‘Disgraceland’ Producer Double Elvis & iHeartRadio Team On Phil Spector Narrative Podcast Series

The Deceived to come to Irish telly.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: From Lego to dominoes… Endemol Shine North America is developing a domino competition format after striking a deal with YouTube phenom Lily Hevesh.The producers of Fox’s Lego Masters, which saw teams of Lego builders compete to create their own mega builds, are now turning their attention to one of the world’s oldest games.The project is known as Domino Effect and the company will be taking it out to the marketplace in the coming weeks.Lily Hevesh, as you

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) is set as a series regular on HBO Max’s Lena Dunham-produced half-hour dramedy, Generation.Created by Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel Barnz, who also directs, Generation is a dark yet playful half-hour following a group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative

Michelle Pfeiffer is getting in the Halloween spirit a bit early this year.

After successfully partnering on Elton John biopicRocketman, New Republic Pictures, led by producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, has closed on a multi-picture co-financing deal with Paramount. Under the pact, New Republic, which has a first-look deal with the studio, will partner on a slate of ten feature films, including tentpolesMission: Impossible 7,Top Gun: Maverick,The Tomorrow War,Infiniteanda newTransformersmovie,as well as a slate of comedies, dramas and children’s features.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Maggie Freleng, journalist and host of Oxygen’s The Disappearance of Maura Murray, is to host a new investigative podcast about people wrongfully incarcerated.Unjust and Unsolved will air via the Obsessed Network, which is the podcast network behind True Crime Obsessed.It is the company’s first investigative series and comes as it is also moving into historical podcasts with Crimes of the Centuries with Amber Hunt.Unjust and Unsolved tells the stories of

To be fair, when it all comes down to it, we’re pretty neutral when it comes to Emmy winner preferences. Sure, we might root for a performance here or there, but we’re certainly not using our media pulpit to campaign for a nominee.

David Bowie‘s 1975 album ‘Young Americans’ will be receiving a limited edition vinyl reissue in celebration of its 45th anniversary.Due to arrive on September 18th, the reissue of Bowie’s self-described “plastic soul” album will be pressed on “brick and mortar” gold-coloured vinyl.Released on March 7, 1975, ‘Young Americans’ was recorded in Philadelphia with longtime producer Tony Visconti and featured input from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Luther Vandross, and frequent collaborator Carlos

With very little in terms of theater performances in Atlanta these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic, actor and director Chad Darnell has taken matters into his own hands for an upcoming project. He will be bowing the new John Cameron Mitchell play, “Forced,” online the weekend of August 14–16.

Naman Ramachandran European broadcasting group RTL, whose bouquet of companies include “American Idol” producer Fremantle, has seen group revenue down 16.4% to €2.7 billion ($3.3 billion) in the first half of 2020, according to half-yearly results declared on Thursday.Adjusted earnings before interest and amortization (EBITA) fell 52% to €258 million ($305 million).The decline was mainly due to the COVID-19 outbreak across Europe in the second quarter of the year, that led to a year-on-year

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In March, Italy was the global epicenter of the coronavirus crisis. The world looked on in horror as the nation was ravaged by the disease and life ground to a halt.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: C13Originals is launching a new podcast that tells the true story of a Hell’s Angel member, murder and the impact it had on his family who went into witness protection.The Entercom-owned company, which is behind podcast series including Root of Evil, Once Upon A Time In The Valley and Long May The Run, is launching Relative Unknown on August 11.It tells the story of Jackee Taylor, who was born Jacqueline Crouch, the daughter of Clarence “Butch” Crouch, a

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison led to the creation of The Monkees, The Osmonds, The Jackson 5 and many other groups throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s. By the time the ‘80s rolled around, fans were introduced to Menudo and New Kids on the Block, but the following decade arguably changed the game forever.In the ‘90s, NKOTB continued to take off but ultimately stepped aside as more pop-oriented groups began to dominate the market.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Days Of Our Lives actor Eric Martsolf and Glow star Britt Baron are voicing hybrid audio/video drama series podcast Ride Share, which its creator Digital Sky hopes will become a successful new content format.Digital producer Scott Zakarin, podcast host James Gavsie and media attorney Bert Benton have joined forces to develop the format under the Digital Sky banner.

Issa Rae has officially lined up her next project at HBO. It was announced today that Rae has signed on to executive produce the two-part documentary Seen & Heard for the premium cable network.

Manic Street Preachers‘ frontman James Dean Bradfield has launched a new podcast to accompany his forthcoming second solo album, ‘Even In Exile’.Entitled Inspired By Jara, the three-part series sees Bradfield explore the world of Chilean musician Victor Jara – who inspired his new record – and the enduring cultural influence that still resonates after his death.Part 1 arrives today (August 5) and features Simple Minds guitarist Charlie Burchill as well as Joey Burns from Calexico, who together

It has been roughly 50 years since the members of the legendary rock band The Beatles — Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison — made the choice to go their separate ways after taking the world by storm for a decade. In that time, there have been plenty of stories about the iconic band’s history, relationships, and inspirations to go around. But Sir Paul McCartney is ready to set some of those rumors and myths straight.