Demimonde’: J.J. Abrams Meeting With Potential Showrunners For His HBO Series

By Nellie Andreeva

Addressing the importance of representation both on screen and in the office, writer-director J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot co-CEO Katie McGrath discussed at the 2020 Upfront Summit in Los Angeles on Thursday the decision to bring more diversity to the “Star Wars” franchise and to their company, Bad Robot Productions.

There are very few people who exude so much joy in life that it's contagious. Two of those people are Today's Hoda Kotb and Jerry Harris from Cheer. What happens when they meet? What happens when happiness collides with happiness? Pure joy.

Expect The Beverly Hilton to be filled with dramatically creative attire when the 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards take place Jan. 28.

Justin Bieber has revisited his awkward first encounter with wife Hailey Baldwin in a new docuseries, revealing she had no interest in him.

The Arrow series finale marks the end of an era for The CW, and the final hour of Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) journey is going to try its hardest to make you ugly cry. And yes, that was absolutely, completely on purpose.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Abrams' production company recently signed a deal with Warner Bros.

Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

UPDATE: January 18, 2020, 11:39 a.m.: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but sounds like there's been a snag in entire production of that highly-anticipated Friends reunion. The holdup? Pay negotiations for the original cast.

REVOLT is putting its stamp on the pervasiveness of hip-hop culture via an expansive in-house survey the media company next week will send to brands, agencies and other business stakeholders that parses the genre’s role in mainstream popular culture.     

When we first heard that a Green Lantern TV series from Greg Berlanti would be headed to HBO Max back in September, all we could think was, "Tell me more," but a tight lid was put on any and all details. Thankfully, HBO Max Head of Original Content Sarah Aubrey gave us a quick update on the series at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Wednesday.

By Peter White

By Anthony D'Alessandro