Discovery Plus Sets Development Deal With Group Nine

NEW YORK -- There is a strong likelihood that Michael Avenatti will testify at a New York trial where the once high-flying California lawyer is accused of swindling porn star Stormy Daniels out of a book deal’s proceeds, his lawyers say.The lawyers mentioned the likely testimony in a letter Thursday as they asked a judge to postpone his Jan.

Place and Time, a musical celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity in theater, featuring Broadway stars Tituss Burgess, Amber Gray, Telly Leung, Daisy Eagan, and a host of other talents performing songs written by the 2021 Richard Rodgers Award-winning duo.Lyricist Chary, who’s lesbian, and composer Gwinn, who identities as queer and gender-fluid, teamed up while both were in the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University.

New shady details about Jamie Spears have emerged…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Eskreis has signed on to direct ClearMind, a thriller about the dark side of Virtual Reality therapy and the slippery slope of using simulated life to avenge the real.

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Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 25 theatrical release date for The Duke, directed by the late Roger Michell. The film starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren will open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles before expanding in the following weeks. The dramedy is currently playing at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles for a one-week awards qualifying run through Dec. 16. 

NEW YORK -- The founder of the American Film Institute and son of Oscar winning director George Stevens has a memoir coming out next year. George Stevens Jr.'s “My Place in the Sun” will be published May 17.“My great-grandmother was an actress born in San Francisco during the Civil War who started five generations of Stevenses in show business,” Stevens, 89, said in a statement Wednesday.

The Goonies-inspired drama that was previously set up at Fox has moved to Disney+.

Naman Ramachandran Apple TV Plus has set a Feb. 4, 2022 streaming date for thriller series “Suspicion,” starring Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill”).

Vox Media, which owns digital brands like The Verge, Eater and Polygon as well as New York magazine, is in advanced talks to merge with Group Nine Media.

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has optioned Catherine Raven’s New York Times bestselling memoir Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship for film.

RZA has joined forces with the Flatbush Zombies to mint a punishing new single titled ‘Plug Addicts’, marking the Wu-Tang leader’s first collaboration with the New York-native trailblazers.In a statement shared with the track, RZA noted that ‘Plug Addicts’ was a long time coming for him and the trio. “I’ve had my eyes on the Flatbush Zombies for some time now,” he said.

Moving forward. Scott Disick has been more focused on fatherhood than ever following ex Kourtney Kardashian‘s engagement to Travis Barker.

A suspect was arrested on Wednesday on arson charges for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree outside of Fox News headquarters in New York.

NEW YORK -- CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday after details emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov.

Chris Cuomo has officially been fired by CNN, four days after the network initially suspended him.

According to the New York Times, Digital World Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in Miami, Florida, in December 2020 — a month after Trump lost the election.

“It started with Ben, with the script being so well written, the characters having the same essence but needing different things,” said Swan Song star and producer Mahershala Ali said of playing two roles in the Apple Original Film.

EXCLUSIVE: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film.