‘Food, Inc.’ Sequel In Works From Participant

Remembering an icon. Kevin Costner paid tribute to late The Bodyguard costar Whitney Houston while honoring Clive Davis ahead of the 2023 Grammy Awards.

Outer Banks actors Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline are hardly the first stars to work together after a breakup, but they may be the most drama-free. Stokes and Cline got together in 2020 after playing hometown enemies-to-lovers John B and Sarah on the before about a year and a half later in November 2021. While some behind-the-scenes breakups are more dramatic than others— practically dedicated to her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series costar —Stokes and Cline say they were able to keep things completely professional while filming . "Mads and I have been working together now for 30 episodes, and we made a promise to each other before we even started dating that the work was always going to come first," told in a new interview.

EXCLUSIVE: Starz is developing The Comedown, a comedic drama series based on Rafael Frumkin’s book by the same name, sources tell Deadline. The project hails from Regina King’s Royal Ties Productions and Freddie Highmore’s Alfresco Pictures as well as TriStar Television, a division of Sony Pictures TV where The Good Doctor star Highmore has had an overall deal. A rep for Starz declined comment.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is developing Guards, a comedy created by, starring and executive produced by actor/comedian Nore Davis (Dickinson) with comedy writer Crystal Jenkins (I Love That For You, The Vince Staples Show) attached as writer and EP.

Seth Rogen thinks “Superbad” still reigns as the best high school movie ever made.In an interview with People, the actor and comedian addressed the resurgence in popularity for the 2007 teen comedy, which he co-wrote with Evan Goldberg. The movie stars Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader and Emma Stone alongside Rogen.“What’s crazy is that [fellow actor] Gabe LaBelle is like, 19 years old and his and his friends’ favorite movie is ‘Superbad,'” Rogen said.

A Florida mother is fighting back against her sons’ school after she was allegedly banned for working in adult entertainment.

It’s like a nightmarish version of Never Been Kissed…

One can only imagine the blank check that Bill Lawrence has from Apple TV+ after the massive success of his “Ted Lasso,” which he co-created and has won the company dozens of awards, putting them on the TV map. He used that cachet for this week’s likable dramedy “Shrinking,” a show that almost brazenly sets up character archetypes and then asks its cast to push through the clichés of their shallow descriptions.

Twenty years ago, it was obvious that Judd Apatow‘s “Freaks and Geeks” would be a launching point for countless careers in comedy. But the last decade has proven that this was a group of actors who would only get more interesting with age.

My guest this week is Jason Segel. 

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a big week for high school mariachi bands.

You might not think that a TV series about a therapist struggling with the death of his wife and a career listening to other people talk about their issues would be a comedy from the co-creator of “Ted Lasso.” And yet, “Shrinking” does appear to be another Bill Lawrence-produced, feel-good comedy, coming to Apple TV+ later this month. As mentioned, in the trailer for “Shrinking,” we see the series follows the story of a grieving therapist (Jason Segel), as he struggles to come to terms with his wife’s sudden passing, while also raising a young daughter and trying to balance a career.

Jack Cutmore-Scott (Kingsman, Deception) has been tapped to star opposite Kelsey Grammer in Frasier, Paramount+’s sequel series to the classic NBC sitcom. Cutmore-Scott will play Frasier Crane’s son Freddy. Also cast in the followup as a series regular is British actor Nicholas Lyndhurst who will play Alan Cornwall, a university professor who is an old college friend of Frasier’s.