Endemol Shine Boomdog Taps Former Argos Exec Jerry Rodriguez as Head of Scripted Content (EXCLUSIVE)

Rumours of a budding romance between former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and one-time “Real Housewives of New York” star Kelly Killoren Bensimon are not true.

As with his past features Beginners and 20th Century Women, writer-director Mike Mills focused his latest effort, C’mon C’mon, on family—this time honing in not on his relationship with his father or mother, but instead on that between an adult and a child.

summer of hell,” as Cuomo dubbed it, saw an interminable string of derailments, trains stalled in tunnels, and delays that stranded  straphangers on steaming platforms,  waiting for trains that never came.Byford was hired with a single charge: improve service fast or find another job. Little did he know one of his biggest roadblocks would be the governor himself.There were long-term issues of subway maintenance and repair.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“La Reina del Sur” star Kate del Castillo is set to play the lead in “A Beautiful Lie,” a modern take in Spanish on Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.”Del Castillo will also executive produce the series out of her Cholawood Productions label, along with two other forces on the upscale Spanish-language TV scene, premium U.S.

Jerry Douglas, best known for his long stint on "The Young and the Restless," has died. He was 88.

Jerry Douglas, best known to daytime TV fans for playing family patriarch John Abbott on Global’s “The Young and the Restless”, has passed away at the age of 88.

A farmer has been left with a costly bill after fly tippers dumped a suspected cannabis farm on his land.

Prairie Surf Media has named former Starz executive Paul Goldman as Executive Vice President, Head of Production at the company and its new Oklahoma-based Prairie Surf Studios.

Rebecca Romijn celebrated her 49th birthday in style when she attended a Rolling Stones concert with her husband, Jerry O’Connell, and their twin daughters – Dolly and Charlie – both 12 years old. The family rarely shares family photos so we were pleasantly surprised to see the whole gang together.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterUbiquitous dating app Tinder has hired its first ever content executive, Variety can report exclusively.After getting its feet wet with the successful “Swipe Night,” an interactive series where users choose plot outcomes, Tinder has recruited former NBCUniversal exec Jaime Freedman as vice president of content.Freedman will be responsible for building out a strategy that will feed current and future “shared experiences” across the company, leadership said on

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Joshua Moshier’s score for The Shrink Next Door, which is set for digital release via Lakeshore Records on November 12, as the first three episodes of the limited series become available for streaming on Apple TV+.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Skipper and Dan Le Batard’s Meadowlark Media has brought on Deirdre Fenton as executive director of unscripted, Variety has learned exclusively.In her new role, Fenton will oversee the company’s unscripted programming.

Former eOne Television chief John Morayniss has launched a new production venture with a handful of his former colleagues and backing from Endeavor Content.

Naman Ramachandran Chalk & Blade, the London-based production company behind the hit “Hunting Ghislane” podcast, which is soon to become a TV drama, has signed with talent agency WME. In addition, Jason Phipps is joining the as head of content and development.

A former Manchester councillor has denied three charges of indecent assault on a teenage girl.

Naman Ramachandran Clare Priestley, former director of commercial production at Vice Media, has joined LADstudios as head of production, reporting into recently appointed director Alex Morris. LADstudios is the factual entertainment division of youth-focused content creator LADbible Group, whose video content published across major platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, receives some three billion views per month.

's annual Halloween special! And this year, the hosts channeled some of music and sports' biggest icons for an «All-Star» themed bash with special guest Paula Abdul. Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Jerry O'Connell, Natalie Morales and Sheryl Underwood each dressed in the stars' most infamous red carpet looks for the occasion.

Adele has announced two huge shows at London’s Hyde Park next summer.The singer is set to perform on July 1 and 2 for her first shows in the UK since 2017.“Oiii Oiiiiiiiii,” Adele wrote on Instagram announcing the dates.Fans can sign up here from 8am today (October 26) to access Adele’s pre-sale which begins at 10am on Thursday (October 28).